Quote Originally Posted by Wintersandman View Post
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No, most MMOs apply both weapons to their attacks. Rogue in WoW? Their attacks are 65% of their Main and Offhand weapon, they attack with each weapon for each auto attack. Thats why they attack so fast before they get Haste in their stats. Rift works similarly and so do the Solo Games like Dragon Age.

Bringing up Logic and comparing it to the Icon is laughable. The Icon is a dagger, cool. The icon in FF9 is a single dagger too, and yet Zidane dualwields just fine. It doesn't have to be an exact match to an icon, the Titan weapon is called Cleavers of the Crag to show that it's multiple weapons. Same with the Monk weapons as well. If you wanted to use the offhand slot, you'd have to lower the stats of the weapon to let the offhand compensate otherwise they'd have bonus stats no one else has. Conjurer Wands, Gladiator swords have lower secondary stats to accommodate for you having the Shield. For the Paladin, the Shield is actually required for their defense and used in some of their actions so it makes sense, it doesn't make sense for the other classes to have the offhand used.

Now, the Samurai suggestion about a Wakizashi would be cool. Maybe have it like a shield, but increase the amount of damage they parry similar to block, it'd warrant the offhand slot. Just putting an item there with free stats serves no purpose other then "You have to get this slot filled as well".