Thread got a little derailed (rather rdm heavy) lol...

But regardless, I strongly feel that with the way SE is headed with SoA... several R/M/E will be left behind, even after upgrades and therefore should be able to be used in the offhand for the stats without restrictions, in the exact same empys do currently (up to +20 stat).

As for allowing the weaponskill, I believe it has something to do with the spagetti code that makes allowing ws from offhand difficult (and complicated when people dualwield 2 diff weps like sword and dagger). Moreover, with the suggestion of unlocking empy ws through WoE coin weps, that would only leave relic ws, which 9 times out of 10 pale in comparison to any other ws and are generally only used for aftermath (if at all).