Class Changes: Marksmanship Sniper / Sharpshooter Gunslinger

[Tsillah]

I'm surprised MM is apparently slightly overperforming still after the massive nerf previously but I still like my MM snipers today so I think this slight nerf isn't that bad.

 

What I am seeing already in pugs in particular but also lazy guildies, is that these nerfs is starting to show more clearly how many people are not playing their class properly at all. There's a huge difference in how long boss fights last even in SM. A lot of boss fights in SM take a lot longer these days, because people didn't learn to get more out of their class.

[ReiverBH]

Wrong direction Eric, might correlate to wrong direction with subscriptions ---> another server merge on the August roadmap?

[Hoppinswtor]

so u nerf the worst parsing spec even more? mm needed a buff not a nerf idiots

 

Arsenal parses about 150-200 less.

[Silense]

After seeing all of the changes made in the past few months, I would fire your balance team. The point of the game is to make money and nerfs to 80% of the classes just causes people to unsubscribe. Hitting a magical number for dps isn't worth losing money, if you think dps numbers as a whole are too high (your balance team obviously does) work it out on the other end i.e. increase boss health or mitigation.

 

That aside, MM's didn't need a nerf, its not unplayable now, but that shouldn't be the bar in which a spec is measured.

[BraverDre]

It is a fair nerf. Not too much and not too little. Good job on that.

[santafaye]

Hey folks,

 

Below you will find the upcoming changes for Marksmanship and Sharpshooter in Game Update 5.5.

 

 

 

-eric

 

so let me get this right you are nerfing all these classes for PVP base and hurting PVE OPPS because your PVP driven now and not story driven instead of sitting around looking at ways to hurt the player base and lie about being story driven and to me that means PVE should come first ..i read this its from 5 days ago and it sounds right ..you guys are killing this game that used to be fun now its just a bore no wonder players are going back to WOW ....Can EA/Bioware Revitalize Star Wars: The Old Republic Player Base?

Posted by igxegold on 2017/09/20 | Leave a comment

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[FerkWork]

You will still be able to do all the content as MM. For PvP, their burst will still be strong and DCDs are good enough already.

[KendraP]

so let me get this right you are nerfing all these classes for PVP base and hurting PVE OPPS because your PVP driven now and not story driven instead of sitting around looking at ways to hurt the player base and lie about being story driven and to me that means PVE should come first .?

 

First off I play both pve and PvP. I main tank guardians, dps on vigi guardians, and my healer is an operative.

 

What pvpers have been begging for is balance to eefensives not dps nerfs. Overall numbers balance is not merely a PvP balance. Besides which, almost every class is getting or has gotten a nerf. My hypothesis/opinion is that they feel the classes are over buffed in 248 gear, making ops too easy, but I have no way of knowing.

 

What would be nice was some basic info on metrics and how they make class balance decisions.

[Hoppinswtor]

At least they are taking the edge off the filler instead of the burst.

[joshfoust]

exciting