Smuggler Archive
Thread: Professional Cross-Roads
Well, there is always the triple master (tka, smugg, pistol). While this can be a potentially devastating combination in PvP with the proper equipment, high end kinetic resist mobs will laugh at you in PvE. Yes I know this CAN be a viable PvE template, but it takes a heck of a lot more planning and effort than a fly-by-the-seat-of your-pants average smuggler may be willing to dish out.
Hmm, I should probably ask if you wanted to pick up master smuggler, or simply dabble with the dirty fighting. If you go master though, you may want to keep at least the flamethrower branch of commando, then delegate leftover points between the dodge of pistoleer, and the defenses and meditate of the TKA skill onion.
If you want an example of what I'm going for, as comparison, I've got master smugg, soon to have master TKA, then working on rifleman 4-4-0-4. Good defenses, different types of damage for the different mobs, high damage output at range and up close, with feign death and sticking a lowblow or 2 in there when i've managed to dizzy them with the rifle.
Lemme know about whether or not you are looking for master smugg, or just the ever-cool Rogue title though. That could make a heap of difference in your template.
Keep in mind that Smugglers may well be getting some nifty unarmed moves/mods come patch 11.
The idea is primarily to go for master smuggler, though I may end up stopping at slicing and dirty fighting 4. I do like the template you suggested, though I may end up going for heavy support weapons in place of the defensive modifiers of TKA, simply to have an AP3 attack for high-level group encounter situations.