Guardians of Fortune and Swords

Shouldn't the sword be the go to weapon for close encounters? It's like complaining that the EoR is too OP because it's damaging me from a distance and my sword can't do anything about it.

Use a blunder then or just learn better movement countering sword lowk not hard don’t push basement

I have seen on numerous occasions including myself having to be forced to used a sword against a lower skilled opponent and all the way to gold skellly streamer having to do the same

Why are you forced again?

well im boarded and he or she has a sword so i have to use a sword.

Or not? There many other weapons to do.
Traps are favor, Blunder buss and bombs keep them at bay. And, bucket of vomit. OH and poison!

My suggestion would be removing the stun and or reducing damage so as to require another “swipe”

So because you are having a bad time learning to counter, you wanna nerf a weapon?
Well I demand they nerf EOR, Piston, and Double pistol because they put out to much damage when used together, it not right to be shot up close and die without blinking, etc etc....
Or better yet, when you fire a weapon, reload affects all weapons on hand. So if you switch to one after fire one, it has to reload. :P

i was spam eating pineapple in water while being swiped and didnt have enough time to return offense

Sounds like a Bug. Players were talking about people eating pineapples and tanking damage....which they did not like happening.

I just ate til i died.

Well for your story: You were in the water, and couldnt turn around to pop a shot with your own weapon? Sword also Blocks Sword attacks....
(if you were forced to use a sword)

can we not get lazy bearded while in the tunnel waiting for extended que times for hourglass

How about not standing still? It is Lazybeard after all, and often the game will say "Hey it taking awhile, wanna cancel the Dive?" often you try again and it works faster. Just saying.

The majority of people and streamers I talk to agree.

"Majority" is only in your select group. Not everyone agrees and Streamers...the ones who only play for sake of PvP, yeah they nerf anything if they cant win against it. Simply because they dont change there own combat tactics.

If a streamer starts to complain about anything, the viewers will agree just for sake of agreeing.

You can already shoot, switch weapons, and shoot again faster than a sword can hit you 4 times. Just hit your shots. Realistically, no matter how skilled a sword user is, if you're a good double gunner, you win against a sword user 100% of the time. Hit your shots before they get close enough to hurt you. Genuine skill issue.
"I just ate until I died" The same thing can be accomplished with guns. You shoot and reload faster than the eating animation so you could lock someone into an eating loop with shooting too, even if you miss a shot.