4 hits? Wow, you survived pretty long! That armor totally paid off!
Jokes aside, well you see...
Rondel dagger is of shape that was made especially to pierce armor. Contrary to the popular belief, Dagger is actually one of best bets to punch through armor.
It is not the dagger that is overpowered, but the speed that their users posses.
I would like to see a limit to athletics soon.
Every time someone says anything about the rondel, someone else comes along and talks about how it was some sort of god weapon that can put a hole through layered steel after being thrusted with one hand. Fair enough; its a weapon designed to puncture the weak points of plate armor. That's the realism side. Now lets talk about the game balance side.
First of all ... a weapon's stats should coordinate with its price. The rondel should be ~3,000 in the shop for the stats it has.
Second ... why does its (alternate mode) swing have pierce damage?
Third ... why does the rondel get 34p when at +3? Almost all weapons follow the same scheme, one point of damage per loom, but the rondel seems to be an exception and gets +2 damage at Elder.
There's my little rant on rondels, I really am getting sick of deli-cap warriors with indestructible shields and magic daggers instagibbing armored horses. Hopefully a patch in the future will change this weapon.