Reserve Powercell + Tech Override = instant free plazma grenade

But now peeps die even faster if they fight with maras and some talented sorcs and even ssins.

Earlier my combo was like: 1. Assault plastique 2. Sicky grenade 3. Instant free cost plasma 4. Incendiary round 5. HIB 6. Fullauto (HiB proc) 7. HIB again 8. Stockstrike if melee and my foe was hardly alive in 5 seconds. Now this combo is still more or less fine but it's incomparable with the previous version. Have only i noticed it? I don't mention those shi*y new talents the assault tree has got which are absolutely weak on wz. As for ammo control, it's kind of catastrophy! I have to hammer shot all the time coz i'm dry after few shots. Earlier i hadn't got the problem at all. Is anyone playing the tree? Maybe i'm doing something wrong?

Ye, if there's just one smashing monkey.

It's not about someone beats someone. It's about the mass efect of smashers gameplay. A smasher is absolutely harmless himself BUT if there are 2-3-5 of them it's kind of catastrophy. Taking into account their survivability even 2 smashers become a problem. That's the point mate. Mass AOE skill that deals 8k+ damage by 3-5 players is kind of complete BS in game balance issue. THere's just no need in any other class except 1 healer and a taunting tank on the field. So many times i saw premades of 3 smashers and oper/scound healer. More over the final result is always the same. The top of the damage list belongs to smashers. Ofcourse it's not OP. We are just whining coz someone kicked our a**.

Then i just don't see the light in the end of this story. Seems it's time to become a smasher not to hurt some other aspects of this fragile game balance.

Yesterday played as a healer in dps gear. Done about 650k healing first match and about 750 the other with my commando. THere was a scoundrel healer and sage near by. It was the first time i pissed off maras and lauged them in the face and their tiny smash consequences.

The 9k crits aren't something ridiculous in this game coz even my commando crits 9.2k from time to time. The problem is that it's instant AOE strike which makes the tactics and strategy on the field senseless. I tried my commando and scoundrel as healers and was a bit confused when 4 smashers lowered the team's health to 5-10% in a second with the only strike. Not needed to tell you how it happens. They just leap in the crowd near a node and yeh - smash it. If there are 1-2 smashers it's more or less healable and avoidable and controlable. But 3-5 monkeys leaping everything that moves is just stupid. The class is really famous now cos you don't need to think much. Just leap n smash - 900k in the list after, end of story. So that smash is an AOE attack it MUST be weaker than single target attack, isn't it? If everyone realizes it then why the hell it's still criting more than any other class single target skill?! Don't tell me it's all about subscribers. Are BW just so stupid that do not understand it? What's the reason?

Tried few 55lvl WZs with my commando and felt kind of joy or something like this. I see astonishment in some operatives faces when they try to escape under my electro net Love the Hold the line skill definitely. The only thing we really need now is Bolster shi* fix and all these 10k smash crits as well. Ye, my mando crits about 8k either but i don't like these 2-3 GCDs fights. Smash zergs rule again. Five smashers each wz is kind of norm now and it sux. Their smashes are even more devastating due to lolster system. Don't see PTs anymore, ---> happy me.

Wahahahaha at laaaast....!!! Insta death was a bit annoying you know so i'm glad the class was nerfed. Hope for some months at least. See you on your smashers, the crying babies always switch from one OP char to another.

Well, actually there are some tricks you can use against melees to survive and deal damage BUT forget about winning 1 on 1 (if we're talking about decent foes). In 2.0 we'll get some sweet skills which i believe make our life a bit easier. Hold the line with 30% speed buff for 10 secs, electro-net, 2 charges in Tech-override that allow to make 2 gravs instant or heal 2 times, Kolto bomb etc. It doesn't mean we'll be welcome in RWZ teams but still it's better than nothing. I was sure BW would give NOTHING to us in 2.0 but i was wrong. Even now playing with my good friends with really good healer among them i feel pretty solid on WZs. Usually i'm number 3 in the list of top dps right after my 2 jedi knight smash-friends. If you plan to play serious pvp on RWZ - vanguard is your choise for sure. As for me i'm just in love with this poor designed class and not gonna leave it having gunslinger, vanguard and other alts in my arsenal.

Thanks for awesome commando/merc Design, Rob. /sarcasm off

Spent about 15kk on packs and earned about 7kk by selling the junk i got. Some packs had only ONE rare and it could be a companion gift = sux. Only 3 packs were really good. One of them had Diplomat chair maunt (sold for 3.1kk) and the others Ziost guardian glowsticks with crystals and phantom boxes. In general i lost much more than earned. I like the lottery but this one is too shi*y.

