[quote=@Hinsek]
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B-but what's the difference between smashing metal on metal on the battlefield and in the forge?
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Pretty much this:

[quote=@kusanagifire]
Being able to rest whenever you want when you get tired, no one to murderize you while you are swinging away, being able to stop for a bit and come back then continue, being stronger and fitter not being a life and death decision, etc
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