Which is capable of the most damage, Dual, Single or 2 sabers?

Hannigaholic · Post by **Hannigaholic** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:25 am

[QUOTE=The1Raven]Spoilers?
My personal feeling, though, is that two sabres are better. The reasons: 1)rather have less of an attack penalty (because I hate to miss), [/QUOTE]

If you want the lowest attack penalty (ie the old school "To Hit" penalty) then 1 sabre is clearly the best because with duelling maxed out you get +1 to attack and +2 to damage (I think those are the right numbers)

With 2 sabres you get 0/-2 unless the off-hand weapon is light in which case (correct me if I'm wrong) you get 0/0 attack bonus and no damage bonus

I'm not sure about double-bladed sabres though

Obviously though you get 2 swings with the 2 sabre and double-bladed sabre options so it's all a matter of whether you prefer to guarantee hitting once or risk missing but take 2 swings - personally I find it easier with single sabre but for my money 2 sabres looks the best and you can have fun with the colour schemes (I had Violet and BLue last time - West Ham colours

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vashnknives · Post by **vashnknives** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:04 pm

From what I can tell a double-bladed saber allows you to use a single crystal like it were two, thus giving you the attack and damage bonuses for that crystal to both hands. I don't see this as superior though to the normal/short saber combo for my main character because I like using crystals to enhance attributes. I don't think the attribute gain doubles when used in a double-bladed saber and those crystals are typically less powerful for straight up damage/attack bonuses. So I guess it depends on what you want for your characters, my main was a consular/sith lord and so I wanted to use force powers and wanted a charisma/wisdom boost, but I gave all but one of my other jedi companions a single saber or a double-bladed saber so as to maximize the damage they could do with minimal crystal and upgrade requirements.

Badseed · Post by **Badseed** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:48 pm

I can't say I have the best answer, all I can do is tell you what I played through with.

LS Guardian/Weapons Master
Master Dueling
Finesse: Lightsaber (I had a +11/12 STR modifier at the end)
Master Speed
Master Flurry

Even though I only had a single hilt, the last third of the game was me walking through hordes of enemies. My point is, no matter what you choose as your weapon, you'll be ok.

I didn't watch my damage ticks too often, but I did see a 141 once.

Oh, and I was a Silver blade, that is just cool.

tattooedbones · Post by **tattooedbones** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:09 pm

Hello all,

Thanks for the responses. I guess I have one to add of my own now that I've played the game. I'm a Consular lvl 15 / Sith Lord lvl 2 and I haven't even drawn my lightsaber in the last 4 levels or so. My powers are so bad ass that I can take out rooms full of guys at a time. I went with a single red saber just for asthetics but really it's quite useless compared to my force powers. Thanks again everyone!

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:23 pm

with superior weapon focus two weapon fighting, you actually get, if i am reading correctly, a +2 to main hand with a short lightsabre on the offhand...on top of the existing bonuses...

this makes the two saber combo as good in attack as the single saber max dueling..

Nephthys Shadow · Post by **Nephthys Shadow** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:05 pm

Well... I've got a level 22 Jedi SentBlah. My average damnage is like 15((Lowest I never watched damage much)) To 30... with crits of 70-90 I use the staff. ((Duel-Blade)) Her str was 18 at start up and its like 28ish with all my items. I don't even have full upgrades and the best crystals in my blade.. So I guess its how you play. But Staff I think DOSE the most while a Duel set with normal Saber and a Short will have more wide damage.. AKA droid offhand DSers right hand.. Whatever... And Duel handing is -2/-2 with a single blade maxed out is +3 AB and +3 AC... Oh and I used old school KOTOR one feats.. not much new on my PC other then the crystal with your name. *shrugs* Her force powers suck really bad since her wisdom and charisma are like 8 16/10 with items.. Anyway Staff owns if you ask me.

FourtySeven · Post by **FourtySeven** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:22 am

http://img136.exs.cx/img136/2346/kotor2player5xc.jpg

http://img136.exs.cx/img136/1830/kotor2equip5hd.jpg

Thats what my guy has, The damage number thing on the main hand is so high it doesn't even show up, it should be like 45-105, was higher when I had darkside mastery with the +1-8 damage, but I gained lightside points annoyingly at the end and didnt have any chance to earn anymore darkside points

) add master power attack to that and its brutal.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:34 pm

[QUOTE=FourtySeven]http://img136.exs.cx/img136/2346/kotor2player5xc.jpg

http://img136.exs.cx/img136/1830/kotor2equip5hd.jpg

Thats what my guy has, The damage number thing on the main hand is so high it doesn't even show up, it should be like 45-105, was higher when I had darkside mastery with the +1-8 damage, but I gained lightside points annoyingly at the end and didnt have any chance to earn anymore darkside points

) add master power attack to that and its brutal.[/QUOTE]

how the heck did you get str that high?

FourtySeven · Post by **FourtySeven** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:23 am

[QUOTE=UserUnfriendly]how the heck did you get str that high?

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easily, GNS Belt (+4 str) dominator gloves (+5 str) power boost implant(+2 str) had master valour an master fury on at that time to along with some other stuff, (was about to beat Darth Traya), personalised crystal (+4 str), some force armour that I put that Strength underlay thing on (+3 str) Ludo Kressehs Arm Band (+1 str) and everytime I leveled up I just put it all into strength lol.