Thanks for the reply! Yeah sorry, I think I was tired as hell when I made the post initially, I just meant PT Tanks in general heh

I'm a big fan of the TT Hydra Armor myself. Sleek, and pretty minimalish. It looks like that picture somewhat, albeit less detail..

These sort of builds still feasible or do most people prefer Jugg Tanks now a days?

Yeah there is no mag bolt that replaces rail shot, I think you mean magnetic blast which replaces flame burst I suppose now that I know about magnetic blast though, that makes things a bit easier for me since I was using flame burst the whole time

Yeah, I assume you are referring to ENergy Blast, which can be maximized at 4 lode stacks or whatever using my cylinder. I have that on the toolbar, I definitely just need to re-adjust my mapping so I have things in the proper order

Awesome, I wasn't sure about magnetic blast since it shared the same cd with Flame burst. So far I was using flame burst for the movement debuff since I have that spec'd, not sure if I should keep it or not. All this discipline stuff is new to me as well so I have to figure out what skills to spec into, along with what to put on the toolbar and at what priority/keymap. So far though, you've helped me already!

Long story short, I haven't played or been involved with any PvP since back in 1.3 As of now I am completely at a loss at what the priority skills are used in conjunction with the AP discipline for powertechs. IE: Should I be utilizing the following on a normal basis? Magnetic Blast, Rocket Punch, Railshot, Flame Burst, Shoulder Cannon etc... I'm basically asking for any advice right now on what skills to focus on since I have been gone for far too long. As it stands I am basically just grinding out comms while I attempt to learn the proper skills and rotation of what to use, so any help may be awesome

Nah I don't remember. Pre-NGE I think I was Teras Kasi and Sniper. Eventually swapped to Bounty Hunter, and Spy. That was all during the changes though mostly.

So, clearly I've missed alot for the game itself and for Bounty Hunters/Powertechs. The whole introduction to disciplines now seemed to get rid of the talent tree for example, and I am still standing here scratching my head in my PvP Battlemaster Gear. A few questions come to mind I guess, more so about equipment now and what I should be shooting for. Do we, as Advanced Prototypes, now use 2 pistols as opposed to 1 pistol and 1 shield generator? I am pretty much in need of some good equipment resources out there aside from Kwerty's Post over on Dulfy..I seem to have a few things in cargo as well but of course, credits are minimal. I feel like I was trying to mod out my current armor to replace it with some more cosmetic looking stuff as well, which I assume is still possible while retaining set bonuses? Any help on equipment information and/or items and such is helpful. I've been gone for quite some time heh

I remember these guys from way back when, Very active indeed and always a blast to come up against in Warzones

Long story short, I'm Gizmo from SWG/Chilastra. Used to play with The New Republic guys over here roughly 2 years ago doing PvP. At the time they were the best PvP Guild around on I think what was this server, but I could be wrong. Anyhow, just returned and looking for a solid PvP and active Guild to take me under their wings as I return and get settled in. I had max'd out Operative and Powertech when I left, so now I need to level to 60. PvP gear is likely old now considering it's been years so I'll have to do commendations yet again if that is still the thing. Anyhow, look me up in-game as Widgits or just PM me here..

Me personally, aside from the gap closing issue, I like to think that the actual stealth mechanics could be re-worked. IMO, in Warzones, it's too damn easy to be popped out of stealth and I think there should be some better +stealth talents out there. I don't mind being popped out by a well place stealth scan or the like, but the fact you get popped out 15m out by some random large knockback **** not even intended for you, is annoying. Because of that too, it makes it rather difficult for stealthers to get close to a target in a group. Granted the goal of those types of classes is to attack the weakest link so to speak, or the sheep away from the herd, but still it can be annoying to try walking up to a target only to get popped out by some silly ground smash being used on Joe the Powertech 10m from you. Otherwise I think the damage is on scale with how they should be

The above poster already mentioned it. But if you specced Pyro, you already have a 100% chance to combust the target heh. Railshot will still always have that 30% chance to reset with or without Combust. You are kinda wasting a point there unless you want that whopping 2.5% reduction for 15 seconds..

4/6/31? Basically, Pyrotech Tree with Railshot/Fire Crits/Damage talents as much as you can basically...

Were you the same guy that posted before and raged on the CS Rep trying to help you? Or am I thinking of another guy that OC'd his processor and flipped out. Either way, it is most likely your Graphics card at this rate. I run my game on Very High maxed out, in 1920 res and get ample FPS. Should look into your drivers and temps as well while you are at it