Swordsman Archive

Sorry about the blank message.. stupid editor... heh.

Anyway, I am looking to switch to playing more of a melee character than a ranged rifleman right now mainly because this seems to fit my style a bit more.

My question is this: How do you deal with missions, especially with pulling red mobs (mobs that aggro on you, not necessarily mobs that con red)? If you get close, they will all aggro. It's easy to sit back with a rifle and snipe away at the mobs and finish a mission in a few minutes, but with a melee character I am having a tough time figuring this all out.

Thanks in advance. This class seems like a lot of fun to me and at least it's not absolutely broken like some other classes.

Also, any thoughts on taking up a CH line as well as this class? Has anyone gone down that road and found it to be successful?

To answer your 1st question, I pull agro mobs using mesh wire traps, because they are cheap and effective. You can make them at Novice Scout, so it should be an easy thing to get unless you are totally out of skill points.

As far a CH goes, I've found its very hard to fight with a creature in melee. Tamed creatures are prone to randomly running off while in combat and if your pet has agro this means you will be out of melee range in an instant. I found I was spending more time chasing the enemy who was chasing my pet than I was attacking, so for now I've given it up. This problem is supposed to be addressed in an upcoming patch, but if I had a dime for everytime I heard that...