XEEVA Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Hello Everyone Since my main is constantly getting the nerf hammer. I thought I would gear up my Merc for operations. I just need a little advice on gearing and rotation. Current Stats (Buffed and Stimmed) Type\Stat----------------------Amount------Rating Ranged\Strength------------66 Ranged\Presence-----------824 Ranged\Aim------------------3491 Ranged\Cunning------------124 Ranged\Endurance---------3235 Ranged\Willpower----------64 Ranged\Expetise-----------109 Ranged\Damage (Pri)-----1526-1903 Ranged\Damage (Sec)---151-281 Ranged\Bonus Damage--1085 Ranged\Accuracy----------100.43%----470 Ranged\Crit Chance-------30.38%-----124 Ranged\Crit Multiplier-----71.70%-----418 Tech\Bonus Damage-----1632.6 Tech\Bonus Healing------1158.8 Tech\Accuracy -------------110.43%----470 Tech\Crit Chance----------27.79%-----124 Tech\Crit Multiplier--------71.70%-----418 Tech\Heat Dissipation----5.1 Tech\Alacrity----------------2%-----------0 Very quick and dirty parse on the dummy http://www.torparse.com/a/609220 I am still learning the rotation and I have researched the fundamentals, but just not getting anywhere near the top 50 parsers on torparse (by like a 1/3rd) and I am trying to figure out why. Most of my gear is 78 and not comms gear, I know my Ear\Implants and 1 relic are holding me back a little, but just cannot figure out why the gap is so big with my damage. Also, tooltip damage is really annoying me, for example ToolTip (when hovering over an ability) and Avg dealt hit taken from parse Action------------------Avg Hit-----ToolTip Min--ToolTip Max Incendiary Missile--1208.6-------992------------1106 Fusion Missile-------1805.5-------2492-----------2644 Power Shot-----------1997.61-----3214-----------3849 Rail Shot---------------2274.19----3460-----------4000 Edited March 4, 2014 by XEEVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XEEVA Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 A slightly better parse http://www.torparse.com/a/609295 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) You used Railshot on a target which was not burning, you used electronet then Railshotted. Railshot does 2 things on a burning target, it does 9% more damage and vents 8 heat. I see no pattern in your attacking. There should be. You need to think in blocks of 6 seconds with either something quick then two Powershots or an Unload then a Powershot before a Railshot. Try the following patterns to improve your damage. If you are at risk of going into higher heat: Rapid Shots Power Shot Power Shot (and just before this finishes hammer Railshot) Railshot Also Unload Powershot (and just before this finishes hammer Railshot) Railshot Also Electronet Powershot Powershot (and just before this finishes hammer Railshot) Railshot Also Thermal Sensor Override + Fusion Missile Powershot Powershot (and just before this finishes hammer Railshot) Railshot If you're ok with heat and its quite low: Incendiary Missile Powershot Powershot (and just before this finishes hammer Railshot) Railshot I'm not so keen on triple Power Shot then Railshot but you can do that too if you have almost no heat at all. Edited March 4, 2014 by Gyronamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XEEVA Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Thanks for the reply, very helpful I was making a few mistakes in the rotation then, I was pretty much trying to follow your pattern with the exception of using IM and TD together on CD (which was hurting my heat management) Still learning the rotation and honestly have only spent a few hours on it in total (got this toon to level 55 as a pure healer only) Any comment on my gearing stats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottohi Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Helpful pyro stuff time! Rotation: Start with fusion missile (with your free cast clicky) to get burning. Add in thermal det, then electronet, rail shot. Then start incendiary missiling, and start hitting unload and power shots as needed to get more rail shots. You want rail shots. Otherwise, I'm not going to hugely go into this because it changes by boss or by dummy. That's just the gist. Focus on getting it down while avoiding all those evil red/purple circles and what not. Stuff to keep in mind: Fusion missile is really nice, but is slow to cast and very costly. No one really knows why because it's not THAT nice. Thermal det and electronet both need build up time. Thermal det to go BOOM and electronet to reach max damage, but electronet always does damage faster than thermal det vs time (starts doing damage instantly vs waiting 3 sec). If you've got it, the shield reflect actually adds to dps so long as it's hitting you. This can make a parse do odd things sometimes. Gear: sounds like you've got it down Stuff to avoid: 1 rail shot every 10 sec. 45 heat (I'd say 40 normally, but if you're rail shotting correctly that rail shot should get you outa there) Spamming out rapid shots. Taking the heat cost from fusion missile. Seriously, not worth it. insta casting power shots when there's no way a free railshot could proc from it. Spamming power shot. There comes a point where unload's back off cooldown, y'know? Cool stuff that you can totally do without a huge dps loss: Kite mobs reposition easily Set stuff on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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