Fencer Archive
Thread: Fencer, good PvP profession?
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Zito75
Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:13 pm
#1
Ok, I'm currently a Commando (Grenadeer...flames IV), and as much as we seem good, we cannot PvP for crap. So I'm looking into another combat profession for PvP purposes...And my debate is between: Fencer, Heavy Swordsman, TKA, Rifleman, and Pistoleer....long list. TKA was my first choice, as everyone seems to be them, but now with the defenses not stacking, or something like that, supposivley TKA is yet another victim of the SOE nerf bat.
So next I'm looking at Fencer, I was surprised to see after one-handed I i manged to already get 800 damage hits and actually HIT the target 1:4 shots, where as starting with Commando for the flamethrower it was like 1:10 shots hit. So I'm at one-handed III right now, and so far it's looking good as my PvP profession, but then I also here that heavy swordsman, rifleman, and pistoleer are good PvP professions.
Now I dont expect you guys to give me a whole review of PvP professions...just where does Fencer land on the top PvP professions now, and probably what it will be in the future with the new updates? Would you guys reccomend I go for Fencer as a PvP profession? Commando covers PvE, so I'm not worried about that.
Thanks for the help guys! 
liZaRdTrIx
Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:16 pm
#2
IM currently 0103 in fencer and i think im better than master pikeman.. i like it so far
Tithas
Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:51 pm
#3
I like it for PvP but u have to use stragey. Warcry is your friend because as a fencer we dont have a knockdown but we do have a postur change which is our lunge u combine that with dizzy and they might fall which helps tons. Combine this with a master brawler and u have a 20 meter knockdown move. Add on our bleeds an various status atatcks and u can ahve a good PvP template
Zito75
Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:10 pm
#4
Knockdown is a big thing for me...as a very weak TKA, KD seems to make it a badass profession...I see Fencer and Heavy Swordsman have these "posture changing" attacks...so those dont really count as knockdowns?
Zzelkin
Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:24 pm
#5
Posture change and Knock down are two different things. You have defenses for each of them. Most people have less defense for posture change, so posture change anddizzy work really well.
Zito75
Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:30 pm
#6
ok thats good to know...but how does fencer compare to heavy swordsman? I assume fencer has speed and heavy swordsman has damage? Like what would happen ifa blademaster and a master swordsman went 1 on 1 PvP...remember, I'm only looking for the PvP aspect here, not PvE
Ugh, decisions...decisions...one of the hardest things in SWG 
Wheres the **edit** edit feature?
Tithas
Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:06 pm
#7
every heavy swordsman i have dueled I have beated badly beacsue they cannot hit me when i hit the CoB only thing they have IMHO that is good is that mind bleed they might hit hard but with a 105 didge and CoB they dont hit often if at all
Dazla
Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:54 pm
#8
A Fencer/Tka/Pistoleer or Rifleman is almost like the best Pvp Template ever...just takes half a year to get there...im thinking master pistoleer/fencer with 0440 tka...and offcourse medic
nikolai
Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:15 pm
#9
Dazla wrote:
A Fencer/Tka/Pistoleer or Rifleman is almost like the best Pvp Template ever...just takes half a year to get there...im thinking master pistoleer/fencer with 0440 tka...and offcourse medic
Except there's a major flaw in Dodge stacking templates, and any PvPer who knows what they're doing knows how to get around it.
Rifleman/TKA/a few lines of Fencer is very good.
Spalu
Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:25 pm
#10
i don't know if you guys have been sleeping or something... but fencers have a knockdown attack. It's called 1 hand melee lunge 2. You should really read the descriptions of the attacks, they help out sometimes.
Zito75
Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:41 pm
#11
ah good call spalu, didnt even bother checking the master brawler moves
that sucks....would I have enough skill points to have master marksman/commando 0/0/4/0/master brawler/blademaster?
Awon
Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:36 pm
#12
Fencer by itself is a crap pvp class i wouldnt bother getting it. Heavy swordsman is good but you have to remeber not to always use a power hammer in pvp because it is unaccurate. Tka is good if you use food to stop your vk ham cost and dont always try to spam kd. Pikeman is broken atm so its a class that you would only get if you like pikes. Master brawler tends to heal heavy sword and fencer a lot because of the warcry2(time to apply bleeds) and kd(stop kiters). This is the melee classes alone i mean if you dont dabble if you dabble for defences(which wont stack much longer) heavy swordsman becomes a powerful class.
Dont flame me because i think fencer is crap. I been a fencer since the very begining befor they were even pumped up and i wouldnt give it up for the world. I win many duels but like many people have said befor its all about strategy.
Greyhare
Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:50 am
#13
Spalu wrote:
i don't know if you guys have been sleeping or something... but fencers have a knockdown attack. It's called 1 hand melee lunge 2. You should really read the descriptions of the attacks, they help out sometimes.
FENCERS do not have a Knockdown, MASTER BRAWLER/FENCERS have a Knockdown, in fact Fencers do not even have a posture change in their line other than the one granted in the Novice Brawler box
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