Further, damage procs on weapons (such as fire or arcane) occur more often on faster weapons,
You sure about this? you sure its not PPM?
Yes... because they aren't procs. +Fire damage or +Arcane Damage, etc are a flat damage bonus. its the same as +2-4 damage.... except that its magic and filtered by resistances rather than physical damage reduction. (the ambiguity of the armor damage reduction makes it sound like it reduces damage further beyond resistances...)
I don't think you guys remember this... but there was a blue post about how they intentionally buffed 2H weapons due to the fact that +X damage on the offhand item/ weapon in the end was trumping 2H damage later game.
OmniNom is right in that the 2H are better for certain skills than others. For example - I found Bola shot to be much more fun to use with a 2H bow rather than pistol crossbows. This is because you would end up firing 3 bolas on the same target and end up doing overkill.
However, simultaneously... I saw the effect of a 1H + OH combo. In the beta that measily +2-4 Damage Adds up. Unless you have 2 weapons with a DPS difference of < 15% you end up losing damage by dual wielding. However... as you can guess the +25 STAT from an offhand item or dual wield will probably overwhelm 2Hers at higher levels. That 2Her will probably be snuffed by the offhand stat bonuses end game.
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Yes... because they aren't procs. +Fire damage or +Arcane Damage, etc are a flat damage bonus. its the same as +2-4 damage.... except that its magic and filtered by resistances rather than physical damage reduction. (the ambiguity of the armor damage reduction makes it sound like it reduces damage further beyond resistances...)
+100 Arcane damage X2 > + 150 Arcane damage x1 (2H)
However, simultaneously... I saw the effect of a 1H + OH combo. In the beta that measily +2-4 Damage Adds up. Unless you have 2 weapons with a DPS difference of < 15% you end up losing damage by dual wielding. However... as you can guess the +25 STAT from an offhand item or dual wield will probably overwhelm 2Hers at higher levels. That 2Her will probably be snuffed by the offhand stat bonuses end game.