Larian Studios Forums Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga / Flames of Vengeance (English) Divinity II - The Dragon Knight Saga IS there a problem with duel-wielding??

It seems whenever i equip a 2nd weapond my damage drops alot.

I don't remember it being this way in the original game.

Anyone else haveing this problem??

I too think there is a problem, whenever i equip 2 weapons, the damage decreases lower than if i had equipped one of the weapons alone.
ok i'm only lvl 1 in dual wielding but i don't think it should do that... at least in the original it didn't.

Nah there is clearly a problem here just look:

Dual wielding lvl 1 says: when fighting with two weapons, your primary weapon does 1% more damage; the off-hand weapon damages is modified by -70%

now i have two weapons:
- mace of the snake, mele damage 6-7
- Cleaver of the vampire mele damage 2-4

Now if i equip them both i get only 1-3 weapon damage, even if i put them in any hand it stays at 1-3 damage...

There is something wrong here wouldn't you agree?

Yes, that is much too low. I guess they tweaked the formula and now it does all wrong (the way it counted the +damage bonuses made Dual Wield over powered before). Even if the penalty was applied to both hands the damage should not be that low, and the max is where it would be if the penalty was applied to both hands (after rounding).

One thing to consider with Dual Wielding is (so far as I can tell) damage bonuses (+X melee/magic) are counted twice, once for each weapon. With two weapons with good enchants/charms/other bonuses of this nature the damage you deal out can be quite substancial. By the end I was dealing 420 to 503 normal damage and 248 to 273 magic damage in melee, and I had not really pushed the stats that up damage and both swords still had a charm slot.

Edit (Math):

Dual Wielding 13: 25% / 50%
Strength: 52 * .5 = 26%
Intelligence: 42 * 1 = 42%
Right Hand: 46 to 77 + 27 (+27)
Left Hand: 27 to 45 + 59 (18 to 30 + 27)

Here are some possible formulae for max normal damage.

Formula 1: ((77 + 27) * 1.25 + (45 + 59) * 1.5) * 1.26 = 326.34
Formula 2: ((77 * 1.25 + 45 * 1.5) + 2 * (27 + 59)) * 1.26 = 389.025
Formula 3: ((77 + 27 + 59) * 1.25 + (45 + 59 + 27) * 1.5) * 1.26 = 470.296
Formula 4: ((77 * 1.25 + (45 + (59 + 27) * 2) * 1.5) * 1.26 = 497.385

The real value is higher still (by about 5.6), but the fouth formula is fairly close. It would be intersting to see how the numbers for two handed weapons stack up, if someone cares to post them.