cvak Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Or both Getting 4100 in Dread Forged BiS is EXTREMELY lucky, took me probably 100+ parses. Getting it with some DM Gear including the OH is more doable, I got 4102 the other day after about 15 tries or so. I think I was pushing around the low 3600s at best in DF BiS - Arsenal, this one came after getting some DM gear. You mention you were extremely lucky, so if you don't mind me asking; what would you say your average parses look like? I find judging spec parses by statistical anomalies to be rather strange. Also, what would be a comparatively normal _low_ score whilst still doing nothing wrong. As in, what's a rough number when the RNG gods dislike you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighclub Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 odawgg could you have a look at what I am doing wrong? cs_zoltan already mentioned that I am not proccing Barrage on cooldown (Almost full 180 with Oriconian gear, 1 DF Relic, 1 Arkanian Relic, Full Augs, specced 5 / 36 /5). http://www.torparse.com/a/673355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odawgg Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Been taking a short vacation, Mom was in town! Thanks for the translation Benaiah, I'll get it updated...and I'll respond to you others as well this weekend, getting late tonight Edited May 16, 2014 by odawgg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windogie Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 odawgg could you have a look at what I am doing wrong? cs_zoltan already mentioned that I am not proccing Barrage on cooldown (Almost full 180 with Oriconian gear, 1 DF Relic, 1 Arkanian Relic, Full Augs, specced 5 / 36 /5). http://www.torparse.com/a/673355 Just looking through it you can see rapid shots consisted of 5% of your dps. Further scrutiny will show that a lot of your rapid shots missed and they were doing small portions of dps. Looked through one section and you had about 12 gcds used on rapid shots. You don't even need to worry bout barrage just watch your heat and try to use anything other than rapid shots. Also don't start with death from above start with tracer whether instant or not it doesn't matter you just want that 25% armor pen from application. This will also proc your unload since barrage procs at 100% now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odawgg Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 very nice @odawgg New translation of the entire post, just copy paste it like the last one. Updated! Thanks again You mention you were extremely lucky, so if you don't mind me asking; what would you say your average parses look like? I find judging spec parses by statistical anomalies to be rather strange. Also, what would be a comparatively normal _low_ score whilst still doing nothing wrong. As in, what's a rough number when the RNG gods dislike you? Without any 2.7 gear I would say I was averaging in the high 3800s. I usually stopped parses that were low but I’m sure I’d see some low 3700 parses, with a rare occurrence below 3.7k. odawgg could you have a look at what I am doing wrong? cs_zoltan already mentioned that I am not proccing Barrage on cooldown (Almost full 180 with Oriconian gear, 1 DF Relic, 1 Arkanian Relic, Full Augs, specced 5 / 36 /5). http://www.torparse.com/a/673355 Welcome to the thread! I saw your other post on the forums, so you probably posted this without reading the guide which is ok, but very first thing I would do is read through it…several times to let it soak in and just start working on one thing at a time. Start with the opener, I’ve pretty much laid out a solid opener that will bring you through your first Vent Heat. Start with TM as mentioned in the post above and save UL and DFA for fillers. As CS_Zoltan said, you’re light on barrage procs, more specifically you’re averaging 10.5s between procs, try to get this as close to 9s as you can. You do this by keeping track of GCDs between procs and making sure the 6th GCD from the previous proc is a TM as laid out in the guide. Proc’ing Barrage more = more unloads which is an extremely heat efficient ability that does excellent damage. There are several things you can work on here, and it all really just revolves around practice. Your APMs are a bit low but not terrible. I noticed several spots in the parse where you clipped Unload, this means you’re cancelling it early and not getting all 4 (8 including offhand) ticks in, so let the full cast finish. There are also some unwanted delays between abilities, if you’re not queuing all abilities (except during unload), make sure you do…You’re also leaving HSM and Rail Shot off cd a bit too long, they should be top priority after proc’ing barrage. All in all, you just need more practice and repetition. Read through the guide a couple times, hit the dummy, go back and read more…go to the Arsenal Tips & Tricks section and after you’ve made improvements, read the “how to analyze your parse” and see what is lacking. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odawgg Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 I want to thank everyone who has visited this thread and especially the ones who have contributed to the discussion and helped shaped the spec to what it's become now! I also want to thank everyone (including the mandos) for electing me as your first Merc representative. I've been playing SWTOR since early access and it's been a spectacular ride, but the time has come where Pizza'dah'hutt is hanging up his blasters and moving on to other things I've loved everything about this game and the players in the community. I have some RL things to focus my attention on and who knows, maybe I'll find my way back some day, but today I say goodbye to all of you and the wonderful virtual universe of SWTOR. I could literally write for days about the memories I have, the things I'll miss but I will spare these forums I have posted my ramblings on our guild site http://suckafish.enjin.com/forum/m/2482819/viewthread/12842741-so-many-great-memories if you wish to read more. I will no longer be posting in this thread, the guide itself should stay fairly relevant for a while (I think) and if anyone wants to take over, anyone can feel free to copy whatever you want (some credit would be nice hehe) and create a new thread or leave this one up, whatever your heart desires. I leave it at the hands of you, the community. I will miss you all!