“There was some parrying of blows, of course, but the main thing was distance and movement. The best way to avoid being hurt is to not be there, so a lot of swordplay actually involves moving out of range of your opponent.”

- Andreas Wenzel, Fencing and Historical Arms Expert, cited by BBC News, August 1, 2007

In most MMO’s these days, we seem stuck on the idea of a healer class. While damage comes flying in from bigger and badder monsters, these healers play whack-a-mole with your health bars.

So why don’t we just ditch the idea altogether? Is it really that blasphemous a thought?

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