Okey I have been told that what I said was irrevelant, and let me break this in simple basis. First, paladins ARE NOT DPS classes, so why are you guys so inclined on being one. Another thing that most 2handers have better ratio than 1handers is your paladin using warrior weapons? most knight only swords have great ratio for the lvl obtained than 2handers. let me bring an example:
Mal'Kyron, Chilling Claymore(2hander)
48 del
56 dmg
+grip of cold proc
got replaced by
Blade of blazing infernos(1hander)
26 del
20 dmg
fire damage 8
+ shield
I tested both swords before on light blue solo and dark blue mobs solo(in velks lab), not parsing but what gave me best results. From my test I noticed that I killed faster with my 1hander than 2hander, most hits from 2handers where in the 50+ 200ish while with the 1handers alot of 30ish to 100ish, not to mention less heals. had more hits for max with the 1hander than the 2hander and alot of misses with 2handers that made it bad for it because the ratio is faster also had more misses but think about agrowise what does the job?. Those where the 2 weapons I had to use for test, note that Lasanth the Alchemist who drops the 1hander is alot less difficult than the lvl 70 giant that drops the claymore. Not to mention there is also Rotblade alot easier to obtain yet time sinker but still alot better ratio than most 2handers. The reason why 1hders for knights are better than those found in weapons for other classes is to compensate for them not having dual weild. 2handers dont compensate for anything and most weapons 2h you can buy on the market are weapons that warriors and rangers can use... Unless you raid then you will find 2handers like I used on example. I dont have hard data to prove that I killed faster with the 1hander, did not do any parsing, but sure it felt alot better results. You can take my observation for what It is and say I dont know anything about the game. but 2handers is like neglecting the AC, the block and stats+agro that help you do your main job as tanking.