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Thread: Combat profession that goes best with Doc?
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bikebro
Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:23 pm
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Sorry if this gets asked alot but I didn't see it in the FAQ. First of I'm not plaining on doing much if any pvp. I am currently going for master tka/pistoleer, df and slicing in smuggler and rest medic template. But I'm finding my guild doesn't have a doc on alot of the times I'm on and its hurting our ability to do small group hunts vs tougher mobs. If I go doc I want to keep the ability to solo and so want to have one elite combat profession. Which one goes best with being a Doctor? I'm thinking tka as I have an extra self buff which helps mind and it seems to be easier on ham cost. Thanks for the help.
Entropism
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:03 am
#2
The best? Whatever you're comfortable with, I guess. Me, I'm going fencer/doctor with exploration 1 for the terrain boost. Works fine for me so far as a master doctor, 1/3/2/2 fencer.
Batman_TWB
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:59 am
#3
Most people seem to go TKA...I myself got a holo to do Heavy Swordsman and I know I am keeping it. Love the skill..
Aynsun
Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:41 am
#4
Tka is very nice but in overall hunting but you'll be limited to only one damage type: kinetic. If you're going to do lots of group hunting then it'll depend if melee or ranged is better. Healing range is amazing 6m so you need to be close to whomever you're going heal. So ranged would be better than melee but melee is a lot more fun 
What ever makes you happy I'd say
Legende
Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:29 am
#5
Just about anything... Doctor is the most powerful combat profession when put with an actual combat profession. The ability to buff away ham costs and have insane regen along with high pools... and you always have high mind stats so mind professions [TKA and Rifleman for example] benefit too.
EDIT: It's best to think of it as Doctor supporting a combat profession, not the other way around... in that sense, anything can work out very well. Except Pikeman and Carbineers, they're still screwed beyond help, lol.
Message Edited by Legende on 02-18-2004 02:30 AM
Ldwater
Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:21 am
#6
Batman_TWB wrote:
Most people seem to go TKA...I myself got a holo to do Heavy Swordsman and I know I am keeping it. Love the skill..
Agreed..
Except the holo bit 
I picked up swordsman cus it looked cool and I wanted to do some damage
Message Edited by Ldwater on 02-18-2004 12:21 PM
OneHung
Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:55 am
#7
Best class IMO is rifleman, it's hard enough to actually hit a rifleman with defenses n/m if he's buffed out of his mind.
Log1c
Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:02 am
#8
Legende wrote:
Except Pikeman and Carbineers, they're still screwed beyond help, lol.
Message Edited by Legende on 02-18-2004 02:30 AM
Hey now.. be nice
/duel legende
be nice to me ok?? 
Entropism
Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:52 am
#9
I've got to say.... If they ever fix pikeman, I'm right on that. It just looks like a lot of fun, maybe even moreso than fencer. 
atimes
Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:02 am
#10
Pikeman is the best kept secret in the game 
I'm currently a master TKA but will probably drop it to go Master Pikeman when I'm done with Doc. TKA is good for single opponents and PvP but for advanced PvE Pikeman is great because they specialize in AOE attacks.
h310ise
Thu Feb 19, 2004 6:00 pm
#11
I'm climbing doctor and trying to figure out the combat class to match it as well - some thoughts I've had:
If you're a ranged profession you can continue attacking your target while running around performing (some) heals on your teammates. If you're melee you can either fight or heal but not both (unless your target and your fighting partner are both within 5m of you).
If you're buffing yourself you can afford crazy special costs and tank massive damage. Focus on maximizing one of these - for me, I'm thinking tank = lots of mobs around me = every area attack I do I can dish out thousands (even tens of thousands if I'm a swordsman) damage per attack. So professions that have good close range area attacks are particularly Doc friendly. Pistols (*if* point blank area 2 gets fixed), swords, pikes do good 360 degree point blank area damage. Carbines have famously high specials costs. Note: "upcoming" (read: as in duke nukem forever is an 'upcoming' title) combat pass includes a change to the HAM special regeneration that might make us less amazing special spammers, I'm leaning towards maxing my tank strengths).
