Well I sure hope they fix the cover bugs. "Cannot see target" when the player is literally in front of me really peeves me. Im not asking to own every class 1v1 just the cover system needs to really be looked at. Thank you for the recent replies you guys actually had some nice valid points compared to the trollfest earlier.

Yup the bugs are game-breaking. but how would making cover optional break our class? Im not asking to shoot on the run Im fine with standing there and casting. i just dont agree that we need to be in cover to do it.

Yes not being leaped or pulled is great I mentioned that in my post if you actually read it. Also entrench which no one else mentioned is great Im not saying cover doesnt have its uses... The reason cover is bad is because you must to use it to do decent damage, and in pvp a split second is all you need to win/lose. Its really really noticeable with ability lag in PVP which is a global class issue not just snipers, but its very noticeble when you hit cover and it doesn't even drop...

So many dumb replies just cracks me up. Countless times I have seen "don't take my cover away" "learn to play" I have learned to play and I have a legit gripe with cover. Give me a strong argument that I am wrong wanting cover optional for attacks. Guess you can't because there is none and all people can do is troll because you have nothing to say that is constructive. I never said to take cover away... I said make it OPTIONAL, not mandatory. Is that really that hard to comprehend? Its also in the title of this thread IN CAPS. Yeah Lethality is good for pvp, except for any team with a dispeller who knows how to take off your 12 sec cd dot and corrsoive dart completely nullifies your damage.

How am I not calm. Just because I disagree with a stupid point and post my response because I think mine is valid and they are just trolling? I'm making a point that I have experience that you may not,people saying I should reroll and that they love the cover system are giving NOTHING to back it up. Look at the title. This is a thread about Cover in PVP and the issues it has and why I think it should be fixed to be optional. Give me a valid argument against that I haven't seen one yet. ALl I see is hurrdurr reroll hurdurr I like leveling with cover. PVP cover should be optional, simple as that for Marksman spec

I never said get rid of cover at all...I said make it OPTIONAL. I did this in caps many times and I guess you guys just can't see it/stupid enough to miss it or are just bent on flaming saying I should reroll I'm fine with cover being a class mechanic. Im not fine with it being MANDATORY for our major damage skills. Its just Plain retarded in any kind of organized pvp situation. All you kids saying I don't like the class are wrong I love it, I am now rank 49 valor and I have EXTENSIVE playtime with this character. Those of you who like the class mechanic of cover in pvp prove it, I bet none of you have anywhere near the experience I do put up or shut up

You guys really don't get the point of this thread. COVER=OPTIONAL Thats what I want and why is that hard to understand. Like I said PVP=Mobility...Lethality is the only real option and I don't want it to be. Engineering is just bad Why should I reroll because I dont like a BROKEN mechanic. I don't want a faceroll class like a Sorc or a Merc. I want cover to be OPTIONAL. Its pretty laughable that you say stay in the back and pick people off. Right with my whole extra 5 yards of range and 10 on my takedown. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Read the text before you post.

Exactly my point. I didn't even bother mentioning roll into cover because from day 1 I thought it was very buggy (and still is).

I play a sniper level 50 Full champ gear valor rank 48. I have played sniper since beta and have given feedback on this class since then. This is not a thread about asking for more utility or even more damage.... its a thread to tell you how CRAP the cover system is in pvp. First off, making a squishy ranged dps class be stationary is plain stupid. PVP = Mobility if you can't MOVE your dead. Second, our cover defenses are terrible. Cover gives us a 20% chance to dodge RANGED attacks-and by Ranged attacks Im talking about other sniper/gunslinger damage and and pistol/blaster rifle damage from merc/commandos. THATS IT. Seeing as most damage is from tech/force/lightsaber damage its godawful. The only GOOD thing i have found from cover is warriors can't charge you while your in it and if you entrench which is a 1 min cd (lower cd if your Marks) which makes us immune to controlling effects. Ballistic shield (aoe 20% shield wall for all under it) is OK, but again u need to be in cover for it to work and once you are out of cover its gone. I am currently playing Lethality because Marksman is almost to the point of being unplayable in PVP mainly due to the cover issues I posted above. Cover is an amazing idea but horribly implemented in this game. So I propose, since cover is pretty much trash let us use it OPTIONALLY. Let us use our snipes/ambushes/explosive probes WITHOUT cover.