Rahl_Windsong Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Lokin can't heal in his DPS form? nope he just fights as a Rakghoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginnem Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 nope he just fights as a Rakghoul Wow, that obviously needs to be fixed. Like the above poster said, other healer companions do not have that problem. Guess I'll stick with Kaliyo until I get Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightglade Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Kaliyo is terrible IMO, ranged tank with all short range/melee mitigation abilites, ***? I was on beta for quite some time and I can say with confidence that Kaliyo is the worst tanking companion, even with exceptional gear she eats it constantly. Was really surprised by how well I was doing with the doc in good gear. I solo the Belsavis Heroic 4 [Old Enemies] AKA Lord Raxxus from Lord Sharr nightly with Kaliyo and she is in complete green gear. She is amazing. She can be a ranged tank, a melee tank or mediocre dps. It requires the player to micro manage her, which most players won't do. Dr Lokin is a mediocre healer at best and only good if the player isn't an Op healer. For dps, Temple is far and away better than Vector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elladan Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Did you remember to give him a gun?Seriously though, I didn't want to follow the pack, or believe it, but since I got Lokin, and slapped some moddable gear on him, I'm hard pressed to bring Kaliyo along to quest, other than for the dialogues. He heals and does cc, what's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raideen Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 When you get the good Dr. geared up, life gets really easy. I wonder why they make us wait until 40 to get him. He would have made the entire journey so much more fun. I just got him at 31. Just do your class quests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMuhny Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 At level 48, I play with a Sith Warrior who uses his healing companion Malavai Quinn while I use Dr. Lokin. While questing we never fall below 90% hp and always end every fight with 99% + hp. Even when we do [Heroic 2+] quests. Healing companions are the best, hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitec Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) I now get kalyio near columi equipted voerall and even with that gear the tank comps in swtor sucks.Only with my operative healer leveling i was happy to have kalyio as tank .with my sniper i just get her off when i get dr.lokin and it was so much better then no downtimes.All dps / tank classes would go for healcomps. Only in endgame with gear dps/ tank classes would switch to dps comps most time. Edited February 15, 2012 by Vitec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autreki Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 it may work best for snipers and other DPs class specs but for my heavy healing spec Kaliyo when well geared can handle multiple mobs quite easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightglade Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 At level 48, I play with a Sith Warrior who uses his healing companion Malavai Quinn while I use Dr. Lokin. Healing companions are the best, hands down. I now get kalyio near columi equipted overall and even with that gear the tank comps in swtor sucks. Only with my operative healer leveling i was happy to have kalyio as tank. with my sniper i just get her off when i get dr.lokin and it was so much better then no downtimes. All dps / tank classes would go for healcomps. Only in endgame with gear dps/ tank classes would switch to dps comps most time. Wait, so, healers should use a tank companion and dps players should use a healer ?! GASP!! Really? To be clear, I also use Ensign Temple occasionally but not when I need a tank. I have Temple geared up and she's great damage. I also have Dr Lokin geared up. He's a decent healer but nothing fantastic. Last night Kaliyo and I soloed all the Belsavis heroic dailies again, even after the Surge nerf. She is in greens and I am an Op Medic. She is an amazing tank but again, it takes a bit of micro managing her skills, a bit of planning and she rocks the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatspoo Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 i have a 50 assassin tank and i used talos(healer) sometimes but most of the time i usedandronikos for soloing. things die WAYY too slow with a healer companion. so whoever said tanks should be using healer companions.. thats not truei use dps companion more than anything as a tank. another note on imperial agents..someone said whats not to like with dr lokin??do you have a 50? apparently not because if you did you wouldnt say stupid things like that... every other class in the game's healing companion can heal and dps at the same time.. range dps btw which is a big deal because dr. lokin will try to run up to the mobs and melee them when you are at 100% hp so he gets hit with aoe's alot and grabs aggro from mobs you didnt tag.. ITS TERRIBLE.. dr.lokin is the worst healing companion in the game. he is pretty much exactly the same as your robot healer since he cant heal and dps at the same time and his dps is a joke so basically he just heals.. you cant even compare mako or talos drelik to dr.lokin.. dr. lokin is a joke why are IA companions sooo gimp?? WHY WHY BIOWARE DO YOU HATE IA's??!?