Still with the zombies BW? Really? Did I miss something somewhere? I didn't real that Raccoon City was in a galaxy far, far away.

I'm using the shield. I actually notice it firing quite a bit in PvP. I know its only on white damage attacks, but it still pretty cool to see it fire along with your deflect. I mainly use the shield and the survivor's main hand to boost my endurance over 18k unbuffed. Check out Powerr's guide to shadow tank pvp: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=225827

This. Yup...and with FP, its your nuke. With ST now building stacks of HS (which last 30 seconds) I find myself having it available a lot more. I love the feel of the KC shadow even more now. It makes it feel as though you can weave melee in between your kick *** force abilities, which is the way I think the Devs originally designed the class. EDIT: Yeah sorry, didn't catch the "dps" portion of your post. I cannot speak to that, but its a must in a tank build.

I think they are also making each stack last 30 seconds. Should help in building it up.

WAY better!

Meh. Yeah I suppose.

Indeed. I wish Tumult could be used in PVP. That would truly give the shadow/assassin a Darth Maul type feel when used in conjunction with SK. It certainly looks cool in PVE.

Thanks Powerr! I love this spec. The utility is just awesome playing this way. A couple questions though: 1. Why the shield as your offhand? Is it purely for the endurance? I was under the impression shields are broke for PvP (except for white damage). I find myself using a focus and ignoring KW all together for this reason. 2. Do you have specific key binds for this build? If so, can you please post them? Thanks man!

I like the change. I played the 23/18 spec quite a bit and found it hard to keep track of my free MC, so I was looking to drop it anyway. Instalift is all I miss, but I've been critting 1300 to 1500 (in crap gear) on 5 targets with ST and get a snare/debuff. Loving it atm. For whatever reason I find it easier to keep track of the Harnessed Shadow procs than the free MC procs. Probably because I know its guaranteed after 3 and I just keep count as I go. Now if they would just fix the Force Potency bug, I would have no complaints and not miss insta force lift at all.

I've been playing full KC spec (with upheaval) and I must say....I like it. At times though I wish ST worked more like FiB so I can drop it on crowds from afar, but over all I think it works pretty damn nice for pvp. I've even had it hit 5 targets for 1300 (with 2 killing blows) which made my day (my gear is kinda crappy atm). Got 9 medals while not guarding a post and had 191k damage.

Agreed.

Thanks Darth, That link cleared it up. Its broke. Take the DPS gear even if you are a tank. Can't wait till dual spec makes it in game.

Yeah, I've been reading up on defense on the pvp thread (which I guess is where I should have started) and found that defense is only for the "white damage" attacks as well. Looks like I have the same survival chance as an infiltrator minus the burst. I do LOVE the utility of KC though.

Because they only block "white damage", weapon only attacks. They are useless against force and tech attacks.

Thanks man. I guess Ill go full stalker set on my Shank then.

Hey guys, Does defense do anything in pvp? I know shields and absorb do not. What about defense?

CMON! 100 looks and no imput lol?

Is it worth anything? I know shields and thus absorb are worthless in pvp, but what about good old fashioned defense? Any insight would be great especially from YOU Kitru!

Ahhh.....gotcha. thanks!

Shadow: Battle Readiness: Now allows Combat Technique to trigger once every 3 seconds. Combat Technique: Healing received through Combat Technique has been increased, scales properly at higher levels, and can only be triggered once every 4.5 seconds. Slow Time: This ability’s damage has been increased by 15% and it now slows the movement speed of all affected targets. I'm not sure if the change in CT is good, bad or impartial. Healing increase is obviously good... but the chance to proc change looks bad....is it still about the same then?

WooHoo! Thanks Varcan. This really helps.

Man that must have been a really dumb question do not garner a response by now lol.

Anyone?

Hello all, I have what may seem like a dumb question: I was wondering if it would be viable to put "off spec" high level PVP gear on differing specs? For example: Stalker PVP gear (for Infiltration Shadows) on a KC Shadow Tank. I LOVE playing the KC/stealth hybrid spec in pvp for the force pull/stealth mechanics. Could I then wear the Stalker's gear on a primarily KC specced Shadow? I am looking to improve my DPS, but maintain my high surviviabilty. It seems like the only option of the sets would be to place the Stalker's gear on my tank rather than place the Survival gear (for Tanks) on the Infiltrator, as the Survival set has Absorption, which has no use for the Infiltrator. Thoughts? Advice? Should I just grind for both sets? Thanks! Badd

Hello all, I have what may seem like a dumb question: I was wondering if it would be viable to put "off spec" high level PVP gear on differing specs? For example: Stalker PVP gear on a KC Shadow Tank. I LOVE playing the KC/stealth hybrid spec in pvp for the force pull/stealth mechanics. Could I then wear the Stalker's gear on a primarily KC specced Shadow? I am looking to improve my DPS, but maintain my high surviviabilty. It seems like the only option of the sets would be to place the Stalker's gear on my tank rather than place the Survival gear on the Infiltrator, as the Survival set has Absorption, which has no use for the Infiltrator. Thoughts? Advice? Should I just grind for both sets? Thanks! Badd