I don't make it a habit of hanging around the Force-User threads on the forums as I have minimal interest in playing one. My wife, however, really likes the concept of the Consular (and your Dark-side equivilant), and I'd like to play alongside her. Whilst we both accept that unless I make a Knight (an unlikely prospect at best), I won't be with her on Tython, which is fine with us. However, I'd like the input of Consulars of what non-Force class, or classes, would work well with a Consular? She has a real desire to play a Sage, and seems to enjoy healing, so I know she'll be generally popular in Flashpoints and Operations.

I had originally intended to play a Smuggler (unsure of AC), and still intend to do so at some point, but I played a Commando during the beta weekend (to complement a Sentinel she played) and found myself enjoying it a lot. What classes did you enjoy working with? Not enjoy? Find a hindrance?

Thank you in advance.

Well, in the Thanksgiving Beta I rolled a Sentinel as my main, also doing the other classes just to try them out, and did the Esseles FP a few times. I never got to work with Troopers, only Knights, Consulars, and Smugglers, and I found the best matches for my character were both the Consulars and Smugglers, as they mainly hung back while I ran in and slashed.

For a Consular though, I think a Trooper might be a good matchup. It could draw the enemies in and blast them for a good ammount of damage while the Consular stayed a safe distance away and healed the trooper while also using it's ranged attacks. I say this because to me Troopers seem to be the more heavy-hitters of the non-force users, and can take a good ammount of hits from the enemies while doing so.

 

For a Consular though, I think a Trooper might be a good matchup. It could draw the enemies in and blast them for a good ammount of damage while the Consular stayed a safe distance away and healed the trooper while also using it's ranged attacks. I say this because to me Troopers seem to be the more heavy-hitters of the non-force users, and can take a good ammount of hits from the enemies while doing so.

Thank you for the reply.

When I played with my Commando and my wife's Sentinel, I found that while she could take a lot of the aggro, I could get in and do so too. He was a LOT more survivable than my IA, and we both liked how I cut through mooks while she tangled up the bosses.

Also, Cryo Grenade became one of our most beloved powers. Anything that was still kicking after a Sticky and Mortar Volley got one.

Thank you.

Havenstone, were you planning on a Trooper Vanguard? It sounded like if she was planning on seer sage for healing and you tank as a vanguard, that there would be minimal melee, thus maybe less healing?

IMHO I like that setup, but a Knight(tank) would be more practical in this case.

I don't make it a habit of hanging around the Force-User threads on the forums as I have minimal interest in playing one. My wife, however, really likes the concept of the Consular (and your Dark-side equivilant), and I'd like to play alongside her. Whilst we both accept that unless I make a Knight (an unlikely prospect at best), I won't be with her on Tython, which is fine with us. However, I'd like the input of Consulars of what non-Force class, or classes, would work well with a Consular? She has a real desire to play a Sage, and seems to enjoy healing, so I know she'll be generally popular in Flashpoints and Operations.

 

I had originally intended to play a Smuggler (unsure of AC), and still intend to do so at some point, but I played a Commando during the beta weekend (to complement a Sentinel she played) and found myself enjoying it a lot. What classes did you enjoy working with? Not enjoy? Find a hindrance?

 

Thank you in advance.

Consulars may be Tanks, Healers, or DPS (they have 4 dps tree's , actually )

If they go tank , they could probably use a healer friend. (Trooper, smuggler , and another counsiler, have healer trees)

If they go healer, a tank would be nice (consuloar, jk , trooper)

If they go dps , it's all up for grabs.