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I use channel in combat all the time. All it does is lose about 300 health, restores in about one minute. As a FA user, I use channel to tank, I also use Channel in duels consistantly, it's how I outlast Mdefs, there's nothing wrong with it.. Just gotta practice with it is all

Yes it drains your mind, but if you get in one of those spots, pop some syn and just don't take any action for a short bit (hopefully using booster as well) along with any other mind stuff you got, and you'll be back in business

In fact I have a channel macro, havn't used it in awhile though, but used too all the time both grinding and pvp..AM

Yeah I use channel all the time in pve, I don't know about pvp yet since I'm still a weak and pathetic jedi.

In fact I DEPEND on channel in a lot of my BH fights. Because I have a MDef template they don't do a ton of damage to me and the fights last longer.... my last one that came to completion was probably 1Hr 15Mins long. I did that entire fight without using a Holo so you can guess how much I was able to channel (a ton).

I see nothing wrong with the way channel works now... Granted you can't wait until you are at 25% force and expect to channel all the way back up but if you manage your force and channel every once in awhile when you are still up around 75 or 80% force and then make sure your Health pool is back up before you use it again... there are no problems.

Not sure if you are using it but two items I depend on also are Vag Canape and Booster Blue.... with these my health is around 3750 so I can channel one or two times and still be above 3000.

In PVE at least the trick is using it in the right spot and doing so over time. If I use channel throughout the fight I keep my force up and the HAM costs are regenned rather quickly. If I get lazy and let it get to low then its hard to keep my force bar up.


I think if you used it in pvp it would have to be early in the fight because you don't want to channel late when all your stats are very low. At that point if you are channeling it should be to forcerun I think

yup, the key to channeling is when you do it. Once my force hits 75% or so, I channel...usually earlier. I don't like it getting below that, because if more trouble shuttles in (open pvp, or a bh ambush) I'll need it.. I have one holo my jedi mentor gave me when I unlocked, and have never had to use it.. I have only completely ran out of force once, when I was in a picket hunting group with a bunch of cl 20's and was healing then constantly, thus giving me aggro, which drained my FA like a punk.. good thing is I tanked long enough for them to take down the pickets, but I was at 0 mind 0 force at the end of that encounter.

Another key to help keep your force and mind up, is when you are trying to regin your mind, don't use force heal, use stims instead

Also when you need to regen mind back up, with aura and FA2, /kneel and help a bunch.

Channel isn't bad at all when used right. I use it in both PvE and PvP, it's not like I am trying to use it over and over again when fighting but if used lik every min or 2 I'm usually ok.

Channel is perfectly fine.

If anything, its Meditate that needs the love - it just doesn't increase regen enough for a tier 4 skill (I believe it is x3). x5 would be nice, or better still x10.

channel is definatly a skill worth learning to use properly in fights, it can be used you just have to learn when where and how to do it safely