I'm curious as to how to effectively train brawling. I've decided to pursue it as a primary weapon, however I am beginning to regret that immensely. I understand that brawling damage is relatively stat based, however with over 200 ranks I'm rarely hitting black leucros that hard, usually 4/23-8/23, slightly more if ambushing.

I have no problem killing them quickly, but my main concern is the experience gain. If I'm given a steady stream of leucros, it takes me over an hour to lock brawling. I'm beginning to think that dancing with them teaches as well if not better than actually killing them. I've purchased some of the 25 stone steel spiked knuckles thinking that more damage would = faster XP, but with such light hits this doesn't seem to be the case.

Any brawling experts out there that can offer any advice? Will Combat 3.0 make brawling a legitimate weapon choice?

~ Ziazu

>>with over 200 ranks I'm rarely hitting black leucros that hard, usually 4/23-8/23, slightly more if ambushing.

Unfortunately that's about right. At ~250 ranks I get hits in that range unbuffed against baby/fledgling gryphons (wearing chain gloves). I can push it to 5/23-10/23 if I zerk Wolverine. It doesn't take me an hour to lock it though. Maybe 30min at the longest. I lock ME/Brawling/LT/Offhand all in less than an hour. Gryphons are awesome like that though. I'm also not sure how much advantage my Prydaen claws might be giving me.

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~The Prydaen~

>>I seem to remember claws being comparable to store-bought longsword/broadsword slices.

Sounds about right, give or take.

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~The Prydaen~

Thanks so much for the input. I've decided to go ahead and backtrain a bit now. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when 3.0 comes out but having a backup plan is nice. Hopefully 3.0 works out best for the both of us, but if not good luck with your backtraining!

~ Ziazu