pretty much what the previous guy said. If you want to level in PVP go pyro, if you want to lvl in PVE go arsenal. It should be noted now however Arsenal isn't just about spamming tracer anymore

I like the new sound personally makes it feel like it's got more punch like a bolt of thunder in the distance.

EDIT: NM I see what your saying now EDIT 2: Actually on second thought wouldn't that work? Unload > Tracer> Unload Proc >Tracer > Tracer > Unload ? Tracer is a 2 sec cast right? So if you unload then get a unload proc on the first tracer you could hit tracer twice more and still have 2 seconds left to hit unload again. Am I not understanding that right?

yeah I guess it depends on the likelyhood of getting an unload proc from 3 back2back TM's if it's like 75% I'd say it would be worth it to get to unload twice in under 8 seconds. Dunno guess I'll try it both ways on the target dummy and see.

Yeah, I was working under the assumption if your getting hit in combat your doing it wrong, so to speak. Sounds like it was about as expected on the rotation though. So do you always want to open with 2-3 TM to get the stacks up or would it be worth it to use an unload first and hope for a unload proc while your building the Heat sig stack?

Hey guys, For multiple reasons I'd rather not get into I decided to re-spec to DPS after the 1.2 healing nerf. Now I've been Bodyguard spec'd since shortly after I hit 50 on my BH about 3 months ago. So I'm a bit clueless on what's good for DPS specs. I was thinking about going arsenal since I primarily plan on doing PVE content. Here's the spec I'm thinking about. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#300McZMskrRrdokfzZf.1 I was trying to decide what good rotation for this build would be as well. I was thinking it would be Tracer Missile > TM to get 4 stacks of Heat sigs on the target then Unload, then TM, Heatseaker Missile. Then PS, and till I get an unload proc or TM to refresh the heat sig stack. Maybe toss in a Rail shot every so often and HM every time it comes off cooldown. Also, how's Pyro for PVE? I've heard it's great for PVP, but I'm looking for the optimal PVE build here.

Exactly, Our ability to spam heals was the one thing that let us keep up with Sorc healing. BW not only took that away but also our overall heal output which was already substandard. To quote "too big to fail" "They didn't drop the ball... They dropped the ball, kicked the coach in the nuts, and took a **** in the Quarterbacks mouth"

What?!? Act I for me was fairly boring. The plot twist was a little to predictable and cliche in general. Really Act I felt more like a set up for act II where the real story began. Act II is where things started to get interesting. To be honest, I don't remember exactly why they wanted you to become a double agent either. That wasn't the important part however. The fact that you seem to think it's more about why you became a double agent in the first place makes me think your missing the good parts of the story here. That's just my opinion though

Ok so, anyone actually seen an official confirmation of the class rebalancing? Is everyone really just running around screaming like there hair is on fire because a "gaming Journalism" site (and I use the phrase loosely with IGN) made a simple comment that "BH's are getting nerfed." The only official comment I've seen on the 1.2 patch is that Bioware won't discus the re-balance until 1.2 hits the PTR. In fact I think it was in a QA a few weeks back they said that they would be BUFFING the merc's healing... Anyone actually consider that maybe IGN got it wrong or isn't portraying the big picture here?

Well to be fair... Not everyone is a fan of PvP. PvE snipers do quite well. Yes there are fights it does suck to be stationary for your dps but it's not that big a deal from what I've seen. I think the bigger reason you don't see many snipers is because everyone wants to be Bobba Fett, Darth Vader, or Palpatine. The Agent is one of the few classes archetypes you never really hear about in the movies. Personally I love my sniper. She's a beast in heroics and op's. There are a few minor annoyances to the class, and I don't pvp with her. All in all, I'm not disappointed.

What, I wasn't dissagreeing with you? It dosn't break CC just objecting to your use of the descriptor of "passive skill." Semantically speaking yes you're correct, but since there are arguably 'passive skills' in the game I say it's best to not confuse them. There are "Passive" SKILLs in the SKILL tree that contains the Kolto Missle SKILL. See what I did there?

You died because I was too busy healing myself from the 3 normals and 2 strong mobs attacking ME while you guys were breaking CC and Dog piling on the 1 elite Also an ACTUAL CONVERSATION I had with a PUG a few weeks back: Tank: I don't think we'll be able to do this instance because the healer can't heal Me: I can heal if we would actually CC and you would aoe taunt and or pickup all the loose mobs. Tank: I won't AoE taunt because you can't even keep yourself alive Me: .........

Hmmm I have an idea... but I'm worried to say it or that if it'll even work. Especially since I don't play on a pvp server nor do I have a character close to meet the required conditions to test it... I don't want to blurt out a zero-day exploit on the forums. Let me ask... Before they disappeared did they do a animation? Did they stand up straight and look like they were activating an item or something?

??? It's a targeted AoE buff/heal, not sure what your talking about. To answer the OP no it doesn't break CC since it only hits friendly targets like any other heal.

To add to this, patch nomenclature doesn't follow base10 numbers either and is usually just made up by the developer. I.e. you can have a version number like v. 1.3.32b. Basically even if we were currently up to 1.1.9 that wouldn't necessarily mean that the next patch would be 1.2.0