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ok so i will admit im not a fencer but contemplating going there. i was once a combat character with pistoleer and combat medic.... i roleplay and droped the combat medic part to take up chef. so now im going back, as a turn of events has driven me back to the war. well i dont realy have time anymore for the resource hunt CM required so i decided to look into fencer to compliment my pistol skills. note i had no prior knowledge other than that dodge was in fencer....

ok so i am here on the boards doing some research... and its aparent our best weapon is the one at lvl 1?!?!

and we are in fact able to dodge almost every hit thrown at us?!?!

ok.... this is weird.... imdont want to bandwagon an uber class. please let me know if fencer realy is that insanely good or people are just exagerating on the evasion.

find a blademaster in your server, he can show you more...hehe..

im a blademaster and theres no way were a super uber class. We do have the worst pve damage but we have the second best defence. And no we cant dodge every thing and when i get hit it hurts like hell. But i can take down 3 rancors at once but im also a tkm and master heavy swordsman.

well tbh we have the lowest damage and the 2nd lowest defence sure we can dodge alot but still we aint really uber

Kherab for a straight answerI will have you know that I just Mastered Fencer over the weekend and I still get hit... ALOT. Now that I mastered I don't get hit quite as much as I use to, but nevertheless i still have to keep my heals going. I still see TK as the uber profession, they can dish out so much damage so fast.

I do not wear armor I might add.

Gurr'endar Itook <OS>

Bloodfin

Master Fencer/Master CH

Make sure when you hear claims that "Fencers" never get hit (which is an exaggeration anyhow) that it isn't really a Fencer/Pistoleer combo they are speaking of. So many people forget to add that little tidbit in when they make these claims. Kinda like saying a Fencer is uber... when they are referring to a Fencer/Doctor combo.

::banging my head against the wall::

When will the hurting stop???????

Seena

wait wait,hold on a moment.This is a PISTOLEER questioning the strength of Fencers...
*sigh*They really are oblivious...

ok thanks. looks like ill be joining you in the fencer profesion soon then... it seems to fit my play style well

btw its already aparent you have an awesome corespondent so hats of to her.

fencer is just like any other class. we can be very effective, or completely ineffective. buffs help all classes. stacking complimentary modifiers helps all classes. we don't do the most damage, and it's possible we do the least with regular attacks.

there are way too many variable to make any class "uber." that includes commandos and bounty hunters. and that's not even counting the current state of constant change. things aren't even set the way they should be yet. so you'll get a different answer from different people. and it'll change each day.

unfortunately, asking or stipulating that any class is truly better than the other is impossible to answer or support. i know of no one that's just a blademaster, or just a pistoleer. and we all use additional abilities to support whatever we do. that's part of the magic of this game. even though things are awkward right now, there's really not one unbeatable combination. strategy and random numbers make a huge difference.

CoB is good, but doesn't make us unstoppable. there will be occasions where you dodge every attack for an entire battle. there will also be times when you're "two-shotted" without a chance to respond, even still. i don't think you'll ever get a definitive answer on such questions.

hope that helps somewhat, as much of a cop-out as it is.

ill take that as a yes they do dodge everything they get thrown at them...

hmm after thought... do you do less damage than the other classes to compensate for this?

i think my post got interpreted wrong.... i was in no way calling for a nerf or saying you were uber.... i was asking if the people who posted amazing feats were exagerating because if they were not i did not want to bandwagon along with all the lamers who would be flocking here.... i got the confirmation that it was exageration and am going to take up the class.