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JeffIncredible

Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:24 pm

Let's get to the good stuff! Swordsman is a "damage dealing" profession let's take a look at the toys of destruction. Unfortunately at this time swordsman is limited to a select couple of 2H weapons that are really viable. I will be including some non cert quest/loot weapons that are 1H.

2H Weapons

The Power Hammer

First let's take a look at our Signature pain bringer. "With great power comes great responsibility" This is a surprisingly accurate analogy for the power hammer. The damage on these is unparalleled by any of our other certed weapons but so is the SAC. Pre-Cu hammers converted to a base sac of 104 and a varying spectrum of damage ranges. The one I currently use is rather high on the damage but at a sac of 104 I can not spam this. I typically put a sac pup on it but even at a sac of 73 our specials will eat through our action rather quickly. Post cu hammers often have sac numbers as high as 130 (yikes!) unless they are made with some really nice custom loot items.

Since I posted this I have had a nice Hammer crafted that I use exclusively. I don't have a screenshot yet but it's stats are roughly as follows.

Dmg. 506-1012

Sac. 94

Spd. 2.8 roughly (it's been speed sliced after this and I want to say it's 2.55ish base now)

I throw an action pup on this and go to town.

edit: since the last time I wrote this I have had 82 sac ph's made with about 940 damage which is what I now use all the time.

edit2: Now have that damage up to over 1k after slicing and still an 82 sac.

N-K Executor:

One of our looted weapon options is the which is a random drop off of Necrosis. All around decent weapon, the speed mod on it is a nice little boost as well. Because the damage on this is on the lower side I typically use a SAC powerup and I make this my "jabbing" or spamming weapon.

Wookie toothpick:

Another 2H loot drop, which is a random drop from the Avatar platform. Sac is slightly high but overall not too bad of a weapon.

Sith Sword:

Quest reward from the Blackscale Compound quest.

1H Weapons (non cert)

Xris Acid Sword

This nice little sucker is awarded from the Etyy Hunting Grounds as part of the "wager" quests.

Good damage, good speed and decent SAC. I like to use this as my spamming weapon when I want a bit more damage instead of slightly faster lower damage from the executor.

Blade of Nyenthi'oris

Quest reward from the Kerritamba village on Kashyyyk. Better damage, good speed, decent sac. With the right modifications thiscan be your go to weapon for putting the nail in someones coffin.

Junti Mace:

Stats are just slightly lower than the Blade of Nyenthi'oris. I'll post a screenie once I find where I put mine.

Right now the consensus on slicing is to do a full Damage slice and then a 1st tier speed and 1st tier critical to optimize the slice. A smart way to have your weapons crafted is to have your WS stop the dmg experimentation as close to 8% less than it's cap as possible and then focus on getting the SAC and speed down. Since slicing doesn't go past the cap you might as well get your full 8%.

Message Edited by JeffIncredible on 09-03-2005 11:20 AM

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Simic

Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:53 pm

#2

Ok... some nice stuff there... so me being a Master Swordsman and a Fencer 1404 i should be using dencer weapons like the Blade of Nyenthi'oris? I have this sword and want to know if its the one i should be using... Also about the slicing, when i go to take the Blade of Nyenthi'oris to get sliced i just tell them i want an 8% damage slice and a Tier 1 speed slice and a Tier one critical slice?

JeffIncredible

Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:01 pm

#3

Simic wrote:
Ok... some nice stuff there... so me being a Master Swordsman and a Fencer 1404 i should be using dencer weapons like the Blade of Nyenthi'oris? I have this sword and want to know if its the one i should be using... Also about the slicing, when i go to take the Blade of Nyenthi'oris to get sliced i just tell them i want an 8% damage slice and a Tier 1 speed slice and a Tier one critical slice?

Yes on the fencer weapons with that template. The tier 3 damage slice requires 2 looted components. The finely crafted toolkit and the Illegal Core booster. The Illegal core booster is the hard one to find. Seen these selling on my server for upwards of 500k each since they are still new. Some smugglers may have acquired these components, as well as had a chance to convert old WUK's and possibly got lucky. At the very least you should be able to get to the 2nd tier of dmg and the tier 1 spd and tier 1 crit without much trouble. The booster will only give you another 4% i think it is, which in the grand scheme isn't much but I like to get the best. And you can always slice it again later.

Beware on the bio link weapons though. they can only be sliced before they are bio linked currently. So get whatever you want to have done to them before you link it. CSR told me it was a bug and is being looked into so later on down the line that shouldn't be a problem.

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Elani9

Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:38 pm

#4

I have to ask, since I just respec'd my TKM/BH to a TKM/Sw today, do you get sword experience from the one handed weapons. My combat level is in the 60's but it looks like a long grind since the respec didn't give me a whole lot of sword since most of my boxes were in the novice trees.

Thanks!

JeffIncredible

Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:42 pm

#5

Depends on the Sword. If you are unsure about the weapon you are holding hit Control+C and look at your character sheet then click the box that says show details. it will indicate if you are holding a 1H or 2H weapon. You will only get XP towards one of those at a time.

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JeffIncredible

Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:04 am

#6

/bump for a couple of additions.

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JeffIncredible

Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:00 am

#7

/moveThread up 52

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