Okay. i am using the war hero power (+39) power enchancements and the mods that boost crit by the same amount. i am augmented for cunning, but only could afford the +16 and not the +18 ones. I have to go, but i can ask more around 4 hours from now

Working on getting those tionese shells, and i can't afford the 27 armorings/barrels, so are there any other options for getting from 1830(ish) cunning to 1900? Also, with the power i found i only did 100 more damage and sometimes crit, and with the crit i do 90 less, but crit ALOT. Would the crit not be a larger boost in the long run, especially come 2.0? I used to have about 800 power and 35% crit, but i never hit as hard as they hit me.

(TL;DR on bottom of this post)Wall of text incoming, SOUND THE ALARM!)Hey all, Not a "rage Q_Q nerf the other guy because i suck" thread,I'm just wondering if i am doing something wrong on my operative or if I'm just outgeared. I MAINLY play concealment, though i sometimes play Lethality because i look forward to the 2.0 changes and feel like practicing. Gearwise, i am going off memory since i am currently on a comp at work during break. But from what i can remember (With stim and comp buffs) Expertise is 1200 i got 41% crit on tech attacks, 600ish power, 78% surge, 1800ish cunning and about a few hundred end away from 19000 health. Originally i had about 35% crit and 800ish power, but i figured after a few matches the power wasn't worth it if i rarely crit. So i shifted priorities. (I don't have the backstab crit shells yet.) I'll usually open up on most targets with Acid bladed hidden strike, explosive probe (Acid blows it up), Shiv, Debilitate, acid backstab, and start lacerating. I rarely take out half their half in the opening burst, even with crits, but kill them with more stabs. Though, i'll occassionally fight another scoundrel/operative and when i open on them it hurts them, but usually they still have half health by the time they get back up. i usually hit for about 4k not including acid. THE POINT: I hit other scoundrels/operatives for 4k followed by maybe 2-3k with other stabs. with crits not including acid, they hit me for about 6k and double what mine do. Is this a power issue or a expertise issue?

He won't see you if you stay out of his cone of vision.

Hey, Assassins, How does it feel knowing you are about to be on the receiving end of both the rape train and the nerf train, as they collide?

More like, Assassins for the most part are at max potential with hybrid builds, but since that is getting nerfed, im just wondering how pure builds are going to fare in comparison. What i would actually do is disable phasewalk when in a warzone. Then the power itself will be just fine, And the PVPERs won't have a reason to feel like they get cheated by teleporting damage monsters.

After rethinking this, I'm wondering, Did assassins get nerfed in any way for pure builds? I know hybrids did, but i got to say, PVPwise A pure kinetic shadow node guarding with phasewalk would be kinda friggin' broken. Especially on Voidstar. The problem with this, is that PVEWISE, it's fine. It really, really is. But we can't ignore the PVP player base. There needs to be compromise.

i ask, because i'm still wondering if assassins beat us in every way still. Seriously annoying that they don't require as much setup and can outdamage us.

Because they were overpowered and anyone who thinks they weren't are jaded?

Derp moment, Blah. I meant to comment on the alacrity boost, Editing now.

Look at all the try-hards trying to blow off a good idea because WoW got to it first.

For PVP, yeah, it is blatantly overpowered. PVE it's perfectly fine, maybe just disable it during warzones? Maybe it's the fact i play an operative, but i hate you filthy shadow/sins :\

((Edit: Forgot to mention this was for 2.0)) Since we gotta balance crit, surge, power and cunning, i'm wondering how much of what we'd have to cut for x amount of alacrity.

Stop voicing your opinion on a test server, We all know the point of test servers is so we can just preview broken content without wanting it fixed.

(Thread is intended for those who did not test, obviously.) I can safely say we are ******es once again. Note, i did not get 55 gear or the level bump, But i'm clearing out illum mobs easily. We now are much better at "Standing and fighting" , Lacerate hits like a truck now, And i find myself able to use overload shot as filler much more often. Also, Backstab and hidden strike's alacrity boost is nothing to laugh at. Speed stabbing for the win. ...Oh, and we got our tactical advantage "Laugh" back again.

I'll stop quitting warzones when i stop getting ****** teams going against smash monkies.

Necromancy time, Haters gonna hate. I fail to see a balance issue with a spec that is able to hit 5 dudes for 8k just by pressing three buttons and being able to follow with execute and/or a ranged roar that crits for 3k, Those operatives that have to open with hidden strike and acid blade, backstab, wait awhile and shiv you while you are stunned are clearly more broken.

A crit boosting cooldown. Replace Debilitate with a ranged stun., More talents that boost crit damage.

The biggest change? A ranged version of marauder's Gore. Applies only to the sniper who used it, but it floors the enemy's armor and we can hit them for full damage.

With the perk, around 98.85%, if this is the problem, What should i drop statwise to get it to what point?

Addendum: Optimized Warhero meaning, 75 surge, 35 crit, 700 power, 2000 cunning

Jeeze, this thread exploded overnight. To clarify, MOST sorcs/sages i fight get roflstomped, but i will sometimes get into a rumble against a sorc one on one that somehow pulls this garbage off. Referring to the first post, 8 second force lightning five times in a row, I know about lightning barrage, but seriously? I didn't even know affliction ticked that fast. And they sometimes DO break through entrench right after i activate it, it's weird.

Simple. 1:Chat bubbles 2: Idle animations 3: Dueling in cantina's, though on a cooldown.

I'd like to also have a leaning amote, A'la CoH

Hey all, Not a rage post, more of a "*** is killing me?" post, I have a sorcerer and i main a sniper (Optimized war hero), and i still can't quite figure it out. I'll often catch a sorc unaware, pop the shield with an explosive probe+ crit snipe, then i'll ambush them and do NO DAMAGE. Then they'll run up to me, somehow stun me through entrench, and spam force lightnings that fully cast in about a second, and they keep spamming it. I know about lightning barrage and madness hybrids, but this seems a little bit on the ******** side, when i am supposedly the counter class for these guys, i should be, well, killing them pretty easily. Thoughts? was it Hacks? Was i somehow Outgeared at optimized war hero? Stupid luck for them?