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Profession Lock (Discussion)

A profession lock on weapons and certain skills on your second profession.

Someone with a secondary profession should not be able to use weapons and attack skills that are not of their primary profession, due to the fact that they are not "trained" to use the weapons of that profession. Hence, they cannot use attack skills of locked weapons (i.e. a Monk cannot use Dervish Scythe Mastery skills.

Weapon Handicap (Variant)

If the profession lock is not used, then a weapon handicap may be implemented on weapons not used by the player's primary profession.

If you're using an attack skill of your secondary profession, it would deal less damage and has a higher chance to miss.

Why this is a good idea

•  Primary attributes on secondary professions are locked, so why not weapons?
•  Primary professions are more valued, and you can still use non-attack skills.

Why it may not work out

•  Kills a significant amount of player builds
•  Defeats the purpose of using the secondary profession.
•  A profession already exists.