@?@! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreus Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Getting on your speeder still resets companion health to full no? Just do that, and there's no need to heal as long as Kaliyo survives the fight. And yeah, Lokin is the worst healer companion in the game because he can't heal and dps at the same time like other healer companions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doxxs Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm pretty hooked on Ensign Temple...I have just walked through quests with her fully geared out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalSpiro Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) I really don't understand any of these threads. I played with Kaliyo from the moment I got her to level 50 as a MM Sniper. I kept her geared always (and not even in level appropriate gear. We were trashing level 50 content with her in level 40 mods) and she never ever steared me wrong. The only times we failed were when I screwed up. What are you people doing that makes her so useless to you? Does she die sometimes? Sure, but only against Elites and it's hardly an imposition to dismiss her and resummon her, or even better to summon my ride and move just before it appears dropping and summoning her instantly. Whenever I had her in appropriate level Customs with Prototype mods she wouldn't go down at all. The one thing that Kaliyo does that Lokin never will, is keep mobs the hell away from me. Like a proper tank should. Edited February 16, 2012 by KalSpiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahzard Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 dr.lokin is the worst healing companion in the game. he is pretty much exactly the same as your robot healer since he cant heal and dps at the same time and his dps is a joke so basically he just heals.. you cant even compare mako or talos drelik to dr.lokin.. dr. lokin is a joke why are IA companions sooo gimp?? WHY WHY BIOWARE DO YOU HATE IA's??!?@?@! You did give Lokin a pistol to use right? Just curious because my Lokin attacks when his heals are on cool down frequently. Not to mention he likes to use his cool little CC carbonite spray. Anyhow if I have a healing companion I am not expecting it to dps like crazy. I expect it to heal me through the damage so that I can dps like crazy. As far as IA companions being gimped...Temple is pretty ******, Vector was really useful, and I like the doctor. Both tanks are seldom used but since I have no way to really keep them alive why settle for mediocre dps when I can use Temple instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenjagd Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Ensign Temple > all. I ignored her for a long time then got some spare columni pieces and other purple and orange gear and two orange guns so I gave her another shot. Stuff dies soo much faster with her and she has 14k hp now. I also prefer to keep aggro on myself and tank so I can keep the mob targeted and heal myself endlessly without any target switching involved. Makes fights easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightglade Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Ensign Temple > all. I ignored her for a long time then got some spare columni pieces and other purple and orange gear and two orange guns so I gave her another shot. Stuff dies soo much faster with her and she has 14k hp now. I also prefer to keep aggro on myself and tank so I can keep the mob targeted and heal myself endlessly without any target switching involved. Makes fights easier. I have Kaliyo at 17k now. She's a beast. Temple is really good. I love using her as dps. For target switching, I have MouseWheelDown as target self. MouseWheelUp as target nearest friendly. I can cycle through people -really- fast. You can also set up the Focus target modifier key and targetself modifier key. I have 'X' for myself and 'Z' for focus target. Starting a heal with Z pressed sends it to my focus target without ever switching main targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenjagd Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I have Kaliyo at 17k now. She's a beast. Temple is really good. I love using her as dps. Gave Temple a few more purple hand-me-downs today and a better implant and now she has 16.2k hp. Not bad for a dps pet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angryflashlight Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Where on Taris do I find Dr. Lokin? Like the main location and do I need to do anything pre before I can start a quest chain to get him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuixupu Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) Wow, major thread necromancy.... Your class quest, of course...;you get led to each planet that way, and you'll run into him soon after, but you won't get to have him as your companion until you complete your class quesst there. Edited August 3, 2012 by chuixupu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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