Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: The first NPC that i COULDN'T kill...
i came to my first mark that i couldn't kill last night. he didn't kill me - but i JUST could not kill this guy.
i'm a mbh/m-pistoleer....so i have a range problem (i'm in process of acquiring a lgood ightning rifle to help with this...).
the mark was over 36k health, a cl82, double gold mark...i'd shoot shoot shoot, heal/ruby/heal, then i'd have to root and run out of range so my action could regen some. i'd do this 2-3 times until the mark was just under 1/2 health - and then, the mark would RETREAT!
once that happened, its health would sky rocket upwards.
at that point my stomach is pretty much full - and i'd have to wait for it to empty before i tried again.
it seems the only way to do the really really hard marks is to get a line in rifles - or get a line in combat medic or doctor to increase the speed in which i can heal.
i really HATE the idea that i'd have to go the same route as practically everyone else and add medical skillsto my template...but it seems like i'm going to have to, unless you all have any ideas.
that's the thing...i'm sacrificing my heals for some artisan skills so i can put up a vendor and buy/sell crap (i make more money selling resources than i do BH'ing any day of the week).
i have a buddy who has a master merchant alt i might "borrow" to set up some vendors - but it's a realy pain in the butt every time i need to store items, sell items, buy items...i have to keep track of how much money i have to give myself from the other character....
having some artisan lets me put up a couple vendors and do some surveying...
i got pleanty of speed and accuracy...it's the heals that suck. how do those heal droids work? are they any good?
Geaux Darkcloud 
Greeleaf wrote:
1. i use SAC powerups - my sac is about 70 on this gun with the powerup. my DPS is 650 with the gun (kinetic)...the problem is that i can just do a quick shot/crit shot combo for so long without eating up the action pool. with buffs and food it regens pretty quickly, but i still need some time to retreat and recharge.
2.i TYPICALLY will kite in a circle. this was was difficult because it was on a narrow penninsula (3 sides water, 1 side land). it made it impossible to circle without getting back into range.
i've killed a 30k+ mark before, and abouta dozen20k+ marks...
but THIS one did a number on me.
A SAC of 70 is still be pretty high if you need to spam specials for any length of time. I use blob candy and canape and have a SAC of 62 on my carbine and I've never run out of action.
If you have got one of the super bosses, the moment you stop dealing damage to recharge his regening is gonna have his health back up in no time. With MCMI have 2 DoTs I can apply to counter his regen coupled with my combat med droid tanking, not sure waht to suggest if you don't have DoTs
i have a lower sac gun i can use that with a powerup drops below 60...but i wanted to try out my new FWG5. the problem wasn't running away to recharge - stopping shot is only a 30 second root, and he didn't recharge too much from that. it was the retreating that really screwed me up.
hopefully getting a long range gun will do it. i just have so much invested in pistols right now, i'd hate to give them up.
