3e rules on two weapons and ambidexterity

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This is a suggestion for a rule change in 3E that doesn't make sense to me. Ok, I know this is not going to get anywhere, but I want to know what you guys think about this idea. When a char is weilding two weapons and has both the two weapon fighting and ambidexterity feats, he gets one extra attack with that off hand weapon. This makes no sense to me, this should only be the case if this character has only the two weapon fighting feat but no ambi feat. If a character has both feats, he/she should be able to choose (either before every round or just set it ahead of time) how many attacks he/she will make with which hand in a given round. Everything else can stay the same, but it seems like a waste of a good off-hand weapon to only get 1 attack when you get 3 or 4 with the main hand (remember, in ambidexterity there is no off hand, they are both main hands). I would suggest that as long as one of all the attacks in a round are made with the offhand weapon (whichever weapon happens to be the offhand in that particular round), it should be legal. I get 5 attacks total with my ranger right now, but 4 are with his main, 1 with off. I'd like to make this 3 with main, 2 with off. Anyhow, just some thoughts.

[ December 16, 2002, 21:39: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

I agree.

Two weapon fighting gives 4+1 attacks and -4 to hit.
Sword and shield style gives 4 attacks and no penalty to hit and you can use a shield.

For me two weapon fighting just isnt worth the two extra feats you have to spend, and yes the ranger gets these feats for free if and only if he is wearing light armor, and jesus -4 to hit...

 

its only -2 to hit if you have both, so with specialization you only get -1 from proficiencies, which is not bad for the extra attack at full base bonus.. but as I said, it peeves me that you only get one attack with the offhand instead of having a choice which hand to use more often.