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I don't think it matters what you have offhand for rage generation or dps. You do have a faster rage generation DW than a 2-H warrior, but dps I dont think it makes much difference.

faster weapon speed faster rage generation.

Quoted from "bobinator501;523230"

faster weapon speed faster rage generation.

No. Rage generation is normalised by weapon speed.

you white strike more with a faster weapon and more white strikes = more rage

Quoted from "bobinator501;523328"

you white strike more with a faster weapon and more white strikes = more rage

You just really are a bundle of misinformation, aren't you?

Faster weapons hit more often, and generate less rage per hit. Slower weapons swing less often, and generate more Rage per hit. The values are roughly 7 Rage per sec, for all weapon speeds.

Quoted from "KatalanOrk;523365"

You just really are a bundle of misinformation, aren't you?

Faster weapons hit more often, and generate less rage per hit. Slower weapons swing less often, and generate more Rage per hit. The values are roughly 7 Rage per sec, for all weapon speeds.

Yeah just like his posts on r/w vs r/s damage in dod :-)

Yes, sort of. Weapon speed for both mainhand and offhand has no effect effect on rage generation. As long as you are dealing white strikes (or taking hits), you are generating rage. Note that offhand white strikes generate less rage, though I'm not sure exactly how much less. I think it's 50%.

As far as DPS is concerned, you should understand how DPS and white strikes work. All Warrior skills, with the exception of some elites and such, are based on mainhand weapon DPS. This is the Weapon Damage/Weapon Speed (weapon speed is the number of seconds between each hit, or white strike). This is because skills share a global cooldown of 1 second. White strikes are based on your Weapon Damage, not DPS, and hit at weapon speed, not each second. Because of this, white strike DPS is the same as skill DPS. The difference is that skill DPS is more consistent, as it hits every second, and of course skills deal more than 100% DPS more often than not. Offhand weapon only does white strikes, so weapon speed only effects it's frequency of hits, but not DPS. If you're doing a lot of killing mobs where the fight only lasts a second or two, a high Damage weapon, like a hammer, would be better because if you only get one white strike in, it'd best be a strong one. For something like bosses where you're fighting for several seconds or more the offhand DPS is what counts. Overall, the offhand isn't going to be making a huge difference Damage wise. You could invest in a powerful offhand hammer for grinding, but the difference would be minimal in most cases, and hardly worth it.

For the most part, you should just get the highest DPS weapon you can for offhand, and stat-tier it. Swords and axes tend to be best, and you should also look at the ghost stats on the weapon. Speed, for the most part, is insignificant.