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Thread: Complimentary Ranged Profession
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Aluna
Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:01 am
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I would like to pick a ranged profession to go along with Master Doctor. Usually I read that Rifleman would be a good combination and it very well may be; but I am not sure it plays to our strengths. The Rifle uses extensively the same blue bar thatDoctors use to heal and enhancement buffs increase just about everything but the pool the Rifle draws from.
If the above is valid (and I am not sure it is) then that would leave Pistoleer, Carbineer, and Combat Medic for ranged options. How do these three options meld with the Doctor profession? Maybe Combat Medic should not be listed because it is heavily support oriented. And although it is quite useful in PvP, I have read that it is tough going PvE. If this is true, then maybe Combat Medic is not an excellent ranged combat mix with Doctor. Any comments? I am just not sure here either.
Carbineer sounds like it fits the bill because it uses the health bar for specials I believe and that is something that Doctors excel at enhancing. But I keep hearing that it is quite bugged even with the Publish 7 changes. I like the idea though because of the pool it uses for specials. It sounds like a nice match that plays to the strength of MD. I am not sure about its strengths PvP, but it sounds useful enough PvE.
Pistoleer might work but I am unsure how effective it is in PvP/PvE.
It is much easier to select a ranged profession and couple it with a nice melee profession to increase the effectiveness of your combat ability. As mastering doctor requires a large non combat oriented chunk of your skill points, I think it is important to get a combat profession that is strong on its own merit.
I would appreciate some thoughts on choosing one.
Thank you so much!
Calculus_Entropy
Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:42 pm
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One of my Doctor buddies dropped pistol in favor of cabine and says he doesn't know why he didn't do it sooner (and this was BEFORE the patch, he is VERY happy now).
Emavi
Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:15 pm
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Aluna (now this is just my opinion) but the only proffessions worth doing to support your Doc is TK or Rifleman. They are the only combat proffesions that seem to work as intended. I wouldnt worry about the mind pool with rifleman if I were you. You should already have your mind stats migrated pretty high. Combine that with some Brandy and even Canapes if things get rough and you will have no problem at all..
With a full load of Brandy and Canapes I can get my mind bars close to or over 3000. If you get a buff from an entertainer on top of that..well.. you do the math 
Id say Rifleman. But I would STRONGLY consider TK
sweeno987
Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:43 pm
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i think pistoleer gets a bad rap. ive been very very pleased with pistoleer every since i aquired stopping shot and fan shot. now that they fixed the pool targeted attacks, it should be even more effective. i have a buddy who is a doc/rifleman though and when we both attack the same target, he almost always takes them down via the mind bar faster than i can. maybe ill be a little more effective now that im attacking the health pool directly. ive considered dropping pistols for rifles but i enjoy pistoleer too much. ive got a nice collection of really good pistols and its always nice to know that my attacks work well in close range as they do from a distance. the downside to rifles is that my buddy always uses a lot of his mind pool, but most baddies drop before he does so ive never seen it be an issue. if i were agro'd by 2 or more mongsters though, i would prefer pistols to rifle any day.
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