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I had this template a long time I tended to not use pistols much I carried an ALR and use that to put states on folks at range then close to use TK skills.

I was thinking this for my alt, is it a viable temp for PVE? Just wondering.

I have this template, its not bad for pve, though i dont do a lot of pvp with it, just doesnt hit hard enough for that. I do like that i dont have to wear armor, but can if i choose, and I dont need a doc to heal my wounds. I switch between a KoK and a lightweight fw5g, that a friend made me that is great, as the situation dimands.

I used to be M smuggler, TKM, Swords 0040, novice medic. Worked pretty good for PvE (melee with a katarn or nightblade) but it wasn't uber or anything. If you're careful you can solo-tank Giant Krayts and under. Grands and Ancients will just send you to the cloner. If I hadn't of went BH for the loot I'd still be that template.

If you go that way, use a med / combat droid... med to help keep you alive, combat to help a tad with damage and stay alive longer. It helps healing even after it's incapped as long as you stay near it.

If all else fails, /feign. As with any melee template, CoB is the key to staying alive.

Oh, and the one duel I did do with that template was a full temp Jedi Knight. I did plenty of damage to him, I just couldn't heal fast enough. Had himdown to 1/4 heal in about 3-4 seconds, but he did a little more damage than me and I couldn't heal fastenough once I started trying. Bad part is that the only armor you can wear is recon. Reconbites for going up against most melee and some ranged with kinetic guns, but if you want an armor break slice that's all you canget. Probably not very good for PvP at unless all you want to do is group PvP and run around landing armor break then feign until they forget about you. If force of will is ever fixed, then it might be decent afterall, since you could use last ditch a little more often just to catch somebody by suprise.

If you do go with that temp, get to know medical droids and citros snow cake well, you'll need them against high end stuff. Also get in the habit of pulling out a pistol after you refresh CoB and land low blow... helps avoid healing as much with the 40% combat slow. Overwelming shot makes it a lot easier to land states as well. You can concussion shot if you get adds, but it's a pain to keep switching out to a pistol to daze things.

Here's a PvE comparison for you: With my old TKM / Msmuggler / swords 0040 / novice med template, I couldn't handle those level 88 black sun guys at all. They just did too much damage when in melee mode. I can handle them now as BH / smuggler, but it's a rough fight. Both templates I can handle nightsisters just fine as long as I don't get more than 5 or so at a time. Lack of an area attack makes it bad for grinding... but you don't sound like the jedi wannabe type.

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ShrekECPI wrote:

This is my current template and I can tell you that you will need a group for meaningful content.

This is the template for drugged up hippies that like to pick fist fights

and lose.

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The Cheech and Chong inspired smuggler eh?

This is my template, well, that and novice musician.

You should be able to solo a level 85 MOB. I tend to find that I rarely miss with Concussion or Panic should the need arise to use them, even in PVP.

I'm a roleplayer, so if I pull my pistol in PVP,it's to Root and Run. You do damage at a moderate rate, but as someone previously stated, you can heal your own wounds, and powerboost + Last Ditch make for a good grand finale'

My main is TKM/Smuggler right now. Melee stuff I keep ranged, while I melee stuff that would like to stay ranged. It's no power combo, but it works for me and my income bracket.