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs_zoltan Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I want to thank everyone who has visited this thread and especially the ones who have contributed to the discussion and helped shaped the spec to what it's become now! I also want to thank everyone (including the mandos) for electing me as your first Merc representative. I've been playing SWTOR since early access and it's been a spectacular ride, but the time has come where Pizza'dah'hutt is hanging up his blasters and moving on to other things I've loved everything about this game and the players in the community. I have some RL things to focus my attention on and who knows, maybe I'll find my way back some day, but today I say goodbye to all of you and the wonderful virtual universe of SWTOR. I could literally write for days about the memories I have, the things I'll miss but I will spare these forums I have posted my ramblings on our guild site http://suckafish.enjin.com/forum/m/2482819/viewthread/12842741-so-many-great-memories if you wish to read more. I will no longer be posting in this thread, the guide itself should stay fairly relevant for a while (I think) and if anyone wants to take over, anyone can feel free to copy whatever you want (some credit would be nice hehe) and create a new thread or leave this one up, whatever your heart desires. I leave it at the hands of you, the community. I will miss you all!!!! /5char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoomazir Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Odawgg, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! Without you the class is doomed in the sole hands of BW, please, you are our only hope! More seriously, thanks for everything and best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leylea Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Oh no ... really And who is gonna tell me now how to play my merc in DP NiM?!? How much hit rating do i need?!? Ahh, i am totally screwed Damn. But to be honest, i really wanna thank u for all ur work for my favourite class. Not only this guide with all the reliable theorycrafting and answers, but mostly for all ur presence here in the swtor forums. I wish u good luck with ur RL stuff and really (selfishly) hope u will rejoin SW:ToR Community ... we will miss u! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighclub Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Thank you for your analysis, time and work! Sad to see you go Will you be back for 3.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerTaran Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Sorry to hear you're quitting, you're guide was helping me a lot the last months. Yesterday, was a bad day for commandos and mercs, cashogy_reborn was announcing his retirement (from the forum) as well. Edited May 19, 2014 by DerTaran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashogy_reborn Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I want to thank everyone who has visited this thread and especially the ones who have contributed to the discussion and helped shaped the spec to what it's become now! I also want to thank everyone (including the mandos) for electing me as your first Merc representative. I've been playing SWTOR since early access and it's been a spectacular ride, but the time has come where Pizza'dah'hutt is hanging up his blasters and moving on to other things I've loved everything about this game and the players in the community. I have some RL things to focus my attention on and who knows, maybe I'll find my way back some day, but today I say goodbye to all of you and the wonderful virtual universe of SWTOR. I could literally write for days about the memories I have, the things I'll miss but I will spare these forums I have posted my ramblings on our guild site http://suckafish.enjin.com/forum/m/2482819/viewthread/12842741-so-many-great-memories if you wish to read more. I will no longer be posting in this thread, the guide itself should stay fairly relevant for a while (I think) and if anyone wants to take over, anyone can feel free to copy whatever you want (some credit would be nice hehe) and create a new thread or leave this one up, whatever your heart desires. I leave it at the hands of you, the community. I will miss you all!!!! Sad to see another great player and contributor to the community leaving. Thanks for everything you did for Merc/Mando, and good luck in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanerb Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Just saw this. I learned a lot from you man. Very sad to see you go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 GL out there o/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odawgg Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thank you all for the farewells! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeNiMel Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Sad to see you go Pizza You have done an outstanding job for the whole mercenary community! Hope to see you return one day. Be safe out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justbee Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 bad news,,,,real bad news....this game seems dying....so much information sources just fade out...without them game is fading out too sad day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odawgg Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) R.i.p. Edited February 6, 2015 by odawgg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leira_Kheren Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) R.i.p. dang it Pizza, I finally came back and you dared to stop a month before... *sigh* greetz. Keren! the "Mercenary DPS Simulator" guy ^^ Edited March 21, 2015 by Leira_Kheren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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