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Thread: template question, please have a look
Othdrakk wrote:
I took a break just as CU came in the picture, got back a while ago but i've been playing my jedi
mostly. My alt was a ranged combat toon. I use to love melee before cu and before i became jedi.
So last night i deleted my alt (as i wanted another race too) and gonna try out some melee sh1t!
What do you think about this one
Master Fencer, TKM, Master Brawler, Swordsman x-x-3-x, Medic x-x-4-x
though I have +24 Healing Eff (pre-cu). In my clothes for the sake of not having Doc 4-x-x-x.
this should be pretty strong in pve, but how about pvp? do you have to have ranged to be a threat there now?
i beat most ranged in pvp.
Giant2005, while I understand where you are coming from, I do not believe there is any one "best melee template". Armor Break slices have not completely negated a TKMs usefulness, as TKMs posess the ability to wear armor, just like any other class, and can recieve those same benefits. TKMs also recieve the largest amount of ranged and melee defense, followed by pikemen, swordsmen, and then fencer. Combining TKM with Swordsman will give you access to the most damaging special attacks in the melee tree with the best overall defenses without armor for PvE and many opponents, such as ranged, as they do no have an armor break, and the best defenses with a good set of armor for those tougher Jedi or meleers.
While I believe TKM is incredibly viable there are alternative templates without it that can do just as well as long as you keep the equipment updated;
Master Swords/x4x4 Fencer/x3xx TKA/4xx4 Doc, provides you with the best accuracy and speed for both One-handed and Two-handed weapons in a dabbler template, as well as improved CoB, the working fencer attacks, and swordsmans incredible power. In my respec time I tried this template out for the twelve hour period I was allowed before my next respec, and with some decent armor (not AB sliced), I was able to compete with and defeat many Jedi in duels as well as every melee player I fought.
Fredwroc wrote:
Giant2005, Master Swords/x4x4 Fencer/x3xx TKA/4xx4 Doc, isa better temp than yours. have a nice day
Giant2005 wrote:
TKM isn't any good any more after the AB slice came into existence, they are by no means the best tanks or good at anything any more, all they are is cheap....So if u want to be cheap then by all means thats a good template, but if u can afford better, the undeniably best melee template is Master fencer, Swords 0044 TKA 0100 and Doc 4034 (Well you can deny it if your a pikemen fan! and fair enough too - gotta love that aoe business)
i am denying it, why master fencer? there are better PHs, mine is better than any fencer weapon: http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=298366
sorry btw, just got the pic up and feeling proud about it =p. but that ph makes mastering swords better than fencer, and mastering swords gives you more workng specials. crit hit, power hit, head hit, AB, area taunt forpve, you can use a PH.fencer is broken to death as of now, and the best pvp temp IMO does not involve either tkm or mfencer. (it might involve master fencer if they ever fix fencer though)
quitch wrote:
Giant2005 wrote:
TKM isn't any good any more after the AB slice came into existence, they are by no means the best tanks or good at anything any more, all they are is cheap....So if u want to be cheap then by all means thats a good template, but if u can afford better, the undeniably best melee template is Master fencer, Swords 0044 TKA 0100 and Doc 4034 (Well you can deny it if your a pikemen fan! and fair enough too - gotta love that aoe business)
i am denying it, why master fencer? there are better PHs, mine is better than any fencer weapon: http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=298366
sorry btw, just got the pic up and feeling proud about it =p. but that ph makes mastering swords better than fencer, and mastering swords gives you more workng specials. crit hit, power hit, head hit, AB, area taunt forpve, you can use a PH.fencer is broken to death as of now, and the best pvp temp IMO does not involve either tkm or mfencer. (it might involve master fencer if they ever fix fencer though)
Not the template it's what you do with it. I eat these wannabe uba melee/doctor kiddies for breakfast. There was very few melee on valcyn until I start to show whatit was capable of. I have alot of melee complain it's my fault that there ware so many melee running aorund on Valcyn.
A lot of people have no idea how I do as well as a fencer. I can beat Jedi, TKMs, Pikeman, Swordsman and other fencers if I put a little effort in and don't get bored and careless halfway through a duel. they say I have better equipment, but the truth is I know what the hell I'm doing with what I've got.
Some uba melee kiddie was throwing down duels in theed. I was on my alt which is a master Bh, master Carbiner, merchant 0004 KD, snare, 2 power shots that's all the specials worht anything in this template). She has stock composite armour and stock E(some number) Carbine. Stims some food that's it. Now after having this kid not wanting to start the duel further than 5m 
I wiped the floor with him he couldn't get near me and ended the duel when I got him down to about 1/4 health. Now was it my ubatemplate? no, was it it my equipment? no. It was what I was doing with it and what I know I could do with it.
So my adivce, is choose a template you are going to enjoy, don't listen to anyone when they say you should go this template because it's FOTM and everything else sucks. If you are a good PvPer you can make any template work to your advantage.
