Currently it’s only marginally better than all the other weapons when it comes to DPS and overall mobility, I had this bright idea to replace the special attack with a new one, the current one as we all know only stuns all enemy types except bosses, which is weird, some class abilities can stun bosses, so why not the dueling sword?
My suggested replacement would be to make the character leap up to 10 meters forward (can be canceled with block) in addition to the current stab attack, also it can stun bosses now, it also bypasses captain’s shields dealing only 50% of the damage and stunning them.
You might think I’m crazy for reducing the damage to shielded captains by 50%, but read the next part before you judge.
Damage against all armor types increased by 3000%, currently the damage is way too low, when I’m using the dueling sword, I except pressing a button to be a rewarding experience.
Finally I noticed that the stamina is too low, 10 additional stamina should do the trick, and 100% reduced stamina cost, would be super cool to have a weapon that doesn’t cost stamina when sprinting.
I had other ideas like a blessing that will give you 24% rending on weakspot hits stacking 5 times, but that sounds a bit too much.
Almost forgot, add the weapon to the Arbites arsenal, they are suffering and need the little boost.
Its a bait, but then again you gotta consider that when the weapon balance leak happened, no one on this board said a single word about the DS 5 being buffed.
The fixation on the DS 4 and the stab turned a good chunk of this community into an NPC’s, entirely incapable of noticing a rather busted weapon in its own right getting buffed on the side just for the lulz.
Makes you wonder how many people are asking for DS 4 nerf because its OP (and it is) or because it became a fashionable to do so, a safe way to stay on the program without having to bother about the finer points of weapons balance…
DS 4 became a meme on several different levels and from several different directions, it is no surprise a baits like these happen!
None of those changes have been confirmed, also nerfing MK IV and Mk II heavy attack dmg to Mk V damage model would be fairly reasonable. Except its even more outrageous mobility Mk V damage isn’t that great vs armour, it also lacks Cleave Damage.
"(Mk V only) Improved power level correction and bulletproof armor
Power level corrected to 550
Armor damage modifier against bulletproof armor increased from 0.8 to 0.9"
Not much of a buff bud, at least on paper. Time will tell.
Also, stop pretending the DS4 special ability being able to casually stagger a Carapace armoured Crusher and pretty much any other Elite is fine for a sword that can 2 tap a Crusher.
DS4 getting a nerf is long overdue. The NPCs are the ones saying it’s fine the way it is.
