You kidding? Almost any tree got buffed plus we have a mortal strike now.... If i had any issue with the DF tree then it was the high energy usage. They reduced the energy costs of several abilities here. I wasn't using Hold You Ground anyway. So this 5 sec CD we have more on our knockback isn't hurting me at all. To think that 5 sec are that much of a deal is ridiculous. They reduced the white dmg of Wounding Shots. This ability wasn't known for it's high white dmg anyway. In exchange it costs 5 energy less now, while Hemorrhaging Blast is free now. We finally got rid of this useless Burst Volley talent we had in SS tree. I wonder how much the energy regen will improve but i feel this talent could be an improvement. Also we have to spend less points in Deadeye as it is a 3 point talent now instead of a 5 point one. Saboteur finally got some love too. I don't think i have to go into detail here. In addition we can get into cover now when rooted !!!!!!!!!!! I'm happy with this changes. They don't generally change the complete class but improve it. Thank you Bioware!

You don't have to stay in arenas all day for this, and thos who are really interested into PvP will endure something like 10 games a day/week (however bioware would set it). Rating only matters if you have to shove your epeen with your gear. Some of us still do fine with only the second hand gear (champion gear right now). -------------------------------------------------------------- Well from what i see on this forums it is filled almost only with complaints too...

I wonder why some people are that much against arenas that they even threaten to quit the game. Who is forcing you to do the arenas? I was doing arenas in WoW too. I wasn't too impressive and something around rank 40 on the whole realmpool, but it was enough to buy my stuff. And even without that i still had lots of fun doing those arenas with my friends. You say those wanting to do competive PvP are overdoing it and taking this way to serious? I say you guys who threaten to quit once it would be there are taking it way to serious... There is an amount of people who want to do competive PvP, that bioware shouldn't simply ignore.

Even tho i loved D2 i won't give D3 a try. It's the same as with WoW for me: It's definetely a good if not the best MMO still, but once you have played it for almost 5 years you are kind of done with it. D3 won't hype as much as some people think. I think it's hype is far less then SWToR's hype was. And it won't bind that many people, as they aren't pleased that easy anymore.

Something for the DF tree, like when your DoT's get removed before the full duration (if they get dispelled) you get something like half of it's costs back.

This used to work way back. Now you can't have more then a specific amount of quests pending. IIRC I couldn't get any more quests once i had more then 4 pending missions/quests to complete. So i would say this ain't working. But you can try.

Or you could have rerolled to the republic balancing out the odds. You seem to neglect that this problem is selfmade by the players playing this game. Wasn't too hard to anticipate the current faction balance, so in the end you can be happy there even is a warzone where you can compete vs your own faction. Other MMO's didn't had that option from the start.

In some interview they said there won't be any char transfers in the near future, as they have a different stance on that issue seeing more and more people creating characters on every server. Will try to find it to post a link here. I just took action and rerolled on a higher populated server, leaving behind my 4 lvl 50 characters. Desperated times require desperated measures.

I thought this thread would contain something funny. Disappointed now...

I've heard they do massive changes to almost any class in 1.2. Would wait for that now.

They announced there will be plenty new objective based medals in 1.2. Can we atleast wait for that until you cry?

So we don't have any right to call for a solution? Like server merges? Why are those players playing on those ghosttowns left behind and threated like it's our own fault? It's not that we picked the server because we wanted to be on a ghosttown. We were just unlucky to get those servers that had a fast diminishing in population.

Atleast more then 1 ... This is an MMO not a single player game. The low population on any server is currently the source of most issues players have with this game. I really wonder if i should start creating another toon on a new server or stick with my current one where i allready have 4 chars up to 50... I really like this game. But it's more a single player game then an MMO for me so far. The overall republic population ranges from 15-160 players (on the whole server and not only the fleet) so far, depending on which time i log in. I'm getting to a point where i can't wear my pink sunglasses anymore praising this game like it's heavens present. I really consider about just leaving SWToR now. And I'm sure many others are thinking the same. I just wonder why Bioware isn't taking action, feeling left alone even more. They adress so many other minor issues right now, while they don't even comment on this topic. It doesn't matter how good this game is if theres no one playing it. And the more time it will take them to realize that the more people will be gone (mostly forever).

