So... I guess I'm one of them now

[Bjord]

As soon as I retire, I'm gonna join the arbalest lamers. Maybe only for a gen, but if I like it, I'll stick with it. Otherwise I'm going dedicated cav. Either bumpslasher or lancer.

Why, you might ask? Because I'm a bit fed up with getting headshotted, bumped, couched etc, so I figured I'm gonna fuel the circle of hate. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with balance, but I never actually played any of those classes with looms, and I'd like to try them.

I've been melee for 10 gens and two years, so I feel like if it makes me rage so much, I should maybe play something more casual but equally rewarding. Cavalry is arguably the easiest class, so I might actually go with that first. Now that I think of it, I don't have the patience for arbalest reload time.

Anyone else considering a 180 degree turn?

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Lordly Brigandine
Masterwork Longsword
Lordly Plate Mittens
Mighty Military Hammer(not mine, so not up for trade)
Balanced Military Cleaver
Balanced Langes Messer

[Latrinenkobold]

Sure become a x-bower.

Nothing is easier to hunt for me .

[BlackMilk]

Deleted BlackMilk 2 months ago, transfered all my looms+gold on El_Banduri, leveled my xbower up and am now about to hit level 30 with my dedicated Arbalester. Had a MW Military Cleaver for the first 28 levels, but decided to go with the Mace cause I can use it properly even unloomed at 5 ps.
It's been alot of fun so far...alot more than 2h tbh. Because 5 ps+8athl+50wpf is still somewhat viable in melee and sniping with the arbalest is a great thing. You really need to have a MW Arbalest+MW Steel Bolts though. If you don't have them you're really going to have a hard time.

[LordBerenger]

You could go Long Espada or keep the Cleaver and then get a Round Steel Buckler + 1 Steel Bolts bag and ofc + 1 Arbalest.


So in total your gear would look like this.


Arbalest
Steel Bolts
Cleaver/Long Espada/Other good 1h weapon
Round Steel Buckler


Surprisingly with 5 or so shield skill you can actually block a couple of arrows if lucky as well as good in melee. And it takes 0 slots and weighs little so no worries there.

And Arbalest isn't that slow with reload time. If so you could get a MW Crossbow then and 2 stacks of steel bolts and your cleaver and make him an agi whore and kite the shit out of enemies or run around em and spam with cleaver.

[Bjord]

I'm leaning between 15/24 MW arbalest + MW steel bolts and 18/18 MW Lance, +2 Shield and +3 Destrier.

Lance is IMO the best cav lance, it has 3 more pierce and is faster than heavy lance, and a good cav player is explosive and has good timing, Lance offers that viability. And besides, dueling cav is not my thing. I'll dehorse them if I can or if I feel brave, I'll try to pierce their face or something. Anyway, PROBABLY going cav.

Also want to try one gen of HX. Most fun I had in my life was with HX.

[Son Of Odin]

So I guess you're one of us who like to try everything (more than just couple hours with STF) now

[Bjord]

So you're telling me, you've been trying cavalry for 4-5 months?

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[Kafein]

I'd say go for 18/21 full polearm cav. That lets you take any horse and 7 riding provides a good maneuver boost for the destrier. This also makes you faster, lighter and stronger on foot, and doesn't hurt your horse forcefield ability (blocking on horse is awkward though, due to the camera angle)

But remember cav can be very frustrating at times. Some rounds you will play ten seconds then die. Even if you have a shield and play carefully this is bound to happen (not frequently, but still).


Also I would reeeeally like to know who's the owner of the +3 military hammer. I want to buy one, and I can pay a lot for that stuff.

[Son Of Odin]

Well I have many characters that are not stf's . I decided not to retire my main anymore so I made it a hybrid to not get bored. But yeh isn't it all just "trying" when you begin learning all the tricks that are involved in mastering some class? I still think that melee is where this game has it's best bits but there is also more fun to have with it. Currently after lvl 33 on my main I've played more with archer alt (also not stf and lvl 30).
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[Tibe]

Arbalesting is fun. Went for arbalester for 1 of my entire gen, between all that meleefighting. Trust me, the annoyingly long reload times arent very annoying when you oneshotting people or wound them real bad that even a slightest touch kills em.

[Bjord]

Also I would reeeeally like to know who's the owner of the +3 military hammer. I want to buy one, and I can pay a lot for that stuff.

It's Oberyn's, he "quit"(aka back in a few weeks/months). But if he quits permanently I'm still keeping it, I've grown quite fond of it. And then if he comes back, it's his if he wants it back.

[Tore]

no pls no

[Son Of Odin]

no pls no

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[Bjord]

no pls no

You just triggered my killer instinct, I'm gonna go cav so I can couch kittens like your avatar.

I'm a murderous son of a bitch!

[Vibe]

Yeah go lancer cav, I used 18/21 on my alt with normal Lance (everything unloomed), had the easiest time getting kills. Lance is awesome for lancing infantry, not THAT great for cav vs cav, but you should avoid cav duels because it makes you useless anyway, just lance infantry/archers who are currently in a fight.