Hi

Bulwark is the weakest class, it takes damage even blocking//parrying , shield covers few damage oand only from the front, and starting health is like 1% of other classes

 sword takes forever to kill a small enemy and you are exposed and taking damage while wielding the sword, the flag can revive fallen teammates but that is all, it does not heal or protect enough damage

 is a class for the first 2 difficulties, after that, is eternal waiting to respawn

i'm thinking, this design was influenced by the chaos forces to weaken our squads 

Ok

While I agree that Bulwark's damage output is not that great, the other complaints seem unjustified. Perhaps you should spend more time learning how to play this class.

damage wise i agree it needs a big buff, all the others are definitely a skill issue. 

Play around with the builds a bit to see what suits you best and if you play it well enough you wont need stims on ruthless/lethal where you dont even need to use the banner for yourself

In term of damage you described only power sword's problem which is really not that competable to other weapons for Bulwark on high difficulties, so if you want to be a damage dealer Block Chainsword or Balance Power Fist are at your service

A Bladeguard without a power sword?! Heresy!

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Senator_Hades wrote:

In term of damage you described only power sword's problem which is really not that competable to other weapons for Bulwark on high difficulties, so if you want to be a damage dealer Block Chainsword or Balance Power Fist are at your service

Yeah sword is for wanting ready access to easy crowd control in power mode and the highest mobility melee weapon when in speed mode. It is the utility knife of his melee options. It isn't for dealing burst damage, it is closer to the combat blade in that regard.

Bulwark without heals is worse than Vanguard overall 

Raise your shield brother, bulwark is invencible.

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sprjunior wrote:

Raise your shield brother, bulwark is invencible.

Even moreso when you abuse the shield slam gives improved blocking for 10 seconds perk (I mean that isn't what the perk says but it is what it does, let's you block damn near everything)

Bulwark the weakest...I think you mean Assault the class.

Bulwark is absolutely shit until you level it right up. It still sucks levelled up while soloing with bots, but it's much better than starting out. Try with chain sword, it's heaps better at clearing out minors and breaking calls for reinforcements.

Now with the improved powerfist bulwark can blast groups of enemies from half the screen away.

Assault is the weakest, and it is not even close. them getting the power sword with 7.0 will help as it feels really good on the PTS.  

learn to banner heal

The only way they can change it to not make it utterly imbalanced, is to make the shield "block" everything that hits it, melee included, things that would otherwise require a dodge-roll.

Beyond that you're in the realm of balancing multiple classes that use the same items. Especially since a certain class in the PTS is getting a certain item that another class has.

The Bulwark is purpose-built to exploit the game's flow of combat and is practically immortal when played correctly. On top of that, the Bulwark can heal itself and others, an extremely rare trait.

The Bulwark is arguably the strongest class in the game.

You mean you don't know how to play it and are using weak perks. The parry alone with the sword is worth playing the class.

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Kith wrote:

The Bulwark is purpose-built to exploit the game's flow of combat and is practically immortal when played correctly. On top of that, the Bulwark can heal itself and others, an extremely rare trait.

The Bulwark is arguably the strongest class in the game.

Not arguably but for sure he is.

From my point of view having bulwark in team is like having -1 to difficulty you are playing. ABSOLUTE feels like Lethal, Lethal feels like Ruthless. His heal is OP but I love it. When you place flag right in the moment so 2 of your teammates heal to full hp in middle of the battle by execution, it gives so much satisfaction. Requires a lot of game awareness but it's worth every bit of it.