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Originally Posted by Aaramis
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Splitting hairs here.
I use both 2h and dual-wield and found the results to be comparable.
2h will get less ripostes, true, but it's also more unreliable dps. Sometimes you take a nice chunk off the enemy's hps; sometimes you whiff and your dps goes down the toilet. Dual-wield is, in general, more reliable dps - if we're both at, say, 40% life, and it's a race down to 0, I'd generally stick with dual-wield as I know exactly how fast I can get an enemy down. With 2h, it's a bit of a crapshoot. But it's not a huge difference either way, really, assuming similar ratio weapons.
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It's going to greatly differ depending on what level you are. Due to skill caps and damage bonus, dual wield gets a lot better the higher you are. Up until the mid 40s, 2H is going to be much better, especially as a ranger that can cast spells between swings. Also, everything you said about being reliable is basically nonsense, there has never been an actual parse that backs up that statement.