Combat Medic Archive
Thread: What trees are needed to be effective in PvE?
Pahdbacca wrote:
Pahdbacca wrote:
CMs get a skill mod called CM effectiveness that increases as they train up the range tree. Effectiveness is used to determine a multiplier that is applied to combat meds.
All combat med DoTshave a range and effectiveness (damage per tick)rating. The multiplier is appled to these ratings to determine the range and damage per tick.
Novice CMs do 1.05 time the range and effectiveness of a stim's rating.
ACM with ranged 1 does 1.2x the stim rating
ACM with ranged 2 does 1.35x the stim rating
ACM with ranged3 does 1.5x the stim rating
ACM with ranged4 does 1.75x the stim rating
AMaster CM does 2.0x the stim rating.
For example, a single mind poison C has rating of 34m range and 320 effectiveness. A CM with ranged 3 can throw that stim for 1.5 x 34m = 51m and have it do 1.5 x 320 = 480 damage per tick. A master CM with the same stim can throw it for2.0 x 34m = 68m and have it do2.0 x 320 =640 damage per tick.
This is explained in the FAQ if you want to look up the specifics and/or the equations.
With a CM med use of 75, you should be able to use everything but Area C DoTs just fine. Area C DoTs can be experimented down, but will do only about the same damage as area B DoTs at that point.
As for your question, that is up to you to determine if you want to go CM or Doc. Shop around and see what kind of stims you can buy and/or have a friend make for you. Also, keep in mind that CM med use tapes do not work. I have been told that effectiveness mods do work until you reach +100, but I have never been able to confirm this myself. Also, CM mind heal does not work on yourself. Edit:There is now reason to believe that Effectiveness mods do not work at all.
Couple of additional things to keep in mind....
- To ge a CM med use of 75 you need all 4 boxes of CM support....IMO if youu don't get this you can't use very many meds to make it worth you trouble.
- To be able to use diseases you need ranged healing distance 2 (this is the same line that changes the distance/damage you stiims do)
Good luck with your toon
Edit: More copy and paste.......
Pahdbacca wrote:
- First line in CM increases your range and distance...you need at least the second box to use diseases.
- Second line is speed...you need the4th box to use mind heal (which you can't use on your own)
- Third line is crafting
- 4thline is TN and your med use skill....need all 4 boxes of this to be worth it IMO (Gnuut will disagree, but he has FAR more PvP experience than I do...if you are concerned about PvP, listen very closely to whatever he says)
Other tidbits......Disease is not worth much in PvE unless you are up agains mobs with more Ham than Oprah has money.
Good stats for a single poison C are 320+ effectivness...don't settle for anything under 300. Area DoTs will be less than this.
Disease is not useable until 2000 CM. Poison is useable at novice CM.
Look at your CM vendors on your galaxy...this will let you know what kind of damage you can do at each level in the first line of CM.
Message Edited by Pahdbacca on 06-25-2004 07:15 AM
Bossman505 wrote:
Is it worth my while going 2-0-0-2 in CM? Thanks
Message Edited by Loonytic on 06-25-2004 02:40 PM