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Prances wrote:
Danobowl, I'd try mastering Entertainer... fairly high unlock ratio for 3 holo users, plus the fact that 2 of your three holos were Elites in the Entertainer branch seem like a positive sign. But yes, finish all your basic profs first=)

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well, i finished entertainer ..nothin!

oh well...on to scout and brawler for the last of my basics

First let me commend you on a well written post.  And I wish (oh I wish) it were true.  I'm not saying that it is NOT true.  One of the posters in this thread mentioned that he started as an artisan and his holos gave him 4 elite fighting professions and was using this as evidence that this theory may be true.

I have had exactly the opposite happen to me. 

I started as an artisan.  Mastered Artisan, Weaponsmith and Merchant. (All from the artisan tree, this was before holos came out)

Then I read my first Holo - TKA, this would support the theory because I had ZERO (almost) combat Xp.  After TKM, my next holo said Armorsmith (WTH, my 4th artisan profession),  then my next holo said Droid Engineer (huh, my 5 artisan profession).  My 4th holo was silent.

So here is what i deduced at that time.  Since my holo went silent after three, then one of my previous masters just happened to be one of my required professions.  So my 3 holo professions were TKA, Armorsmith, Droid Engineer, and my 4th holo professions was either Artisan, Weaponsmith, Merchant.  So it is fair to say that 3 of the 4 holo professions i have completed were from the artisan tree AND there is a 67% chance that those 3 were ALL elite artisan professions.

Since then, I've mastered Medic, Architect (more artisan XP), Entertainer, Image Designer, Dancer and Musician. 

I also think it's fair to say that I'm covered in the "social" metric.

So according to this theory (and I'm just trying to apply it and guess what I should do next) I would need more medical experience ,  more combat XP (but why didn't the holo tell me another combat profession) OR maybe GOD FORBID, I have an exceptionally high metric generated for ARTISAN and I should master Chef and / or Tailor.

I am thinking I may go ahead and finish the Brawler class, then marksman, then if it's not opened, either shoot myself, or do BH, CH or BE.

Let me know what you think.

Thor

Good theory. I too have been preaching the idea that there is more than one way and the clever cunning devs actually gave us the answer the moment they said 'adventure and enjoy yourself'. In fact I have been quite amused that Thunderheart sometimes tries to explain and his words are taken with the usual cynicism then fit into the 'grind' pattern.

I unlocked with very few masteries, but had spent my time since August doing everything Ingame... I think your theory needs work but seems to explain why the earliest Jedi seemed to have it easy.