Some help for a noob

[Ashock]

Ok, so now I am wielding an axe in my off-hand and a sword in my main. I have leveled the axe to the same level as my sword, but I noticed that often it hits for only 1/4-1/3 damage as compared to my main hand. I thought that it was only a matter of missing much of the time, not lower damage? My axe is actually somewhat higher in DPS and about the same in pure stat damage, so this is weird... unless of course there is an explanation.... I am beginning to think that maybe until much higher levels I might be better off with a nice 2-hander. Now, I am mowing down everything with no problem up to lvl 29 as long as it is one-on-one (I am 26) and have taken down some lvl 30s too without dying (but using a pot), but it seems like a nice 2-hander might be even better at least for now? Enlightenment is appreciated.


tia


-A


ps. Thanks to Mav for a "tour" of the Deadmines :)