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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 7227806" data-attributes="member: 6786252">Well, there's more information needed on the subject, really.&nbsp;&nbsp; First of all?&nbsp;&nbsp; What class are you?&nbsp;&nbsp; If yuo're going paladin, for instance, I would put the recomendation on sword and board.&nbsp; Meanwhile, I think Fighter benefits more from Greatsword, given the presence of Action Surge.Are you getting feats?&nbsp;&nbsp; If so, that changes the game a lot.&nbsp; Shield mastery, despite not increasing your dps a lot, is very excellent for knocking enemies prone, and granting advatnage to your entire party.&nbsp; That's a HUGE benefit, and highly recommended.&nbsp; GreatWeapon Mastery has one of the highest dps output in the game, but comes with some accuracy issues, so I recommend that primarily if you have someone to be running Bless or Bardic Inspiration or something similar and want to go offense.&nbsp; I'm also very fond of glaives with Polearm Mastery and Sentinel - quite the fun combination.So, the question really comes down to less &quot;is defense or offense better&quot; than more of a question of &quot;do you want to help your party out more, or be a huge dps machine?&quot;&nbsp; Its a good question to think about, because D&amp;D favors hyper specialization, and the choice here really should affect all your decisions from here on out.&nbsp; They're both extremely competative styles, so you can't go wrong with either path.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 7227806, member: 6786252"] Well, there's more information needed on the subject, really. First of all? What class are you? If yuo're going paladin, for instance, I would put the recomendation on sword and board. Meanwhile, I think Fighter benefits more from Greatsword, given the presence of Action Surge. Are you getting feats? If so, that changes the game a lot. Shield mastery, despite not increasing your dps a lot, is very excellent for knocking enemies prone, and granting advatnage to your entire party. That's a HUGE benefit, and highly recommended. GreatWeapon Mastery has one of the highest dps output in the game, but comes with some accuracy issues, so I recommend that primarily if you have someone to be running Bless or Bardic Inspiration or something similar and want to go offense. I'm also very fond of glaives with Polearm Mastery and Sentinel - quite the fun combination. So, the question really comes down to less "is defense or offense better" than more of a question of "do you want to help your party out more, or be a huge dps machine?" Its a good question to think about, because D&D favors hyper specialization, and the choice here really should affect all your decisions from here on out. They're both extremely competative styles, so you can't go wrong with either path. [/QUOTE]

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