Shattered Kingdoms

Mood aggressive with a rapier in my off hand and dual wield fails to check numerous times. And when it DOES check second attack does not. What's really going on?!

Swashies need a warlock type overhaul.

Yes!

Why should swashies be buffed? I don't think they're supposed to be able to stand toe-to-toe with real warriors. Neither can rogues. It's okay.

Yeah but a swirling master of blades should be able to do more than one or two attacks per round half the time...

For the record, swashbuckler is a warrior class not an adventurer class.

Then let's make them less squishy!

Then they need looked at and adjusted D, while you are on a roll.

Swashbucklers are only good for landing taunt ganks, and for tanking against opponents who don't know what they are doing. If you want them to actually be able to 1v1 an intelligent barb, you need to overhaul the class. If swashbucklers are made to be able to stand toe to toe with a barb, you need to take away or nerf taunt so that they are actually balanced.

I'm pretty sure I've said in the past that swashbucklers will get revamped eventually. That doesn't mean they are going to be able to stand toe-to-toe with every combination of warrior-weapon. As always, some combos will be great against some people and not so great against others.