The boring mage of red

[YokeM]

Again, RDM is 1/3 melee at its peak melee. Additionally you should actually know the philosophy behind the kind of sword you're so on about too before you harp about it so much.

It is not! If RDM would spend 1/3 in melee, would not complain at all.

The rapier class sword was not a war sword so much as it was a dueling weapon, then often used as a weapon of station among officers of rank when firearms became more prevent. But even it its heyday they were not meant for frequent clashing, but rather for accurate striking. The game design fits the history and philosophy of the weapon - The rapier is not a clashing sword.

Are we really going to talk about what a weapon is supposed to be in RL? Are we then going to talk about how DRK greatswords have hardly ever been used, duo to being immensely unpractical. Or the fact that you normally use a lance to keep your enemys at distance? My point is that he shouldn`t have a rapier if he isn`t going to use it! Not if it is historical precendent as a war sword.