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Or.. good at any fighting class?

After picking a wookie (I did not play beta ) I discovered that basically they get to dress like giant ewoks, and cannot wear any substansial armor.

I was pondering going the route of a Commando, but as that requires some Hand to Hand skill, I just simply do not see (perhaps I have not played enough..) how I can do well lacking any meaningful armor.

I've also grown very.. bored.. with just shooting stuff.. so I am thinking of digging deeper into the brawler lines, and forgoing the thought of being a commando.. However, is a character, even a Wookie, doomed to fail because they cannot use armor?

Thanks!

Most Brawlers u see shouldnt have armor in the first place cause why make it harder than it is to be a brawler. I'm a brawler and its already tough enough without armor so getting armor would just be a pain. So in short u dont need armor to be a brawler because it will do more harm than good.

Armor is very specific. There are armors that reduce ranged damages and there are armors that reduce melee damages. Armors will decrease your max HAM stats and make your specials cost more. At least for me, my special moves are already doing more harm than good, so sadly I have found myself just turning on attack and sitting there.

Regarding the Negitives on Armor..

If you go over the armorsmiths boards, you can learn a bit more about that.

It appears that the more skilled the Armorsmith, (the line called technique)the less negitives an armor will incur when you use it. The Reverse of this is true.. The less skilled the Armorsmith, the more negitives it will have.

I believe that with in the next month or two, we will see very good armor available in SWG, with very few negitives attached to it. Though the use of experimentation and finding better materials, I believe that 6 months from now, we'll be calling folks crazy for not wearing armor..

Except maybe Wookies.. but, I honestly don't know what their benefits are for not getting it..

Jango Fett, and his son Bobba, used armor for a reason. The same suit actually (if memory serves..). As well as storm troopers. Infact, the only fighting folks that typically did not run around heavily armored where:
Wookies, Jedi, and Main Characters (Hans, Leia, etc).

Anywho.. just thinkin aloud

I am a Wookiee unarmed master and I kick hizass.

I'm a wookie (Shaft - Azahi Server), and just hit Teras Kasi Novice tonight (err.. early this morning). You rock when you attain this. Now, with vibro specials I hit froom 150 to 1150. Haven't had much time to measure this out yet, so I haven't seen my real low or max damage output.

I will say this though. Wookie brawlers blow, 'til they hit their elite melee profession. Actually all brawlers suck 'til they hit it. My advice to you. This game is "blaster-centric". Pick up a blaster skill of some sort. IT WILL BE USEFUL, trust me.

I personally am going Wookie TK, Smuggler, with some scout skills and artisan skills to mine up some spice. I can't even begin to explain how useful using a pistol has been for me the past couple of days. I wish I did it from day one.

As far as armor? Who cares about it. "Real" Brawlers don't need any armor. =P. Personal Force Fields should start becoming more readily available, so you're not sol going w/out armor. I'm (just recently) effective fighting in Tusken raids now ever since I hit TKA, and I have no armor. Then again, I'm a Wookie =P.

My 2 cents,