Squad Leader Archive

Well I'm officially taking the road less traveled. I just made Doc and am moving up the Treatment tree (have lvl2 atm). At this pointI am reluctant to persue master SLright now (I'm 4,0,0,4) because I'm finding being a doctor to be rewarding as wellso I need those points to stretch as far as they'll go. Being a capable Doctor and a Squad Leader I'm finding is giving me quite a lot of credibility with random pick up groups. Plus, battles arerediculously intense now. I'm enjoying the challenge of laying down fire, healing peeps (+ incap dragging) andtyping commands/macrosorders to the group all in the span of a a few short seconds. Every Squill encounteris now action packed for me .

I am digging the double role,but I'm certain that peeps appreciate the heals first,which breeds trust, and that makes it easier for them to accept and follow my orders. So I think this is a pretty viable combo. But here's what I'm wondering what my group mates really think ...

In terms of value to the group is (a) (SL + Doc > Doc), or is it simply (b) (SL + Doc = Doc) (ie SL = 0)?

I'm not going to persue Master Doc (can't stand to make that many Bio Effect controlers), but I'm going to dabble in Combat Medic next and see what the response is to that. Will keep ya's posted.

-Psquire

btw, is anyone else persuing a similar path?

Just a small update on this path I've chosen that some may find interesting.

I have reached the following levels...

Sqaud Leader 4,0,1,4 (I wanted to get to 4,2,3,4, but with the current state of affaris I won't miss it)
Doctor 0,4,3,0 (Good Buffs and Revives)
Combat Medic 1,0,0,3 (mmmm Ranged Area Stims )

And even though I can't shoot a gun to save my life, I am enjoying myself thouroughly with this set up. I've only been leading impromptu PvE hunting parties of random (far less than uber) groups so far. It's all been very casual though, and I haven't tested my effectiveness in large scale PvP yet.

At any rate the groups I've been in have had a blast and I'm enjoying this setup. I feel no compelling need to master Squad Leader at the moment (especially since I can't get any xp since I've hit the combat xp cap and have no skills I can train/surrender to liquidate it). Sadly, I'm finding far more success finding random groups with my "Master Surgeon" title than my "Field Commander" Tag. But, it's still plainly obvious that /reviveplayer is about 9 million times more useful than a burst run efficiency bonus. Oddly, I don't feel compelled to surrender any SL skills for more healing arts at the moment, but perhaps as I hit the med xp cap eventually, my SL trees may sadly need to erode. I never thought I'd see the day.

I'm enjoying leading thru supporting, I just really [continue to] wish that the SL side of the equasion had more to offer groups.

Thanks,

-Psquire

PS anyone else attempting this type of hybrid?

PPS wonder if any Master Weaponsmiths would mind making me an Uber Kryat/Nym enhanced CDEF Pistol so I don't have to burst runfrom Krettles now???