zElmTree Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) We all know the current FOTM classes are marauder/sentinel and powertech/pyrotech . We also know that eventually these classes will get nerfed as the always do. The question is, what's next? My guess is gunslinger/sniper. What's yours? Edited July 23, 2012 by zElmTree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBSIP Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 sniper's already there, godly in the current meta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalakDawnfire Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Mages. It's always Mages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerReaper Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) None because i doubt they are gonna get nerfed. They are not that hard to handle tbh PTS maybe but not Maras/Sentinels... Edited July 23, 2012 by PowerReaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zElmTree Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Mages. It's always Mages. Remember back in the day when dps sorcerers were the most hated class of them all? Ahh how times have changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasphemerr Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 LawlerSmasherNauts ... probably. Otherwise you'll just have to stick with operative healers / marauders / pyrotechs as reroll bait until classes get buffed/nerfed, rebooting the fotm cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zElmTree Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 None because i doubt they are gonna get nerfed. They are not that hard to handle tbh PTS maybe but not Maras/Sentinels... For good pvprs mara/sents aren't difficult to figure out but to casuals they are quite difficult to defeat. Sadly I believe the majority of SWTOR players are casuals simply because this is a star wars title. They don't necessarily have the time like some of us to figure out the class. Because of that I think bioware will realize that(with the help of reading one of the thousand QQ posts about Mara/sent) and make a serious nerf almost like the sorc nerf that just made them a nuicense instead of an actual threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalakDawnfire Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Snipers will be FOTM once everybody stops all this Pyro, Marauder and Sentinel nonsense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zElmTree Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I guess the question is when the actual nerf comes. How long has mara/sents been FOTM? 1.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTomorrow Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Snipers will be FOTM once everybody stops all this Pyro, Marauder and Sentinel nonsense.. Why should they be FOTM when their usual prey gets a nerf? This is when everyone should have fun with sniper, when we have lots of melee classes, not when they will get nerfed and their population goes down. Edited July 23, 2012 by NoTomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mularky Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 i really hope commandos get buffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntranced Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The same classes that are FOTM now. I doubt anything will get adjusted any time soon, they really don't appear to have a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanmaxima Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 We all know the current FOTM classes are marauder/sentinel and powertech/pyrotech . We also know that eventually these classes will get nerfed as the always do. The question is, what's next? My guess is gunslinger/sniper. What's yours? Sorry, only Sentinel/Marauder are the current FOTM, powertech/vanguards are fine. L2p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharn- Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 sorry, only sentinel/marauder are the current fotm, powertech/vanguards are fine. L2p hahahahahaahahahhahaha,ahhahahhahahahhah, ahhahahahhahhaha, heh, heh, hahahhahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahhahahhahahahhahahahhaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissentus Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The same classes that are FOTM now. I doubt anything will get adjusted any time soon, they really don't appear to have a clue. Well, they certainly don't have a clue as far as a lot of things, but I wouldn't get too comfortable with the current FOTM. Balance is a constant and it will inevitably shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyana Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 We all know the current FOTM classes are marauder/sentinel and powertech/pyrotech . We also know that eventually these classes will get nerfed as the always do. The question is, what's next? My guess is gunslinger/sniper. What's yours? If they nerf Marauders and PTs, next will be Snipers and operatives. After that: Sorcerers...again. Yes, I said Sorcerers, because sooner or later there will have to be some buff for the class or it will bring the class up because of the nerfs made to other classes. Old players, that quit because of the 1.2 nerf, will come back and here we go again . Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightAvo Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think that mara/sentinels are pretty fine now (there is only one troble with undying rage with CD 2min or less). It's just trouble of other classes, except vanguard and pyro, that they are not so strong or people simply don't know how to play those classes. Vanguards and pyro have a lot - damage, defence, cc, and they are also available to do a lot of damage on the range more than 10. And for me was very strange, to gain rail shot with 4100 damage with my expertise 1260, while expertise of BH was about 1200 And when I saw Puncture in their tallents, first I said was "are they serious?" P.S. What is FOTM? )) I don't know english very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warultima Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) I think that mara/sentinels are pretty fine now (there is only one troble with undying rage with CD 2min or less). It's just trouble of other classes, except vanguard and pyro, that they are not so strong or people simply don't know how to play those classes. Vanguards and pyro have a lot - damage, defence, cc, and they are also available to do a lot of damage on the range more than 10. And for me was very strange, to gain rail shot with 4100 damage with my expertise 1260, while expertise of BH was about 1200 And when I saw Puncture in their tallents, first I said was "are they serious?" P.S. What