Sepiv's back but paralyzed!

[Nyvveck]

On the topic of Teras Kasi, Doctor...

For PvE, that is a fine template, however if you choose to be a Master Doctor, your attack power will be very limited, but you will have pretty good defence. Teras Kasi get really only one damage special, and a bad one at that.

If I may suggest, Swordsman would work better with Doctor. Good battle armor is better than Teras Kasi Innate, and battle armor can be sliced for Armor Break.

My two cents.

[Jabe Adaks]

Teras Kasi is defense only. In my mind stacking CM or doc on it is a bad move and a waste of skill points, unless all you want to do is tank and not actually cause damage.

This is how the melee profession break down in reality:

Brawler: The basic moves which are a must even in elite ocmbat.
TKA: A suit of armor/defense only.
Swordsman: Damage! Damage! Damage!
Pikeman: Crowd Control and slowing down of enemies.
Fencer: Damage over time.


My template, which I was very happy with was:

Master Brawler
Master TKA
Master Swordsman
Pikeman 4400

If you're going doctor for heals, don't bother. Combat Medic is the way to go if you want to heal yourself and others. Although stacking combat medic with a ranged or melee template is pretty much FOTM right now and people are pretty much tired of watching damage/heal/damage/heal endless combat.

Jabe

[Keer]

I've seen names on my friends list...and they're familiar...but I'm not sure why yet.

On a side note, I countered this problem by adding identifying info in the Guild and Comment(?) fields of the Friend's List by each name. It came in really handy when I needed game info, to build a group, and/or wanted to RP the "smuggler with connections".

Many times old contacts didn't remember me either until I looked on my list for their unique info and reminded them about the space widgets that I sold/bought from them. Then "Ohhh, yeah. I remember you, man."

[Sepiv]

I appreciate the advice - wow! This is really a different world! And for being just a defense template, it costs more now then it did before. Thank you, Jabe & Nyvveck.

So are doctor buffs in or out nowadays? MD was really my money making profession before while TKM was my desire to kick butt.

Thanks Novall. I really look forward to seeing you ingame again too. Wonder if Talon has changed any in the months gone by.

[toront]

I appreciate the advice - wow! This is really a different world! And for being just a defense template, it costs more now then it did before. Thank you, Jabe & Nyvveck.

So are doctor buffs in or out nowadays? MD was really my money making profession before while TKM was my desire to kick butt.

Thanks Novall. I really look forward to seeing you ingame again too. Wonder if Talon has changed any in the months gone by.

Docs aren't money makers, although the buffs are still useful in combat. One aspect Jabe left out is that if you decide to mix doctor in, go either 4004 or MD so that you get adrenaline boost, which is a combat speed buff and can really up your DPS in any template.

[Sepiv]

Thanks Toront... I'll be honest. I feel so totally lost trying to understand what this new system is supposed to do. I don't know if I want to be MD anymore if all that can be done is 20% boost to just "health." I have no idea what's happened to all the buffs I have for the various stats and all the work I did.


...I feel really, really lost...so how do people make money in this after Feb 05 world? What profession makes income other than taking missions and blasting creatures for 4000 credits at a time? I hate to give up medical skills but damn this is upsetting.

Anyone know a good site where I can read about these big changes in professions and decide?

[Nyvveck]

Unfortunately, in the post-CU world, the only real way to make money is to take missions.

Also now, while Teras Kasi is pretty much defence only, Doctor is still a very useful skill to have. (And on a side note, through buffing people, I can make about 15000 a buff, if I actually ask for money.) However, you do not need master Doctor to be able to buff/heal. To buff, all you need is 0-0-0-4, to heal 4-0-0-0. Now, there are other buffs that you get at x-x-4-x, however these are rare as most people do not want to spend skillpoints for the disease and poison buffs.

Also, nowadays, you cannot say that one profession is strictly defence, another strictly offense. I am a Teras Kasi Master. I have more offensive ability than most Master Swordsmen, Pikeman, or Fencers, however finding people like me is rare.

However, really, what your template will be will depend on what you will do. If you intend to only fight creatures, Doctor is not really required. If you want to fight players (In big battles, not one on one duels in RP), Doctor is required.

Here "http://www.bloodfin.org/modules/news/" is a character builder that you can download and play around with.

[Viceroy Odantis]

not true: you can make tons of money hunting Jedi...or even the npc bounty missions make more money