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also how do we fair damage wise compared to swordsman should i just skip pikes and just do swords? Im looking for the big damage hits.

if you dont double master dont plan on soloing at all...

for every lvl the mob is higher than you, they do increasingly more damage. also, your health increases as you get to higher cl's.

Message Edited by Iridescence on 05-17-2005 02:36 PM

the key to soloing is in two parts:

1. you need combat lvl 80 or the high end stuff will kill you, no matter what your template is. this is for two reasons, first, your health increases as your cl increases. secondly, things that are a higher lvl than you will hit for more damage. they get a bonus of sorts for being a higher lvl.

2. the key to soloing is not doing damage, its defence. In order to solo you need at least a double combat master to reach cl 80 (see #1). In order to stay alive, you will want tkm or doc to be one of your mastered professions. It doesnt matter how much damage you do if you cant live long enough to do the damage.

I would recommend going Doc 4000 just for the variety of heals and then Master Pike and TKM. I like the TKMs innate armor and the pike and TKM are supposed to be the melee tanks. You can do very well with that build, probably hold your own against a jedi knight as well.