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Saarek

Tue May 31, 2005 6:36 am

Nice. thanks.

Any others?

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Ternque01

Tue May 31, 2005 8:53 am

#41

Seriously, you need to get used to running in PvP if all you have is Master Smuggler, because your damage output and defenses won't be enough against 90% of the PvP'ers out there.

I suggest that you get in a group and act a their crowd control specialists. I might recommend you pick up a super fast rifle just so you can root, snare, and put states on players. Go buy some 1200 rated stim D's if you are high enough level to use them, then buy some Ruby Bliel so you can use those stims every 30 seconds.

Put KD Recovery on your toolbar where you can mash it real good. If you are PvP'ing in the galactic civil war, I suggest you root the Jedi first with Concussion Shot.

Face it, with only Master Smuggler, you are going to fill a support role, and that's about it. Either keep every enemy rooted (which is extremely valuable, especially against Jedi), or try your hand at using Overwhelming Shot then Low Blow, Panic Shot, and any other state you can lay.

Good luck if you run up against 8 Jedi... oh wait... I meant make sure you have a will written up.

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Ternque01

Tue May 31, 2005 8:55 am

#42

Oh yea, buy some Vasarian Brandy and a crate of Neutron Pixie. It will help keep your action bar alive. Oh... make sure that the weapon you are using either has a super low Action Cost, or that you buy some ranged powerups that cut the action cost.

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IdiosiamoGorath

Tue May 31, 2005 1:09 pm

#43

I did'nt PvP often pre CU, but afterwards I have alot. But against Melee charactersmy favorite macro is a loop of Roots (stopping shot and concussion shots) timed so that with 3 seconds left I land a snare (such as crippling shot or restraint shot) then with 5 seconds left on that itll usually rip out another Root. And yet again a crippling shot or KD (I useCharge shot). Then its timed to loop around and start again. It looks something like this...

/concussionshot

/pause **

/restraintshot

/pause **

/stoppingshot

/pause **

/chargeshot

/pause **

/macro (Whatever you name it)

Dont forget to have the /dump command ready if you miss your first shot.

I've beat jedi and pikeman and a whole slew of other melee characters. I usualy use it fighting level 87 npc melee users...

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SwenLaransa

Tue May 31, 2005 1:29 pm

#44

Oh! Almost forgot another fun thing to do PvP as a smuggler! I don't know if they work again or not, but bomb droids are so much fun. Smugglers and BH's can use them at novice. Basically you buy a droid full of explosives, set the 3 tick timer, and run like hell.

Tonnes of fun.

Swen Laransa
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Sengis

Tue May 31, 2005 3:05 pm

#45

and of course fd breks root against u

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Saarek

Tue May 31, 2005 9:50 pm

#46

SwenLaransa wrote:
Oh! Almost forgot another fun thing to do PvP as a smuggler! I don't know if they work again or not, but bomb droids are so much fun. Smugglers and BH's can use them at novice. Basically you buy a droid full of explosives, set the 3 tick timer, and run like hell.

Tonnes of fun.

ROFL im gonna haveta try that one.

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Nathanielstarr

Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:23 am

#47

All the advise is good and some of you have some very interesting ideas. You'd get far in pvp...until a jedi shows up.

Saarek

Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:24 am

#48

Nathanielstarr wrote:

All the advise is good and some of you have some very interesting ideas. You'd get far in pvp...until a jedi shows up.

LOL I have already PvP'd 2 jedi and they both fell to my mighty DL44XT/Laser Rifle.

OH! And I tried that MSE Droid Bomb - HAHAHA It worked like a charm. The jedi I pvp'd said to me afterwards: "I was wondering what that thing was... then BOOM. And all of a sudden it all made sense."

Hillarious. It was great to see Jedi aren't the mighty force the bloke above (and many others) think they are.

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Orew

Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:36 pm

#49

I am having a lot of fun with master smuggler / master rifleman.

Root first, then fire at will from 65m... honestly, it is a little too easy - I expect a nerf soon.

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Gunman21

Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:44 am

#50

Here's some tips on having a pike template and PvPing:

Template

Have 4000 doctor in your template, along with a 2nd melee mastery. This will give you the ability to survive much, much longer on the battlefield than a template without healing. It's essential to have this as a melee player both in pve and pvp. Pike/Swords/4000 doc will give you improved damage, Pike/TKA/4000 doc will give you great defenses and decent damage (in addition to never having to buy armor!).

Be prepared!

You must be prepared before entering PvP.

Buy the best weapon you can find and add a speed powerup to it. These will drain your action fast, but give you the best DPS around (speed powerups can increase your modified dps 300+!).

Have good armor (unless you are TKM, then you don't need armor /wink). Get the best armor you can find. The stats on the armor are should be based on who you fight against the most. IE if you are fighting Jedi the most, make sure you get the highest energy protection you can find. If you are fighting mixed templates a lot, make sure the protection for energy/kinetic are even.

Buy/loot attachmentsthat increase your skills. These will help you be a better combatant and last longer in battle. Speed/Accuracy/Defense attachments are the ones that come to mind first. +25 to each stat is all you can get though, so try and maximize that without going over. If you can, get +general melee speed/accuracy tapes as well as +pikeman speed/accuracy/defense.

Foods and Spices

Foods are extremely important in PvP. Blob Candy, Bofa Treats, Wafers, Elshandruu Pica Thundercloud, vegeparsine, Pikatta Pie, Synthsteak, Corellian Ale, Crispic, and others will help you be a better combatant. Check out the chef forums or talk to your local chef to get a good mix of foods that will best suit your needs.

Group

You need a good group in order to succede, otherwise you will be ganked. The group doesn't have to be full, but running around Special Forces solo is not recommended

Practice

Practice makes Perfect! PvP often, and ask friends if they have suggestions on tactics or other things that will help you become a better PvPer. It's great to ask others because they might see something you're doing/not doingthat you don't and can help you improve.

Play Nice!

The motto for PvP is red=dead. But sometimes it's nice to let that level 40 overt player go after you incap him once as a warning. New players arn't accustomed to PvP and could be in for a frustrating night being ganked by vet players. Of course, it's up to you wether you do this or not, but you could earn some respect from other players around youif they see you let someone like this live.

I hope this helped! Now get out there and support your faction!

Aidelon Kejaci
Legends Among Warriors
Former pikeman correspondent December 2003 - August 2005.

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antares_Kauri

Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:14 am

#51

Great tips!

antares

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Spectrokilla

Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:41 am

#52

Aye! go gunman!.. lol. Now im kindof glad that i never did get that position as the correspondant. Or the whole pikeman forums would be like.. bleh... lol

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