Zaxem Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) I want to try heal spec on my merc but i mainly play dps my question is do i need/want alacrity in the encahnements or is power/surge a better way to go as heals since i'm gonna be using mostly my dps set for heals and it has 0 alacrity besides the spec at leas until i build a separate heal set with the new mods Edited April 17, 2013 by Zaxem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexDecimalUK Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I want to try heal spec on my merc but i mainly play dps my question is do i need/want alacrity in the encahnements or is power/surge a better way to go as heals since i'm gonna be using mostly my dps set for heals and it has 0 alacrity besides the spec at leas until i build a separate heal set with the new mods casting faster is good but youl feel like your overheating instantly, it wont be a bad thing and deffo help in a crunch but when you hit that emergency scan and kolto missile you'll want them to count so power and surge will help you allot more. also note that alacrity wont affect your rapid shots which mercs need to use. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxem Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 casting faster is good but youl feel like your overheating instantly, it wont be a bad thing and deffo help in a crunch but when you hit that emergency scan and kolto missile you'll want them to count so power and surge will help you allot more. also note that alacrity wont affect your rapid shots which mercs need to use. Hope that helps yes it does thanks i kinda figured power/surge was better but due to the changes with alacrity and i heard some heal classes it was to have some alacrity b4 2.0 bti i wasn't 100% sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caveslug Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) I'm already at 333 alacrity rating myself, mainly because its on all the gear. And from looking at the info on your character page, I'm not seeing a big difference. I know base heat dissipation is 5.0 /s, alacrity pushes it 5.4 /s. Seems like a lot of wasted stats, for little gain. I didn't check to see if it lowered any of my casting times, but I sort of doubt it. Even then I doubt its even noticeable. I would love to see more info about alacrity for merc, from the numbers people. Anyway until I hear otherwise, I think I will be dumping all my alacrity. Edit Alacrity will help you rapid shots, as alacrity lowers your global CD also if I'm not mistaken. Edited April 17, 2013 by caveslug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phrase Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 tl;dr you get all the alacrity you need from 2/2 Systems, 1/2 Crit Reaction and 1/2 Rapid Venting. Your gear budget should prioritize power and surge with any leftovers dumped into crit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steave Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Alacrity only competes with surge and accuracy. Accuracy is obviously useless for a healer, so once you hit 75% surge, there's nothing else to put those extra points in - more surge is pointless due to DR, so dump the rest in alacrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phrase Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Alacrity only competes with surge and accuracy. Accuracy is obviously useless for a healer, so once you hit 75% surge, there's nothing else to put those extra points in - more surge is pointless due to DR, so dump the rest in alacrity. Ah yes. My bad. With lolbolster I haven't really been paying attn to min/maxing anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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