I'm planning on a Bounty Hunter alt soon and i'm torn, I really can't decide. I want a PT for pyro-tech because I hear it's better on PTs. I also want a merc to be able to heal and DPS with a simple spec switch. Keep in mind I only want a PT JUST to be a pyro, but I have NO idea how good pyro is on merc. (Leaning towards merc for the visual factor of 2 blasters instead of 1 for some reason) So tell me what class did you guys pick and why? Also, can any mercs here tell me how Pyro is for their class for the counterpart of the PT pyro? I don't mind having to get closer.

We've pleaded, we've given examples of how every other class is better than us, they've nerfed us, they're going to nerf surge (which is really only used by us as a main secondary stat). And what have we gotten in return? Nothing. Every other class gets pats on the head because they make up the majority of the game, and Bioware doesn't want to risk losing a few people for a small nerf, but they don't care about us because aparently we're the minority. The last thing i want is to make a sorc or merc, because that's not my playstyle. If i'm guaranteed to never be nerfed, top damage, win every fight against scoundrels / operatives because of the 0 gap closers they have while i have a knockback, I might as well. There has to be a way to get a reaction from Bioware, and none of us know how. You guys remember the last time Bioware posted in our threads before the big un-needed nerf? I certainly don't.

Very useful information, thank you for sharing.

Also I should add, we're in the eye of the storm after the surge nerf. Trust me, as a WoW veteran of 6 years, rogues were a rollercoaster for years. Sometimes they could be killed by healers, and now they can kill anything. Right now operatives are going from killing everything to being killed by healers. When Bioware actually cares to see that most of imp / republic populations are sage / sorcs they'll get nerfed. I don't even have to say anything about commandos and mercs, you can bind tracer missile / grav round to every single key and faceroll to kill anyone.

Don't worry about me, I have had a lot of time to practice on my 50 scoundrel, and i'm just playing this character because the imps are dominant, and i want to be part of the crowd. I forgot what the smuggler mirror ability is called, but i never used it there, and was just wondering if it was an actually good ability i never used.

As a level 18 Op, i'm left with only 3 big damage abilities (Shiv, Backstab, and Explosive Probe) And I could use overload shot, but the energy cost seems too much. At the moment in PvP, when i do my usual ability rotation, even in emergency CC situations with flashing, debilitating, and distracting i don't run out of energy. It seems like a good ability and will help with damage but i just wanted to ask what was everyone else's opinions on it and if they used it in end-game PvP

I'm officially renaming SWTOR, Loading screens : The game. It is LITERALLY 90% of my game, and my FPS is taking nosedives with it. Now more about the loading screens, you know the loading screen you get when you start up the game? refer to the game cover with the jedi / trooper / BH / etc. well i get that screen by just moving around some times, which is horrible, distracting, and it messed me up. Don't get me started with ilum, our republic base is already being ransacked and we are hardly holding them back but guess who can help us? LOAD SCREEEEENS. worst part about this all is alt-tabbing, i play on full-windowed mode just to avoid the load screen when i alt tab, and now when i do it the load screen is just as long as if i were playing in normal fullscreen. How can a game get worse with patches?

It's not that it's impossible, but as soon as I switched to scrapper for PvP since it was the "OP" spec, I have had trouble in PvP. Being used to soloing anything with corso by just healing him and then jumping to only having one heal which now sucks and every fight being a damage race, it's kind of a big leap. Since making that first post, i've switched back to sawbones and doing fine in pvp / pve

I swear to god it is pointless to even try this spec before 50 in full pvp gear. PvE: God awful, unless you have guss fully geared, you won't be tanking anything, and corso / bowdaar die extremely quick without heals PvP: the "true way" to play this spec, prepare for dissapointment... Before you rage and say "OMG L2P NOOB SCRAPPERS R SO OP OMG U NUB" Hear me out... sure we do a hefty amount of damage, but as soon as we use shoot first (our main damage output) you won't be hurt anymore, you'll just be tickled. Back blast with flechette round, sure it still works, but by the time the DoT is midway, their team will be on you, and you should take your hands off the keyboard, you're done. Blaster whip does SOME damage, but not something to get giddy about Sucker punch, still don't know how this works... if i sucker punch somebody it hits them twice, sometimes once, for no reason but still hardly any damage If you have ANY hopes of trying to kill a 50 in pvp gear, wait until they're at 20-30% health, use any expertise boosts possible and try your luck, you just might get him (unless he's a sorcerer, then see above, give up) Don't complain about my opinions, don't criticize me for "not being good with the most OP spec in the game", the only way to check to see this is true, try to look up a scrapper video doing 5k crits back to back without the person being in PvP gear, i'll wait. Also, i should point out i'm level 42 right now, so i have the full tree unlocked

My character being a sith warrior, not too excited about our level 40 pvp gear, so I was just wondering if it would be possible to waste some WZ commendations on BH gear, taking out the mods and putting in the ones from the sith gear?

First of all, do i get a choice of a legacy last name or legacy title? Also, with legacy, would i get my last name / title on all of my characters currently on empire and republic? Or would it only be for that side my character was on?

Are you implying that i didn't try that? They have double the amount of tricks than you do. Also not everyone plays just like you do. Jesus you are ignorant.

You can't Charge at them, then you're stunned Stun wears off, now you're frozen in place You're able to move again, go get 'em champ! You get stunned again, this time with a slow You're down to half health, but you're still hitting him when you get the chance Flash grenade, you sit there like an idiot while he runs away He sits in a corner with portable cover, what could go wrong? He shields himself and blows you away with an AoE knockback, and then you're slowed again Just to make things worse he kicks you where it counts and then you can't move... again... He stands there spamming /laugh while you can do nothing He then kills you with what seems like 1 million more stuns. If you try to get out of ANY of these stuns, he'll throw another at you

That's like comparing Rogues to Warriors, rogues come in, do the job, and leave without a trace. Warriors leave blood footprint trails

Well, your problem is you're looking at their tanking side. In PvP they're great, in their non-tanking spec