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Wow thanks i have been looking for one of these this realy help out cheers
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Ok, I played a sniper engineer (Centre tree), but when 1.2 rolled around with a free respec, I went marksmanship (Left tree). I can tell you straight out, you need cunning, not aim, in your gear.
Aim, on any character, will slightly boost ranged attack damage and crit chance
Cunning, on any character, will slightly boost tech attack damage and crit chance
Cunning, on a smuggler, will also greatly boost all your attacks and crit chance.
If it's anything like my sniper, you'll want to stack plenty of crit.. Unlike my sniper, I think gunslingers benefit from having a ton of accuracy as well. Surge is pretty good, seeing as you can get a guaranteed crit on your mirror of snipe.
Finally, don't forget that the higher you level, the more tools you have to control a battlefield. Marauders will not enjoy getting into close range, because you:
a) disable their leap ability by being in cover
b) are immune to pushbacks and interrupts
c) Can be immune to CC for a short time
d) have plenty of tools to get people out of melee range
e) Can root them
Really, any melee will have something with roots that can't be pulled/leaped.
Just like you, they get lots of tools in higher levels. But in the low levels, it shouldn't be too tough to take them down in short order. Just learn your rotations, and what situations call for what ability. The other thing to learn are all the best places to set up. When set up in the right place, the opposition will loathe you. If they come after you, it just means you're doing your job right, and they don't like it!
Thank you thats the feedback i've been looking for, your a champ i look into that and see what i can do.
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You're a Smuggler. ALL your gear should be Cunning rather than Aim. You don't need Aim at all, just Cunning. Cunning effects all your attacks and heals. If you were wearing Aim gear... that would explain a lot of your problems.
Oh ok cheers I thought aim was shooting and cunning was gadgets I didn't realize they we're just class specific I only just started to put aim on but maybe I need to upgrade my cunning instead.
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Ok so reading through the thread people seem to have some good feedback on what I am saying so apparently I need to fix my gear and the Smuggler doesn't need a patch. So from now all I what to know is how do I balance my gear out what stat should I be trying to increase. I'm going with the Sharpshooter spec so should I increase Aim or Cunning? My companion is up to par with gear I am consistently upgrading his gear so there shouldn't be much of a problem there. So PvE wise i'm versing lvl 20's (max) and I'm lvl 23 now is it because I need to fix my gear that I am occasionally running into issues surviving in PvE or what? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Seriously?
Gunslinger/Sniper is exactly in the spot where it needs to be. It doesn't need a buff nor a nerf or it will completely ruin the AC. How can you even complain about a class that you only discovered for a rough 25%?
You're complaining that you had troubles taking a lvl 13 Marauder down while you were level 20?... Sorry, but that seriously sounds like you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. All the classes get bolstered in the 10-49 bracket to level 50. The only difference why higher levels are better there is because they have acces to more of their abilities and have unlocked more of their class' potential. With 'higher', I'm referring to 40+. So yes... It is completely normal that you took some time killing that Marauder and I wouldn't even be to surprised if he managed to kill you.
Sniper/Gunslinger dps is phenomenal and one of the best out there. Both on low level and high level. So if you're having trouble killing mobs and find that your dps is low, I have no clue to what you are comparing. So either you have a weird idea about the 'common' dps in this game or it would do you good to have another look at your class' basics as it looks like you don't really know how to play your Gunslinger.
Ok thanks for the feedback it was mainly what I was looking for. I'm new to MMO's this is my first one so I'm still getting used to how they work. I was aware of the PvP buff they give you that raises all your stats to lvl 49 but I was saying that at such a higher lvl my abilities should of been more up to par then what the Marauders was if I'm not mistaken. I'm pretty sure I'm playing my Gunslinger correctly I don't think it's that hard to work out that your mention to just stay back and give cover fire and not get too amongst the fighting. So yer any other useful feedback would be great rather than yelling at me and pretty much calling me an idiot. I kind of know what I'm doing but all I'm asking for is some help on how I'm going to get back on track.
