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Futher more...

a quote by THUNDERHEART... yes it relevent..think about it a min...

but the reason Creature Handlers are being re-balanced is because players can get the combat benefits of the Creature Handler Tree for the skill point cost of 2 trees (essentially all the benefit for half the skill point price) and having three pets out is a major perk for Creature Handlers. If everyone can do it, then its not a perk.

so, everyone eles get 70+ ranged def and melee def and junk and RIFLE ONLY weapons and what ever eles.. for the cost of 2 mastered professions...

I am a Master Bounty Hunter.. i have to MASTER 3 Professions....THREE. Just to be what i want to be.. and ONE of those professions (Scout) i do not use at all.. but to harvest ..... So.. where is my perk.. really....

I get to hunt NEWBIE JEDI that are loved and favored by all and given special attention, becasue OMFG that is where the money is.. everyone wants to be a jedi... WRONG.. Some of us LOVE Bounty hunter and what not from the day we seen Boba Fett.

You get to be MASTER JEDI with enough time and skill invested.. JUST like all YOUR favorite chars (Luke..Yoda..Darth vader.etc) Then why can I NOT become the Bounty hunter that I Wish... and have special TOYS and for the love of god.. Mandolorian armor ... witch if NOT for boba fett , jango fett (BOUNTY HUNTERS) you would not even know Exsisted in the first place....

Heres my opinion on the Mandolorian Armor matter:

1. It should NOT be a Schematic.About everyone agrees on this,but let me explain the reason.As you well know,some Armorsmith are cons or charge you insane prices if you dont know them personally (as in Friend).Plus,once everyone hasthe Schem,and in time they will,What reason besides XP to go back to Death Watch? Keeping it ultra rare loot will extend Death Watch's life and replay value.Oh,and plus,who wants to gather resources for the armor? No one.

2.It should be Instanced.There are many camper and grievers,as well as cheaters,that will gladly exploit to get the armor.Instanced prevents that.You and your group can get the XP and Loot without having to worry about campers,or ATSTs.

3. It should be Ultra Rare (and I mean it) Loot.You dont want everyone with a suit of Mando armor.Also,to lower getting frustrated after hunting for hours with no luck,you should add other loot,but not as significate as the armor.And when you do loot it,it should be from 2-3 peices in the drop,so you dont have to spend countless days looking for some.I think Mando Armor loot drops should be as rare as One drop every 2 or 3 days.

4.It should be limited to people with Mastered Combat Professions,excluding CH.I also agree that you dont want a Merchant or Musician walking the streets with ultra rare armor,and most non-combat prof's dont want that publicity anyway (It could be me,and Im wrong lol).Since they are non-combat,what use would the armor be anyway? No use.Besides,Mandolorians were noble "warriors" and warrior explains any profession where you use Blasters,Heavy Weap.,Melee Weapons,and even TerasKasi.Therefore,the certification should be added to every Elite or Hybrid Combat Proffession,excluding CH's.

This is only my opinion.Debate away!

Best way to get rare stuff and keep it rare is to create a mandatory rare element that has extremely low percentage of spawn. Say a metal that has low percent chance of spawning, lasts for short period of time, has a max of 10 percent rate of extraction or so and limit it to Dothimir or Yavin4. This would do a couple good things.. It would keep the amount of material low enough that people would have a hard time making a large run of armor off of it. It would give people more reason to travel to remote planets.. both of which aren't too easy to place large number of harvesters on. Or just keep it from being harvested by machines and make it only hand picked.. which would mean that you would have to be a surveyor in order to extract it as lower amount of survey skill would be inadequate for such a low percentage of extraction.

MASTER BOUTNY HUNTER: has skill mods to enhance the bounty hunter lack of defence and abillites. Forget busting your hump to re write the WHOLE thing to improve us.... add ranged def / melee def.. all the status changes...... IT would be possible to make it a weapon also and add things like human traps a laso w/ effect warcry... a dart system.... /shrug just an idea...