Combat Medic Archive

The reason your post was deleted from this thread was it was insulting, trolling, and also incorrect. Opinions, questions,and information are welcome on this forum. Opinions contrary to the general community hurt to hear, but are also welcome. Flaming, trolling, and misinformation is not though.

There is a very big difference between a statement like "I don't like this question because it addresses the underlying question of ___"and "I think this is a bad phrasing because it implies ___, which I don't think is an accurate representation of the combat medic community", as compared to "why don't you stop putting words in my mouth" and "why does SOE let a non-CM represent us". (Forgive me if I am misquoting you, as the original post was deleted.) The phrasing of your post was rather inflammatory (accusing Texxie of being a bad correspondent), and contained misinformation (such as Texxie not being a combat medic). As such, it was likely deleted by a moderator.

The *message* of what you said was fine. As Texxie mentioned in a following post, if you are unsatisfied with how he or she is handling the position, start a petition. If enough people agree with you, SOE will oust Texxie (although I would expect to see a resignation long before Texxie was forced out). If you have doubts about Texxie's credentials, either sendprivate message, or start a thread asking about them.

In both cases though, as well as for all the "nerf CM" threads and "this profession is broken" threads, the main concern isn't the *content* of the message, it is the *tone* of the post. The timing, location, phrasing, and content of the post are of equal (if not greater) importance than the actual message itself.

There is a fine line between forceful opinions and trolling, and while I can't define it, we all "know it when we see it". The former is welcome and invited, the latter is reported to the moderators for thread lockdown or deletion.

Question asked and answered.


Since the start of the game, Combat Medics have debated amongst themselves as to their role in the game. Are we to be the best battlefield healers? Are we to be the offensive crowd/control juggernauts? What part did the devs have in mind for our profession in the overall design?

Without an answer to guide us, we've each chosen our own approach, taken our own paths, and made our own role. Some have tried to use the profession for pure healing, yet our healing abilities are far below that of our Doctor counterparts. Some have taken the role of chemical warfare agents and use their abilities to infect others with poisons and diseases, even though our offensive capability is extremely lacking in certain areas while somewhat overpowered in others. With the Combat Rebalance on the horizon, and all the major changes that entails, the Combat Medic community would like to know what role our profession is meant to play in the grand scheme of things after all is said and done.

What is the developer’s vision of the Combat Medic Profession, post Combat Rebalance? Are we to be Combatants with a bit of healing ability or Healers with a bit of combat?"

The developer’s vision of Combat Medics is to be exactly that - - medics that have abilities to heal players in combat. Optimally, the player should have the choice to make that decision to be “be combatants with a bit of healing ability or healers with a bit of combat” and this is another great example of something the correspondents and I will want community input on during the testing while the CB sandbox is up.







I'll be back tonight(if they get the internet connected at my new place) to go over what happened with everyone. But, for now, there you go...