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uh, you know those +ranged defense you get as it is?

Thats pushing a natural absorb to blaster shots. From blocking, to dodging, to rolling with the blow, youre already doing it, theres just no animation for it.

I'm getting kinda of annoyed at all the people who are coming up with the brilliant argument that goes something like, "Just think, in real life, a guy with a gun will shoot you before you get to swing you get up close, therefore the way it works in SWG is fine..." etc, etc.

Just want to make a couple points:

1) This isn't real life, its a game

2) If I pay the same point cost for my skills, I should have equal compensation for what I get. Ie. if melee is just meant to be subpar to guns, reduce the skill point cost and experience needed to get it.

This is a fantasy game set in space, if we can see people in the future running around casting magic spells known as the force, choking people from a distance, then we can see a melee user that has agility that is far beyond the real world, and can conceivably dodge a ranged attack here or there.

I agree with Sarajin. Yeah, fencing isn't your main bet for self defence today, especially in a gunfight. I fence myself IRL. And y'know. It's for fun. Even if I wanted to hunt things with a sword, that's just stupid.

But this isn't RL, is it? It's Star Wars. You don't hunt deer in Star Wars. You hunt OMFGTHAT'SHUGE monstrosities than could eat your tiny little rear in a second IRL. PvPing goes the same way. You don't peg someone and that's it (well, it shouldn't be once the 75% damage patch comes in). If it were RL, chances are you're going down with one hit.

If it were RL, you'd be pretty damned stupid for joining and intergalactic war fought with AT-ATs and the like and on planets populated with monsters that devour small children with a sword and only a sword at your side. IMHO.

Games should be balanced. You spend time to learn something in a *game*, you should have the same chance of defeating someone else who spent the same kind of skill points and time. You should have fun in that aspect of the game, combat, because you chose a combat profession. Saying it's not realistic to hammer down a ranged opponent with a sword... well, I feel pretty sorry for someone who bought this game for realism. With fantasy games, ranged is balanced by having less damage and more, well... range. In my own game, I try to temper it with as much realism as possible by having shields lower the amount of damage ranged weapons do. Something needs to change in this game when it comes to that.

All that having been said, I'm a Rifleman. I haven't done a lot of PvPing and never have with a melee skill. This is all just going by what I've heard on the forums. So, wrong or right or just terribly opinionated, I have my disclaimer. ;P

You know that was a really good post, SWG is essentially a fantasy galaxie where RL's rules simply dont excist

Ref. Dinosaurs,Talking slugs, Super humanoids, and Pod Racers.

Your toon should be as any character u have ever watched or played w/ in a fantasy setting..you should be able to have a competitive fight w/ a gun slinger of your level.

I dont want to be able to destroy an AT ST w/ my sword (even though storm shadow could dismantle a tank w/ his). I just want to be as good as a gunman ..especially in a setting thats supposed to benefit me.


Good post arktic, I never really thought about it that way before.