Haven't played for what seems like years now and so much has changed! Was just wondering if any fellow SwordMuse could give me a few hints and tips on where I should be aiming with my class thesedays.
I'm 77 at the moment, no clan (for now), and just trying to get back into the swing of things. My Majestic Heavy set still seems viable for PvE, and the FB+Focus I have still seems good too. I see I have a few extra slots for equipment (bracer?), but that seems castle related.
I still have a +4 STR -4 CON tat on me which always makes me cringe when I see my HP, but I guess for PvE that shouldn't really matter.
Skill Enchanting looks easier now, and I'm currently enchanting Focus Mind (+6) and Sword/Blunt Mastery (+3 Swiftness). Doesn't appear like I need to enchant songs still as they're just Time (awkward) or Cost (don't recall having mana issues).
One thing I never did was put elemental attributes on my armor - wasn't sure if a) it was worth doing on A grade and b) whether the parties I'd be in would need it. Should I be doing that thesedays?
What type of parties would be a 77 SWM be looking for?
ok i understand focus dagger is good for pve and there are a lot of post about gear etc.
but can somebody say the pro's and cons for 80+ gear.
moirai armor -dyn essence II bard
icarus dagger with sa ? - icarus sawsword/focus btw have sword/blunt mastery +15 swiftness is like 2 or 3% xtra attck spd
ty in advance and hopefully true SWS reply no boxed 1 or a know it all that never plays a SWS
ok i understand focus dagger is good for pve and there are a lot of post about gear etc.
but can somebody say the pro's and cons for 80+ gear.
moirai armor -dyn essence II bard
icarus dagger with sa ? - icarus sawsword/focus btw have sword/blunt mastery +15 swiftness is like 2 or 3% xtra attck spd
ty in advance and hopefully true SWS reply no boxed 1 or a know it all that never plays a SWS
Moirai doesn't use Dynastic essence, only the dynasty set does.
If you are just standing there and doing songs and nothing else, I don't see why you need s80 gear, but who doesn't want to make their class better and more useful?
And regarding the OP, you might want to enchant for cost(no rush really), you can't put ele resist on A grade armor, bracers you can get from forts(and castles) and the use talismans (you get those from fortresses or castles too)
If you can get yourself some fog groups, that would be pretty good. Basically you're just looking for any group so you can level up and be like 80+ like the rest of us xD.
soz i see my post isn't that good i ment
moirai armor against dynasty armor with essence II
and the dagger against the sword
the pros and cons from them
soz i see my post isn't that good i ment
moirai armor against dynasty armor with essence II
and the dagger against the sword
the pros and cons from them
it really depens according to your play style and what you plan to do ...
for pure PvE => Morai is a win as offensive set
for pure high-end PvP => Dynasty is a win (+6 set preferably) because of the pdef, hp, !clarity!
in todays PvP SwS do two things (agro people of bish, agro buffstelar) and resong ... with cancel-sticks, buffstealers, cancels all over PvP, SwS resong A LOT (at least good sws, in fairly balanced PvP), therefore any clarity helps (armor clarity, passive augment clarity, ...)
for random person who doesnt do high-end pvp and/or do some random pve ... its mostly about what he can afford, and Dynasty is a never bad choice for SwS (its cheap now, and really good)
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well dagger vs sword ... it depends on situation, and again your playstyle ... you can never make mistake with getting a dagger for SwS, its very versatile, helps you sing faster, agro faster, has "cancel" for PvP
... sword isnt bad if you have no problem to max atc. speed (tank buffs/haste proc/greater fury/..) since you get higher dps based on higher patc
or when you get sword as gift or drop =)
it really depens according to your play style and what you plan to do ...
for pure PvE => Morai is a win as offensive set
for pure high-end PvP => Dynasty is a win (+6 set preferably) because of the pdef, hp, !clarity!
in todays PvP SwS do two things (agro people of bish, agro buffstelar) and resong ... with cancel-sticks, buffstealers, cancels all over PvP, SwS resong A LOT (at least good sws, in fairly balanced PvP), therefore any clarity helps (armor clarity, passive augment clarity, ...)
for random person who doesnt do high-end pvp and/or do some random pve ... its mostly about what he can afford, and Dynasty is a never bad choice for SwS (its cheap now, and really good)
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well dagger vs sword ... it depends on situation, and again your playstyle ... you can never make mistake with getting a dagger for SwS, its very versatile, helps you sing faster, agro faster, has "cancel" for PvP
... sword isnt bad if you have no problem to max atc. speed (tank buffs/haste proc/greater fury/..) since you get higher dps based on higher patc
or when you get sword as gift or drop =)
Question, oh so noob, do the cancel pvp augs and poles cancel S/D? Or Steal Divinty? I thought cancel-able buffs were the alt-click-able ones.
What type of parties would be a 77 SWM be looking for?
forge of god parties. Usualy a swm is wanted there and pulls the trains to the poler. But for that you need to upgrade your armor (IC set with some dark resist) ... the weapon dosnt matter there, you wont hit any mobs.
songs/dances can be stolen (steal divinity) and can be canceled ...
thats why its good that sws agro chicken get its song so its easier to resong
steal divinity takes always the last buffs, cancel takes "random" buffs
But they are on completely different buff bars. 24 alt-clickable buffs, 12 s/d, and then debuff bar. Steal divinity affects all? Cancel can take any? What about PvP aug weps, either hero pole, dagger, or fists? Maybe those are the basic 24 cancelers.
PVE - Moirai Set, Icarus Sawsword is gr8. expecially if uve had luck like i have on OEing skills.
PVP - Dyn Ess 2 (if u can afford) and plan to just stay back and not really get in the mix. I still use my moirai in pvp just cause i only have ess 1 on my Dyn. Cancel Dagger works great only if u plan to hit the people u are aggroing. now if u r aggroing a high lvl toon and ur only 80 i suggest not going toe 2 toe.
as far as the cancel / steal divinity
Steal Divinity - takes s/d first from right to left, then buffs same order
Cancel PVP - takes random any buffs/s/d -toggles
Cancel skill if i remember its same as PVP dagger