» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:12 am
Base weapon damage has a specific meaning: I'd go with "3.75x normal attack damage" instead.
As for the dual wield power attack, it's two left hand hits and one right hand hit. So if the weapons are unequal, the anolysis is a bit different:
L = Normal hit damage left hand; R = Normal hit damage right hand.
((2*L+R)/3) = A, average damage of one hit;
A * 8.4375 = actual damage.
In other words, (2*L+R) * 2.8125.
Example: With a glass mace (14 base damage, 42 NH) left hand, and a steel mace right hand:
Each glass hit is doing 42 * 2.8125 = 118.125
Each steel hit is doing 84.375, as noted above (30 * 2.8125)
Total: 2 glass and one steel = 236.25 + 84.375 = 320.625. (For some reason, I'm getting 320.875 as the actual damage in this test. Close enough.)
But if the glass mace is right hand:
168.75 + 118.125 = 286.875.