I am so happy about this! NEW: While dual-wielding a pair of one-handed weapons, your damage done is increased by 8% and your movement speed is increased by 5%.
Also for people that will still wield 2H weapons (mostly the description yeah as Gannet said)
two-handed weapons: Two-handed weapons deal more damage, and provide more Strength and Stamina, than one-handed weapons.
The 2H weapon is not a change, merely a description.
Never understood the enthusiasm for SMF but canât complain since there will be less competition for weapons. itâs also a nice way to implement it, if youâre using 2H youâll have more health but with 1H you move faster.
Hmm, not sure I really follow. If 2H deals more damage, provides more strength and stamina, and all the 1h will do is boost your movement speed by 5% which you will barely notice, then what is the point? It seems like youâd really be gimping yourself.
I trully never understood why people want this back. One will be better than the other and you will be judged on it, you can say you dont care bla bla bla but you will.
Just seems a meaningless adition, simply changing a few rules about transmog would solve this desire some players have.
2h isnât being changed, the description is that 2h weapons have increased stats which is why wielding 1handers will give you a damage buff, to make up for the reduction in stats.
Not everyone plays for efficieny, some play for fun. I always preferred the feel and look of 1handers.
once there were some differences between 2x2h or 2x1h
for example 2x1h would need less hit/expertise, or having a stronger exe phase than titanâs grip, while 2x2h would give you more stamina/ stronger aoe
plus i always liked more SMF, as a playstyle and how it looks, playing as Belf looks more ââelegantââ while playing as orc sure looks better playing with titan s grip, but that are just my tastes
Hate to break your bubble here but with modern WoW gameplay 1handers are going to âfeelâ identical to 2handers, since the speed of the weapon has absolutely zero effect on the gameplay. Itâs down to abilities like Heroic Strike being taken off next hit and then being removed, the new number displays, the new sound effects and animations.
In the past Heroic strike, number display, sound effects and animations did allow 1handers to have a different gameplay feel to 2handers, that is no longer the same as they âfeelâ identical.
Transmog and availability of weapons is a bonus tho.
I hope they do it like they did in MoP. 2h scaled way better with gear while 1h did not really rely on gear. 1h was also more consistent than 2h, because 1h generated more rage. However, 2h was bursty and did a much better job than 1h in AoE.
So in SL terms it is likely that 1h will have more proc+enrage uptime, and 2h will most likely be the better execute dps because of the way execute currently works. Though in the grand scheme of things, I think they will be fairly balanced with their own strengths and weaknesses, unless you go for the Venthyr Condemn ability which will give 2h a massive edge over 1h.