Fencer Archive

Now, I think it's been clearly established that Fencers and Pistoleers are basically supposed to be brother classes, meaning that they have similar speeds, damage amounts, and special attacks. Why is it, then, that I've seen all sorts of pistold which are faster, do more damage, have armor piercing, and have special damage types (acid and heat)? I know vibroblade pierces light armor and stun baton does stun, but these weapons don't do as much damage as the special pistols I've seen. Is this simply because most Weaponsmiths don't care about melee and instead focus all their crafting effort on getting Krayt tissues and stuff for pistols? It seems unfair for pistoleers to have better weapons than us when they also have ranged attacks to boot.

I know this post just sounds like whining, but if anyone disagrees then by all means prove me wrong, I'd be thankful for it.

Because guns are guns, and swords are swords. You can't compare the two. But at least pistoleer moves don't take your mind away, although there are no status changing pistoleer moves(although I could be wrong, I can't remember the entire list, just the technique tree). And fencers can blind. That I can compare.

Also should add that compenents for ranged weapons are alot better, and alot more common than for melee. So the ranged weapons you see will always be higher quality then what WS's can do with melee weapons.