I just wish there was more natural cover.. (Mainly in flashpoints.. though it is fun to sit backwards in a chair on Sarno and Jarg to get cover and fight them) And the heavy movement requirements do stink for snipers.. I feel like I'm at a disadvantage when it comes to movement... losing dozens of globals on fights might be a big issue in the future when fights become more difficult then the current NM modes...

You should have a "Cover in place" ability -- as well as a keybind if you check your keybindings Operatives I do not believe use it.. however.. Snipers do (either in place or enviorment) Natural cover is *amazing* though.. I wish there was more in PVP... If you're behind natural cover, a ranged enemy you have cover from can not hit you with single-target attacks if you hide behind it and do not attack This means you're basically 'immune' from that targets damage indefinitely -- not a bad trick for PVP, and can help if you pull agro in PVE.. or need a second to plan an attack / hit a button But, that's natural cover... doesn't work for "Cover in place"

Also good for trying to squeeze out a bit more damage for the 5k damage in 1 hit medal I use Shatter shot + Trinkets & Adrenal ---> Ambush Usually how i get the 5k Hit, since Takedown doesn't usually work (Must do 5k damage -- Takedown can report a 5k hit, but if the target had 3k life, it doesn't count) Otherwise, I only use Shattershot on ball carriers, healers, and if i'm moving to set up a burst volley on someone

Yeah, evasion doesn't work on tech/force abilities --- so basically useless against 3/4 classes ;-) I think MM Snipers and the gunslinger mirror are the only class that uses almost entirely non-Tech abilities

Slicing crit's actually return a better amount now --- ~1k profit vs. 500 creds I know this because I can't really move anywhere without SWTOR Crashing and taking down my entire system in a hard crash with it. Did eventually find a temporary fix (Play on LOW settings in a small windowed box).. but don't really want to level or do flashpoints like that... so... Slicing it is! btw, 7 hard crashes in 4 hours... +1 BW! Never seen something pull that off before other then a hardware failure