Stacker Builds

[gizmowiz]

I am currently building a stacker and I need some advice. I have never done melee of any sort, so I am really a novice. There are numerous builds listed on the forums. I am looking to make some money and survive running solo. I have Mbrawler and I am working on Mswords. Will people please discuss builds they would make and explain why that particular build is better than others?

Thank You

[Miwroc]

Really depends on how you want to make money...if it's just janta and mokk missions Mbrawler+swords would be enough. For more ranged and melee def you can add tka xxx4 and or fencer 4xxx or even fencer 444x for defence against states

A good all around build I use for most stuff is MSwords/Mbrawler/TKAxxx4/fencer444x/medic333x
You could tank pretty much anything with this and some good armor. Anything that doesn't use choke or other dots that is
Piketta pie or air cake is a good addition (lets you dodge attacks/don't get hit that often.

Intimidate + dizzy (2handhit3) knockdown (2 hand lounge 2) and posture down (2h lounge 1) is important when taking on really strong opponents

[Canti]

I'm new to the stacker idea but been working on this for about a month. After seeing the post above feel a bit silly cause thats 90% I could have just looked up...
Zabrak:
MBrawler, MSwords, Fencer4440, TKA0004, Pikeman 0040, Medic 1020. No points left. Also playing with no medic tka0304, and leaves 10 points to play with. Nice boost to Def vs KD. Posture down and stun, but not sure the dropping of medic worth it. I'll put those stat changes in (xx)

Gives following stats:
Block +85
Defense Vs. Blind +70 (80)
Defense Vs. Dizzy +90 (95)
Defense Vs. Intimidate +50
Defense Vs. Knockdown +95 (115)
Defense Vs. Posture Change (Down) +80 (110)
Defense Vs. Stun +80 (105)
Defensive Acuity +71
Dodge +90

Injury Treatment +20
Medicine Use +20

Melee Defense +171
Ranged Defense +144

I would love comments and thoughts as well. Was a full time crafter on live with many accounts and 1 tkm/ranger to support them. So this was really my first jump into trying to make high(er) end pve/pvp build.

[Sideshow233]

I usually don't give advice since I still feel I am learning server/ SWG again.

To sum up stacker builds.
What do you want to specialize in?
To tackle many low and up to Mid range NPCs its best to put on Melee Defense/ Range Defense. Fence 4xxx is superior for this.

To tackle range NPCs you will want Pistol xx3x for Range Mit 2. Good for Geo cave.

To tackle single high NPCs you will want to forget about MD/RD and focus on Defense vs Mods. Pistol xx4x is superior for this. This is the loot king but it requires massive investment and strategy. Its the hardest but has most variety. Expect to die often, most stackers builds are variations on what people think is best. There is no best template, except they usually have MB. You will spend millions on tapes.

To make $ fast I would focus on Janta/Mokk missions, they don't require too much strategy and credits are great. If you want SEAs up to +8 focus on Mokk or if you want a chance at Janta hides/blood focus on Janta missions. Find in same direction and distance and repeat over and over again. Just AOE close to hub and collect credits.

Good luck.

[Sideshow233]

I'm new to the stacker idea but been working on this for about a month. After seeing the post above feel a bit silly cause thats 90% I could have just looked up...
Zabrak:
MBrawler, MSwords, Fencer4440, TKA0004, Pikeman 0040, Medic 1020. No points left. Also playing with no medic tka0304, and leaves 10 points to play with. Nice boost to Def vs KD. Posture down and stun, but not sure the dropping of medic worth it. I'll put those stat changes in (xx)

Gives following stats:
Block +85
Defense Vs. Blind +70 (80)
Defense Vs. Dizzy +90 (95)
Defense Vs. Intimidate +50
Defense Vs. Knockdown +95 (115)
Defense Vs. Posture Change (Down) +80 (110)
Defense Vs. Stun +80 (105)
Defensive Acuity +71
Dodge +90

Injury Treatment +20
Medicine Use +20

Melee Defense +171
Ranged Defense +144

I would love comments and thoughts as well. Was a full time crafter on live with many accounts and 1 tkm/ranger to support them. So this was really my first jump into trying to make high(er) end pve/pvp build.

As swords block and def acuity will not help you any. You will need def vs xxx at 90+ to be effective vs states.
MD/RD cap at 125. That said Very good mid range template for missions just stay away from range NPCs.

[hynkelchtonq]

As swords block and def acuity will not help you any.

Yes. Only Counterattack works as a swordsman.
You also need to go close 95 speed with 2 handed weapons to have the abilitie to land an attack/second whatever special move you'll use.

[lassic]

MBrawler/MSwords/TK 43x4/Pike xx4x/Fencer 2440

With tapes it is amazing. Good DPS. Can kill anything from Protectors on down. Could solo giant krayts if you so chose to. Takes forever. I tanked an ancient, a giant and an ado with minimal healing with this build. Get a good 700+ hammer for the NS Protectors and lesser, and you will be good to go.

I use the TK to be able to meditate away a lot of the stuff after each tough kill. Otherwise, I just run around the NS v. SMC battle and kill it all at once except the arch witches, prot, and spell weavers. now this is all talking about soloing, not even dual boxing. If you are going to dual box a CM or a commando, you can kill everything except axkva. She will murder all but Jedi.

For the record, the primary defenses are not capped. They can get as high as you can make them. It is important to note that, simply because if they were capped it wouldn't work as well to be a stacker. So, when you get hit with things that reduce defenses, you will have real good defenses even with the reductions. I have ran each of the melee classes as a main tank for doing stuff on the server. My favorite is MPikes. Energy, electricity, and kinetic damage. AOE knockdowns and AOE dizzy's. Swords will likely be the most dps. Fencer doesn't do squat for damage, but they don't take a whole lot of damage.

[gizmowiz]

Thanks for all the information