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Thread: Muon Gold a necessity at master level?
I'm at 4144 now and about 900k away from master. Another couple of nights grinding should do it.
Anyway, my story regarding drugs is this...
I first started using them about 4 days ago. Got some Thrusterhead and Muon from my smuggler friend as "samples" to try out. My first reaction was of course, WOW! This stuff is great! Then the downer hit and I was sad for a while. Then I did it again and was happy again, then the downer hit and sad, so on and so on.
This cycle repeated itself for about 7 or 8 times when I got overzealous and let my mind get below 50% before the downer hit. I awaited the incap and then suddenly, I died.
Requesting clone activation...
My smuggler friend was with me when it happened and thought it was funny as hell...
So now I'm in rehab for 28 days...
Don't do crack!
CaLVines wrote:
BlasterForHire wrote:
i have to use it. also use glazed glucose pate. i have my stats max'd for a zabrak at 500/900/1000.
Are you sure it's not 1000/500/900? At least that's my maximum stats as a zabrak...
gah.... i got those out of order. you are correct... mindpool is 1000, focus 500, willpower 900.
Serenius wrote:
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Don't abandon your other rifleman moves for strafeshot2. I can do fine in PvP without muon with HS2 on a laser rifle without a stock. Usually will take about 1/4-1/2 my mind pool for one person (depending on how good the damage rolls are), and if I take off my helm when the coast is clear, it comes back quick.
iuse SS2 exclusively because of the 1 shot incap potential. with rangedKD's being so common, you really want to make the first shot count, and my chosen pvp laserrifle is max damage 700+. that gives mea 1 shot incap about 40% of the time against hams of roughly 900. against hams of roughly 700, i get 1 shot incapsover halfof the time.
so, yes.. you can kill someone with HS2 with less mindpool usage, but you wont get them in one shot (unless they have a ridiculously low mind pool) and that means more chances for them to kd you.
well, muon used to be a favourite..
but i mainly use :
Ice blaster( 3 at a time)..
glazed glucose plate x2..
+the weird toughened meat stuff covered in syrup sometimes(forgot the name) bio engineered to last 40% longer 
I mainly use thruster head (+600,+200,+0)when i reeally need a pick-me-up as i dont want the -500 penalties on focus+willpower that muon gives....
sometimes i dabble with fishak surprise when thruster runs out, i just keep killing while the downtime goes away ...
Breath of heaven is nice, but.. nah not my style..
Food reeally helps now that most of the stat bugs have been ironed out ..
(hated being stuck at 200of a mind statuntil clone)
P.S never been killed by a downer by bolstering with some food.
D.S
2 cents
One box from master, so I can't be sure how high the HAM costs are on SS2 but I'll agree with a poster further above me about the foods. My personal favourites are Breath of Heaven, Ryschate and Fried Corellian Ice Cream for a focus of around 1500. HAM costs are minimal (infact, with a T-21 and -16%Mind powerup, I've had mind costs completely eradicated with some shots, only losing 4 points of health with each shot!).
To answer your question about duration, I find that with good buffs you'll probably be able to take more by the time they wear off. One important thing to consider though is the quality of the buffs. There's a huge difference between good quality food and bad quality. I'll always pay the extra for better quality food. It'll give you a bigger buff and last for longer.
The Ice Blaster/(whatever else you said - sorry, it's late!) combo sounds ike a good one too. If you want to try a different mix, Angarian Fishak Suprise might be worth a look for +500 mind too.
In short, the foods I can think of off the top of my head that would be useful are:
Breath of Heaven (Drink)
Angerian Fishak Suprise (Drink)
Ice Blaster (Drink)
Veghash (Food)
Ryshcate (Food)
Glazed Glucose Pate (Food)
Fried Corellian Ice Cream (Food)
There may be others, but these are the one's that immediately come to mind. Have a play around with them and find out which combination suits you best, but don't forget to spend some time shopping around for the quality goods before you make any comparisons.
Hope it helps.
Zebri Kharan
Master Ranger, Almost Master Rifleman (One box to go!)
Lowca
my mind stats are 1000/600/600 as a human
i use 2 master chef items:
breath of heaven: +600 focus, 9 minutes
vercupti: +600 willlpower 10 minutes
these 2 things put SS2 at 50 per shot, and if i put some muon on top of that, i either use 10 mind, or end up using like10 action or health lol
master musican buff's are reallly good too, but i dont waste the time with them....dancer buff's are sorta useless, riflemen need secondaries more than the primary mind pool.
A I M E S its not a neccesity.. I could spam SS2 with only 3-15 HAM... with my Zabrak will power -15mind special and a low HAM LaserRifle everything is fine and dandy
My Secret.. Food
1 Breath of Heaven.. 1 Corellian Ice Cream and 1 Ryschate. Breath of heaven is a Master Chef food and you could take 1 at a time and is a drink..the other 2 is tier 4 Chef foods you could take 1 Corellian and 1 Ryschate or 2 Ryschates ..
those 3 taken at the same time stacks your focus to around 1500 for me. hence the -15 mind special..
But, how long does the effect last, and how long are you full after it? In other words, how long can you be effective, and how long do you have to work with your normal stats?
And what does that food cost, compared to moun gold?
Oh, and there is one pinned thread about food/drinks. Maybe you could post your tactics there as well, I'm sure people are intersted.
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Don't abandon your other rifleman moves for strafeshot2. I can do fine in PvP without muon with HS2 on a laser rifle without a stock. Usually will take about 1/4-1/2 my mind pool for one person (depending on how good the damage rolls are), and if I take off my helm when the coast is clear, it comes back quick.
Love your Sig LordBlothgar
*chuckle*