Bounty Hunter Archive

Just bought SWG last night and man is it awesome. I want to play a bounty hunter, but I am not sure which Species is the most ideal for that class. I come from an EQ background where race kind of played a crucial role in the full development of your class. Is this the case with SWG?

I made a Zabarak Marksman last night because his stats seemed better than the wookie. I really want to play a Wookie and also be a Bounty Hunter, but I am not sure later on in the game if this is going to gimp my character.

Any advice from beta players or people that have reached the BH profession already? What Race is the most ideal for a Bounty Hunter? Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.

Some races are better and worse at different things, but from what I've seen, race selection doesn't make a significant difference in how well you perform in any class. Though I will say that no matter what you play, wookies seem to be able to take a LOT of punishment.

Yeah we figured you were from EQ when you said "uber peeps"

K thx info TTcry la

Hehe...thanks... You can take the player out of the game but not the game out of the player.

Anyway, what race is everyone playing to become a bounty hunter?

Roleplay a Wookie slave bounty hunter working for the empire

I am hopefully going to be a Master Bounty Hunter and I am human. (I chose to be human not because of the stats, but because of their standing with the Imperial fraction. I love to RP and it doesn't fit for a wookie to be among the ranks of Imperials)

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Twi'lek here. I figured it would just be fun because I didn't see too many people going BH with a 'Lek. Plus, maybe Jaba will make me one of his nice little servants.

diffrence seems to be very small... I picked bothan, they have the highest action/quickness bonus.

Personally, I am going to be a Mon'Colmanian BH.Always liked the things in the movies for some reason, who knows lol. Its not what is "uber" its what you want and makes you happy.

I am going to play a Mon'Calmanian just because I always liked theme in the movies. It's not what you think is "uber" but what you like.

lol sorry for double posting something, did not know if first one sent ^^.

It's hard to be a cool BH as a wookie. You can't be a cool BH without armor can you?

Yeah, wookiees can take a beating (I should know, I am one).

Upon creation, wookiees get 1600 stat points because they are a wookiee (all other species get 900 points). The only disadvantage of wookiees is their unability to wear armor (which, later in a bounty hunter career could be useful, but not necessary).

You still get bad ass clothing for wookiees (imo it looks the best out of anything clothing items out there)

I'm personally not being a bounty hunter as a wookiee (i'm shooting for smuggler), and i'm not sure if I would have picked a wookiee if I was going for BH. If you wanted to be a discrete BH, and not be too flashy with your phat armor and weapons, you could just be a wookiee, and unsuspecting powerful bounty hunter with a roar attack (yes you get that too).

Either way, Zabrak with 900 pts, or Wookiee with 1600 pts, it comes down to character development and how you want to play your character. If you want to be a BH that always has armor and is protected, I would go zabrak. They also get equalibrium (which evens out your stats somewhat, and could come in handy in a critical situation).

If you just want to have all your power at your finger tips, and in the build of your body, and not have to rely on armor, then wookiees are a pretty good bet.

~Just one tip though, if you do become a wookiee: please don't put your muscle slider all the way up! it makes you look like an obese furball. It's an ever growing trend, and I don't recommend this, doesn't even make you look wookieeish.

~ok, you can do it, just don't play on corbantis! jking, lol..

---oh yeah, armor also has penalties to your bars..but absorbs dmg..so it is somewhat encumbersome in a way. It also cost money of course, and will need repairs.

Denmark the Wookiee Gunfighter on Corbantis