Swordsman Archive
Thread: Which Profession with Heavy Swordsman?
Witch one would be a better choice?
Not to mention I can buff myself for 2300 in each stat, and heal for 500-1500 and cure disease/stun/blind/dizzy. If I didn't go doctor, I would have gone carbine or rifleman for the specials.Carbineer. The devs stated that they may raise the cap of 125 but it won't make you completely invincible. Here is what you can do with center of being and 125 counterattack
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=52024
This raised another question that I have had. Does melee defense work with ANY melee weapon, or just with the profession you have the defense with? I was thinking about either fencer or heavy swordsman as my main and dabbling in the other melee professions.
Thanks
CaliburClick wrote:
This raised another question that I have had. Does melee defense work with ANY melee weapon, or just with the profession you have the defense with? I was thinking about either fencer or heavy swordsman as my main and dabbling in the other melee professions.
Thanks
To answer both questions:
Do not forget Rifleman. We may not be able to stack 4 bleeds anymore, but you can still start out on the mind pool with either profession and end with the mind pool with the other when the situation changes. I am Master Rifleman/Master Swordsman/Master Brawler with Medic 0 1 0 0, and I love it.
Melee defenseis not weapon specific. (Neither is ranged for that matter.)I get +40 to melee defense from Rifleman, +20 from Master Swordsman, and +7 from Master Brawler. This gives me a +67 melee defense no matter what weapon I am holding. The only caveat is that melee gets a to-hit bonus against riflemen, so the melee defense is somewhat mitigated when I am holding my rifle. But if I choose to use a Gaffi stick to do a 1H Dizzy, I get the same +67 melee defense that I get when holding my powerhammer.
On the other hand, certain defenses are weapon specific. We get counterattack bonuses, which work when we are holding 2H weapons our carbines (both use Counterattack), but no when holding Rifles or Pikes (Block) or Pistols or 1H Weapons (Dodge).
Thanks, I was thinking about staying all melee (rp thing). I already got it all line out now thanks to your help! One thing, Does Ranged Defense and Melee defense cap out at 125 too?
Thanks.