Smuggler Archive

Mine is:

Master Smuggler
Master Pistoleer
Master Marksman
Novice Commando
Random FS skills

All in all it adds up to me being nuts with a pistol and ok with every other gun. I'm just an uberfast statelaying machine. Novice commando I have simply for the lag pistol. You never know when it'll be a great idea to lay in some area rooting. I've never seen a more pissed off group of gankers than those that came after me the other day, three of 'em, and found themselves all rooted while I ran off.

This template has amazing crowd control, uber pistol speed, decent accuracy, and ok damage dealing. It's not a very good dueling template due to the lack of healing or direct damage dealing, but I hold my own solo. PvP in a group I usually get targeted as soon as they figure out who's rooting half their forces at once. PvE... two roots man. Two roots and an area weapon and feign death mean you can run from anything. You can also kite like mad.

As for you feeling that commando is crap, I semi agree. It's got its place and its place is not in the realm of subtly and finness that smugglers hold dear.

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noahTHEpurdy wrote:

I've been toying around, and the best that I've found was Master Smuggler, Master Pistoleer, and 0310 Bounty Hunter? Any Suggestions? I've tried Master Smuggler, Master Commando 4404 Pistoleer, but I dont like it, Commando seems like crap.

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Get the needed xp and move your BH line to the defenses. Smuggler and Pistol specials are more than enough for stating your opponent. You will have more specials than you can use with that temp and almost enough defense to use it.

I have the triple threat, master marksman/smuggler/pistols. Been thinking about going 0300 rufles to round out my points. I have an 800 max damage Tusken that hits pretty damned hard, and when they get close, out comes my 859 max damage DX2, bam, advanced reckless shot for over a 1000 points.

I'm really liking M Smuggler/M Carbines/0404 pistols (no intimidate shot, but lots of accuracy and def.) better range, kd from carbines and Battle armor cert.

Helped a friend kill Mellichae earlier today with the MS/MBH template, worked out well plus alot of content available. Assault armor cert. and terrain neg. is always welcome, but 45sp locked up in novice boxes. Still alot of fun.

Yup MS/MBH is alot of fun. Damage is good ( + Last Ditch) and Crowd Control is no problemo.

*Bonus easy mony from BH missions and you get to HUNT Jedi ....

I used my remaining sp on Pistoleer 2 0 0 0 and the remaining 8 sp on FS Range Speed and Range Defense

You get to wear full Assault (hunting critters) and full recon (vs Jedi and range opponents)

I've got MS/MBH/P 0/0/3/1. I chose those lines of pistoleer for the ranged intimidate and stopping shot - it's always good to have a back-up root just in case. Against melee anything I've got no worries, but ranged enemies cause me problems. Grouped it's fantastic - I can lay on overpowering shot, and follow it up with roots, intimidate, panic shot, low blow, eye shot and torso shot. That keeps my melee group members happy while they're swatting away - then I pull back and lay on some advanced critical, reapplying the states as needed.

I haven't really tried it in PvP yet.

Well first of all there is no "best template", it's all about what templte you have the most fun with. The one I'm currently having the most fun with is Msmuggler/Mpistols/and the BH pistol line with some random FS skills.

If you want to be very, very good at crowd control then I would suggest Master Smuggler, Master Commando, Pistols 4404 (did have 4044 but found Intimidating shot wasn't that useful compared to accuracy) With this you area attackall your specials with commando which is great when fighting large numbers. At the minute AoE damage is bugged preventing damage but I switch to pistols for that. I'm not the hardest hitter or the strongest when it comes to defence but I love the template and I won't be running around on my own so other people can do those things.

Assome one said it's not about the best template any more. Find out what you like doing? Do you like causing insane damage, controling your target, melee or ranged, do you want ot hunt Jeid, not have to wear armour be an all round template? Then go from thier and pick the proffession you want.

What do you all think of MS/MP/Scout 4-0-4-3 not as much firepower but have better run away factor + harvesting and camps.

Or is pure combat the only way to go now?