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Thread: Best Combat Profession to match with Doctor?

gibsonSG
Tue May 18, 2004 10:02 am
#14

I love fencer/doc although I do miss guns and hate it when I'm kited. If I did it all again I think I'd go rifle, with good brandy, synthsteak, snowcake to hit those pesky defencestackersand dodge food. As fencer I'm always running to and from trouble and this does waste a lot of time but tanking does rock as doc!!


I'd be more concerned about my mind with the ham of some of those rifles but apart from that its the deadliest combat class/combo if you know how to use a ranged weapon properly. Throw in a mind fireweapon and you'll be a CM/Melee nightmare



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Tavias
Tue May 18, 2004 11:21 am
#15

It depends a lot on what you want to kill. Some professions are better than others at specific areas.

If you want to kill krayts, you want a rifleman. Nobody does more damage than the heavy AP of the t21. The same is true for almost every heavy armor target. They're pretty damn good for most other things too. One exception is nightsisters, since a lot of them are immune to all rifle damage types (spellweavers, protectors, etc). Rifleman is also an excelent choice for pvp.

If you want good damage and good pve versatility, go with swordsman. On heavy armor targets like krayts or ns elders they do less damage than a rifleman (since power hammer is only medium ap), but they have what I would consider to be better damage types. The damage types gives them a little more versatility. They're better tanks than rifleman too, but that's usually not an issue with good armor and stims.

TKA is a pretty good profession, but meditation is pretty redundant. It also suffers from the lack of damage types and lack ap. That means there's a lot of stuff that you just can't hurt very well (anything high kinetic resist, or heavy armor).

Fencer is a great defensive profession, and pretty good in pvp thanks to acklay stun batons. PvE capability suffers due to lack of good ap weapons.

Pistoleer is much the same as fencer, good defense, but no offense.



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Tavius
Master Doctor/Master Rifleman
Chilastra
Unstable1
Tue May 18, 2004 2:43 pm
#16

yeah, IF the rifleman grind didn't suck so damn hard, and IF the availability of top quality t21's and jawa's wasn't so slim, i would be a rifleman for sure. if i had millions and millions to buy weapons with, i see no reason why rifleman/doc isn't the best possible choice.



but still, tkm/doc is a ton of fun. i really enjoy it. and i kill most things as fast, and in many cases faster, than master riflemen in pve.



riflemen kill me in pvp advanced strafe from 50m just sucks.



-Unstable


tkm/doc


IlychUlyanov
Tue May 18, 2004 8:51 pm
#17

It all depends on what you want your role to be. If you want to be a the combat doc, healing people as they fight and throwing down your own hurt, then take Pistoleer. It puts you close to the action, and able to deal out lots of hurt while healing up your troops. I'm Doc/Fencer so I don't get a chance to help people until after I finish my fighting (which is normally whenever it is that I die). Rifleman, I tried that, good for PVP, however if you want to heal people your gonna be outa luck. You'll normally be far from the lines (normally, they are rather fluid) and it'll be hard to get outa your position and go heal somebody.



Ilych Ulyanov
Bloodfin
Darkknt
Tue May 18, 2004 9:08 pm
#18

I am going for TKM and MD, so far its cool, but I dont PvP most stuff I come across are easy to kill so far , I have mastered the art of cloning to get where I am now though.




Dritz Okawia q Elder Jedi


ZazCOF
Wed May 19, 2004 5:30 am
#19

OK PVE= doc/MTK hands down

if you want pvp you dont want tkm/doc. Im just about positive that Bria is teh biggest most advanced pvp server, and I will tell you doc/tkm's get owned.

for pvp you want doc/fencer or doc rifles. With fencer dodge food makes it so fotm rifleman can hit you andif you get an acklay stun baton you will have no trouble killing them.

IF you get rifleman/doc make sure to spend your extra 15 on novice brawler, intimidate is that useful.



-Saint-
Fist Of The Empire


And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand.
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth unto Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be,
In Nomine Patris, Et Fili, Et Spiritus Sancti.
Sivol
Wed May 19, 2004 8:49 am
#20

Bria teh most advanced pvp server? Sorry but I have an alt on Bria and they are not teh best.



Erok - Carbineer Extrodinaire
owning gIMP's since '03
Sivol
Wed May 19, 2004 8:55 am
#21

Master Rifleman, 4040 Doc, and 3004 CM is the ultimate pvp template. Buff yourself, cure anything, apply very good poison/disease, terran negotiation, decent defenses, and master headshot... what else could you need? At least until the combat renerfing in pub 10. This is what I am moving too except replace Rifleman with Carbineer. Dont ask me why Carbineer tho lol.



Erok - Carbineer Extrodinaire
owning gIMP's since '03
Compleeter
Wed May 19, 2004 12:29 pm
#22

If you plan on doing any amount of crafting of your own personal meds, you might want to consider some scouting skills in there. I am MD/MCH, gave me a huge bonus when I was(In the process of quitting) harvesting my own meats for my meds.
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