I wouldn't be so worried tbh .... In my oppinion this class has the best DPS avaiable. And cover doesn't make you as static as some people try to make it here. It's all about the player. I get picked preferred in PvE over most other DPS classes on my server.

Which trailer do you mean? I watched both, the smuggler trailer and the character progression video, and i got all of those looks within my bank...

Knockbacks don't work on you when you are CC immune ^^ so the ragdoll part ain't doable.

I've yet to find a team calling me a burden. I contribute my part to any match. And with my part i mean the CC and damage/burst. I don't think i misunderstood any in here. You guys feel this class is useless while i don't. I guess we came that far now... And as my character isn't biochemist i don't rely on any stim nor adrenals. Tho i buy some PvP adrenals when i have too much warzone commendations. You feel a 4k crit opener ain't that much? My gunslinger can bring out 4k too. Still he has to sit in cover for 2,5 s (1,5 s with proper spec) for that and it's only possible once every 15 sek... You guys give those that say this class is fine the advice that they should play the class themselves. Still you obviously didn't played too much other classes for yourself whenever i read such lines like "4k crit opener isn't much". I feel like talking against a wall here. You just ignore the fact this class has some great burst potential, still you wanna do even greater damage and cry about this (imo needed) fix to shoot first...

Again: I won't say overnerfed. I still do my 4k + crits (2.5-3k regular attacks) on my scoundrel + i kinda love that the new K.O. doesnt make my foe immune allready leaving me way more options to cc him. We may ain't too good in PvE, but as i don't PvE at all it didn't bother me yet. I can understand that other DPS classes will be picked over us in PvE as they can do constant dmg without running out of energy all the time. I don't think we really need a buff to be honest. A gap closer would be nice but i'm doing perfectly fine in PvP even without it. GW2 will be an almost pure PvP game. If your not that much into PvP you shouldn't really touch it. Don't wanna scare you, you should in fact try it out yourself, but don't keep your hopes too high for GW2 being a good alternative PvE game.

Ich glaube da treffen alle PvP-Server derzeit gleichermaßen zu. Die Bevölkerung is etwa gleich groß, Imps sind überall in Überzahl. Einen wirklichen Tipp kann dir hier, denke ich keiner geben.

I dunno about you guys but i feel fine with my scoundrel in his current state. Sure I'm more useless then any other class BUT ONLY IN HUTTBALL. And even there i can contribute alot of damage to enemy flag carriers or enemy healers. The current balance between all those classes seems fairly good considering it's their first MMO ever made and the early state of the game. Balance was infact nothing i had to ever cry about. A proof for this are all those nerf and whine threads (like this one). There is one of each about any class ingame which leads me to the conclusion that balance isn't that much of an issue at this moment. I've played a Vanguard, Scoundrel, Sage and a Gunslinger all to 50 and geared them all up to champion level (my Gunslinger is currently about to get his Battlemaster pieces). I didn't do this to play the flavour of the month but because i get bored by just playing one class fairly easy and because i want to see how other classes work too. They all have their upsides and downsides, every one of them. I couldn't say any of those classes would entirely dominate another class. I don't think you can expect a better balance in GW2 right from the start. I don't wanna spread bad words about it as I'll give GW2 a try myself. But the current hype of GW2 is similar to the hype we had about SWTOR. I wonder about how good a game where gear is almost non existant will do in this world of players that ragequit because theres no content for them even tho theres plenty of content they just fail to see. You shouldn't even consider touching GW2 if you ain't a real PvPer. And real PvPers don't cry for buffs or nerfs for other classes, nor do they threaten to unsubscribe if no changes will be made. They adapt and take the class as it is, even at it's downsides.

Now thats how a smuggler should look like. No offense but i really want that vest

you really want them to create armors from the movies? like coats and hoods all the way? i guess we shouldn't argue about taste lol

Just sad to see how pathetic the MMO community has grown if we really debatte about such things ....

Damn and i thought GW2 would be finally a whine-free zone for me. Guess i won't look into the forums too much once it's out then...

Man könnte bei den derzeitigen Spielerzahlen eigentlich so gut wie alle deutschen PvP server zusammenlegen. Gnawers Roost ist meines Wissens nach immer noch einer der bestbevölkertsten deutschen PvP-Server. Und selbst da fühlst du dich unsagbar einsam. WTB Server Merge!