I play a lightning sorc, but am willing to swap madness, based on the meta and our setup. Ideally I would like to work with an assassin, jugg and pt, but I'll take what I can get. Being able to communicate and learn each others play-style is really what I'm looking for. Team make-up is important, but if we work well together, we can play as any setup. I'd like to work with more than 3 people as well. Being able to swap people if someone else isn't online would be awesome. I work full-time, so I log on during the week from 6pm-11pm EST and most Saturdays.

Once Evasion wears off, you're kinda screwed. Shield probe is basically a joke, I haven't tested it, but it seems to absorb about the same amount as a sorc shield, which would be great if it wasn't on a 30 second CD. I say leave the 30 second CD but double the amount it absorbs and make evasion a 30 second cd as well. I feel those changes would put them in a solid defensive CD spot

Lol right? I actually REALLY enjoy MM, I love the super hard hitting shots, it just feels good to me. But he was absolutely hilarious haha

Maybe, but all of his points are valid.

Guys, check this out. Drewlik presents my point a little better. All credit to him.

Yeah, it's super satisfying to land big crits with a MM Sniper. But, good luck if a jugg or powertech jumps on you. Just pop all defensive CDs and hold on! Deception lost a bit of their burst, because you could chain assassinate before 3.0. But they're much more well rounded now. I just hope Bioware shows our beloved IA some love in the near future.

- Just for a comparison of before and after 3.0. Credit to Drewlik. IA Sniper is an absolute blast to play. The damage rotations feel amazing! But the problem is the actual damage. Virulence sniper dots tick for less than they did at 55 AND people have, on average, 10-12k more health. How the **** is that even a thing? MM Sniper is really only viable in WZs when nobody is focusing you, because of the lack of defensive CDs, plus they do less damage just because of how pvp works now and other class defensive CDs. Engineering Sniper is just...ugh.. And forget about PvE, lol you might as well roll a Sorc/Sage because they do, on average, 500-1k more dps than IA/Smuggler. And then there's the operative.. You might as well just play it for heals. There's no point in playing a concealment Op over a deception assassin, because of the wide arrangement of utility and burst deception brings. Lethality Op, I'll admit, isn't as bad. Their dots tick harder than virulence snipers (which isn't saying much) and they have some solid kiting abilities, but I find it's still not on par with other classes and the amount of defensive CDs you have to deal with. I'm sure this topic has been beaten to death. It's not a surprise that IA/Smuggler got the shaft in 3.0. I guess I'm just ranting and want Bioware do do something about it. That's not so bad, right? Ugh.. I'll just go play Sorc, I guess.

I just got in guys! I registered on the 16th of August! Good luck everyone!