Combat Medic Archive

Everything i read about it is quiet old and coming from early phases of the beta.

What do the devs think about the unhealable mind bar ? Is it something that was design this way and will remain unhealable at any cost in the future updates?

Is it something they are considering as a potential change to the game balance?

Cauz people on this CM board (and other mind related professions boards) are talking a lot about it, but is it at least something that could change?

If not, lets consider things another way and focus on what we can influence...

My2cred.

Luka
Master CM
Kauri Galaxy - Rebel Alliance

Reposted from the (not quite so) enormous CM thread. Just my opinions:

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IMO, Mind Damage should remain unhealable. However, only 1 range attacker should be able to selectively target the Mind Pool, the Riflemen. Why? It's because Rifles are balanced with their x3 melee damage, slow fire rate, and horrific mind burn when they spam their specials. It's not fair to the riflemen class if people can heal the damage that a riflemen can inflict while they (the target) run into their "optimum" range because the target will be attacking at a far quicker rate.

We, as Combat Medics, should not be able to selectively target the Mind pool unless the Mind Cost of using Mind Poisons/Diseases gets raised significantly. Similarily, Bounty Hunters (and other non-rifle-using range strikers) should not be able to selectively attack the Mind pool unless the Mind Cost of Mind Damaging attacks gets raised significantly.

It should take significant mind burn to inflict horrendous mind damage.

Just my 2c

P.S. And no, I'm not a Rifle user =P

To bad every mob in the game hits mind pool.

Okie, got your opinion.

Now, what the dev think about it?

Luka
Master CM
Kauri Galaxy - Rebel Alliance

We're all waiting with baited(sp) breath for word back from the devs.

Supposedly the Correspondant feedback is supposed to be coming soon. If it doesn't specifically address the mind-damage problem. Then the bitching will continue.

it has been the dev's stance since the beginning not to even bother dealing with mind damage aside from the fact that entertainers are expected to deal with it. it has been said by some of their number on many occasions that the healing of mind damage would not be granted to a medic class for fear of exploiting it as a way to permanently heal ones self. They didnt want an unkillable medic. Hence the dependance on the entertainer. Even though its proven that a dancer has NO PLACE on the battlefield for combat healing of the mind pool DAMAGE the devs refuse to acknoledge this. They'd rather add content and break more things before they touch mind damage with a 10 foot pole

The devs said in the response to the rifleman that basically mind damage was meant to be unhealable

if mind damage does become healable, then that would mean that rifleman would need a speed upgrade - and would become just like pistoleers/BH's - just using different guns.

As a rifleman myself, i have accepted that after 10-15 shots, i need to sit and med. Pvp wise .... i better make sure i have killed whoever is around me, or else i am going back to the cloning center.

When we use our specials, we tend to kick our own ass much faster than others... and with mind not healable - someone just has to come up and plunk us in the head to finish us off.

The Dev's will not touch Mind damage for quite a while - they have (should) be working on much more important issuses anyways.

lol can u even get more than1 special off on me before im inside ur ideal range and gunning u down with a pistol?

most of the time i cant get 1 shot off.

before the pvp nerf - i was able to one shot people, if i could not/did not pull off that 1 shot, i either died or had terrible wounds. as it stands now, im waiting to pvp until i hit master so i at least have a chance.

rifleman got shafted with the patch..i feel bad for u guys...SOE needs to help u guys out no doubt

well, me being able to 1 hit kill shouldnt be top priorities - rifleman are not as bad off as most would like everyone to think. hehe.

as long as i have fun - it doesnt matter though.