I really can't conceive a reason as to why you wouldn't update the mods themselves regardless to if they are in a peace of armor or stashed away in a bag or locker. In a data base that I presume says when this item exists it has xAIM / xEndureance / xStats. Changing the value of x should be a simple task and would in effect be an immediate change.

I will admit, I'm pretty cocky when it comes to scoreboards. If I'm not in the top 2 dps I feel like I have failed the team. I would say I'm above average in terms of skill but that wasn't always the case. It took a couple years of PvPing as a pre easy-mode shaman (aka totems had to be put down individually and none of them were combined). However lately I have begun to play without my chest peace on. I run around as a skinny-"emo"-red-haired PT. I feel like this nerfs my survivability and dps just enough to offset the RNG crazy burst. The schwartz is huge among us PTs.

As a Pyro PT or Merc having 15% extra crit on rail shot is clutch. Why would one really want to give up that for 15% extra crit on a skill that has a 9s CD and doesn't have armor pen talents or increased crit dmg talents?

What you are suggesting is that if you had an ability to jump 10m it would make the class "fun". I beg to differ in almost all your statements. Grappling a ball carrier down into the pit and then ripping him a new one is about as fun as PvP can get. Also the thrill of carbonizing a group of enemies as they all prepare to man handle the ball carrier only to be disappointed as the ball carrier jumps away or is pulled away or escapes over the fire while they have to wait for the fire to stop. Then you throw taunts in on top of all that and there is very little down time.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like those who play Ops have the largest issue with gap closers when it comes to Huttball. Do they have issues in Void or Alderaan? I play a PT Pyro so i do have grapple and it's on 45 sec cooldown. If the CD on cloaking screen was reduced to 45-60s would that be enough?

Oh excellent. Thanks for the information! I try to look up info before posting but didn't have time to look in the individual trees for answers. And like you said Immortal spec is a rare site.

Might have been a random bug for him. Yesterday I went against a Jug who could use force grip on me but continued to use other attacks on me for the 4 second channel. And on another occasion in the same fight he force choked and then turned and ran while I was left dangling in the air...unless Backhand has the same graphic?

At least they have to actively mark you. WoW had a mod that put a third party beacon above your head whenever you threw up a heal.

I was thinking the same thing

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Cybertech's Rakata Grenade (4 sec stun) also negates resolve.

Ever watch a person get taser'd on TV? Sorcs lightning is kind of like that.

I call this tunnel vision. It's also the leading cause of people claiming they got 3 shotted by x player

I read this in Mark Day's voice. Check out Mark Day Comedy on youtube if you want a laugh.

As a PT I must recommend that you use your shield sooner than later. I will agree that watching some of the other classes take very little damage with their "shields" leaves me envious at times but I also know that with the shield used early and combo'd with kolto overload it can keep you alive for a significant amount of time. I believe the main skill you are talking about is Undying Rage. What this skill does is takes 50% of your current health and gives you 99% damage reduction for 5 seconds. 5 seconds seems like a long time but dart him for 4 seconds and then rail shot to face. The PT's shield lasts for 12 seconds therefore making it pretty amazing when used at high health right before getting focused by several people.

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Hybrid is the best. I use a combo of holding down the right mouse button and using A & D to strafe at the same time I use right mouse to do all turning in the game.

This now explains why I was getting super angry with carbonize not hitting anyone. I have switched to eliminator due to the crit chance as well.

I'm convinced that some still don't know what name plates are or that they can have them showing at all times.

I read the forums quite a bit but I have yet to see anyone come up with a proper means of calculating a person's skill level. I think what you are suggesting is throwing out gear entirely but then what's the reward for being more skilled? I look at titles and all I ever see is wow that guy has a lot more time to play than me and I couldn't care less about a title. At that point there is zero incentive to win. Planetside is the only PvP game I've ever played that had character advancement that gave you more options/utility without making your gear a factor in the equation.

Am I the only one that seems to see that maybe you have to defend the middle point too? If you are allowing a sorc/sage blow past you after the first door goes down then you are doing it wrong. I've played enough Void to know that this tactic is rarely used.

Ya it's very random. I went 6 bags with nothing then I had the following 7 with BM coms and now have had a dry spell again. It will work out in the end!

For a long time Pubs where trashing Imps in WZs because they hit battlemaster weeks ago and had a huge gear advantage. Now that Imps are catching up with gear Pubs are finding they have to try significantly harder. As for Ilum there are times during the day when Pubs outnumber Imps but typically they still fail. They either lack a solid Ops leader or are just bad, I'm not sure. Imps meaning me and 3 guildies like to use the following tactic. Jug jumps into middle of Pub group knocks them over. I have guard on him while I also run in and carbonize a couple. The other two heal the crap out of us while the rest of the zerg AoE's the Pubs. I've never seen the Pubs use this same sort of tactic.

You may not like that DoT but when it increases damage (Rain of Fire) on your target or prevents people from capping points you will be like wow I love that dot.

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agreed /signed