huh???

Training dummies are one thing, a Raid is another. Maybe the numbers are better, in my world, due to moving and repositioning, heat management, who get's more aggro (like I said, I don't open up with my heaviest hitters, in lieu of letting the Tank get good aggro and not make the Healers work as hard) I'm sure the dummies will show pure output but it's not real world. Pyro has almost no skills that are not instant cast, allowing me to run, move around, whatever, and still be able to get off some of my best moves, on the target. I still want to do more testing on this and get some better gear (there's always better gear) and see where it goes. Either way, I love my Merc. No matter what, the player has to have fun and play a class and tree that fits your play style.

Love my Merc. I have to disagree with the Arsenal being better with long fights. I reguarily play with 2 other Mercs (DPS) who are both Crit based Arsenal and myself Power Based Pyro and yes, in the burst, short fights, they do a lot more DPS than I do (although, out of courtesy to the tank, I don't open up with my best stuff, opting for laying down my DOTS and letting them get aggro) but that quickly wanes and in the long fights, I almost always come out on top of the DPS charts. We are all fairly equal in gear for PvE.

I also just heard a great suggestion, for this item, in general, of having the Egg be clickable and the person who clicked it, has to wait for the egg to hatch, causing the pet to recognize that player as his 'Mommy'. I thought that was a cute twist. Fears I have heard are that if the person who does initially click leaves, then a bunch of others will rush to be the next clicker, causing more hard feelings. In my experience with this thing, as of yet, though, I have not seen more than 1 or 2 people on the egg at any given time. That may just be on my server so, I can't tell. Either way would, most likely, relieve hard feelings and take the power away from the Ninja Looters.

It's happened on many occasions, in this world and others, whenever there are random world spawns for crafting items, gear or in this case, Vanity Pets. You wait and wait for the respawn. Other people drop in and you have a chat with them. MOST people agree that the person who is there first, is next in line and act in a civil and respectful manner. Yet, there is always going to be a small percentage of the community who feels that everything is theirs and 'so what if you were here first, I have other things to do', who swoop in and steal the spawn from those who were waiting patiently, in line, and enjoying the company of others, in the community. It's been a problem since the first MMO appeared and, most likely, will be, when the last one rears it's head for the last time, and dies. There are many other games that have worked around allowing the least civil and respectful among us, to have their sense of 'WINNING' when they feel they have to blatantly ignore any sense of community or basic, either real or imagines, sense of claim. The most recent example of for the Egg spawn for the Okareet pet. In most (and I stress most) cases, people are cool and wait their turn. Yes, there is always one individual who feels they have rights to whatever they want with no repercussions because, really, who's going to enforce Ninja Looting policies? So, if there is no threat of getting caught, warned or whatever, they can simply walk all over the rest of the community and too bad if you don't like it. Suggestion for a fix, to make it less of a pain for people who have waited for hours, only to have some, less than human specimen come along and force them to wait for 4-5 more hours, when they could be moving on and doing something else? Maybe a console, at the nests, that the first person who shows up and settles in to stake a claim can press and as long as they do not move from that spot, the prize is theirs. If they leave the immediate area, the next person who logs into the console is now the owner of that spot, until the next spawn, as long as they stay in the immediate area and don't log, queue for PvP or whatever. Just a thought, to make things peaceful and to take away the Ninja factor, before it even get's started. I've been in several games who had similar instances for crafting items, vanity prizes, etc and they all ended up finding a way, successfully, to avoid this sort of behavior from those who simply don't care for anything or anyone but themselves. Of course, we are all here for ourselves and for our own enjoyment but to have someone(s) who slowly chip away at the fun factor, takes away from the community, as a whole.

I don't believe that the Merc stayed the same either. Well..I know it didn't. Explain why I left the night of the patch with my Main DPS DMG. about 600pts. higher than it was when I logged in last night. (I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't see it and don't know why) I can't figure out what the melee combat punches are for. People are saying it's for PvP but I can't get them to work. Someone just told me they are for roleplaying and that you have to take your weapons off. Huh????? Well, that was a waste of time. All I can see so far is that compared to immediately before the patch, every WZ I played, I was around the top dmg dealers and now I'm way, way down at the bottom of the list and fairly useless. Maybe with the patch happening now, you could throwing quilt knitting as a skill for us? This isn't a rage quit post (far from it) but a cry for help. lol I know I'll get back to normal, with some time and investigating wth they actually did to us. At least, I hope so anyway. It's just sad to see my toon with a damage output at 50, (BM almost WH) the same as it was at lvl 40.

I couldn't get them to work in PvP. I slotted the brawling skills and nothing. As far as I can tell, they're useless.

Same thing on Begeren Colony. The planets have to be aligned just right and hopefully you get more than 1 or 2 players on a team who understand the function of a keyboard.

Okay..I'll play. Me Just Chillin with my peeps. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o293/taoteron/Chilling%20with%20my%20Peeps/395885_10150701115606654_677976653_11372996_840396081_n.jpg

Is there a server with a decent Empire PvP Community as opposed to the copious amount of useless on the server I'm currently on? I don't want to have to start all over again but it's gone past the point of ridiculous.

Never played WoW.

I strongly disagree with this sentiment. It is not a fact but conjecture. There is no way you can state that ALL participants, if given the chance, with no Law Enforcement to stop them from doing something which is obviously either wrong or harmful to the game, the team, the economy or any other aspect to the game, will take advantage of the system and/or exploits. I'm actually insulted that people believe that sort of dribble. If you and very possibly, a large number of players, decide that they want to take advantage of a hole or and exploit to move them forward in the game with little or no effort, that is your choice (which I find deplorable) but please do not reflect your own shortcomings and/or the shortcomings of those who DO choose to exploit the system, upon the entire community. It's insulting.

^^ Love

These are jokes....right? I'll agree with another poster and agree that Pyro Mercs suck just to stop THAT ball from rolling and getting us nerfed. I'm glad, as well, that the Rail Shot that I can't use tops 3k most of the time. Not bad for a skill I can't use.

*nods*