Swordsman Archive

I haven't got to play since the patch, but.....

I like Swordsman because we attack mind and can do a great deal of damage in 1 hit, also, I kind of consider the Swordsman Proffesion to be a sort of Heavy Weapons class(I'm a former Master BH and Master Commando). If you like the idea of tearing up with swords, you might wanna give Fencer a try, you'll find them to be much faster while the Swordsman does more damage at a slower rate. Everyone is pissed about the DOT nerf, but you just started and never knew the joys of stacking DOTs to the moon, so I won't discuss that

When you first start working on Swords, your main concern should be working up to being able to handle the 2-hand curved sword. Many would advise that this is the best sword for a Pre-Swordsman, and I agree. It's very fast and with the right slice or power-up, you can go through the Brawler 2-hand skills in no time. If you're already a Swordsman, then I advise to just have fun with your skills. Of course there are many ways to power level through any skill, but to have the most fun with it at the Novice level, I suggest learning Master Brawler, this allows you to delay a target for 20 seconds using Warcry2, also it gives you a Knockdown attack(2-hand lunge2) and Intimidation2, which reduces the damage a taget can do to you significantly.

If you want to enjoy the game - you should not come to the forums (only sort of kidding).

These forums are great for up-to-the-minute information, and a heads-up on things coming down the pipe. Contrary to popular opinion sometimes - the Devs do listen to posts made on the forums and try to improve the game based on that (sometimes).

After any patch there is going to be days and days of complaining. Nobody likes change and the forums are the way some choose to express their displeasure. My advice would be to just flat out ignore the negative flaming posts, read the good ones (advice and constructive criticism) and chime in when you can.

The game is not perfect - but there is a lot of fun to be had. There is currently a big change to the way combat plays in the game - it's coming in gradually and changing the way things play pretty profoundly, which is why a lot of the professionsare up in arms.

I still love swordsman even after the 'nerf'. I never really used bleeds that much anyway, so it hasn't really affected me. I love the damage I can do and how fast I can do it, plus running into a pack of rancors is far more fun than shooting them with a blaster from a hill.

(And they fixed my armor bug, so I'm loving the patch)