Combat Medic Archive

Guys, I'm having a hard time deciding which direction to go, can someone give me the pros/cons of being a doctor vs a combat medic? I like to be in the field and hunt so in either case I'll be picking up some weapons skills.

Thanks

If you pvp, go CM. If you really want to heal a group go doctor.

Both professions are good for PvP.

Doctor - Your special skills are wound healing, you can heal half of someones wound bar in one shot. Not real great. It's a necessary profession for those people who don't like cloning, or forget though. Doctors can make the higher level stims, but they aren't really necessary. A master medic can make a stim D (and also use E I think, not sure), which is enough to fully heal a player in almost any situation. Doctors get very high quality supplies from their medical crafting and are much better suited than Combat Medics to sell their stims for a profit. Doctors can also use ressurection kits, which can be invaluable in a battle. The reason a doctor can be good in PvP is because of doctor buffs. If you have good skill with a weapon, and you also have 1500 points added to every stat with the ability to fully heal yourself whenever you want...it's very hard to beat.

Combat Medics - Doctors aren't actually the best for healing a group, Combat Medics are. If everyone else in your party is laying unconscious on the ground a good area stim can bring everyone within about 30 meters back up to full life. In large raids this works wonders in PvP. The best PvP aspect of the Combat Medic are poisons and disease. With the Damage over Time of poisions plus their area of effect you can take out large groups of opposing players very easily. Disease inflicts wounds I believe, I've never used any type of disease.