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Bare with me cause this kinda a string of questions.

I have played as a bounty hunter since launch. Took myself all the way to master and played that way for about 3 months. I quickly realized that mbh was not worth the skill points for all the broken and nerfed specials. I took a turn and went for master pistoleer/expert bh and began to again have fun in the pvp arena. I could stand my ground even against multiple attackers (ranged and melee). The ONLY reason I kept any bh skills was the hope that one day Jedi missions would be fixed.

Fixed they where. Also dropped was the requirement of Master Scout. Whoo hoo!! More skill points to compliment my already very good pvp template. I decided to test my current template on the first jedi I could find (still all ranged at this point). Found him and attacked in front of the bazaar terms in Mos Eisley. Long story short, he kicked my butt but good. Now I'm not a bad pvp player .. I now how to shoot and move .. get distance and use cover. His force running and saber blocking put me down in less than two minutes.

Lesson learned. I begin to see that if I want to survive a jedi attack that it would be wise to get as much defense as possible (logic behind this is if I can't him very often then he should not be able to hit me as often and make a much more even match .. him blocking 9 of 10 shots .. and me dodging and missing 9 of 10 of his).

So here is what I grinded out. Bounty Hunter 3 0 4 0 - Master Pistoleer - Fencer 4 0 0 0. With stated garments and attachments and a full suit of bounty hunter armor (gives +40 ranged D and +42 melee D) this is what my stats looked like:

Dodge +120

Ranged D +146

Melee D +168

All the outstanding def vs. X from pistoleer and awesome firepower of a bh/pistoleer hybrid

Visit a good master chief and get some very good 55% dodge pie, vegas-somethingorother - gives +23 melee D, anti KD food, mind food, etc.

I'm now ready. I'm unhittable. It's taken me a month to put this together. I'm a doding melee fighters nightmare. I'm armed with a DE-10, krayt scatter, krayt geo, and krayt rep blaster. If I can just stay on my feet long enough I should be able to make a dent plus I can always warcry if things go wrong.

First jedi I find is an almost Knight .. ok this will be a great test. I'm buffed and full of all that good food and drink. I engage. All the DOT's get through and then the blocking starts. I start moving and groving and in less than 2 minutes I'm at the clone center. I review the combat log and to my suprise the jedi hit me EVERY single time he attacked while I got the usual every shot blocked. Keep in mind I'm using a pistol all the time so dodge should always work .. and melee defense does not discriminate on which weapon you use .. and still I got destroyed .. fast.

Second jedi I find is a padawan in the geo caves grinding. Not taking any chances this time. Out comes the level 35 bomb droid and again I pound all the good food and drink I can take. I wait for the right moment and send in the droid. Jedi takes 890 damage to his health and the fight is on. I'm back at the clone center in about 3 minutes this time. What the hell ??? Another review of the log shows the same darn thing .. every shot blocked (that I expect) .. and ALL but ONE of the jedi's attacks hitting me.

With all this in mind my questions to you fencer's is:

Can a Master Fencer stand toe to toe with a jedi and win?

Does melee defense do anything at all against a jedi?

As a Master Fencer, what is the best tactics to use against a jedi?

Does Dodge work at all vs. Jedi?

I'm obivously very dissapointed in my ranged performance and am very close to giving up all the ranged I have and going for Master Fencer - BH 3 0 0 0 - Pistols ? 0 4 ?. I would appriciate any tips or advice you can give me .. cause at this point all I want to do is inflict brutallity on all force weilders .. and not get my butt handed to me on a platter. Thanks for letting me vent and thanks in advance for your input.

Karbal

As master fencer, I've had pretty good luck against jedi (including high levels/knights). I've killed 6 in the last few days. Although, to be quite honest, TKM with invest 3 is probably the best template for Jedi hunting right now.

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Nerf Bat Revealed

well on tx ahazi i saw a dark jedi knight get killed within bout 10 seconds or so of comming face to face with bout 15 bh/pistoleer/smuggler profs all using eyeshot so hunt the jedi down in large packs all packing rifleman or pistoleer/bh/smuggler