Calling it endurance isn't classic.
I can't speak for dual wield classes, but as a Paladin, wielding a weapon under or equal to 10 weight never caused the yellow bar to budge, not even with haste. Weapons over 10 weight (Axe of the Iron Back, Wurmslayer, etc) caused the bar to gradually run out. Running out caused slower running, an inability to jump, and IIRC a stat hit. Might've slowed attack rate too; I never timed it. I can't vouch for how much the stat drain was...the only situations where I ran out of stamina tended to be emergencies where carefully checking stats wasn't a high priority. Having 100 or better stamina meant the only negative effect of running out was an inability to jump.
Note that players didn't stack stamina so heavily in those days because the HP returns from it sucked. Hence lots of melees, even some tanks, ran around with less than 100. As a side note, the Titanium client gives us more HP from stamina than I recall getting historically....I think it uses a more modern multiplier (stamina was improved as a stat in the post-classic era, possibly more than once). Don't much care enough to look up anything to confirm or refute that memory.
Dual wield classes seemed to complain about running out of stamina more, and tended to ask for a "zing" (remember that?) with some regularity, so it seemed to affect them more than the non-dual-wield melee'ers. I don't know what their weight limit was. Is there anyone on this board who can remember dual-wielding Yaks? Those were 4.5 weight each.
When P1999 first opened there was a badly implemented pseudo stamina drain active. It was ridiculously excessive and almost intolerable. They couldn't seem to get it working in a remotely classic manner so eventually they just turned it off. Apparently the massive (and varying per character) values for endurance used by the Titanium client makes it hard to simulate classic-era stamina drain.
Danth
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