"Binomial Probabilities" haha oh that brings back so many memories I have an idea of where that may have been inspired from This is really cool Marisi, nice layout, easy to read. Looks like you put a lot of TLC into this...Kudos to you and the other creators!

Nice Vidz I like the pirates, looks like fun

That's what I like to hear! More challenging than EC?

Yeah got busy at work so I cut back and then when my guild disbanded decided to take an extended hiatus...still like to check in every now and then though to see the changes

Haha man I can't believe all the changes, doesn't even look like the same game, everything's a foreign language! As for playing again, just don't know, keep getting the itch just not the time. How would you rate 3.0 so far?

R.i.p.

What's up Marisi and Fascinate! Miss you guys, I've never cared for Dulfy Guides back in the day, but you guys put together a sweet guide, big props to you. Keep kickin' ***** and takin' names!

Oooooh a new stickied guide! I'll admit it brought a slight tear to my eye seeing mine removed but then they became tears of joy seeing a nice lookin' guide by a great player/teacher replaced it. Keep up the great work Gyro!

Hey ya'll, I do scour the merc/commando forums from time to time and get the itch to play here and there but nah I'm not back might log back in after the New Year and see what's new in 3.0 Happy Holidays everyone!

do it!!!

Nice music

Awwww Pizza officially dropped from the leaderboards j/k haha, just wanted to drop in and say hi! Miss everyone! DPS MOAR!

Thank you all for the farewells!

I want to thank everyone who has visited this thread and especially the ones who have contributed to the discussion and helped shaped the spec to what it's become now! I also want to thank everyone (including the mandos) for electing me as your first Merc representative. I've been playing SWTOR since early access and it's been a spectacular ride, but the time has come where Pizza'dah'hutt is hanging up his blasters and moving on to other things I've loved everything about this game and the players in the community. I have some RL things to focus my attention on and who knows, maybe I'll find my way back some day, but today I say goodbye to all of you and the wonderful virtual universe of SWTOR. I could literally write for days about the memories I have, the things I'll miss but I will spare these forums I have posted my ramblings on our guild site http://suckafish.enjin.com/forum/m/2482819/viewthread/12842741-so-many-great-memories if you wish to read more. I will no longer be posting in this thread, the guide itself should stay fairly relevant for a while (I think) and if anyone wants to take over, anyone can feel free to copy whatever you want (some credit would be nice hehe) and create a new thread or leave this one up, whatever your heart desires. I leave it at the hands of you, the community. I will miss you all!!!!

Updated! Thanks again Without any 2.7 gear I would say I was averaging in the high 3800s. I usually stopped parses that were low but I’m sure I’d see some low 3700 parses, with a rare occurrence below 3.7k. Welcome to the thread! I saw your other post on the forums, so you probably posted this without reading the guide which is ok, but very first thing I would do is read through it…several times to let it soak in and just start working on one thing at a time. Start with the opener, I’ve pretty much laid out a solid opener that will bring you through your first Vent Heat. Start with TM as mentioned in the post above and save UL and DFA for fillers. As CS_Zoltan said, you’re light on barrage procs, more specifically you’re averaging 10.5s between procs, try to get this as close to 9s as you can. You do this by keeping track of GCDs between procs and making sure the 6th GCD from the previous proc is a TM as laid out in the guide. Proc’ing Barrage more = more unloads which is an extremely heat efficient ability that does excellent damage. There are several things you can work on here, and it all really just revolves around practice. Your APMs are a bit low but not terrible. I noticed several spots in the parse where you clipped Unload, this means you’re cancelling it early and not getting all 4 (8 including offhand) ticks in, so let the full cast finish. There are also some unwanted delays between abilities, if you’re not queuing all abilities (except during unload), make sure you do…You’re also leaving HSM and Rail Shot off cd a bit too long, they should be top priority after proc’ing barrage. All in all, you just need more practice and repetition. Read through the guide a couple times, hit the dummy, go back and read more…go to the Arsenal Tips & Tricks section and after you’ve made improvements, read the “how to analyze your parse” and see what is lacking. Good Luck!

Been taking a short vacation, Mom was in town! Thanks for the translation Benaiah, I'll get it updated...and I'll respond to you others as well this weekend, getting late tonight

Arsenal section updated for 2.7, feel free to comment, I may have made some mistakes Edit: Fixed some formatting errors

Np the only other spots I can see where you can improve your APMs is I do see some 1.6-1.7ish between activations "here and there" and this could be lag or just a lapse in your reaction time as to what to use next, that will improve with continued practice if it is a lapse, nothing that can be done if it's lag. I also do see you have a bit of slow button pressing when you use TSO+FM, note that TSO and FM can be used/queued during the Rail Shot GCD so pop them both back to back right at the end of the GCD, this will also keep the CGC DoT rolling for that combo.

