I noticed that speed no matter how big the number is doesn't really affect anything, but only it does when the weapon comes with some other damage capacities like lihgtning or poisoning or fire damage and + life or mana drain - that's when you have a really powerful weapon. But honestly nothing works as good as mage skill. I think I was most successful while being a mage rather than a warrior. But game is a personal experience I guess. One thing I have to admit that I keep playing DD - I lost count of how many times I already played it from the beginning to the end. Even after Beyond Divinity, DD still rules! I love everything about DD - medieval outfit of the DD world and men and women dressed as in Dark Ages, classical gothic style of the abbeys and churches, and people talking differently, like in old times... ANd oh yes I loooove music - so classical gothic, medievalish!