Dagger vrs Sword

[Steely Jim]

I do use the dagger (level-19) for fast damage in places where I'm more or less just fighting one foe at a time; however, I see the cutlass (level-17) as always being more useful when I need to fight defensively in higher traffic areas. I can't say that I've broken down all the dps possibilities though; however, I'd at least say that to make Cutlass pan out for that, you'd have to lose most of the passive offerings and/or other skills.

I use them differently, depending on the situation; but, I like dagger more than cutlass personally.