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I currently have a Wookie Rifleman character who is halfway to Master ( 3/1/3/2 ). As a result of the high cost of rifleman specials I have had to migrate my stats over from both Action and Health into my primary and secondary mindpool stats ( mind 980 , focus 650 , willpower 600 ). My main Action pool is at about 850, my main health pool is at 845.

I have reach a point where I need to start thinking about a secondary skill set to complement my rifleman skills. The only two other careers that hold my interest are Doctor ( mainly so that I can cook up stat enhancements = BUFFs ) and 2H swordsman, mainly so that I can indulge my wannabe samurai fetish :-)

Anyway, I'd appreciate it if any accomplished swordsman could look at my stats above and tell me truthfully if I would make a viable swordsman; keep in mind I really can't move my stats around much more, as I need to keep my rifleman skills at their top form.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Well, if you mastered doctor, you wouldn't need to worry about any pools but your mind, because you can buff the others so much.

I think you should train in whatever you think best suits your character.

I'm not a number-cruncher, but I am a rifleman / swordsman and I'm geared more for Mind stats. The specials for my Two Hand Curved Sword (samurai!) seriously deplete my Action pool. They allegedly decreased the HAM costs of the special moves, but I haven't noticed any appreciable difference ---- still saps my Action way way too fast.

One might suggest NOT using specials... but if you've put a Mind Bleed and two HeadShots on a target and it's now trying to gnaw your leg, you'd -better- be hitting its mind stat, which means using Two Hand Sword special moves.

I am a trandoshan riflemen/swordsmen I have naturally high health and secondary stats 900 600 700 which makes using the powerhammer extra nice. I have decent mind stats 900 500 450, and somewhat low action 800 300 400. I still burn through the mind, but I am capped at 500 focus, and wookies can get about that which you should probably do. If you want to go swordsmen you have to first pick which weapon suits you the best either the two handed curved sword, or the power hammer. Trust me you will be using the two handed curved sword until you can get some speed reduction in the swordsmen profession.