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Thread: master doc/master swordsman or TKA/Fencer/Swordsman?
I am master doc/swordsman and find havin doc very helpful to cure disease & stun etc.
I own in PVE...
I am currently master sword/master doc and love it. I have mastered TKA and fencer and miss them.
On Radiant, you can get buffed outside the coronet spaceport for 6-8K (2K-2.5k @ 2.5-3 hours) at just about any time of day but then you are still left to worry about poison/disease...meditate 
You'll have a nice selection of weapons and a small variety of damage types. Don't forget the razor nux that will come in with the deathwatch bunker (heat damage yeah?). But when it comes down to it, I don't need any other damage types and master sword kicks bum in PvE...I don't PvP too often but from what I have seen if ya fight smart you'll do ok. I don't have to wait in line for buffs and I don't have to worry about state effects. One last thing to consider: if you are ever running low on funds, sit out with the other docs and buff folks as missions get to be tedious after a bit and really, as a doc, you can make more money at a faster rate while ungrouped.
I am a Master Doc/Master Swordsman. I LOVE IT! adding doc is the best thing i've done in a long time.
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Koonta wrote:
for pvp.... swordsman/rifleman
Lol... not just for PvP. With the Swordsman/Rifleman combo, you have AP3 Energy, AP2 Acid, AP2 Blast, AP2 Kinetic, AP1 Stun, AP0 Cold& AP0 Heat (If you can get your hands on a Beserker Rifle) damage all at your disposal. These can all be targetted at the mind, or done in very powerful area attacks. Your biggest drawback is that you have no KD, but multiple dizzy effect attacks. Granted, I consider myself a Rifleman first, and a Swordsman second (I tend to use my T-21 or Dxr-6b Rifle first, and only switch to the Scythe or Powerhammer when the resists dictate I must, or when I feel I need to have my CoB loop running), but having the diversity in damage types means never having to run from an enemy because you're only doing 5-10% (or even being fully resisted!) of your damage to it.
My current template:
0-0-0-4 TKA, Master Swordsman, Master Rifleman 1-0-4-0 Medic gives me a near cap of +122 Melee Defense (bumped over with a +3/+3 Melee/Ranged Defense pack), an over the cap Ranged Defense, a +60 Defense vs. Stun, and +15 to +25 Defenses versus other states. Plus, with 1-0-4-0 Medic, I can get Med use 40 StimE's crafted up for me, and apply them in the heat of battle. Went through the Geo Caves solo, and killed Acklay, again solo, with the template. Actually only had to pop a StimE on myself 6 times throughout the whole cave complex.