Assassin Weapons Question...

[Dormam]

<DIV>I am trying to find out the best weapon/weapon combinaton for us assassins to use to be most effective.  I have a variety of weapons from dual 1.4 badlands stilettos, a nice 1.7 speed spear that does a bit more damage and a 1.2 speed dagger of poison I got off a named mob.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question is this:  which weapons go best main hand - slower but higher dps weps or the fastest wep available.  Also, is off hand wep on another timer or does it swing along with the main hand regardless of weapon delay?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So far my experience has been its best to equipment the fastest weapons you can get regardless of damage.  I have not parsed this, but I just get the feeling that I am being more effective in battle.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, I did try a one handed Steel Spear for a bit.  It was much slower and I didnt really notice any increase in my damage, although the damage range of the weapon was much higher than my daggers. </DIV>

[DalavarSilverthor]

<DIV>I didn't play Beta so alot of this is new to me.  As I understand it the weapon delay affects the speed of normal melee combat.  Since most of our damage is in combat arts then I would think the higher damage weapons would be best if these produced higher damage through our special attacks.  I would be interested in hearing other opinions though.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Etillchou]

it doesn't matter which hand you use.. both go with the speed from the weapon. so no penalty for the offhand.and what does the most damage. Just make an easy calculation. min+max/speed. The highest is the best

[akumat]

I try and avoid anything over 1.4 delay... altho I am using a 2.0 delay dual weild weapon right now <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />The way I see it is faster is better.. the more swings you make the more chances of poison going off.

[Dormam]

<DIV>I was just going to mention that.  More swings = more chance of a poison proc going off.  Which leads me to start another thread regarding which poisons do what....</DIV>

[Kardo]

<DIV>I was weilding a 7-20 1.6 one-handed weapon and most I hit for was 133. Switched to badlands stiletto which is 3-11 I think and hit for 158.</DIV>

[superrans]

<DIV>I'm with Akuma on this, I like my weapons to be pretty fast, even if I am sacrificing the best damage vs speed for it. I'm having a ton of fun with the carbonite epee primary and the assassin's dagger secondary. Carbonite has no stat buffs on it though, as it's merchant bought.</DIV>