Ok let's see here: Seconds Action Ability 0 0 0.91 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.49 Activates Rail Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.58 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Electro Net 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.48 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 2.46 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Rail Shot 0.60 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.88 Activates Fusion Missile 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.57 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 0.99 Activates Vent Heat 0.50 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.55 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Unload 2.95 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.54 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Unload 3.15 Activates Power Shot 1.97 Activates Rail Shot 1.41 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.58 Activates Power Shot 1.42 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Unload 3.08 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Unload 3.10 Activates Power Shot 1.60 Activates Rail Shot 1.54 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.55 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.49 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Unload 3.09 Activates Power Shot 1.56 Activates Rail Shot 1.45 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.71 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.78 Activates Unload 2.93 Activates Power Shot 1.58 Activates Rail Shot 1.53 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.57 Activates Rail Shot 1.44 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 0.78 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.70 Activates Fusion Missile 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.49 Activates Power Shot 2.41 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Electro Net 1.50 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.48 Activates Rail Shot 1.18 Activates Vent Heat 0.31 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.59 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Unload 3.09 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.67 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.41 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Unload 3.00 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.57 Activates Power Shot 1.45 Activates Rail Shot 1.54 Activates Unload 3.09 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.57 Activates Unload 3.00 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.70 Activates Power Shot 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.95 Activates Rail Shot 1.39 Activates Unload 3.18 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.48 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.61 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.27 Activates Fusion Missile 1.67 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 1.51 Activates Electro Net 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 1.56 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 0.99 Activates Vent Heat 0.59 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 2.29 Activates Power Shot 1.58 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 0.56 0 0 Whoops 1.48 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 2.46 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Rail Shot another whoops 0.78 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.70 Activates Fusion Missile 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.49 Activates Power Shot 2.41 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Electro Net 1.50 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.48 Activates Rail Shot and one more at the end 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 2.29 Activates Power Shot 1.58 Activates Rail Shot It looks like you're getting a bug here and not getting the PPA proc, does this happen often to you? you threw in an extra unneeded PS in all cases here but seeing the 2+ secs after it, it must've caught you off guard...also you threw in an EN & TD in same combo, try to save the EN for a UL Substitute...there's no hurry to get it in on the dummy anyway. In regards to the PPA not proc'ing, are you either wearing or spec'ing into any alacrity? Cuz other than these spots I don't see anything wrong with what you're doing

Ouch haha, still a great parse though, time to get over the 4k hump!

Or both Getting 4100 in Dread Forged BiS is EXTREMELY lucky, took me probably 100+ parses. Getting it with some DM Gear including the OH is more doable, I got 4102 the other day after about 15 tries or so. I think I was pushing around the low 3600s at best in DF BiS - Arsenal, this one came after getting some DM gear.

