It's been quite some time since I last played, but wanted to try out the new expansion. Unfortunately it seems that instead of getting fun new toys, we are losing half our kit in the name of pruning "ability bloat"? Am I reading this right or are we now going to be forced to choose between heat sinks and trauma regulator? Power shield or mobility (thrill of the hunt). This doesn't sound like an expansion, it sounds like a MASSIVE nerf. Please tell me their is some method to this madness and we're not just losing critical dcd's and utility and calling it an expansion?

Pretty sure stormwatch just beats out eyrins haste regardless of content from the conversations I've had about the two Also I'm not sure meteor brawler is the go to, I think right price is still pretty equal, i think it's more the spec you're playing that makes that choice. Though, that was before the right price nerf. Even after that it was only doing a 1s internal cd when the patch notes said 3s so at that point it would still be about the same, did it ever get "fixed" to 3s cd or was it a patch notes typo and only supposed to be 1s internal cd to begin with?

Remember when they did? I don't feel like going back to the days of 2 fps. 20 in warzones is already bad enough

I mean, who actually likes huttball? the worst change this game made was adding a third one. As to the point, that's more of a player choice than matchmaking. stacking too many healers andtanks was how nothing died in earlier expansions. However they may have course corrected a bit too much in true BW fashion.

yes, overall numbers have increased. this is directly linked to dps numbers increasing by much more. for each 10-15k hps I see in a wz, it's more often than not matched by a dps with a second dps not far behind. In this setting, in raw numbers, healers are worth slightly less than a single dps.

mercs arent even healing all that much more relatively speaking, it's just they got the best set/tactical combo which gives them a large uptime on not being interrupted. Even healing scan spam doesn't keep up with the free flow of giant crits every dps now gets though

the main problem I have is there doesn't seem to be a way to realistically keep up. Like most classes will hit multiple abilities in the 50-80k range while I'm over there hoping my heal will crit for 40k because the 20k non crit just isn't effective. I had a regs match the other day where I healed 10k hps and took over 7 million damage. I don't mention that to brag or because I think that is some super high number, quite the opposite actually. It's to point out that there is just sooo much damage being pumped out right now, healers are less and less effective at even being a stalling method anymore, let alone contributors. I know one of the best bg mercs on the server (with relative certainty, I've yet to see one better) and one of his highs is a bit over 15k in regs. More often than not, there will be a dps matching that and a second dps not far behind. It's the age old discussion that's been going on in this game for years. one side thinks that a healer should die to a single dps while the other states that if a healer goes down against a single dps, what's the point of bringing one at all? just being another dps and it's a net gain.

that would only be 25k per person.

How did it get nerfed? If anything it got a slight buff, with explosive fuel having lower cd from alac, and the 4 piece change. Unless you mean the right price set, but iirc the bonus you were previously referring to was the firefall procs.

why do you need to save up? there is only a couple of sets per class, it's usually pretty clear what one will be used. Only some cases like where sorcs healer set(s) kind of sucks do you even actually have to think about whether you want to go the 4 piece and another 2 piece for more alacrity or maybe even just run gathering storm on healer too. For most classes it's a lot more straightforward

pretty sure stormwatch beats out eyrins haste

Id assume they don't want to step on anni's toes. currently hemo ticks all dots 3 times on ravage and you can double ravage. anni tactical ticks just rupture, but slash, viscous throw and dual saber throw can proc it, the latter allowing an AoE proc. I agree juggs are just straight up bad (they have been for a while, which is sad because I enjoy me some vengeance), but if you add too much to the tactical it just becomes just a better version of anni rather than comparable.

currently 315 mill per character just to augment

I think you misunderstood the meme. they're kind of a pair

Please. You must have a perception problem

Unshackling rage, through victory, and either through power or consuming rage. a lot of warriors also use unstoppable which is what lets them be immune to kb and such after leaping.

Not to sound rude, but if he is referring to ephemeral mending, I don't think anyone really uses that, no? As for tank gear set, Lord of pain seems rather good, especially since it sounds like you're referring to pve so there should be a lot of targets to trigger the 6 piece bonus

The ones with base ones with R, like versatile r-2. the a and b ones aren't as good. that includes mods with ar

you can tunnel a jugg through their defensives pretty easily. juggs are pretty much only second to pt's in kill orders, and that might even change in this epxac.

That's just the stars aligning to protest the addition of even more cc in this game

1. i dont know them off the top of my head, im not on atm. 2. there is none, it's actual trash. Like, three charges less than a single lightning strike costing 3 gcd's trash 3. Gathering Storm with Stormwatch 4. Force Sensitivity 5. It's pretty easy to get the 1.3 alacrity on sorc and pump up crit.

A notification will pop up, in the same way as it pops up when someone finishes a craft.

that's the one I'm looking for, when to ravage with hemophilic slash lol

Lmao, are you out of your minds? seriously, what?

So what "trash" are you guys farming to break down into augment slot components for augment kits? I was trying the premium lustrous synth bonded attachments, but as I only need about two million of them to make all the augments themselves, I figured they probably weren't the best bet. That, and the last time I tried, I RE'd three of them and got nothing but a couple jawa scrap. Does anyone know of any actual junk crafts in one of the specs that are easier for augment kits?