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What is the best HAM stats for a human rifleman? I recently increased my mind quite a bit (I think im about 900/700/800 or close to that in primary stats), but I'm not sure how high to bring up my secondary stats.

I have my mind statsat 1100/1100/800 but I'm a doc so my HA stats don't matter. I still run out of mind even with stats like that.

I think go with as high secondaries as possible. They will allow you to shoot longer than a high mind stat alone. I'd rather have a lower mind than lower secondaries. Of course you need enough mind to be able to kill your target. But higher focus will decrease your costs, and higher willpower will regenerate mind faster. You will like both


If you are going fully rifleman, the sad fact is that with the 2.5 melee multiplier almost everything will kill you very fast. It does not really matter if you have 1000 or 500 health. if something charges you, you are dead in most cases anyway.

Also, getting your HA stats buffed by doctors is easier, faster, more effective and easier to find than getting buffs for M. Also it's healable.

So my recommendation would be to max out all mind stats and take lower health/action pools instead.

I've got mine at 800/650/800 (I think - just migrated them). I found that with buffs I can get over 1100, at which point I can spam specials on my T21 just like any other pistoleer (3/1/3/2). I'm experimenting with cranking up the regen rate at the expense of the pool right now.

My stats are set like this

Health800/Action800/Mind800/Focus900/Willpower500

My down time aint that bad, and creatures need to hit me more than once to kill me.

I have my stats set to the following

Health 800/400/400

Action 700/400/400

Mind 900/700/700

With buffs I my stats are usually this.

Health 2100/1900/1900

Action

We need an edit button!!!!!

As I was saying with buff I am usually around

Health 2100/1900/1900

Action 2100/1900/1900

Mind 1900/1500/1500

3930/4170/4258 with buffs TK + Rifle is good

^ What he said.

lol.

i am a mon calamari, and i started my toon as a scout. what i need to know is whatthe best HAM layout for my character. also, is focus or willpower more important?

thanks

anybody??? what do u guys think would be best???

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Not sure what the min/maxes are for your race, but really you'll want to max both focus and willpower. Don't quote me, but I think willpower scales a little better then focus (regen rate increase pays of a bit more then the special cost decrease iirc). However, you'll really want to max both of them together as our specials are rather mind intensive and you'll want as much benefit from both as possible. Even with both maxed you're still going to want to have access to musician buffs, food, and/or spice depending on the situation.

Quite a few folks have basically gone with the template of going high on health/action, min on those secondaries, and then every other point spent to max mind/focus/willpower. For an example, my initial layout with my zabrak was 900/300/300, 900/300/300, 1000/500/900. I've modified it a bit as I now have a pet master doctor and I've been wearing armor of late, but that was just a personal preference.