BH Bodyguard post 50 equipping

[Ingmar]

There's a heroic 4 on Belsavis that rewards your choice of a weapon for one of your companions, so it will at least be possible to get a decent blue techblade for <whoever>. I think armstechs can RE a solid purple as well.

[Zetor]

I don't see why Qyzen and Vik can't use a blaster rifle. I mean, I get it that mr. Lizardking is all about hunting, but one'd think that a rifle is better than a glorified broadsword for that. Vik could easily be an assault-spec vanguard, it's all about the boom boom after all.

I -sorta- buy Yuun using an electrostaff as he's a weirdo and troopers need a melee dps companion... there are orange options available for that (I think), which helps.

[Ingmar]

Because they wanted everyone to have all 5 options:

healer
melee tank
ranged tank
ranged dps
melee dps

If they made Qyzen use a ranged weapon, then the consular wouldn't have a melee tank option, and for certain playstyles or specs that would be bad. Etc. Granted, they could have just given the consular a jedi guardian NPC friend instead, but for whatever reason they wanted to tell Qyzen's story or something.

I don't think that Yuun can really particularly benefit from an orange staff, since there's still no aim hilt.

[Fordel]

I don't see why Qyzen and Vik can't use a blaster rifle. I mean, I get it that mr. Lizardking is all about hunting, but one'd think that a rifle is better than a glorified broadsword for that. Vik could easily be an assault-spec vanguard, it's all about the boom boom after all.

I -sorta- buy Yuun using an electrostaff as he's a weirdo and troopers need a melee dps companion... there are orange options available for that (I think), which helps.

Ironically, Vik DOES use a blaster rifle in cutscenes!  


But yea, I think they could've split the weapons better on Trooper companions.



-fake edit-

You can 'melee' tank easily by making them use flamethrowers and shit.

[Zetor]

Yea, that's what I meant - Vik and Lt. Boring could be melee (vanguard) tanks complete with harpoon (), and Qyzen could do the ranged tank thing with a blaster rifle.

[tmp]

Ironically, Vik DOES use a blaster rifle in cutscenes!  

So does the IA, despite not even having the passive for it

(well, pistol not rifle. I skimmed and only paid attention to the blaster part)

[Pezzle]

Sort of how my Commando puts down his 5 barrel doomcannon to pull out some dinky pistol I cannot use and do not own?  Most of the weapon restriction stuff is pretty dumb. 

And Kildorn, I cannot agree with you about loot.  Playing my Trooper I find TONS of useless gear and it does not bother me.  Sell it for monies or give it away.  I might agree to some modifier on raid type things but for the most part loot rains from the sky anyway, so who cares? 

[kildorn]

Ironically, Vik DOES use a blaster rifle in cutscenes!  

So does the IA, despite not even having the passive for it

(well, pistol not rifle. I skimmed and only paid attention to the blaster part)

The pistol is an IA/Trooper thing to get around their ACs using entirely different weapons. Vik using a rifle every time you see him except in combat is just wonky. He also likes to yell about grenades all the time but lacks any form of grenade ability.

[Fordel]

They basically ballsed up which Trooper companion uses what.


Jorgan should be using a sniper rifle as ranged DPS.

Vik should be using a Cannon as a ranged tank.

4X (whose weapon isn't visible, can use his current rifles/pistols) should be a 'melee' tank using flamethrowers, electrical charges and his enormous robot hands.

Dorne is probably fine with Pistols, but I wouldn't cry if she could use rifles too.

Yuun could be the assault spec 'melee' dps trooper using a rifle/shotgun/knuckleblade attacks. Or you could keep him using his weird staff things, Yuun is weird in general. 



I guess they felt too many companions used the flamethrower gimmick already though /shrug.