Thank you all for replying to my thread, your oppinions have proved very useful! Further more I'd like to ask you one more question: is there any recommended Crew Skill that is better for us PvP/PvE wise?

Hey guys I recently came back after a long break and thought of rolling a sorc. Since I am a DPS monkey I was interested to ask about how Lightning spec. performs in PvE endgame and also for leveling and normal Flashpoints and such in comparison to Madness? I am perfectly aware of the fact that Madness provides us with more mobility and that should mean (judging by my logic) that Lightning should hit a tad harder... Also how are we compared to other DPS classes at the moment? Thank you!

Thank you all for answering my questions! As much as I'd love to jump back into playing my Marauder or Merc. I think I'll start leveling a Sorc. because I also really miss the leveling part of the game and also am interested in the story. Thanks again.

Hey folks, I gave up on this game about a year ago. Today I realised I miss it so I figured I'd start playing again. I've played Arsenal Merc. and Marauder before I quit the game had fun with both especialy with the Marauder... I was thinking of starting a Sorc. or another Merc. how are classes in general in PvP in terms of fun and utility in Rated Warzones?

Thank you, well I've started as Lightning so I'll stick to it.

Hi guys, I've resubscribed tonight after a long break. I chose to level up a Sith Sorc. and my question is: what's my bread and butter (what spec.) for endgame Operations? What puts out the most damage? Thanks!

Hey guys, I came back to SWTOR 2 days ago after a break of 3 months and since I played alot of PvP since game launch both Marauder and Mercenary I said to myself: "...maybe I should give PvE a chance in this game since I never quite tried it after level 50"; all I used to do after 50 was sink myself in WarZones for hours and hours of endless (pointless at that time since there were no Rated ones) grind. So getting to the point of my thread, can anyone shed some light about what spec. is hot nowadys for a PvE dps. Sorc. (and post the actual spec. if possible)? Madness / Lightning? Thanks!

My thoughts exactly, good against NPC-ish players... Fun indeed.

What if the target is smart enough to run from you while you Ravage him? :>

More thoughts on this pls. it seems very interesting.

Never needed to use Ravage as Anni. pre-patch (just a personal prefference) since I did more than fine without. Is it that good now? I'm intrigued...

Hey guys currently after the patch I'm running this: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#100bIrRrRMfsZhMZh.1 Any thoughts? Any alternatives? What are you folks running for PvP atm.? Was thinking of dropping 2 points from [seeping Wound] and using them for [Decimate] or why not even [Cloak of Carnage] and using Crippling Slash (as I did until now) for snares but having basically the same effect from Rupture atm. is pretty tempting.

Thank you for answering, now I know what to focuse on.

Quit SWtOR about a month ago, now I'm back and have rerolled a Marauder. I'm planning on focusing on the PvE part of the game now so as soon as I strike 50 I'm going to start farming heroic flashpoints and later on, operations. My question is rather simple, I'm a dps. junkie (have been like this in every MMO), what should I focuse on learning and mastering: Annihilation / Carnage or Rage? Thank you in advance!

BW pls. read this. It's a great idea.

Bump. I know this isn't a priority BioWare but I'm really interested in this subject.

I know this feature came pretty late in WoW but it was well recieved by the community and I'm sure some people here would pay real money for some mistakes they made when creating their character. When you first start a game you think less about how the character looks and more about the game itself. So my question is: Is there a chance we could see a character RE-Customisation feature in the near future? (i.e. sex change etc.) The nicest thing you guys could do is offer a free one (like StarCraft II did with the name changes) since most of the people have seen the game now and know what they like alot more than they did back in day 1. Thanks!

Thank you for the answer. Another question would be: Use the one that gives +Power on use or the one that gives +Crit. on use?

Was just wondering what would be better to have, 2x Expertise (PvP) Relics or 1x Expertise and 1x Matrix Cube. I personally use 2x Expertise Relics for the on use effects and ofc. for the + Expertise they pack. Opinions?

There might be downside. It's quite hard to get the 2.5K heal medal as a dps. Sorc. at times. You never take damage. Ooops... Seems you are wrong sir.

I stopped reading here. Call of Duty? Seriously?

