Few things you should include: -Flame Burst kiting. Even though we are technically melee, we can utilize the guarantee snare and 10m Flame Burst to kite other melees. Very worth it since our defense is pretty weak. -You can use Grappling Hook offensively against tank/healer combo. Just yank the healer out of guard range and instant gib him with cds. -The best burst combo you can pull off is TD > FB > RS. Flame Burst applies CGC which will instantly deal damage upon application. RS will refresh and apply CGC first tick again. TD explodes as RS hit the target. It's better than opening up with IM against targets within 10m range. So if you get lucky and everything crits. With cds, it'll be around ~13k damage in 3 gcds: 4.5k RS and TD, 2k FB, and 1k CGC tick x2 (the damage is averaged and based on my current gears against decent geared targets). With this kind of opening burst, you can wreck anything including tanks. Just use stuns intelligently to stop him from using def cds. Most will be caught in suprise, and it'll be too late for them to use the cds.

I'll be easier to run pyro with ion. RP is kinetic which is mitigated by armor. Even with 20% arp debuff, it will not reach 5k (even TD can barely gets 5k).

I pick medic because I prefer crit. With high crit, you can overlap the shield chance of your target since Rail Shot is a weapon damage type (shield and defense work against it).

Pyro spec. Stack surge with power relics/adrenal or expertise buff, and you should be able to hit it on squishy target. I've gotten a few 5k myself (highest is 5550 from rail shot, and a few 5k TD on light armor targets with armor debuff). My gears are full PvP (all champs with 6 BM pcs).

Still enjoy parakeet much more. However, right now I'm running pyro for my premade since we already have a tank.

Pyro is the only spec that can hit 5k for me. And even then, you have to pick an undergeared target.

Powertech is totally in a fined place in PvP. In term of skill cap, we're up there with one of the highest (try to watch a terrible PT pvper, it's eye gouging). We don't need to be OPed, and I like it like this to keep away all the fotmers. But if BW can give us one buff, I would like to have my stances don't require cast time but at a cost of heat. To the guy that said sin is better. I've always grouped with one of the best sin of my server. He will usually be two medals above me (5k hit and heal medal), but my overall production is better with more damage/protection (over same amount of death, and I don't aoe much, I go for the kills).

Powertech is in a fine place atm. With my current gears (modified surge champion with some battlemaster off pieces) and pyro spec, I can pop cds/relics/adrenal and do 10k damage burst with TD > IM > RS.

I prefer pyro for solo queuing. In group, it depends on what they need. If they need a tank for guard, I'll go parakeet. Or go pyro if they need dps. I still prefer parakeet more in group play, but most of the dps I run with can't kill any healer worth a damn.

I played a frost mage mostly in WoW. The jumping is just a habit from kiting. I usually strafe and jump then turn back casting instants. The swtor camera also doesn't help, making kiting looks even more awkward.

Dumb? In PvP, you will not get a full flamethrower off every single cd (a big part of 31 ST build damage). The player also doesn't stand still like in the sims for you to beat on. Also, let's take a look at Puncture and Rail Shot and their benefits over Flame Surge/RP: -its bonus damage is always counted as oppose to Flame Surge (only on crits) -Rail Shot is more available due to no icd on PPA -Flame Shield requires you to get hit to proc RP unlike PPA -Rail Shot is range The bad thing about rail shot is it can be blocked/dodged/deflected.

Any feedback?

I just started to fraps some of my PvP game play. I'm doing this so I can watch my footage to look for errors and improve further (this is how I improved myself in WoW arena). I post them here to look for feedback and other player's PoVs. Parakeet Voidstar: http://youtu.be/l6DIynjZ4RM Parakeet Huttball: http://youtu.be/jCTbil4BUa8 Pyro: http://youtu.be/eu92esS9CRY What's NOT to expect out of these videos: -Extremely high amount of damage and aoe. -Lots of big crits. This is not a crit montage. -1v2+. There's some 1v1 here and there but not much. -Kickass music. Currently I didn't put any music, but this could change. What's to expect: -Entire warzone game (no cutting and clipping. So if you don't want to see me running around, fast forward to the action). -Decent PvPer's doing PvP. -No premade. I queue alone. Updated: Added Pyro Huttball video.

In PvP, it's a whole different situation. Parakeet provides much more burst with offensive use of Vent Heat. The reason why 31 ST is winning is b/c of flame thrower.

Level as Pyro since it gets its key talent sooner than AP (Prototype Particle Accelerator). You are able to use heat recklessly (fishing for Rail Shot) and pump out tons of damage then just recharge after.