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Thread: A view from someone new to Fencer (and it's posiitve!)
Let me start by saying that I'me not quite fencer yet, and so I don't have the experience or knowledge that many of you do.
A couple of days ago I decided that Master Combat Medic just wasn't working out so I decided to try something completely different. I planned on TKA because of meditiation, but I decided to try the other melee styles out as well - except for one-handed. Well, I got a few skill boxes in each and was having a good time, so I decided to try Fencer.
I am so glad I did.
With one-handed 2 I was soloing 5k HAM mobs and enjoying a different play style. I have no doubt about going for fencer now, especially when the Fencer trees seem to favour 1 vs 1 as opposed to Swordsman and Pikeman which have a few more AOE attacks.
Like I said I don't have the experience that a lot of you have, and are able to illustrate so well in their posts, but I like what I see. I just want to show people that one-armed is fun and challenging, and let's face it does the galaxy need another CH or BH or whatever other proffession is in vouge? :-)
But heres the 47 million dollar question for you. Is the only reason you're soloing those 5k mobs with only the lvl 2 skill because you're still a master medic doing nearly full heals while in combat? 
Yes Alexius, and I have some Doctor skills, but isn't that the best thing about a skill system; We can choose the skills we feel suit our playstyle best. After all, no-one is just a fencer, everyone has other skills.
I have some novice pistoleer as well, being able to apply to bleeds hand being able to heal well has been a great help. But, it's the one-handed speed and a good vibroblade which did most of the damage.
Admittedly, I came from CM so dealing damage direct as opposed to damage-over-time is something I'm a little new to. Perhaps if I came from A BH or Pikeman etc I'd find the damage small, but at the moment seeing all those numbers rising above the mobs head is a lot of fun.
AlexiusDrakmoore wrote:
But heres the 47 million dollar question for you. Is the only reason you're soloing those 5k mobs with only the lvl 2 skill because you're still a master medic doing nearly full heals while in combat?
hence why my fencer is going to be at least some of a doctor
and why my pistoleer is also is a CM