EqualizeAndEvade Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hey guys. After leveling my JK to 50 and just getting bummed out from the low dps output from him, I kinda just wanna play the best current class in the game. Anyone have any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marak Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Guards aren't the best but they sure are higher than average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crommi Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Play what you want to play, you should never roll a class in MMO based on what's best right now because the balance keeps shifting and by the time you reach level cap and get decent gear, new patch is out and your class might have received some nerfs to bring it in line with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi-joachim Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 After watching how raid mechanics work at this stage ranged is superior. And after getting DPS meeter sorted out it seems mercenary tops it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_America_ Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 where have you seen that? i only see marauders/sentinels topping it by far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EqualizeAndEvade Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 where have you seen that? i only see marauders/sentinels topping it by far... I made a marauder but I'm not too impressed with their AoE. I know they aren't a aoe class but it makes it a pain to level. I'm more or less playing the game for a story line. End game content is if I actually enjoy the character. Which I am not with my JK, lol. At least not until the game gets a dual spec feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyleya Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Best DPS in operations is coming from Marauders or Sorcs. Simply forget about the others, they're not worth it currently. More power to the force-users... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheronFett Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The DPS logs compiled by numerous sources have Marauders/Sentinels topping the charts by rather significant margins at the moment. Other ranged DPS classes follow behind and are rather close to each other. Marauders/Sentinels won't be at the top for long. Things constantly shift and change in an MMO. If you want to play a DPS class, pick one that suits you and is fun to play. Picking a FOTM class just because they're #1 at the moment will only result in epic fail the next time the nerfhammer falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanLogic Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Lethality snipers are keeping pace with the marauders. Everyone else is behind them to varying degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanarchist Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Pyro powertech are damn good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twickers Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 As others in this thread have stated, play what you like, I'm an arsenal merc and love it, might not be doing the top DPS but hey, stuff dies and I'm having fun that's what counts right?\ But for top DPS, yeah go marauder ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pureeffinmetal Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Snipers or Marauders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktur Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 the OP clearly wants to play a FOTM class, and everyone that answered him is enabling him. no one likes the guy that only plays the fotm classes, so why enable this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassp Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 the OP clearly wants to play a FOTM class, and everyone that answered him is enabling him. no one likes the guy that only plays the fotm classes, so why enable this guy? I like that kind of guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaceShindu Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 If you got the skills and know your class you can put out crazy dps. Maras/Sens are probs the easiest to do it with. Snipers are awesome. Powertechs can do insane dps if you know what your doing. Pyro and AP are are alot closer than people think as long as you know what your doing. PVE is alot harder to measure but in WZ's Powertechs, Sorcs and Snipers destroy the damage charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLapp Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 If you got the skills and know your class you can put out crazy dps. Maras/Sens are probs the easiest to do it with. Snipers are awesome. Powertechs can do insane dps if you know what your doing. Pyro and AP are are alot closer than people think as long as you know what your doing. PVE is alot harder to measure but in WZ's Powertechs, Sorcs and Snipers destroy the damage charts Overall warzone damage is a terrible measure for class DPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfor Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 If you got the skills and know your class you can put out crazy dps. Maras/Sens are probs the easiest to do it with. Snipers are awesome. Powertechs can do insane dps if you know what your doing. Pyro and AP are are alot closer than people think as long as you know what your doing. PVE is alot harder to measure but in WZ's Powertechs, Sorcs and Snipers destroy the damage chartsWhat's hard to measure about it? Download MOX Parser and the numbers are right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazule Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The DPS logs compiled by numerous sources have Marauders/Sentinels topping the charts by rather significant margins at the moment. Other ranged DPS classes follow behind and are rather close to each other. Marauders/Sentinels won't be at the top for long. Things constantly shift and change in an MMO. If you want to play a DPS class, pick one that suits you and is fun to play. Picking a FOTM class just because they're #1 at the moment will only result in epic fail the next time the nerfhammer falls. most of that data comes from test dummies tbh... though i do believe rauders/sents do the most, it isnt by the 200-400 dps I see people talking about, it is closer than that i believe people aslo do not take into account how much more damage melee take due to aoe stomps/cleaves/etc over ranged so the HPS needed in raid goes up which is also a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktur Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 What's hard to measure about it? Download MOX Parser and the numbers are right there. you make it sound so simple, its more like: download MOX parser enable combat logging specify where the combat logging folder is directed keep an eye on combat logging as it does not automatically purge old data and thus will take up disk space those parsers are a sad attempt at a dps meter. its like the desperate way of obtaining the data. the fights arent even that hard in this game. sure bosses have an enrage timer but does it ever really happen? gear checks are common even with a dps meter. its easy to tell where your weakest link is. as long as everyone has the proper gear, dps should never be an issue to the point where people need to gauge it religiously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crommi Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 most of that data comes from test dummies tbh... though i do believe rauders/sents do the most, it isnt by the 200-400 dps I see people talking about, it is closer than that i believe Isn't that partly due to the bug with dummies who cannot dodge your attacks, meaning Marauder/Sentinel off-hand attacks never fail to hit? Also, classes who have armor piercing attacks or large portion of elemental/internal damage will perform better against dummies compared to classes who's attacks get mitigated by armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heith Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Snipers or Marauders. he gave you the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenofire Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Sorcs win the most fights due to class advantages and encounter design but snipers or marauders do the best single target DPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larius Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 After watching how raid mechanics work at this stage ranged is superior. And after getting DPS meeter sorted out it seems mercenary tops it. This made me LOL.....Merc's are RUINED since 1.2 Heat management is piss poor and Rapid Shots doesn't do enough damage to make up for it. Roll a Sith Warrior, either jug or mara. if you want to top damage charts and not need help with class quest bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazule Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Isn't that partly due to the bug with dummies who cannot dodge your attacks, meaning Marauder/Sentinel off-hand attacks never fail to hit? Also, classes who have armor piercing attacks or large portion of elemental/internal damage will perform better against dummies compared to classes who's attacks get mitigated by armor. Not sure about that but here is a post from a dev talking about the training dummies and some of the factors in their calculations *click* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzoo Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 This made me LOL.....Merc's are RUINED since 1.2 Heat management is piss poor and Rapid Shots doesn't do enough damage to make up for it. Roll a Sith Warrior, either jug or mara. if you want to top damage charts and not need help with class quest bosses. Heat management for Arsenal wasn't touched. If they'd just fix the multiple bugs with unload (doesn't vent heat with crits, and doesn't receive surge bonus from talent) I'm sure Merc's will do great in PvE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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