Well I do this for every parse I analyze, gives me a good bird's eye view of the parse: Seconds Action Ability 0 0 0.15 Activates Incendiary Missile 0.37 Activates Nano-Infused Attack Adrenal 0.94 Activates Rail Shot 0.57 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.15 Activates Power Surge 1.37 Activates Fusion Missile 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.97 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Rail Shot 1.58 Activates Electro Net 1.46 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.41 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.61 Activates Rail Shot 1.39 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.66 Activates Vent Heat 0.09 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Unload 3.31 Activates Power Shot 1.57 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.58 Activates Rail Shot 1.55 Activates Unload 3.04 Activates Power Shot 1.72 Activates Rail Shot 1.43 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.66 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Unload 3.09 Activates Power Shot 1.46 Activates Rail Shot 1.46 Activates Power Shot 1.58 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.55 Activates Rail Shot 1.48 Activates Unload 3.09 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Rail Shot 1.46 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.48 Activates Power Shot 1.57 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 1.51 Activates Unload 3.07 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.68 Activates Rapid shots 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.01 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.00 Activates Power Surge 0.91 Activates Fusion Missile 1.36 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.41 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.60 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Rail Shot 1.60 Activates Electro Net 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.69 Activates Power Shot 1.61 Activates Rail Shot 1.46 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Vent Heat 0.26 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Rail Shot 1.83 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.64 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.46 Activates Rail Shot 1.55 Activates Unload 2.98 Activates Power Shot 1.61 Activates Rail Shot 1.56 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.42 Activates Power Shot 1.68 Activates Power Shot 1.43 Activates Rail Shot 1.58 Activates Unload 3.00 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.60 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.55 Activates Rail Shot 1.46 Activates Unload 2.98 Activates Power Shot 1.62 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.57 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.63 Activates Rail Shot 1.41 Activates Unload 3.13 Activates Power Shot 1.79 Activates Nano-Infused Attack Adrenal 0.43 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Rail Shot 0.65 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.00 Activates Power Surge 0.92 Activates Fusion Missile 1.46 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.79 Activates Rail Shot 1.36 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.59 Activates Unload 3.02 Activates Power Shot 1.65 Activates Rail Shot 1.50 Activates Electro Net 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Rail Shot 1.66 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.46 Activates Power Shot 1.89 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Incendiary Missile 0.85 Activates Vent Heat 0.66 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Rail Shot 1.51 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.61 Activates Power Shot 1.47 Activates Rail Shot 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.56 Activates Power Shot 1.43 Activates Rail Shot 1.52 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.49 Activates Power Shot 1.55 Activates Power Shot 1.46 Activates Rail Shot 1.53 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.60 Activates Power Shot 1.41 0 0 You're doing a lot of things right here as 3837 is nothing to be ashamed of..you keep a solid rotation for the most part...some small pointers that stand out to me though maybe you can alter your opener a bit. Try to wait until after the second PPA Proc to use TSO+FM and throw EN into the opener, for example: TD>EN>Adrenal + IM>RS>PS>PS (only if first PS doesn't proc PPA)>RS Here's where you'll use TSO+FM, if your first PS poc'd PPA then it will look like TSO+FM>Power Surge +PS>PS>Rail, else you will use Power Surge with FM. The reason you use Power Surge with PS is cuz if your first PS procs PPA and you follow it with TSO+FM, your heat will hit zero, using Power Surge with PS in this case will front load the heat and allow you to dissipate that heat during the GCD. If your first PS doesn't proc PPA, then you'll use it with TSO+FM to front load the damage and get more ticks in with the Adrenal you have going. Moving forward in the dummy session you will only use Power Surge in similar situations, if your heat is about to hit zero and you need to front load PS heat, or if you've used adrenal and want to front load FM damage. Otherwise there's no need for Power Surge the rest of the session. I rarely use Power Surge more than once on a dummy and I save it for on the move in fights, or if I want to get a FM off without suffering pushback, also sometimes as a defensive cd with Rapid Scan. So that takes care of the opener, a few other minor mistakes I found...I don't know if I'd call this a mistake, but try using IM at the beginning of the combo rather than the 2nd filler, using it as a 2nd filler consumes 32 heat simultaneously...16 from the back-loaded PS and 16 from the front-loaded IM, this can cause your heat to jump over 40 and that's obviously bad...however if this is not causing you to ever go over 40 heat, disregard Also remember you can queue VH, looks like your waiting till the PS cast is done. 1.47 Activates Power Shot 1.68 Activates Rapid shots 1.52 Activates Power Shot 1.52 Activates Rail Shot 1.01 Activates Thermal Sensor Override 0.00 Activates Power Surge 0.91 Activates Fusion Missile 1.36 Activates Power Shot 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot 1.41 Activates Thermal Detonator 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.51 Activates Power Shot 1.60 Activates Rail Shot 1.49 Activates Incendiary Missile 1.50 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Power Shot 1.53 Activates Rail Shot 1.60 Activates Electro Net 1.44 Activates Power Shot 1.54 Activates Power Shot 1.59 Activates Rail Shot This first combo should have been IM>PS>PS, you just followed an UL and you're using cruise control method, you shouldn't need a Rapid Shots, your next combo will dissipate heat with the TSO+FM. Your next combo after the TD would've been UL or EN...basically just remember that when using cruise control method to keep your TD-UL-IM-UL rhythm going and substitute FM/EN in for UL, never substituting TD or IM.

My pre-2.7 launch theory was that alacrity could prove useful for Arsenal in BiS 186, we won't really know for sure until DP NiM drops and we can get to BiS, but I'm questioning that theory now...until I actually get all the enhancements/ear/implants I won't have a solid opinion on it, and won't be stacking any.

^^^^^ ^.^

Yeah sorry thank you I had quite a few errors in there, I just fixed them