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Thread: Swordsman getting manhandled
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Dackrendarck
Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:45 pm
#1
Ok I am a 0432 swordsman and decided to take on the geo caves to get some exp of mercs and low level mobs. Got past the initial 3 geonasins with np, but went to the first door, a Kiwi spawned and then agrroed an alert droideka, and I was officially owned. I could bearly take down any ham of the droid, however I was caught severly off guard. Just wondering if it is normal to get owned so badly? ps I was fully buffed.
NuclearWookiee
Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:10 pm
#2
If you have no ranged damage mitigation it's not surprising. Even as a Master Fencer with center of being going full blast and high end comp armor they do serious damage. If you don't have your profession's most powerful attacks yet then it's a damage race you might have a hard time winning. If you can spare the cash, invest in a crate of some good PSG's.
Kitoth
Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:12 pm
#3
the droidekas themselves are not that hard. they hit hard, but with CoB running and mindhits it's not too bad.
those enhanced kwis though... are a major pain in the butt because they spam intimidate and basically nullify swords' damage output.
with the two of them on you at once, the only real advice is to intimidate both (intimdate2 if you have it), then keep them intimidated and one warcried (as best as possible) while youbeat onthe other. I probably would have warcried the kwi and killed the droid first, since we can soak melee damage better than blaster fire, CoB or not, and the droids drop faster regardless.
Dackrendarck
Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:50 pm
#4
Well thats the thing, I tried to take out the droideka first, and run from the Kiwi, but I got taken down faster than... well I can't think of a cleaver pun right now but u get teh drift. Maybe I should have hit the Kiwi with some warcry/intimiadate but I was caugth way off guard. Speaking of that do those states work on teh droids too, because they do have a creature challenge level. And one last question, will teh geo labs be this difficult even at master swords, or will it get easier when I advance past 0432?
Jerele
Thu Dec 09, 2004 9:02 pm
#5
rofl, I can solo the Geno cave with ease! I take on 10 kwi/kilinicks/droids at once and Im kick their butts easily. You just need better armor, like 80% energy/kinectic.
daz007
Thu Dec 09, 2004 9:23 pm
#6
yeah, you should have no problems in there. I can take 3 kliniks at once and I dont even bother to intimdate the ones I am not attacking at the moment. Just intimidate one then pound on the mind with a hammer until dead and move to the next one. I hardly take any damage at all. The only time I need to heal is if I am on Acklay and the others in the room are on me.
clowdvailo
Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:17 am
#8
I solo that place with out a scratch... the droidekas go down in a few hits and dont do crap to me, its like fightinga nuna.... and the kwis arent anything... the only thing in there that can hurt me besides the acklay is the force klikniks but i still can take 3-4 of them at once. Not trying to make ya feel bad or anthing, but u could be using bad armor, or a weak weapon. Or u could be suffering from an armor hole
Khamsinvera
Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:50 am
#9
I solo the entire place and aggro all the kwis, droidekas and kilkniks at the same - gather them around one and proceeed to batter thaeir skulls in (saves time) ...but then I'm a master doc, speed capped swordsman with millions of credits invested in counter-attack (+20) and accuracy (+40) tapes and always use a 700+ dmg PH
Naruk_The_Wookiee
Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:59 am
#10
Get yourself a spd.-sliced powerhammer(should be 3.6 or lower)....Eat some CitrusSnowCake(+40 Accuracy) and a Synthisteak(+40% Dmg.-reduce)....Dont agro too much at once and u should be fine...its not that hard....
VacaXXX
Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:59 am
#11
lol, u use +40 in accuracy, then u wasted alot of money on useless tapes, since +25 is the cap on all CA/AA
unless you have Fs Accuracy, then ignore my post
TheHammer317
Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:07 am
#12
all i gotta say about the Kwi's in the geos....
/burstrun
even better /forcerun3 if ya got it
poking
Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:48 am
#13
Alert Droidekas are the hardest thing to kill in the Caves because they do so much dmg so quickly...
everything else is simple, just use intimidate and lay down the beatings
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