Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

[color="#cc8899"]For fighter weapons, is there a huge difference in feel? For example, gunner weapons vary wildly in characteristics -
Hand Cannons do the most raw damage, but are extremely slow and only hit twice (3-4 times if the enemy is close enough to get hit by the cannon itself) per combo. They also have the most recoil when shot in the air. Generally have high physical attack, low mattk.
Revolvers are fast drawing and shooting, but don't quite have the shooting speed/# of bullets as a Bowgun. Generally the most lightweight weapon of the gunner types.
Muskets/Rifles are...well, weaker than the hand cannon, but a bit faster. They tend to not see a lot of use because nothing really stands out about them.
Bowguns are a fraction slower than revolvers, especially in the hands of a ranger (revolver speed increase). They have a lot of combo potential, though, and are incredibly easy to use. They benefit the most from Aerial fire, getting an extra 10 shots in the air with lv4 Aerial (to a Hand Cannon's...3 (total of 4 with the initial shot)).
Autoguns are the absolute fastest guns, but incredibly weak.

Each gun has a huge difference in how it handles, how you use it in a combo, etc. For example, Hand Cannons are very defensive weapons, good for getting out of tight spots (airshot recoil will launch you away from danger, unless an enemy is predicting this and wait for you to land. A bit of mind-gaming goin on as to whether or not you will actually jump. Still, the mobility is nice). Revolvers/bowguns are more offensive/combo oriented.[/COLOR]

Bowguns are actually faster but weaker than revolvers. As a spitfire, I prefer bowguns because they're fast enough to be able to keep a mob at bay but still stronger than autoguns.

There's a rather large jump in difficulty between First Spine Master's and King's. I dunno how melee classes could possibly cope with the boss pooping out an endless army of tentacle monsters. I was mostly hitting the summons, only getting at the boss with flashbangs and crossmores.

Does anyone actually use bludgeons and spears? I found a rather nice bludgeon and a spear but those are slow weapons and it seems that fast weapons are preferred. :-\