DarthDemens Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 So, since tuesday's patch, every Sniper Rifle I've seen drop has had +Aim instead of +Cunning. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the IA's primary stat is Cunning, and there are no Aim Companions that can use Sniper Rifles either. Why are so many Rifles dropping with Aim increases instead of Cunning now? Should I be swapping out my IA's gear for Aim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomanking Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What i really wanna know is that with lvl 49 sniper i max dmg is 3.1k but ive seen ppl with 5.5+k crit dmges....wat am i missing? i have every item that gives cunnin. i have no aim other then base aim. i also have max pvp armour lvl 46 or soemthing. but i dont do AS much dmg as other snipers. can any1 help why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davdftw Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What i really wanna know is that with lvl 49 sniper i max dmg is 3.1k but ive seen ppl with 5.5+k crit dmges....wat am i missing? i have every item that gives cunnin. i have no aim other then base aim. i also have max pvp armour lvl 46 or soemthing. but i dont do AS much dmg as other snipers. can any1 help why? Something seems to be wrong. I'm only level 21 with my sniper and i've had crits for 3-4k. But thats in PVP tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessik Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What i really wanna know is that with lvl 49 sniper i max dmg is 3.1k but ive seen ppl with 5.5+k crit dmges....wat am i missing? i have every item that gives cunnin. i have no aim other then base aim. i also have max pvp armour lvl 46 or soemthing. but i dont do AS much dmg as other snipers. can any1 help why? do you have +crit rating on your armor as well or just cunning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingfoot Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What i really wanna know is that with lvl 49 sniper i max dmg is 3.1k but ive seen ppl with 5.5+k crit dmges....wat am i missing? i have every item that gives cunnin. i have no aim other then base aim. i also have max pvp armour lvl 46 or soemthing. but i dont do AS much dmg as other snipers. can any1 help why? Power helps increase damage as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingfoot Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 do you have +crit rating on your armor as well or just cunning? +crit doesn't increase your damage, it increases your chance to have a critical hit. Power increases damage in addition to cunning and I also believe Surge increases your critical damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimm Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 +crit doesn't increase your damage, it increases your chance to have a critical hit. Power increases damage in addition to cunning and I also believe Surge increases your critical damage. Increasing your chance to roll a crit increases your damage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xizari Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What i really wanna know is that with lvl 49 sniper i max dmg is 3.1k but ive seen ppl with 5.5+k crit dmges....wat am i missing? i have every item that gives cunnin. i have no aim other then base aim. i also have max pvp armour lvl 46 or soemthing. but i dont do AS much dmg as other snipers. can any1 help why? A variety of factors. Are they using Ambush w/ Armor Pen talented? Is Shatter Shot or another -Armor Debuff up? How high is their Surge Rating? I wouldn't worry too much about how much you Crit for when you're not even level 50 and properly geared out yet. To the OP, the +Aim Sniper Rifles are most likely for companions, or vendor trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirusa Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 So, since tuesday's patch, every Sniper Rifle I've seen drop has had +Aim instead of +Cunning. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the IA's primary stat is Cunning, and there are no Aim Companions that can use Sniper Rifles either. Why are so many Rifles dropping with Aim increases instead of Cunning now? Should I be swapping out my IA's gear for Aim? Any answers to this yet as im getting the same thing iv not had a Cunning Sniper Rifle drop for awhile now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthcraw Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) I Was wondering the same thing but if you read the stats in game it says cunning is +tech and aim is +single target or range not sure but maybe that is why if you have the credits play Around with aim you may be on to somethin as for me I am engineer tree so I need the cunning lol but I say if you are single target eps play with it a little cause we do have some aim as base stats Edited March 12, 2012 by darthcraw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onager Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Itemization for Cunning characters seems broken across the board. Many Scatterguns (Smuggler Vibroknives, if you will) spawn with not only aim, but defense rating (okay...) and shield/absorb ratings (uhh...). The latter two require a *********** shield to even use properly. WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaakkeli Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Itemization for Cunning characters seems broken across the board. Many Scatterguns (Smuggler Vibroknives, if you will) spawn with not only aim, but defense rating (okay...) and shield/absorb ratings (uhh...). The latter two require a *********** shield to even use properly. WHY? I suspect that they were initially planning on this game to have two tank system with melee lightsber tanks and tech-based ranged tanks and Snipers/Gunslingers were supposed to have a ranged tank spec. They then axed the ranged tanking idea (probably couldn't fit it with 4 mans with lightsaber using end bosses), made Powertechs a melee tank spec and took away the GS/Sniper tanking. It would explain the Cunning tank gear and the armoring mods with high endurance but low Cunning. A leveling Assassin has the opposite problem, apparently their initial idea was that melee specs would use Strength but Assassins/Shadows were changed to use Willpower and there is a big lack of Willpower tank gear until the endgame tier gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infalliable Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Itemization for Cunning characters seems broken across the board. Many Scatterguns (Smuggler Vibroknives, if you will) spawn with not only aim, but defense rating (okay...) and shield/absorb ratings (uhh...). The latter two require a *********** shield to even use properly. WHY? Yeah, it's amazing how many knives have +shield rating or +aim. Those are very common and utterly useless. The GTN always seems overrun with +aim knives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splaktar Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yep, I keep finding amazing sniper rifles or vibroknives to upgrade to and then notice that they are +Aim and useless to all classes. Hopefully this itemization will be fixed in 1.2. The idea of sniper tanks is pretty interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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