The lesser knockback can be good if playing with other people. Most of us know the pain of having someone with a Levi send a Lumber flying into our face.

But thats only in FSC. We're talking ALL ROUND not just there

The real question is, does the reduced damage result in needing an extra swing to kill something? If it's only 10 less I think both weapons probably kill just as fast which would make CIV the better weapon.

But for a less experianced player, the Leviathans knockback will be useful.

When you are playing with one bar of latency, the Leviathans knockback will save your life.

I do not find the Levi's knockback to be problematic. The only reason someone would throw an attacking creature into a teammate is if: they are doing it on purpose, they did it on accident, or they have no awareness of their teammates and the field. Granted, accidents do happen on occasion. But if it is one of the other two reasons, this is not someone you would want to party with.

Instead the Levi's knockback should be used for good - saving your life, saving someone else's life, pushing enemies into corners, separating healers from the pack, etc. Anyone without malicious intent that possesses an ounce of skill would do so, which is why I almost always use a Levi and greatly value its power :)

I guess it really comes down to situational awareness right? I tend to play solo a lot but when playing in a group I have never had anyone die as a result of a levi charge. I usually try and get between the team mates and the mob before unleashing so they get knocked away from us.

Or simply Shivermist them first ...

When CIV users bring up, oh its good in FSC, think bout it this way...

Levi : Jack of all trades master of none
CIV: Master of 1 trade, worse at rest :P

and then, WHY WOULD U RUN A CIV IN FSC? I can understand the 3 reasons of: lack of energy/crs (to own both the levi and DA/ lack of ce for a weapon slot for the AP), lack of skill to get a sealed sword, and lack of skill to use a 2-swing weapon correctly... But assuming 90% ur not any of these, DA > CIV because...
#1 wide spread for FSC (4-5 slag walkers in one swing, great for crowd control)
#2 charge crowd controls and pushes back
#3 Elemental attribute dmg bonus > UV (and the fact that DA can have undead uvs)
#4 DA is capable of sidestep/direction change by 2nd swing exploit/delay
#5 CIV charge's lack of knockback = bad crowd control for FSC
#6 Levi's ability of large knockback

The above comparsion is Levi + DA combo vs CIV

Really, the CIV is a merge of the Levi and the DA but lacking in both fields of specialty. The only reason to run the CIV is due to lack of weapon slots or lack of money.

The CIV is overall a mediocre weapon, its not bad though since it is technically 2 weps in one but with nerfed abilities from both weapons.

I run Levi + DA + AP + (soon Shiver) in FSC

DJsmiles: Stop making ppl waste time & CE, lol. It might look better, but thats about it.

What everyone should really be saying is, I like ______ because it works for me. Ex: I like the CIV, because it looks cool, and I can deal with the less damage. I also am not very fond of HUGE knockback, because I like playing with other people, and my luck loves to throw Lumbers in the way of others.

Its about personal preference, I personally prefer the CiV because while it does a miniscule of damage less than the Levi, it means you can curbstomp all undead creatures and breeze through graveyards, which is extreamly useful if you dont have shadow resistence to counter them otherwise. (Just take them out before they take you out, the 360 spin is by far my favourite charge attack)