cmsileo Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Currently a level 41 Vanguard, and I've been fooling around with the different trees. I initially leveled to 37 with shield spec then switched to Assault since I was tired of having no DPS. I found that my survivability was reduced by an INSANE amount. I used to be able to solo anything with Elara out. Anyway, I'm looking to switch to tactics to try and find a middle ground between surviability and DPS (especially in PVP). Does anyone have any input between the trade offs between using high eneregy cell and ion cell while in Tactics spec? Would I be missing out on much DPS and ammo regen by switching? How important is that extra movement speed? And should I be considering a dual shield/tactics spec instead for storm and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jartoo Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) I would not go with Ion and a main Tactics build but I see a lot of good things with 11 points into tactics to get Gut skill then going Shield Spec. Something like this http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#801ZMsr0o.1 to start the build then going with http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#801GMGrdobogZMsr0o.1Also Tactics in general has more utility options than Assault and defense in general if you went with full Tactics build. Edited December 31, 2011 by Jartoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopababy Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 With tactics your gonna wanna be in peoples faces alot, so the 2 points in the run speed is a must for me to make sure i can get to a target and stay in his face fast if i want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walldude Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 i went for a tactics-shield combo, priority shield, and found myself able to take on anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjetl Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) I run a full tactics build and use ion cell exclusively (so I can guard a commando). I experimented with running HE cell, but to be honest, the armor buff is better than 5% extra damage. The 5% doesn't seem to help me kill anyone any faster, but the lack of armor means I die faster. Your mileage may vary, but in the low 40s I do 240k in a WZ with 60k guard (on a great healer). I can solo almost any mob with Elara. Edited January 1, 2012 by Kjetl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsileo Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 What are the details of your spec? How far did you run up shield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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