Just as it happened in 1.6 NOTHING will be given in 1.7 as well. Something whispers in my mind that we won't get a thing until Makeb. I almost gave up swtor too. If not a guild leader i'd play something else for sure. As for playing a sniper/PT..., i tried both and have 50lvl on each oh them. Love my commando still. Having fun on my low lvl alts from time to time but nothing serious. If 1.7 won't bring a change, i'll give up TOR till Makeb.

Correct me if i'm wrong: you've just compared a single target sniper with same numbers AOE 100% crit marauder/jugger? Are you mad bro? How can it be compared? 3 Snipers can focus one target and kill it in seconds while smashers can do it with your whole team. Yesterday, voidstar, 4 smashers smashed the whole team near the doors with ONE strike. 2 men survived with 5-10% of their HP. Sages, commandos, scoundrels all died after the single smash. I should have screeshot that.

The thread.

They suck.

The amount of other classes players is largerer and if BW doesn't react on the mara issue they risk to get more and more maras/sents rerollers who'll make swtor a single class game. This is sheerly unacceptable for any MMO. I lost my faith in BW designers when they kept nerfing mercs/mandos when they strongly required buffs. Still have no faith and wait another mara buff which ofcourse will be called a nerf.

After lvl 40 people get their 31st talent and in most cases it's a greatly hiting skill. So, don't tell us about no damage or else difference. The difference is HUGE. Only some classes being 20+ can deal pretty equal damage with 40s, such like snipers, PTs. The rest are dummies against 40s. Even 10-39 and 40-49 bracket would be better but yes, the queues would be endless for 40s. The worst thing is that there are some guilds which make premades of 40+s and faceroll the opposite teams all day long.

Is it so hard to add such like brackets in game? This is getting more and more ridiculous when our team day after day consists of 10-24lvls while imps constantly have at least 3 players of 40+. I wouldn't write anything but i started a new alt and it's the 4th day in a row when are simply facerolled without a single chance. Being level 20 and fight against lvl 29 is fine to my mind and it's definitely wrong to let sheeps enter a cage with lions.

Created a thread about this build. Please try it out. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#800ZrckzMZcIRrzhuMc.2

We all know the state of our class and it sux no matter what build we play. As for me, i play in Assault spec and it's pretty ok until a monkey or another melee approaches. Auto attack snare isn't enough to escape, cryonade is the only way to stop an enemy and it's definitely not enough against melees who have snare removing abilities/talents. Today i tried gunnery again and realized that tho the damage is perfect the survivability leaves much to be desired for sure. The only thing is good in gunnery spec is its stock strike root which is actually a root which we waited for a long time but for some reasons it doesn't help in gunnery spec at all. If you are crippled you just don't have enough time to crawl away from melee and still you get hits in your back. Unacceptable to my mind. So, what we have. Gunnery spec strongly requires snare efffects removal ability and Assault spec in its turn requires roots. That's the reason why i'm writing all this. I tried a new hybrid spec again. Again, because i have already tried it but it was long ago when i had weak gear and low dps. Now, having half elite wh i decided to try it once more. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#800ZrckzMZcIRrzhuMc.2 It looks a bit ugly i know but i think for the root sake we can stand it. I ran about 5 WZs in it and it's awesome! ) As you see i didn't sacrifice any damage increasing talents except our dear Assault plastique. Alas but it's necessary. Yes, we lose spike burst from IR, HIB, AP, SG, FA, HIB combo having no AP in the list BUT having good gear i didn't realy notice the loss tbh. What we gain? We gain root and reactive shield that removes any movement debuffs. AND crazy push back from gunnery tree which i always loved. The foes fly in the sky away from the node or a healer or just you and it saves situations greatly. As for the damage, it's still fine but not as good as with 4.4k criting assault plastique ofc. Now i use Plazmanade more often and manage my ammo carefully. Also i added charged bolts to the panel again for i feel kind of a gap in my rotation. Use it when don't need to kite melees. Now i think about some gear changes coz of crit lack. The technical crit is still 40% but i feel not enough after loosing 3% in talents. I think i can change some mods sacrificing some surge perhaps. Hope you'll find the spec useful coz i did and feel i want to test it more. Good luck mates

No thx, we got it.

Bump in the name of justice.

Whatever. After 1.2 i feel dummy being top geared. Who cares what exactly been changed... I want my class back on pvp arena. Now we are sheer pew pew paper boys bringing only average damage and frags for our foes.