apvaky Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Just got back into the game recently and playing a trooper. Is the 10m rotation still viable for PVE with the changes they've made recently to make the full 36 Assault more desirable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotlu-Hunlon Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Just got back into the game recently and playing a trooper. Is the 10m rotation still viable for PVE with the changes they've made recently to make the full 36 Assault more desirable? I never understand this whole "viable" thing on the forums. You can play any dps tree of any class in elder game content. Sure it's more flexible with some higher parsing classes, as they can afford to mess up more, but that means they get more bad players (or lazier ones). 30m to 10m nerf was a hard day on us Assault Specialists and Pyrotechs. Assault will never be that same beast overall but once you're within 10m, well, it doesn't matter so much. Another kick in the shin has been that Ion Pulse no longer 100% procs our Plasma DoT and that feels odd at first O_o But I still feel like the Terminator when jogging into a fight chucking my grenades and stockstriking mobs in the neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apvaky Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 That's fair. But I'm guessing removing SS from my rotation to help maintain a better distance to avoid crap is going to hurt my dps significantly now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastershroom Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That's fair. But I'm guessing removing SS from my rotation to help maintain a better distance to avoid crap is going to hurt my dps significantly now? Yeah, you definitely want to use Stockstrike. Great damage on a short cooldown and low ammo cost, plus it can reset HIB. You should pretty much keep it on cooldown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battkg Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Not using it will cost you somewhere between 100 and 200 dps. Im not sure if you consider that viable. Edited February 4, 2014 by battkg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACeMossie Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 If my maths was right, staying outside melee range but within 10 meters will net you a 4% dps loss. So its up to you if its worth it or not. There are some situations its worth it though, such as in the Operation "The Dread Palace', someone has to kite Raptus around in the final fight. This means no stopping to attack, and trying to keep out of melee range. The Assault Vanguard has the best damage potential in this role, and also gets taunt to prevent loss of threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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