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I am a master Pistoleer/Bh 0040. When I see Tkm fighting they are owning everything they touch. Are they really that much stronger than a pistoleer, or am i going crazy. If they are i might go with a TKM/Commando setup.

Alot of that is because of the speed/damage ratio we TKM's get IMO. Ask those TKM's what their secondary master or skill set is and there gonna tell you its either pistoleer, fencer, or some other profession that offers a ton of defences. I am a TKM/Master Pistoleer myself and my defensive mods are naturally high with +50 - +80 for stun, KD, and dizzy states. Then you also have melee defence +105 and ranged defence +52 (which can be bumped up with some good CA's/AA's) and dodge at +105.

Any melee prof that is buffed and armored will own anything it touches if the resists and AP permit them to get in any damage.

TK is the profession that goes well with everything. TK/Doc, TK/Pistols, TK/Rifleman, TK/fencer, TK/swordsman, TK/commando. All are popular combos.

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pawe wrote:
Are they really that much stronger than a pistoleer, or am i going crazy.

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As usual questions like this are not answerable with a clear "yes" or "no".

There are things in PvE which I can kill faster / better with tkm as with pistols (my master smuggler / master pistoleer / teras kasi master is speedcapped with SEA's, you are speedcapped with pistols based on your skillboxes so different playerspeedmods make no difference here), others which I can kill faster with pistols (and some I can't even scratch with tkm).

In PvP it also depends on the enemy. Vs. most "regular" players (buffed, high-resist armor etc) I usually only use the TKA skills for dizzy/kd/etc, to deal damage I use pistols (605 max damage geoblaster when using a powerup on it). When going vs a Jedi this ofc changes rapidly, ranged is almost useless vs. them so I use tka there exclusively.

If your forum registration date can tell me even a bit about the time you play the game I suggest: don't drop professions because you do not instantly "pwn" with them, give it time, learn to use your right specials at the right time (experience), chances are that you also won't be as strong as an experienced player in the next prof you jump to, simply because you lack the experience with that profession too :-).

Btw.: Unlike popular believe TKA is *not* the ultimate profession that is best at everything, TKA is a decent profession with good qualities overall but not uber in any aspect of the game, other professions have one aspect they are very good in and other where they just stink, my swordsman for example is A LOT better for PvE than my two TKM's but mostly useless in any kind of PvP situation etc pp :-).

Message Edited by darmokVtS on 03-23-2005 06:11 PM

How about a little bit of both? Or a nice medley of professions?

My current Template is rather spread out.

Here it is:
Teras Kasi Artist : 0004
Commando: 0000 (novice)
Bounty Hunter: 3040
Pistoleer: 0044 (speed, techniques)
Smuggler: 0040

With this template, and some BE clothing I have 112 Melee Defense when I wear my armor, 116 with just clothing (+4 MD Spec-Ops Duster).

I have the Bounty Pistols Line, Investigation 3 to hunt Jedi, Smuggler Dirty Fighting for Panic Shot, Low Blow and Last Ditch, and I can use A geonosian blaster, and have the +50 Defense vs KD and +40 against Dizzy from Pistoleer. If i need to before a duel i can also take off my pistol and do a /center for the added defense, and it lasts at least 20 seconds into the duel for a nice start.

I took the Novice Commando so I can use a Launcher Pistol when in PVP/PVE base combat for taking down turrets.

I've never lost to a TKM. Although I do have a nice 510 Max Geo (/w Pup), and that with Last ditch, without stun protection or intimidate/stun landed hits for about 1200 Damage.

So... its all up to you. I chose to not have any master elite professions and instead take up 5 of them.

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Domo321 wrote:

I got owned by pistols when i was tkm, they just kept running

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Master Brawler can easily fix that

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pawe wrote:
I am a master Pistoleer/Bh 0040. When I see Tkm fighting they are owning everything they touch. Are they really that much stronger than a pistoleer, or am i going crazy. If they are i might go with a TKM/Commando setup.

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Not a clue pvp-wise, but tkm/commando for me was a fun time, however a bit lacking in the states. I think tkm/pistoleer would be a better choice for pve - i have tkm/pistol xx4x because the bane of tka is getting dizzied/posture change/knockdown (ie; tasting our own medicine) and those pistol state def's of yours really help to combat this (and the bleeds I find useful also).

However, the real downside of tkm (especially purists) is when you come up against a/many mobs with high kinetic resists, which includes quite a lot of high-end mobs. Pistol or commando would help here, but pistol to me would be the logical choice due to defenses (and the fact you already have it)