Thanks for your input. I checked the ability queue settings and it's 1.0. I do have connection lag as the network I play on (university) gets fairly congested quite often, however it's not that much (ping varies between 19ms and ~160ms). I'll probably just give up on trying to do DPS on my Merc and go back to healing. Never been all that great at DPS (except Marauder and Sorc) anyway, better at tanking and healing. Edit: Yea I give up.http://www.torparse.com/a/700156/2/0/Damage+Dealt Back to healing I go. Thank you very much for trying though.

Meh, if I'm needed, I can go on my sin.

Thanks for your advice. I did look at your parse and looked over your rotation. I think a part of the problem is that I get a little paranoid about heat consumption, but then I still overheat. Now if only to win some rolls for the other 2 set bonus items I need. With that in mind, I guess the only other thing for me to do is keep practicing. Edit: New parse with opener suggested above. Along with Unload suggested by a guildmate. http://www.torparse.com/a/699805/1/0/Damage+Dealt Still not good enough.

Hello fellow Mercs. As my Merc may be used as a DPS for another new progression team, I've been at the dummy practicing rotations for Pyrotech (Don't like Arsenal) However I'm having some major problems with heat management and such, as it shows in the parse link I have below. My Merc is in full 180's with a 2 piece set bonus (trying to get 4). 180 mainhand as well. Fully augmented with purple Aim augments. http://www.torparse.com/a/699395/2/0/Damage+Dealt The decline in the DPS beginning at ~115 seconds is due to overheating.

Yes, Rage is another good option for leveling. However I wouldn't invest too much of your attention into it, as the output is quite inferior to Annihilation/Carnage at endgame.

Annihilation is getting a very substantial buff come 2.8 and it's more user-friendly with leveling. Carnage is inferior until you reach level 45 (Massacre) and it requires more of an investment into learning and micromanaging procs and your rotation. Annihilation offers higher sustained DPS over Carnage, but it has little burst for the situations that need it. Carnage's burst is pretty much second to none, whereas Annihilation just has Annihilate. A good chunk of your DPS will come from the bleeds you put on your target, along with skills like Annihilate (cooldown decreases every time you use it), and Ravage. The rest comes from filler. For Annihilation, you will want to have your crit rating at ~100 for higher crit chances from your bleeds. Any more than that is a waste. Once you hit 100, you will want to focus the rest of your stats into Accuracy (get melee accuracy to 100%), Surge (72-74%), and the rest in power. If you choose to go Carnage, do not invest anything into your crit rating, and just go all power. For either build, *never* use Alacrity. As for crew skills, it all boils down to what you want to do. I advise you to stay away from Armstech/Armormech, as they don't make anything relevant to your class and your companions receive no major crafting bonuses for them. My personal recommendation is Synthweaving. Reasons are as follows: receives a +5 Critical bonus to Synthweaving. For Synthweaving, you don't *have* to only make armor. Synthweaving is IMO much more useful for making Augmentation Kits and Augments (Might/Resolve/Redoubt). To that end, you may want to go Synthweaving/Archaeology/Slicing. Slicing will get you the materials needed for high end augments that are required for end game gearing.

I've tanked Mando Raiders more times than I can count, however I was running it on my PT with the dps being in a mix of 156/162 gear. @Everyone else who posted: Thanks for your advice. I guess I need to remap a lot of my skills to make it more fluid.

Hello readers. I recently got my powertech to 55 (finally) and geared her in 168 gear. Unfortunately I have a glaring problem... I just ran Mandalorian Raiders and I seem to not be able to hold aggro on anything without being forced to blow taunts and overheat trying to take aggro back. I use rocket punch and rail shot on CD's and flame sweep/thrower when I receive their procs (Flame Engine and Flame Surge). I'm due to tank a guild Dread Fortress SM alt quest run tonight on my PT too... and at this progress, it won't go so well. I tank Hard/Nightmare mode content on my assassin and other raids on my Jugg, and I don't have any trouble with that. Advice anyone?

Personally, Sorcerer and Operative are too easy for me now. I prefer the challenge of healing raids as a Merc. Challenge being heat management over protracted fights.

*edit* didn't even notice the date of last post.. ignore.

I actually enjoy PVP... not in this game though. I'm not advocating for the nerf of Obroan relics, just saying that the PVE (Arkanian/UW) relics should be improved to more closely match them. It all comes down to laziness on Bioware's part. They would rather pump out reskinned versions of Cartel Market crap than actually improve the PVP in this game to make it more enjoyable and diverse. Like many other MMOs.

This /5chars

To whom it may concern. I would like to find out what the intention was for the Obroan FR relic to boost mainstat by 625 points whereas Arkanian/Underworld only boost it by a pittance compared to it. This is probably the first MMO I've ever played where a PVP item is considered better than raid-quality items of the same category. I am not including the Dread Forged relics for obvious reasons. My suggestions on fixes. Arkanian version boosts main stat by 300-400, Underworld version boosts by ~500-530. *puts on flame suit*

According to your so-called "credentials" earlier in this thread, you aren't a programmer. It's just a hobby for you. I'm not a programmer either, but at least I have an idea of what goes on. You seem to not have any grasp of reality either... It takes time and money to do the things you want them to do.

OH YES! While you're at it, make these vampires SPARKLE! *sarcasm off* But seriously... do you realize how much rage this would cause?

1) As mentioned before in this highly entertaining thread, Togrutas would not work at all. Too much clipping would ensue because of their tentacles. 2) Spec as Scrapper. Next?

If it's going to take the same amount of time that it took to fix the other bug (bright spot on right side), I am going to firmly request a refund of the CC I spent to unlock the set.

Oh come on Bioware... l2codeplz. http://imageshack.com/a/img40/6326/f3qi.jpg I'm probably going to call this set the Accursed Vestments of Bad Coding from now on.

Watch Bioware release a new version of this set w/o the front flap. That we'll have to buy and unlock all over again. That would be an epic troll move there.

There's already a class like that in another MMO (not talking about WoW) Captains in LOTRO can heal or offtank, along with providing excellent buffs to the group/raid. However, the tradeoff is atrocious DPS (worst in the game by far). It would be quite feasible, perhaps as SWTOR's first actual support class/AC. Just my 2 credits.

Up for offer: Volatile Conqueror's Lightsaber (x2) Rangehunter Blaster Pistol Black Nebula Blaster (soon to be unbound) Darth Malgus Holostatue Send a mail or whisper to any of my listed chars below if you want to make a deal.

Here's my Sorc looking like she is trying to decide on what to buy. Just like a woman shopping for purses at the mall. http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1223/2m35.jpg /bump

As I only tank on my assassin, I am upset at the loss of self heals from Harnessed Darkness. Dark Charge heals can go, I don't care about those. But do the HD lightning heals really have to go? In exchange for a 4% (max) damage reduction buff? How about this? Dark Charge and Overcharge get their changes but Harnessed Darkness does not. Perhaps reduce the self healing slightly (read slightly). Self heals and light armor make the assassin class so awesome for me with tanking.

My opinion about Oricon, going through it on my Darkness Sin. The bosses for the dailies are the epitome of brutality, especially that bloody Commander in the tower. After SEVEN attempts at trying to kill him, I threw in the towel and am about to swear off Oricon. And off topic, why the hell are the forums always in French for me?

The channeled version of this ability would be a great addition, sort of like Ravage for Marauders. As it stands atm, Lacerate is a bit of a joke.