1H + barehanded vs 2 x 1H

[Concillian]

Interesting data from my rogue lastnight.

1H+bare hand:
normal attack
208 / 252 hit (82.5%)
41 / 252 miss/parry/block (14.3%)
8 / 252 dodge (3.2%)

Sinister strike
94 / 100 hit (94%)
3 miss (3%)
3 dodge (3%)


2x 1H:
normal attack
115 / 156 hit (73.7%)
37 / 156 miss/parry/block (23.7%)
4 / 156 dodge (2.6%)

sinister strike
72 / 76 hit (94.7%)
4 miss (5.3%)
0 dodge

2 other lesser sample size tests fighting only lvl 15 hyenas:
1H + unarmed:
46/52 hit (88.5%)
5 miss / 1 dodge
2 x 1H:
36/56 hit (64.3%)
15miss / 1 dodge

So it would appear that dual weild normal attack gets the miss penalty (as expected), but if you go unarmed in the off hand you do not.

This testing was brought about by warriors in the 'official' forums who claimed they did the most consistent damage with 1H + unarmed because of the lack of miss penalty. They could gain rage much better and with enough STR, could get better DPS than wielding any other set of weapons or a big 2Hander.

It appears to carry over to the rogue, though the rogue could never make as much use of it since you can't poison your hands, and the AP bonus on a rogue is significantly smaller than that of a warrior given the split between AGI and STR. However, I didn't really notice a huge difference between 1H + unarmed and 1H + 1H. I think my DPS was pretty similar in both cases. Not different enough that I noticed any difference in killing rate. Connect more often for less damage or less often for more damage.

I'm curious whether equipping an off-hand fist weapon will count as 2 x 1H or as 1H + unarmed for this miss rate. I'm guessing 2 x 1H weapons

I did that testing through most of my level 19 adventures, mostly killing greens in the barrens. Normally I wouldn't give data that wasn't carefully collected much credit, (I didn't fight only one mob type, or even only one level type, mostly they were in the 15-18 range though for my level 19 rogue) but in this case the margin is large enough that there is certainly some significance to it.

Anyway I thought you may be interested in seeing what I saw.