could you make the picture bigger? I don't think I can see it...

edit: that merc is rr13 which gives him +12 to parry, so in total 16+11+12 = 39

Ah, I see now. 1l0 43% every higher lvl adds .5%. Still pretty close to cap.

At level 49, I'm specced 49 DW/Crush and the rest in parry. That spec gives me a decently easy kill of any tank except berserker (which is a close fight every time) and VW. At 50 I'll be 50 DW, 49 crush, rest in parry.
At RR5, I'll respec crush to lower it to 51 composite and increase parry, while keeping DW at 50.
I wouldn't go shield since it seems pretty useless on a merc, if you want to play like that why not roll an armsman for 2h and plate armor...

Anytime stun, charge, stoicism, high damage, two procable weps, the fact that you hit the RvR parry cap so soon.

50 dw
50 slash/thrust
28 parry (without at)

merc with shield is gimp imho

is specing 50 weapon actually doing anything than get you access to styles? compared to 39+11 i mean

if you use weapon styles: yes
if you use DW styles: increase weaponskill anyone? if it does then it helps you hit more

merc with shield is gimp imho

Yes thats right, very gimp... merc should be a dmg-dealer and nothing more..

heres a spec im looking at, not really sure i would do it though just because you dont get much of a difference from 50/50/28

21 parry
50 dw
23 shield for back stun
50 thrust

the back stun would be nice..but shield switching is a pain especially in the middle of a fight, but at least you could stun a healer/caster then