Swordsman Archive

ive been going mostly 1h, but am very unimpressed with the dmg, its supsoed to be faster, but doesn't seem like the speed makes up for it. thinking of going master sworedsman instead of fencer now (gonna be master brawler either way) but looking at the chart it seems like its got a lot of pointless skills...

for example, in expert sword defense you get 2 hand sweep.. which lowers the posture of multiple targets.. ok, great... but wait! in sword offense you also get 2h area attack, which does the same friggin thing, 3 versions of it! what gives?

also of bigger concern is that expert sword finess seems to give no bonuses or moves whatsoever

can anyone clue me in on why this is? wanted to switch to swordsman cuz 1h seems so lame (looking at the fencer skills it seems lame as well, instead of counter we get dodge.. hrm, taking no dmg, or taking no dmg and dealing dmg at the same time, gee which is better, bah) but not if most of the tree is repeat moves or blanks!

^_^x KD

Actually...the Defense 2Hand Spin attack seems more similar to 2H Area Attack to me.

Also...Technique gives 2Hand Head Hit2, and Finesse gives 2Hand Mind Hit. Those seem pretty similar to me.

I think the difference with the 2Hand Area Attack is that it gives a Dizzying effect, whereas the Spin Attack is just an area spin attack.

The 2Hand Sweep forces your target to Kneeling.

tnx for the answer, but, well for the head and mind hit one does dmg the other does wounds.. but i still dont see a diff in description of the sweeps.. also that doesn't answer why expert sword finess gives no bonuses or abilities

^_^x kD