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I just started the grenade grind a couple weeks ago and was using Thermals against GBNs (using my AT-ST to help grab the dif 75 missions). I had no trouble taking out those lairs. Now, the past 3 times I've tried, I was quickly killed by them. I'm a Master Pikeman and 4/0/0/0 Commando with Melee Defense 3. Now it seems those GBNs are hitting me more frequently. Also, my last time out my armor was in top shape (as in I just bought it before going out). I really want to get my FS xp before the Downgrade. Can anyone lend a helpful hand and tell me what I'm doing wrong all of a sudden? Is the Melee Def tree broken so that the higher you get the easier you are to hit??

nades kill u at the same time they kil the baz nitches so unless u have tkm u might start to notice that once your armor is taken away(and it is destroyed quite fast with the nades) u might have a harder time with the biznitches just a drawback of using nades

The damage mitigation from TK is very useful in the nade grind like has been said above. You will take a nice amount of damage not having TK. I was TKM when I did my grind and had very little trouble as to damage taken. Not sure what defenses you get as master Pikeman. Also check to make sure there are no NS's spawning around the lair. Often times you will find they will sneek in and start whacking at ya while you are tossing.

Yes,make sure you have a full suit of composite with as high a blast rating as you can find. One piece being at 0/0 or even 1/4 it's normal condition lets damage through by the truckload.

To all that responded: thanks. But, like I said before, I was doing perfectly fine. I am aware that the Thermals will hurt me too. I had just, litterally, bought the armor, put it on, got buffed then went to Dathomir. My armor was fine. It had high resistances to Blast (and Kinetic). And, again, I didn't have a problem with them before yesturday. Doing the exact same procedure. With thermals and the armor. There were no NS around (I check before I get too close). Those GBNs are hitting me more frequently then they used to. Idk if anyone remembers the old Investigation Tree screw up awhile back, but that's what popped in my head with the Melee defense (the only thing that changed, I had got Melee Def 3, then logged, that's when I started having my problems).

As a side note, for those of you who are not aware (or do not remember) the Investigation (from the BH prof), what was going on was the their Droid Speed (how long it took a droid to report back a mark's location) got lower as they leveled (so it would actually take longer for the droid to report back as you got higher levels of Investigation). Now, it was actually supposed to go down and it took several months for the Dev team to fix the problem. And, from what I've read, Persuasion has been broken since it was introduced. This is why I'm a little skeptical about the Melee Def thing actually doing what it's supposed to do.

Fame Edigi - Dark Jedi Padawan

Imperial 4 life, member of LUNA

Pain is just weakness leaving your body!

and make sure you have good buffs, i once went out with 2100 buffs, and i died pretty fast. also, another thing, were you wearing a skirt by any chance? (there is reportedly an armour hole when wearing a skirt)

Kori Mir

*Continues to grind with same set of armor as before and is more then half way done* Dunno what is up with you guyz. BN dun hurt, nades dun hurt and its all been a breeze....maybe its cause ima TKM trando >=)

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Fame Edigi - Dark Jedi Padawan

Imperial 4 life, member of LUNA

Pain is just weakness leaving your body!

hope the melee defense tree will make things even easier....doesnt matter anyways, Im going to be done this weekend when in comes to grinding. You guyz are experiancing something wierd to me. My armor is still very healthy and far from using an armor repair tool

(gnnLi'hainnnnWX9gggggggggggggggggggggggggggg)

Had a similar problem awhile back and couldnt figure out what was going on, until I noticed I wasnt actually wearing my chestplate that I purchased.

Oops.

Amazingly enough, after I put the chestplate on, the damage I received dramatically decreased.

bleu-harst....I am the thunder you hear in the distance.