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Raphayl
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Frequently Asked Questions and Popular Posts



Welcome to the Fencing Community!



To help ease your entrance into the Fencer profession and this community please make yourself familiar with the information available in this thread. It includes two main parts, the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Popular Posts (PP).



The FAQ portion is a list of the all the questions that new (and sometimes established) Fencers ask. Each question is linked to a post that answers the question in detail. Of course you’re still welcome to ask the following questions in a brand new post, but don’t be surprised if the answer is simply a link or redirect to here.



The PP portion is a list of commonly reoccurring topics that are often thought to be new or original by someone not familiar with the forum. Many of these are actually ongoing topics that have just temporarily left the front page. While not mandatory to do so, by checking to see if the topic you would like to begin anew is already established you help to keep the board from getting cluttered, and allow the genuinely new topics to stay on the front page where they can get attention. Like the FAQs, the PPs all have links to the appropriate thread or threads.



If you don’t find what you are looking for here, you might note that there is also a Search feature at the bottom of the forum. The basic version is not very useful, but the Advanced Search is quite effective if used properly. You can narrow your search to a forum and/or an author, include and/or exclude key words in the body or subject, and a few other things to improve your results. Used intelligently Advanced Search is definitely your friend. It can keep you from looking foolish by not being the 5th person to ask the exact same question that had already been explained in great detail less than 24 hours ago.



The following list and links will change as the relevant information changes. I’ll do my best to keep them as up to date as possible. If a link goes bad for some reason, please PM me and I’ll get it fixed ASAP.



*TEMPORARY NOTICE: I am beginning this with all links going right back to the basic Fencer page just to get it posted, and make sure my links even work. It may take me a few days to get all of these finished and directed to the appropriate locations. For the time being, only the links preceeded with an Asterisk (*) have been completed. I’m letting you know this so I don’t get 100 PMs informing me of dead links less than an hour after posting this. I will take down this notice when (I believe) all of them have been completed.*



Frequently Asked Questions



General and Conceptional FAQ:
* Should I become a Fencer?
* I’m brand new to Fencer. What do I do now?
* If we’re Fencers, why do we use knives and blunt weapons?
* Why don’t we see more Developers posting in our forum?
* Who are these “Correspondent” persons, and what do they do?
What will “Petitions” inside this forum accomplish?



Data FAQ:
* What are the typical stats for a good Fencer weapon?
* Where can I find Fencer Trainers?
* I’m on server/galaxy “X”, who should I buy Fencer weapons from?
What is the Rantok Sword? How do I get one? Do I want/need to get one?
What are “Macros,” and how do I make one?
Where can I find a current list of Fencer Issues?
Where can I see the most recent "LIVE" Patch information?
Where can I see the most recent "TEST" Patch information?



Functionality FAQ:
* What do the various Fencer Special Attacks do?
What does Armor do for a Fencer? Should I wear Armor?
* How do I calculate my: Average Hit, Effective Weapon Speed, or Damage Per Second?
* How do Armor Piercing (AP) and Armor Rating (AR) work?
* What is so great about the Stun Baton? Does it have a “stun” effect?
What are the various Fencer Skills and Defenses? How do they work? Do they stack with “X”?
What is Center of Being (CoB), and how does it work?
What impact does “Slicing” have on my Weapon? On my Armor?
* What do all the individual stats on my Weapon mean?
How does the HAM costs on specials work?
What do all of the character stats do? (Health, Strength, etc.)
Why can’t my weapon damage lairs? Why won’t my specials hurt lairs?
Do Fencers get a Knockdown Attack? How do Knockdown and Posture Change work?
* Is it true that Fencer weapons can be made using Vibro-motors and Rancor Teeth to become better?
* Do Fencers get a Krayt Tissue counterpart to improve our weapons?



Strategy FAQ:
What are the "best" grouping strategies as a Fencer?
What are the "best" soloing strategies as a Fencer?
What are the "best" PVP strategies as a Fencer?
Where are some fun places to hunt as a Fencer?
Where can I get the fastest XP as a Fencer?
What are the "best" combos to use as a Fencer?
* What is the “best” Fencer Weapon for my current skills?
What is the “best” Species for Fencer?
Should I migrate my Stats? What is the “best” HAM migration for a Fencer?
* Is getting Master Brawler worth the extra points required?
Which Profession “best” compliments Fencer?
What is the "best" Armor for a Fencer?
What Fencer branch/skill should I take next?
What are the “best” Weapon Power-Ups to use as a Fencer?
What are the “best” Buffs, Spices, and Foods to use as a Fencer?



