Verious Questions!

Lufia

Lufia

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2006

Droknar's Forge ,)

Hero of CarpeDiem

W/Mo

What's the best Sword?
What exactly does Stance tanking invole?
what's so great about oro and fa?

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Best overall sword for damage: Victo's Blade. Or an equivalent Vampiric Sword of Fortitude, Damage +15%.

Stance Tanking: Using some combination of Gladiator's Defense, Bonetti's Defense, Shield Stance, Defensive Stance, and Disciplined Stance. If you're using the oh-so-cheap Gear/Book/Keg/Torch/Ural Tank method, drop Shield Stance from that list.

Orozar and FA: There isn't anything good about them anymore.

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

There is no "best" anything. Any weapons with the same stats will do exactly the same damage. Get a weapon you liike, mod it to your preference, and customize it.

Stance tanking is just that. Running a warrior that mantains a stance of some sort at all times to help reduce damage. A good stance tank can be very valuable to the team.

Oro and FA farming runs are where the "best" greens drop. The green item market has taken a huge nosedive in recent weeks, so it's not very profitable anymore. Drop rates are low, and prices are even lower. It's a good way to get some skill points and not much else now.

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Savio
Best overall sword for damage: Victo's Blade. Or an equivalent Vampiric Sword of Fortitude, Damage +15%.

Stance Tanking: Using some combination of Gladiator's Defense, Bonetti's Defense, Shield Stance, Defensive Stance, and Disciplined Stance. If you're using the oh-so-cheap Gear/Book/Keg/Torch/Ural Tank method, drop Shield Stance from that list.

Orozar and FA: There isn't anything good about them anymore.
Vampiric and stance tank is kind of a bad combo since you will not always be attacking. The typical stance tank is not really meant to do damage so bleeding out because of a vamp weapon is usually frowned on by your monk. Victo's is the cheapest but for pure tanking any sword will do since you wont be using it much.

nightrunner

nightrunner

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

San Francisco

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Vampiric and stance tank is kind of a bad combo since you will not always be attacking. The typical stance tank is not really meant to do damage so bleeding out because of a vamp weapon is usually frowned on by your monk.
I don't think Savio was talking about using a vamp sword keg tanking - he was answering two different questions.

And if you're talking about what skills a Stance tank using the keg trick should bring, I use Gladiator's, Defensive, and Disciplined. Shield Stance won't work, and Bonetti's takes years to charge up since you won't be attacking. However, I suppose if your bonder put Balthazar's Spirit on you and put some points in Smiting, it might work. Anyhow, I can stay in stance pretty much indefinately with those 3 (maybe 2 second downtime, but that might be due to me accidentally switching stances before the other one wore off >_<)

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Physical Resistance and if holding a sword, the ripostes are a nice bonus.

$pIrIt $aMan

$pIrIt $aMan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

at my pc

Greeklords

R/Mo

NONONO you are all wrong the best sword is THE 1 THE ULTIMATE SWORD THE BEST SWORD ON GW AND YES IT IS........

FIERY
DRAGON
SWORD

and of course an eternal shield combine these 2+a lvl 10 wammo on ascalon arena and you have THE BEST CHAR EVER MADE+full plate drok armor