Curse

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 22, 2006, 05:57 AM // 05:57

I'll admit that swords got powerful, WICKED powerful for Factions and with all those numbers at 16 swordmastery defeating an axe's bonus damage [indeed, lots of our axe skills, especially Evis. lost that +xx dmg], we can still land a deep wound faster than any sword so as far as spiking goes, I think we executioner's still got it down good...

Rera · Sep 22, 2006, 08:24 AM // 08:24

Sword is higher DPS because of Dragon Slash.

Warriors are getting nerfed because they're the only real way to run solid offense in a balanced team. They have the highest armor in the game and they do the most damage in the game. They have some competition from thumpers for pressure, but thumps don't have nearly the spiking ability that a warrior does.

In terms of the new classes as warrior replacements, Dervishes will probably be the new melee for smite builds, just because they fit so well there. In fact, smite may actually see yet more nerfing after Nightfall because of how well Dervishes should work. Paragons are no danger to warriors. Sure, they have party shouts like warriors do, but they don't fulfill the primary function of a warrior: melee pressure and spike damage.

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 22, 2006, 02:32 PM // 14:32

At least the general ideas hold true, for now:

Swords = Massive dps pressure
Axes = Executioner's Spike damage

My experience in both PvP and PvE has me leaning toward spike damage being more useful since, at least to me, it seems far harder to counter than hp dipping quickly...

Nothing like removing 2/3rds of an enemy's hp in 2 seconds lol...