I switch from boss fight to boss fight. If a lot of adds or additional targets tactics is the way to go. If mostly single target damage going out you want to use assault for max dps. For most trash in between tactics is the way to go for quick clearing. Basically assault will do a couple hundred better dps on a single target. But obviously you get into multiple targets and tactics tears the numbers up.

Assault performs better than tactics in single target damage. Which is justified given tactics aoe potential. But still both specs need about 100-200 dps increase in single target damage for end game pve. My suggestions were to reverse the nerf to guts damage since it can't be used in conjunction with the dps hybrid anymore. And either raise the damage on plasma cell at least half way back to its old value or give us a DoT damage increase for the next x number of periodic damage inflicted much like other DoT specs get high in the assault tree.

"you sound like a dog with peanut butter on the roof of your mouth Jean"

Just like gree event. We couldn't get some of that stuff until the second or third time it came around depending on how many characters and how much time one had to do the stuff on. No biggy, make the event more relevant and wanted over time.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=713112 I understand the hybrids getting nerfed. The tank/tactics hybrid was stupid in pvp and I guess bioware didn't like the best possible dps output spec being a hybrid also. That's fine and I understand this. But it seems to me that a lot of reason the plasma cell DoT was nerfed and the gut DoT was nerfed was because of the insane numbers they were putting out together in the hybrid spec. I plead with bioware to unnerf these changes at the same time they get rid of the hybrid specs so that the straight 36 specs can go back to being good, viable dps specs in pve. My suggestions to help pve end game numbers that won't have a huge buff in pvp. Assault: Assault Plastique or Riot Augs: On one of these abilities put in the additional effect to match other DoT like specs in swtor. <<<<Assault Plastique when detonates now makes the target vulnerable to tech damage, increasing the amount of damage the targets suffer from your next 15 periodic damaging abilities by 20%. Lasts 30 seconds.>>>>>>>>>> Tactics: Put the damage of gut back to its previous damage output before the last nerf it received. This reduced the 36 specs damage potential over time. I don't think this is a huge thing to ask now that hybrid is dead. Tactics does have amazing aoe potential but its single target damage over a boss fight suffers because of the nerf to gut.

Was trying not to get penetrated by Grob'Throk's gigantic pipe.

Since the gree event is back don't suppose you fixed the lightsaber effect from disappearing for it?

I'd enjoy it, got that week off. Would like to do the couple empire storylines I haven't done yet without having to do all the other quests I've already done.

Tab target works fine to find the guy inside just fyi. And the red dot on your map should show up as you approach. All though it's funnier putting a scout ship inside one and as someone makes a straight line to the turret trying to kill it you unload a full course of rocket pods into their face.

Yeah would be really nice. I've killed myself so many times on satellites trying to do hard banks only to click my other screen and watch my ship fly right into something and explode as I frantically try to get my mouse cursor back over and click the screen lol.

Yeah you obviously care about this more than I do so I'm sure whatever your point is is right lol. Don't know what other thread you're talking about. I was simply saying the new dummies are nice for execute classes to better represent their dps in a timed fight so having new parses with them would be nice.

I don't know what you're trying to say. TTK is directly related to dps since the quicker you kill something the more damage you are doing in that time so the lower ttk the higher the dps. Which I'd think is a better representation of killing a boss or general pve dps which is all I care about. Wasn't saying execute specs had an advantage just that it was better represented on the new dummies. But my main point was VG assault is getting about 300 more dps on the new dummies than I was on the old dummies no matter the length of the fight which makes it look a little less awful..

Not sure what to tell you but I'll go back to what you quoted of mine.... If people are using purple reqs they paid to convert for skills they are idiots.

You don't use purple converted req to buy skills. You use the basic green ones you get from playing. If people are using the purple reqs to buy skills they are idiots and actually wasting cartel coins by converting them back to ship reqs.

Yeah the new dummies will change a few things. If you go 1.5 million health that'll help execute specs over non-execute specs since they'll have more hitpoints under 30% to eat through. Not sure in the long run how much of a difference that'd make. Did a full VG assault spec on a 1.5 mil dummy with 20% debuff and was getting 3200 dps thanks to burnout on that last 450,000 health and debuff.

Definitely this, I might have to start turning off the dual monitor when I do GS because it does create a lot of problems when you got to bank hard suddenly than click and suddenly you are clicked out of the game and trying to find your mouse cursor lol. A joystick would be fun to use but mouse is fine aside from my dual monitor screwing me up at times.

This has been around forever. Don't expect it to change now.

Well if you just came back to game and have a lot of OLD armor than you are probably right because set bonuses used to be tied to the armor itself (such as columi, tionese, battlemaster, champion, rakata, etc) and not the armor mod. So if you are still wanting to use that old armor than yes you can't do that. You need to get new stuff. Everything you get now is tied to the armoring mod though. You just need to catch up.

I would like macros for things like /yell or /say or /emotes. That sort of thing for raids and general fun. But I absolutely am opposed to macros for combat abilities or anything that makes it easier to use abilities while in combat.

They always get released around noon depending on time zone.

Yep, physical cards and digital cards are not working at all. They have slightly acknowledged this problem two days ago but haven't heard anything since then. Here is one of several threads. Best Buy claims innocence and puts it all on EA as their problem so we'll see what happens. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=696961

This discussion has taken place with us as well I believe as we have had only pants drop as well.

Just noticed this thread but cleaned out most of my parses lately. Will do some new hybrid ones when I have time but here is a pure tactics parse I did this week that I still got. Figured this thread could use more VG representation. K'mpek - Vanguard - Tactics - 8/36/2 - 2973.51

Should be doing at least 3000 dps on a dummy in a 36 AP spec and well over 3000 in a hybrid. 2500 was pre-2.4 pre-75 gear. Yeah we lag behind a little against a sent/mar or gs/sniper but can still put on the heat. The dumb thing, as noted above me in the last post, is that our 36 abilities just kinda lack a pve punch like other classes do. Still "bad" parse wise to go full 36 trees. They keep nerfing the hybrid with each major patch but still is much better. I just hope when they do finally kill hybrid completely they actually fix both 36 specs to be as good.

HK is one of the few things you really have to spend some time and earn in this game still. I have no problem with this quest staying the way it is. And as a Marauder, HK is probably not the most useful companion for use as a solo player not to mention Oricon is the newest, highest level area so can be challenging for even a average geared 55 if you aren't paying attention. Be better off gearing up Malavi or one of your tank companions depending on which you prefer. Or just buy treek and gear her out. Some farming of makeb and basic comms and you'd have her geared out in a week if you wanted or any other companion. But basically what you're saying is you've been gone for a year and couldn't find a short, easy way to be awesome without farming stuff so you quit.