2handers deserve an 'offhand' item like bows have with quivers.

Simply put, 2handed weapons deserve to have a series of items added in that serve as something they can equip into their 'off'-hand.

The loss of that offhand item slot is a huge penalty for 2handers. 2handers' superior offense makes up for their lack of blocking/range/etc (it's arguable whether or not the benefit is worth that penalty, but at least that's the basic principle), but the lack of an item to occupy that offhand leaves them with a sizable disadvantage with regards to item affixes and whatnot. They miss out on the various defensive/offensive/utility implicits and magic affixes that a magic/rare/unique shield or quiver or even off-hand weapon provides.

So my proposition is rather straightforward: introduce a new base type of item (idk what exactly... armbands, i guess? Emblems, perhaps?) that's equippable to the offhand with a 2handed weapon equipped. Give them no actual stats, just implicits comparable to what quivers possess (ideally implicits unused by quivers and more relevant for 2handers, like life-/mana-leech, attack speed, stun threshold, etc.) and the ability to be magic/rare/unique.

They don't need to be solely limited to pairing with 2handed weapons, I'd be fine if people could also equip them alongside a single 1-handed weapon instead of a shield/offhand-weapon or possibly even in place of quivers with a bow (in either case it would likely be less-than-ideal considering a shield/weapon would be stronger and a quiver would have more suitable affixes for bow, but unique ones might make it useful to do so), but the important thing is that 2handers get something to put there. Something so that they don't have to try to fit the affixes they need to acquire into one less equipment slot than every other type of character has available.

Thoughts?

A sheath. Could be used with one handers as well but why you would forgo a shield for it, I dunno.





Inb4 4 pages of people telling you you just want the game to be easier.

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

It's a great SUGGESTION.

Not really, nobody would ever run 1h melee weapons an addition of another 6 affix item + chance of unique and much higher base damage with the option of 2 6-links.

It'll be better just to buff 2h weapons to have 2 extra affix slots or something.

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RagnarokChu wrote:

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

It's a great SUGGESTION.

Not really, nobody would ever run 1h melee weapons an addition of another 6 affix item + chance of unique and much higher base damage with the option of 2 6-links.

It'll be better just to buff 2h weapons to have 2 extra affix slots or something.

I think Charan's point was that it should be in the "Suggestions" section of the forums.

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Robert_Paulson wrote:

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RagnarokChu wrote:

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

It's a great SUGGESTION.

Not really, nobody would ever run 1h melee weapons an addition of another 6 affix item + chance of unique and much higher base damage with the option of 2 6-links.

It'll be better just to buff 2h weapons to have 2 extra affix slots or something.

I think Charan's point was that it should be in the "Suggestions" section of the forums.

This is incredible hipocrisy.

Can you even have a discussion with constructive feedback that ISN'T considered a suggestion in these forums?

Everything that isn't a complaint gets thrown into the Suggestions Forum and forgotten?

Because it was clear from the moment I started reading the OP that this "Suggestion" is actually a "Discussion" about a potential "issue" with 2Handers and a possible way to address it.
But who cares now that it's flagged as "Suggestion".

The Witcher has an item slot called 'Trophy', which is basically where he takes the head or claw of a felled monster and hangs it from his belt. I think that would be a nice item slot to add to 2Hander, except the trophy would hang from the weapon.

So instead of Penetrating Quiver (+ chance to penetrate), you'd have a Mangled Claw (+phys damage) or Corrupting Kneecap (+chaos damage) or something.

Hah, like the corrupting kneecap. :D

Dunno if something like this is needed. They buffed the 2h nodes recently, but I haven't really played 2h for a long time.

This is a solid idea.

I particularly like the idea of the equipment being a war trophy (as stated by BearCares).

Really plays nicely into the world of Wraeclast.

It could also be the type of grip or handle.

Leather wrap for faster attack speed
Runed wrap for elemental/magic type effects
Heavy grip for more damage
Long handle for block chance and/or range

etc.

I like your idea. =)