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Ok, people, I need help deciding what to do. I am for sure going Master TKA, Master Swordsman, but Im torn between adding Master Fencer, or Master Pikeman. Which would be best to join these 2 already great professions. Im looking to rule PVE and PVP. Any advise and help would be much appreciated.

Neboc

Master TKA, 2424 Swordsman

Neboc

Ok, I need help deciding what to do. I am for sure going Master Tka, Master Swordsman, but Im torn between adding Master Fencer or Master Pikeman to these 2 already wonderfully powerful professions. I am looking to rule PVE and PVP. Please let me know what you all think!

Neboc

Master TKA, 2424 Swordsman

Neboc

n00b.

Sorry, no noob here, I've been playing since day 1...

Neboc

Lol, I guess so....so what is your opinion? I have read your little links you enclosed before, but reading something and talking to someone who has actually done the professions is another thing all together.

Neboc

go fencer

Well seeing how you want to rule PvP and PvE, PvP being the main thing left for you to fill in as Swordsman will take care of the PvE. Fencer is by far more powerful in PvP then a Pikeman. This is all befor the revamp so after it I don't know what will be better.

PvE - Good damage per second against low or no armored mobs. Suffers heavily from having one damage type and only light AP available. Meditation line however adds a good amount of indepence being able to heal wounds in the field.

PvP - Used to be a PvP powerhouse. With the current status of armor and buffs in the game however, 80% kinetic resistant composite armor is plentiful. Most Teras Kasi will have trouble causing enough damage on a fully armored/buffed player to even move the ham bar in modern PvP. The meditation line comes in strong here due to it's ability to cure poison and disease. There's also some nice defenses available in TK that can be stacked in with other professions.

PvE - Suffers mostly from lack of AP weaponry. We currently only have the Vibroblade and Steel Gaffi available for AP1 weaponry and nothing for AP2 or AP3. We have 2 damage types, kinetic and stun. These are usually enough for the majority of resistances you'll find in the PvE field aside from Night Sister Elders with are 100% kinetic and stun resistant. Just the AP rating will hurt your overall DPS in PvE. The strong defenses make you good standing toe to toe with high end creatures but usally by oneself, it would take for too long to kill a high end mob to be enjoyable.

PvP - Fencer has surfaced as one of the more popular PvP templates currently due to it's ability to mitigate some of the resistance of high resist armor through the Stun Baton. With the introduction of the Geo Caves, Acklay Bone can be looted and crafted into Stun Batons to make quite a formitable weapon in PvP. It still suffers from AP0 but being that composite is vulnerable to stun (unless stun layers are added), the AP rating is nullifed. Along with the amount of DoT weapon available to fencer and it's high defenses, it's a pretty strong PvP profession.

PvE - In my opinion, a PvE powerhouse. An assortment of weaponary with every AP rating available. Also has Blast damage available through the Power Hammer making it an excellent profession for high end PvE, especially coming in at Heavy Armor Piercing. Doesn't quite have a strong defense due to Counter-Attack being broken currently but does have a bit more toughness than fencer so can still be quite the tank with the right foods, buffs, and armor.

PvP - Swordsman suffered heavily from the bleed nerf a few publishes back but still is a formitable opponent if controlled by a good PvPer. The inherit ability to target the mind pool is a huge benefit and it's high armor piercing weaponary helps deal with heavy composite armor. A strong PvP profession still, if used correctly.

PvE - Also a PvE powerhouse. The weapons you can obtain as a Pikeman can allow you to distribute some serious damage output. The Pikeman is a sort of treasure hunter's profession though. Most of the more powerful weapons coming from Nightsister loot drops and schematics. Kinetic and Electricity are your damage types and you have plenty of AP to deal with higher end mobs.

PvP - The Pikeman suffers from quite a few broken specials and abilities right now that cause it to have some issues in PvP. The inherit lack of accuracy associated with the profession also hurts against higher defense melee templates you may face. The current common use of Pikeman in PvP is the use of it's DoT weapons. Witha little nightsister hunting you can get a pike with just about every kind of DoT you can think of. Fire, Disease, Poison, all quite available. Pikeman is kind of like a melee combat medic in a stick... Will take some time and/or money to obtain all the right weapons though.

Overall.. No one can tell you what to do, you have to decide. Good luck.

Xing Yuen