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1500 focus, mind cost is gone.

The only melee class that scares me is Swordsmen, and the DOT-whoring Pikemen. The Fencer/TKM/M. Brawler template is popular, but it is a defensive template. Unless they have an OMGUBERWTF?! Acklay weapon, you will outdamage them. Just keep plugging away with a DXR-6b and you shall free. Swordsmen, on the other hand, run or stand toe to toe with your T21 and hope for the best. DOT whoring Pikemen? Go swimming, bud.

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Dynastar wrote:
1500 focus, mind cost is gone.

The only melee class that scares me is Swordsmen, and the DOT-whoring Pikemen. The Fencer/TKM/M. Brawler template is popular, but it is a defensive template. Unless they have an OMGUBERWTF?! Acklay weapon, you will outdamage them. Just keep plugging away with a DXR-6b and you shall free. Swordsmen, on the other hand, run or stand toe to toe with your T21 and hope for the best. DOT whoring Pikemen? Go swimming, bud.

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Why on earth are you scared of Swordsmen? What is your template.

Doc > Dot Pikes.

Both Swords and Pike have some of the worst defensive templates of all melee. Stun em, then down em.


Slogoe MOjOwalker

-Diablo-

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Dynastar wrote:
1500 focus, mind cost is gone.

The only melee class that scares me is Swordsmen, and the DOT-whoring Pikemen. The Fencer/TKM/M. Brawler template is popular, but it is a defensive template. Unless they have an OMGUBERWTF?! Acklay weapon, you will outdamage them. Just keep plugging away with a DXR-6b and you shall free. Swordsmen, on the other hand, run or stand toe to toe with your T21 and hope for the best. DOT whoring Pikemen? Go swimming, bud.

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Hehe, swordsmen are scary.

Dots is the reason I'm makeing my alt rifles/doc.

Going to be great to poke fun at cm's and other omg-im-so-uber-because-i-used-15mill-on-an-uber-dot people. And even now I can see that I can do alot of damage, just not fast enough (I'm still just marksman 4003).

I attacked a guy once (1on1) and he hit me with a health poison ticking at over 1k, so I run to water, and he goes "Yeah, I thought so b****". Those kind of people are the ones who make people hate dot's. And the people who make me want to finish this new toon, hehe

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Mojomaster2704 wrote:
Why on earth are you scared of Swordsmen? What is your template.

Doc > Dot Pikes.

Both Swords and Pike have some of the worst defensive templates of all melee. Stun em, then down em.


Slogoe MOjOwalker

-Diablo-

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Master Rifle/Pike w/ 4000 TKA and 0040 Medic. Before you point out the obvious, yes, I know my template has deficencies but it'll be a cold day in hell before I drop Rifle or Pike. I'm also handicapped by my absolute refusal to use my DOT Pikes in PvP. It's lame and I'll be happy the day this DOT insanity ends.

I guess calling myself scared of Swordsmen is too much. Its better to say that a Swordsman is the only melee profession that will consistently have a chance to defeat a well prepared Rifleman. TKMs, Fencer, non-DOT using Pikemen, they may get annoying, but given time, you will win.

Message Edited by teamdoa on 02-18-2005 10:05 AM