Choppa DPS vs Black ork DPS

[Ysaran]

So many bad SL/Choppa, it seems...Choppa has hench wounds, Slayer can get hench armor - but still the 'class is too squishy'!

choppa and slayer are not squishy by default, the problem come when you are disbled/staggered/disarmed/ecc.. in this case your class mechanics became a flaw. this, in my opinion, is not a problem you can outplay it in most cases, but still a fact. if you add the fact that in conq you have around 80 tough using DWLF, then you can easily say that choppa is squishy. anyway i'm open on any kind of suggestion on how to build/play choppa to be less squishy.

[Toshutkidup]

I know the OP was regarding Choppa, however as Slayer /Choppa are mirrors and share many attributes I will chime in a little. To help survival create 2 tactic sets, 1 for pure glass dps, 2nd for more defensive. Now I know you wont be able to swap tactics in every fight, but if you intend to solo , before you engage, if you can anyway, swap tactics depending on who ur fighting, I find for myself this allows me to kill rdps/kite classes easier when the mdps parry/defensive build isnt needed. After that enjoy the Choppa, I love my Slayer, my favorite class in the game that I play. And yes get used to dying , alot .

[phononHYPE]

... Now I know you wont be able to swap tactics in every fight, but if you intend to solo , before you engage, if you can anyway, swap tactics depending on who ur fighting ...

Want to expand on this (^ +1).
We all have five tactics choices we can use. I set mine up as follows:

solo roam
WB/Party (assuming 2/2/2)
keep/fort action
pve boss
pve farming

While most are very similar, it lets me swap to something more specific as I ride into the fray. With time, you should know when to swap out parts. All my tactics are set-up similarly with BruteForce:StabYouGooder:Flanking:X where X = Wounds/DWLF/Riposte/DontHateDaChoppa/what ever else. This lets you have a base for most scenarios without having to hunt and peck each fight for something. Useful for swapping Wounds< - > Riposte for solo roam vs caster or melee, as an example.

Regardless of your choice, in general your first 15-30 rr points (5+10, or 5+10+15 rr points) should be in Futile Strikes to get your chance to be crit low. Most folk say < 10%, I prefer < 0% (30 points), but you'll find a good start with either of those.