Malles Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I was having issues with Marksman, so I was thinking about respeccing as Lethality. I have the following questions about it, though. How useful is Snipe? Lethality has no abilites that power it up, making me thinking Cull and Overload Shot were more viable, if not a replacement. Is it as cover dependent? My main issue with Marksman was I felt like I couldn't do anything unless I was in cover. I'm want a spec with some insane burst. It was the whole reason I rolled a Sniper. How's the burst for Lethality? Here's the tree I'm considering. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#400bZbIZG0rkrrGdho.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbel Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I was having issues with Marksman, so I was thinking about respeccing as Lethality. I have the following questions about it, though. How useful is Snipe? Lethality has no abilites that power it up, making me thinking Cull and Overload Shot were more viable, if not a replacement. Snipe is very infrequently used as Lethality. Most of our energy usage goes into applying Corrosive Grenade and Corrosive Dart, and then using the fairly-expensive Cull. In between, it's generally Rifle Shots while energy regenerates. Is it as cover dependent? My main issue with Marksman was I felt like I couldn't do anything unless I was in cover. It's very much independent of cover. None of the central Lethality abilites require cover, so you can get away with never using it at all. However, it is generally recommended to drop into cover for Cull to gain the 20% extra ranged defense and to prevent anyone from interrupting the channel. I'm want a spec with some insane burst. It was the whole reason I rolled a Sniper. How's the burst for Lethality? Here's the tree I'm considering. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#400bZbIZG0rkrrGdho.1 Lethality is not lacking for burst damage. Aside from Orbital Strike, Cull is the single hardest-hitting ability snipers can gain access to, as long as both CD and CG are up on the target. Weakening Blast just helps extend that lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malles Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Snipe is very infrequently used as Lethality. Most of our energy usage goes into applying Corrosive Grenade and Corrosive Dart, and then using the fairly-expensive Cull. In between, it's generally Rifle Shots while energy regenerates. Where would Overload Shot factor into a rotation then? Or is it just for burst, versus steady DPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraithFjorn Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Snipe is very infrequently used as Lethality. Most of our energy usage goes into applying Corrosive Grenade and Corrosive Dart, and then using the fairly-expensive Cull. In between, it's generally Rifle Shots while energy regenerates. Where would Overload Shot factor into a rotation then? Or is it just for burst, versus steady DPS? I can't speak for the person above, but I usually use Overload shot as a filler for when my target is.... - Below 30% health - Has CD & CG applied - Takedown is on cooldown - Cull is on cooldown, or would take my energy < 20 - and the target is healing themselves, or being healed by someone else I realize that sounds very specific, but it happens frequently enough. In just about any other situation, I use Rifle shot. Others might have different requirements though. Edited January 28, 2012 by KraithFjorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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