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ok so i have 2 more questions for you experienced ones out there.

1) i just got clever certification. i dont know anything about dmg stats or speed in regards to a cleaver. i currently have a rancor toothed curved that does like 35-290 or so at 3.0 speed and 37.5 wounds. just wonderd if i should stick with that, or if cleavers can get better speed/dmg/etc...(basically whats a cleaver good for speed dmg wound .....?) should i try to find one? or stick with the curved sword.

2) i just got my first area attack. havent got to play with it much and wondered about it. for example, i can do 600-1000 pts of dmg to a single kaduu with 2handmeleehit1. with my area attack, can i do the exact same amount of dmg as i would with the 2handmeleehit1 to 3 creatures at once, or is my dmg comprimised by how many critters im hitting?

again, thanks in advance for the advice you have for me.

Alderonn -- retired from a sadly broken game. my return is dependant upon SOE's ability to make this in to the great game it can be, or leave it broken. i imagine it will be the second option.

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"As my blade rises, so shall you fall!!!"

1) The base cleaver is about equivalent to your 2h rancor toothed curved.

2) Roughly you'll do less damage per individual critter than if you'd concentrated on one particular one and head hit them, since a) area attacks hit random health/action and b) typically do about 80% of the damage you would've done using heathit or 2handhit. However, you are attacking all that are around you at the same time and thus could and most often do more damage than just concentrating on one target provided that you can stomache the ham drain if you keep spamming the are attacks.

I'm 4443 and with an average PH I just walk up to a kaddu nest tap it a few times to get everyone out around me and hit area attack 3 and they all fall down.

Master Swordsman
Scout 4040
Fencer 0440
TKA 4004
Medic 2000

that right there, that is what i yearn for!!! =)

Alderonn -- retired from a sadly broken game. my return is dependant upon SOE's ability to make this in to the great game it can be, or leave it broken. i imagine it will be the second option.

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"As my blade rises, so shall you fall!!!"