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Thread: Tips for new wookie brawler?
@ Novice, I don't recommend Dantooine. Wait until you get up to at least unarmed III, then you could go there to kill quekers.
Ofcourse armors and buff health / mind will help.
Once you get Novice TKA, you could do Huurton Huntress. They give approx 3.5k per kill and 7k payout mission
Tyronet City InformationFirst question would be are you grinding to Master Brawler or just out for a new experience. If you're grinding and can afford the money get some of that new Wookie armor, Doctor/Food buffs and good weapons then sure, do the Dantoine quenkers. If you're looking for something new maybe take your time and have a little more fun along the way.
Starting out get or make yourself a Dagger, Heavy Axe, Staff and a Vibro-knuckler that's been sliced for speed (you don't have the certificate for Vibro knuckler until you get to novice Teras Kai so you won't do any extra damage but you will make your attacks faster so you can do more damage in the same time). Whip up a batch of Wire Mesh traps and go hunting Durni's/Butterflies (or whatever your local newbie critters are) just outside of town. Throw the traps until one sticks then Intimidate (cuts the damage the mobs do roughly in half) as they get closer. Go Berserk (you take a bit more damage but do a "lot" more damage in return) once they're on top of you and just thump until they're dead.
If you get jumped by 2 at once use Warcry . Basically Warcry (which has been changed recently) will stop the one creature from attacking for 10 seconds or until it's attacked. So Warcry one and attack the other. This way you're only getting hit by one instead of two. When the ten seconds are up, Warcry again if you have to.
You can usually raise your 4 skills pretty quick this way. Maybe an hour or so. And don't worry about getting buffed at this level, just keep some stims for healing. You may even want to pass on the new Wookie armor as you don't really need any just yet. If you can find a cheapdroid or petthat's been trained to group then do so and have it sit safely out of the fight while you do the killing alone to maximize your exp. Grouped with a pet my exp killing a Rogue Bagaraset was 875 compared to 700 without so it makes a big difference.
Once you've gotten the 4 skills trained back in town head out and keep hunting. Use the special attacks you got at Level 1 for each of your weapons and get a feel for how much they hurt your HAM. Keep using Intimidate but give up Berserk now (you can't use your special attacks while Berserk), exceptwhen fightingUnarmedas this stylehas very poor damage and needs all the help it can get.
Upgrade your weapons as you get higher level certificates but don't do this blindly. I found (as I rarely buff my character) that the low HAM costs for a good quality 1 and 2 Handed Curved Sword was better for me than higher level weapons. I can't really comment too much on the Polearm weapons as I went from a Metal Staff to a Long Vibro Axe as I couldn't find anyone selling the basic Lance.
For Unarmed? That's painful. It's a slow rise. You get a very good Stun attack (they can't use their special attacks while Stunned) soIntimidate, Stun and then just go Berserk. Not much else you can do until you get to Level 4 and get the spin attack and even that didn't work as well for me as with the other weapons.
Once you get Dizzy and Lunge in the One Handed line start hunting humanoids as using this combination will keep a person on it's back for most of the fightbut has very little effect on a creature. For the other weapons, it doesn't make any real difference whether you hunt people or animals.
Remember that One Handed specials mainly target the Health pool, Two Handed the Mind and Polearms the Action pool so have all your weapons and their special attacks hot keyed. There doesn't seem to be any penalty for swapping weapons back and forth in the middle of a fight so, if you get a lucky randomhit that drops the action pool while you're using a One Handed Weaponthen swap in your Polearm and do a Leg Hit to finish it off.
At Level 4 in each branch you get the Spin Attack for that weapon. These are area of effect attacks. Basically it does considerable damage to every hostile creaturearound you. With this attack you can turn your usual careful style of play on it's ear. You want to kick the nest so all the critterscharge you and you want to run into the middle of that cluster of red arrows. You have to be careful, especially if you decide to do without armor, but you can mow down five or six critters with this attack in the time it used to take you to kill one. Start out small using this attack. Go back to hunting Durnis and work your way up as you get a feel for how much damage these attacks do and how many hits you're taking from the critters and HAM cost. Also this works best with 2 Handed (so long as you stick to the curved sword) as it has lower HAM costs than Polearms and more damage than 1 Handed. LikeI say, play with it a bit to get a feel for what works for you.
Anyway, that's all I can think of right now so I hope it helps. And, if anyone else knowsif the information I've posted is inaccurate or out of date, please post to correct me. Don't want to lead a poor Wookie astray
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