why duelist is so unpopular?

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tinko92 wrote:

How is a sceptre "lighter" than swords/rapiers then? Hm.
Not to mention the idea behind that is a complete mess, because those "light" weapons tend to have much higher APS than "heavier", which naturally leans DPS to the crit side, and the fact that they're 1-handers they get survivability too.

Rapier's implicit is a joke, same as the sword ones. Just compare them to the other implicit mods of "light" weapons.

Nah, I mentioned rapier as a 'light weapon' which has low base crit but makes up for it a bit with implicit so it's sorta crossover. If it was me, I'd give rapiers higher crit, they're a precision weapon after all, not much strength needed.

Not saying it makes for a perfectly balanced game, just that it has some common sense behind it. Who knows what they make sceptres of in wraeclast, but I'd guess they are about as heavy as swords on average, it's the targeting area, a sword needs to stick into the squishy parts which are usually well protected, and I guess with a blunt weapon you'd need to hit joints, head or spine at specific angles to cause critical trauma. So I guess it would be somewhat easier to crit with a blunt weapon than with a sword, unless a blunt weapon is weighty like regular maces are, however the scepter is a lot lighter.

Too bad we don't have the weapon selection from D&D games, doesn't this specialization list just make you drool? And those are only specs, you could find more subtypes, like tanto that falls under dagger spec and saber under scimitar, mostly cosmetic but sometimes not.

{Rapier}
{Greatsword}
{Falchion}
{Katana}
{Longsword}
{Scimitar}
{Shortsword}
{Dagger}
{Battleaxe}
{Dwarven War Axe}
{Greataxe}
{Greatclub}
{Handaxe}
{Heavy Mace}
{Heavy Pick}
{Morningstar}
{Light Mace}
{Scythe}
{Club}
{Light Hammer}
{Warhammer}
{Quarterstaff}
{Guisarme}
{Shortspear}
{Spear}
{Glaive}
{Ranseur}
{Longspear}
{Shortbow}
{Greathammer}
{Heavy Flail}
{Spiked Chain}
{Siangham}
{Kukri}
{Sickle}
{Light Flail}
{Halberd}
{Trident}
{Kama}
{Spiked Gauntlets}
{Unarmed}

{Throwing Dagger}
{Longbow}
{Light Crossbow}
{Heavy Crossbow}
{Sling}
{Javelin}
{Dart}
{Shortbow}
{Shuriken}
{Repeating Crossbow}

Ah, the good old times when a game would throw a list like this at you at levelup and you went 'wut da?' Yeah, a lot of those were statistically similar but the flavor is what counts :)

But, enough derailing...

Because he has big head.

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_Madus wrote:

Because he has big head.

+1