Opinion On sword n' board

SjornParadox52

I do understand that it's meant to be used for tanking but there are a good number of people that like to use it for dealing damage when used correctly, so i looked at one of the skill-lines abilities, specifically the first morph of puncture "Ransack". remember how ZoS reworked a morph for crystal blast? maybe a rework could be done for ransack too, y'know have it no longer taunt, increase its damage a bit and turn it into a 3-hit combo attack with the final strike being a stab that will deal bonus damage to low health targets and deal an extra 25% damage. The first two hits will affect a conal area while the stab will hit in a straight line. I just feel like sword n board is an underappreciated weapon for the damage department and besides there are other Abilities that grant minor protection take turn evil for instance that also stuns enemies. @ZOS_Adrikoth any opinions?

Alucardo

I miss SnB weaving. It was nice having an option rather than just dizzying swing, because let's be real, the DW skill line sucks for PvP outside of whirling blades.

zvavi

S/b already have a spammable. If you are changing something, it shouldn't be adding another spammable to the skill line.

cmetzger93

It would be nice if it were more viable as a DPS option. I would also like to have just a single sword without a shield as a weapon skill line to be more skyrimesque

Kendaric

I'd love to have sword and shield as a viable option for damage as well.

waterfairy

before the cp change I had a decent sword n board dps/tank hybrid that I dubbed a 'dank' but they killed this build by putting everything in the blue tree then limiting what we can have with 4 slots

Extinct_Solo_Player

zvavi wrote: »

S/b already have a spammable. If you are changing something, it shouldn't be adding another spammable to the skill line.

Powerslam is an abomination of a spammable which makes zero sense as it takes the Spot of the stun needed on snb bar.

EF321

cmetzger93 wrote: »

It would be nice if it were more viable as a DPS option. I would also like to have just a single sword without a shield as a weapon skill line to be more skyrimesque

I'd like to equip shield in both hands.

waterfairy

EF321 wrote: »

cmetzger93 wrote: »

It would be nice if it were more viable as a DPS option. I would also like to have just a single sword without a shield as a weapon skill line to be more skyrimesque

I'd like to equip shield in both hands.

you can do this in assassins creed valhalla and it's as fun as it seems

Amottica

I think Zeni intends us to decide between being defensive and offensive. If I am correct with this then the suggestion would not be in line with that focus.

Extinct_Solo_Player

Amottica wrote: »

I think Zeni intends us to decide between being defensive and offensive. If I am correct with this then the suggestion would not be in line with that focus.

If that was the case why does sword and shield have offensive passives?

SjornParadox52

Extinct_Solo_Player wrote: »

Amottica wrote: »

I think Zeni intends us to decide between being defensive and offensive. If I am correct with this then the suggestion would not be in line with that focus.

If that was the case why does sword and shield have offensive passives?

My thoughts exactly