Sunworshiper Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 What stat recharges ammo more quickly? I am assuming this would be the stat I boost for a combat medic. Thanks for any replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryptorchid Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 None. For now, no stats increase your regen rate on ammo cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refmo Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 None. For now, no stats increase your regen rate on ammo cells. And probably never will unless the resource management is completely changed. Focus on Aim and Power/Tech Power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunworshiper Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashbrother Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Aim increases your healings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refmo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Yeup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiyn Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Don't discount Alacrity, Having your heals hit for more is one thing, but they still take time to activate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaoogaa Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Focus on crit/surge...base stats of aim and tech for healing and crit/surge. Alacrity only helps 1 of our heals since ALACRITY DOES NOT LOWER GCD. The +30% crit heals means crit is the stat you want...and it goes hand in hand with surge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refmo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Focus on crit/surge...base stats of aim and tech for healing and crit/surge. Alacrity only helps 1 of our heals since ALACRITY DOES NOT LOWER GCD. The +30% crit heals means crit is the stat you want...and it goes hand in hand with surge. Actually there is a lot of evidence that suggest that when GCD would be reached in a given scenario, that the GCD will be decreased. There are videos on YT and I think it's mentioned on Sithwarrior. Even if it only affected one heal, who cares? That's our main heal that generates 6 charges. Don't discount Alacrity, Having your heals hit for more is one thing, but they still take time to activate. No one discounted Alacrity. I don't mention it because it isn't what I consider a main stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelx Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Alacrity dose not affect GCD... it lowers the activation time for cast and channel ability's and there for is good for healers as it lower the cast time of big heals... where my 3sec cast heal is now 1.8sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufy Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Focus on crit/surge...base stats of aim and tech for healing and crit/surge. Alacrity only helps 1 of our heals since ALACRITY DOES NOT LOWER GCD. The +30% crit heals means crit is the stat you want...and it goes hand in hand with surge. Wrong. Alacrity affects the global cooldown on those abilities whoes activation time it lowers. For instance, if you had an instant spell and a 1.5s cast spell, when you get alacrity, your instant spell's GCD is still 1.5s, while your casted spell's GCD is lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KomradKomiczar Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Don't listen to these goons. Aim > Power > Alacrity > Crit In that order, or until you find a soft cap for one or the other. As far as GCD: 1.5s down to 0s is going to take a lot of Alacrity, so do not worry about it. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lueckjathom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 This is all theory and opinion until they add combat logs. My personal theoretical opinion is that I do not like alacrity. It comes with no efficiency. Yes, I can get heals off faster in that panic moment, thus increasing my healing per second. And also increasing my ammo used per second, burning it up quickly. On the other hand, I could increase my power/crit and have slower, bigger heals that that also increase my healing per second without increasing my ammo used per second. With no way to increase ammo regeneration, efficiency will be king in this game. Of course there is more to it than that, considering alacrity and firing off heals faster will also get you to the next supercharged cells faster, etc. Again, it's all theorycraft and opinion. Try things and see what works for you. In most MMO's, you want a healthy balance of secondary stats anyway. We wont be able to determine specific breakpoints where certain stats lose or gain value until we have combat logs and parses to actually see and test things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoOBac Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 This is all theory and opinion until they add combat logs. My personal theoretical opinion is that I do not like alacrity. It comes with no efficiency. Yes, I can get heals off faster in that panic moment, thus increasing my healing per second. And also increasing my ammo used per second, burning it up quickly. On the other hand, I could increase my power/crit and have slower, bigger heals that that also increase my healing per second without increasing my ammo used per second. With no way to increase ammo regeneration, efficiency will be king in this game. Of course there is more to it than that, considering alacrity and firing off heals faster will also get you to the next supercharged cells faster, etc. Again, it's all theorycraft and opinion. Try things and see what works for you. In most MMO's, you want a healthy balance of secondary stats anyway. We wont be able to determine specific breakpoints where certain stats lose or gain value until we have combat logs and parses to actually see and test things. True but bear in mind something: most of the time you'll get pushback on your heal, even when skilled. And then you have to factor interrupts, stuns, the whole story. Getting the heal out faster may not be efficient by itself, but if you can get the heal out at all you're still doing better than somebody who couldn't cast the heal out fast enough for some reason (got interrupted, stunned, pushed back, target died). Burst healing is often more important than efficient healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lueckjathom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) True but bear in mind something: most of the time you'll get pushback on your heal, even when skilled. And then you have to factor interrupts, stuns, the whole story. Getting the heal out faster may not be efficient by itself, but if you can get the heal out at all you're still doing better than somebody who couldn't cast the heal out fast enough for some reason (got interrupted, stunned, pushed back, target died). Burst healing is often more important than efficient healing. Are we talking about pvp here? If so I will bow out as I have no experience or interest in it. But I could certainly see alacrity and its burst healing being a very valued stat there. Edited January 9, 2012 by lueckjathom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlasterFace Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 IMO, getting off topic here. The main stat for combat medic, as for all commandos, is AIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lueckjathom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) IMO, getting off topic here. The main stat for combat medic, as for all commandos, is AIM. Captain Obvious to the rescue! The OP was clearly (despite the poor title of his thread) looking for the best secondary stat to shoot for as a healer, but thanks for your insightful input. -Sergeant Sarcasm Edited January 9, 2012 by lueckjathom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannacus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 True but bear in mind something: most of the time you'll get pushback on your heal, even when skilled. And then you have to factor interrupts, stuns, the whole story. Getting the heal out faster may not be efficient by itself, but if you can get the heal out at all you're still doing better than somebody who couldn't cast the heal out fast enough for some reason (got interrupted, stunned, pushed back, target died). Burst healing is often more important than efficient healing. Couldnt agree more - in a 2 on 1 supporting a Jedi or similar regular healing with longer cast times is fine. But when your getting hammered, and need a fast big boost, pumping out 3 or 4 healing probes quickly is whats needed - can be the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoOBac Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Are we talking about pvp here? If so I will bow out as I have no experience or interest in it. But I could certainly see alacrity and its burst healing being a very valued stat there. Mostly, yes, but it does help in some pve fights as well, mostly those where everybody has to be mobile or the damage dealt by mobs is very bursty in nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydawgg Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Crit/surge has won me over which goes against any type of healing in any other game. Currently with only level 50 purple mods I have 40% healing crit chance with the smuggler buff and like 72% increased crit heals. AMP crits for 3.2k and MP crits for above 5k. Kolto bomb grits for 2k. My MP has a cast time of 1.73 with the talented alacrity buff which is always active due to my crit %. I might toy with getting MP down to 1.5 sec but at this point stacking crit is too dang fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoOBac Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Crit/surge has won me over which goes against any type of healing in any other game. Currently with only level 50 purple mods I have 40% healing crit chance with the smuggler buff and like 72% increased crit heals. AMP crits for 3.2k and MP crits for above 5k. Kolto bomb grits for 2k. My MP has a cast time of 1.73 with the talented alacrity buff which is always active due to my crit %. I might toy with getting MP down to 1.5 sec but at this point stacking crit is too dang fun. A question... Is the alacrity buff a 5% bonus of your base alacrity, a 5% cast time reduction... something else? Because for the 5% buff to be worth something if it's an alacrity buff, you'd need to stack quite some alacrity in the first place... Edited January 10, 2012 by GeckoOBac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLapp Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 A question... Is the alacrity buff a 5% bonus of your base alacrity, a 5% cast time reduction... something else? Because for the 5% buff to be worth something if it's an alacrity buff, you'd need to stack quite some alacrity in the first place... 5% cast time reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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