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Thread: Carbineer/Swordsman/TKA/Novice Medic Template
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mmx1
Sun Jun 13, 2004 2:36 pm
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I've been doing a lot of solo hunts lately so I dropped my MCarb/MCM support template and went for something for PvE. Ideally, the professions I'd like to have are MCarb/TKM/MSwords
with novice medic to heal myself (can't take on an Elder any other way). That'd be a great template but it's 26 skill points over the cap.
So basically I'll have to two elite trees and one or two masteries. Keep in mind that i'm going to look to make up the difference with tapes (most likely +accuracy and speed for carbs and 2-handed). So basically, which mastery(ies) and 2 trees do I lose? I could get a tree back if I drop novice medic but I don't feel that's worth it.
I don't want to take anything out of swords as it takes me long enough at master swords to take down an elder anyway. On the other hand, with skill tapes I could probably make up for the loss in speed from master. There's no real obvious candidate for a tree to drop, though. The defense tree is pretty ganked but spin2 in xx1x is pretty useful.
TKA is fun but against medium and heavy armor or any kind of kinetic resist it's pretty weak. TKA damage(0040 tree) is basically redundant as I get medium ap kinetic with swordsman. It's damned fast at taking down lairs and unarmored opponents, though. On the other hand, TKA gives a kd and dizzy that can be applied at the speed cap. Any carbineers/tka's know how the kd from the two profs compare? I suppose I could also lose
the state defenses in the 0400 line, but the kd comes from the first box in that line, which complicates things.
Carbineer was my first mastery so I'm reluctant to give it up, but of all the trees counterinsurgency and special abilities i could surrender without really shedding a tear. I suppose the accuracy while moving from the latter might be useful while trying to catch up with a kiter but that's a rare situation, and I could just as easily posture them down from standing. The loss of the master speed and accuracy will hurt, though, even after +skill tapes.
On another note, now that my carb isn't my primary damage dealer, I suppose i need a faster carb to apply states. With a unstocked laser carb I can get it down to 1.5 speed after a good slice and a speed p'up, and I would still have decent dps and medium armor piercing. Or should I instead go for an E11 or Elite (or even dh17) to get the speed as low as I could possibly make it?
with novice medic to heal myself (can't take on an Elder any other way). That'd be a great template but it's 26 skill points over the cap.
So basically I'll have to two elite trees and one or two masteries. Keep in mind that i'm going to look to make up the difference with tapes (most likely +accuracy and speed for carbs and 2-handed). So basically, which mastery(ies) and 2 trees do I lose? I could get a tree back if I drop novice medic but I don't feel that's worth it.
I don't want to take anything out of swords as it takes me long enough at master swords to take down an elder anyway. On the other hand, with skill tapes I could probably make up for the loss in speed from master. There's no real obvious candidate for a tree to drop, though. The defense tree is pretty ganked but spin2 in xx1x is pretty useful.
TKA is fun but against medium and heavy armor or any kind of kinetic resist it's pretty weak. TKA damage(0040 tree) is basically redundant as I get medium ap kinetic with swordsman. It's damned fast at taking down lairs and unarmored opponents, though. On the other hand, TKA gives a kd and dizzy that can be applied at the speed cap. Any carbineers/tka's know how the kd from the two profs compare? I suppose I could also lose
the state defenses in the 0400 line, but the kd comes from the first box in that line, which complicates things.
Carbineer was my first mastery so I'm reluctant to give it up, but of all the trees counterinsurgency and special abilities i could surrender without really shedding a tear. I suppose the accuracy while moving from the latter might be useful while trying to catch up with a kiter but that's a rare situation, and I could just as easily posture them down from standing. The loss of the master speed and accuracy will hurt, though, even after +skill tapes.
On another note, now that my carb isn't my primary damage dealer, I suppose i need a faster carb to apply states. With a unstocked laser carb I can get it down to 1.5 speed after a good slice and a speed p'up, and I would still have decent dps and medium armor piercing. Or should I instead go for an E11 or Elite (or even dh17) to get the speed as low as I could possibly make it?
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