They did, but I wasn't actually using full Tactics there. I was using the hybrid 8/22/16 build. Anyway, I just feel like the Gut damage reduction just didn't match up well at all compared to the other "slight reductions" of 2-5%. Gut's damage got reduced by around 18%, which is not a slight reduction. But yes, Tactics is in a better place now, and the hybrid specs still looked to be viable.

This is a direct comparison of the damage values between live and PTS using the same gear and my stats below: 3188 aim (no sage buff at the time) Bonus Damage MH: 986.4 Tech: 1503.4 1312 power 104 crit (Ranged Crit: 21.41%, Tech Crit: 24.91% ) 474 accuracy (100.48% Ranged / 110.48% Tech ) 316 surge ( 68.62% ) 0 alacrity Gut's damage for me got reduced from roughly 1821-1935 + 3921 to around 1690-1804 + 3216 so around an 18% reduction. This is NOT a slight reduction! Incendiary Round: 921 - 1028 + 3302 on live vs. 939 - 1052 + 3155 (slight reduction) Pulse Cannon ( with 0 stacks) 5409 on live vs. 5318 on PTS ( slight reduction) Anyway, I was using a 8/22/16 spec, and was able to keep both IR and Gut on the target at the same time constantly fairly easily, so my parses at least stayed around the same as they were on live. Keep in mind I also did not have the sage 5% main stat buff. (Around 2750-2800 with full 72 BiS) I also checked the damage of Assault Plastique: 2892 - 3006 + 2500 on live vs. 3691 - 3805 + 2183 dot on the PTS if you use a 36 point Assault Spec.

I personally use the 8/22/16 build, but as Pulse Cannon/Flame Thrower is the highest damage skill we have (20-25% of total damage) it may be a very good choice to test a build like that. I haven't actually used the 2/22/22, but both the one I'm using and that one were both roughly equally viable. I would definitely test that 2/28/16 build as a viable choice, though. As no one has actually tested the changes (that I know of) I would just test all three and see what you get for numbers. Although, with the changes to IR, and pulse cannon, it may be possible to use IR in a 8/22/16 build and keep it up constantly (which wasn't really possible before).

There is an Arkanian SA relic, but the only place I've seen it is off the arena boss in SM S&V. I happen to have one and it has a 510 power proc on it as well as 27 static power. I would go for one of these if you can get one. I am unsure if there is an underworld version right now, however.

I've done some testing using both builds, and have been finding the best results with this build so far: DPS: 2409.91 (Cutting off the points where bleeds are wearing off on the dummy at end of parse) Build: 8/22/16 While not exactly tactics, this is using a derivative of it that combines features of both tactics and assault. Currently, I am in pretty much all lvl 69 gear (no set bonus) minus the weapon barrel, boots, and one relic. I have some blue 26 aim augments currently and am working on getting the more expensive ones. The gear is not perfectly low endurance optimized yet. I ran this parse without the sage buff at the time. Aim - 2922 (no sage buff) Power - 770 (799.6 bonus damage) Crit - 360 - 25.37% Accuracy - 283 (98.06%) Surge - 432 (72.06%) <- need to switch this out for accuracy. Alacrity - 0 (haven't tested yet) Skills used: Ion pulse - to build stacks for pulse cannon Plasma Cell: Necessary to get HiB procs, plus the burn Pulse Cannon: Whenever 3 stacks are up, and high impact bolt is not available High Impact Bolt: whenever available Gut: When bleed wears off Incendiary Round: Only when ammo is available for use (If used in my rotation my ammo management would get screwed up quickly) Stock Strike: Use when you have a free stock strike to proc HiB. Also was using my 154 aim reusable stim, proc power relic (510 power), on use Dread Guard power relic, and my rakata attack adrenal. Link to parse: http://www.torparse.com/a/203319

Yup, your crit was probably way too high. Accuracy should be topped off, but I still took my crit up to around 25%, and you should still want surge to around 70% as well. I actually haven't tested my dps with the gear I now have (mostly 69 with the blue augments temporarily and somewhat fixed accuracy to 97%.)

I have a parse of about 2200 with tactics right now on a dummy. This was using the 8 36 2 build. This was also around 5 days ago where I had only around half 69 gear. Also I missed/resisted 7% of my total attacks on the dummy as my accuracy is not up to par yet. http://www.torparse.com/a/184819

In the assault tree "Assault trooper" is not giving the 30% bonus to Ion Pulse currently. I have tested this, and confirmed that I am only getting my base surge from the talent. My normal damage for ion pulse is in the range 1556-1668. With the surge bonus from the talent (would be 102%) ion pulse should be critting for around 3143-3370, but it is only critting for around 2600-2800 which would be with my normal surge of 72%.

Bump so people see this.

Everything is working properly for me except for when I load in the game I come to a blank server list and don't go into character selection, so am unable to log into my server. Otherwise, the overlay works properly.

What was your character's name on Vilya? Just wondering, I was on that server too for almost that long!

I'm from Vilya (US). You might remember me as Dordrac (champ) or Holgar (Hunter) from Lotro. I played for a solid 3 years, took a year off, then another 2 months after Isengard, and now I'm here.