Combat Medic Archive
Thread: Any CM's out there use their profession to heal, and not to hurt?
Message Edited by DarthVillanus on 05-18-2004 06:35 AM
| Kalon Wiekog - Dark Jedi Knight |I for one view CM as a combat class first. That in mind, I usually end up using my ranged stims, just as much as my poison/disease. I don't believe you know a "few" CM's on your server that only use CM for"healing". Even a CM/DOC willtake advantage of poison/disease during PvP battles, otherwise they're justbeing aknucklehead.
P.S. I have gone into battle as the only healer, and that be my main purpose in the group. Even then, Istill take the opportunity to drop a poison/disease when I can.
I want the Combat Medic profession to be all about healing. I want it to be the end all be all of combat healing. As it is, we are nowhere near that point. Currently we can only heal 5 out of 13 types of Combat Damage. Doctor buffs boost regen rates to the point where our healing is negligible. Well made Stim Bs give any player with Novice Medic the ability to completely heal themselves in the heat of combat.
You know what? Speaking as a Combat Medic I'd say you can take away all my diseases and poisons the day you allow CMs to be the only class that can heal while in combat. What I mean is that Docs and Medics would not be able to heal at all unless they are out of combat.
If healing was restricted to non-combat only then I think you would see the CMs usefulness rise. You would see less templates out there that are more or less invulnerable because they can completely heal themselves. You would see less Doctors in combat and more of them would have to take their healing roles seriously instead of as an afterthought in combat.
Rebpointer wrote:
I for one view CM as a combat class first. That in mind, I usually end up using my ranged stims, just as much as my poison/disease. I don't believe you know a "few" CM's on your server that only use CM for"healing". Even a CM/DOC willtake advantage of poison/disease during PvP battles, otherwise they're justbeing aknucklehead.
DarthVillanus wrote:
Rebpointer wrote:
I for one view CM as a combat class first. That in mind, I usually end up using my ranged stims, just as much as my poison/disease. I don't believe you know a "few" CM's on your server that only use CM for"healing". Even a CM/DOC willtake advantage of poison/disease during PvP battles, otherwise they're justbeing aknucklehead.
That's just it. CM is not supposed to be a offensive combat class. With the current system, cm is the most powerful class. DPS doesn't matter when your poisons go through armor and can affect entire groups. Yes every cm has poisoned someone at least once, but only a select few go into battle thinking "I need to keep my group healed" rather than the usual "I wonder how many ppl I can poison and black bar?"
DarthVillanus wrote:There are a few cm's I respect on my server. The main reason for this is that they use their profession to heal and not to hurt. They spend more time healing their group and healing mind at the cost of wounds to themselves. Unfortunately a large chunk of the cm population are simply pvp'ers who took up the prof to be uber. Most of them probably don't even have ranged stims, just stocked to the brim with the best poisons and diseases they can fine. They don't worry about their group members. Their only concern is throwing poison and disease. These are the cm's that give cm a bad name imo.So is there any other cm's out there that spend more time healing their group from a distance than poisoning or diseasing?
Message Edited by DarthVillanus on 05-18-2004 06:35 AM
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