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Tadam
As long as you're rocking 35 dam on a melee class and have +10str covered with 24avg weapons, you're good enough to fight. Problem is, you're going toe to toe with people who've been mastering this for 10-20 years. That's why it seems you can't ever beat them. For fun and giggles, try fire sword berserker and take Greeting and Crashing. Then just bash;bash;flurry. There are no mages to fight anyway, so your Greeting is good for most of your fights. Crashing is for auto-disarming those stupid imperials while they're in bash lag. You'll be surprised how many people you kill like that. At earlier ranks, double thrust is your friend if you're getting outmeleed. If not, bash.
That people play conservatively because they are afraid of losing gear. I die all the time, and it doen't bother me one bit. But would I be more balls to the wall if a regear set was competative, and losing the gear I had wasnt such a big deal? Sure.