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Thread: TAFireHawk Please Read
Message Edited by Lordelf on 07-16-2004 11:38 AM
Bumbofett wrote:
my advice do what you think is fun.
Boy that is a new one, thanks..... ![]()
Lordelf wrote:
The last couple of weeks I have been scrolling trough the carbineer forums and I build up a hugh amount of respect for you... It seems to me that if I should ask any carbineer for advice it would be you.
Well here it goes; I'm going M carbs/ Bh 0400/ Pistoleer 0040/ Nov Brawler/ Medic 0130.
I have +25 carbine acc/ +25 carbine acc while moving/ +18 counterattack and And I also have speed tapes but they arent needed when its done, I'll be speedcapping...
I will be deadly accurate and fast, but I know I miss something here, What is your set up and what kind of weapons, armor/ psgs do you have and what are the stats on them.
I need to know what kind of damage my weapon should have to be able to compete in the GCW without getting walked over by any regular defence stacker. I take it that I should use a drx-6 since psg's dont have protection for acid dmg.
I have something very similar to you. I am Master Carbineer, BH 0/4/4/0, PIstoleer 0/0/4/3, and Novice Medic. I might swap out some of the pistol to get novice brawler so I can both heal and have intimidate (I'm still looking into that.)
As far as my template goes in pvp, I've been doing extremely well. Any ranged profession is no match for me. When it comes to melee though, I have to come up with some strategies. My defenses are high enough to prevent me from being dizzy/kd but not having the melee mitigation and melee defense is a little bit of a disadvantage. I've tried kiting but kiting only increases my chances of being dizzy/kd. I fight better if I stand my ground against melee.
However, despite the obvious lack of defense, I find that the BH carbine tree has a lot of useful specials. Confusion shot has the strongest dizzy of all my shots and usually always sticks to an opponent. I have had Fencers, dizzy/kd at my feet, unable to stand up. The most important thing (I believe) is to have the highest accuracy possible. I have several Carbines that are +90 at ideal range. With a snow cake, that makes it very easy to hit any defense maxed opponent.
Another advantage in my template is that I am also maxed on pistol speed and have fairly decent pistol accuracy. It allows me to combine my carbine attacks with some deadly pistol attacks as well. I have Torso, Bleeding, and Eye shot. Torso shot allows me to apply fire which is an incurable state by Jedis. Bleeding shot allows me to put a mind bleed to drain the unhealable stat pool that is mind. Eye shot adds a very strong blind state and is useful for mind attacks with a powerful geo blaster.
Back to your template, I have a good feel about the way your template plays and because of the lack of defenses, the medic skills you have will not save you in a battle. 90% of the time, I die from my mind going out. Besides, good stim B's can heal up to 600 damage a heal. I can take a short break from attacking in a battle to heal back up to full health and watch my opponent have to slowly drain it again. I would suggest swapping those medic skills for maybe more melee defense in Pistol Stances.
I believe that Iebas's template however is prehaps the best Carbineer template you can have. However, it is extremely expensive and difficult to maintain (Carbine attachments and Krayt carbines are killers to the old pocket book.) With my template, I can max on speed and accuracy and be able to wield cheap weapons destructively. No more need for speed sliced krayt carbines or constant watching of the galaxy trade for SEA's. All I need is a good suit of armor, a PSG (a must have for all of us easy to hit Carbineers), and some better than average weapons (specificaly ones with good range mods.)
All in all, I can say that your template is very fun and I'm getting a kick out of it now. There is certain content you can't play due to your lack of defenses and damage types (SBD's,Nightsister Elders, etc.)but everything else is fun. I really feel like I'm playing as a Star Wars carbine carrying, blaster shooting quickdraw.