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I've got until friday night to decide my "final" smuggler PvPspec, and I haven't come up with anything spectacularI'm currently torn between two templates, both involving the following I'm torn as to what to do with the remaining points, though.

The two options I like the best are rifleman (for damage, 303 accuracy) and pistoleer (for point spread- I will be able to grab a tree of medic if I get pistoleer mastered).

Questions:

a) How effective is +Medical Effectiveness, and just what does it do anyway? Would having 0040 medic really be any different than living off of 1200 power instant stim Ds?

b) Is pistoleer any good for DD in PvP? Rifleman is king of DD, for sure, but can pistoleer hold it's own?

c) Is armor *that* important that I should considerCarbineerinstead?

Any other suggestions? I would love to hear outside opinions. On bloodfin, I haven't had much to test myself against other than master defender jedi, and I really can't tell how effectivemy templates are against those types.

Thanks in advance.

Corbin Greylocke
The Master Thief

Empire at War - destined for GOTY 2006.