There's another bug guys, when I hit 1000 WZ Commendations it still allows me to queue. It should stop me from queuing until I spend those commendations so I don't waste them. PEBKAC - It's everywhere.

I personally have all of my Valor gear waiting for 40 (currently L37 / V35) with a full set for my companions (Talos & Khem). Imo this gear is very good and will do you well into the 40s, at least make you cruise through the first few levels. It also gives you a good chance to get your companions in moddable gear. It's not overly expensive but I can happily PvP for hours on end often only stopping the chain to figure out what I'm going to spend my comms on, I know others can't stand it. If you are anything like me this helps. Once I hit 45 I'll have the drive to hit 50. I focus on smaller goals (I.e. 1-10 (Advance class), 10-20 (PvP 20 set), 20-25 (Speeder), 25-30 (L30 Talent), 30-40 (L40 PvP Gear / L40 Talent), 40-50 Last set of levels!

What really gets me is when you are matched against a full sorc premade, and they just farm the living crap out of you - usually just by aoeing the spawn point. Can't get through 8 sorcs storms in 1 piece...

I'm quite happy with the 5k medal. I just wish they would include execute hits. As a madness assassin I hate getting a 4.5k Assassinate and still not getting my damn 2.5k medal because it kills them.

OK - So, I knew that Biochem was OP, but I heard it was getting nerfed. I was silly and assumed it would mean the re-usables would be under non-reusable, basically rendering them useless for endgame. I play an Assassin, and picked up Artifice because I just liked the idea of the proff and it was related to my toon. I am now 320/400 Artifice and find that Biochem is still awesome, with reusable stims adrens and medipacks that are equivalent to the best in the game. Saving you millions of credits in the long run. Are BW looking at giving perks to people who have other crafting proffs? Because there seriously seems to be no benefits to having anything other than Biochem...

Thanks all, Figured my play style probably suits Talos more. I am currently Madness just for the pure dps. Talos topping me up will make life a lot easier as my DPS isn't lacking. Picked up 4 L40 Pvp pieces for Talos last night and should finish the set tonight. Hoping life should be pretty cruizy for me once I hit 40, and have a decked out toon and companion, hasn't happened since 20 and that was a breeze.

Hi All, I have really been taking my leveling slowly and enjoying the journey. I am an avid pvper and currently V32 for level 33. Trying to keep them as close together is a personal challenge and gives me plenty of points for gear. I have my full L40 PvP gear waiting for me, and I am building up some companion gear, preferably a full set. I have half of Khem's heavy tank gear so far. It dawned on me today, that I'll get Talos before 40. My question to the Assassins of Swtor.com is how game changing is Talos? For Soloing do you go Talos and don't look back? I have always found Khems tanking to be kind of lack-luster, and the downtime dismissing him and re-summoning him as well as topping myself up from the bad job at holding agro he did is annoying. I'm more than happy to start getting Talos's gear, hell the amount of PvP I do to levels I get, I'll probably have both sets - but all opinions are welcome

Bioware obviously want there to be a penalty for stance dancing, and they obviously thought 50 focus on a 100 (or 110 if decep) wasn't enough, this is what I propose. Some of you may recognize this mechanic. When changing charge, drain all energy. No energy requirement. By all means give us the penalty of not being able to change without a severe drawback - hell we are going to be useless until we regen. But we should have the option to change on the fly. In PvE - if the tank dies close to a boss kill, know what I do? Change charge and taunt the tank and hope to god we get it down before I get smashed.

Against stealth the only way I have been able to win is Trinket the stun > Debilitate > Cover Pulse away (Heavy shot works as well) > Leg shot > Corrosive Nade > Keep on bursting down and once they get close Flashbang and hope to god they are near death. When you screw up a scoundral / ops opener they are pretty screwed. Just hope they don't vanish else you may need to entrench.

I thought the GCD was 1 second? Either way, burst is burst. It's not exactly a PvE Talent. I'd imagine it would work quite well with the engineering talent that allows you to use snipe standing after exiting cover.

No attack at current HP Levels should be able to hit for 10k.

Good to see some people doing well with sniper. I make an effort to try and talk to the higher level snipers when I see them. Basically asking how they are doing with the class. I think just about all of them have told me to reroll. I haven't listened. Hell one was complaining about not being able to move and didn't even know about the Lethality tree! And he was Valor 59!

