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No. He is completely right, hybrid eng/leth is best for dmg. 2/16/23 build outperforms in wzs AND PvE dps. I am parsing ~1450-1500 with full rakata/2 bh. Energy problems? Nope: CG > CD > IP > EP > Cull > SoS still >75-80 energy depending on crit %.

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Sage/Sorc

IP counts as well.

Armour reduction reduces the actual rating, not by a flat percent.

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Wow, just wow. I hope a dev read that very thoughtful reply. TYVM Daellia

1. How do you feel about about the changes overall? Be honest 2. Do you believe we still have a spot in rated wzs? Meaning, given a choice between the 8 acs, would we still be chosen? (Forget about our pull) I thought our specialty dps-wise was putting AoE pressure on the other teams healers. Without the hybrid spec, all we have for pvp is Balance/Madness which is single target dot dmg (upkeep required and can be dispelled) with TT/FL filler which means we have no burst especially since 31 Balance/Madness leaves no points in Psychic Projection/Lightning Barrage. Insta-crit FiB/DF every 90s? Meh. No fast activation for our big(gest) heal that we could only achieve every 6s? I don't why this was needed, do you? 3. What do you think should have been changed? I would have been been perfectly fine without hybrid if they buffed the Telekinetics/Lightning trees a little bit. Maybe make Turbulence/TB instant and/or increase dmg by 20-30%. Or make Mental Alacrity/Polarity Shift a flat 5% increase to alacrity. Or make TM/FL a 15/30/45 proc. Perhaps they could have even decreased the Tidal Force/Lightning Storm proc cd by half in conjunction with the PoM/Wrath nerf. Thus, Tele/Lightning tree could output good AoE at the cost of mobility/survivability and the hybrid would have to waste gcds on Disturbance/Lightning Strike.

I feel you man, 3/31/7 should be much better at single target than it is now. I always feel a bit embarrassed when I compared attacks/rotations to mercs & snipers

You also should add +20% dmg to CL from Wrath

Quite a thoughtful post good sir. I'll attempt to answer all of your questions: 1. 500k is not typical, 300-400k is depending on the wz. In Voidstar we can achieve 500-600k+ but, as with Lethality Snipers, it depends on the other team's healers keeping them up so you can continue dpsing and how close they are together (AoE). Certain spec? Yes, achieving big numbers on a Sage/Sorc requires AoE. 0/13/28 is the most common, also highest dps for ops atm. Runs OOF quickly http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201ZfzMMdZcMfRsMkrc.1 7/15/16 (+3) is also common for pvp. +10% AoE dmg and 5s AoE root every 20s http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201G0bZfzMMdMZcMcRs0z.1 0/25/16 is good for AoE burst, not much else. About equal to 0/13/28 in a typical wz, probably better in Voidstar since ppl die before DOT durations end. Bad dps in ops http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201ZfcMMdRMuzZcMcRs0z.1 0/17/24 is my favorite. You lose the DOT crit multiplier but gain unlimited force pool & 20s Force Speed cd. Viable in ops http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201ZfcMMd0MZcMfRsMkR.1 2. Our burst depends on our procs. For hybrid all i could think of would be, with Lighting Barrage proc active, pop crit buff (called Force Potency for sages) which gives next two attacks a +60% crit chance, then a 1.5s fully critted FL followed by a CL, assuming FL procced Wrath. My FL does 2899 kinetic dmg & my CL does 1874 (with Wrath) so thats 8352 kinetic dmg with 75% crit multiplier before calculating mits/expertise in ~1.5s. Full lightning has less but more frequent burst. 3. Melee... 1v1... You need full Madness, else that's it. Good luck!

http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#600ZfcMMd0MZcMfRsMkR.1 Fantastic for AoE (big numbers) in wzs, 100% viable for hm ops, never OOF.