States can be our enemy (keep us from performing our Doc duties) so some state defenses or high general defenses may be a really handy thing (again, pistols, also fencer (which does have an AOE attack as well...), TK, Rifleman.
Conclusion - Some kind of pistol/fencer pistol/smuggler or pistol/swords dable, swordman, fencer, carbineer, pikeman would all go well w/ doc in addition to the traditional combos , Doc/TKM (still very strong, who needs area attacks when you can dish 2k+ per second to a single target!) & DOC/Rifleman (Just cause rifles are so insanely strong at master lvl, watch that mind though...).
Me? I'm leaning towards doc-enough-to-buff with a pistol/df dabble (pistol x4x4 df4), leaving 40 pts for a little tk, perhaps more pistols. TK xx44 would be pretty g-d dmn funny to mix with underhanded shot, pistol whip and panic shot - unless TK dam gets migrated heavily to TKM this would be a pretty sweet PvP template. Also, if defense stacking stays in and carbines get some love there are some very nice swords/carbines stacks (carbines x4x4 swords x444 leaves a few sp left over, i think you can do carbines x444 and swords x444 ...) no way I'm going back to carbines (fool me once shame on you...) until I see what the next publish gives them.
just imho - Anavar de Bria
If you're a ranged profession you can continue attacking your target while running around performing (some) heals on your teammates. If you're melee you can either fight or heal but not both (unless your target and your fighting partner are both within 5m of you).
If you're buffing yourself you can afford crazy special costs and tank massive damage. Focus on maximizing one of these - for me, I'm thinking tank = lots of mobs around me = every area attack I do I can dish out thousands (even tens of thousands if I'm a swordsman) damage per attack. So professions that have good close range area attacks are particularly Doc friendly. Pistols (*if* point blank area 2 gets fixed), swords, pikes do good 360 degree point blank area damage. Carbines have famously high specials costs. Note: "upcoming" (read: as in duke nukem forever is an 'upcoming' title) combat pass includes a change to the HAM special regeneration that might make us less amazing special spammers, I'm leaning towards maxing my tank strengths).
States can be our enemy (keep us from performing our Doc duties) so some state defenses or high general defenses may be a really handy thing (again, pistols, also fencer (which does have an AOE attack as well...), TK, Rifleman.
Conclusion - Some kind of pistol/fencer pistol/smuggler or pistol/swords dable, swordman, fencer, carbineer, pikeman would all go well w/ doc in addition to the traditional combos , Doc/TKM (still very strong, who needs area attacks when you can dish 2k+ per second to a single target!) & DOC/Rifleman (Just cause rifles are so insanely strong at master lvl, watch that mind though...).
Me? I'm leaning towards doc-enough-to-buff with a pistol/df dabble (pistol x4x4 df4), leaving 40 pts for a little tk, perhaps more pistols. TK xx44 would be pretty g-d dmn funny to mix with underhanded shot, pistol whip and panic shot - unless TK dam gets migrated heavily to TKM this would be a pretty sweet PvP template. Also, if defense stacking stays in and carbines get some love there are some very nice swords/carbines stacks (carbines x4x4 swords x444 leaves a few sp left over, i think you can do carbines x444 and swords x444 ...) no way I'm going back to carbines (fool me once shame on you...) until I see what the next publish gives them.
just imho - Anavar de Bria
Adamsky
Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:24 am
#12
Doctor/TKM hands down. There isn't much that you can't solo except for Kimos and Krayt's of course. I have this combo and won't drop it for anything (slot already unlocked :smileyhappy
Saarkai
Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:51 am
#13
Batman_TWB wrote:
Most people seem to go TKA...I myself got a holo to do Heavy Swordsman and I know I am keeping it. Love the skill..
Same with my wife's char (AKA my alt). Her next Holo is Rifleman, but I am not sure I'm gonan do that. I do not think MD/Master Rifle is a good combo. This is because both skills use the same bar for "specials" the mind. Heavy Swords use mostly health (with a Powerhammer anyway) And that works great with Doc.
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