2h = larger burst damage with crits and crit mult
Does burst damage have any inherent advantage over multiple hits in this game? Is there ever a damage resistance threshold that smaller hits would have trouble overcoming? I've only played to level 4 so far, but I haven't detected this as yet.
With the right skills and talents a 2h warrior will be able to one shot an enemy, gain 2 AP, kill another enemy, and repeat till they fail to kill someone. By comparison, a dual wield character will wont be able to really match the damage output a properly outfitted 2h can reach. The damage starts out similar but grows apart over time.
Edit: Again, this comes from the crit mult inherent to to the 2h and scroundrel abbilites combined with damage bonuses from skills/stats/abilities.....furthermore all those crit mult and damage bonuses effect skills cast. When combined with rage for auto crits the numbers can get really really high