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Originally Posted by Daldaen
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On live currently, warriors ONLY use 1h / Shield due to how an AA functions (Shield Specialist, increases damage from main hand and aggro from mainhand). As well as Shield block with which you can completely block a mobs swing.
On P99 you need the offhand for extra aggros. While shield AC does go overcap you will lose aggro pretty often without a secondary I believe.
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If you think about it, the 1h/shield for tanking and 2h for dps is actually more realistic than dual wielding for dps. But, on the other hand, this is how EQ did it. And, dual wielding has a nice appeal to it.
Not everyone agrees, of course. I bet some people think it's gimmicky.
And, btw, skill-based games are so much better, imho. This is because they're more consistent. They don't have to have separate skills for separate classes that do similar things. They don't have to artificially create walls. You can create any imaginable class you want. Warriors should always have been able to wield a 1h and shield just as good as knights do. It never made sense to me that knights were better at it.
Also, one more thing. When I quit playing my ranger on live, he had a shield. I did train the shield specialist AA. It really helped a lot. I never focused on upping his AC as much as I should have. When I left, he was around 4000. But you really needed something closer to 5000 to tank anything meaningful. And with how monsters tear through everyone in seconds, his HP was too low as well. Without raid gear, he was squishy. Kind of sucks.
That's the whole reason I played. To up his stats. Also did to keep in touch with guildies.