nevermind just found out it's impossible to until i'm 65 and get pvp gear. Well this sucks

So I'm just returning to the game after 2 years. I created a new level 60. The gear I get doesn't bolster to 2018 expertise. I'm pretty lost as to what I need to do to bolster to 2018! I tried adding expertise crystals to weapons but that just lowered my expertise even more. Does anyone have any insight on this?

To add some context to this thread. What range are people parsing at on the live server right now? So we get an idea of overall % boost

I know what you mean. After levelling a bunch of characters it's so annoying having to quest again and again. Purchase the boost to wz xp. that'll get you 30% extra xp from warzones. Also, join a 10% xp bonus guild. If you just want to pvp a good way to go about it is to que up while you quest, so theres no down time, while youre waiting for que to pop you can get some xp in by questing. But as others have said, fastest way to level is to quest unfortunately.

mercs are pretty sweet in 8vs8 have you done any ranked wzs on BH? how did you find it?

If you wan to PVP then PT, if you only PVE then merc is fine.

Guys can someone take a photo of their ranged stats. I'm trying to compare bolstering stats want to see what a fully geared augmented snipers stats look like.

Guys can someone take a photo of their ranged stats. I'm trying to compare bolstering stats want to see what a fully geared augmented snipers stats look like.

Could you share your gear please

Sorry but that does this mean? Can you or someone elaborate?

They already nerfed pyro to hell. It's s pretty weak spec now. AP is sadly where it's at.

What I want to know is how hes putting out such huge numbers? 5k+ snipes! I've never once had numbers this big as a gunslinger while levelling...

Pyro PT sucks now btw. I came back after a year and was in for a shock, nerfed range and damage. AP is sadly the only viable PT DPS spec now, it's just no fun to play.

Thanks a lot guys.

Ok so I know the PVP bolster mechanic is screwed if you wear old pvp gear. But my question is, i've hit 55 now. and got a couple of conqueror and oberon (whatever it is) pieces. Should I be wearing my old WH/battlemaster gear in other slots while I build up comms for new gear, or buy some PVE gear to wear without any expertise?

If this was PRE PT Pyro nerf I'd have said PT Pyro hands down. I crushed people all the way to WH geared level. Now as it stands if you don't want to tank go with Merc.

I find that sorcs are still the most played class. I have no numbers to back it up but I've been levelling an alt and sorcs still seem to dominate the number of online players on the first couple of planets so far. Powertech/Vanguard and operative/scoundrel are definitely the 2 least played.

Sorry to say but you must suck then. I play a PT pyro. Not even war hero yet. Full BM and only war hero lethality snipers out damage me in warzones. However saying that. PT Pyro's do not need a nerf as they have little survivability. They are a glass canon you focus on them and they die fast. very fast. The reason there is so much QQ about marauders/sentinels is that they have high single target damage AND insane survivability. If PT Pyros were hard to kill and had the damage we do.. yeah fair enough we'd need a nerf but I think they are fine at the moment

that is some low damage man. poor operatives

You can't unless they are terrible.

It is astonishing how often I see DPS PT's NOT using their taunt. Seriously. You're doing you're team a great disservice not to mention mission out on 2-3 guaranteed medals per game for protection. The taunt is off the global cooldown so it isn't like you're hurting your dps output. So please whenever you see an enemy player attacking a teammate just use your taunt. You'll help your team and pick up easy medals in the process and more likely to receive MVP votes too.

not to forget a knockback and a slow haha. oh and a vanish to get you out of combat. funny assassin complaining about utility and cc

She isn't whining because she sucks at huttball, I've seen her and her team in action, trust me they don't. She's whining because huttball is ridiculously stacked in favour of force classes.

Yep. I like the fact that its coming from you because I've seen lads stream haha. It's ridiculous how much you and him own in that warzone. I've played most classes and even as a marauder (I do great running the ball with my leaps and predation and CC) I hate that warzone. As a sniper and pyro powertech I just focus on holding mid and pray my team has enough competent force users to run the ball. I've actually been forced to run the ball as a freaking sniper on multiple occasions due to lack of competent juggs/sents etc in team. If rateds come out without the ability to choose the warzone its going to be chaos. There is already little reason to have non force users in the team as things stand right now (bar say operative healer). I know I will get hate for this, just for the record, yes I do have a 50 mara... but my fav 2 classes to play are a sniper and powertech pyro and If I'm contructing a team as things stand right now would I really take the dps of a powertech/sniper/operative over the dps and utility of an assassin/mara? no I wouldn't. Would I take a powertech tank over a warrior tank? no. with the game already being more in favour of force users this warzone tilts the balance even more.

Seriously ****. The only scenario where an operative seems overpowered is if hes 40+ fighting a pre 20 light armour. But then most burst classes in the 1-49 bracket might seem overpowered if they are high level and decently geared. you want to talk about stun locked to death? My level 20 assassin can stun for 4 seconds and on numerous occasions i've had 3 back to back 3k+ maul crits on light armour targets. Thats 9k+ damage in the space of 5 seconds if the stars align. My marauder can put out 5-6 k in total on ravage pre 50.. thats 6k damage in 3 seconds. my powertech can put out 6k+ pre 50: Thermal detonator + rail shot (not to mention my dots are burning you down while these 2 abilities hit) 1-49 is not a great bracket to judge pvp. I've played every class till at least level 30. Save for a sorc (which I only played till 20) Yes a 40+ operative wrecks havoc in the 1-49 bracket... but my sniper wrecks far more. I just hit 40 on my sniper, marksmen spec and I eat light/medium armoured characters for breakfast. At 50 once you're decently geared (Bm doesnt take long to get now) there is NO way an operative will take you from 16k+ health to 0 in the space of a stun. You just need to learn how to counter them and not **** your pants when a melee is in your face hitting you.