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Hi everybody- I just got to master swordsman, and it rocks. I'm building it into the ultimate pvp tank - I want to walk up to at-st's and smash them down. Got one ine pvpso far, but it was close. I later died against TKA's who got me knocked down,

I need more defenses for pvp, melee and ranged defense of course, but dizzy+knockdown to, and I was wondering which skill lines you would suggest going up ?

I got 4040 medic as well, and really want to keep most of it, possibly drop itto 3040. That leaves me 72 points to spend on other lines, what would you suggest ?

I was thinking for sure fencer stances/grips and tka precision striking - 21 points each for a huge boost in melee/ranged defense. That leave me with 32 points to spend - two lines. Fencer footwork for 15 more points takes care of knockdown defense. Anotehr 15 points for fencer techniques, but thats just +20 dizzy defense, a little low. Perhaps I should go for pikeman defensive techniques instead- more melee/ranged defense and +20 to all state defenses, but another newbie profession would cost me 6 more points I dont really have. Any ideas ?

Go get yourself rifleman and a nice T-21. All the mind bleeds stack. Hit them from 64 and when they get in close finish them off with your hammer. Works well for PvE and sometimes PvP.

Inoch

I did pikeman def line, fencer footwork, half stances and grips, plus percisition striking. It rocked. you may think of teras balance for combat equilibrium and posture change defence. But the broad and general pike def is good too. And if you get all of stances and grips, some speed in pikeman, and pikeman defence. Then you my friend have yourself an area KD+dizzy.. OOOOoooo. Now that just sounds sooo juicy. At what point do you say, "do I really need pharmacology?" Make sure you have speed in pike, or you will stand there all day holding it if you do the area kd, maaaadd slow...

Use force push on the AT-ST

Good combo ivossk. Giving up fencing techniques just costs me some dizzy defense, that i get in pikeman as well, and the lost defenses from the last two fencing stances boxes I allmost get from pike to. I end up with 20 more knockdown defense instead. Fun.

I dont think I can ever give up pharma 4 - I like those 800 point advanced stim d's to much.

i'll tell u what i do...... /jediON *snigger* works well just j/king

How about Rifleman? The Mindbleeds would be some insane damage when all stacked...

I have thought about this same ultimate melee PvP character for a while, but am trying to get confirmed whether any of the defenses other than ranged and melee stack.

Master Heavy Sword

Master Brawler

Fencer 4/4/0/0

Pikeman 0/0/4/0

TK 0/0/0/4

Novice Medic

This would leave 21 points for either more medic or the Meditation line Of TK. If the dodges, blocks, counterattacks and defenses against "other" attacks such as knockdowns and posture changes etc. would stack and did not depend on a particular weapon being equipped, this would hands down be the ultimate Melee character.

TK meditation heals bleeds, poisions, diseases and wounds.

Remember with last patch the devs added disease and poision to many mobs.

I was diseased by deranged wrixes the other day and I don't think that's ever happened. Something else poisioned me also but I can't remember what.

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atimes wrote:

TK meditation heals bleeds, poisions, diseases and wounds.

Remember with last patch the devs added disease and poision to many mobs.

I was diseased by deranged wrixes the other day and I don't think that's ever happened. Something else poisioned me also but I can't remember what.

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Seriously... I'm putting some thought into meditation for that purpose alone. I left endor with about 900 in health wounds last night on account of some stupid disease. And that's after I healed several hundred in wounds previously with the last of my health wound packs.

But as far as other options, I just picked up the dirty fighting line in smuggler for the feign death skill. And it's been working like a charm. Just put those big swordsman bleeds on a mob(s) feign death, get up when it's all over with, and finish everything off. I was contemplating a defensive template like the one you guys were using, but I don't need that much defense when i'm not being hit at all. In fact this is even a viable option to replace master brawler, freeing up more skillpoints to put into TKA or doctor. Just my two cents =) Don't go spreadin' it around though hehe..

GO PLAY ON YOUR JEDI YOU LOSER!!!

i hate because i envy.

yeah meditation line is great i am 3-2-0-2 in tka along with mcg and mhs and i'm not done with this character

But reallyi get deasesed by a creature and it's stops in 1 click. i was bleed in pvp once and i stoped it in one clck. it's awsome you should pick up the tka meditation it is really awsome who needs medic when meditation heals bleeads and deases faster then they can

im going master swordsman+4004 in tka, 4000 in fencer and some skills in medic and maybe scout

thats gonna change as i get closer and adjust.