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Thread: Best combat profession to complement Doctor? Help!
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Opiam
Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:05 am
#15
I faced a similar choice when I decided to work on Doctor. I had to give up either fencer, swordsman or TKA. I stuck with swordsman and dropped the others. Even though defence is weaker compared to the other 2, the abilty to healstate negates any disadvantage. Plus the high offense and 2 damage types make it very appealing. The only downside IMO is probably a visual one - swordsman specials dont look as flashy as the others (except for the good old scalp smash).
Ashinae
Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:14 am
#16
Kyodor wrote:
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Rifle/Doc - Good, but you mayhave trouble soloing due to lack of a melee profession.
I'm a Master Doctor and Master Rifleman ... and I just love it! The key to being a good Rifleman without any other combat profession is to have good weapons and armor.
For weaponry, my rifle of choice is the Tenloss DXR-6b Rifle. Medium armor piercing, Acid damage, and the fire rate and damage is quite nice.
I also carry a Laser Rifle standard (sliced for damage), a T-21 Rifle - this has Heavy armor piercing, but is heavy on the mind (it's best when used to provide some fire cover from long range). I keep a Spray-stick on me most of the time, it is good for dealing with little annoyances as I run between Theed and my house. And I also keep an SG-82 -- it does Cold damage which I haven't barely used.
So you should have at least a Laser Rifle andTenlos DXR-6b Rifle with you everywhere you go. The next thing to worry about is the intense mind usage of shooting rifles. I am a Twi'lek, and we don't have very good mind stats, 1100 max mind and 500 max focus and willpower. But for me, two drinks of Vasarian Brandy and one bite of Ahrisa will keepmy mind stats from being used up when I'mwearing light armor without a helmet. If I go out with full armor, I like to get Dancer and Musician buffs.
Last bit of advice ... know your techniques. Don't go around spamming headshot3's ... and don't go around spamming strafeshot2's!
I can solo a LOT of things. But especially ranged NPCs
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Teras Kasi is good - but you can only do kinetic Damage.
Fencer is good for defensive players - you can do low kinetic and stun damage.
Swords is good - you get to use moderate kinetic and blast damage types
Pikes was my favorite melee to use - especially if you trouble the Nightsisters for a really nice lance or pike. The area attack was just great. And if you get a NightsisterEnergy Lance, you can do high Kinetic, Electricity and Energy damages!
Ashinae
Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:16 am
#17
Oh yeah! and you can't forget about the Jawa Ion Rifles!!!! Those are great! I have a Krayt-enhanced one!
Stun damage, though a little slower and less powerful than my Tenloss DXR-6b, it can help if an enemy has high Acid and Energy resists but low Stun resistance. 
EtosG
Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:38 pm
#18
Before i got my ALT, i had:
Swords/Doc on Etos and it was Quality
Swords for me is 'the' PvE profession and Doc simply offers uber healing and simple, on-demand buffage 
Although, i'm Master Swords/Rifles now and it seems nice so far
Swords/Doc on Etos and it was Quality
Swords for me is 'the' PvE profession and Doc simply offers uber healing and simple, on-demand buffage
Although, i'm Master Swords/Rifles now and it seems nice so far
KDenelor
Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:45 pm
#19
I always thought of Doctor enhancing other professions more than professions enhancing Doctor. I'd say play what ever is fun to you and being a doc will be helpfull and timesaving.
Quandry
Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:57 pm
#21
Well if you group with friends a lot you might want a ranged prof. Its just easyer to be the doc of the group if your not also the tank. Kinda hard to drag and incaped player to a safe spot wen the mob is on you.
I use master carbineer with my doc. I also have a master rifleman with a bit of ch and the harvesting from ranger.....Rifleman would be more powerfull the way the game is now but for pvm all the diffrent shots a carbineer has to use is more fun imo. Once you get some extra speed to cap out as a carbineer you can kill pvm extreamly fast also. Iv beat mid level flamethrower's to loot rights sevral times on multi targets. With buffs and brandy and some armor there is no high ham cost and you can even buff a pet with regen in a pinch. Its surprising how well a lvl 10 pet can tank wen its got nice buffs and 2k+ to the regens.
Opiam
Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:51 am
#22
KDenelor wrote:
I always thought of Doctor enhancing other professions more than professions enhancing Doctor. I'd say play what ever is fun to you and being a doc will be helpfull and timesaving.
I fully agree. I have tried a few combat templates and even stacked defences on my last template. I have picked up doctor now and working my way up it. Any combat profession would be fine with doctor. Just pick one that you like playing and doctor will enhance it perfectly. You dont need to worry about state defences etc - healstate is god sent. Unless you seriously pvp, any combat profession should do
trinn
Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:24 am
#23
Any try MD and MCM together? Can you actually poison/disease someone to death? Thanks!
-Atonn
Muongold
Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:17 am
#24
Master Doctor+Master Swordsman= killing Krayt Dragons and Night Sisters Elders solo! =)
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