starwarsmarsian Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Why are there so much more Mercs than PTs? Now, in my whole SWTOR 'career', I have seen like 20 PTs against 200 mercs. I would get the feeling Mercenary is not just an adv class, but a class, while there is a rare selection of PT's. I'm a Powertech myself, and I love it. They have flame sweep and carbonize, people! I also think the information when choosing an adv. class is too vague. Mercenary Two blaster pistols, heavy armor Powertech One blaster pistol, heavy armor Show skill tree => Come on, when I was a newbie, I understood the hell of what a skill tree was. This makes newbies think Mercs are automatically more powerful than PTs. Edited February 20, 2013 by starwarsmarsian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoomazir Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Indeed, my main is a merc because when I started this game and I went to pick my advanced class, from what the 2 mofos were saying, merc was hinted as the dual wielding gunho dps, it took me months and endgame pve/pvp to find out I was tricked... Those 200 mercs you see around in fleet? Most of them had the same tought, most of them will reroll, just like I did. Edited February 20, 2013 by yoomazir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressfire Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) I had a basic idea of what I was getting into when I rolled my Merc as my first toon. I don't really pvp, so no viability worries there Heck, if we're just being honest.....it was the dual-wield capability. Merc had me at "hello" with the twin blasters PT just didn't have the cool-factor for me. That, and I didn't want a tank Having said that, I have a short attention span - I'm currently enamored with Sniper;) Edited February 20, 2013 by Stressfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullbash Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) That's strange, its pretty much the opposite on my server, with powertechs everywhere and a small group of mercenaries. But I'm on a pvp server, so I guess that could be a factor. Edited February 20, 2013 by Skullbash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyerix Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 From what I have noticed. It seems rather balanced in amount of PT and Mercs I have seen. I prefer playing as a Powetech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithKoriandr Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Some of us like having Dual Blasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressfire Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Some of us like having Dual Blasters! See? lol I'm on Jedi Covenant - PT tanks are actually fairly common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtastrophe Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I made the mistake of rolling a Mercenary as my first 50 a long time ago in a galaxy far away. I'll never touch one again. Next was a 50 VG then 50 Jugg for variety. Now back to PT with a 30 currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsith Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Why are there so much more Mercs than PTs? Now, in my whole SWTOR 'career', I have seen like 20 PTs against 200 mercs. I would get the feeling Mercenary is not just an adv class, but a class, while there is a rare selection of PT's. I'm a Powertech myself, and I love it. They have flame sweep and carbonize, people! I also think the information when choosing an adv. class is too vague. Mercenary Two blaster pistols, heavy armor Powertech One blaster pistol, heavy armor Show skill tree => Come on, when I was a newbie, I understood the hell of what a skill tree was. This makes newbies think Mercs are automatically more powerful than PTs. Expect more Mercs when 2.0 hits because we finally get a good CC, electro net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgjed Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Expect more Mercs when 2.0 hits because we finally get a good CC, electro net. Because Consussion Missle and Electro Dart don't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldoA Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Well.. I currently have a 50 VG and a 45 PT, back when they had good range on their attacks I loved them but after the "nerf" they didn't feel so special anymore. That being said, when I think about it, it wasn't really a nerf and I now think the reason I don't play is because they only really have 1 viable tree. SWTOR is the first MMO I've ever tried healing on and I love healing now, I just like the playstyle of merc and the single target healing is great (even though I love PvP and they aren't very good for it). I also think alot of new people choose merc because it just sounds like a good class. Run and gun with dual blasters and a jetpack seems pretty appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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