Fencer Archive

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Auraveda wrote:

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VegitoX wrote:

7) That everyone assumes that every Fencer carries a pre-nerf Acklay Baton

05:10 PM

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This point cannot be emphasized enough. It is a few people with these super amazing weapons. The rest of us, the vast majority of us, have regular weapons that do normal amounts of damage.

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Every good fencer that PVPs does carry an Acklay Baton. You have to assume that PVPers worth their salt are going to carry the best gear they can get their hands on.

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BoozeFienD wrote:

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Auraveda wrote:

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VegitoX wrote:

7) That everyone assumes that every Fencer carries a pre-nerf Acklay Baton

05:10 PM

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This point cannot be emphasized enough. It is a few people with these super amazing weapons. The rest of us, the vast majority of us, have regular weapons that do normal amounts of damage.

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Every good fencer that PVPs does carry an Acklay Baton. You have to assume that PVPers worth their salt are going to carry the best gear they can get their hands on.

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True, very true. Assuming you can get your hands on it. For example I'm having EXTREME difficulty locating any sort of stun baton to purchase, let alone an Ackley of some sort. Every vendor I visit is sold out. I suspect I'm going to have to contact a weaponsmith just to get a regular baton made.

When I PVP I generally try to go into it assuming that I'm going to die, because I don't have the absolute best armor, weapons, food, and buffs. But, since I play a wookiee I'm kinda used to sucking.

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Tataomm wrote:
I just switched over to fencer from TKM last week.

I would say your comments about buffs and armor are more in line with what our unarmed brothers in combat are having to deal with now than fencers. For a while TKM was the end all class in PvP, they delt insane damage very quickly. Even after the advent of 80% kinetic armor they were still very effective killers on the battlefield. The warcry nerf and the anti-KD food hit them very hard, and IMHO made them nearly useless in PvP.

Fencers have two things going for them in PvP as I see it. The first is Center of Being. This is an incredible skill that makes fencers exactly what they are supposed to be: tanks on the front lines. The second thing is stun batons. While I haven't had the chance to fight someone with a high stun resist PSG equiped, I am impressed with the damage these weapons inflict on their target. The stun baton when paired with the fencer special attacks slices through a fully buffed HAM in very short order.

I would say that fencer is the most adequate melee class for PvP right now. A fencers only real enemies on the field are the Rifleman and Combat Medic. A fencer/doc's only enemy is the Rifleman. I think we can easily handle just about every other profession even without the uber equipment that is starting to surface.

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I'd have to agree here with you. MF / MD here and honestly my duels so far hae put me at the advantage especially when I combo them with MD skills. Drop a state or a posion on me I can cure it pretty quick and given the foods I use during this my mind holds pretty steady. I'm waiting to fight that CM/Rifleman combo but my gut tells me they will win. Even with a macro I only have so much mind. Stun batons at any level rock really even if only to get them down and keep them down with states then pound on them.

I've PvP'd as a Pistoleer/Doc, Master Heavy Sword / Doc, MHS / Carbineer, even Rifle / MHS. Ok so I can rarely make up my mind. BY FAR though the most fun I've had in PvP has been with the current template of MD/MF.