Same: Low 30s here, 100% shield spec, things die quick enough.

Using Laze at this point in your proposed rotation would do practically nothing. You know it only works on Snipe, right? By the time you get to the Snipe in your rotation, Laze would have expired. Actually, no. That's 2.5 seconds of energy recovery time that you are wasting. Use some other opener (such as Laze->Snipe), THEN Ambush, so you can be recoverying energy during the long 2.5s Ambush channel. Besides, you might have earned a 1.5s Ambush if you got good rolls on your openers...

I solo'd all the way to 50 as a sniper. With all due respect, if you are having trouble leveling a sniper, you don't play the class very well. And no, don't open with Ambush. That's 2.5 seconds you could be using to restore your energy from some other opener.

You've never worked in IT have you? What's better: 50 servers crashing due to an unforseen bug, or 100 servers crashing due to an unforseen bug? Having lived through many a rough launch (Anarchy Online's launch being the most memorable), I appreciate their somewhat cautious approach to the launch. Hopefully all the early bugs will ahve been worked out by the time I get in tomorrow or the next day.