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I am now Master Rifleman, Master Teras Kasi and Medic 0340.
I am not entirely confident that this is a good PVP template. I am thinkg about doing the following template:

Master Rifleman
Master Bounty Hunter
Combat Medic 4000

Could I have some advice regarding this...

I am still unsure what to do !!

Thanx in advance

Mixed Range and Melee templates are not optimal post CU

the one you quote is FOTM but I would urge you to consider what you enjoy doing, it isnt just about stats

it is about having fun.

Hehehe... confused. Do you think it is a good template or not? what does FOTM mean?.

By the way I think I will thoroughly enjoy Bounty Hunter.

Thanx for the quick reply...

Message Edited by Puttley on 09-13-2005 05:10 PM

I'm MRM/MBH, 4000CM. This template is actually not a fotm template (aside from BH being popular). The current fotm BH temlate is MBH/MCM, (4000RM or 0004Pistols or 0040? Carbine).

This is a fun template for me as it enhances the use of my Bowcaster. BH is the profession that allows me to do the most damage, rifleman simply gives me access to my Bowcaster. So, if you're as attached to Rifles as I am then it's a great template but if you're in it for PvP you would probably be better off going Carbine as they have more damage than us Rifles.

So, you put two profs such as MBH/MCarbines together which both do more dmg than Rifles and I'd imagine it would be a strong character.

FOTM means flavour of the month, you may also hear "cookie cutter" to mean the same thing, basically a template everyone chooses because they heat that it is l33t. It even may be the current optimal but you can chase such goals forever. I am sure FOTM for october will be something involving SL 0400 or somesuch.

Look at the skills available to you from the different professions, consider how they will interact with each other and equally importantly your style of combat /play and build from there.

PVP temp?

Go Master CM/Carbineer/0-0-0-4 Doctor

M Rifles/MBH with CM is exactly the template my cousin/roommate uses, Ursus if you happen to know him. It performs very well, having the punch of the rifle damage, and some of the fun skills that are in BH. This combines very well for PvP.

It also helps in PvE, since he can get some good marks that drop pretty good loots. Sometimes it takes a bit of patience to get decent drops, but he has no trouble at all getting the marks.

The healing helps all around. Himself in PvP, in PvE, group PvP as a secondary/tertiary healer, group PvE functioning the same way.

Message Edited by Tempus74 on 09-13-2005 04:38 PM

Thank you all for giving me the advice... what I will do first is fill up the Bounty Hunter Tree and then test it to see if it suits my liking...

I am a MBH MRM 4000 cm and all i do is pvp. This template is really nice, great damage output (especially if you have an uber rifle) with nice heals from the cm branch. All you need to do is set up some macros with bactatoss self and bactashot self and a duelist stance one....once you get these set up you will have it easy pounding away and healing yourself. Great template for pvp....dont know about pve worth...dont really care either.

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ManUnited wrote:
I am a MBH MRM 4000 cm and all i do is pvp. This template is really nice, great damage output (especially if you have an uber rifle) with nice heals from the cm branch. All you need to do is set up some macros with bactatoss self and bactashot self and a duelist stance one....once you get these set up you will have it easy pounding away and healing yourself. Great template for pvp....dont know about pve worth...dont really care either.

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Same Template ROCKS HARD in PVE. its all i do, and it works GREAT.

/agree

it IS a FOTM, maybe only a bit less pupular than the MCM/MBH

i was this for awile and its fantasic in PvE (died only once to a boss mob and that was cuz i was on the phone) and good in PvP. just dont let any mellee guys get to close...