Swordmaster idea

[Roadie]

So I have been thinking in light of all these changes, why would every swordmaster in the land dual wield swords. Not everyone would have the skill to master the use of dual blades. Not to mention that some would only care to use one blade.

So really what I'm getting at is a skill to augment the abilities of a swordmaster who uses only one blade and perhaps a form similar to crab that requires the use of one sword.

Anyone else's opinion would be welcome seeing as this is really just me spit balling again.
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[Silver]

I wouldn't mind having a few of the forms designed to work better with a single two-handed sword. Like the brute force forms would work better with them. Bear actually already has that, sorta, as it removes parry and offhand parry, effectively removing the use for a second sword if you can get a two handed sword that's powerful enough to make up for the loss of the extra attacks. Dragon too.
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Why so serious?

[Qwarr]

Swordmasters were meant for dual wielding, that's just how they are and always will be. But.....

In an alternate universe where every Avendar class is uber awesome
I would design two handed sm's something like this -

Add -

5th attack: Despite losing a sword, they are still blademasters and thus
able to strike more often then anyone else with a sword.

Improved parry - Basically offsets the loss of but does NOT replace offhand parry(I know sm's can already parry better with swords, this would would just make them slightly less gimped from offhand loss.)

Form of the Lion (50-100mana?)- Like the lions of the Savannah, the swordmaster leeps forward striking at his enemy with determined fury, dealing a single, potent strike with a chance to cause his/her enemy to flee in terror from combat.

Form of the One Blade (20-40 mana?)(Meh, don't like the name, come up with something different) - Two become one as the swordmaster enters a state of perfect harmony with his single blade, effectively enchanting it with magical qualities by force of will and skill. *This would basically enchant the weapon, giving it some kind of magic attack( not entirely certain which would be feasible, maybe an entirely new damage type?)*


Lose - Obviously anything requiring two hands.
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[Silver]

The one blade, huh? Does it come with bullet time or the ability to turn invis?

Anyway, swordmasters should never deal anything magical under their own will. They are not templar. Otherwise, good ideas.
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Why so serious?

[Roadie]

You know I would also like to see more reason for sm's to use dagger, to me I really think that form of the eagle should require a dual wielded dagger. I mean a quick strike like that with a full sized sword is crazy you would need something small and light , like a dagger.

But meh that's just me.

Fencing: Swordmaster's devoted to the use of a single blade have learned to strike with such precision that the damage caused is comparable to another using two blades.
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[SlimIcy]

[Roadie]

I really shouldn't posted that part, I did feel like it was kinda crappy after the fact but I'm lazy. Besides we all know that none of our ideas will ever be implemented into the game.
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[Oxelliele]

[brazen]

[SsSsSs]

beeches

[Qwarr]

[neongrey]

Man, even if he wasn't, these things would still take time.

A monthly dev cycle is fast.
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Here comes the master slave/Demand respect for treason/You are my reason to despise the world/Divided by your claws/When we are kings you will be/Another suit against the wall

... and bang!

[Morario84]

[Dan808]

I really like the idea of making swordmasters a lot more useful using two-handed weapons. You drop offhand parry to do more damage, it's simple. But there needs to be something that reinforces using a two hand. Instead of forms being added or tweaked which probably takes a lot of time to do just add a skill or update a skill. Now I don't know much about the difference in changing a form versus a skill as far as coding goes but here's my idea.

Meditative strike. Works the same as it currently does while dual wielding but if you wield a two-handed sword it does double the damage. It might already do that if it does damage based on your weapon though. You lose offhand parry and whatever forms require dual wielding (crab only?).

What would also maybe add some flare to meditative strike and totally forgetting what I said above is making it have a small chance to do a follow up strike with your offhand. Just some ideas.

[Prometheus]