Originally Posted by Tomato_Kai  |
| Well, maybe I'm looking at this wrong... but isn't /nin (post lvl 20) the exact same thing as having a permanent, guaranteed to proc, double attack? |
That would only be true if you swung both weapons on the
average delay of the two weapons, not the
total delay of the two weapons. If you're dual-wielding two 300-delay weapons, you're going to swing every 600-minus-delay-reduction, not every 300-minus-delay-reduction. (With /NIN, and no enhancing equipment, that comes out to a total delay of 540 before level 50).
Compare that to Double Attack, which is about 10%. So with that same 300-delay weapon, you're getting roughly 11 attacks every 3000 delay, which is basically around 272 delay. That's very little difference in the actual delay.
But Double Attack returns the TP based on 300 delay, while Dual Wielded weapons return the TP based on the post-reduction delay. More delay means more TP per hit, so with Double Attack, you're getting the TP for a 300-delay weapon every 272, vs. getting the TP for a 270-delay weapon every 270 with Dual Wield 1.
I'm pretty sure I'm right on the concept here. If not, some mathemagician or other will surely correct me.