What kind of ass backwards thinking is that?
A character is "useless" if the enemies dont attack him? what the F?
Yes a Character that is supposed to soak damage is useless if the enemys doesnt attack him.
Thats your problem right there. You have a single simpleton notion of what are characters for - because youre a devolved mass market MMO player and youre just hitting your head against a wall of your own nonsense.

wait really? I CAN ATTACK ENEMYS? HOW? I DIDNT KNOW THAT! NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE! how stupid are you?
Yes really. Character builds do not have a single role.
So you can use them for other purposes instead of idiotically trying to make them into damage soaking "tanks" over and over and over.
And if you dont then its your own fault.
- Less stupid then you, thats for sure mate. If you really wanted to know.
2H is superior in dealing damage ONLY in YOUR game buddy. In mine they are about equal.
(because my heavily edited shadowblade uses a dagger and a shield - while being Strength based - imagine that eh?)
How is it even possible that a 1H can deal as much damage as a 2H?
Its a kind of magic.
magic... magic...
MAAAGIC!
I didnt try Shadowblade that much but this looks like another Balance Problem..
Yes, i can also see the balance problem there.
of the hormonal nature.
2H should be Superior all the time on the same EXP and Gear Level since they sacrifice a shitload of Defensive. But almost every game has this Issue if the Choice is given (in almost every RPG the 1H + Shield Combo can deal the same and in some cases even more dmg as a Pure 2H but they have additional defense thanks to the shield dunno why Devs cant handle this :P).
Wut?

:lol:
Look... it all depends on how youve setup and created your characters. This is not a game with classes. Its a classless game. All parameters of any build affect its use, damage and behavior.
Its just too much for your brain and thats alright.
but still noone could explain me why Summoned Pets can actually *Tank* since they draw a shitload of aggro... whelp i will try it a few hours more with my 3m an party and if that doesnt work (i will try to use the help i got here) i will reroll
Try attacking the group thats guarding a hermit shack in the east, then let me know how they dont attack your 2H fighters or whatever.
Put in the simple enough terms so you can grasp it... the Ai is diverse, it doesnt have a single simple schtick for simpleton players like you to exploit. Sometimes they attack summons, sometimes they dont. They attack my 2H Madora, and they attack my shadowblade and my mage - depending ON DIFFERENT PARAMETERS.
And its different depending on levels of enemies and design of specific encounter - and on what you do.
It all differs from encounter to encounter and you only got stuck on a few or maybe one example and went screaming about it. But its only because you play BADLY.
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BRING YOUR FIGHTER IN FRONT OF AN ENEMY AND THEN EXPECT IT TO GET STUCK ON IT JUST BECAUSE YOU WOULD WANT IT TO.