Fencer Archive

I have been researching and it seems like fencers are the only elite melee profession that doesn't have a knockdown to it. Teras Kasi guys can knockdown and dizzy a person in one hit, swordsman can knockdown a single target, and pikeman could knockdown multiple targets, but what can fencers do? Our dizzy hit + one-handed lunge only works for like 3 seconds before the guy gets up again and the dizzyness is gone. I dueled a TerasKasi and he hit me once with his knockdown + dizzy hit andI couldn't get up for like 2 minutes. Afterkicking me around alittle he felt sorryfor me and justended the duel and left me in the middle of the desert while I kept trying to stand and kept getting dizzy and fallingdown. Why don't we have something that makes our class special?? Like being able to hold two weapons, having a bleed special attack, or even having a shield in the other hand that we are not using. PLEASE HELP US DEVS......RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAVE NOTHING.....GIVE US A REASON TO BE A FENCER!!!

From what you write you must just be starting fencing because fencers get a health bleed attack and as far as dueling tka's ive found it basically impossible to beat a good one. All the other classes should be easy to beat up close though. Also when trying to get up from KD dont not spam stand, I repeat do not spam stand it makes you fall down if you try to stand while your trying to stand. also our bleed attacks are in the footwork line.

Health shot = bleed attack? It's listed as a wounding attack.

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YES! MAKE US SOMETHING MORE THAN A WEAKER 2h CLASS!

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health hits are bleed attacks. i don't know why it calls it a health wound.

i can bleed with health hit 1 for up to 500 with the right weapon.

I wish I was allowed to relay here some of the information being passed back and forth between devs and correspondents, but due to the gag order on -pre-patch information I am forbidden to do so. Trust that the Devs DO know about our issues, DO care about our profession, and DO have ideas on adjusting this. I wish I was allowed to give you proof, but it's my hope that you can trust me in this.

I will suggest this though. If someone were constantly badmouthing you, would it inspire you to go out of your way to help them faster? Let's give them the benefit of the doubt. They have 33 correspondents bombarding them with dozens of issues constantly. That adds up to around 400 or so revolving issues to try and juggle,on top of the issues they themselves are working on, and the new delevopment they are experimenting with.They have a pretty full plate.

On another note, I do wish to express my thanks to you guys for the support you show me. I have visited other forums where the populous are viciously attacking their correspondent constantly and without mercy. I shudder to think what it must be like to try and help that crowd. I am truely blessed to be permitted to work for the great community that you guys make up.

~Lyahpar~

La Femme Fencer

"Thrust if you love Fencers!"

Spam stand when you get knockdown...

isn't that problem one that afflicts all classes? the devs don't hate us more than any other class. which is, to say, not at all. things are improving, it's a slow train to get moving, but soon things will be falling in line.

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AltairPolluxRigel wrote:
health hits are bleed attacks. i don't know why it calls it a health wound.

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It's basically just the melee version of a Pistoleer's health shots. All bleeding shots/hits cause wounds in addition to the bleeding. The wounds are done to the substats of the pool the bleed is being done to.

For instance, health hits will wound the crap out of Strength or Constitution, a Carbineer's action shots beat up Quickness and Stamina, and a Rifleman's/Heavy swordsman's mind shot/hit wreaks havoc on Focus and Willpower..in addition to the bleeding affect.