If arsenal mercs are such a fair and balanced class then why is everyone and their mother re rolling a merc? Simple, their not Strong damage and burst, easy rotations, strong dcds, they have the advantages of playing a ranged class and the stacking nature of electronets

I would have taken Beryl Thorne any day I loved her wit and humor whenever I met her on taris and quesh Geez I wish I could see her more throughout the story

Their dcd's are fine tuned and some are taken from merc/mando and put on pt/vang Here's the deal; merc defenses are over-tuned, high damage range class with ez rotations and strong burst with the advantages of playing a kiting ranged class and the stacking nature of nets Something has to give

What about post leveling? Which is better for pvp/ops?

What advantage does kingpin have over regular bounty contracts?

Quinn is the worst romance ever and I pity quinnmancers who still like the garbage character even after his betrayal The SW has killed for less and neither LS or DS would have let it go and I feel any sw staying with Quinn suffers from a bizzare case of Stockholm syndrome

Merc's needed surviveabilty buffs that true But the fact of the matter is that merc secession have become overtunded so the class has everything now: strong burst, strong dmg with the benifits of playing ranged, ez rotations, and strong dcd's along with the problems of stacking nets Something has to give, some of the defensive tools on merc and mando need to be moved to pt/vang to fix the latter2 classes

Because Clearly every one has 50M+ to spend on sabers It's not worth from a practical standpoint and it's money I'd rather spend on CM item sets and gear

Abysmal changes that ruin on both classes, abysmal range and defenses If you want to play dps on trooper or BH you have to auto pick merc/mando at this point as they far out perform I still play tactics vang/ap pt becuase I love the more "active playstyle insted of being a glorified turrents and as such is rather play this playstyle even if Im mediocre

I just want ap pt and tatics vang to viable again so that you don't have to basically default to merc/mando if you want to dps on trooper and BH as the former are just too gimped to be competitively viable atm

Rage is the best spec for pvp and it also works well in pve with it's good burst, decent AoE and fexibility to target switch nicely Some people talk about dps tank which is immortal spec with dps oriented gear Don't know why though, I have a guardian tank and I'm 30 on it only atm but I'm not "impressed" with what I'm seeing....

I'd recommend to a fan of Star Wars to play this game for the 1-50 class stories and nothing more as the subsequent expansions are just kinda too bonkers to make sense a la SoR The pvp balance is kinda a joke and it BS limit on quing for WZ and FPs (becuase you know, that's what helps to have good que times and active communities, limit and restrict the number of people that can participate), make it feel like it's not worth to bother with them this gear grind just makes it not worth it and it's not like you can be really viable in pvp with only 2 quick bars anyway so all in all; really, why bother? The original class is the only real highlight of this game, everything else is just a shoddy mess

These fourms would be a valid sample size if ftps and prefs weren't treated like second class citizens and were allowed to post here None the less it dosnt matter the swtor sub reddit has all catagories of people posting their and the consensus is exactly the same as that held by the people on the stream BWA is lazy, the game is in manitinence mode with multiple poor decsions made by the company and that this game is worth 1 month of sub to get the expansions and nothing more thier is no real end game content and pvp is a mess

Don't play really play Mara but if I did I'd play fury as I love my rage jugg Strong ST burst, mobility, nice target switching potential, and decent AoE make it great for pvp and pve I played carnage in some fp's and by the end of some fights my hand started to hurt

That's the battlemaster set I'm guessing, BWA released a CM version a while back called Reaver's armor set

A ranged class that has to play at melee range, vulnerable to both melee and ranged with no the justification in either the surviveabilty or dmg Every time I play either ap pt or tatics vang (cause none of the other class specs are viable in the least) I have a nagging voice telling me in be a lot more effective as a merc/mando The class is inferior in both pvp and pve

PT/Vg tanks are horrible , can't tank and hit like a wet noodle The other tank class options are much better additionally the dot specs are still weak The only specs for the class that are "viable" are tactics and ap pt but their suvi rabilites is a joke atm and really do play second fiddle to arsenal merc and gunnery mando However tactics and ap are what I play becuase I prefer their "active" playstyle to being a glorified turrents and I feel just fits the characters better in terms of like a spec ops soldier and an up close and personal BH