Bio Engineer Archive

Couple things that might help ya.

Might already know this, but if you look at the planetary map, on the right side is a vendor list. If you go to a major planet like Corellia, Naboo, or Tatooine and look for food vendors on the list, you should be able to find some decent ones. I also recommend checking your galaxy's trade forum for updates from your local chefs and if there are none, you can make a post - smart chefs will want to respond in order to gain your business. There are a ton of great foods that are useful to keep in your arsenal. Riflemen's best friends are brandy and canape.

If you have a typical riflemen stat migration - e.g. under 500 HA with 1100 mind, you will have great difficulty spamming specials forever without buffs. On that line, buffs are worth the time and money now days. They've made us incredibly overpowered with up to 90% sliced base effectiveness comp and 2500+ buffs. But, you don't have to go the typical riflemen route. If you are a solely PVE player and want to be able to function without buffs, tone down your stat migration. You can still set your stats at 800/800/800 and still be effective with the new chef foods. The key is hitting 1400 focus, so 2 brandies with at least 300+ (average is 375+ and a good chef can hit 420) and filling of less than 50 will get you firing without loss unarmored. If you are wearing composite, it's harder but still possible. Say you have 500 mind encumb total from your armor, which sets you at 300 focus. Well, 800+ from 2 brandies puts you at 1100 plus 1 canape at 300+ puts you at the mark for firing without cost. Decent canape will have less than 33 filling and will have at least 300+ to focus. If you have higher encumberance or less base focus, you have room for up to 2 more canapes to ensure that you are firing without cost.

My $.02

- Odite Fosore