Fencer Archive

First we have our confirmation that they're not going to do anything to help us out in the pvp arena:

In one on one PvP combat in an open area, don't bring a knife to a gunfight. There's no other way to put it.
In closed quarters, it isn't quite as clear a scenario.
I think anyone who has had mixed meleers and ranged folks in a group knows that meleers do indeed have a good role to play. But in head-to-head one-on-one PvP, there's no getting past the fact that melee vs blaster is a mismatch in favor of the blaster in most areas in the game.
IMHO, this doesn't mean that melee is not worth having in the game. People enjoy it, people do well at it, and they want it in the game. It's just hard to get past the fundamental fact that blasters are a superior weapon at a distance.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=297297#M297297

Next we have pistoleers asking for dual wield... and here's the response to that:

6) Duel Wield – Players would like to be able to duel wield pistols.
This is a great idea. We might be able to do something down the road.
Kevin "Q-3PO" O'Hara
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pistoleer&message.id=5613#M5613

So what's this mean? First that they don't really want to work on making the playing ground more even... I mean today I spent I don't know how many different ways of trying to take out gunfighters in different settings... inside a small building(they kited me around the edges so I got to see out of range till I died)... opening with lunge/dizzy(they stood up after kneeling and did a knockdown shot on me for half to all of a specific bar of mine, when I'm in full ubese)... tried opening with berserk(i failed first time I tried it, and got destroyed... second time I berserked and then missed two swings and then they were out of range)... I tried with a partner who had a pet against a couple shooters without pets(I stayed back and used my rifle and got to db one, if I ran in, they'd just knock me down).
Now the other thing is, it shows that dual wield is possible for us... I mean if they're considering it for pistoleers, maybe they'll toss us a bone too Since melee is just for flair anyways in the dev's opinion.