JGames Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I want to know which of these specs is arguably better for doing overall damage. I have read post claiming that both sides are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eman Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 My experience....take it for what you will. Anni works better for PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknoghostmagic Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) They are about the same in overall damage but Annihilation has much more single target dps and way more utility, Annihilation is the healer killer spec Edited April 4, 2012 by iknoghostmagic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGames Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 I see. But is Rage better then Annihilation in, like, 1v2 situations and is still great in 1v1? I do like to be able to kill the healer but that's not all I want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookieenator Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I find 1v2 situations to be great in Annihilation if you have 1 or 2 cooldowns available. You can set up your bleeds on the first with cloak of pain up, and kill him. If the second guy gets you down to very low hp camo yourself, build up fury with s. slash/smash and pop undying rage when he sees you, apply your bleeds and pop berserk to get at least half his health down while in the process being invulnerable and healing up to 30-40%. Rage spec (IMO) is not currently viable as a marauder pre 1.2 and while in 1.2 it will be better than it is currently, it is being nerfed from a jugg perspective and there are gaping holes that marauder's cant fill compared to juggernaut's such as the vindicator set bonus for 10% damage bonus 5 secs after smash. Overall anni is currently better for numbers but carnage should be interesting in putting up high numbers in 1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalzy Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) I just posted this in another thread: I have put hours into my sentinel. Swapping mods/adrenals/relics etc. Theory crafted and whatnot. My heart was deadset on Watchman/Annhilation. I put hours into it, I was a healers nightmare. 6s kicks, 0m force leaps.. etc. My Merciless Slash/Annihilate would crit easily for 4k (rarely hit 5k unless I had my consumables ready to go. I was living the dream. So up until a week ago I switched to Focus/Rage. With all my battlemaster gear, Surge to 75%. and my Power relics/Power Adrenals. I was bursting full Battlemaster's for over 5K. I can produce so much dmg against a healer, that enemies pull off to kill me. All while eating my crits. I could easily get 300k dmg playing the objective and focusing on the healer. I will tell you right now that my sole objective, is to make a healer's life a living nightmare. Rage is just too good and trumps Annhilation IMO. And I played for months as Annilation. I'm always at the top of the Republic boards, and I'm always.. as best I can.. playing the objective in any gametype. Smart Rage vs Smart Anni.. I'd say Rage will win. As said above.. take it for what you will. It's the player behind the M/K that will make their spec shine better than others. There is no "I win spec". It's all about you and you avatar. Edited April 5, 2012 by Stalzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookieenator Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I just posted this in another thread: I have put hours into my sentinel. Swapping mods/adrenals/relics etc. Theory crafted and whatnot. My heart was deadset on Watchman/Annhilation. I put hours into it, I was a healers nightmare. 6s kicks, 0m force leaps.. etc. My Merciless Slash/Annihilate would crit easily for 4k (rarely hit 5k unless I had my consumables ready to go. I was living the dream. So up until a week ago I switched to Focus/Rage. With all my battlemaster gear, Surge to 75%. and my Power relics/Power Adrenals. I was bursting full Battlemaster's for over 5K. I can produce so much dmg against a healer, that enemies pull off to kill me. All while eating my crits. I could easily get 300k dmg playing the objective and focusing on the healer. I will tell you right now that my sole objective, is to make a healer's life a living nightmare. Rage is just too good and trumps Annhilation IMO. And I played for months as Annilation. I'm always at the top of the Republic boards, and I'm always.. as best I can.. playing the objective in any gametype. Smart Rage vs Smart Anni.. I'd say Rage will win. As said above.. take it for what you will. It's the player behind the M/K that will make their spec shine better than others. There is no "I win spec". It's all about you and you avatar. Yeah I have found from a pure damage standpoint that I can pull more with rage (500-700k) but it seems against another competent mara in a 1v1 anni is the only way to go atm, for pvp in general it's a complete toss up between your playstyle. IMO rage is like sleepwalking, so easy and puts up massive burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGames Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 I think that I will start with a Rage spec and then maybe go over to the Annihilation or Carnage later on (If Carnage is good after 1.2). Because I am quite new to PvP and I only have my Marauder at level 10, you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalzy Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 The Rage tree is a lot easier to learn and you'll have less of a hassle playing it. Annihilation takes a bit of time to micro manage your CD's and you have to be on top of your game to press em. Also an elusive play style with healer harassment is the best way to play Watchman/Annihilation IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihazcrayon Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 My marauder is annihilation and I just recently switched to carnage cuz a guildie was talkin about it. ATM anni > carnage but carnage is more my playstyle. And it's getting a buff in 1.2? hellz ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cempa Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I like the control in Carnage, suites me better. 1) Ravage now roots the target -off resolve. 2) Throw -forget which one- roots the target -off resolve 3) Damage is burst based, DoTs add 2x% per ability -so F. Scream with the bleed does an extra 2x% and so on. 4) 15% movement speed buff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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