Swordsman Archive

Am I the only swordsman suffering from unarmed envy? It seems as if TKA's are the only melee class capable of being their own tank.All throughout swordsman I've relied on pets, doctor buffs, etc to tank.My question is to the swordsmen is, is it worth picking up master TKA? I would never drop swordsman (I love it too much :smileyhappy but I'm tired of relying on pets, or doctors, or anything to tank for me. Thoughts?

Pick up medic, some stim c's, and a helmet. I solo malkloc families, and my only limitation is my mind, but most moves drain action so i don't care.

no my friend, you are no the only one.

what pisses me off is when ppl are discussing the obvious advantage of being a tka over the other melee professions and a person replies "tka's are mystical, in the books they were extremely powerful and had incredible healing powers, so they should be like this in comparison to the other melees."

i wish i had a quarter for everytime some1 said that. first off, they need to get a life and for the sake of jesus dont go down the nerd hole any farther. second off, this is a game, and games need to be balanced. they are not confined to what other ppl say or what the rules are, and they need to be balanced.

whoa, got a little off topic, but anyways, i really wouldnt ever give up the sword, but tka's are way overpowered than the rest of us melee. in one line they can heal themselves of all ailments ("but they could do that in the book!!!!" i dont care about some **edit** book, take it away or give something similiar to other professions), in another they get mad mods for defense and some good spin attacks, in another they get awesome kd's and the ability to tartgtet all pools with an awesome attack, and in another theyget awesome offense moves and speed mods. bull**edit**, so other melee compare.

Teras kasi fill too many of melee's niche's. For one they are the ultimate tanks (more than 2x the toughness of a pikeman). Second they are the most versatile (can target any pool), and third they are the best at soloing (meditate is basically doc as you can buff and heal yourself, they also can stay in the wild indefinately as they aren't requiered to purchase the latest weapons). Pikeman is better at groups, as is swordsman. I really feel sorry for fencers.

fencers are actually pretty awesome when it comes to soloing, and not too shabby in groups.

really? that's good, still I pity them for I heard they get no armor piercing weapons, while vk's are light piercing

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anttari wrote:

really? that's good, still I pity them for I heard they get no armor piercing weapons, while vk's are light piercing

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The vibroblade is light armor piercing, but it still has pretty pathetic damage.

Whats with all the hatred towards tka, I am a tka and I am waiting for the devs to bring all other melee up to par with us. I am also going up swordsman and considering pikeman, cuz I love all the weapons (and hoping for more). Basically, all the tka's agree with you and want every melee class to be brought up to speed. The only upside is that you are a rare class . . . very little fencers, swordsman, and pikeman . . . and thats whats so appealing to me. The only thing I fear is that once the devs give you love, then you will turn into the next commando and everyone will change to your class.

It's not that we hate tka, it's just we feel neglected in comparison

A tka is to any other melee professions what a bounty hunter is to a pistoleer or carbineer. The only difference is that all melee professions spend the same amount of skill points. The only logical solution is to go tka. Tkas do as much damage as us, they hit faster, they have more status effects, they have knockdown, they have better defences and they have great special abilities (we have nothing like this lol).

Pretty much the only reason to even have the other melee professions in game currently is the bleeds they get... otherwise tkas are better in every way.

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AriousKuunair wrote:
Whats with all the hatred towards tka, I am a tka and I am waiting for the devs to bring all other melee up to par with us. I am also going up swordsman and considering pikeman, cuz I love all the weapons (and hoping for more). Basically, all the tka's agree with you and want every melee class to be brought up to speed. The only upside is that you are a rare class . . . very little fencers, swordsman, and pikeman . . . and thats whats so appealing to me. The only thing I fear is that once the devs give you love, then you will turn into the next commando and everyone will change to your class.

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I don't hate TKA, I'm just saying we're underpowered, and you're closer to where most melee classes should be.