Lithy Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/20452-darth-hater-interview-game-update-1-3-with-swtor As a sniper and a lover of non- force using DPS I thought you may all find this intrested DPS buffs are in the works for 1.3 for Mercs. Been leveling one so looking forward to whats incoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalos Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well that's some good news, I'm upgrading my optimism from none to skeptical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadlis Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 More dps would be great...but I hope they look at the mechanics in how we deliver that dps. Would be great to be less reliant on casting in the arsenal tree, an interrupt would be great and some way to escape like the vanish that maruaders have. We are supposed to be heavey into tech and gadgest...and all we can muster is shooting burning fluid out a hose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoNofHuD Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Any buff is good but as Hadlis said, an interrupt would be nice. Why does every other class get one except BH? I don't really have a problem with our DPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Any buff is good but as Hadlis said, an interrupt would be nice. Why does every other class get one except BH? I don't really have a problem with our DPS. Tbh the only content that I cant do because I don't have an interrupt is soloing one of the sub-50 flashpoints. Cant kill a boss without using an interrupt on his adds. Ofc he cant kill me but thats no help. Still, total bs that we alone out of everyone are not allowed to interrupt. Think someone had the same brilliant idea when they didn't let us have a battle res. Some kind of balance factor in a battle res? Edited May 23, 2012 by Gyronamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoomazir Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 DPS buff? We'll see now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddley Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) More dps would be great...but I hope they look at the mechanics in how we deliver that dps. Would be great to be less reliant on casting in the arsenal tree, an interrupt would be great and some way to escape like the vanish that maruaders have. We are supposed to be heavey into tech and gadgest...and all we can muster is shooting burning fluid out a hose? Exactly. It's not changes to our dps we need; it's the very nature of our trees that need sorting. Parked next to Snipers in the interview who are getting tree improvements, it makes me think they are only looking at dps. Lame, because basically it will only be arsenal tree that gets a buff, no doubt. Edited May 23, 2012 by Diddley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantyJPS Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well, DPS could mean the actual DPS (damage per second) of mercs/commandos or it could mean changes to the 2 DPS specs, considering everyone now uses that acronym to also mean any character who's setup is primarily to do damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkForster Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Glad to hear, we should be at least equal or greater in DPS considering lack of utilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNinjaboy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/20452-darth-hater-interview-game-update-1-3-with-swtor As a sniper and a lover of non- force using DPS I thought you may all find this intrested DPS buffs are in the works for 1.3 for Mercs. Been leveling one so looking forward to whats incoming. This should help the 3 DPS mercs left in the game. Better late then never. Prior to 1.2 all they really needed was a small survivability buff. Post 1.2 they need all the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensiblepoast Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Well, DPS could mean the actual DPS (damage per second) of mercs/commandos or it could mean changes to the 2 DPS specs, considering everyone now uses that acronym to also mean any character who's setup is primarily to do damage HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hilarious! Seriously, considering what they did with the mortar AOE fix you expect anything good to come out of this vague statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifrit Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 More dps would be great...but I hope they look at the mechanics in how we deliver that dps. Would be great to be less reliant on casting in the arsenal tree, an interrupt would be great and some way to escape like the vanish that maruaders have. We are supposed to be heavey into tech and gadgest...and all we can muster is shooting burning fluid out a hose? BH in general is supposed to be one of the highest dps classes BUT lack utility. Arsenal is supposed to be the highest dps class BUT the easiest to shut down. Right now Arsenal is the easiest to shutdown and not even close to the highest dps lol, hence the buff! Arsenal being based on TM is fine because its adds balance. If you don't like that style switch pyro or another class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPorkchop Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) nvm 5char Edited May 27, 2012 by DaPorkchop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnAntilles Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 It's about time. The official interview on the main website lists it as imrpovements in "resource management" and "usability" more so then DPS increases, but I think it's safe to say that Mercenary's are going to get all 3. Now whether or not this is going to be reductions in there need to stand completely still to do any sort of meaningful damage, or new abilities entirely remains to be seen. They were willing to give Juggernauts entire new abilities, and I think its safe to say, Merc's are little worse off then they were at this point in the class meta, so who knows, we might see that Interrupt basically all of us are confused as to why Merc's don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrienov Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I believe I saw something about them simply changing the usability. Quite frankly I take their "Targets" with a grain of salt. If they're rigidly applying a system to a dynamic concept, they're going to find out that they don't have the room to move around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantyJPS Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Heads: The changes will be as feeble as 1.2 which didnt change the rotation at all for anyone remotely decent and then nerfed survivability, introduced a bug that they hotfixed within a week, and broke us again. Tails: The changes will be ridiculously OP and put us in faceroll heaven as we destroy everyone from 30m in seconds and noone will be able to get near us. Lands on edge: We will gain some small buffs and a bit of extra utility nicely putting us in the middle of the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choffware Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think we need a buff... be it DPS or utility... I think we are very close to being a balanced class just lagging a little behind. If we get enough dps to put real pressure on healers or if we get enough utility to kite better/escape I'll be very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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