Gunslinger vs Sniper

[Necrosister]

Hello,

 

Recently I've been playing my Sniper over on Imp side and I'm loving him so far. I've been leveling him as Marksmanship and I'm not bothered being a turret. Thing is, I have a lot of friends going Republic side and I want to play with them. I was wondering if Gunslinger DPS and Sniper DPS are comparable. I know they're the 'mirror' class, but I didn't know if things worked differently with the Slinger's two-weapon style versus Sniper's single big freakin' gun. Any help is appreciated!

 

Thanks.

[Kaos_KidSWTOR]

If a Sniper and a Gunslinger were 100% equal gear, they would deal 100% equal damage and DPS (though Crits play a small factor because of Crit % but it isnt anything too major)

[AngelFluttershy]

There's no difference between Gunslingers and Snipers in terms of DPS output, same goes with every mirror class. Despite the weapon differences, BW did a great job balancing around that.

[Jurugu]

If a Sniper and a Gunslinger were 100% equal gear, they would deal 100% equal damage and DPS

Actually no, a sniper with two blaster pistols would do considerably less damage than a gunslinger.

 

On a more serious note, there are some miniscule differences, like the gunslinger benefitting more from Illegal Mods as he actually has a use for the 30% accuracy since it negates his offhand penalty. Miniscule is the key word here, though.

[Panzor]

The gunslinger will always win in and equal gear/skill scenario just because of Illegal Mods. There are parses everywhere to prove this and anyone experienced with playing the two classes will tell you the same thing.