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Hey - just a question:

With Master Brawler/TKM/Master Fencer - I have some SP left to add some of either Swordsman or Pikeman. But I can't decide which one to do. Which one do you feel is the best and why.

Thanks for the help.

Iarian - Master Creature Handler at Heart, Galladriel - Master Bio Engineer turned Medic, A'zula - Bounty Hunter
Sayurri - Master Dancer - ID, Yue - Master Structures Trader, Nai'rai - Master Domestics Trader
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Having done both myselfit depends on what you are after to round out your character. Powerwise Pikeman is a nerfed version of HS the weapons are about as slow but HS does more damage per blow. Also your strongest Pikeman weapon is a kinetic weapon in HS the damage type is Blast.

Under Pikeman you get area knockdown and area dizzy which almost makes up for the slowness of the weapon but mainly just assists in group combat where you are the tank. Also under Pikeman you secondary damage type is Electrical and the focus of your specials is on Action.

HS is good for killing creatures and inspite of the slowness of the weapon the damage allows you to kill things like Rancors faster than Pikeman. Now if you can get a good Scythe made you almost have the power of your hammer in kinetic form and with alot more speed (mine sliced down to about 1.5 on the speed and already had 299 damage) this weapon will eat yourHAM faster than the hammer but can be handy in a tight situation where speed is essential. The focus of your specials here is Mind which is alot more handy than action damage IMHO.

With both you definitely benefit from having Master Brawler which gives you some good ranged knockdowns in the form of *lunge 2 since you range will be limited with any of these weapons and creatures have the bad habit of haul'in it as they are about to die (I have no terrain negotiation so I used this alot). Neither is particularly suited for PvP in my opinion when compared to the sprint attacks of Fencer and TKA. Hope this helps.

well, if your choice is HS or Pikeman; HS.

HS can do what the rest of us melees can't (Blast damage). Solo krayts with relative ease.

HS also has the best CoB mods out of the melees. So, if you take tka/some fencer/HS and use CoB your pretty untouchable doing crazy damage to mind no less.

Personally i prefer tka to the other elites. I can go buffless at master and kill rancors pretty easily with no VK. 55ham for unarmed hit 3.

Jedi Initiate.

Like everyone else said, you should go for Swordsman.

Itharr
Master Rifleman, Master Pistoleer, Alliance Ace Pilot
Ajihad Garrow
Master Architect, Master Artisan

Definately swords