tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post2227705292199540257..comments2022-12-05T04:48:29.255-07:00Comments on Snipers of the Old Republic: State of the GameFentanylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088911381988621776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post-6672526613992503582012-02-28T08:40:39.825-07:002012-02-28T08:40:39.825-07:00Hello and thank you for you great comment for the ...Hello and thank you for you great comment for the sniper class.<br />about statistic, you said power is recommended instead of crit and surge, so for now, what are you stat on this 3 items ? (power critical rating and surge rating)<br />it would help to see the choice you made with modding too.<br /><br />thanks !Eyes Onlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786329675983485660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post-71666086403648502132012-02-27T15:41:11.362-07:002012-02-27T15:41:11.362-07:00Yes to both. Submissions can include opinion piece...Yes to both. Submissions can include opinion pieces, guides to mechanics, questions you'd like to pose to the blog/other readers in general, and other items of interest to Sniper/Gunslinger players.Fentanylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088911381988621776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post-58910336713496850462012-02-27T14:56:54.197-07:002012-02-27T14:56:54.197-07:00I raided as lethality for awhile and recently swit...I raided as lethality for awhile and recently switched to marksmanship. I didn't notice any real difference in DPS (I was killing my infernal council member at around the same times I was before). <br /><br />The big issue with lethality is energy management. Cull takes a whopping 30 energy, and your talented regen comes from getting crits on your dots, so you never really know where your energy will be after any given attack. I had gotten pretty good at it, but I still had to pay a lot of attention to my energy on every boss fight, as it's extremely easy to drop into the danger zone. When I switched to marksmanship I was amazed at how easy it was. I could completely ignore my energy for entire fights and would never drop below 60%.<br /><br />The other thing I don't like about lethality is how long it takes to do damage on a new target. Before you cull, you need to use your grenade, dart, and weakening blast, which is 3 GCDs and 50 energy, assuming all of them are even off cooldown. This is a problem if you need to quickly bring down an add or a Soa mind trap. With marksmanship you can quickly switch to a new target and start doing great damage immediately.<br /><br />If you are unsure, definitely try lethality out yourself, it's still a great spec and I had a lot of fun with it. But I would have to give the edge to marksmanship as I found it more suited to raiding. Only downside is that I can no longer PvP on my sniper as I find the damage mitigation and lack on mobility too frustrating as a marksman. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162238069593929306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post-92162506419202194912012-02-25T11:48:23.576-07:002012-02-25T11:48:23.576-07:00Thanks for the Update Fen!
On a side note, will ...Thanks for the Update Fen! <br /><br />On a side note, will you still review/accept Submissions?Santiago Hardgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317821334164610160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056978237162826078.post-66917860507675919592012-02-25T02:01:45.693-07:002012-02-25T02:01:45.693-07:00Have you tried full Lethality in PvE? If so, what...Have you tried full Lethality in PvE? If so, what are your thoughts on it?<br /><br />Joined a new raiding guild a few weeks back and of my 4 (soon to be 5) 50s they requested my Sniper for hard modes. Their champion DPS is a full Lethality Sniper and he, the GM, and most of the core raiders are all pretty convinced it's the OP spec. I've been sticking to Marksmanship, mostly because there's a wider array of available theorycrafting data (see http://sithwarrior.com/forums/Thread-Marksman-Sniper-Compendium#III.1), but I decided to bite the bullet and give Lethality a try earlier today.<br /><br />I've only run it through dailies thus far, and I can see the potential, but I'm not sure I'm convinced yet barring any kind of damage meters or simulationcraft to back it up.SCPanterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12926989493560995786noreply@blogger.com