I'm having a little trouble understanding where speed falls in the list of priorities when deciding which hand to put a weapon in. Both the sticky here and Osiris' guide (See! I can read it! My tiny brain is just incapable of understanding it!) emphasize the importance of speed in the off hand weapon, but I'm assuming that's not at the expense of putting the better overall weapon in my main hand, right?
My rogue is new (obviously) and very low level (so yeah, it doesn't matter at this point, but if I don't learn the basic principles now I will suck later), so it's not like I have a ton of weapon choices and most of what I'm picking up is one-hand so I could put it in either. So, here's what I've been doing if I have two swords:
- Put the higher average DPS weapon in my main hand, regardless of other stats, and even if that means I have a slower weapon in my off hand than my main hand.
- If average DPS is equal, put the higher DPS range/slower weapon in the main hand, regardless of other stats.
Yes? No? I've never played a dual wielding class so this is all new to me.
(Edited for typos)
Edited, Nov 20th 2007 3:39pm by teacake