Hi , I would like to make a new character for my clan because non of these two classes are in the clan. But now I don't know which one I should pick. Could anyone tell me the pro's and contra's and tell me his opinion. What would you choose, if you had to choose between these two?
I dont know the sws side, but im quite familar with the BD.
A BD is always wanted for parties. Especially at 58+, you ahve all these cool dances that makes melee / mage parties want you. Your solo damage, especially if you have a buffer, is actually pretty impressive. Dependin gon your setup you can solo most of way to 75, or DUO with an SE and rock. Your pvp is decent, people say otherwise, and claim you are purely a support class. I personally think thats hilarious. BD's are good at pvp cause of your damage. And you have soem very hard hitting spells, and 1 levle of UD which can be fun :)
Swordsingers are very defensive characters with next to no attack abilities (just the normal power shot/mortal blow) and an attack ability that is an AOE when you run away. Other than that all u get is buffs.
Sws are also better in archer groups and in large groups, whereas BD:s are better in small groups and are easier to accomodate. So if you want a buffer that also can do damage use go BD. If you want a pure buff class with defensive abilities go SwS.
Just remember that a SwS wants to walk around in tank gear most of the time or 2h sword when DPS:ing, whereas a BD must use duals to be able to dance (a sws can sing with any weapon though, so u could use a bow if u are in a bow group).