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If you're underperforming that badly it sounds like you need to look at your build, your gear, your playstyle or some combination thereof. If you're wearing quest greens you'll struggle. if you're wearing good gear with the wrong stats, if you have a random build, if you have a good build that doesn't suit your playstyle, you'll struggle. If you're not gearing Corso properly (because you don't have anyone else yet) etc. etc.
So details would be nice.
Thanks I was thinking it might be my gear but I'm not sure I have been going through my stats and am trying to work out what's best for me with the abilities that I use most I am going Sharpshooter spec so I have been mainly concentrating on my shooting abilities. So for my armor am I mention to be increasing my aim stat or my cunning stat I occasionally use my gadgets so I don't think I need cunning. Yes I have been gearing up Corso every chance I get and he dies really easily compared to me. Any tips on how I can balance my stats would be great. Thanks.
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Sup lads and gents i currently have a lvl 21 Smuggler (Gunslinger) who frankly seems very underpowered compared to other classes of the same level. I'm aware that you would prefer more of a mathematical example (Bioware) but i dont know how im going to do that... What i do know is that the smuggler is one of the most underplayed classes (most probably because of how underpowered it really is). When I play that class I feel extremely weak in war zones. For example the other day I was in a war zone and i was up against a lvl 13 Sith Marauder. It was one on one and it took an absolute eternity to kill him... I was level 20 at the time (a whole 7 LEVELS HIGHER!) so I shouldn't of had too much of a problem. Defensively I barely took any damage... He could barely touch me but my offence was terrible. Even in PvE against lvl 17 Rakghouls on Taris it takes awhile to kill them at lvl 20, making it hard as hell to level due to low dps... I am loving the class and love the story but it feels really hard to play... I have to be massively over lvled to do missions that other classes could do at the recommended level. It would be great to even get a bit of a damage buff and to see more people playing the class. Any thoughts on the subject would be Super, Greatly, Apreciated.
Thanks.
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Do you really need to play this game on the go?
There really isnt a whole lot of game to be played you know , how much of it do you need to play on a phone..
I'm not asking to make an app so I can play on the go, I'm asking if there's any plans on making an app that you can check up on a few things and show friends your progress and characters. Being able to manage your companions on crew skills and all that other stuff is just a bonus idea that could be added.
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There already is an iphone/android app, it currently only has the function of being a "Security key" but, the dev's have said they will update it with new features. One feature that has been said, is the ability to send your companions out via the app, but the dev's have said that this app is a very low priority atm and will be explored at a later date.
Ok that's cool I'm glad that there already planning something. Sounds interesting. Thanks for the heads up.
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This might sound stupid to some people and im not sure if there doing something about it but I thourght it would be cool if we had an official SWTOR app for iPhones and Androids. You maybe thinking why, what would you put on it? Well theres alot of things you can do. (Side Note: I think WoW has one but im not sure i've never played it or looked it up).
Things you could put into the app:
-access to the forums on the app
-A Twitter feed of all the SWTOR twitter account tweets
-Access to guild chat (if possible)
-A skill tree that we can mark off what we have unlocked
- You could incorperate the Legacy system in there somehow(again if possible)
-We could look at our characters to check out stats and our armour and show them to our friends
-have access to all the videos that have been uploaded to te site and YouTube.
-And access to the SWTOR podcast that there doing now with a download link.
As you can see thats just a few things you could incorperate into the app and thats not everything either. I just thourght it would be convieniant to have it all in one place and portible. I am sure there are more things that can go into the app aswell. Please share your thourghts and tell me if its a good idea or not?
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there's a first time for everything
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ok cool so everything's running normally? This is the first MMO I've ever played and I'm playing it because I'm a huge fan of the KOTOR series.
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ok cool that's really good then because it wouldn't let me play the game until I got the time card so I thought I didn't have one all well problem solvered thanks guys. so does that mean I'm getting my founders thing when I get to my 60 days membership after the the 30 days are over?
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ok thanks for that i didn't get a free 30 days when i got the game i just bought a 60 day time card does that mean i will never get it?
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Hello, I'm going for my founders status which is to have 30 days game time by a certain date which is 30th of April in Australia and I'm wondering if there is a way to find out how many hours I've put into the game so far?? if anyone knows can they please tell me thanks.
Is running a Vanguard with a Gunslinger a good idea?
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