Thanks I'll post in that second link and have a read through as well.

PC Specs: 5960X 2x 980 GTX 16GB DDR RAM Seasonic 1050W PSU ASUS SOC Force Motherbaord. All watercooled. Used to play with two 290X's without issue (except poor performance), but since changing to a 980 the game just stops resonding now and again. All other games are fine, such as BF4 etc. I left Heaven Benchmark 4 looping for 4 hours, not one crash. It's only SWTOR that does it. Basically the game freezes, I get Nvidia driver has encountered an error and SWTOR.exe is not responding. No other game does it. The only thing I see in the event log is: The program swtor.exe version 1.0.0.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel. Process ID: 1774 Start Time: 01d055f46be47c51 Termination Time: 48 Application Path: c:\program files (x86)\electronic arts\bioware\star wars - the old republic\swtor\retailclient\swtor.exe Report Id: 33da0dbd-c1e8-11e4-828c-fcaa1429b20a Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: I've tried the following: DDU and reinstall .52 driver - no joy. DDU and reinstall .25 driver - no joy. Removed MSI Afterburner - no joy. Any suggestions?

Experienced full 180+ DPS (geared before patch), looking for NiM raid spot in a group who has cleared NiM or are a good way through progressing. Have 10+ alts, most 55 and a few geared for NiM. Active player, TS etc etc.

I think I will just stay marksman, credit to the OP of that, but I cannot spend 3 hours digesting pages and pages of information. All I need to know is a simple rotation.

Hi, seem to be hitting a ceiling at around 3350 dps in marksman, I have seen the hybrid spec and it is doing very high damage. Can someone point me to a guide on this spec please particularly the rotation? I am max power and no crit, is it essential to get 250 crit rating? Thanks. http://www.torparse.com/a/511938/12/0/Damage+Dealt NB this wasn't a particularly clean run, I think I can beat 3400 but that would be a lucky run with good RNG.

I was wondering this. Got a Sentinel on a US server and I want to move it to the EU server I play on.

OP has a very valid point. Snipers DPS in PVE is also a lot higher. BTW, if you don't like snipers, level a shadow/assassin in deception and own them.

Assassin better than a PT for DPS in PVE content? LOL You must be taking drugs. And FWIW I nearly always parse higher then equally geared Mara's (though I do admit a well played Mara will pump out a little more). PTs have GREAT utility in raids, the ability to taunt has proven invaluable at times. Hell, I can even tank EC SM on my PT in PVE gear in the hybrid DPS spec. Thing about the PT is the stupidly easy rotation; it's probably the easiest class for even clickers to pump out very high DPS. Play a mara wrong and you drop way down the list.

I have a full 63 sorcerer with balanced stats. My issue is that I am really struggling to hit over 1800 on the ops dummy. This is somewhat frustrating considering Snipers in my guild are pushing out 2100 and Mercs can hit well over 1900. I'm not a clicker, everything is key bound and it isn't a lack of abilities because I can hit over 1900 with ease on my Powertech (IME they are hit and miss parsing due to the somewhat element random of railshot proccing). So is it the class? I've tried all sorts of setups, decreasing crit for more bonus damage, decreasing alacraty for more surge, different relics and different specs. In full lightning I struggle to hit over 1500 (10% alacraty), in madness I'm seeing around 1700 and in hybrid (1/12/28?) I can get around 1780 most tries, sometimes over 1800 if I'm lucky. This is all over 5 minutes. Can't remember the gear of the top of my head but quick stat run down under force. Bonus damage - ranging from 1050 to 1080 depending on relics used (War Hero +power or DG +350 on use) 30-35% crit (depending on build) 73-76% surge 6-11% alacraty (depending on enhancements used) It's fully augmented with advanced resolve 22 augments.

This needs bumping and we need options.

Hearing from other guilds this is happening.

The stack of damage reduction has now been reduced according to the patch notes.

But will the devs listen?

I disagree. I would call it a flawed mechanic.

You're missing my point. PRE 1.4, how would this be possible with 3 or more mercs? If that's how the boss was designed in the first place, it is flawed.

I'm well aware of the game mechanics and how interrupts work. Doesn't a merc have a cast time for their interrupt? Also, pre 1.4, if Denova was meant to be like this, how would it be possible?

Bump for the devs.

Say we had two Merc healers and one Merc DPS in one of our raid groups. How do you suggest they manage the interrupts considering their interrupt channels and they only have 1 second to interrupt the droid?

This fight is ridiculous now. Used to farm it every week 1 shotting every boss, not we can't do Kephess because of the droids.

Thanks for your reply.

Do devs respond to all threads in this section?

Here's my parse from last night's EC HM run. We wiped twice on Kephess due to tanking error. DPS seems pretty consistent at around 1250-1300. http://www.fryingtime.com/?filename=combat_2012-09-25_19_40_20_722088.txt#21_54_05_062000

Valdr is the hybrid spec really putting out more DPS?

I'm losing hope...

Bioware? I have a feeling they're never going to allow this meaning I have one next to useless but well geared level 50.