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Nyk8o wrote:

Precision Striking 3:

Ranged Defense +30

Melee Defense +45

Defensive Acuity +41

Balance Conditioning 3:

Combat Equallibrium +30

Defense vs Posture Change +30

Defense vs Knockdown +20

Defense vs Stun +15

Defense vs Blind +10

Defense vs Dizzy +5

..and yeah, I plan on PVP.

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yea... the tka DA wont help you at all when using a 1h sword... just so you know... and the stacking of the defences are getting nerfed to hell soon... so *shrugs* just thought i would throw that in...

Master Fencer/Pistoleer

TK 4004

Smuggler 0030

Makes a great PvP template

210 dodge

90 KD def

181 melee def

121 ranged def

forget TK's acuity but it helps alot with the dodge

and Smuggler's low blow and panic shot for ranged KDs and delays

Jade

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Message Edited by Ki_GonAmedda on 08-12-2004 12:54 AM

A post from Thunderheart in the commando forum reveals all. He has some follow up posts there too, worth the read. Dont know if it is posted somewhere else.

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=commando&message.id=42627#M42627

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Thats a good question. The versatility of the SWG combat system is so that you can mix and match.

The commando is one of the most powerful (if not the most powerful) stand alone professions at the moment. There are a range of heavy weapons, but the flamethrower is probably the meanest weapon in the game right now.

Beyond that, it gets tricky. We are in the middle of doing a combat rebalance so the choices of what hybrid professions you are thinking about will effect your defense modifiers. Under the hood, SWG works very much like a PnP game. People choose professions, weapons, species and a bunch of other choices, and combat calculates all of those details during combat. You go into combat and the system makes your "to hit" rolls, your defense and "saving throw" rolls and counts it all up.

The tricky part is that currently, defense mods stack. This will change because there are some min-maxers out there who have really learned how to stack these defenses well and it confuses the issue. For instance, you might be fighting a guy who has "pistoleer" in his permatage who is also a commando and maybe something else. Depending on how a player stacks each profession defence mod will effect how easily you hit and do damage, and how much damage as well. Its not to clear cut when you are in game in a running battle.

So give some thought to which hybrid combo you want to go with. Ask around and see what works well. Just remember that defence mods won't stack like this when the balance is done (because its caused a lot of unfair combat situations.)

For all the rest of the folks who will come by this thread:

Yes there will be a fire suppression tool for Fire DoTs. It only makes sense that if you have a weapon, you have a counter measure. Currently, you need water to put out a fire DoT and there are none, which is why many players have asked that there be one.

No combat DoTs will stack anymore because some players were using them in PvP exploits and Combat Experience exploits. Players would run up, stack 3 or 4 fire dots on a MOB or another player and run away while the fire burned - - because there is no way to extinguish the fire. Then they would run back and fire a quick shot from a blaster and finish the kill. It was never intended to work that way.

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Message Edited by Zzelkin on 02-05-2004 03:16 PM