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ItalianJediLord

Mon May 03, 2004 9:05 pm

#1

This is without Master Brawler.

Swordsman TKA Fencer Pikeman

Block 0 0 0 115

Counterattack 110 00 0

Dodge 0 01050

Melee Defense 20 62 74 30

Ranged Defense 15 45 69 10

Knockdown 25 20 50 20

Posture Down10 3050 30

Dizzy 20 5 4040

Stun 5015 0 50

Blind1010 40 20

Intimidate 20 0 20 0

Center of Being 31 30 3130

Center of Being Efficacy 120 105 115 115

Toughness 57 4312 18

Combat Equilibrium 0 55 30 0

Defense Acuity 0 9600

Alertness00 100

So this shows that Swordsman and Pikeman have poor defenses. Those in Yellow are the main defenses and the average of Swordsman is 21.25, Fencer is 42.88, TKA is 23.4, and Pikeman is 25. So overall we have the lowest defense average among those in yellow. If I had the power to change the defenses in Swordsman I would make Melee Defense,Posture Change, Blind, andDizzy all25.

ItalianJediLord

Mon May 03, 2004 9:06 pm

#2

Woops I got the toughness mixed. Swordsman is 43 and TKA is 57

ItalianJediLord

Mon May 03, 2004 9:14 pm

#3

Reason why I would change those to 25 is to balance the defenses out a little bit. Especially Posture Down and Blind. Maybe when I swing my heavy powerhammer I might lose my balance and thats why I have low posture change defenses, but didn't they take out the heavy in heavy swordsman, hehe. I want more Blind defense because that lowers your accuracy andwhen you use a powerhammer its not very accurate.

antares_Kauri

Mon May 03, 2004 11:03 pm

#4

Here is a post you might find interesting, it shows how the defenses break down including the secondary defenses and ratios on damage taken after considering all these factors.

antares
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Govo

Tue May 04, 2004 1:33 am

#5

All I can say is, Ive tried master swordsman with many other flavors. I recently mastered TK. I like the combo and the melee mitigation 3. I also have some Fencer sprinkled in and Medic. I like my template, although it may not be for everyone. Tonight I was fightin 3 spellweavers, 2 protectors and an Elder all at once. No problems, granted I had to run a few times.

Bottom line... it all depends on how u like to fight.

My advice...find what makes u have fun! nuff said!

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Nhari

Tue May 04, 2004 4:35 am

#6

The best defense is a good offense, and we have offense in spades. That's really what it comes down to. With two-handed speed SEAs, we can be swinging 600+ damage power hammers at the same speed Teras Kasi are throwing punches. I think what we have is sufficient. In the PVE end-game, defenses don't really matter all that much anyway. A nightsister elder will hit you even if you're a fencer with CoB running. So will krayt dragons, so will..well, you get the point. The price we pay for our fierce armor-piercing mojo is lower defense, and I don't think that's just a coincidence.

Cheers, though.

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Noc-turnal

Tue May 04, 2004 5:51 am

#7

i think the lower posture really needs work 10 is just a joke it might as well not be there. swordman really get a caning with fencer dizzy then lower posture

Noc-turnal (T-S)

Syzygy-Gorath

Tue May 04, 2004 7:22 am

#8

Swordsman by itself leaves another 158 points with which to get those defenses. We're a high-offense/low-defense profession, we're not meant to be able to resist states and attacks the way fencers or TKAs do, we're meant to kill things before they can attack us. If you want the defenses do what many of us have—pick up TKA and Fencer as backup to our damage output as Swordsmen.

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Akaya

Tue May 04, 2004 11:19 am

#9

Nhari wrote:

The best defense is a good offense, and we have offense in spades. That's really what it comes down to. With two-handed speed SEAs, we can be swinging 600+ damage power hammers at the same speed Teras Kasi are throwing punches. I think what we have is sufficient. In the PVE end-game, defenses don't really matter all that much anyway. A nightsister elder will hit you even if you're a fencer with CoB running. So will krayt dragons, so will..well, you get the point. The price we pay for our fierce armor-piercing mojo is lower defense, and I don't think that's just a coincidence.

Cheers, though.

I agreee, i think we are fine, we are the best dmg dealers, and we cant have the best defences aswell, the way we are is the way we should remain.

-Nakaya-

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Fian_LeeFey

Tue May 04, 2004 11:34 am

#10

I could possibly ee a few minor tweaks to defenses, but considering the amount of damage we can do, it would be hard to justify changing them much at all.

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