So at this point is melee DW or meh?

It seems like all the builds posted are DW, and the ones that are 2H are gimmicky builds, nothing like the pure ownage insanity of the DW.

Is 2H just subpar now? With all the patching and balancing I would have thought the devs made 2H just as powerful by now, but if the consensus is that it just sucks I’ll give up and jump on the bandwagon.

I mean is dw still better than 2h? Yeah… Some 2h builds are really solid though and I’m pretty happy with a lot of the weapons, particularly melee.

If a few seconds on boss times are that important to you then jump on the bandwagon if you can call it that after such a long period of time :smiley: Whacking shit with giant weapons is fun imo and they are competitive

i don’t need to be ultra speedy, but i feel like 2H just isn’t viable for a lot of the harder bosses. and the NEW ones are even harder lol, so i assume the gap will be worse.

I am liking 2H bone harvest, but I agree the damage and speed doesn’t feel there yet.

I still play with 2-h physical Forcewave, and find it really awesome still. Especially with weapon i managed to craft:
https://imgur.com/a/PVHmV
It’s just awesome!

i guess DW will always outclass 2H when you apply obscene amounts of endgame legendary items. DW simply scales better with stuff like flat damage and attack speed.

for a normal playthrough of the game, that distinction is pretty irrelevant. you won’t have crazy gear that boosts dps into the high heavens, so the much higher base weapon damage of the 2H weapons makes them quite viable in my experience.

i’d say DW is great for showcase / post game builds, but for actually playing through the game, 2H is fully viable - even superior in many ways.