Level 29 assassin here. Had a guy approach me tonight and say I was all wrong to be using a Kragnoks Axe in my main hand. I told him that my best non-flanking attack uses a slash debuff so I should be using a good slash weapon main hand. He proceeded to say that even Assassins Blade revolves around piercing and that the axe would do much less damage as a main hand weapon. Well, I think while your skills may do either piercing or slash debuffs, I dont think using one or the other will increase or decrease your damage as long as your DPS on your weapon is good.
I kept the axe main hand and didnt really notice any less DPS in any skill. It seems to me that at level 29 our skills complement slashing as much as piercing anyways. Insideous Cut does a slash debuff and Cut gives you a slash dot. Also, the axe had just a hair better DPS than my steel rapier did, so my thinking was to have my best DPS weapon main hand.
Any thoughts or comments?