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    Quote Originally Posted by qoxolg View Post
    Maybe now is a good time to make a new thread Garuga
    Done. New Techer thread! Gonna try to keep things as updated as I can.

    As a disclaimer, this guide isn't intended for beginners, but people that want to play "competitively". That is to say, people that want to play to their fullest ability. As such, all information is written with two purposes in mind: Covering every minuscule bit of information about everything covered within the guide to make it as comprehensive as possible, and providing recommendations and suggestions based on how it fits in PSO2's competitive environment. This information can be useful at any level of play, but is most useful at the higher end of the scale, so suggestions may not necessarily be accurate in lower level ranges, such as with new players who are still gathering resources. As such, it is recommended to post any questions about topics readers may have on any of the material covered within the guide.

    Techer Guide (Updated 6/15/2015):
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    Feel free to ask any questions or make any suggestions for additions. The goal is to cover as much useful information for people to know about Techer as possible without being confusing, so questions and suggestions will help further this goal.

    With the guide aside, treat the thread the same as the previous thread. It's just a discussion thread with a handy dandy guide on the OP. Go wild.
    Last edited by LonelyGaruga; Jun 29, 2015 at 09:58 PM.

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    This may be a silly question, but I just started so please forgive me.

    I wanted to start as a techer in order to eventually be a buffer/support. I started as force, and once I got to the main ARKS ship, I tried to change to Techer, and it let me. I was under the assumption you had to level force or braver to 30 in order to switch to techer. If I just level my techer without leveling force, and having no other jobs higher than lvl 2, will I be at a disadvantage?

    Thanks!

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    You no longer need to level a specific class in order to unlock other classes- they're all available from the start now, all you need to get is the subclass licence itself.

    You will be at a disadvantage without a subclass, or with a lower-levelled one- but as for which subclass you go for, that depends on what kind of gameplay you're aiming at. There are a few subclasses that mesh with Techer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hysteria1987 View Post
    You no longer need to level a specific class in order to unlock other classes- they're all available from the start now, all you need to get is the subclass licence itself.

    You will be at a disadvantage without a subclass, or with a lower-levelled one- but as for which subclass you go for, that depends on what kind of gameplay you're aiming at. There are a few subclasses that mesh with Techer.

    So going along those lines, from my reading it would seem that techer is more of the support class than force is. Is that wrong? And if that's the case, is Fo/Te an OK class/subclass combo to be able to do moderate/OK damage, and be support?

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    Thanks for making the new thread!

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    Techer is the most support oriented class in the game, but all its good skills for support require it to be your main class, so subclassing it locks you out of them. Fo/Te is pretty much the best tech damage class right now and doesn't do support any better than other /Te combinations. If it's tech damage you're after first and foremost, Fo/Te is a great idea. But if you want to support, or be both support or damage, Techer main would be a better idea. Te/Fo itself isn't bad, but Fo/Te does everything Te/Fo does better, so I'd suggest Te/Fi or Te/Br if you want to support and have good tech damage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LonelyGaruga View Post
    Techer is the most support oriented class in the game, but all its good skills for support require it to be your main class, so subclassing it locks you out of them. Fo/Te is pretty much the best tech damage class right now and doesn't do support any better than other /Te combinations. If it's tech damage you're after first and foremost, Fo/Te is a great idea. But if you want to support, or be both support or damage, Techer main would be a better idea. Te/Fo itself isn't bad, but Fo/Te does everything Te/Fo does better, so I'd suggest Te/Fi or Te/Br if you want to support and have good tech damage.
    Excellent. I'm planning on going the support route, so I'll head for the Te/Br probably. Thanks for the advice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LonelyGaruga View Post
    Unique passive skill Extend Assist extends the maximum duration of Shifta and Deband applied by the user from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.
    The default without Extend Assist is 1 minute, not 2 minutes.
    Guide looks amazing as a whole, though. Very in-depth and even covers a lot of information on other classes, as well (something a lot of guides won't even have). Kudos to the great work you put into this!
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    Those are nice descriptions of what all skills related to melee techer do, but I cannot agree with those trees. Most of the trees are really really awful; they do not take into account most gameplays the class offers, and assume everyone plays like you.

    Pure melee builds will never need any PP-related skill, as you will never use PP to attack, so that's 20 SP that will be 100% useless to a good melee TE.
    Pure melee builds do not need any point in any elemental mastery.
    Pure melee builds absolutely need Deband Cut and Deband Toughness maxed.
    Pure mags have always been and will always be terrible, especially if you're going to use attack techniques.

    You still have a lot to learn about melee techer (and evidently some of the game mechanics), but at least you wrote useful skill descriptions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hrith View Post
    Those are nice descriptions of what all skills related to melee techer do, but I cannot agree with those trees. Most of the trees are really really awful; they do not take into account most gameplays the class offers, and assume everyone plays like you.

    Pure melee builds will never need any PP-related skill, as you will never use PP to attack, so that's 20 SP that will be 100% useless to a good melee TE.
    Pure melee builds do not need any point in any elemental mastery.
    Pure melee builds absolutely need Deband Cut and Deband Toughness maxed.
    Pure mags have always been and will always be terrible, especially if you're going to use attack techniques.

    You still have a lot to learn about melee techer (and evidently some of the game mechanics), but at least you wrote useful skill descriptions.
    Now, now, not to harsh. The problem with these guides in general is that the writer obviously suggests the builds and play style they like and believe in.

    I am also a pure melee TE and only use techs in a handful of situations when it is to hard to get melee hits in like Diabo. On Anga for example I use pure melee, tanking/dodging attacks with a constant stream of smacks. I usually get wands resistant after the first round.

    So I would indeed agree with your suggestions, but hey, it's luckily not my thread anymore



    Also, maybe you should add some good videos that show of Techer gameplay, because a lot of people still don't seem to know about it at all. Melee techers are still quite rare.


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