Re: Sword Master and Focused Offense Tactic
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:17 pm
I'll be honest, I haven't played a Swordmaster on this server yet, and the vast majority of my experience was on live. It may not be good for a Swordmaster in particular in the current build/state, I was speaking more from a general tank perspective.
But being scared of taking more damage is not a good reason not to run FO. If you aren't checking what you are up against and changing your tactics accordingly, then that's a playstyle problem. If you are in a scenario with 3 maguses, 3 sorcs, and a single choppa or something, and you still don't consider putting FO on, you are just doing yourself a disservice, even on an SM. When that tactic reads "your damage increases by 15% and you have virtually no downsides", and you still don't use it? That's not logic, that's just stubbornness and refusal to adapt. If I played a dps SM I'd definitely have a tactic bar with FO on it, and I'd definitely use it when appropriate, such as attempting to chase down a sorc I'm intending to 1v1 or something.
So I stand by my post in general, thanks though. Still, I'd prefer if you don't take my advice and people keep following yours. It will literally make my life easier.
But being scared of taking more damage is not a good reason not to run FO. If you aren't checking what you are up against and changing your tactics accordingly, then that's a playstyle problem. If you are in a scenario with 3 maguses, 3 sorcs, and a single choppa or something, and you still don't consider putting FO on, you are just doing yourself a disservice, even on an SM. When that tactic reads "your damage increases by 15% and you have virtually no downsides", and you still don't use it? That's not logic, that's just stubbornness and refusal to adapt. If I played a dps SM I'd definitely have a tactic bar with FO on it, and I'd definitely use it when appropriate, such as attempting to chase down a sorc I'm intending to 1v1 or something.
So I stand by my post in general, thanks though. Still, I'd prefer if you don't take my advice and people keep following yours. It will literally make my life easier.