Carbineer Archive

Morning,

I'm getting ready to restructure my template after a bit of a hiatus as part Doc... I'm planning on going back to Commando but due to some of the problems with that prof that still haven't been fixed- skill prerequisites that don't benefit Commando at all, uselessness of some of our weapons, etc - I'm considering going carbineer instead. I'm looking for info on the profession, and thought I'd get it straight from the experts. ^_^

Any impressions on the Carbineer prof would be helpful, both pros and cons. "It's good at X by not so good at Y" is great, and information on the strengths and weaknesses of the 4 individual trees would be awesome too, since that would help me consider "mix and match"ing with other professions. The only thing I don't need is "OMG CARBS ARE UB3R!" and "M.CARBIN33R 4 TEH WIN!"... and yes, I realize that by saying that I'm probably gonna get exactly that, hehe. ^_^

Anyway, thanks for any helpful info I get in advance. See you all around the Galaxy!

-Aythen Gallo, Tarquinas galaxy, Rebel ex-Squad Leader
-Come visit Shady Sands, Tarquinas's oldest Player City and home of Tattooine's most inebriated PA!

- I support a rollback and keeping & balancing the old combat system. Your voice counts!

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• Excellent variety of Specials with equally great utility.
  
• All of the Carbineer Specials but maybe one or two have a useful purpose.
  
• Numerous State attacks which are very important, both in PvE and PvP.
  
• Wide selection ofCone Effect/Multi-Target attacks.
  
• Access to one of the best all-around weapons in the game: Laser Carbine.
  
• Very strong in low- to mid-level PvE content.
  
• Awesome titles. Perhaps some of the best in the game.

• Very highHAM costs.
  
• Slowest of the 3 Ranged classes.
  
• Damage types available (energy, acid and heat) are common and highly resisted. Many high-end targets are immune to these damage types.
  
• State effects are not applied to high-end mobs removing any distinction or contribution to high-end content.
  
• Very weak in high-end content.
  
• Low defenses. Among the worst of the elite combat classes.
  
• Main defensive skill, Counterattack, is broken. It does not "trigger" often and does not "counter" the attack.
  
• Very poor PvP performance because of low damage, slow speed, high HAM, and easily resisted damage types.

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Be sure to read the Issues Thread that is STICKY as well.

Iebas Feania
Former Correspondent of the Former Profession, CARBINEER