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yo varisite
doesn't it get annoying changing your color on everything?
I mean for one block post it's one thing, but that quote you have on the second page must have taken you like ten minutes
i'd say stop but I know you won't, but i honestly keep thinking you're some sort of forum mod. Get noticed by your words/insight/desire to play AP instead of your obnoxious text color
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Great thread you guys have going here, some really good info. First i want to ask which cell are you guys running with the Carolina Parakeet build, as i am a 50 Vanguard and a 20 BH. Second is there much of a dps difference between the iron fist (which i am running now and just love) and the Carolina Parakeet,or is it just more of a range deal. Also which pvp set would work best for the Carolina Parakeet?. Thanks Taugrim these are great guide's and really usefull threads running on both the Vanguard and Power Tech boards.
Lyss
Parakeet is usually using ion to make use of guard, but occasionally you can swap if you're all alone. Parakeet is a more offensive than Iron fist, but iron fist is a little more defensive with the 2% damage reduction. As parakeet i'm using the supercommando set with all of the Surge mods/enhancements from the dps gloves. This works for me cause I guard a lot, but some people seem to going after the merc dps gear, the one with the 15% increased rail shot crit chance. I like my supercommando stuff though, cause i usually run with friends and i always use guard.
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oh my god flashpoints are one thing but never go parakeet for ops your DPS isn't high enough to warrant it
Sometimes on fights that are all unshieldable (soa etc) I go a modified iron fist spec; giving up 10% shield in favor of 2% damage reduction is awesome. Last I heard 31 ST does more DPS than the hybrids as long as you flamethrower on cooldown but I haven't seen any math behind it.
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hey check me out i can get crazy numbers on AOEstar too
i like to go 71 - 0 and there's no way I have a pocket healer named blightning no way
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the only people that complain about medals are the people that aren't getting any
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I used Columi gear. It gives a bit more protection then the PvP stuff does. Not to mention a nice 4 pc damage reduction bonus.
this is the key. you can't spec parakeet and jump in the fp's with green stuff. Once you're columi you already outgear most of the hard modes so you can just gear that place and spec practically whatever you want
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If you haven't already make A + D your strafe keys. You can (and should) turn with your mouse. Q + E are awesome keybinds.
You should put kolto overload + energy shield on keybinds that are easy to press together, likewise for offensive stuff. Shift F and shift G for the two defensives is a pretty awesome plan. using ESDF makes tab targeting pretty difficult.
Bind a key to "target nearest enemy" (i use q). You'll thank me later
edit: I think keybinds are something you should make up yourself to be really good at it, but here's a screen shot for you http://i.imgur.com/ZD57D.jpg
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I LIKE HAMMERS BETTER AHHHH
I LIKE SAWS BETTER AHHHH
two different specs for two different jobs
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I understand the difference between the two classes at the basic level but i'm more interested in the operative intricacies, mainly TA.
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Bump. Is TA as stupid as my friend says it is? How do you in practice get TA built up as a healer? Are you supposed to be right up in there shivving?
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I'm trying to figure out what I want to play
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I have a level 10 agent and i'm split between sniper and operative. The damage part of op doesn't appeal to me I don't think, but to be honest the agent class is underplayed so I don't know much about it.
Lots of hots are cool. Healing seems straight forward. Does it work well, or is it poorly designed (i've heard that)? What separates you from sorcs and mercs? Is TA as terrible as my friend makes it out to be?
If I ever do respec, the operative is mainly a melee dps class. Does it have any good utility? I play a powertech, so while I get stealth and i'm not looking for straight up grapples/charges, do I have any cool buttons/abilities to change the tide of games? Or am I a straight up melee blow you up cannon?
also, who's got a cool SS of their operative? My char is type 3 and beefy so he'd look really lame if he walked around with his little shiv out all the time. Do healing ops carry around their shotgun? SHOW ME YA MOVES
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yeah you guys are right my bad
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No.
Iron fist can be tweaked for pve, but Parakeet is a total pvp spec.
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this is too good
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have you ever played an online video game?
Medals aren't the thing that is keeping people farming you/playing deathmatch.
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PvP we tend to be fine; that is to say we definitely last longer than other classes.
In PVE we definitely have worse defensives than juggs do, but that hasn't stopped me so far. I've main tanked all the 8 man bosses on all difficulties. My Jugg friend has an easier time during CD phases (like foreskin crusher's frenzy) but i'm no where near unhealable during them.
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I don't know what's wrong with it but I stopped speccing into increased damage because even with those talents it hits for like 100. Is that the problem? Cause yes, it's still there.
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powertech is an awesome class that will let you have fun with the pvp tanking functions.
Merc trades some survivability for a healing tree. Merc is a RANGED class whereas powertech should be thought of as a melee class until you play enough to say otherwise.
personally I think powertech is the more fun class.
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Did they "fix" the jump the gap thing in voidstar? My sorc friend said there was an invisible wall there now.
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Parakeet isn't a leveling spec, mainly because the things that make it a good spec are impossible to get at the same time until the 40s. Level as a pure DPS, either Prototype or Pyro. ST is viable, (anything is viable for leveling), but the dps trees are more fun.
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Basically surge is only good up until 250 now. Popping relics/adrenals used to get me at 99% crit multiplier, now it gets me to 79%. My normal crit multiplier is relatively the same though, cause I only have about 200.
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ugh why isn't this top priority? I mean i'm a tank and i'm getting mildly displeased that I can't buy my off set...if this was my main spec I'm be going crazy.
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Defense and Absorption, while king in PvE doesn't do much in PvP. You're better off putting the stats into DPS or End. Endurance is almost never wasted in PvP.
this is the truth. But now that I'm finally wearing my full supercommando set with full surge enhancements, my question is *** is the difference in sets? I haven't looked super close, but is the supercommando set a higher stamina with the "baked in" armorings?
Tanking keybinds and tray setup
in Vanguard / Powertech
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sooo your naga hits 890-=, right? Cause I mean I have big hands and have 6 keybound, sometimes I feel like 7 isn't a big stretch, but I don't care if you are Shaquelle O Neil you aren't hitting - or = on the fly, let alone with a shift modifier.....