thanks for this, but how much alacrity would be really needed for pvp sniper virulence. Is it still the same amount optimal or should it be lowered, and if so by how much?

WoW is a HORRIBLE refference of how "pvp" should be. And if you bought SWTOR to have amazing pvp battles, you obviously are very dumb. SWTOR is about questing and role-playing, I consider myself a pvp player but I'm smart enough to realise that SWTOR is far from a "pvp" game. I would LOVE to see (actual) open world pvp in SWTOR, like guilds being able to build bases and competing with the enemy faction over territory. But that is simply not the case with SWTOR, and it probably will never happen either. So to the threadowner: stop pretending to be elite, play the game as it is, or go play eve.