Correct me if im wrong, but you could still try throwing Ambushes out there for the 2.5k medal. I mean it's not exactly optimal but you can still use the ability - and it's not nerfed by lethality, it's just not as good as the lethality skills. Even undergeared Ambush has the potential to hit for 2.5K +

Personally, I think lag to be a bioware problem, not a user problem - It's not exactly PEBKAC. Which is getting fixed. You won't find me QQing about Cover. But I can sympathize with people who experience lag and the issues they can have with cover.

Cover doesn't cost a GCD, but as an oceanic player I can vouch for the time it takes to drop cover. Hopefully once they implement these 'Australian' servers things will improve. Watching videos of Snipers in PvP I can't do things nearly as fast as they can due to the consistent 300+ms.

It seems MM = Stationary Physical DPS - Manageable energy Lethality = Movement Internal (Armor Ignoring) DPS - High Energy Engineering = Support Damage (?) and some AoE

An easy fix, since cover is off the GCD, is to include it into the skill "Activating this skill whilst not in cover will automatically drop a portable cover"

/signed /signed /signed /signed Why would a Sniper not have stealth? =/ I expected some sort of stealth like ability, and a stationary stealth makes most sense.

So as the title says, What's your highest crit? And what's the highest crit you've had done to you? So far I have been hit for 7.8k by an operative, and 3.5k by a shadows 'rock throw' ability. What have you guys seen? So far my highest crit is 3.8, but I'm clearly not geared.

This is very easy as a sniper; 1 Killing Blow 75k Damage 10 Kills 2.5K Attack I have been getting these 4 consistently since level 10. Killing blow is just luck really unless you 1v1. 75k damage is very doable 10 kills - I don't know how you couldn't get this one 2.5k attack - Laze > Snipe / Ambush. If all else fails get a +15% Red Power up and go nuts with your probes / ambush / snipe. Easily get a 2.5k+ with +15% Expertise Also easily up for grabs are; 1k defender points (camp in Alderaan / attack the ball carrier in huttball) 1v1 win Probably some more that I've missed.

I have found using my portable cover, even whilst the animation is going I can start my skill - as it is off the GCD. Meaning I hit Snipe / ambush straight after I press the keybind for cover and have little - no issues. Huttball is my preferred WZ as a sniper, as it's easier to set up cover behind a trap, or on a ledge and rip people apart. Games like VS are a lot more difficult as I am on the same vertical level as everyone and LoS / easier ganking plays a bigger part. As for being the worst ball carriers, maybe we are, but There's nothing like Flash banging a whole group of people as they run over a fire trap and waving goodbye - being on a higher level usually means that I am quite often passed to and end up scoring if you sit in the right place with no hassle.

I had to giggle at that ^^ I know it's basic stuff, but just make sure you don't bind anything to alt - F4, or have anything on an alt modifier key that you might use before your F4 binding, or you will start raging very quickly. (Alt modifier key gets me all the time when frantically tab targeting).

I don't think it's as much of a problem as everyone preaches. Are low levels at a disadvantage? Yes they are, but it means instant queues for everyone, and even playing as a low level I have a lot of fun PvPing with the higher levels. Especially when I take down someone 20-30 levels above me 1v1.

Hi All, I have been playing the game for about a week now and I am torn between 2 classes. I am looking for some higher level honest (Non-bias! - don't want 'don't roll this class because it sux' - we all know the classes are 'fairly' balanced and nothing game breaking seems to be going on at the moment with a specific class). I have always played stealthy classes in previous MMOs, and played high end PvE and some PvP in World of Game that must not be named. I planned on rolling Sniper, I got her up to 10 and hit the PVP straight away. I soon found that I really, really missed Stealth - and started playing an inquisitor / assassin. I am not looking for a rogue replacement, however I do want a pure DPS Class. I constantly see "LF Sniper for XXX" in general on Swiftsure, and a sure abundance of Assassins is clear. I plan on playing with some friends from another game, of which one already has a 4X Assassin. How does the Assassin play out at 50? How does the sniper play out at 50? Is double assassin viable in a raid group (considering neither of us are keen on tanking). I enjoy both classes, and since finding out I can drop cover with a hot key and not have to roll around on a delay life as a sniper got a lot easier. I want Burst, and I want some survivability. High skill caps are a welcome addition. I noticed as my Sniper, my WZ Dps was 2/3 times higher than my Assassins, apart from one with amazing healers where I got almost 200k (Sniper averages 130k where Assassin is closer to 40k). But this could be due to me not playing correctly and having very few skills in the low teens. Any input is welcome, but please stay away from "X Class is broken! Don't roll! Uninstall the Game!" comments.

It would appear Marks or Engineering is the way to go, with most going Marks energy tanks as a first set of points.