Question about rogue's weapons of choice (dual wielding)

[Swimfan]

Sooo I've been dual wielding weapons with my rogue (Astarion) because that is basically my rogue-fantasy and in the middle of Act 2 my enemies suddenly drop a REALLY amazing Shortsword (which basically rerolls if you roll a 2 or lower - like wtf). And now I'm thinking: Have I been gimping myself dual wielding daggers the entire time? Astarions damage has been far from bad but should I have been dual wielding shortswords? Or even real swords?

What am I missing? I obviously want to dual wield something that has Finesse - can I dual wield rapiers?

Can someone please shed a light on this?

[Swimfan]

Bump - anyone?

[WeenerTuck813]

Yes.
Short swords are just better than Daggers unless you have a specific dagger like a +1 dagger is better than a regular short sword.

[dolby]

Originally posted by Swimfan:

Sooo I've been dual wielding weapons with my rogue (Astarion) because that is basically my rogue-fantasy and in the middle of Act 2 my enemies suddenly drop a REALLY amazing Shortsword (which basically rerolls if you roll a 2 or lower - like wtf). And now I'm thinking: Have I been gimping myself dual wielding daggers the entire time? Astarions damage has been far from bad but should I have been dual wielding shortswords? Or even real swords?

What am I missing? I obviously want to dual wield something that has Finesse - can I dual wield rapiers?

for none light weapons you need a feat...so for dual rapiers you need a feat but for short swords you do not. other than that there is no limit...

[VongolaXth]

I heard that you're able to double wield Rapiers with the perk / feat which is coming with a specific level, which is my goal right now.. If its not possible then i would be sad .. so i'll lurk now and look what others might know.

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by dolby:

Originally posted by Swimfan:

Sooo I've been dual wielding weapons with my rogue (Astarion) because that is basically my rogue-fantasy and in the middle of Act 2 my enemies suddenly drop a REALLY amazing Shortsword (which basically rerolls if you roll a 2 or lower - like wtf). And now I'm thinking: Have I been gimping myself dual wielding daggers the entire time? Astarions damage has been far from bad but should I have been dual wielding shortswords? Or even real swords?

What am I missing? I obviously want to dual wield something that has Finesse - can I dual wield rapiers?

for none light weapons you need a feat...so for dual rapiers you need a feat but for short swords you do not. other than that there is no limit...

KK thanks.

[Swimfan]

So optimal equippment for melee rogue is basically dual wielded shortsword (or dagger if the dagger's effect outweights its loss in damage) + the Fighting Style that adds dmg modifier to your offhand attacks?

[dolby]

Originally posted by Swimfan:

So optimal equippment for melee rogue is basically dual wielded shortsword (or dagger if the dagger's effect outweights its loss in damage) + the Fighting Style that adds dmg modifier to your offhand attacks?

if you don't find a great epic broken OP dagger they are bad normally.. You can't even throw them with dex like could in EA For some reason they use STr modifiers at least when i had dumped str. Need to do a bit more testing...

They still apply sneak attack damage though and it adds ring of fling extra throw damage to sneak attack as well so that's a nice 2x extra boost to damage on them...but again problem is the attack scales off str...:(
Second problem is there is effective way to dip throw weapons cos the system is half made.