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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7797877" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>Ironically, that's the exact reason defense would likely have been better even if it didn't win the 1v1 fights. Because it's a team game and the front line soldier tends to take significantly more attacks and so having him play toward defense is actually a greater strategy.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>If the team has any other PC's that do damage at all then you are likely better off with defense. They don't even have to be high damage dealers. 3 other PC's even doing low damage will typically outdamage the 1 PC. At that point the difference in team damage with the greatsword fighter vs the team with the shield fighter starts to be pretty negligible. The defense can be pretty negligible too, if enemies spread out and attack your allies as often as they attack you. In my experience, enemies tend to focus significantly more attacks on the front liners. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If my allies are capable of greatly boosting my offense i'd much rather have the built in defense of being a shield fighter. However, the flip side is that if they are capable of debuffing the enemies offense then I might be better focusing on offense myself.</p><p></p><p>With that said, it seems that most scenarios are favoring the shield fighter. 1v1. Team play with damage dealing teammates. Team play with offensive buffing allies. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, the answer to that question is pretty obvious for most groups. See the above analysis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7797877, member: 6795602"] Ironically, that's the exact reason defense would likely have been better even if it didn't win the 1v1 fights. Because it's a team game and the front line soldier tends to take significantly more attacks and so having him play toward defense is actually a greater strategy. If the team has any other PC's that do damage at all then you are likely better off with defense. They don't even have to be high damage dealers. 3 other PC's even doing low damage will typically outdamage the 1 PC. At that point the difference in team damage with the greatsword fighter vs the team with the shield fighter starts to be pretty negligible. The defense can be pretty negligible too, if enemies spread out and attack your allies as often as they attack you. In my experience, enemies tend to focus significantly more attacks on the front liners. If my allies are capable of greatly boosting my offense i'd much rather have the built in defense of being a shield fighter. However, the flip side is that if they are capable of debuffing the enemies offense then I might be better focusing on offense myself. With that said, it seems that most scenarios are favoring the shield fighter. 1v1. Team play with damage dealing teammates. Team play with offensive buffing allies. Sure, the answer to that question is pretty obvious for most groups. See the above analysis. [/QUOTE]
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