Swordsman or Fencer?

Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
the two.

I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
fencer any good? Thanks for any help.

Ben

"Durango" <mdurango@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f3mgf053j9aq8o375qmknl8u2u3evk0dl8@4ax.com...
> Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
> person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
> to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
> the two.
>
> I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
> preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
> take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
> to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
> yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
> fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>
> Ben

Never played either. Just wanted to mention that there's no such thing as
too many Kurosawa movies!

-Ryan

Although it didnt answer my question, I still have to say 'amen,
brother.'

>
>"Durango" <mdurango@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:f3mgf053j9aq8o375qmknl8u2u3evk0dl8@4ax.com.. .
>> Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
>> person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
>> to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
>> the two.
>>
>> I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
>> preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
>> take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
>> to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
>> yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
>> fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Ben
>
>Never played either. Just wanted to mention that there's no such thing as
>too many Kurosawa movies!
>
>-Ryan
>

"Durango" <mdurango@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f3mgf053j9aq8o375qmknl8u2u3evk0dl8@4ax.com...
> Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
> person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
> to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
> the two.
>
> I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
> preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
> take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
> to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
> yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
> fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>
> Ben

If you want to go with sheer power, go with swordsman. There aren't a lot of
MOB's that can take down a well buffed Master Swordsman. Only negative is
that swordsman are a dime a dozen.

Durango wrote:
> Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
> person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
> to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
> the two.
>
> I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
> preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
> take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
> to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
> yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
> fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>
> Ben

At the moment, Swordsman is better for PvE, and Fencer for PvP.

I've mastered fencer. It was fun. However, there are power curve
problems at the time. The good news is that you are hard to kill, but
the bad news is that killing your opponent can take a while. Swordsmen
kill far faster, but your defences aren't nearly so good.

CH

Durango <mdurango@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<f3mgf053j9aq8o375qmknl8u2u3evk0dl8@4ax.com>. ..
> Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
> person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
> to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
> the two.
>
> I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
> preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
> take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
> to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
> yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
> fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>
> Ben

Neither of them have a "sword" as the best weapon. A Fencers best
weapon is a stun baton and a swordsmans best weapon is a power hammer.
Swordsman also have better defences against knockdown, etc...

I am a master sword and with my 2h speed shirt I can deal about
7000-8000 damage with my Ackley Power hammer (Got a 42% damage slice
to 782MAX without powerup). You will not get that kind of sheer power
from Fencer. I actually saw a group of three Speed capped swords take
down a NS Elder in 18 seconds.

But again like someone else said it depends on what you want to do. I
guess the FOTM for PvP is Fencer/Combat Medic. If you want to go pure
PvE, so sword.

-Al

Albion wrote:

> Durango <mdurango@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<f3mgf053j9aq8o375qmknl8u2u3evk0dl8@4ax.com>. ..
>
>>Hey guys. I know y'all love the 'what should I be?' questions, as the
>>person asking is probably the only one who could answer. But I wanted
>>to pick up a melee prof that wasnt TK, and I couldnt decide between
>>the two.
>>
>>I have to admit a lot of my decision is based on rpg'ng over battle
>>preference, though i want the prof to be good at both. I would like to
>>take the character in a kind of samurai type direction (been watching
>>to many Kurosawa movies lately). Swordsman sounds the most accurate,
>>yet I noticed axes and hammers being the most widely used weapons. Is
>>fencer any good? Thanks for any help.
>>
>>Ben
>
>
> Neither of them have a "sword" as the best weapon. A Fencers best
> weapon is a stun baton and a swordsmans best weapon is a power hammer.
> Swordsman also have better defences against knockdown, etc...
>
> I am a master sword and with my 2h speed shirt I can deal about
> 7000-8000 damage with my Ackley Power hammer (Got a 42% damage slice
> to 782MAX without powerup). You will not get that kind of sheer power
> from Fencer. I actually saw a group of three Speed capped swords take
> down a NS Elder in 18 seconds.
>
> But again like someone else said it depends on what you want to do. I
> guess the FOTM for PvP is Fencer/Combat Medic. If you want to go pure
> PvE, so sword.
>
> -Al

Fencer goes quite well with Doctor, as healing requires quick actions.
Fencer also goes well with professions that aren't combat or pure
combat, but want to stand up in combat better. (For instance,
Armorsmiths who want to survive the DW bunker.)

CH