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I thought that melee Rangers DO get the "to hit" bonus now. Am I wrong?

"what are you thoughts on Ranger + Melee/TKA?"

- I enjoy the "in your face" combat that melee provides. Its fast and furious, and very exciting at times.

- The crowd control moves (spin attacks) are also quite amusing when surrounded by a dozen light blue beasties.

- If you are factioned, then I do suggest going Overt and pulling out a couple troopers before wading into larger battles against ranged NPCs. It can get dangerous against a large group of Ranged opponents if you don't have someone to take some of the fire.

- You should of course read up on the limitations/issues regarding melee combat in the PvE and PvP arena, before jumping in headfirst.

Issues I have run into:

1) Large HAM costs for special moves: Unlike Pistoleers who can spam special moves near constantly, meleers need to space their moves out or risk incapping themselves

2) Target out of Range: Many of the "longer" beasts (like snakes, Fambaas, etc.) tend to move away from you during combat, though they can still hit you, you can't hit them.

3) Kiting: With the recent addition of position change timers, you have one shot to stop a kiting NPC and pummel him to death, before they get back up and kite you for the next 20 seconds.

4) Armor wear: Because you are in close range, your armor will degrade faster than a Ranged fighter. This in effect makes wearing armor cost ineffective... Especially the more expensive armor.

5) Lack of good weapons:If youfind a Weaponsmith who sells good quality melee weapons, buy 4 of each. There are few people who bother with making GOOD melee weapons due to limited demand.

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If you can handle the challenge, I encourage you to join the dark side.

NRaas, thanks for the info. As always, informative and helpful.

The close up action does seem exciting, but I remembered when I was going for smuggler I didn't like all the running around I had to do with unarmed. Just so much easier to shoot. =) I've been reading the proposed upgrades TKA will be getting and they seem like a great addition. A shortlived burstrun type attack would be great IMO for those NPC kiters.

Still thinking about it. It's a good thing SWG allows you to surrender skills. That's one thing they got right.

"A shortlived burstrun type attack would be great IMO for those NPC kiters."

BTW. That's my suggestion... not something that's proposed...

"It's a good thing SWG allows you to surrender skills. That's one thing they got right."

- Definitely. Being able to surrender skills, without rerolling my entire character, is the main reason I chose this game to play over all other MMOGs.

- I was a UO gamer. If I can't changeskills midstream, its not the system for me.

I'm currently climbing up the Pistoleer tree. I can live with the pistoleer deficiencies until they're fixed so that's not the issue. If I take TKA or any other elite brawler profession for that matter, I can master it and keep First Aid I. Not the mention I like the fact that TKA's can heal their own wounds although our camps do that too.

Current meleers, what are you thoughts on Ranger + Melee/TKA? I dont care that I dont get a creature bonus to hit currently.

well I for one DO CARE that we dont get that creature to hit bonus. It woudl be helpful and would make sense too.




I have foudn Ranger / TA to be an enjoyabel combination so far. Though far from the max power combo you coudl get if tried a different profession plus Ranger.