Weapon Scaling And Dual wielding

Weapon Scaling And Dual wielding

I'm in favor of keeping a runeblade as an heirloom item in some way. It's a Hero class after all, and all the Heroes in the lore have used the same weapon forever. Thrall has his Doomhammer, Arthas has Frostmourne, Mograine had Ashbringer, etc. The Druid bear/cat forms are mediocre at best. They really need a boost in awesome-looking, at least at the higher levels... it's one thing to get tired of plain-looking Druid forms, but the DK Runeblade that they get at the end of their quests is really awesome looking, and the DKs stroll into Outland really looking like a Death Knight. I'd like to hold onto that.

As the dev team works to firm up Death Knights and get them ready for release, there is a debate that rages on among beta testers and the Death Knight community at large. I don't mean whether the recent huge nerf to Death Knight damage was justified. Rather, the argument I'm talking about is over the clash of 2-handers and dual wielding. 2-handers have been the Death Knight weapon of choice in the modern era of the game up until recently. Frostmourne, the ultimate Death Knight weapon, is a massive two-handed claymore. In the early to middle part of the classic end game, Baron Rivendare was the Death Knight that loomed large in everyone's thoughts, and he too wielded a much coveted two-handed runeblade.

Because of this, many Death Knights have no plans to ever pick up 2 weapons. The massive bloody two-handed runeblade is the classic Death Knight emblem. It's part of the lore and the feel of the class and, they say, there's no reason to change it.. At the same time, many other Death Knights say that dual wielding is here to stay. New prominent Death Knights such as Lord Darion Morgraine dual wield. It's now part of the lore, and 2-handed lovers should just suck it up.