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TienShao

Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:41 am

Hi All,

Yet another Total Experience newbie here, and was hoping for a little advice.

I know I want to get Master Smuggler, working on Novice Smuggler now (125,000 pistol exp is tough to get), and I was trying to decide between Master Bounty Hunter or Master Combat Medic. Combat Medic would seem to enhance the crowd control abilities of the Smuggler line, but Bounty Hunter has those nice ranged skills like Underhand Shot, plus the whole Bounty Hunter game. I plan to go 0400 Pistoleer whichever way I go. Anyone that's tried those templates have any thoughts or observations? Thanks a bunch

Also, anyone know a good spot to grind out Novice Smuggler? I'm CL 10 and have a pretty decent Scout Blaster, but I have trouble even killing blues. I try to kite for a bit, but that gets tedious and sometimes is impossible on hilly terrain. Any suggestions on where to hunt or how to hunt to make things go a little easier? Should I just hunt greenies? Found a nice patch just outside of Mos Eisley, but it seems so monotonous considering how long I'll be there

Thanks very much for any assistance!

Onei Romas, Apprentice Gunfighter, Teras Kasi Student

Onei Romas - Tarquinas
4/4/3/4 Privateer
Smuggler + Creature Handler

Antonnio

Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:52 am

#2

I love helping new players.

If you are new to Bounty Hunter, you might want to take into consideration their new system comming in with Publish 20. Check out their forums and somebody will be able to explain it better then I. Medic is really helpful which ever side you go, especially bounty hunter! Some of the BEST bounty hunters I have met had CM 4000 at least.

Seeing as you cannot do MS, MBH, and CM 4000, it all comes up to this: Do you want to PvP? Solo creatures? Or just use your abilities to help your hunting groups?

If its just for helping others, I would take CM 4000, Master Smuggler, and Master Pistoleer.

If its for PvP, I would take Pistoleer, MBH, and some of combat medic if possible...

Soloing creatures is a hot topic issue, many people would have different opinions.

I like the new medic system, you don't need to use resources, its all ability based and it will make you invaluable in a group, though if you don't mind being screamed at for killing a jedi... go Bounty Hunter!

For gaining xp, Hit Dantooine and try and find a kind group to help you hunt. All you have to do is shoot the creature once and let them finish it off, you will get almost full xp for it. That is around 3000-6000 xp per BOLs or Pickets and such.

Dantooine in my opinion is the grinding planet.

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Antonnio

Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:56 am

#3

Oh, and one more thing... Smuggler is not really good on its own, you should take at least ONE more combat oriented profession with it to make it truly effective... Pistoleer like you said helps the career wonderfully, but Master Pistoleer can be better.

My character on Ahazi is:

Master Smuggler, Master Pistoleer, Combat Medic 4000

I was soloing a group of Cannibal Dewbacks yesterday, they don't really aggro but I was keeping the others at bay with Concussion shot and taking on one at a time... I was getting like 5,000 xp a kill. 10 Dewbacks = 50,000 Xp.

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Ojuzu

Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:53 pm

#4

I was a Master Smuggler/MBH and now I'm Master Smuggler/MCM.

For pure offensive firepower, you can't beat having MBH but if you're not interested in hunting jedi that's really all you get from it. Which is fine but I found it a bit boring since I don't hunt jedi. So I used my token respecreplace MBHwithMCM and while it doesn't have the raw firepower of MS/MBH, I find it very fun to play. It requires a lot more skill to be successful butit's also muchmore rewarding. So I guess it just comes down to how you want to play the game. Either template is fun in it's own way.

For soloing, one thing I like better about MS/MCM is that I can now take on multiple opponents at the same time due to my DOTs and heals. As a MS/MBH, I had to pull a mob away and take them down one by one.

Ojuzu

TienShao

Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:20 pm

#5

Thanks guys very much for the replies. This helps a lot. Think I'll go ahead and abandon Novice Scout and start working up the Ranged Healing tree.

Also, which would be better, 0400 Pistoleer for Disarming shot, or 0004 for Stopping shot? Stopping shot would give me at least 2 root type abilities, but Disarming shot would be great for greatly lowering damage on myself and teammates. Any suggestions?

Onei Romas - Tarquinas
4/4/3/4 Privateer
Smuggler + Creature Handler

Antonnio

Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:30 pm

#6

Seeing as your not taking up master pistoleer or bounty hunter, you may want to focus on the accuracy branch rather then the stopping shot branch...

I say this because I am quite sure that MCM gets a paralyze + mez ability similar to stopping shot... I am not quite sure if this is true or not. Accuracy would be your friend if you want to focus on combat. Speed is also good, but accuracy is better in my opinion.

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kaylanasyi

Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:04 pm

#7

I tired Master BH/ Master Smuggler w/ Commando 4000

So far that was the best combo for MBH next to MBH/MP/CM 0400/Medic 0410

The plus side to the MBH/MSM/C4000 is that its a sheer tank/crowdcontrol w/ thermal detonators. Commando gives you some welcome additions over pistoleer 0400 or 0004 in that there are NO new combos to have to work into your build + you get the defense similar to pistols 0004 w/ more mitigation for assault armor. This is my favorite build thus far tbh.

I was looking into MCM/MSM/Medic 0440/Novice Pistoleer but I am not a macro junky and Combat Medic w/ any ranged attack demands some sort of macro system in place.

my 2 cents

Kaylana Syi - Bloodfin - MBH/M.Carb/4000 CM - pwn
Kaylon Syi - Flurry - N.Commando/N.Smuggler/N.Pistoleer
Xirana - Gorath - 2000 CM/0200 TK

TienShao

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:35 am

#8

Woohoo! Just wanted to say I reached Novice Smuggler last night. Thanks for all the help

Onei Romas - Tarquinas
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Smuggler + Creature Handler

AngusMacGregor

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:36 am

#9

Congrats!

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