Swordsman Archive

Hello all,

Here's the short of it, I want a good 4-3 combination (i.e. Max out one tree, and 3 boxes in another) for swordsman, looking for advice, I can't see any FAQ's here, and I figure if I delve into too many old pages, the info would be out fo date, so I ask for your advice, as a newbie melee fighter (I'm gonna have to start from Novice Brawler)...

The long of it, I'm a Master Bio-Engineer/Hunt Master (Ranger Tracking 4). I've been searching for a combat class to compliment me. I got tired of havin a pet tank for me, and so I thought I'd be a good tank. I looked into TKA, Fencer and Swordsman, not too much into Pikeman (also, I can be a tank for my friends). I decided not to go with TKA, as tend to target high kinetic creatures for DNA samples, I actually got up to 1handed 4 (brawler) before I realized the speed cap issues. Plus, I didn't relish that the best weapons, weren't all too cool lookin. So, I got to Swordsman, they got some cool weapons, and do great damage.

So, I'm PvE mostly, and I'd like to keep Hunt Master, so I can get all the meat, for me and my woman (who's a Chef/Pistoleer). I figure, I can go kick butt, and even tank for my woman when she's huntin with me. So, CoB is pretty important I guess (although I'm not completely sure specifically what it does, all I know is that I might get hit less?) and I suppose speed is good too.

Thru my adventures as a 1Handed Brawler, I've yet to figure out any good strategies on attackin stuff, and am tryin' to figure out good ways to balance stuff. I tend to run 70+% kinetic ubese on my Zabrak, and have been eatin some Vagnarian Canape (Wil, Focu), got some Blue Milk for when the mind runs low, but have been thinkin of maybe findin some eats that help with Strength and Quickness, but that was at a 1Handed brawler, so, I'm basically askin some questions

I'm lookin for a good 4/3 template,
Any advice on good weapons, at the various stages
Any advice on good creatures to hunt, at the various stages

Any advice on tactics to use,