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Ive been pondering this for a few days now, ever since I decided to create a second character on Infinity to try out the Ranger profession. Ive decided not to bother taming my own pets, but I wanted a little CH anyway, so I could store more in my datapad, and so any BE pets I bought would be cheaper/easier to get my hands on.

I eventually decided on the following, but your experiance would be very helpful in deciding whether it has enough offensive power etc.

Master Scout(77)
Marksman 4003(38)
Master Ranger(63)
Rifleman 4434(60)
Creature Handler 0100(11)
Total = 249 SP

Any good?

I'd argue that you would want to either drop the CH or the ranged support to get Master Rifleman. Right now, Master RIfleman gives a huge increase to your killing power (much more than you would get from either CH or Ranged Support). CH is nice but 0/1/0/0 CH won't give you any pet that can withstand the creatures you can solo as a Master Rifleman (rancors usually drop before they can reach you if you start shooting at 64m). I personally used to have Master Ranger/Master Rifleman/Marksman 4/0/0/4. The suppression fire gave me a bit of extra time before the rancor (or whatever other mob it was) had a chance to close. Other people like taking CH up to the third tier in a skill as it gives you a pet that can withstand a few hits from a rancor level mob (about 5k HAM pets, CL 19). And some people like taking Novice Medic to heal themselves. But I would strongly recommend getting Master Rifleman and specializing in one of CH/Ranged Support/Medic.

Lythender Nirou
Master Ranger/Master Squad Leader
Eclipse Server

I would have to agree that your templete for CH will not be very useful. My current templet works great for combat and is a lot of fun for RP purposes. I love running around and hunting with my animals, but you will need BE lvl 19 pets to even be of use when you reach the top tier of rifleman. My suggestion if you are set on have CH.

Master Ranger-Master Rifleman-Creature Handler 0-0-3-0

This way you can have lvl 19 pets with good resist and ham, if you find a good BE, and you will have I think it is 13 pets in you datapad. I don't need to use stims between battles, I just give my pet a breather and use another.

The template that I will return to one day with Ranger will be Master Ranger/Master Rifleman and enough CH to get a lvl 19 pet. Which lets me ride my Wasteland Cupa around.

Hmm, so it would be best to drop the Ranged Support tree? The reason I included it was because I had read that its attacks were very handy, however I suppose your right, with CH I have pets to tank for me. Im primarily creating this character for some run roleplay hunting when I want to escape from the stiff, overbearing Commissar Hark character I have on Chimaera, and the only reason I wanted some CH was so I would be able to get certain pet "skins" from BEs I couldnt as a "normie", as well as the ability to store additional pets(I plan to have a different mount for each style of planet, whats the point in using a mount that evolved on a swampy planet like naboo on a desert wasteland like tatooine? It wouldnt last five minutes).

So, again, would it be better(assuming I go master ranger/master rifleman) to go with the Ranged Support tree, or a chunk of CH?

Thanks for all the advice folks, I think Ill just wait until Im at the level I have to choose, then try both and see which suits me better. "Pokemeon on crack"...hehehehe