PosChengBand - Dual Wield + Ring of Combat WAI?

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  • CyclopsSlayer
    Swordsman
    • Feb 2009
    • 389

    PosChengBand - Dual Wield + Ring of Combat WAI?

    Have a dual wielding Rogue that is massacring the Stronghold.
    Just found a Ring of Combat (+3, +7) and when I equipped it I saw that it only raised the To-Hit and To-Dmg of the wielding hand. ie. Ring in the right ring slot only affects the Main-hand weapon. Moved the ring to the left ring slot and it now applies to the off-hand weapon.
    Is that working as intended?

    Not sure if the Rogue will make a good dual wielder in the long run, but at least early it seems impressive. Keeping a shield to swap in when I hit tougher mobs.
  • Ironshod Al
    Scout
    • Apr 2017
    • 48

    #2
    I was surprised by this just like you, when someone mentioned that I should put my ring of combat on the weapon hand to get the to-hit/damage bonusses.
    This is apparently working as intended. It is probably to avoid extreme benefits from dual wielding and a single great ring of combat to offset the dual wield penalties.
    I also just now learned that you get bonus damage from a single weapon when not wearing a shield.

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    • CyclopsSlayer
      Swordsman
      • Feb 2009
      • 389

      #3
      Originally posted by Ironshod Al
      I was surprised by this just like you, when someone mentioned that I should put my ring of combat on the weapon hand to get the to-hit/damage bonuses.
      This is apparently working as intended. It is probably to avoid extreme benefits from dual wielding and a single great ring of combat to offset the dual wield penalties.
      I also just now learned that you get bonus damage from a single weapon when not wearing a shield.
      I think the two-hand benefit applies to larger weapons, not Daggers and Tantos, but hey, I haven't played *Hengbands since like 2005 so what do I know?
      I have a kick-ass Wakizashi that I have trained to useable. Using Craft Magic on my Rogue, massive early game bonus to counteract Dual-wield penalties. Need the stores to restock !CCW and I will be good to go, cure Serious aren't even worth carrying for HP.

      Odd thing with Dual-wield. The character dump has odd artifacts, Wielding two identical Daggers (+5, +5) and the Weapons reports give different to-hit, crit rate and Accuracy.

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