Thats because swordman dps is so terribly bad at high level, that if they don’t have peltasa to tank/lure mobs with swashbuckling there is literally 0 reason to even have one in the party. Not when cleric, archer or wizard can make a swordmans dps look stupid. For dps on a swordman like wizard there is really 1 build that is “really” viable at the end and that is this: Swordman->Peltasa->hoplite3->dopple->dragoon. Hoplite 3 gives: Free +150 crit rate, free +3 aoe attack ratio, a 0 cooldown spamable attack skill that is also ranged if you want it to be. Dopple gives deeds of valor for up to a 50% damage boost, as well as cyclone which works really well with a 2 hand spear once u get dragoon with the skyhigh crit rate hoplite gets, then dragoon which gives 2 hand spear use and also has some of the hardest hitting swordman attack skills in the game. The only issue with this build is your not that great at low/mid game compared to the generic highlander swordman, but once higher levels hit, they start to fall off and you with your sky high crit rate, starts to make any other swordman build look stupid. It starts to get good once you get hoplite 3 then just gets better as you get the last 2.
I’d say the major problem is the fact that physical damage can be dodged or blocked, yet magic is always 100% hit rate no matter what you do. Protip: never try to 1 v 1 a priest3 in pvp if your physical damage you WILL lose, they will just stoneskin and then for 20-30 seconds they’ll block anything you try to do while mini stunlocking you from the block recoil. Plus they got saftey wall and heal, so your really screwed. Wizard though has a good chance against them as do other priests, but the physical attackers got like no chance.
You need alot of con at higher levels because from what I hear magic damage mobs become more and more common and all your block and evasion does nothing anymore.
I also find the defensive stats pretty worthless to, Like phys/magic defense I mean, they just don’t reduce damage enough, your better off just going high con and using whatever armor that lets you kill faster. WIth the exception of for tanks.