Why is duel wielding made superior in KotOR II?

[Fearless_Jedi]

Ok well I finally got a hold of a list of feats for KotOR II and all seemed good untill I came upon the special feats for Marauders and Weapon Masters. Some of the combat feats for KotOR II are similar to those in KotOR I like Dueling, Duel Wielding, and Lightsaber Specialization. However, once we get into the prestige class feats we find that it makes duel wielding better than using one weapon. It does this by having superior duel wielding feats but no superior dueling feats....how can this be??? This kinda forces those Guardian/Weapon Masters that what just a classic single bladed lightsaber (like myself) to have to get a double-bladed or wield two sabers just so they can make their character be up to par with the rest...this dissapoints me very much.

 

Can someone explain this to mean....hopefully a developer.

[envida]

It pissed me off too since I was making a single-blade fighting machine and had put my feats in dueling and when I got the weapon-master prestige class there wasnt any more fets for dueling only for two-weapon! Go figure

[Ivan the Terrible]

Can someone explain this to mean....hopefully a developer.

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What's to explain? It was a bad design move.

 

And the Devs seem to be AWOL at the moment.

[envida]

Come to think of it it's not that bad after all. When using one lightsaber there are no penalties, so when choosing dueling feats you are only improving on a good thing right? When using two weapons there are huge penalties for doing so and even after choosing six feats you still haven

[DSLuke]

Yes but in KOTOR you could cause much more damage if you used 2 lightsabers.

 

I was hoping that single bladed would be more powerful this time around.

[Ostkant]

Well because the real ways to be a great saberist is to have two sabers at once or a double-bladed Lightsaber.

 

I think you should be able to have Superior Dueling yes, but in truth the single blade is limited, the other two kinds are the real deal if you want to inflict a lot more damage.

[Fearless_Jedi]

But in the movies the single doesn't seem limited...there has to be some reason Dooku, Anakin, Sidious, Yoda chose the single blade....I think that, yes, the double and duel lightsabers may possibly do more damage but single should make up for it in defense and other things...and those that are saberist should have to give up on the single cause in the movies it always seems like the superior choice.

[Ostkant]

The Double-bladed Lightsaber is more difficult to master, the same goes for Dual sabers.

 

I suspect that the knowledge on how to create a double-bladed Lightsaber was lost during some time in the movies. Maybe even the knowledge on how to use it was lost as well.

 

And perhaps making a Lightsaber is much more harder than we believe it is, hence the lack of people using Dual sabers.

 

The Sith created the double-bladed Lightsaber, so I suspect Jedis do not want to wield a Sith weapon, for obvious reasons. I guess some people couldn't be arsed learning more advanced Lightsaber techniques, who knows.

[Judge Hades]

Yes but in KOTOR you could cause much more damage if you used 2 lightsabers.

 

I was hoping that single bladed would be more powerful this time around.

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How? A single blade will always be less powerful than 2 blades. Half as powerful in some cases. SImple math. Sheesh.

[Ostkant]

That's what I mean, single sabers can be great but they have their limits. It's simple logic that the other two kinds have more potential.

[DSLuke]

Well at least if you wield a single blade you should be able to do at least 70% of the damage you would cause if you had dual or double sabers.

 

Also you could have some Force bonus, cause by having two lightsabers you have reduced concerntration in comparison to one.

[Judge Hades]

Its always more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, more power, and more power.

 

Man, its getting sickening.

[213374U]

Man, its getting sickening. 

You have no idea.

[Judge Hades]

No, I have a pretty good idea. Don't know the specifics yet, but I will soon enough.

[213374U]

I thought you weren't going to get the game?

[Judge Hades]

I am not buying the game nor will there be priacy involved.

[Epiphany]

But in the movies the single doesn't seem limited...there has to be some reason Dooku, Anakin, Sidious, Yoda chose the single blade....

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Dooku, Sidious and Yoda were all of the counsular type. It would only make sense they would use a single blade, so their "force powers" could be focused on more.

 

Maul would fall in the "maurader" wouldn't he? Double bladed.

 

Anakin uses two blades at the end of ep 2, and also during his fight with Obi in ep 3. But you can see the limits of a single blade when Anakin fights Dooku... Here you have a padawan, going against a sith lord former jedi master, and he puts up a good fight when he duel wields, actually putting Dooku on the defensive for a moment. Maul was able to fight a jedi master and a padawan with his double blade, killed the master once he got to solo combat, and then go punked when his saber got busted.

 

I agree with the rest of your post though. Singles never seem limited when going against another single, but during the movies, when a double/duel wielder has been thrown into the mix, the balance seems to quickly shift to their favor. Much like the KOTOR games, I guess...

[Judge Hades]

Also keep in mind that these are games, not movies. Games have their own mechanics that may or may not mesh with the movies.

[213374U]

Here you have a padawan, going against a sith lord former jedi master, and he puts up a good fight when he duel wields, actually putting Dooku on the defensive for a moment.

It's incredible the extent to which some people will twist the truth to make a point.

[DSLuke]

Dooku was simply having some fun with Anakin. <_<

 

How can one miss this???

[Bokishi]

Erm.. what kind of fun?

[anakins revenge]

dooku was just better than anakin at....everything

[Judge Hades]

Of course. Its Christopher Lee. Everything is better with Christopher Lee in it.

[Jedi_Master_Darkor]

Of course.  Its Christopher Lee.  Everything is better with Christopher Lee in it.

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Of course. He's the "man with the golden gun."

[Epiphany]

It's incredible the extent to which some people will twist the truth to make a point.

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Lets see.... From memory here -

 

Anakin charges, dooku owns him with lightning.

Obi fights, gets cut a few times, Anakin dives in and saves him.

Obi throws Anakin his saber, and Anakin starts swinging and Dooku begins to backpedal...

 

For a *moment* Dooku was on the defensive, until Anakin stopped swinging, and Dooku either cut his arm off, or the lightsaber, I don't remember.

 

But ok, Star Wars master, you see it a different way, neato.

 

dooku was just better than anakin at....everything

 

Until Anakin kills him in ep 3.