battle scenario is alot of dueling 1v1 i fail to see how 2h stab fails in a utility role as with the very powerful insta left swing.
If you can get into a 1v1 situation in the battle server and you're a 2h with a longsword (or similar bastard sword weapon that is great for dueling), then you have just done what you are supposed to do. You're supposed to try and put your strengths on the table and try not to have your weaknesses exposed. A 2h is strong in a 1v1, but it's not the most ideal weapon set to have in a 1v5 or 1v10 when you're surrounded (I'd say a 1h/shield would be, but everyone's play style is different). It's the same reason why the game isn't balanced around pikes or long mauls. In a 1v1 on open ground with similarly agile opponents with equal skill, a pike or long maul is going to be at a huge disadvantage to a fast 1h, or even a fast 2h weapon. You're not suggesting we make the pike able to duel as well as a HBS are you? Because if the game were balanced in a vacuum of "this compared to this", that would mean the pike would be able to duel as well as a heavy bastard sword, and that makes no sense at all. Everything in the game has it's strengths and weaknesses, nothing is immune to everything.