It's funny that you bring up gear....because at some point...maybe Beta...smugglers had a lot better looking gear than imperial agents. I've seen a few old you tube videos of Scoundrels that were in all black trench coats with their face covered by a black bandana and wearing a black hat....they looked amazing! BUT....yesterday I was in the Republic's fleet and I saw 2 level 50 smugglers that looked like they were level 5's. One of them had on a reddish pink hat and a reddish pink outfit that looked like something you would pick up in the starting zone....and the other had on like a yellowish brown outfit...they looked really bad...nothing like what I saw in the videos.

Why did you choose Imperial Agent over Smuggler?

It's a RP PvP Server and I'm there because of friends....and because I enjoy watching role players interact with each other....from a distance of course

How much slower? Is it like if you go Operative you stab someone in the back in 1 second and if you go scoundrel you tap the empire player on the shoulder and tell them "DONT MOVE....wait 1 second while I load"...load your shotgun....and 5 mins later shoot him?

There is a dirty...dirty...rumor going around on the empire side of my server that says the Operative Knife animation is faster than the Shotgun animation. Is this true?...or just more lies and propaganda? I only PvP....and I might offend some people with this statement....but I don't give a damn about the story line because it ends at level 50 anyway. I space bar through the story and pick my light or dark side points. Unfortunately I am on a Role Playing server....so when I ask my fellow Sith if I should go Scoundrel or Operative based on their fighting animations... they usually respond with "Well Scoundrel is more of a cowboy ladies man....and the operative is more of a James bond 007 ladies man"....which does not help me at all....and a few say "Operative because the shotgun animation is slower".... I like the way the shotgun looks over the knife but not willing to give up time for its animation....also Scoundrels using punches instead of weapons found in the game...is a little disappointing....I just wanted to know your thoughts.

Calling people stupid while using a mole as an avatar....lol. And by the way your spelling is God awful...even with auto spell check... I never once talked about how OP tracer missiles were lol....I heard in fact quite the opposite. The point of the post was to show how unhappy people were with having to use tracer missiles for 50%+ of the fight instead of their dual pistols. I rolled a class that dual wields pistols for a reason....TO USE BOTH PISTOLS FOR MOST OF THE FIGHT....not bend over and shoot rockets from my back

Can someone explain why a Merc dual wields two pistols if all he does for damage is spam tracer missiles over and over? You don't need 2 guns for that....

As a pvp player I have my own thoughts on the "Take Cover" play style for the Gunslinger. But I also want to get other peoples thoughts... If you PvE...do you enjoy the "Take Cover" behind a shield play style that sniper has to offer? Do you get attacked enough in PvE to see a use for the shield? If you PvP...do you like crouching behind a shield in one place to dish out damage? Do you wish you had more mobility? I'll be honest...when I started playing the game I couldn't wait to roll a gunslinger/sniper until I found out that in order to play one effectively you had no choice but to crouch behind a shield in one place and take whatever beating came your way. I personally prefer mobility. I was just hoping that gunslingers and snipers could dish out damage while on the move instead of having to crouch down in one place. What do you think?

As a pvp player I have my own thoughts on the "Take Cover" play style for the Gunslinger. But I also want to get other peoples thoughts... If you PvE...do you enjoy the "Take Cover" behind a shield play style that gunslinger has to offer? Do you get attacked enough in PvE to see a use for the shield? If you PvP...do you like crouching behind a shield in one place to dish out damage? Do you wish you had more mobility? I'll be honest...when I started playing the game I couldn't wait to roll a gunslinger until I found out that in order to play one effectively you had no choice but to crouch behind a shield in one place and take whatever beating came your way. I personally prefer mobility...and before you say it "yes I have a bounty hunter". I was just hoping that gunslingers and snipers could dish out damage while on the move instead of having to crouch down in one place. What do you think?

I was wanted to know if Juggernauts damage specs would allow them to do the same amount of damage as marauders? Also does anyone else notice that while moving and using vicious strike your legs never move...and you just slide around? Do you think this animation will ever be fixed? Jedi Knights do not have this problem.

well since no one replied I leveled a sith warrior all the way up to level 10....got dual wield...and he still slides around when he uses vicious slash like its an ice skating competition at the olympics

I clarified so that there isn't any mass confusion

At level 1 with a sword "in one hand" if you use vicious slash you will slide around on the ground without your feet moving. The Jedi's equivalent slash does not do this...their feet still move. My question is....if you go dual wield...does vicious slash still perform the same glitched animation or does it look different?

*If you are obsessed with the story line and the story line is how you make all your decisions....please don't post here because I'm asking about animations. All I care about is being level 50 and happy with my character in pvp" I currently have a BH Merc but was thinking about going Trooper instead. The animations with a HUGE 2h gun seems a lot better than a pistol. Plus I dont bend over to shoot rockets with a trooper, lol. The only problem I have is that A LOT of people on the forums are complaining about a lot of the trooper animations being screwed up. Can you please give me specifics about what animations are screwed up and why? I dont want to play a buggy messed up trooper.