Originally Posted by Fauh
Since Blizzard have said that they are unhappy about the current state of dual-wield for DK's I think we might see the frost-tree being revamped into a dual-wield tree once again.
There have been speculations of FS and possibly even OB being changed to a Stormstrike-like mechanic (Hitting with both weapons). Sure it would make Frost 2-hand less attractive than Frost-DW for PvE yet still viable. Nevertheless whatever Blizzard has in mind for DW will be intresting because at the moment it's very pathetic. Remaking the frost tree into more of a DW tree would make sense since Frost is already broken.
Well thats just my two cents.
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The core problem with that is that Frost is the LEAST attractive tree for DW'ing.
Frost has no direct buff to white damage (which is the biggest source of damage for DW builds), while both UH and Blood do, to extremely efficient levels. Talents like Dark Vengeance, Blood Caked Blades, Necrosis buff white damage much more than anything Frost could do. All the interesting talents for DW in Frost are low enough to be accessible by any other tree.
Even more importantly, DW builds having inherently lower strike damage would want to get as much as possible out of non-weapon related sources, like pets - UH shined as the DW build because of this.
Last but not least, Frost is the suboptimal Dw specc because of Frost Strike. Frost is the specc that most relies on weapon damage - turning it into the DW specc efficiently would require a complete overhaul of the trees. Making Scourge Strike hit with both weapons would be a much more welcome fix, as you could see deep UH DW builds with Black Ice and all the DW frost talents.
06/03/09, 6:18 AM
