I use swords now because I like the higher damage output, but you can go a long way on the much cheaper 120 Macing / Level 3 Mastery (Stagger). I actually ran macing for a long time instead of swords. If Bealank thinks it is good and useful, then believe me, it is.In some situations it is just a really tough, survivable setup. But if you already have 120 swords and 120 fencing, I guess mace is out of consideration. The Fencing setup is unfamiliar to me, but a while back there was a Ninja Fencing build that was soloing Travesty and Paroxymus and all kinds of crazy things under the "I'm not going to block ANY damage, hit me, I'm a ninja B1TCH!" mantra, and it looked really, really cool. Swords seems to be far and away the preferred setup, which on the one hand means you are going to get a lot more advice / suggestions for it, but on the other hand, you'll be competing with a deeper pool of potential shoppers for some weapons.