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Thread: Ranged vs. Melee BH
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Stratiotes
Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:30 am
#1
Ok, I've read through the guides and several other template relatedposts on this forum. Yet, I still can't decide on a couple issues for my BH. First, TKM vs. Master Rifle/Carbine (PvE and PvP). At my current meager level, I can do more damage and need to heal less with Unarmed vs Ranged. Does it get better as I progress in Ranged? Almost everything I fight seems to run up on me, making melee preferable to ranged.
Next, (the never ending battle) Master Rifle vs. Master Carbine (PvE and PvP). I like the idea of "sniping" as a bounty hunter, to get things going, but if the target will close on me and squish me like a Snow Speeder under an AT-AT after the first volley... As a BH, is it more helpful to have the crowd control of the Carbine or the range of the Rifle (thinking of both PvE and PvP)? Or, does it matter with the BH specials? I don't get alot of time to play and I'd prefer not to spendweeks building one up only to find the other option would have been better (I know... the normal life of an MMORGer). 
Thanks for any advice you can share.
Narcoleptic_LTD
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:00 pm
#3
ranged is the way to go for BH ... there are good defenses both ranged and melee thru out the trees. going melee at this point is really wasting all that gen ranged acc/speed.
improved duelist stance adds +250 to all defenses... and you can only activate it with a ranged weapon equipped.
Hnglka
Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 pm
#5
Narcoleptic_LTD wrote:
ranged is the way to go for BH ... there are good defenses both ranged and melee thru out the trees. going melee at this point is really wasting all that gen ranged acc/speed.
improved duelist stance adds +250 to all defenses... and you can only activate it with a ranged weapon equipped.
And the requirement of MBH to take PC Jedi missions dilutes the power of the melee templates because of the marksman ranged support requirement.
Though it may not seem like a lot at first; that one line of Markman that isn't applicable to your melee template makes a big difference in the final build.
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