Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: Respec to MBH
I like Pistol and I like scatters.
Here is advice I cut and paste for all respec or new MBH, pick out what works for you:
I do not fight like I advise anymore (I can now run up to a Jedi and just start blazing away with success) but that has come with getting more experience, what I recommend here is what you should do for the first 10 kills or so, then you can start to develop your own style and tactics....
1. only attack if you have achieved complete and utter surprise.(meaning you can frontload a alot of damage). This will guarantee the jedi to be in a defensive position after the the first strike. You have forced him to think of only two things at this point, running or healing first AND then coming after you. .
2. Only engage if the Jedi, in addition to being completely surprised, is not buffed or his force is down, or he is engaed by MOBS or creatures. Even if you achieve utter surprise like #1 above but the jedi is not in a tough spot (in other words he is buffed and not distracted or engaged by other PvE activities) you can still lose dramatically even if you cause massive damage before reaction, so DON'T engage and follow this rule.
3. Learn about foods and how they best compliment your personal template, seek out high energy resit armor, slice it for Armor break if possible. Find a good weapon with high damage that you can slice for speed. Add a power up to the weapon to let it produce even more damage (so cap damage with weaponsmith and Power up, slice speed).
4. Add a duelist macro (this is very important as it adds 250+ defense) this will help alot as well :
/duelists;
/pause 26;
/alarmaddin 0 0 STOP, DUELIST!!
/pause 1;
/macro Duelist
Be sure to use the following for deathblow so that the macro does not interfere:
/dump
/deathblow
Specific MBH MCM hunting advice:
Get buffs form a doc before hunting. Take Muon Gold and Ahirisa cake (for mind), also ruby beil and vassarian brandy, Vegapsrine (if working not sur eif it is now) citros, air cake, and last but not least duetorium pyro (pop the pyro every third time you hear the duelist macro alarm below). You can add a few more foods to your liking like a quick pop of synth steak to mitigate damage when the going gets rough. (I prefer Muon Over Booster Blue before anyone wonders because i have a 66 SAC scatter pistol, action is not a big deal for me).
Start the attack and use KD, Toros, Adv Crit, then paralyze and lay states as the Jedi rises, Fire first ,then poison, you can get both in before he moves, then use stopping shot , get it for your temp if you don't have it, back away and alternate between torso and adv crit. Keep your fire and poison dots up and lay traumatize and Thyroid rupture. Now heal, KD recovery and use variations of the stuff above and you'll win more than you think. You can also get creative and cause disease, lay some more debuffs, the gold and ahirsa should really keep your mind up and that is the key, forget running him out of force, run him out of mind (check the last pic in my sig and look at the Jedi's mind and look at my mind, I never stopped laying states and healing the whole time and I am almost full with the foods and buffs, it was about a 10 minute fight)
Weapon stats are much more important than type. Also the added elemental damage is good to have.
As for template, you have to play what you like playing. Try them both. They are just a grind away. Pick the specials you like the best and build your template on that. Don't forget the healing. Good stims, ruby, and that every popular CM 4000.
Another thing to cosider is armor. What type do you like? Recon is best for energy, thus Pistoleer. However, PvP and Jedi Hunting are fun, for you might want Battle armor.
It's your choice and I suggest trying them all. As stated before, it's just a grind away. If its worth playing it's worth working for. Make an investment. After all, your mark (the Jedi) made quite an invenstment in his/her/it's template. You will have to make an investment in yours. The equipment and loot is where you will be investing.