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Just been thinking about this popular combo being nerfed. Yep the CM's area heals will be worth something and the ranged weapons handicap (if kept) will no longer be a handicap but I was upset cos it looked like I was going to lose master on both (well and a few other things like disease buffs etc) BUT if crafting is going to the bio-engineer and this reduces the xp requirement... Does this mean doc/pikie will be the new tank? Pls agree/disagree and suggest whether this would be a good/bad idea? Obviously won't work if Pikie block does not get fixed but considering the stripping down of combat this seems possible...? Views?

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Aefich Anim
Master Pikey/Master Space fodder
Master Sarge and imp grunt

Currently I'm pike/doc and I love it. Defense on pike may not be the best but the heals more than make up for it. Even if we can't craft meds as a doc (post CU), we should still have crafting available from medic. Most of my current meds are crafted from the medic tree, so I'm kinda ready for the nerf bat to hit doc. As for tanking, I've tanked along side a swordsman/tk and he was the one in trouble 90% of the time. The only time I stopped tanking was to cure poison on a few teammates and drop a cure on them a couple of times.

Seeing how doc is most likely going to be a straight healer more than a crafter/healer, I think pike/doc is/will be the tank platform before and after the CU. I use doc more for the healing abilities than I do for crafting meds. Being able to heal damage in the middle of taking down a krayt is a far better defense, in my opinion. It's the after battle healing of others I'm more worried about. My usual hunting group loves having me in the forefront tanking away and healing them up afterwards. I just hope docs and medics don't get that totally nerfed away after the CU.

I'm a little worried about my Pike/MD combo as well. I've been tempted many times to drop MD, but it's so hard when you can pretty much take any mob and live to tell the tale..... just going to miss crafting my own buffs. Wish they wouldn't take my crafting tree.....

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After what the devs are saying about the power of ranged proffs i decided to go Master Pikeman/M Rifleman- grinded it in 3 days by gettting a krayt DL20a and capping combat XP to do 0004 before i even started. . . . . .

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