Last edited by Razael; 2012-07-04 at 01:37 AM.
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Um... a rapier was an AMAZING weapon on a ship... the point of a rapier is to completely shit on other swordsman, you know what you encountered a lot of as a pirate? GASP!! Other swordsman!?! you're right!!
Now, can any random scurvyinfested sea mutt be able to pick up a rapier and be a killing machine like they could a cutlass? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Because of that they weren't common AT ALL among pirates, but they were very common among officers and the such who needed a good defense against pirates.
If an idiot uses a rapier poorly it can be broken by like any sword, the beauty of the rapier was the elegance and being able to get in real close (and in some cases even able to block with the pommel), the rapier was more of a evade, and guide the enemies sword away sort of thing and follow up with stabbing them 37 times in the chest then it was flat out parrying like other swords. (IE you move enemies sword away from your body with elegance instead of smashing it away by colliding your sword with theirs.)
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EU PSN ID: Raazael
Attempting this build next BWE, im hoping the Direct Dmg mix with Conditions will be as deadly as I think.
http://en.gw2codex.com/build/3596/show
Last edited by Cryblood; 2012-07-07 at 08:49 AM.
Err, rapiers never made it into actual warfare. They're a dueling weapon. You go into battle with a rapier against someone with an actual war sword you're going to die. Your friends knowledge on swords is way off. I think they were briefly used in the war of the roses, but they eventually said "fuck it, this is shit" and went with traditional swords. There were certain "cut and thrust swords" that were similar to the rapier and used in war, but they weren't true rapiers.
Last edited by Loaf Lord; 2012-07-06 at 06:15 PM.
The "swiftness on evade" trait is incorrect. It really should say "Swiftness on dodge."
I did not get Swiftness when using Withdraw, even when I evaded an attack. Only when I used my dodge roll.
I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man? He never dies.
If you give in to your impulses in this world, the price is that it changes your personality in the real world. The player and character are one and the same.
Cutlasses and rapiers are nice, but I want to see a pirate use one of these:
Would be funny to see. Two handed swords needed A LOT more training than one handed. Pirates would keep missing their hundred blades and whirling attack!