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GameMan2k

Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:14 am

#1

I mastered Combat Medic and went out and purchased these CM meds:

Health Area C: Poison Disease

Potency: 121 128

Effectiveness: 230 102

Duration: 257 877

Mind Area C: Poison Disease

Potency: 146 134
Effectiveness: 187 107
Duration: 282 737

I then sought out a Picket on Dantoonie, and proceeded to throw all of the Health/Mind meds I had on it, It’s HAM bars dropped a little but it kept attacking, finally I had to use my Carbine to kill it. (which I could have done anyway without the disease/poisons)

Did I misunderstand the point of a CM, or are the meds I’m using suck?

I guess I expected to kill stuff with just meds..

I will display the "Test Center" icon until SWG is bug free.

Niamb

Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:59 am

#2

Combat medic is generally gimped in PvE. The only place they are effective in PvE is against NPCs (Lord Nyax) and high HAM mobsthat it takes a group long enough to take the down that the poison gets a chance to tick for a few, things like Krayts or Kimodragons. In PvE a CM pretty much must hunt with others if he or she is depending on poisons or disease as the damage dealer. We also get no looting rights based on the damage done with our poisons or diseases, only for the damage we do with our weapon.

I've never PvPed so I can't speak to that aspect of it. Before Publish 9.3, CMs reigned supreme in the GCW from what I have read. I don't know how the changes in 9.3 have affected the profession in PvP (disease and poison buffs plus area cure disease and poison packs given to the Doctor profession).

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Loonytic

Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:59 am

#3

yes you mis-understood. In PvE poisons really do suck compared to any other class.

Given the 230 effectiveness poison you have there.. that only 460 damage every 10 seconds what did you think was going to happen? You could stack 6 poisons and 1 disease on a mob but to be honest just pick up swordsman if you want to kill stuff quickly

Message Edited by Loonytic on 08-25-2004 08:00 AM

Mustelafuro

Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:36 am

#4

Those poisons are pretty weak too, but you will never make any money running pve missions as a cm

Dang buffs wear off before you can finish them.....lol

Mmaxx

Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:46 am

#5

I only use my CM toys PVE on the big mobs. Remember that a poison takes 10 seconds to tick and you could have probably killed that picket in 12 seconds anyway. Diseases take 40 seconds to tick and you can definately take them out in that time. The only thing on Dant that gets my poisons are the npc force sensitive. hehe Janta are not worthy of my CM toys.

BTW get yourself some single poisons. and don't bother with the diseases unless you get some really nice onesand you are fighting one of the big dogs (GDK, Krayt, NS Elder, etc..). Using a disease on a picket is a waste. They are great in a 5 minute + fight but pretty much a waste in anything you would kill in under a minute or two.

SolSpur

Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:07 am

#6

Lets look at the math if you were going to kill the picket with just cm meds.

230 eff poison = 460 damage every 10 seconds (46 dps)

one minute = 2760 damage

10,000 HAM (estimated) / 2760 = 3.6 minutes

CM meds are only effective against mobs with around 90+ global resists. Only then will your dps be able to match another elite/hybrid combat class. Unfortunatly this also applys to pvp with every player in 90% armor and 4k HAM. This is why people cried nerf, because a class with medic in their name could in most cases outdamage another. Players also didnt like the fact our meds require advanced medicines to cure (prima guid pg 300).

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Menoetius

Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:43 pm

#7

AoE Poison C ticking at 460 per 10s (46 DPS)
Single Poison Cticking at 600 per 10s (60 DPS)
AoE Poison B ticking at 300 per 10s (30 DPS)

It works, though takes forever.

With my primary character I can kill a picket in about 5s with a carbine or pistol. If really bored I'll use a LLC lol.

Menoetius / Eryn (12 pt MD/MCM)
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Qi-zen

Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:25 pm

#8

That's why i always said a CM is best suited with a Melee class. CM is NOT useful for rangeprofessions in PvE..unless you are doing PvP.

CM combined with a Melee profession enhances theirTanking ability against large numbers.

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