Carbineer - weakest combat classFollow

I am trying to master carbineer atm - but it is verry frustrating. This class just sucks, or maybe I am to stupid to play it right.

With carbine speed only +35 every special shot takes about 2 to 3 seconds.

Scattershot seams to be bugged because when using it, the combat chat tells me EVERY TIME!!! "you make 1 (yes one) point of damage".

The knockdown shot is totaly useless, because even without timer your target is back on his feet within no time und with only +35 to carbine speed it takes 4 ever to shot another knockdown.

If anyone got any tips or hints how I can improve so it is fun to play carbineer pls. tell me - otherwise I will stop to try mastering this crap profession

thx

I'm playing a twi'lek dancer/commando myself, but I've heard that a commando with a carbineer can team up to take down a Krayt dragon.. they have some ability that stabilises the target and are able to stay at quite a safe distance in order to remain safe and let the commando eventually kill the creature with their flamethrower... i believe that every class in the game has its own strengths, you just need to find out what these are for each profession. Don't give up if you think it's the right one for you.

You are not alone HAR. I am a 4443 Pistoleer, and got Carbineer from my first holocron. I am having the same issues. I easily got novice carbineer by popping the lairs of my level 25 Pistoleer missions (giant sand beetles on tat mostly), but have really hit a wall since. I can't figure out the best special combos, or even decide what the best type of carbine is. Can anyone provide some advice on things like which carbine path to complete first, best mobs to hunt at novice level, and weapon of choice. Also, as mentioned above, the HAM costs seem extremely high. I've seen one decent carbineer guide, are there any more out there (links would be cool)? Any help wold be greatly appreciated.

Well I started at Carbines 3 a little over a week ago, and over a couple days of intense grouping sessions at the Mining Outpost on Dantooine, I am now at 1111 Carbineer. I had all of the major Carbine Weapons (Laser Carbine, DXR6, EE3, and Elite) at the start and spent most of the time using the DXR6. Some of the creature weaknesses vary, so be sure to examine every beast you fight too determine the best Carbine to use to maximize XP. Pikets, Thunes, and some of the Voritor species are susceptible to Acid based weapons like the DXR6, so I focused on them heavily. I focused on the first three on the bottom row, all the while building up the Combat XP for the Intermediate Carbine Special Abilities skill. I had enough Combat XP half way through the first skill on the second tier of Carbineer.

My favorite Carbine Specials to use are the Full Autofire attacks. They do a good amount of damage (I've maxed out at 1300 damage at the Novice Carbineer level LOL) and they hit multiple HAM bars too.

A word to the wise, make sure you have tons of Stim B, and I mean tons! I went through at least 250 or so Stim Bs since starting at the Carbines 4 and up. The HAM costs are just sick (in a disgusting way LOL)



Edited, Wed Jan 14 15:13:30 2004 by AlavanceQZ