Slash and Pierce skill

[Danter]

<div>From Test:</div><div> </div><div><strong>Brawler changes:</strong>- Bruiser and Monk primary offensive and combination stances each increase slashing and piercing skill.</div><div> </div><div>1.)  This sucks for a lot of reasons.  Every Brawler in the game has like a 85/320 in slash and pierce skill, so we will have to waste hours fighting greys/greens to raise both these skills because SOE did not give Crusaders max skill when they allowed them to use spears, so it's safe to assume we won't get it either.</div><div> </div><div>2.)  99% of our items that raise offensive skills raise +crushing.  Additionally, our aggro is based off of hitting the mob and doing damage.  When we're in defensive stance and do not have a lot of +crushing gear, it is very difficult to maintain aggro on tougher mobs, especially on multis.</div><div> </div><div>3.)  Only 1 weapon in the game that I know of uses the slashing skill.  Every single one besides this T7 legendary weapon, including the 2 slashers from the Lockless Chest quest in Sanctum - Bonecleave and Marrowgore both use the crushing skill but do slashing damage.  What is broken and why are you changing a system that works?</div><div> </div><div>4.)  Given the current items in the game that give +crushing bonus, I'm pretty sure no one will use slashers and piecers anymore.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>-Kald, 63 Bruiser Permafrost</div>

[Storm_Runner]

<div></div>From what I read in another post it sounded like SOE was going to be putting in more brawler type weapons that use the slash and pierce skills.  The dev that responded in that post said that the new weapons would start to slowly filter into the game and there would be new weapons at lower levels for new brawlers to start leveling those skills up earlier.

[Danter]

<div></div><p>yeah, I'm assuming they're going to change all the items to use each skill respectively.</p><p>What concerns me is that I have +11 crushing from items that add +crushing.   Assuming none of these items get altered and the current flow continues, why would I even consider using one of the new pierce/slash weapons?</p><p>-Kald, 63 Bruiser Permafrost</p>

[PhozFa]

<span><blockquote><hr>Danterus wrote:<div>From Test:</div><div> </div><div>3.)  Only 1 weapon in the game that I know of uses the slashing skill.  Every single one besides this T7 legendary weapon, including the 2 slashers from the Lockless Chest quest in Sanctum - Bonecleave and Marrowgore both use the crushing skill but do slashing damage.  What is broken and why are you changing a system that works?</div><div> </div><hr></blockquote>well actully there is a second weapon. one of the quest in bonemire given by a gnome has a reward option for a pair of claws that proc ravesect damge.</span><div></div>