SeiaDoon Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) I am still trying to get the ropes of the status in this game. For a Merc, is Aim more important than Cunning? Then the follow up question, is cunning still an important trait for Mercs? I know it affects tech abilities but what exactly are tech abilities nothing in game really says that I can find. Is there a list of what is in the tech abilities group? Thanks for any help! Edit: Sorry I should have pointed out I am going up the Pyro tree right now but my switch to Arsenal at some point if that meaks a difference. Edited February 2, 2012 by SeiaDoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooby Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Aim is far more important, I wouldn't advise using any gear with Cunning on it. Still worth picking up Cunning datacrons if you see any, but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeiaDoon Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Ok that is what I thought but wanted to make sure. I am doing weapon crafting and saw that there are 2 types of pistols one with Aim and one with Cunning so it starting me looking for this answer. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixball Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Aim is far more important, I wouldn't advise using any gear with Cunning on it. Still worth picking up Cunning datacrons if you see any, but that's about it. ^ This. Aim > Endurance > Crit for starters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunetracy Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Cunning gives a bonus to tech attacks. But Aim gives the same bonus to tech attacks, while also buffing ranged attacks as well. Therefore, mever choose cunning over aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeiaDoon Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Cunning gives a bonus to tech attacks. But Aim gives the same bonus to tech attacks, while also buffing ranged attacks as well. Therefore, mever choose cunning over aim. Good explaination. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infalliable Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Cunning gives a bonus to tech attacks. But Aim gives the same bonus to tech attacks, while also buffing ranged attacks as well. Therefore, mever choose cunning over aim. Combine that with the fact that aim and cunning are mutually exclusive (you never see both and you must take one or the other...both don't appear on 1 item), and aim is the clear winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternalnight Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Aim being the primary stat of your class increases all your abilities, and cunning increases only some of them. So not worth taking. Only time it is worth taking cunning gear is if the other choice is having nothing at all. Like if you are very low level and dont have any belt at all, then taking a cunning belt would still of course be better than not having a blet at all. But replacing anything that already has aim with something that has cunning is nearly always bad. Although in some situations it may be worth taking and temporarily using a random loot drop weapon with cunning (if no equal item level weapon with aim is available) because the higher weapon damage can be more important than what stats the weapon has. In any other case, definitely not worth ever using cunning gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldshatterhand Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Keep the cunning gear for Mako Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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