Some news

[Venge]

Hey guys,

After my inbox blew up a lil bit which is always great. I can try and respond to all of them but the general question was where will the warrior news be posted. Well for the most part if any important information or changes are to be made to the warrior will be posted here, Vanguardfighters.com, first and foremost. Also, I was asked if I wanted to remain as the warrior class leader throughout release since alot more bugs may be uncovered. I will remain as the warrior class leader until I am no longer needed. But anyways, are changes/fixes still going on in closed beta? Indeed, in fact Talisker is working much faster now as one would expect. If anything major comes up it will be posted here. If any questions or anything, you can email me at bongxterry@hotmail.com with the title of "Warrior Question - xxx", on AIM at Venge Magnus, or on MSN under bongxterry@hotmail.com.
Again thanks for your support and looking forward to seeing you guys in game! If you're on Shidreth, keep the competition clean!

[Lightning]

Good to hear you're staying on Venge

[Garbar]

Welcome Venge =0


1 more day without VG can we do it? =0

[Dajag]

I hope you will be playing a Warrior Venge :roll: if I see or hear of you playing an DK or worse a ranger :shock: I will be unhappy :evil:

As long we have someone fighting in our corner that holds true to the VISION that Warriors will be the damage machine of protective tanks.

I want to kill faster hold argo as good . I picked Warrior because we are the Conans of the battle field.

Yeah we need Mit but i dont care if pallys mit better I just want to out damage them 8)

I dont want fancy buffs I just want to swing my sword hard and fast and have shouts to hold argo.

I dont wanna crunch numbers i want to crunch BONES. :twisted:

All I ask is we as warriors stick to our guns our bread and butter our Sword and our unfaultering need to leave our foes bloody dismembered corpses. 8)

[velzevul]

Dajag.... what MMO did you play before you decided to try VG:SoH?

[Dajag]

I am a retired 1st SG and have played

UO . EQ , EQ2 , DAoC , CoH , CoV, WOW, D&Don line and I played D&D before they had advanced D&D when the game came in a box that was 7 inches by 5 inches.

Yes I have raided LOTS and I want to have fun for a change like back in the early days of EQ.

Its sad to say this but the most fun i have in recent years has been on a player made server for Neverwinter nights 1.

I have been waitting a long time for this game and have had a lot of with my warrior in beta I just dont want that fun to end via nurf bat and balance bat.

[Ryngard]

I have a question...

I'm trying to plan my "weaponry". In Defensive stance I'll use a longsword and shield but, In Offensive stance which is better? Dual-Wield (long and short sword maybe or whatever) or Two-handed (like a greatsword)?

[Neoptolemus]

Originally Posted by Ryngard

I have a question...

I'm trying to plan my "weaponry". In Defensive stance I'll use a longsword and shield but, In Offensive stance which is better? Dual-Wield (long and short sword maybe or whatever) or Two-handed (like a greatsword)?

Hmm I found an interesting tidbit while searching for an answer to your question. In the patch notes for the 11th of Jan I found this:

"The best dual wield combinations remain nearly 20% higher damage when compared with 2-handed damage of equal caliber."

It seems that dual wield will, on the whole, provide more damage. What the penalty for that extra damage is, I'm not sure. Hopefully there is some kind of defensive penalty for dual wielding, otherwise what's the point in going 2h?

Is anyone able to expand upon this for me?

[Lightning]

Well, there are the traditional dual wield problems:

Hitting a mob with a damage shield results in more damage taken as you hit more often.
Mobs that parry or counter gain more opportunity to do so.

How frequent that will be in Vanguard I don't know, though I did die horribly in beta to a named druid based NPC that's damage shield tore me a new one