I can also vouch for his Terribad-ness on his Gunslinger and his Commando. 1. Imperial 2. Pyrrho 3. Assassin Please note that I'm practically naked at the moment and I'm a bit out of practice. Time to bring her out of retirement.

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Parse. 4/6/36. Parse. 36/8/2. Parse. 2/8/36. Better than my old one, but not better than Blamespace's new one. Parse. 2/8/36. Parse. 5/5/36. Parse. 36/3/7.

The raw forms of her parses were already edited into a prior post, for clarity and visibility: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/16gzs5xy8jw00wl/AADE7jayPcyKj9TfhW3IWGCLa Edit: Is there anyway you could put the logs in the dropbox with their original names?

I think it would be more fun to see what each advanced classes weapon would add to the mix, but I'm biased because the dummy parse already takes 16 minutes... without an offhand it would take Far. Too. Long.

Parse. 0/0/0. No advanced class skills.

Is there something special about 105 energy? I can't believe that you took a point in an aim shot talent for any other reason.

Parse. 2/8/36.

Parse. 36/8/2. Clearly I need work.

Parse. 5/5/36

Parse. 5/28/13 Challenge accepted. Edit: No slight meant to you, but the crits are pretty much entirely average. Apparently, the rotation on this hybrid makes or breaks the spec, you'll notice the parse before it where I used a different rotation with similar crit chances and got 100 less DPS. I wonder what I could get with this rotation with my assault crit chances... oh dear.

Let's look at the four options that you have presented (in an order of my choosing): The first option we have is straight deletion, this is probably the *most* unfair to the Mercs as it essentially says that your work is no good here. While their extra dps come from what amounts to bug exploitation (probably one of the most harmless on record, other than the people who have faction switched to take advantage of it), I still think that deletion is heavy handed. While this option would be the most *fair* given the impending fate of Dotsmash, I'm not particularly a fan of it. Secondly, we have leaving Merc parses up, untouched, with asterisks. I don't like this as it essentially takes my parse, one of the most crit ridiculous parses I've ever seen in better gear, and says "nope, not good enough to be on top." I understand that he did in fact do more damage to me, and that, yes, I'll be able to outparse him eventually (read: after I get a DM mainhand), I think it is a misrepresentation of what the class will be capable of, and partly a misrepresentation of what the player behind the class is able to pull on an even playing field. Tann'se and I have both acknowledged that we want to parse it out on a mostly even playing field (nightmare gear makes things wonky, but I'm sure we'll get over it), so I know he'll be doing parses after 2.8 in order to compete (or at least I hope so). By leaving the pre 2.8 parse up, you set a standard *for him* that he won't be able to match until we're dripping in 186 gear. Third, we have leaving the Merc parses up by adjusting their DPS down. This would probably be the *fairest* solution if we have to keep the Merc parses up. My main point of concern would be the confusion that would result from the links to the actual parses. However, this method has the added benefit of not having to hunt down whoever the third best Commando is on the server (I know Jargi is second, but I honestly don't remember any Commandos before that). Further, it would be easier for Tann'se to outparse himself (removing the necessity for the strange link) once he gets some better gear or my crits or both. Finally, we have archiving the Merc parses the same way the Gunslingers' were. Personally, I think this is the best option, as it resets the playing field for Tann'se (and others) to compete after 2.8, it gives homage to the fact that he *did* actually parse a 3.88k, and it doesn't have any inherent confusion built into the system (even temporarily). While the bugged status of the class is different from the Gunslinger case, the results are similar in terms of the depowering of the class. I would be content with the third option if the consensus against archiving is too strong, but I really don't like the first two options.

That right there is why I would be in favor of archiving the Merc parses. The good news is that if you're actually learning the spec properly, you should at least be able to put up a reasonable parse after 2.8 drops. As far as Nefra is concerned, you're missing the Nefra kill where I had a 57.8% crit chance on HiB but died when the boss was at 296 health. Above 3600 on a strat where the DPS run in front of Nefra.

Except *both* Kel and Slaffen are speccing into that talent. The difference there is more due to gear differences and patience not class imbalance. Even post relic changes, they'll be going from a level playing field... to a level playing field. It's distinctly a different case than Pyro Merc vs. Assault Commando where you've outparsed me in less gear and though I could theoretically beat yours, it would take an equally lucky parse *after* I'm either rocking all of the available 186s or a DM relic. With some rudimentary math, I would have between a 3950 to a 3980 with my parse substituting in *only* your ticks of Plasma cell. It's all moot because of the incoming nerf, but knowing that simply picking the wrong faction cost me 100 DPS is the main point here. The secret to getting crits on a Commando:

Bleh, I knew that I missed one. I did that in a hurry and didn't check my work. 2 or 3 double procs aren't going to change the position of Scoundrels on dummies. As the top Scoundrels get new gear, the double proc (which is relatively small for their class) will be outstripped at a pace much faster than say Watchman if it wasn't being buffed.

Well, if we break it down by class: Commando/Merc - Not affected by double proc Vanguard/Powertech - Not affected and buffed Guardian/Juggernaut - Not affected Gunslinger/Sniper - Not affected because they can't spec into it on this board Sage/Sorcerer - Balance is getting buffed beyond anything double proc would allow, TK is not allowed on this board. Sentinel/Marauder - Watchman is being buffed beyond anything double proc would allow, other specs can't take it, Dotsmash is being removed. Shadow/Assassin - Balance (Again) is getting buffed beyond and Infil doesn't benefit. As such, we end up in a situation very similar to the Gunslinger flyby situation for Pyro Mercs and no one else.

Missed one. Thanks for the update Tam, we all appreciate the hard work you put in.

Parse. 2/8/36. Just remember: you asked for it.

Grob'thok Daharel - Gunnery Commando - Aisthesis - 3548.94 http://www.torparse.com/a/667177/time/1399602648/1399602991/0/Damage+Dealt

Nefra Daharel - Assault Commando - Aisthesis - 3474.91 http://www.torparse.com/a/661350/5/0/Overview Draxus Daharel - Gunnery Commando - Aisthesis - 3065.72 http://www.torparse.com/a/661350/17/0/Overview Grob'thok Daharel - Gunnery Commando - Aisthesis - 3435.67 http://www.torparse.com/a/661350/33/0/Overview

Parse. 2/8/36. Sorry that the log is messy. If you search by time it should make things easier, time stamps should be as following: 22:04:36.566 Enters combat 22:11:11.863 Kills Training Dummy This is the best you're getting out of me for while, I only get one lucky crit parse a week and this one is too low (with the damn 186 offhand to boot). I think I have a curse that prevents me from breaking 3.8k, this is the *third* character that has parsed less than 8 dps under 3.8k. I could have done it on this parse had I not killed the dummy with Hammer Shot.

Easily compared to having to pull out perfect rotation and perfect crits to beat you on my Commando. No, I'm convinced that the bug is significant enough that if I had done my current leaderboard parse on a Merc instead of a Commando, it would be around a 3825 and I didn't have min-maxed gear at the time nor was the rotation perfectly clean. This purely conjecture of course, you now have the top slot and I can't really do anything about it. No, if they fixed the bug, we would end up with a situation like Gunslinger Vs. Sniper where the Mercenary has more RNG in their parses, but overall the extra hits trend toward the average. It would definitely help with the situation we have now where the highest parsing Commando in the world is 100 DPS behind the 5th best Merc. That said, you can try to compete with me on any of the rotations that don't involve Plasma cell. Edit: In light of Falver. Parse. 5/28/13.

I did the exact same thing as Enalis, which wouldn't be too hard to figure out if you read through the posts in order. As Enalis said, it's only good business.