Cyberote Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I'm sure there will be perks for two-handed that will sort of balance things out. I use both. If a sword looks incredibly awesome, Idc whether it's one-handed or two-handed, I'm using that frickin sword! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormguy85 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We obviously won't know until we see the final perks and can assess what damage caps are in place, and how things scale. But, consider this. A 2-handed Sword user does additional critical strike damage. You can then specialize to make all sprinting power attacks automatically crit. This means that if you build a character almost purely on damage and stamina, you could effectively sprint around the room crit-shotting opponents. I believe you'd have to sacrifice defense on a build like this, but if your mobility is high enough (unarmored or light armored) you could do quite a bit of hit-and-run style damage which would have considerably more burst then dual-wield. I'm really hoping there are no artificial caps on damage potential (like in Oblivion) so I can literally build a character based purely on speed and the ability to hit extremely hard with charge. Lets also not forget that there is a perk that lets you do a cleave-style attack when doing sideways power attacks with 2handed weapons. I think for a brawler style character, 2-handed won't be as strong. Or for some kind of hybrid melee/caster. But, I'm a pretty firm believer that you'll be able to create an extremely high burst-damage character with 2handed weapons based on the information provided so far. Obviously only time will tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercheos123 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 BRING OUT THE HEAVY ARMOURED SHIELD MAN!!! HE WILL SAVE US ALL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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