BS/SD or FM/WP?

Which of the 2 would have an easier time soloing to 50? This game has so many awesome AT's thats I can't decide what to play!

Thanks

I have a lvl 50 BS/SD and he's absolutely awesome, but I have one gripe with him that is bugging me more and more over time so now I'm considering abandoning the toon in favor of a DM/SD. Anyway, you'll use Build Up -> Shield Charge -> Head Splitter a lot. After Shield Charge you have to redraw your sword, combined with the longish animation time of Head Splitter it can seem like an eternity and in good teams I often find the boss I'm targeting dead before I smack him. Irritating as hell.

Otherwise, BS/SD is golden.

Well, I don't usually team and most of my toons have redraw, so maybe that's why the delay didn't bug me. Broad Sword/Shield Defense was the most fun I've had soloing from 1 to 50. I never bothered IOing out, so can't report on the post 50 fun factor. But 1-50? Awesomesauce.

Not that Fire/Willpower would be bad. Willpower is a very go-go-go secondary due to its fast health and endurance recovery. Fire puts out a lot of damage. But I just can't imagine having more fun with it than I had with BS/SD.

BS/SD all the way... I had mine above 35% defense by level 32 and soft capped by 42... it was a helluva ride.

I haven't played a FM/WP scrapper, but I do have a 50 FM/WP brute and there was no comparison... the brute was much squishier than the BS/SD scrapper and didn't have as much damage. AAO really is THAT good, and you've Shield Charge, Whirling Sword and Slice for AOE attacks. My BS/SD at 50 does ~750 points of damage with Shield Charge (saturated AAO+BU) and well over 200 with Whirling Sword as the follow up. After that nothing but bosses are standing and maybe the odd LT who was missed by one of the attacks.

By the way, a soft capped BS/SD scrapper is fully capable of tanking an ITF for an 8 man team... I've done it several times. It's a bit more work than using a true tank but it can be done.