Combat Events: Skills

Why is 2h skill never a factor in combat events? It seems that all that matters is having two daggers equipped. Nothing else seems to matter.

- Two Handed Fighting: Increases the chance to double weapon dmg.

Is that the bonus?

Also, I notice that if you have a two handed weapon, you only show your skills once under Your Combat Equipment, but it lists twice with 1h weapons. Are these skills multiplied only for 1h weapons? If you get 1 more damage per combat skill point, will someone using two daggers with 20 skill in dagger fighting get 40 damage, whereas somebody wielding an crude axe with 20 axe fighting skill would only get 20 damage?

I'm also curious about that second question.

And some additional skills I was wondering about:
Do the Melee (+0.5 dmg per hit) and Dual Wielding (+0.83% to hit with your offhand) skills keep their regular effects during the event?
Do Piercing/Crushing/Slashing have any effect?

Melee, Piercing, Crushing & Slashing have no effect during the event.
Dual Wielding will now have effect, similar like the two handed fighting.

- Primary combat Skills: Increases your damage by 1 for each point.


- Secondary combat Skills: Increases your damage by 1 for each point.

Your Combat Equipment:
Right Hand: Bandalf's Staff
Staff Fighting: 23.000 +5
Parry: 1.000 
Crushing: 1.000 

Crushing has no effect?? Does Parry increase damage by 1?

dang, should change the help file to say slashing, crushing, and piercing have no effect... always thought they counted since they show up in the event text.  Guess I'm spending a good chunk of 1st day stamina re-racking combat skills into cleaving, a skill which has no effect.

That does sound more balanced, thanks aro. Wish I wouldn't have reset most of them already with pralines I've I read this this morning

Whenever I "Use Two Hands!" the damage doesn't seem to be any more. It states that my Weapon Damage is doubled. So, it changes from 1-2, to 2-4?

Seems to be the same for Dual Wielding procs, don't notice a difference with my regular attacks there (criticals clearly double the damage and first strike adds an additional hit).

For me is clear that Dual Wielding is not activated in this Halloween Event because:
- I didn't notice any damage increase when dual wielding was triggered
- my second weapon didn't suffered any condition loss and i did around 150.000 damage using the same weapon.

daggers also have very low base damage compared to two handed weapons. now they get double damage on top of that?. seems i gotta switch to 2handed weapons... i very much dislike being forced into 1 combat style and 1 armour style because its (overpowered)

What's annoying is that 2h weapons are kings when killing critters in the realm (I do 50 % more damage with my 2h axe vs my more expensive grail carnifex axe), while 1h weapons rule events.


That means I have to spend lots of stamina (and bronze) to change between the two setups before and after events. Some skills do also not give any bonuses during events, like charging. But charging is pretty useful otherwise. I wish for a solution where we are not forced to change setup before events.

I agree completely.