Yes or have a more considerable ***damage bonus.

WB spam may be over the top, but steel tornado isn't stopping dw from giving 2 set bonuses. Just look at how many people are using dw for the damage alone, the extra set bonus is just a plus. If this were to happen people would have more options.

I dont think it should tbh, and 2h line has 4 skills people can use pvpwise, compared to 1 maybe 2 dw skills. But no considering dw is magicka and stamina everyone has a fair shot at getting those extra bonuses if they choose

It does limit options....and I am all for options.
Options are good.
For set bonuses only...not enchanting or anything else obviously.
You get double enchantment power using 2h weapons...only seems obvious set bonuses should apply too.

That's coming from someone using 1h&s + DW exactly because of this problem.

I don't like it, but I think it would be even more confusing to new players if certain items counted as two in a set.

I'd rather see all the 2H weapons, not just 2H melee weapon damage, have benefits that outweigh the loss of a set bonus. Or add jewelry crafting, so at least the crafted sets can have 2 full 5 piece sets.

No, because basic math.

What it should be is each unique item counts 1x. Like, if you have a Ring of the X and a Band of the X, it's two items in a set, but if you have two Bands it's only one. Only the first Stygian dagger counts if you dual wield.

1H and Shield comes out a little bit ahead, but only factors into a few sets overall.

I would vote yes if it was only for staves and bows.

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Mostly because of destro staff, its all around underwhelming weap choice, and on top of that you loose extra set bonus. No wander no one use it, but maybe if it counted as 2, someone would actually use it.

To be fair, all of my Sorcerers use Destro Staves. But then again; I also don't PvP, so it works out.

I'm still able to roll out some impressive DPS with my Destro Staves, but Dual Wielding still provides significantly more damage for Sorcerers than using any Staves, and that's something that needs to change.

There is zero reason why a Sorcerer Dual-Wielding Swords should pump out more damage with Spells than a Sorcerer using a Destro Staff.

Zero. Reasons.

They should also give two handed weapon higher damage value too.

Either that, or a wider variety of "master weapons" (unique, named weapons with an interesting bonus or special ability)

I'd recommend making a small boost to staves in other ways. Similar things can be done for 2handers, etc.

Maybe adding "Focus Levels" like they had in DaoC. Only certain items had "Focus Levels" for different magic lines or for all magic lines.

So a VR16 Fire Staff would have max levels of Fire Magic, making the casting and using of all fire based damage more efficient or with a dmg bonus. A new staff type maybe that has focus for all levels, or a 2nd enchant or something or other...

Obviously this is just spit balling, but you get the idea.

EDIT: I guess, boiling it down and thinking about it, my objection to the simple "counts as 2" solution is that its making a square peg fit into a round hole instead of taking the opportunity to make the square a square. The "count as 2" is an elegant solution, but I see it as avoiding a chance for more diversity, albeit with help.

No, the game is already balanced around the current scheme.

Will they also cost twice as much to craft, or have half the chance to drop?