Carbineer Archive

I want to be add a melee class to my carbineer, and i know polearms have action specials, but i was wondering if 2h sowrdsman might be better because of area attacks... well, im leaning towards 2h sword as i think they are cooler, than pikes (altho both are cool, and I like both) and was wondering if anyone else going down that path has some advice?

polearm b/c their specials target action pool just like carbine. Also they do really nice damage.

but 2h swords get couterattack bonus as well, so when the fix CT 2h sowrds also do a ton of dmg, and since i plan more on crowd control than hitting one targets one pool, i think diversifying might help.

my bet would be one hand sword due to the fact its get the best defense againist knock down and posture changes of melee. Considering carabineer needs those defenses badly it makes it a natural choice. Not too mention being able to hit the health pool really helps when grouping with pistol users. Being able to hit two different pools can really help not too mention the early addition of dizzy can make action shot and such a lot better. Second choice would be pikemen because you can hit the same pool as carbine and they really are the knockdown kings of close quarters. Just becareful with their speed. Swordsmen are the damage dealers from what i can tell while having a higher dps than other melee they just dont get the crucial attacks intil later in their training and they never reach full effectiveness. Of course hitting the mind pool hard is a very strong strength in itself. Stay away from tkas because it obvious since you are a carbineer that you dont want to do what every one else is doing.

thanks for the info, i really want to stay away from the small, dinky little swords fencers get

I think ill train up pikeman and 2h swrod, and when i get a little bit of a skill crunch ill keep the one i like best. Im really leaning towards 2h sowrd tho, for pvp purposes and all the area atacsk.

actually their not that bad but then again it is personally choice. As long as you dont choose i wont hold it againist you Truthfully i played a two handed ogre shadowknight in eq and that was fun so i can see why people would choose something similar here. I'm looking into playing a pikeman on another server once iget my main up to carbineer master and master fencer. Personally i chose fencer because i'm one in rl but they more i play him the more i like him. If you arent really sure try leveling each and see which one matches your taste. you never know you may find you actually like the small dinky swords.