If I was to do a Assault spec it would be: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#8000zZMckZfhMrzGGrs.1 My Gunnery is: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#800bfMZMIkdRrdRkcz.1

It's all opinion. Both are good. I prefer gunnery. Great dmg, low cooldown knockbacks...always fun knocking people off cliffs.

Once you get grav round charged bolt is worthless... Anyways my rotation is Grav Sticky Grav Grav full auto grav high impact grav demo. Also people need to take a loom at the mirrors before complaining... Merc spams tracer so...

I dont understand why nobody ever mentions sticky bombs in a pvp rotation. It adds alot of burst. Grav, sticky, grav, grav,hib,fa, demo.

How can noone ever mention sticky bombs? Adding that in a pvp rotation is killer burst. With hib, grav, full auto... it helps alot

It's like power shot for bh. Once you get tracer power shot becomes useless. Its used if you dont get grav(tracer)

Starwind.

As a merc, given that we are identical I personally go for aim crit and surge. alacrity is a bad idea for us unless were heal spec. Aim is a no brainer, most of our skills work off crit and surge gives us those big numbers. Iv crit heatseekers in pvp at 40 for over 3500. Accuracy is another good stat but imo is bottom of the other 3. I like not having combat logs, the whole min maxing causes more problems imo. thats my 2 credits.

Personally as a merc I feel that unload is my bread and butter. It refreshes often, does a ton of dmg and snares.

This happens to unload all the time too btw... It's not just commandos. Also death from above is way more noticable than mortar strike...your floating in the air ffs.

I have a bh at level 40 and would just like to say that they def suffer from pushback and can have the full effect lowered. Im not sure about the death from above counterpart. I'm making a commando on shii cho.

Blasphemy! The BFG is the best part! Id rather use the BFG over the rifle any day

I'm all about pvp which is why I dont want to goto a pve server but I find myself in warzones mostly. How are the cybertech bombs tho?

I have a level 40 merc on ven zallow, all of my rl friends are on shii cho so I'm making a commando there. Went with armstech on my merc which is maxed. both cybertech and bio sound great. I have heard rumors of unlimited use bombs with cybertech which may prove useful in many situations on top of the mods. But with bio I can make all kinds of stims, medpacks and the like. Tough choice.

This has also been happening to me as well. Usually I shoot but no dmg occurs.

Spike, The Shoryuken Legacy.

Forgot to add rail shot in the rotation right after tracers. You get the idea tho. anyone that says merc is just a one button spammer doesn't play the class right imo. To each their own.

Don't choose merc for dual pistols. Think about what you want to do. Would you rather heal or tank? At 30 as a merc I can say they are fun to play as. If specced arsenal we get a 20sec cooldown aoe knockback/snare, a 9sec cooldown single target knockack. Both of those are amazing, in huttball I'm constantly knocking people off the bridges, in the fire and acid. We also get an unload refresh, snare on unload, damage absorb shields, (one thats up to 10% another thats 25%), high armor piercing, and heals. Really fun class if played right. Melee gets in your face, knock them back, stun them, exploding dart, few tracer missiles.. By then the stun wears off.... Unload them which snares them too finish them with heatseekers.

Lets not confuse opinions with facts please...

Happened to me, and I didnt even take her money.. hell I chose the Neutral path here you say all of them are dead and your all set. I never even mentioned the list she had. ***!

I personally Find Huttball the best of the 3. Assault on the bottom, I really dont like the rush type pvp games.

Armor pen for arsenal, combust for pyro.

No Awesome Sauce?

Are you saying they should remove the Mercenaries rocket punch knockback skill? No thanks. Powertech gives up ranged in favor of being able to take more hits. They were never a "ranged" tank. Also I would agree on an AC respec ONLY if it was maybe 2 times maximum so you can try the other AC and if you find out you dont like to respec back.

My mercs 26 and I love it. we sure as heck aren't squishy. Dish out crazy dmg. 9 sec single knockback, 20 sec aoe knockback/snare..which launches far a hell, unload refresh, snare on unload duration, good heals, dmg redux in shields, missiles galore, crazy armor piercing...could go on but I'm at work lol. Loving this class.