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So, im stuck trying to decide wether to go Master Fencer, or Master Swordsman

Got a few questions.

1. Which is the more "defensive" of the two classes? Defensive as in, which can stand there longer before dieing? I play in a group, and while im not looking to solo anything hard, I am trying to play a good Tank character so that the other 6 people in my team and I can take a tough target out together.

2. Ive heard things about swordsmen with swords that have a speed of 1.7. Is this true? Isnt this a lot faster than any fencer weapon? I was under the impression that fencer was a good deal faster, but swordsman was more damaging. If 1.7 speed 2handed weapons exist, it would seem to make swordsman have a speed and damage advantage.

2a. Speed related again. Starting out, i noticed a sword was 4.5 speed, and the heavy axe was 6.5. Neither in my opinion are very fast. They are both slow enough in testing these that it didnt really seem to be an advantage to use 1hand over 2hand for the speed aspect. Especially when 2hand always seemed to hit much harder.

3. Weapon availability. Which class has the hardest times aquiring weapons? Are there any higher level weapons that are "unfinished"??

Thanks, any feedback from those with experience would be great

Kay'L

1. Fencers are much better at dodging, they are faster. Swordsman are better at blocking and parrying.

2. A 2 Handed sword with 1.7 speed? That MUST have been made my a master weaponsmith. It probably eats up your HAM alot, and doesn't do a whole lot of damage.

2a. Weapons don't have 'set' speed. If a novice artisan makes a survival knife, it will be much worse than a Master Weaponsmith, have less speed, more HAM, less distance, less damage, etc. A sword is very weak compared to the many other 1 Handed weapons (That's an advantage too, swordsman only have lances and heavy axes, we have vibroblades, Rykk Blades, Rantok blades, stun batons, curved swords, etc.)

3. Swordsman definitely have a harder time getting weapons, because no one really wants to craft melee sadly. By unfinished, do you mean that they have just started being crafted? 2 Handed weapons are very rare, fencers have much more, right now only a few servers have stun batons.