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Thread: How viable is Creature Handler as a character's sole melee profession?
Message Edited by SlickRiptide on 09-01-2005 02:53 PM
The only problem with not being a CL 70+ (MCH plus a combat prof) is training those high level beasts on Dathomir, Endor, and Yavin IV. As a CL 60ish or so, you may be going to the cloner several times before you are able to tame that Bull Rancor or Ancient Reptilian Flyer. But if you simply want the cats and snakes your good to go. Your even good to go against the level 50 Rancors if your careful.
Ungrouped you can have pets up to CL 70. Grouped they take your level for better or worse, although a CL 70 critter fighting at 54 is still stronger than other 50's.
For taming the high level pets, I recommend grouping with a high CL character to make life easier.
SlickRiptide wrote:
Now, if I believe the Allakhazam template builder, I can keep ME and MM and still reach Master Creature Handler. However, it will take all of my available skill points so I won't have any medic or weapon/melee skills. I'd be a CL1 depending entirely upon my pets to be my "weapons".
Not quite true - CH counts as an elite combat skill, so you would be CL 54 at MCH.
At that CL you can still wield "titleless" CL 54 weapons which can dish out a tidy bit of damage (I used a dam 400-750 ish Carbine before respecing from MBE to MCM), even with no weapons ability you can equal your pets damage output and should be able to handle up to CL 60 without too much pain (although you will need to learn how to pull single mobs!). Even CL 80 mobs are doable - but take a long time and a LOT of pet stims!
CL is now critical, especially on Dath (as someone ponted out earlier). I was able to get away with it due to Master Scout (maskscent) - but you are likely to be pushed to get the higher level pets without getting CL above 54 (BE pets are definitely a good buy here!).
Hope this helps!
My Crafter ALT has MCH as his only combat proff and it works great. He is perfectly cappible of takeing down CL70's range MOB's and can tame dath critters just fine.
The Advanced laser rifle is CL54 gun with no cert required, so he can use that. Since he dosnt have any combat specials with a gun I had my favorite WS make one with good Base DPS (401) and didn't need to worry about SAC at all (SAC 135). That and some good pets he can Quest and hunt with groups, or solo just fine.
As far as tameing on Dath, it's not realy harder than my other MCH's just takes a bit more patience. He uses BE clothes and Cammo kits instead of Armor, and just avoids everything he is not looking to tame.Works just fine.
Biggest thing to remeber is when fighting the higher end MOB's you can't group with your CL 60-70 pets. With just MCH your CL54 and will end up dropping your high end critters down to your CL. This does tend to make some of the bodies un-lootable/Harvestable. Other than that it's great for a crafter/entertainer.