Rifle shot is a more efficient filler. Technically you'll be contributing more, in terms of numbers, by attacking. But if your group doesn't need that minor extra damage, you're better off using DS and providing a bit of healing and some energy regen to yourself, even if it's hard to optimize.

My friend and I suddenly have phantom time remaining on our accounts. I have 30 more than I expected and he has 60 more. Anyone know why this could be? We didn't have level 50s before the cutoff they announced for free time, but we do now (as of like 2 weeks ago)

I'm an operative healer and I find alacrity to be nearly useless, likewise accuracy. Has anybody found a source of enhancements that can viably replace the accuracy/alacrity ones that come with all the main pvp slots? Stardard artifact quality 124 enhancements don't cut it. Is there a pvp option I haven't found or is it just deal with acc/alac or spend 300k on the expensive enhances?

I haven't found a definitive answer for this anywhere and I want to confirm. Can I transfer War Hero helmet armoring to ANY moddable headgear and receive the bonus? I would like to only spend 90k on an augmented marauder's headgear instead of 300k on an augmented WH shell- I hide head slot so it doesnt matter to me. Just want to make sure the bonus carries over. Thanks

If you're satisfied with a botched fix, that's your prerogative.

Which is why you reroll. Not expect to be handed a lvl 50 toon of a different class. You just proved my point. This game and all MMO classes are based on playing a class from the beginning, learning it, and investing in it. Not being able to switch when you get bored. Also, ACs are basically their own classes. It's not like switching specs. There are 4 base classes because bioware didn't want to design 8 completely different structures (can't blame them), but each AC is unique enough that they are extremely distinct playstyles, and should not and will not be interchangeable.

I'm a little confused as to how a bug as major as implants and earpiece stats not applying to companions can be overlooked. Not only is it a pain in the butt for those of us who are aware of it and have to re-equip these items every time our companion is resummoned, but I reckon the majority of players don't even realize the bug exists and are playing with massively gimped companions. At lvl 50 it amounts to several thousand hitpoints and a bunch of stats. I'm failing to understand why this is not a priority fix. Sorry to post yet another complaint on these forums. I love the game, think its great. And I'm not going to be like most idiots and threaten to unsub (as if anybody cares). But I'm a little baffled by this.

OP apparently had one incident that made him mad and now he wants an apology and back rub from bioware. get over it. i've played several hours a day since the plague and havent been griefed. havent heard of anybody who has.

or you could, you know, do some research. so sick of people who feel they are entitled to whatever they want whenever they want without having to think or plan.

#2 hit on it. pre-patch, a half-heal build would not have been much worse than full heal tree. The biggest difference now is TA stacking to 3. It makes TA MUCH more manageable (about 50% more, i would say ) and having 3 stacks up in a pinch, especially with surgical precision, means a lot of surgical probe casts. In pvp this is vastly important because often times you can't stand and cast. RN is nice. I wouldn't call it critical, and you could do a build without it. But I assume you want more than the 1 extra point, as it won't buy you anything worthwhile in the other trees. Not sure what you had in mind for a hybrid build, but i would go to a minimum of up through medical engineering. The TA proc from kolto probe is the best talent in the entire tree. I suppose you could then have hots up and between that and shiv, be able to spam laceration. Heres what I would do, maybe this is kind of what you had in mind: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#401MffMzhZMIdoddMzM.1 It would play like a gimped lethality. But on the plus side, instead of getting kited you can stand and heal when it becomes unrealistic to chase- a luxury pure leth doesnt have

i like the overload shot idea a lot. it would help all 3 specs and there's really no reason for its short range to begin with.

sorry but i've been playing heal spec operative in lvl 50 warzones with no gear (recruit set, have added 3 bm peices) and it's not gimped. it's certainly not amazing in the conventional sense- we have no knockback, no (real) sprint or charge- but healer operative can do some great stuff in terms of survivability, healing output, and burst damage. I can't completely speak for lethality because i havent played it at 50. But I did play it at 49 (post-patch) and found it to still be one of the most powerful pvp specs. Just because LOLOMGCRIT####S are gone doesnt mean its bad. I'm guessing about half the people playing operatives rolled it when they heard it was overpowered. Now it's not, and the tears are streaming. Re-roll; good riddance.

Every time i summon my companion i have to unequip then re-equip her earpiece and implants in order for the stats to take effect. Have not confirmed whether other stats are affected but she does not benefit from endurance until i re-equip. Anyone else notice this?

it's not about the money bro its about people planned on playing and now we cant

I think the offer is more 50 Cent imo

agreed. it makes for a much more social atmosphere. sometimes i walk up to groups questing and ask for an invite and they don't look at chat. I've done it myself, I'll see some weirdo standing in front of my character jumping up and down and don't think to look at chat. Part of MMOs is forcing interaction, so to speak. Chat bubbles are hardly invasive, you can just ignore them, but the easier the devs make communication, the better.

bro i feel for you but that's what a deadline is. If they extended it another half-day for people like you, then the people who resubbed at 6:03pm would be making this same thread, or the people who resub tomorrow.

add the lack of crysis-like physics to the long list of things that are OMGLOLBROKEN and need fixing, along with "too few people joined my faction," "i'm bad at pvp," and "this game is missing some of retarded, divisive, and game-killing features from world of warcraft." Come on bioware, listen to the people!

all this time... i've been playing the disadvantaged skillz spec. if only i had known

why can't they just do it like wow where if people report you afk a timer starts ticking?

OP, i have news for you which might shock you: 90% of players on this game use WASD to move. This is because the majority of players are not on the game to be efficient, to min-max, or to play with skill. That's not a knock on them, that's just how it is. Believe it or not, pc games are designed around the silent majority, the casuals, i.e. the people who pay the exact same amount you do and therefore are just as important as you to the developers. WASD is standard 3rd person movement controls. Making it something different is both unnecessary and confusing to people who are playing this game casually. You are also well aware, I assume, that you can change keybindings. So essentially, you are just mad that other anonymous people are pressing their keyboard in a way that dissatisfies you. And thus, the cycle of "my-way-or-the-highway because i'm a HARDCORE gamer" continues. I suggest you get over it and move on with your life.

youre debating the fact that he said you need to shiv to get TA?? He is absolutely correct. If you didn't realize this or you think its a bad idea, i suggest you reroll to an easier game like facebook uno

somebody restock the tissues

Title basically sums it up. I love this game, and this is the first complaint I've posted. But this is getting old, why not push it 2-3 hours later? Midnight is a highly populated hour for west coast servers- i would estimate probably the tail end of "peak" weekday hours because this is when people like myself are finally done with our day, and most people over age 14 havent gone to bed yet. Can we get some sort of explanation as to why the servers must go down so early? Also, WHY 3 nights in a row??

~~my wish is your command~~ done. oh yeah, there already are DRs on CC. Do your homework before you post.