I've been playing this game since Dec. 13th 2011. I'm a Red Zoner so I went through some problems in order to get it, but I did because I've been waiting for SWtOR for 3 years and I love it. I also wanted to get into the closed BETA but that wasn't possible. I was here for every BETA weekend tho. (This isn't the point, just an intro...) So, lately I've seen alot of threads around that sound more or less like this: "OP is getting the nerf.-bat, Sorc. or BH next?". I personally have no problem with any class. I have 8 years of experience in competitive PvP in MMOs, and I've seen my share of inbalance but have NEVER complained about anything - on the contrary I always tried to get better and better, to investigate my errors and to fix them. (that's what I do IRL too, it's hard at times but it pays off quite well) I'm an Arsenal BH and have ~ 30 Keybinds (I click on NOTHING) I use my mouse for movement only. My point is: "...oh just intrerupt Tracer Missle, and look at them running around doing nothing" wrong: You might get fake casted and waste your intrerupt. You might actually intrerupt me but I'll still trample on you (95% of the cases). Not all of us have 1 Skill on their action bar as you might think. We aren't Overpowered if we didn't die after you intrerupted Tracer Missile. All of you Mercs. there making Youtube movies of your geared BH toping the dps. charts with having just Tracer Missile on your action-bar you should really be ashamed of yourselves. You're the ones feeding the trolls and let's say the more casual "weekend PvP-ers" that queue for a Warzone and get stomped on by a player that breathes PvP, that plays the game FOR the PvP experience and that knows his stuff, knows how to beat you. You feed their frustration and you send them straight to the forums where they usualy vent that, most of times, unreasonable frustration. I guess some of you feed on this and find it somehow exciting, but I won't go there... !Do not get me wrong I have nothing against the more casual players or against the ones that PvE! Back to the last paragraph, after seeing these movies they're all like "Nerf. Tracer, 15s c/d on it, 1 min. c/d on it..." Are you serious? In their ignorance they don't realise that something like that would kill this spec. totally. Arsenal would be = 0. On the other hand they might drop their original class (the one that they found appealing and loved when they first started) just to reroll a BH go Arsenal and find out that they're not that good as they thought - go figure why. And there you go! FotM rollers are born... One more thing, if you're a Marauder and you complain about an Arsenal Merc. you should reroll to Uninstall Wizard. If you're a Concealment Agent and you get destroyed by an Arsenal Merc. you should also do what the Marauder did. I am talking here strictly about 1v1 balanced no influence from outside, no vantage point (duel situation). Not the given situation of you being inside The Pit in Huttball the Merc. is up on a platform and you get destroyed by him, that's our role that's what we're supposed to do. Those two adv. classes are at the moment one of the more difficult adversaries that you encounter as an Arsenal BH. basically Kryptonite to us imo. I have alot more to say but it's late I'm a bit tired and I don't want to bore you with walls of text. I hope you understood my message and won't misinterpret. So, to all my effective fellow BH Arsenal brothers and sisters out there: Good hunting! (And to all the other classes and players, find our weakness and kill us instead of asking BioWare to cripple us) Peace! Xoxo

Valor Ranks 60 - 100 is a long way. What keeps you motivated to get to 100 if you're full BM geared by let's say rank 70? No sir. it's fine as it is. Keep my reply in mind and tell me if you're full BM once you reach 100. Good luck!

I've been playing this game since Dec. 13th 2011. I'm a Red Zoner so I went through some problems in order to get it, but I did because I've been waiting for SWtOR for 3 years and I love it. I also wanted to get into the closed BETA but that wasn't possible. I was here for every BETA weekend tho. (This isn't the point, just an intro...) So, lately I've seen alot of threads around that sound more or less like this: "OP is getting the nerf.-bat, Sorc. or BH next?". I personally have no problem with any class. I have 8 years of experience in competitive PvP in MMOs, and I've seen my share of inbalance but have NEVER complained about anything - on the contrary I always tried to get better and better, to investigate my errors and to fix them. (that's what I do IRL too, it's hard at times but it pays off quite well) I'm an Arsenal BH and have ~ 30 Keybinds (I click on NOTHING) I use my mouse for movement only. My point is: "...oh just intrerupt Tracer Missle, and look at them running around doing nothing" wrong: You might get fake casted and waste your intrerupt. You might actually intrerupt me but I'll still trample on you (95% of the cases). Not all of us have 1 Skill on their action bar as you might think. We aren't Overpowered if we didn't die after you intrerupted Tracer Missile. All of you Mercs. there making Youtube movies of your geared BH toping the dps. charts with having just Tracer Missile on your action-bar you should really be ashamed of yourselves. You're the ones feeding the trolls and let's say the more casual "weekend PvP-ers" that queue for a Warzone and get stomped on by a player that breathes PvP, that plays the game FOR the PvP experience and that knows his stuff, knows how to beat you. You feed their frustration and you send them straight to the forums where they usualy vent that, most of times, unreasonable frustration. I guess some of you feed on this and find it somehow exciting, but I won't go there... !Do not get me wrong I have nothing against the more casual players or against the ones that PvE! Back to the last paragraph, after seeing these movies they're all like "Nerf. Tracer, 15s c/d on it, 1 min. c/d on it..." Are you serious? In their ignorance they don't realise that something like that would kill this spec. totally. Arsenal would be = 0. On the other hand they might drop their original class (the one that they found appealing and loved when they first started) just to reroll a BH go Arsenal and find out that they're not that good as they thought - go figure why. And there you go! FotM rollers are born... One more thing, if you're a Marauder and you complain about an Arsenal Merc. you should reroll to Uninstall Wizard. If you're a Concealment Agent and you get destroyed by an Arsenal Merc. you should also do what the Marauder did. I am talking here strictly about 1v1 balanced no influence from outside, no vantage point (duel situation). Not the given situation of you being inside The Pit in Huttball the Merc. is up on a platform and you get destroyed by him, that's our role that's what we're supposed to do. Those two adv. classes are at the moment one of the more difficult adversaries that you encounter as an Arsenal BH. basically Kryptonite to us imo. I have alot more to say but it's late I'm a bit tired and I don't want to bore you with walls of text. I hope you understood my message and won't misinterpret. So, to all my effective fellow BH Arsenal brothers and sisters out there: Good hunting! (And to all the other classes and players, find our weakness and kill us instead of asking BioWare to cripple us) Peace! Xoxo

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