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Hello all,

I'm a relatively new SWG player looking to start up a Swordsman, but had a couple of questions regarding race and stats.

My current plans are to pick up Master Swordsman, Droid Engineer (for variety), the Scout Exploration line, and a bit of Medic. I always like to play 'beast' races, so I've narrowed myself down to these:

Rodian
Wookie
Mon Cal
Dosh

And I was wondering what your opionion was about the different races, and the current and near future of the profession. Second, I was wondering what you think are the most important stats for a PvE or PvP Swordsman.

Breifly,

Rodians have the racial accuracy bonus, and if most of the skills are action pool, would do well in that area.

I've always liked Wookies and was going to pick them but heard that now without heavy armor I'd get destroyed as a tank against super high end creatures and so would be a waste. But I wanted to ask around here too. Having Wookie Roar also doesn't seem like a bad thing.

I've also always liked the squids, and having great regen and high numbers in the only non combat healable stat doesn't seem like a bad idea (especially since I'm picking up some of Medic).

Dosh, well, the lizards are great looking and get a +10 Melee Def (the regen I've always found to be ... well, unimpressive).


So what do you guys think? I'm sure this has been gone over a million times too (I did do a brief search, but most of the info I found was old and I wasn't sure how accurate).

Thanks again!
Grey

Keep in mind if you go with a 'beast' race forget about joining the Imperial faction. The race penalties will kill ya. If your main focus is on Swordsman, i hear the Rodian action bonus helps out alot. Good luck.

Hey guys, thanks for your replies.

I think I've narrowed it down to Rodian vs. Mon Calamari.

Rodian for the Accuracy Boost, and extra Action for styles.

Mon Calamari because I have lots of perks in the non-healable area of combat, where I can use mecical equipment to help with all the rest. It would also help for DE, but that is really of no concern to me as I will be doing that for fun anyway.

A wookie with a four foot long sword and hooded tunic would look great though. Impressive, Galates.

I'm a wookie and I can honestly tell you:

a) I love it

b) I wouldn't do it again

Sounds contradictory, but here's the deal. It's fun being a wookie, just because, well you're a wookie. In terms of character development it's not so great. You can't wear armor. Which is a problem, not just because you don't get the protection against higher levels, but it limits your options. You can't drop armor attachments into armor and get bonuses. You have much less clothing to wear(no shoes, no hat, etc), which limits your ability to put skill tapes into sockets. And because you can't wear armor, you can't stack armor (with bonuses) onto your socketed clothing.

The best thing wookies have going for them is the wookie roar, which I use infrequently, the better basic stats, and the Creature Handling bonus. But if you're not doing the CH tree, it's not a big deal.

I haven't really checked out the other races too much, I made my character last July and haven't looked around since. Might have to reconsider when I get that coveted Jedi slot (HA!).

Anyway, hope this helps...

do what you want race doesn't matter execpt rodains have that nice +10 2 handed skill. If you went rodian use swords. Wookie move your stats to health and use Power Hammer. Mon Cal never herd of a mon cal swordsman would not know what to do. Dosh is just use Power Hammer

Edor in Valcyn