World of Warcraft

Perhaps I slept through the math class on DPS (Damage Per Second), but I've always wondered which is the better weapon to have and why.  I think it would help if I knew what the multiplier was for using 1 two-hander.  Is the DPS for two handers additive?  Like 10.9 dps + 11.0 dps = 21.9 dps? 

Last night I was told that the slower the weapon is, the more damage it does therefore the more rage it builds up.  Is this the case?  It seems counterintuitive to me, wouldn't two daggers build more rage because they are faster?  Is there a kind of 'rage per second' I should be aware of?

I thought after three years playing the game, I'd have figured this out by now.  C'mon World of Warcraft mathmaticians and stat-mongers, I need your help. 

Originally posted by saint4God

Perhaps I slept through the math class on DPS (Damage Per Second), but I've always wondered which is the better weapon to have and why.  I think it would help if I knew what the multiplier was for using 1 two-hander.  Is the DPS for two handers additive?  Like 10.9 dps + 11.0 dps = 21.9 dps? 

Last night I was told that the slower the weapon is, the more damage it does therefore the more rage it builds up.  Is this the case?  It seems counterintuitive to me, wouldn't two daggers build more rage because they are faster?  Is there a kind of 'rage per second' I should be aware of?

I thought after three years playing the game, I'd have figured this out by now.  C'mon World of Warcraft mathmaticians and stat-mongers, I need your help. 

As far as I know the general rule of thumb is that the off-hand weapon will do only 50% of it's rated DPS, so no, it's not a straight additive meaning that 2 weapons with 10 dps will not be as effective as 1 weapon with 20 dps.  Other than that, I'm lost as far as 1h/2h goes.

There is an increase (spelling?) in miss chanse whith dual wield. I know a friend shouted about.

So far so good, thanks.  So 2 1-handers at 10dps is equivalent to a 15dps 2-hander.  Okay.  I'm not sure why they assign a DPS to off-hand then.  It should be a +% damage, like +50% to mainhand but have more to learn it seems.  Also, I am curious about the miss-rate factor.

Originally posted by saint4God

So far so good, thanks.  So 2 1-handers at 10dps is equivalent to a 15dps 2-hander.

Roughly speaking.  Obviously it's much more complicated than this, but I think it's a good rule of thumb.

 Okay.  I'm not sure why they assign a DPS to off-hand then.

Because a lot of weapons can be used in either the main hand or off-hand.  I don't think they want to give them 2 different DPS based on which hand it's being used in especially if it always works out the same.  You can figure that out yourself.

It should be a +% damage, like +50% to mainhand but have more to learn it seems. Also, I am curious about the miss-rate factor.

There's a lot to be considered besides just damage.  The miss factor being one of them, chance to proc on hits and all kinds of other stuff.  The choice between going 1 hand and 2 hand is more a choice between how you are going to spec.  If you spec into dual wielding, then you are going to want to dual wield, if you spec into 2 hand then you're going to want to use a 2 hand weapon, if you spec into using a shield, then 1 hand with a shield will work best.  Rather than ask yourself if you should use a 2 hand weapon or 2 1 hand weapons, ask yourself if you want to go Arms, Fury or Prot spec and let that be your guide.

your miss chance goes from 5% to 25%. also your can get bigger MS crits with a 2her. 2her is pvp for big burst damage, dual wield is sustained dmg for pve

Excellent points, thank you.  Currently my main character is a 2-handed fury warrior.  I must say I do loves the fury spec even though every group I'm in hates me.  I can solo very well and land hits quickly on multiple targets in a PvP mosh-pit.  I do like toying around with other warrior possibilities with different weapons and arms.  For some reason, playing Protection depresses me, not sure why.  Maybe because there isn't always a group to be had between levels 1 - 68 and soloing a protection warrior is like watching a ping-pong match by the world's two greatest players in slow-mo.  I thought the idea of a speedy two-handed hitter as a warrior would be cool for lots of rage but people are telling me "it don't work like that" hence the beginning of the thread. 

www.tankspot.com/forums/tankspot-library/35502-warrior-leveling-demystified.html

This link does a comparison between a 2H Fury, DW Fury and 2H Arms... DW Fury has the best DPS.

Like project had explained~

In summary:

2H is for:
- burst damage
- pvp
- Arms

Dual Wield is for:
- sustained dps
- pve
- Fury

Just to clarify something about miss chance.

Base miss chance while wielding one weapon, for all attacks: 5%

Base miss chance for special attacks while dual-wielding: 5%

Base miss chance for white damage attacks while dual-wielding: 24%

Fighting a level 73 mob increases miss chance by 4% (important since raid bosses are this level).

In raids and lesser instances, rogues do the vast majority of their damage in white damage.  So PvE rogues often try to get as close to the hit cap as possible (zero miss chance on white a