Hi all,
This may sound ridiculously, ludicrously, stupid ...or it may sound perfectly feasible .. I don't know, which is why I thought I'd ask for you guy's input.
My rogue just hit 30, and he's cruising (took a long time off playing him due to other necessary side-tracks ... Like SSO ;->). I have the Outlaw Sabre in my Main Hand and the Tail Spike in my off hand.
I'm fully combat spec'd atm, and intend staying that way all the way to level 50 (after which I'll start delving into Assas.
The thing is that now I"m 30, I can go and get the Sword of Omen from the SM quest. This is (I believe) an excellent Off hand sword for this level, and it is my intention to replace the tail spike to use it as such ...BUT ... I had a look at the damage range of the Sword of Omen, and it's slightly higher that the Outlaw Sabre, which suggests to me in would be a better MH sword that the Sabre.
The problem I have (it may not be a problem at all at this level) is that if I put SoO in my Main Hand, OS would have to go in my OH (Tailspike goes to the nearest vendor) .. but the OS is a very slow sword. Is a 2.7 speed sword off Hand an issue, or does the speed not matter, as long as DPS is decent.
Bear in mind that this is a short term issue, as I will be getting the Vanquisher's Sword from RFD for my Main Hand soon ... Sword of Omen will then find pride of place in my off hand.
The way I've always seen it (and bear in mind, I've only got 30 levels of being a rogue to check all of this stuff out), is that a faster weapon adds poisons quicker (my main hand will be fast), and Combat Potency requires a faster weapon (although this doesn't mean too much for a level 30). Slow main hand is desired simply because of the fact that the damage range for an equal DPS weapon will be higher for a slower weapon ... hence dealing more SS damage.
So, in Summary, my question is ... Is it really a problem having a slow off hand weapon, provided my main hand weapon has a higher damage range.
Thanks in advance .. .much appreciated.
Edited, Jun 2nd 2008 7:15am by robertlofthouse