Popular Posts



A Holocron told me to become a Master Fencer.
* List of all Fencers, and the galaxies they are on.
* Who has the "best" weapon? List and compare.
List and compare your ultimate combat profession combos here.
Brag about your latest and greatest victory here.
Show off your snazzy screen-captures and pictures here.
We should “X” better/longer/faster than profession “Y” because…
Post new ideas for Fencer skills, weapons, animations, and abilities here.
* Professionally discuss Fencer issues and exchange information while keeping an open mind and being respectful of your peers here.
* Rant, whine, flame, curse, and cry about “X” here.

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Raphayl
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For anyone that didn't read through the entire message describing how the FAQ and PP thread was currently working, I wanted to reiterate it here.

Currently only the links preceeded with an Asterisk (*) are finished.  All of the others just take you back to the main Fencer page.

Once they are all done I will removed all the asterisks and edit this post.  For now I was just wanting to get it posted.  Thank you for your patience on this.

For those of you reading the FAQ and PP and you see something listed there you are interested in... it wouldn't be ont he FAQ and PP list if it wasn't a Freqently asked Question or Popular Post.  Therefore... at least 10 threads on it have already been started.

12-01-2003 05:03 PM  

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/bow respectfully

Raph, i vote you as the best correspondant!! Thank you for doing so much!! Excellent Job!!

GaryNg CodeFour

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12-01-2003 08:11 PM  

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awsome job!

My deepest respect for your work and dedication!

Dogg

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12-11-2003 06:48 AM  

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can someone please update this, half the links are broken or link me back to the fencer forum and I would really like to know how to get fast exp, which weapon/animal gets me the most etc etc.
12-11-2003 11:17 AM  

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this is a work in progress. it is part of a conglomerate Fencer FAQ. the reason the links don't work is because they haven't been created yet. the links in the FAQ marked with asterisks are the completed ones. if they don't exist on the FAQ, feel free to ask them on a thread.

i'm guessing you're semi-new here, so welcome. hope we can help you.

-Altair
12-11-2003 12:19 PM  

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Raphyl is THE BEST correspondent for any class I have seen to date. I frequently browse through all the profession forums and Raphyl is consistently on top of the game. His thorough experiments and dedication amazes me.  I have yet to see this kind of dedication from another profession. Most other correspondent's experiments produces hazy results from postulated based on other postulates, resulting in a jumbled mess. Raphyl's experiments are backed up by hard data and logs. I congratulate you on a job so well done.

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12-20-2003 12:35 AM  

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from what i have seen... you are one of the better correspondents for giving us information

 

even tho this list aint super useful for me now... if i was just starting, id be giving you a big hug

 

we (the fencer community) are greatful for how much you help us out

Master Brawler, Master Medic, 1-3-3-2 fencer
01-04-2004 07:41 AM  

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This link doesnt seem to be working...

Should I migrate my Stats? What is the “best” HAM migration for a Fencer?

01-05-2004 06:53 AM  

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it's not completed yet. only the links with the asterisks are complete.

to answer your question... well, i can't. what species are you? do you wear armor? do you use spices and food? what weapon do you use? do you use a lot of specials? what will you be fighting? will you be solo or in a group? what skills other than fencer do you or will you have.

all of these play a factor in what's best. i sincerely doubt there will ever be a "best" stat migration chart. everyone plays differently in those variables i listed above.

the best way to find your ideal migration is to play. do you run out of action? then boost something there. do you run out because you use lots of moves, or does one move drain you? if the former, increase quickness. if the latter, consider increasing stamina. you get the idea.

hopefully that'll get you started at least. good luck!

-Altair
01-05-2004 02:07 PM  

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I'm sorry that I got a little behind in the FAQ during the holidays.  Now that things have settled down, and all the relatives have returned home, I should be able to return to them.
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01-05-2004 10:10 PM  

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JivanMukti
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/whap jivan doh! next time I will read the whole thing (including the nice part about the *)

Sorry... awesome job!

01-06-2004 02:18 PM  

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some of the links on this are dead.  I haven't been to all of them, but I would be happy to go through it if you'd like and tell you which ones I cannot get to, and that others might possibly not be able to get to either.  Just thought I'd let ya know.

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01-16-2004 07:01 PM  

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"where is best place to get fastest xp" could ya answer that qstn for me plz, tx
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