is FOTM? )) I don't know english very well FOTM = Favor of the Month. e.g Vanilla WoW's elemental shamans that FROST SHOCK PERMA SLOW SPAM that hits really hard while windfury chain proc 1 shot kill (Wind Fury was w t f super nerfed a few months into wow release). Or Bright Wizard in Warhammer. Ken and Ryu in Street Fighter 2 (lol) ect you get the idea. However Blizzard flips/nerf/buff very quickly and almost every month the perceived "OPed" classes changes, hence FotMonth. BW is very slow at class balancing so theres less rollercoaster ride in class power. Edited July 23, 2012 by warultima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelLBC Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think that mara/sentinels are pretty fine now (there is only one troble with undying rage with CD 2min or less). It's just trouble of other classes, except vanguard and pyro, that they are not so strong or people simply don't know how to play those classes. Vanguards and pyro have a lot - damage, defence, cc, and they are also available to do a lot of damage on the range more than 10. And for me was very strange, to gain rail shot with 4100 damage with my expertise 1260, while expertise of BH was about 1200 And when I saw Puncture in their tallents, first I said was "are they serious?" P.S. What is FOTM? )) I don't know english very well With that little of an expertise difference that sounds about right for rail shot. And honestly they really don't have that much defense, and not a lot of CCs either really unless you count the root on Plasma Cell. To OP, snipers are sliding into FOTM status slowly but surely as people use them to hard counter sents/maras. When sents/maras get their nerf though (I agree it's inevitable though I'd prefer everyone else just get buffed with the kind of defensive cooldowns they get), then who becomes the new king will kinda depend on what else happens when Sents/Maras get nerfed. Sniper's will probably still reign pretty supreme for a week or two as the mara population dies, though a few brave ones will stick it out. Ops/Shadows might be attractive as hard counters to snipers. If Commando gets some good utility we could see them take a big step up too. All depends really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimm Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I guess the question is when the actual nerf comes. How long has mara/sents been FOTM? 1.2? Sure, but it was always very powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybaris Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Arsenal Mercs. Then you will all bow before me. I mean, how many do you see in rated warzones? None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyvaris Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Sure, but it was always very powerful. Hahaha really? Do you not remember the thousands of "Marauders/Sentinels are underpowered" threads that flooded the forums? What is funny is between 1.0-1.2 almost nothing changed for Marauders and Sentinels. There weakest two tress were buffed, but outside of that nothing changed. We still have the same defensive CDs, the same basic skill set. The one thing that changed was people began to learn to play their class. Sentinel and Marauder have a higher skill cap, and reward the extra effort more then most classes. This is why people are having a problem with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twor Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Hahaha really? Do you not remember the thousands of "Marauders/Sentinels are underpowered" threads that flooded the forums? What is funny is between 1.0-1.2 almost nothing changed for Marauders and Sentinels. There weakest two tress were buffed, but outside of that nothing changed. We still have the same defensive CDs, the same basic skill set. The one thing that changed was people began to learn to play their class. Sentinel and Marauder have a higher skill cap, and reward the extra effort more then most classes. This is why people are having a problem with them. Erm. 15% damage to master strike alone and the buffs you mentioned and you say nothing has changed? For pyros your argument would fit, as they have even been nerfed since release. But for marauders who had a major overhaul? OT: According to the forum nerf threads probably snipers/slingers. Edited July 23, 2012 by Twor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyvaris Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Erm. 15% damage to master strike alone and the buffs you mentioned and you say nothing has changed? For pyros your argument would fit, as they have even been nerfed since release. But for marauders who had a major overhaul? OT: According to the forum nerf threads probably snipers/slingers. Master Strike is....wonky at best. A good 80% of the time its going to be interrupted, either by a knock back or a stun. Really what major overhaul have Sentinels/Marauders had? The Combat and Focus trees were buffed, but Watchmen was nerfed slightly, and Master Strike received a small buff. How does one channeled ability make this class overpowered? Use one of the bajilion stuns/knockbacks and you shut it down. The CDs have not changed at all since launch, heck Cloak of Pain was ADDED during beta because there was so much complaining about Sents/Marauders being underpowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twor Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Master Strike is....wonky at best. A good 80% of the time its going to be interrupted, either by a knock back or a stun. Really what major overhaul have Sentinels/Marauders had? The Combat and Focus trees were buffed, but Watchmen was nerfed slightly, and Master Strike received a small buff. How does one channeled ability make this class overpowered? Use one of the bajilion stuns/knockbacks and you shut it down. The CDs have not changed at all since launch, heck Cloak of Pain was ADDED during beta because there was so much complaining about Sents/Marauders being underpowered. It is also uninterruptable after a recent change Only with stuns, kbs etc now like you said. And sry but 15% damage and uninterruptable is not a "small" buff either- on that single ability. Espescially with the combat tree talents to root the target in place. But the defensive CDs have only become strong with the changes to expertise and the increase of raw damage output by it- same with PTs. It is not only the changes to the trees that have made marauders strong (i'm not saying op ). And if you played a combat spec nowadays you'd see the major change as it is a beast in damage output nowadays. But lets not derail this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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