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Thread: Combat Medic PvE
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Noirian
Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:40 pm
#1
What are some good things to do with your CM skills in a PvE environment?
Currently I:
- Heal people at a distance.
- Poison critters so I can solo them when I normally can't and get full weapon XP.
I know a terrain negotiation bonus is coming.
Anything else that CM is good for in PvE that I haven't discovered?
Mtik
Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:51 pm
#2
That's pretty much my take on it.
I love using both pistol DOTs, and a health poison. Then I sick my pet on them (if soloing) and spam bodyshot 2. It's a great combination.
Depending on the group and your CM Effectiveness level, you might be wasting your poisons. You'd have to be doing some serious damage for it to be really helpful (I know, I know... 'every little bit helps', whatever). I still use poisons in a group setting to get some more medical XP however. You just have to make sure you don't get someone killed because you poisoned a mob and had to wait for the timer before you could heal.
I love using both pistol DOTs, and a health poison. Then I sick my pet on them (if soloing) and spam bodyshot 2. It's a great combination.
Depending on the group and your CM Effectiveness level, you might be wasting your poisons. You'd have to be doing some serious damage for it to be really helpful (I know, I know... 'every little bit helps', whatever). I still use poisons in a group setting to get some more medical XP however. You just have to make sure you don't get someone killed because you poisoned a mob and had to wait for the timer before you could heal.
Soulrevenant
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:48 am
#3
I was just wondering if they provide good mind dmg support with poisons/disease on larger mobs, or if something like Riflemen/CM is an effective pve template.
Brainplay
Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:46 am
#4
Soulrevenant wrote:
I was just wondering if they provide good mind dmg support with poisons/disease on larger mobs, or if something like Riflemen/CM is an effective pve template.
First of all your two primary and most damaging attacks as a rifleman in PvE are StrafeShot2 and ConcealShot. Both of which primarily attack the Health and Action pools of your target. In other words have a set of Health and Action poisons handy if you plan to do this.
Second of all poisons and diseases are useful in PvP ONLY against creatures with unusually high resists, armor, and HAM. Krayt Dragons are a good example. However, as a rifleman you have the abililty to solo these with our wonder AP3 T21 and in 1/4 of the time it would take to kite a dragon while the poison and diseases whittled away. Just chunk a poison if concealshot lays a random bleed and the big mob is headed your way.
bradimere
Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:56 am
#5
Im a MCM / MPistoleer , so all my solo stuff for PVE is health dmg.
when im in a group for PVE, we find out what is the prefeered HAM to target, then i adjust accordingly for H.A.M.
jball2k
Sun Jul 18, 2004 6:18 pm
#7
As a Rifle/Cm, I was able to TANK Canyon Krayts (never found any ancients)
all you need is:
Damage sliced T21
Speed P-Ups
FULL Buffs (1st time I tried, I didn't have Mind buffs, so I had to hop on my bike once)
V. Brandy +400 at least
Canape (pop 1 at a time, +700ish for 10-11 minutes at 33 Filling)
80% Kinetic Composite
Mind poisons/Diseases
Stims (you'll need these definately)
Muon (for emergency only! downer WILL kill you)
your Bike (just incase something goes wrong, you can run away)
Spam Head Shot 3, Heal when you need to, apply poisons and you diseases. Simple as that. A Canyon will be hitting you for about 200 damage per hit, but sometimes they're stupid, and are too far away for them to hit you. So you just spam away.
Killing a Canyon like this takes close to 15 minutes, give or take a few minutes.
I once killed a Canyon before 2 TKM's and a master Fencer took down a juvi!
Brainplay
Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:43 am
#8
jball2k wrote:
As a Rifle/Cm, I was able to TANK Canyon Krayts (never found any ancients)
all you need is:
Damage sliced T21
Speed P-Ups
FULL Buffs (1st time I tried, I didn't have Mind buffs, so I had to hop on my bike once)
V. Brandy +400 at least
Canape (pop 1 at a time, +700ish for 10-11 minutes at 33 Filling)
80% Kinetic Composite
Mind poisons/Diseases
Stims (you'll need these definately)
Muon (for emergency only! downer WILL kill you)
your Bike (just incase something goes wrong, you can run away)
Spam Head Shot 3, Heal when you need to, apply poisons and you diseases. Simple as that. A Canyon will be hitting you for about 200 damage per hit, but sometimes they're stupid, and are too far away for them to hit you. So you just spam away.
Killing a Canyon like this takes close to 15 minutes, give or take a few minutes.
I once killed a Canyon before 2 TKM's and a master Fencer took down a juvi!
Forget headshot3 and go with concealshot. Only a .5 difference in the damage modifier and you dont have to worry about tanking it unless you get the "random bleed" effect. Then switch to startleshot2 to land a stun and then back up to strafeshot2 which is you most powerful attack. Power up's will burn your T21 to a metal stick by the time you're done but unless you have master marksman or +5 in rifle speed tapes you might need them.
So far all I've needed was entertainer MIND buffs (I'm zabrak with gimp focus) and conceal shot. Have been luck and haven't had a random bleed effect yet. Never needed poisons for any of them although I have a health B's and C's on standby just in case.
David25
Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:58 am
#9
Brainplay wrote:
jball2k wrote:
As a Rifle/Cm, I was able to TANK Canyon Krayts (never found any ancients)
all you need is:
Damage sliced T21
Speed P-Ups
FULL Buffs (1st time I tried, I didn't have Mind buffs, so I had to hop on my bike once)
V. Brandy +400 at least
Canape (pop 1 at a time, +700ish for 10-11 minutes at 33 Filling)
80% Kinetic Composite
Mind poisons/Diseases
Stims (you'll need these definately)
Muon (for emergency only! downer WILL kill you)
your Bike (just incase something goes wrong, you can run away)
Spam Head Shot 3, Heal when you need to, apply poisons and you diseases. Simple as that. A Canyon will be hitting you for about 200 damage per hit, but sometimes they're stupid, and are too far away for them to hit you. So you just spam away.
Killing a Canyon like this takes close to 15 minutes, give or take a few minutes.
I once killed a Canyon before 2 TKM's and a master Fencer took down a juvi!
Forget headshot3 and go with concealshot. Only a .5 difference in the damage modifier and you dont have to worry about tanking it unless you get the "random bleed" effect. Then switch to startleshot2 to land a stun and then back up to strafeshot2 which is you most powerful attack. Power up's will burn your T21 to a metal stick by the time you're done but unless you have master marksman or +5 in rifle speed tapes you might need them.
So far all I've needed was entertainer MIND buffs (I'm zabrak with gimp focus) and conceal shot. Have been luck and haven't had a random bleed effect yet. Never needed poisons for any of them although I have a health B's and C's on standby just in case.
ahrisa man...33 stomach, 46mins, and +400 focus. It is what god created.
*hugs the +1,600 focus you COULD get.*
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