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2-16-23 or 0-18-23 (for the 30% crit damage for AOE) is the best PVE spec for snipers in the game and is near top for pvp as well.

Lol. Whaaaaaaaaaa there is a patch during the time I like to play whaaaaaaaaaaaa Some of you needed your parents to beat the **** out of you when you were younger because you have turned into terrible, needy, whiney pukes. To the people outside North American time zones, deal with it. This is a game by a North American dev. If you do not like it go find a Euro made game.

Yes I hear yah. I pretty much just take it to PVP as well. I am thinking maybe I will take the points out of the Increase to Cull Crit instead.

Finally someone else who understands how this game works and what the best PVE spec is. I have been running this build forever (I prefer a 0/18/23 with 2 points in the 30% crit to AOE mainly for PVP that i run spamming Grenades. Also, adds some nice dam onto Orbital) They really need a combat log, a lot of people who think they are doing good dps are really doing terrible. I laugh at the guy saying to Prioritize snipe over SOS and to take orbital strike off of bar.

So no big drop 40% crit and or 80% surge?

Because mm does less damage over time compaired to the Leth/Eng hybrid.

Reading other forums it looks like there is a Soft cap of crit over 40% and of Surge over 80% where you start getting diminishing returns. Not sure if buffs include that or what.

Just a fyi for everyone. DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS GUY AT ALL! For PVE SOS and the included 31 point talent is the best DPS/Damage per energy out of all Sniper abilities besides followthrough. Also, explosive probe is one of the better skills talented for DPS/Damage per energy as well.

Agree 100% with the 30% damage of Aoe. Keep seing people taking the +6% to cull one when 30% damage to your Orbital+grenade just ***** people.

Weakening blast also does not effect the main portion of cull the channelled damage. It only effects the internal bonus that it does per application of pois dots.

Yep my mistake, I do have 3 in lethal, took one point out of the 2crit to cull. Works really well, you will melt things. Grenades in PVP with the cooldown reduction are very sick.

After testing many many builds for both PVP and PVE the best build IMO right now is http://db.darthhater.com/skill_calc/imperial_agent/sniper/#::efe4fef2e4fd2fef26e2f2efe2fe4f MM builds just do not have enough damage that bypass's armor for PVP. This build is very mobile and does a ton of damage. Energy costs are pretty good thanks to Lethal Purpose and Imperal Methodology. Only issue is having to be in cover to use Explosive probe. I have a Razer Naga so I made a macro which Enters Cover uses Explosive Probe and then leaves it. In PVP I start with Explosive Probe then drop all 3 dots in order and end with a Cull. Cull procs all the Cluster bombs as well. It is pretty sick damage. Your frag Grenade crits for 2k+ as well with this spec

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