A bit confused about combat. A couple of questions.

[pistolshrimp]

I did a little searching help and had trouble finding the answers to these questions.

Why do people use a sabre as opposed to just punching? Does the sabre have a built in combat modifier or does thrust have the modifier?

Does anyone have the numbers for this? Or is there any combat damage chart comparison for the different types of attacks? For instance how much better is thrust compared to uppercut.

Is there a preference between slotting power vs defense? I mean if you had a choice between 5 defense and 5 damage which would you pick? What's the point where you would switch it up, for instance would you change your answer if it was 6 defense vs 4 power?

Does anyone have the number for how much one point of power modifier adds to your attack?

Thanks for your help here guys, it's much appreciated.

[DarkNacht]

Thrust has a higher base damage than punch and uppercut.
I've never seen any charts or equations for how much which attacks do with different YB.
Slotting power vs def, is going to largely be determined by what you're making those cloths to do. Power and def counter each other equally.
I looked around a while back for an answer about how much extra damage power modifiers give and if I remember the official answer was that its kind of like getting that much more YB and not to worry about exact numbers, just that big numbers are good.(the devs are SOOOO helpful)