is CM really viable for solo play? The sound of grav round haunts me at night, and I mainly do solo PvE/PvP.

hmph. well, only 29 here, still haven't got demo round, but I can try a few tips. as the others have said, don't rambo, keep to the back and apply pressure. In this game, whoever is in the health deficit is almost guaranteed to lose. Since as gunnery you get grav round cheap and as AS you get demo round dot, tab targeting and using these abilities will help the front lines tremendously, as two full health players can kill 4 lower-health ones with correct use of abilities. A player with 1% health can still do as much DPS/healing/CC as a player at 100% hp, don't go chasing a sorc with bubble on when there's a sniper who can do significant damage to your team right in front of you. please, spec into the concussive charge/stockstrike knock-backs. In hutball, a cammando using these actually can be a good ball carrier via knocking people off the catwalks, in voidstar you can knock people off the bridges, and in alderaan the opposing team takes longer to capture a base. If there's one situation to rambo, it's when five people are capturing an objective/planting a bomb and that one concussive charge will stop all of them.

I played gunnery till level 20, then switched to assault. In many PvE situations as gunnery, I found myself getting roflpwned by anything that could hit hard and close distance, while as assault I'm able to kite with more efficiency. Assault does however do less burst, so you might be taking a little longer to kill stuff. Assault also has worse ammo management, but I'm perfectly fine with that. Overall: (from a level 28 trooper) gunnery = more burst, less mobility. assault = less burst, more mobility.

mindset of a commando? 'speak softly and carry a big gun'.

switched to assault, and not only are medals easier to get, but I feel like much more of an asset in PvP and am much more flexible in PvE. Loving it and thanks for the feedback guys.

lack of mobility really hurts now that on tatooine I go up against two-three strong mobs at once. even using all my tricks, melee strong mobs hurt 'cause I can't really kite effectively. So will I lose anything major by going assault? or will I still be able to kick *** with my big gun?

hi. As a level 14 gunnery specced commando with the orange PvP weapon and just green quest rewards, I racked up unbeatable, commando, soldier, demolisher, and two other medals in a voidstar match, coming out top in damage and medals earned. Gunnery is a very competent spec, and against people who don't know how to counter it wrecks people. The thing to do is set up somewhere with a good view of the field that is in a relatively hard to spot position. If you're able to rain fire down on the enemy without them seeing you, you can completely **** face.

I've already tried about three different mouses... sigh. Oh well. Guess I'll have to adapt. Thanks for your time.

so, got a problem. Whenever I press down both mouse buttons to move, the in-game camera is prone to adjust as well, making it nearly impossible to use the mouse to move. Anybody else experiencing this? If not, can anyone think of anything to help?. Any help is much appreciated tyvm.

yeah I know, new player forums, however, I figured I might as well post my thread here since most of you guys that help new people also know a fair bit about operating the game. Anywho, unto the post. So I prefer to move my character by using the mouse and pushing both the buttons down to do so. Works fine in WoW. However, in this game, when I try to move by pushing down both mouse buttons, the camera view also moves. This is really annoying, because I'll try to turn and suddenly I'm looking from a birds eye view which sucks if you're trying to monitor a mob patrol or something. Basically, I'm wondering if you guys who played the game more could think of anything or know a way to move by pressing both mouse buttons down that doesn't change the camera view while doing so. Any help is great and much appreciated, tyvm.

I play WoW. I am what you would call a 'casual' player, averaging an hour a day in play time. The reason so many people complained was because WoW didn't cater to casuals at ALL. What was it, 2-3% of the player base downed Ragnaros before the FL nerf? That's not an awful lot when you have 10 million player in the game. Most people who play these games play to have some fun, to relax, not to be screamed at by some elitist raid geared jerk using the anonymity of the internet to trash their gear when they get in a group. If every game only catered to the hardcore players, Those games wouldn't have a whole lot of subs. Like it or not, 'casuals' make up the majority of the player base, you have to cater to them at least a little. Inb4 someone calling me a bad, I tank as a death knight in fully gemmed/enchanted gear, with glyphs. Go look up Fratictale on the WoW forums, click on the 85 death knight, inspect in advanced viewing, then make your assumptions about what kind of player I am. Casual does NOT equal bad, as most people seem to think.