Bring back the Sword to Vampire Hunter.

[fringe adder]

Without the sword, the item options are limited to the crossbow and the traps, since none of the light throwable end up having any utility.

[teal crow]

i think it makes her different to the archer

she is more focused in having a lot of shooting speed

and being able to set some traps

instead, the archers has more powerful shoots in general but less shooting speed

and kinda give some support

whit the scrolls

[unborn bramble]

From a non-UR player:
For me, removing the swords removed a damage type which makes the game even more tedious to play through. As the Ranger, I can shoot my way through and if I get swarmed by skeletons or the tiki mask guys or anything else resisting ranged, I can lasersword my way through.
With the VH not having this option anymore and having just ranged (basically the same reason I don't play Sorcerer, with only 1 type of damage) it becomes the shoot, kite, shoot, kite, shoot, kite, (repeat infinitely) kind of game, wasting a lot more time then needed.
I also think the light throwing weapons are redundant damage type with the corssbows and they should have been removed instead of the sword (or replace light throwing weapons with magic books, having more characters do magic damage would be cool).

[rigid sand]

No way you will want to dash with a sword using VH when the VH playstyle is literally to play safe

[pearl compass]

I have 2 reasons to want the sword back:

1. Longsword is the best positioning tool. Losing it on VH removes her only mobility. I always used to run crossbows/longsword/trap on her, and longsword plays really well into her trap playstyle - throw a trap, attack enemies, pull them into your trap, then tap longsword to retreat when they get too close to you, drop another trap, rinse and repeat. It gives her a lot more uptime on crossbows. Also it lets you complete cooperative button puzzles when you're solo.

2. They let her keep Light Thrown. LIGHT THROWN. On a character with the highest DPS ranged weapon in the game. If they're going to remove a weapon type from her, remove light thrown.

Imo this is easily the worst change they have made to the game since they brought it back.

[teal crow]

what im trying to say is: if the VH also had swords, why would someone use the archer?, if VH is better in everything

[unborn bramble]

I would still use her for the self healing 🙂

[teal crow]

got it, i also want to say that im talking thinking in UR

as thats the endgame

and most of the play-time its there

[pearl compass]

Self healing, move speed, really good at kiting through UR like Frostgaard, really good at pulling aggro and escaping difficult situations

Also, if they hadn't nerfed shortbow charged spam ranger into the ground ranger would still be a great kite DPS

[unborn bramble]

yeah, thats the problem with the way the game goes, most changes are geared towards UR and new player or players like me who are stuck inbetween get "nerfed" :/

[normal tangle]

Personally, i would like VH to have the longsword for mobility, and mana cost won't be a problem.
Even if i don't use swords on archer, but I know longsword is a good option, because she is already fast and won't resist a melee fight against many I prefer keeping distance and my unyielding+speedy longbow I think still do more damage/second than a sword, maybe, to enemies with quick reflexes.

[fathom mortar]

has none of you tried throwing bombs? lol
literally wipes the map and you get to CC every mob and their mother, god knows what you guys are struggling with

[pearl compass]

Yes, I throw plenty of bombs. If you're dealing with enemies from multiple directions in an open map, it would be nice to have options to reposition.

[fathom mortar]

then only aggro a few at a time? funnel them? stunlock closer ones while your snail teammates make their way over to help? simple concepts really
why on earth are you at the front anyways, you're not playing archer, just because both use bows doesn't mean they should play the same

[pearl compass]

I've been playing VH solo through the campaign, because I like to 100% clear maps and other people like to end as soon as they see the exit. Reasons to use Longsword: Reposition after triggering enemies from buildings, like in Prisoner's Keep. Complete button puzzles that would otherwise be impossible alone. If you're dealing with high health enemies chasing you, longsword gives more uptime on crossbows.

My request is for light thrown to be replaced with swords, because swords are more useful to the VH, especially in the campaign.

It's worth noting that even if both are using Longsword, the VH and Ranger play differently. Ranger uses longsword to get through tight gaps of enemies in UR Frostgaard and to escape difficult situations after aggroing enemies from buildings in Prisoner's Keep. VH uses Longsword for the same aggro pulling, but also to increase uptime on crossbows because of her terrible mobility.

I'm fine without swords on VH, it just means I run double bomb or 2 types of crossbow, but I'd prefer to have swords, especially rather than light thrown.

[fathom mortar]

spawn traps - bombs
barrows puzzles - who even cares
chased - bombs
aggro - bombs
bad mobility - bombs

is that simple enough for you

[cobalt sandal]

I run triple bombs and campaign is free

[pearl compass]

My guy. I'm saying that light thrown is useless on her, and swords can be useful, and therefore she should have kept swords while losing light thrown. You're completely missing the point.

[rigid sand]

Anyway don't bring back the sword it's better, tired of opening 20 chest only to get swords, i have got enough sword with archer

[tiny flower]

pls return the claid to vampire