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Why is it you hate creature handlers so much?

Seriously.. I wanna know

My kitty died earlier today

Droop,

There are a number of reasons for my hatred, besides the fact that the Emperor says I should hate something because "my hate will make me powerful".

1.) They are whiny - There are 3 constants in the Universe. Death, Taxes, and CHs complaining about how long it takes to get Scout XP. Even before I was coorespondent, one of the things I was sure to see on the Scout boards was a CH posting a request for someone to tell him how to get Scouting XP "VERY FAST!!!!!!11111" It galled me- this was my favorite profession, what I had planned to do since September of last year, and these guys were racing through it like it was a waste of their time. It's one of the main reasons I wrote my first guide, which I believe landed me the correspondent slot. I figured if I wrote out how to do it, they'd shut up. It's mostly worked.

2.) They don't recognize how overpowered they are - Even before the nerf bat bloodied them, they still didn't understand how simply stupid it was for a novice to be able to control 3 gnarled rancors. And the use of pets in PvP turned me off on it quickly. This added to the massive lag a town full of pets gets, and you've got the start of an annoyed Briscy.

3.) They got even more whiny after the nerfing - While I recognize that getting nerfed sucks (I'm a rifleman with a T21, need I say more?) it's no reason to quit the game. The amount of complaining, flaming the dev posts, etc. that you see on their boards is a testament to their maturity. Oh well.

So that's what I don't like CHs.

It's not personal - well, maybe it is. I've gotten killed too many times by some **edit** Rebs gurreck in Theed to not want to stomp them into the ground.

But also keep in mind that this hatred is also really more of a running joke now than anything serious. I know they're an important part of the Universe, and the largest portion of my Scouting peeps are CHs. So don't flame me too hard here.

B

mmm, 2 rancors and 3 at sts...

I mean..... chs should die... ahem

Stiv,

Don't get any bright ideas.

And I'm seriously waiting for that.

B

Just wait until they can get monkeys, then let's see who hops on the bandwagon...

I getcha Delt. I figured it was something along those lines.

Whereas me, hitting novice CH was seriously something like endgame for me. All I want to do now is stand in street corners and play with my pets

I don't think I'm EVER going to go up in the skill trees anymore (well, as soon as I get /trick2, I'm done)..

Although I am a little surprised you haven't picked up CH to go get yourself one of those many Simians scattered on Yavin and Endor

Being a Scout first and a CH second, I'll speak my peice.

1.) I have not yet whined about pets. I think having a novice CH with 3 rancors is a bad idea and I was one of those guys lobbying for a change. The change they made was along the lines that I suggested. (I'm not saying that the DEV's used my idea, but it was very close)

2.) One way to beat a pet, is to take out the pet owner. You can outrun a pet and shoot and incap the owner. Once the CH is incapped, the pet stops attacking. Beleive me, I know! I for one only call my pets when I'm on the outskirts of town, never in a hospital and never in a cantina.

3.) I have yet to complain about any changes to the CH profession. I actually agree with some of them and will live with the rest.

I don't appreciate the stereotyping of all CH's. That's like saying all members of TR are arseholes. Wait.....that might be true......

Rongy,

Like I said - this is more tongue in cheek now than anything else.

Do me a favor. Scroll back through and take a look at some of the old, old Scout posts.

I can guarantee that the ones that are whiny, bitch about the rate of getting XP, beg for tips to get Scout XP fast, or are flame/troll bait come from CHs.

I've met a lot of CHs that I like - you and Xygar, and the others - so of course this stereotype isn't 100% accurate. But it wouldn't be a stereotype if it weren't true some of the time.

I kid, I kid.

B

Fluffy, Attack!

me thinks I need to sic my fluffy bunny on you!

No problem Brisc. There are things in the game which I do not like. HAM costs on carbines, theme park contacts attacking you, etc.

I love the game, been playing solid for over 6 months now, if you count beta.

Ronge,

I love fluffy bunnies. They taste like chicken.

Speaking of chicken, Sanders (my pet Kaadu) has already grown up - which I'm impressed by. I'm going to have to figure out how to eat her really, really soon.

B

Master Scout first. CH second.

The CHlers that are left, are not the leet hazors that most dislike. The only things I complain about is the game *bugs* (disapearing pets, having to make a camp to recall them, horrid pathing etc etc...)

"Hi, everyone, my name is Ikoru and I'm a recovering Creature Handler-first Scout-second."

"Hi, Ikoru"

I've been so pleased with the scouting/ranger professions that being a CH is not as rewarding as before. I used to try to maximize my CH xp... now I hunt with a grand wrix and get only a handful (typically just one) CH xp per kill... because I need more bone! Hide! Meat!

Being a reader of the CH boards, although there aren't as many people demonstrating their munchkinism, there are still a large number who complain at being not strong enough or complain about the fixes (or, in their minds "nerfs") that have been implemented. I find the "increase max CL to over 70!" extremely uncreative and dull and I don't blame the developers for trying to find a better solution to make MCH an interesting goal.