Doctor Archive
Thread: What happened to my profession?
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TobackPado
Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:27 pm
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I first got this game back when it came out, and I was overall not impressed with it. But then I tried out the medic profession, and I swear it was probably the most fun I've ever had in an MMO. I'd head into the local hospital and heal people, talk with them, and generally socialize with everyone. Once I hit doctor level I was happy cause I felt like a true doctor. Then if I ran out of cash I'd do delivery runs and then go craft some medicine. But it was fun, cause it made me feel important, without having to leave the city all the time.
Anyways, some time went by and I had to leave for some reasons. I had recently remembered how fun it was, and came back. Boy, how things have changed.
Bacta shots, no xp for healing others, no need for crafting...the fun is all gone from the class I loved. What is wrong with a doctor wanting to stay inside the city and help others in need of healing? How come I get no xp benefit for healing others? And how come I have an unlimited healing tool? I liked making and using medicines.
What in the world happened to the doctor, and why won't they change it back to the good old days?
ImpDoc_001
Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:50 am
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I can sum it up for you, tumble macros and buff macros. I'm guilty of the buff macro, when I wasn't ATK. But I spent plenty of time ATK, mastering doctor and carbineer the hard way. And you DO get xp for healig others, even yourself. The catch is that it has to be in combat. Quite frankly, they screwed the pooch on this one, as there are already AFK buff and wound healing macros out and being used. They lost alot of players because of this, and the community lost alot more doctors with respec. If they lower the hate generation from healing even 25%, this profession would be even more enjoyable. It still is, you just have to adjust your play style a bit.
Outwaie
Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:16 am
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The time when you could actually be a doctor is gone. Now we are more like defensive warriors. They didn't even give us a piece of the cyber-limb action. The play style you describe isn't viable any more. If you like to stay in town and socialize with people you should be an entertainer/tailor or something...
JazzJaeda
Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:28 pm
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You get experience for healing others and yourself in combat. Find a group, and work your pretty sparklies.
No need for crafting because Doctor is now a combat profession. When was the last time someone had to craft something to master TKA?
Nothing prevents Doctors from staying in the cities and healing. I do it regularly. Perhaps you should submit a /bug and inform them of the invisible wall that is preventing you from entering a city. It sounds like it's a client-side issue, though.
They won't (at least they better not) change it back, because of buff lines. Thank god they fixed it.
No need for crafting because Doctor is now a combat profession. When was the last time someone had to craft something to master TKA?
Nothing prevents Doctors from staying in the cities and healing. I do it regularly. Perhaps you should submit a /bug and inform them of the invisible wall that is preventing you from entering a city. It sounds like it's a client-side issue, though.
They won't (at least they better not) change it back, because of buff lines. Thank god they fixed it.
Starphire
Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:18 pm
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the only people who seem to need me as a doc now are people who need wounds healed, and honeslty most of the time those are annoying newbs who dont say please or thank you. I came back after 8 months, I love the combat upgrade, hate what they did to doc. I thought there was a wee bit to much crap to craft, but they didn't have to nerf crafting all together.
People are gonna write macro's, you can still macro craft to grind any crafting proffesion, why have the ABILITY to crate macro's if your gonna get pissed about people doing it? I'm not supporting it, I'm just saying I don't give a bantha butt if some Joe grinds to master doc in two nights with AFK or something. I don't care. People will always cheat, or find short cuts, it's the nature of human beings.
I adored buffing, I adored making buff packs. It was the most fun, and made me very useful. There was to much crap to craft IMHO but they nerfed it all to hell now. I'm gonna try out CM and smuggling for a while, but I have two chars so I may leave one a doc as the healing wounds is pathetic without master doc, and even then its sick.
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