Return of Reckoning

For assault, where do people spent their renown points on?

Crit seems important, as aSW can be quite burst and can choose from 2 tactics to amplify crit damage. Futile strikes feels important, as the game is so crit heavy, but then that doesn’t leave much for parry?

How strongly do people feel ...

The Assault stance of the SW is generally my favourite play-style, but it just can't compete with other melee classes as it lacks sustain/survivability. Additionally, some issues significantly hinder it. The fixes I'd like to see are, as another poster mentioned:

1) Shadow Step - it's the poor man ...