CEPEI Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 hi all,is a medic set the best for mercenary dps (pvp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damarak Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I think so. I would reslot some of the gear though. I prefer to stack crit and surge over any other stats. I have heard there is a soft cap for crit% at 45% though, and a hard cap for surge at 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimbaldo Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Wouldn't Eliminator be better for DPS since it has accuracy instead of alacrity? Faster casts are all well and good but it's already easy to overheat if you spam tracer missile too quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinsavz Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 No the medic set is NOT the best for a merc dps, the eliminator set is. The sets have hidden (in the vendor) bonuses for wearing multiple pieces. 2 eliminator pieces = reduced jet boost cd and 4 = increased rail shot damage. Something like that. The medic set bonus is for healing abilities, I forget which but you definitely don't want them as dps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofire Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 the pvp medic set has a set bonus of:2 piece: 3 extra seconds on energy sheild4 piece: 3 second reduction on the cooldown of emergency scan and 1.5 seconds on healing scan the pvp eliminator has:2 piece: 5 second reduction on cooldown of jetboost4 piece: +15% railshot crit chance if you plan to go damage dealing, the eliminator set is for you.. just replace all the mods with crit/surge ones.. or whichever you like best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimbaldo Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) On an unrelated note, is it just me or does Jet Boost seem kind of... well... useless? It seems like every melee except Scoundrels/Ops have a million gap closers and half the time it's lagging or something so I'm lucky if it tosses them more than five feet away. I guess you might factor that in to your decision, but Eliminator's probably still better for the Railshot crit %. A lot of Arsenal Mercs treat the ability like it's dirt but I've gotten a lot of kills with it. Edited January 5, 2012 by Rimbaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juicenewtonz Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I accidentally grabbed 2 pieces of combat tech (i was suckered by the crit / surge and set bonuses dont show on the vendor) but honestly im ok with it at this point, im running 2 pc combat tech (15 sec less cd on determination) and 2 pc eliminator (5 sec off jetboost). Im already over 100% accuracy with only 2 pieces of eliminator gear, i kinda like the crit / surge from combat tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofire Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 So take the Crit/Surge mods from your combat tech and put it into eliminator gear. The mods and enhancements are open in pvp gear, if you didnt know. but by all means, if you havent gotten eliminator gear to replace the combat tech, its better than nothing. I made the same mistake with my first piece of pvp gear aswell bought the combat tech boots :S half of that combat tech set bonus is useless to a merc.. longer stun time with carbonize. and the 4 piece of combat tech isnt as useful as the eliminator either.. would you rather have 15% crit for an instant ranged attack that is one of our highest hitters.. or 15% crit for a melee skill that is mostly used by mercs to knock back and occasionally when enemies enter melee range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazule Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I accidentally grabbed 2 pieces of combat tech (i was suckered by the crit / surge and set bonuses dont show on the vendor) but honestly im ok with it at this point, im running 2 pc combat tech (15 sec less cd on determination) and 2 pc eliminator (5 sec off jetboost). Im already over 100% accuracy with only 2 pieces of eliminator gear, i kinda like the crit / surge from combat tech i have been thinking about getting 3 2piece bonus's to round out the stats on my gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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