2nd weapons usage

[Keeva]

Does anyone legitimately use the 2nd weapon, or just stick with your primary? If so, what scenario would require the use of 2 weapons in one fight? I get that a couple of monsters have 2 elemental weaknesses depending on state but I don't know why this is enough to warrant the devs putting the 2 weapon thing in

[Talos]

Horn lets you buff yourself, I like to run 2 horns for 2 sets of melodies, esp since arkveld horn lets me extend them all.

[CH13F]

i personally dont. honest

[Glimmer]

Yes. I use a status-effect causing weapon at first, then when the Monster is on its last legs, or has gained a lot of resistance to said status effect (after it's already been afflicted a few times with it), I switch to my side weapon that is focused on the elemental weakness of the Monster.

[Jonal / Azmoran]

I use IG as main, I have another different IG as secondary. I never use my Secondary.

I guess after using status effect a couple times you could switch to raw damage, but fights just don't last long enough to bother.

[Anime]

yes, fire/ice greatsword + water hammer. if monster is weak to water, i switch to hammer

[s_greyjoy]

i use CB and hammer, pretty much split my time between both. it's nice to be able to switch between them mid-quest. having a backup has also helped when doin those back to back story hunts without time to prep

[K1ll3rc0mb0]

i have gunlance and switchaxe. gunlance is my all rounded weapon. i use it when a monster is being extra suborn or if im fighting the giant CPU cooler and he is agro on me. i use the switchaxe for all my other fights since i have 3 of different element and can pick the one that best targets weakness. one of them got an entire affinity roll so i actually am using master touch with it. very effective.

[StarExile]

Well if you a Great Sword player and you joined a squad of ranged players, thats means those players will try to keep distance from a monster, so monster will be chasing one swithing to anoter, which leads for your hard time of landing slow charged blows of GS.

Then you switching mid fight for a faster weapon such as Sword n Shield for example, or also something ranged.

[meowspark]

No. I just use 1 GS for everything.

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by Keeva:

Does anyone legitimately use the 2nd weapon, or just stick with your primary? If so, what scenario would require the use of 2 weapons in one fight? I get that a couple of monsters have 2 elemental weaknesses depending on state but I don't know why this is enough to warrant the devs putting the 2 weapon thing in

I absolutely make more use of the 2nd weapon than I figured I would.

I made 7 Loadouts for each weapon I use: Blast, Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, Dragon, Raw. Each set uses a primary weapon of that element. The secondary weapon is a Paralysis Weapon of the same type. So my SnS_Fire set has a Fire SnS primary and Paralysis SnS secondary. As soon as I load into the hunt, I swap to the Paralysis weapon as I'm en route to the monster. I'll use the weapon until I get at least one paralysis off and will continue using it until the monster changes zones and I can swap to the "Damage" weapon while following it.

I don't like the idea of bringing two different weapon classes because if I decided I'm going to hunt with a Switch Axe, I'm not going to want to swap to a Gunlance. But being able to apply Paralysis once or twice and then finish it off with the higher damage option is a lot of fun.

[Aliandris]

I have Charge Blade as my main, and a Hunting Horn backup in case I'm playing with other people.

There's valid points in using two of the same weapon type with different status/elements on it, but so far I've found the game easy enough to not need that level of strategy.

I like that they offer the option, but overall it hardly seems necessary.

[paulgswanson]

Not once have i ever needed or wanted to swap to secondary. There's just no need

[Leown]

I've been using Lance as my main then LBG or HH. been trying out others though some thing for burst damage or more raw consistent damage.

though i think people are using their main weapon for both slots for more coverage.

[GetUrAssToMars]

I use sns status ailments. So once I get a few procs in ill switch to the another as the resistance builds.

That being said I think its a largely wasted mechanic. I hope they reward the use of it more in future updates.

[Cheerows]

I don't but if I was using elemental weapons I'd take two weapons for the investigations with two targets, otherwise it's too tryhard for me to grab two weapons to apply different status and so on