Medic Archive

1.Flaming/Diseasing Pets for XP

Healing XP can be gained by having a Commando flame or a CM Disease your pet. Then you can heal the wounds on the pet for faster XP gains. Since pet stimming is not allowed for XP this leads some to question if this is an exploit.

2.Tumble/Healing Exploit

Healing XP can be macroed and easily gained by having someone use any of the Tumble commands to cause themselves damage while the healer stims them for XP.

There is no real priority listtocreate on just two issues, I don't think,so there's no real need to vote for it. Besides, the second exploit is likely to no longer be an issue at all once the combat revamp is completed. I've stickied here only for consistency/archival's sake.

[Edit: Added the pet wound healing issue.]

Message Edited by Zarlor on 12-24-2003 02:03 PM

What about flaming pets and healing their wounds for xp? If we dont get xp for healing damage we shouldnt get any for healing wounds either.

Ok. Exactly where were you when I put this list up for discussion originally?

Now I gotta add one.... grumble, grumble.

People are 1 starring any post that will get the fast XP turned off.

As if the devs are gonna stop it in the morning or something.

-T

Yeah, really. Thanks to those folks who upped the post a bit so it will show up for those who may have it filtered.

I dont seethe tumblingas bad. You need to practice medicine, you create a patient. Not exactly sure what the difference is between following someone healing them or standing and healing them.

Well, none of these really bother me, personally, either. But they do get mentioned often enough that I can't, in good conscience, not list them.

Hmm... now I wonder why I got one-starred... would someone be so kind as to at least get it up to 2 so those few folks who have their filters on can at least see this thread? I'll have to get a Mod to do it if not.

5 stars for ya

Z, 5 stars for you aswell. Bloody 1 star creeps...*mumbles*

Thanks all. I don't think I need any more. I don't care what my star ratings are, as long as the stickied posts are at least 2 stars, if they have a rating.

I have noticed that we got hit here and on the Doc forum by a one-star ninja for Chrsitmas, so I upped the ratings on all of those that I could. Just some kid having what they think is fun, is all.

I'm sorry, i have to disagree. The tumbletostanding and healing pet wounds are good for medics. It would (did) take weeks to master medic by joining groups (almost everyone hunting now gets master doc buffs) and hanging out in med center/cantina healing. I know; your thinking what's wrong with this?? Well, i mastered pistoleer in 2 days. Yeah, 2 whole days. No exploits either just bleeds. Almost every other class is like this as well. I just mastered architect in under an hour last night.. Yeah, master architect in under an hour (now that is broke). The original pet healing nerf hurt, i know my wookie would never have seen doctor without it. I can't think of one profession that can't be mastered in days (well, maybe rifleman ; why should medic be different?

How do you Master CH or BH in a few days?

And if those other profession can be Mastered in meredays, don't you think there is a problem with those professions? Sounds to me like there is something wrong with the XP gain rate on some of those other professions.

Not that it matters, since it's probably going to go away soon enough anyway.

Then again it's also not an issue I could really givea rat's patootie about, personally. I think it's kinda cheesy and definitely not a fun way to get XP, but if folks wanna do it, more power to 'em. Those who really want to play the profession will play it and enjoy it, those who don't will likely find it more of a chore anyway and move on to another profession. The only problem those folks bring comes not from grinding out thier healing XP, but from taking the massive creds they often bring in and drive up the prices of medic usable resources to the point where the otherwise poorly paid medics can no longer afford them. (Not that they could afford a lot to begin with, mind you.)

These are not exploits because they can be done in regualr game play during regualr circumstances. If somebody tumbles in the battle field they need to be healed, people are cutting out the middle man (attacking) and just tumbling in the med center. Yeah its kinda cheap but it works and its just doing what would have to be done a little faster.