Fencer Archive

Minerunner, you should really suggest a practice command of somewhat for the fencer profession. IMO Fencer is the hardest combat class out there. Not only because its melee, but also because the moves and such arent all that great. It is extremely hard to gain EXP for Fencer(atleast it is for me) So I think a practice command would be nice.... What do yall think?

um fencer as i think is the best melee cause we can do lots of things like attack really faster,solo,and do lots of dmg. Compared to other melees fencers just need to be played smart. And if ur having a hard time to lvl tell me where u hunt and whats ur weapon cause we dun need a practice command where already powerful enough.

Doyou want a UO ripoff of training dummies?

How about I just wack you with the broadside of my sword till you cry for your mommy.

I think it could be a good idea to have a form of practice, but not just hitting dummies or shadow fencing against no one, I think that would be too easy for peopel to macro, leave their pc on for a week, come back and they are god like!

However... in real life fencers practice against one another in a controled environment with those white suits on whilst using swords that do no real damage, they use this training to perfect their technique, balance and general mastery of the art. I think that it would be a really good idea for the devs to put something into place where you could team up with a friend and go to the duel option, but it then gives you two options... the first to do a standard duel as it is now, but the second will only appear if you are selecting the option on another person of your profesion. You could then battle each other but actualy deal out now damage, yet still pick up experiance - just like in real life. You could also take this concept one step further and have it so that all of the mele classes have this training mode... it could be akin to a kind of Karate dojo where people get together and learn. You could have a master fencer teaching mabye 10 or 20 students (newbies) the basics of fencing in order that they can learn from a master, just like in real life..... I think that this would help to even out the problems with Fencers gaining exp becasue we seem to have it alot harder to start with than most other profesions. I belive this concept would also be pretty cool for the other mele classes where, if it were real life, they practice in a dojo / gym against one another.

Just a thought...

Fencer is an awesome class. The attacks are also great in themselves. Fighting humanoids is a piece of cake compared to other classes.

I am very proud of the progress of my fencer and his abilities thus far.

Personally I think everyone should have high respects for us. If it wasn't for us, or T. students.. Ranged guys would have a lot of problems staying alive in tusken raids =)

What do all you fencers think.. we should get tipped for tanking? Sounds good to me.. =)

Im thinking on a more PvP level. Because when the imperial bastards are raiding the rebel base, we rush in and try to defend, we get knocked out in one hit before we get to even do any damage. Melee guys need some sort of plus to balance it out.

Have you even read the fencer tree. If you took the 5min to look over the skills you would see that we do get a bonus to prevent knockdown as you progess. Just because your Novice Fencer doesnt mean you should have uber skills right off the bat. Keep training and then when they try that lame *edit* knockdown shot and you are still running, you will be the one laughing. There is a balance, those people with knockdown though are higher in there skill tree then you are in yours to prevent it.

And Melee is balanced, we do a WHOLE lot more damage than ranged, if you want to close in, use burst run, hide behind corners, Etc. You have to be smart to PvP a ranged if you are a melee.