Sword and shield DPS

Any support for sword and shield Dps build? I can't think of any mmo that has this and is actually implemented well.

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Damokles wrote: »

PlagueMonk wrote: »

I totally understand that IRL, the S/S is an excellent combination but in games it's a bit unbalanced since what you want is both high DPS and high suitability. How will you justify that to the MDPS that sacrifice their protection to go all out damage? Therein lies the problem, you can't have BOTH the highest DPS and the best protection or else EVERYONE would be playing them. There has to be a trade off.

So S/S will have excellent DPS and good protection (probably heavier armor as well) while that 2 handed Berserker or dual wielder will have lower survivability but more extreme DPS capability.

THE BALANCE MUST BE MAINTAINED!

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Nagash

Damokles wrote: »

PlagueMonk wrote: »

I totally understand that IRL, the S/S is an excellent combination but in games it's a bit unbalanced since what you want is both high DPS and high suitability. How will you justify that to the MDPS that sacrifice their protection to go all out damage? Therein lies the problem, you can't have BOTH the highest DPS and the best protection or else EVERYONE would be playing them. There has to be a trade off.

So S/S will have excellent DPS and good protection (probably heavier armor as well) while that 2 handed Berserker or dual wielder will have lower survivability but more extreme DPS capability.

THE BALANCE MUST BE MAINTAINED!

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maouw

Nagash wrote: »

Damokles wrote: »

PlagueMonk wrote: »

I totally understand that IRL, the S/S is an excellent combination but in games it's a bit unbalanced since what you want is both high DPS and high suitability. How will you justify that to the MDPS that sacrifice their protection to go all out damage? Therein lies the problem, you can't have BOTH the highest DPS and the best protection or else EVERYONE would be playing them. There has to be a trade off.

So S/S will have excellent DPS and good protection (probably heavier armor as well) while that 2 handed Berserker or dual wielder will have lower survivability but more extreme DPS capability.

THE BALANCE MUST BE MAINTAINED!

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daveywavey

maouw wrote: »

Pretty sure those are treats too.

Must be a happy fat good dogo.

Heh, I hadn't spotted that. Good eye, sir!

Tank4Hire

When I think of SnS DPS:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OltfWqxcGUs

Damokles

Tank4Hire wrote: »

When I think of SnS DPS:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OltfWqxcGUs

The charge sword is honestly more of an axe dps and an off-tank SnB.

maouw

As much as I love the switch axe, I don't think it would fit into AoC.
for SnS it's probably more like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m4geotEac

In my experience, it's never been a popular class because you can see in this video, the player only uses the shield once in the entire fight - the rest of the time he's just dodging efficiently (also the enemy is just standing around for no reason?)

Whereas a lance player would use their shield almost all the time - which is what I imagine a tank would do.

Yuyukoyay

So what is this guy Captain America's only fan or something? Most would probably just prefer to hold another weapon or wield one weapon with 2 hands.

Hell in WoW warriors do both. Dual wield two handed weapons. xD

I don't particularly care for shields as offensive tools.

Sathrago

Yuyukoyay wrote: »

So what is this guy Captain America's only fan or something? Most would probably just prefer to hold another weapon or wield one weapon with 2 hands.

Hell in WoW warriors do both. Dual wield two handed weapons. xD

I don't particularly care for shields as offensive tools.

Let's not be too hostile about it, Shields can be used offensively the issue with this specific request is that anyone can use any weapon/armor. A sword and shield dps would require a specific class or archetype to solely focus on making an otherwise tank item do more damage only when wielding said shield.

When I think of a shield/sword dps I think of a gladiator or very skilled footsoldier that has learned to use their shield to knock opponents off guard for devastating damage. The best way to explain it would be if a Rogue in 5e dnd had shield master, allowing them to shove a target prone as a bonus action allowing them to gain sneak attack without an allies help.

I actually have the build for this if anyone wants the full build. I chose lizardfolk for the race with 2 levels fighter and the rest go into swashbuckler rogue. You don't wear armor, you wield a rapier and a shield. This makes you very tanky, very mobile, and quite good at dealing strong damage each round.

Nagash

I mean any class can use any weapon so just put the sword and shield on a rouge ^^

Atama

Yuyukoyay wrote: »

So what is this guy Captain America's only fan or something?

No.

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