What if you are a PT tank? I have full BM Super Commando right now but I am finding accuracy boost in my enhancement slot a waste. Anyone have any suggestion on which enhancements I can replace them with?

Sorry for the double post, but I would like to swap out the accuracy enhancements in my BM equip to be honest. Any super commando tanks have suggestions?

Thanks for the quick post but the defensive enhancements you can make won't really justify the endurance and offensive stats I am giving up. Anyone know what enhancements (shield/absorb) columi and rakata super commando gives?

Not to change the topic of the OP but what about for Shieldtechs? Are there any enhancements or mods we can replace for a boost in absorption/shield? (I am assuming they are from juggs...or even sins...?) I am now a BM, but since the patch, I've been having a tough time with the tokens and way too many champion tokens than what I know what to do with. I want to maximize my tanking ability in PvP as much as I can through the purchase of Champion gear from other classes and stripping the mods/enhancements. Thank you in advance.

I am from Terentatek too! Maybe thats why....?

Well, for my rotation I use IM, RS, TD, RS then switch targets. I try to tag as many players as possible. I guess I don't use FB as often as I should...

Oh, P.S.- I don't have heat problems

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. I really appreciate how helpful you all are. Getting down to business, as you all said, I do spam my IM. I am guilty on that part. My keybind is mouse key 3: Quell, mouse key 4: IM, Mouse key 5: Rapid Shot. The rest of my keybind is as follows- E,S,D,F movement. Q Flame Burst, W Rocket Punch, R Rail Shot, T Thermal Detonator, y Determination A Unload, G Grapple, H Electro Dart Z Sonic Missle, C Neural Dart, V Flamethrower 2 Guard, 3 Energy Shield, 4 Kolto Overload, 5 Def Cube As you guys said, I think I need to revamp my keybinds. Any suggestion? With this keybind, and my play style I can farm about 9medals per match but once again, I am still not satisfied with my DPS. I know some of you said gear doesn't matter but just out of curiosity, Eliminator or Combat Tech? Also Shield Gen or Power Gen?

Hey Vauleen, This post is addressed at you after watching your video, and if you can give some advice it would be greatly appreciated http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=244012 I am pretty much in awe of your damage output.

Hi guys, So I finally made it to the big leagues. I just hit valor 60 tonight. On my way from valor 1-60 though, I've always felt PT to be underwhelming. To be honest, I may just be a sub par player because even with 31 in the pyro tree, I am still only barely making 300k damage in Voidstar. I average 150k per WZ and I can't believe that we have people hitting 600k or even an average of 400k per WZ. How are you guys doing it? I am running full champion Combat Tech set with Eliminator to fill the blanks. I have CGC on pretty much majority of the time. To top it off, I have a champion power generator, not a shield generator to max my damage output. If you average higher DPS then I do, please share your equip and build; enlighten us please. Also, what PVP set do you use? Is shield generator or power generator the better choice? Is running CGC the wrong thing to do? Please help. I am now a BM and I am lost... My build is the following: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#3010MZMs0MZfhMrzGGMs.1

Ok after the edit by chain, this is the ST/Proto build: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301hRGbdRboMZMsrroZb.1 (just to make it convenient)

After digesting what you said chain, this is the build I came up with atm. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301hMGbdRboZMs0MZb.1 I know chain suggested to avoid shield skills like a plague but honestly I want to get jet charge, and the first few skills of shieldtech isn't very good. The first and second row of shieldtech was a no brainer for me. Armor rating just isn't very good when there is a lot of internal dmg in pvp, but the 3rd row gave me trouble. It was basically shield chance/shield absorption VS rebraced armor, combust, and neural overload. And imo, neural overload is crap. And this is where I am stuck, with 10 points to go... I honestly don't want to put too many points in pyro as it requires me to change cylinders. I would like to keep it as ion if possible. So this is the final build I came up with. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301hMGbdRbRMZMsrMZb.1 I am stuck with 2 points left. Either retractable blade + 1 empowered tech, or 2 points in Quell CD reduction. What do you guys think of the build so far, and where do you suggest the next 2 points go?

Sorry for double posting but I just want to mention 30% shield isn't that difficult if its a bare minimum we shiuld reach before dumping the 5points . I am currently at 27% as stated above with only one enhancement that gives a shield bonus. Of course though, I am no pro at BH so you constructive feedbacks are still much appreciated

Ok. I just read this thread from head to toe again and I now know what you mean regarding shield chance/absorb and how it's not really worth the points. Thank you for the prompt response but I still have a few questions on top of what was not answered up top. 1) Why is there such a huge disparity between people's experience with ST? People who mamaged to get their defense to 50/50 shield vs ST who gave up on the lackluster DMG and crappy shield mitigation have such opposing experiences regarding the tree. 2) Can you get to 50/50 without the extra 10% from those 5 points? If it is, and you can be just as tanky as deep ST then it's really not worth the extra 5 points/10%... 3) If shield is fail, what should PT focus their secondary stat on when picking equip and mods? 4) Running the ST and Prototype hybrid, are we still using ion as the main cylinder? Thanks once again.

Hi everyone, long time lurker, first time posting. And this post is very shieldtech specific. Studying a lot of different builds this community has posted, I worked a couple of points around to come up with this build. I wasn't sure if combust is better or intimidation. What do you guys thing? : http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301RRMrdRbRgZbs0MZb.1 (I have no idea where to put the last point) After reading through everyone's valid points ,however, I've been seriously thinking about abandoning full shield tech for pvp. Currently at lvl 36, I can't see the appeal of being shieldtech pvp. Its true I get a lot of points from using guard but aside from that my damage output is average at best and I am too squishy to survive 3+ people. With all the CC's, I feel like my health just plummets. My faith in shieldtech is dropping fast. I know you are supposed to value shield rating > shield absorption > defense rating > endurance, but I still feel like I get mowed down too quickly. Currently I have 27% shield rating + shield absorption and I die fairly quickly in PvP (sometimes even in 1v1 situations). I always thought BH is supposed to value shield while lightsaber users are supposed to rely on defense(dodge). If thats the case, why do some people say shield is useless? Have I just been mistaken? If not shield then what should we rely on? Endurance..? If you are one of the players who did well with shieldtech build, mind sharing with us the secrets to your success? Much help is appreciated, thank you. -another clueless shieldtechie