Most of the changes thus far have been bug fixes and without a combat log it is hard to tell if classes are balanced or not. My question is are the classes balanced? If there is room for improvement, when can we expect to see bigger class changes and fixes?

I'm sure most snipers at one point thought the same thing you were thinking only to realize later that your points can be better spent not to mention that snipe is pretty much one of our worst abilities.

Yea, really 23/16/2 you have your choice for either Diversion or the Knockback from Ambush. Other than that it's pretty much the same. This is a good starting out build when you're starting to do ops or hms because it's not too bad on your energy. It's much more forgiving than other builds and still does decent damage.

I'm not sure if you are primarily a pvp'er or pve'er but you have the right idea.... just some points could be better spent. 23/16/2 - PVE Build - Pretty much the standard Marks/Eng Hybrid build. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#400rcrbdRoRZrI0bRo.1 I could make a PVP build but I don't pvp as much so I'll let someone else do that if they want.

Dirty Fighting Gunslingers or Lethality Snipers are very dot based like some people already mentioned. . Especially if you go a hybrid spec, which at the moment is extremely viable... viable to the point where it may be the highest dps sniper spec. It has 3 dots to keep up and their main ability is a shot that does more damage the more dots you have. It's the spec I play at the moment while doing NM ops. Change a few talents around and its a very viable pvp spec too. Edit- also the dots last 18 or 21 seconds.

Play a sniper or gunslinger. They have 3 pretty different trees and energy management is a bit of a challenge and there is no set rotation really. If you don't want something to be "faceroll easy" I'd recommend a sniper/gunslinger. < 50 Sniper, working on NM ops.

Your reading comprehension is not very good and then you tell other people they can't read. What that means is that spreadsheet is not meant to tell you which rotation to use. What it does do though is give you DPS based on the parameters you input. Thus, if you put in correct information, the output is a number which can be used to compare the outputs of other specs and rotations. TLDR - The spreadsheet tells you the DPS of a spec and rotation and the number is correct as long as the entered information is correct.

This was awful while raiding last night. I lost so much DPS to having to move then abilities not going off. I didn't notice it before the patch Tuesday. It is unbelievably terrible right now. This needs fixed ASAP. Create in game bug tickets if you haven't already for it.

Cover is still buggy as hell. I notice it the most in pvp. Funny delays, abilities cancel, cover won't even deploy or I won't roll in. Being rooted is like another stun against snipers since I can't use cover.

bad joke or bad player? either way http://www.torhead.com/ability/gEhDRlb/eviscerate

There are so many people posting here about how good they are and how easy everything is. They are all also probably below level 30. Get above level 30 then talk to me again. By then Kaliyo will be absolutely worthless compared to being just kinda worthless. Silver/Gold mobs can't be burst down in 2 seconds. You have to heal after almost every fight. Sniper is no faceroll class. It does take skill, you do have to use your brain on the semi-hard fights or you will die. If you don't want to die and you don't want to have to think, don't play a sniper.

This is stupid because this isn't even the worst part of Kaliyo. I did that all the time but she usually died. Get like 3 strongs and she dies in 2 seconds and you can't do enough damage to make her death mean something. I solo'd the class quest at the end of Quesh, I won't spoil anything but it's a 1v1 fight. I was 38 and the mob was 41. I used Temple and while the fight could have been easier using Doctor Lokin probably, I know I couldn't have been able to beat the fight with Kaliyo. The fact of the matter is she takes as much damage as a DPS companion but does half the damage. The way I beat hard fights these days at level ~40 is by bouncing agro between me and Temple or Vector and using knock backs, interrupts, and CC to be able to last long enough to put out enough damage.