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All 2HD weapons will now count as two items for the purposes of set bonuses..

IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
in Elder Scrolls Online
Yes. It really is (finally) happening. This is a HUGE change for staff, 2HD or bow users that allows you to get the 5-piece bonus from 2 sets (in addition to the 2-piece bonus from monster mask/shoulder sets) when you use those weapons just like dual wielding and 1HD + shield have been getting all along.

This combined with jewelry crafting for all crafted sets will get the theorycrafter working overtime dreaming up new BIS meta for a while.

There is also a long comprehensive preview of all things coming with the Summerset update on reddit from one of the play testers invited to ZOS last week:

https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/89e1in/summerset_update_18_teaser_a_recap_of_last_weeks/


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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    And if you'd rather get the details in a video, Woeler has a good video (30 minutes)



    MrMelGibsonjimmywolf
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Forgot to mention another rather significant change coming with Update 18:

    True Multi-Core CPU Support is coming in Update 18.
    • The distribution of your load balancing should now be relatively even across all cores and threads for your CPU. ESO still remains mostly CPU-bound, but they’ve removed the artificial cap on threads, so you should be able to notice some hopefully  impactful client-side performance gains


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  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,768
    These changes are extremely welcome IMO as I only really play two handed classes in everything. Also the CPU changes are great as well. 
    MrMelGibson
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Panther2103 said:
    These changes are extremely welcome IMO as I only really play two handed classes in everything. Also the CPU changes are great as well. 
    Indeed. It'll be a big benefit for staff users all the way to end game and for stamina (DW with the bow on the back bar meta) at least until they start using the special weapons from maelstrom etc.
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  • k61977k61977 Member EpicPosts: 1,503
    That is a great change.  One of the main reasons I tended to dual wield instead of use a 2-hander when I was playing.
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