What heal should I use?

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My character is an acrobatic, hit-and-run style gunslinger, centered on shotgun and the dual gun skills.


So far I've pretty much mastered the art of hitting and running. If I get focused I can make it out easily thanks to the lightning speed provided by Versatility-acro.


However, once I'm far away and safe, I stand there looking stupid because I have no way to heal myself and go back to the battle!

So, I want to get myself a heal, but I don't know how many are there and which one to pick. Ideally, I'd use it to heal outside of enemy sight to come back later, not mid-fight. Which one should I pick?

Thanks!

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You could pick up psionic healing (although it is tier 2, so you wouldnt be able to get it until lvl 17). Bountiful Chi ressurgence with an advantage and a rank in it might be alright too.

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well the two best options:

you can craft yourself healing items, which are on a 1 or 2 minute cooldown and heal for probably most of your hp

you can take what is the most popular self heal atm, which is regen + resurgence, which is probably a full heal if you have disengaged completely (it was nerfed because it used to be a full heal IN combat, without your natural regen, but I think its still the best choice). resurgence is on a 1 minute cooldown


if you cant live with a cooldown then there are others but I think 1 minute is pretty short unless you're getting ripped constantly

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oh, for some reason I thought he meant non-passive power =/

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oh, for some reason I thought he meant non-passive power =/

I actually mean non-passive, my passive slot is being occupied by an offensive :D


I guess I'll try them all at the PH =)

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nm what I said then, regen is passive

but the heal items are good!

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nm what I said then, regen is passive

but the heal items are good!

Hmmm I'm arms / ordnance, can I craft any of those?

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Hmmm I'm arms / ordnance, can I craft any of those?

yeah they should be universal, but then again maybe u dont want to have to gather materials for them constantly to replenish

in that case try bismarck's suggestion with the ego heals

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Bountiful Chi ressurgence with an advantage and a rank in it might be alright too.

I actually don't think the advantage for it is that important. The times you will be using it is usually after fights or while blocking, and even if you did use it while fighting, 20% isn't completely unlivable.

Still, the heal itself seems really weak. I'm guessing it scales with your Pre like most heals do, and that's a stat I'm just not willing to beef up for a single skill and no other passive boosts I can use on an offensive character.

I've been meaning to try mindful reinforcement on a non-telepath. If there's anything remaining of the shield after 8 seconds, it heals you twice the amount of the shield's HP. I'm thinking this could work nicely as an emergency in-combat buffer, and an out-of-combat heal. It just depends on how effective it is without pre and outside the support role.