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Howdy all. here it is...


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I got extremely bored of the jedi Grind and left the game for several weeks, I'm starting to come back to game, but have dropped Jedi Grind and am returning to a fun template.

I've always wanted to be a Droid Engineer, BUT, I dont want to be CL1. I'd like to be a Smuggler again too.

Question:

Is CL54 viable? can i play any high end content? am i dreaming?. I'd love to be CH/DE, enabling me to have many droids out, but then i cant be a Smuggler, and I'd be crap in combat too. As a Smuggler, i can Feign Death, which will help a lot at CL54, and also Crowd Control. But if i go SMuggler/DE, does this rule out places like the Death Watch Bunker, Correlian Corvette and Geo Caves etc.? Anyone got any experience with this?

Your Input will be gratefully received

Well, for the longest time I had the typical DE template with Master Artisan, Master DE and the rest of my points in Merchant and Riflemen. Though after CU and with changed requirements I finally decided to drop Master Artisan and all Merchant as well to be Master Rifleman and put even more points into another Elite Combat. Depending on what I spend the rest on (I actually do change that from time to time) I end up with CL 60 to CL 65. This works fine for me and I can do most things in a group and get by solo for some stuff as well.

Of course that means I now need a good relation with the Artisans in town and I had to find a Merchant to resell my Droids for me. In my case both was not an issue and I am happy with it, though if you are not Master Artisan yourself you for sure need one available to you who is serious about it.

OK, admittedly I dont know much yet about the DE profession, but why do I need a Master Artisan?

You need a master artisan to make the modules required for the seeker droids.

Almost everything you make as a DE requires either EMMs, EGPs or both. Unless you are an MA (or have a good friend who's one) you won't be able to make much.

I think you would be pleased with DE/Smuggler. At CL54 you can still participate in all of the high end content so long as you are in a group. You won't be soloing much though... A DE/Smuggler seems ideal for the DWB, and for all of the dungeons. The key is to avoid taking aggro, but with feign death you have a tool to get you out of tight situations when you do get mobs on you.

I'm DE/Pike from before the CU. I used to do great in DWB, but I really don't have much to contribute now (I get too much aggro). I just can't give up pike though, all my mods are too hard to let go of.

Also, just so you know, DE/CH would not let you have multiple droids out at once. So that might help to narrow the choices you mentioned.

I'm a MA/MDE/MCH at CL54, and I can run (and actually participate to an extent) in DWB raids without complete fear of death. Even though I can't use my pets down there, the fact that I can use a good assault bowcaster allows me to stay out of the tank's way and contribute w/o worrying too much about attracting aggro. So getting Master Rifleman might be a good choice in that scenario.

BTW Wise One, I've been meaning to compliment you on your "hat". How much did you pay for that thing anyway?

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BTW Wise One, I've been meaning to compliment you on your "hat". How much did you pay for that thing anyway?

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The +25 droid exp I paid about 10-12m. The +25 droid assembly was only 4m. The other artisan ones weren't bad either...like below 5m each.

Thanks for your help guys, im seriously considering this now.

Anyone give their experience of MDE/OtherEliteCombatProf ?? please post your experience here, it is gratefully appreciated. thanks guys, I'm mainly asking because, as you may understand, i dont really want to grind out the whole of DE (especially as this is my first ever crafting profession) to find i dont like it/its not viable.

Thanks again to all who have posted so far