Swordsman Archive
Thread: Working on a PvE template...
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cwhooks
Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:29 am
#1
As you can guess, looking to kill all the things that have great loot, I figure the best way todo that is to be able to tank well... My idea of tanking well is rarely getting hit and getting states applied to me even less frequently! *wink* The one state I hate more than all others is dizzy! Knockdown doesn't really bother me, nor does change posture to be honest... After dizzy, I think intimidate is next on my hit list to protect against... The profession that I have enjoyed playing have been pistoleer, swordsman and commando... I've never been TKA, SL, BH or CH. Other than those, I've played with all of the combat professions. In looking at the various templates, I couldn't really understand why everyone takes TKA... I don't see any defense there... *shrug*I understand peopel really like master brawler for the extra speed and for intimidate... Must admit I never had luck getting it to sticky when I played with it, so I am most likely under estimating it use in PvE even though I hate it gettign applied to me. *lol*
Anyways, this is the tempalte I'm workign towards... Currently I'm still commando as I finish grinding out my FS exp...
Brawler 0440
Marksman 0400
Medic 2040 <- Best stim C's I can find are 1/2 the power of E's... I like 1st aid...
Fencer 4040
Pistoleer 0030 <- Still debating on whether to make it 0040
Master Swordsman
Combat Prowess 4444
Enhanced Reflexes 4400
Heightened Senses 0004
I current have 0044 left to grind in Combat Prowess and Luck to unlock and grind... Seems liek luck would be helpful if yer into looting like mad. 
If I was to do master brawler, I'd have to drop either fencer or Pistoleer, which drops alot of defence mods... I've heard quite a few people say that range/melee defense doesn't do that much in PvE...
If melee/ranged defense doens't really matter and I have enough defense to survive without first aid and big heals... I could go....
Master Brawler
Marksman - pistols
Novice Medic
Fencer 0040
Pistoleer 0030
Master Swordsman
Master Combat Prowess
Enhanced Reflexes 4400
And hte luck tree (or if luck is not worth it a splash of medic and 0040 pistoleer)
damonbrinkley
Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:05 pm
#2
The luck tree hasn't been proven to get better loot, just more credits.
If you are going to hunt high-end things for good loot then you need to start using intimidate or you'll just simply die. Intimidate is a must in high-end PvE.
Melee and ranged defenses do help in PvE but the tougher stuff has such a high accuracy that they rarely miss no matter if you're capped or not.
cwhooks
Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:31 pm
#3
The thing I like best about the Pistoleer splash is that it +100 defense against dizzy and wit hthe 2 trees in fencer you have +96 melee defense and +91 ranged defense... Defense against knockdown is 75, defense agaisnt blind and stun is 90. The only low defenses are initmidate at 40 and posture change down at 30.
Rumors are that melee/ranged defense doesn't do much in high end PvE... If so I could save points and go for more dizzy and knockdown defense or master brawler...
For the point costs, I jsut don't see how you can not take the pistoleer tree, given that you get +40 to stun D, +40 to blind D, +40 to dizzy D and +50 to knockdown D...
However, trying to make pistoleer work with master brawler/master swordsman is a bit tough...
vnicula
Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:53 am
#4
My template
MBrawler/MSwords/Medic 2000/ Fencer 0240/ TKM 4304/ Prowness 0044/ Reflexes 3400
Copyright (c) 2004 by vnicula
Peace.
MrSensitive
Sat Oct 09, 2004 6:59 am
#5
I agree with the sweetness of the pistoleer line, awesome state defenses and ranged mitigation are hard to argue with.
The only thing I _don't_ like about it is that it costs 49 skill points to get there.
I am not set in stone against it mind you, but I have found the mitigation hasn't been hurting me too much (very few things stay ranged) and I am getting pretty good bang for my buck by not straying from brawler profs or medic back up.
vnicula
Sat Oct 09, 2004 1:36 pm
#6
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=swordsman&message.id=48420
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