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What's Your Current Spec
Jan 31 2012 12:54pm

Coogee
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Coogee
Post it, discuss, argue and maybe learn something.
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Feb 19 2012 11:50pm

Monteeeeeee
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 Monteeeeeee

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My BH Spec No other way to spec for PVE healing right now the left over talents are all pretty much PVP.


Thanks for sharing that Monteee. I'm choosing between my Sorcerer and Merc for my first Imperial character, any tips? I plan to heal with the one I level eventually, but should I spec DPS to level or does it not matter?

You've played both classes haven't you? Which did you prefer?


Depends on what you want to do, for PVE healing i think Merc is my fav, but for pvp the tools of sorc/sage is awesome for pvp
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Feb 19 2012 10:05pm

Jaina D'Kana
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Feb 19 2012 06:58pm

Alex Dkana
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 Alex Dkana

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My BH Spec No other way to spec for PVE healing right now the left over talents are all pretty much PVP.


Thanks for sharing that Monteee. I'm choosing between my Sorcerer and Merc for my first Imperial character, any tips? I plan to heal with the one I level eventually, but should I spec DPS to level or does it not matter?

You've played both classes haven't you? Which did you prefer?
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Feb 18 2012 04:42pm

Monteeeeeee
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 Monteeeeeee

The good and bad thing about this game is there is really only 1 way to attack each talent tree depending on what your doing. This gives us lots of cookie cutter builds tho which helps people who know nothing about the game to talent themselves properly.
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Feb 15 2012 11:37pm

Monteeeeeee
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 Monteeeeeee

My BH Spec No other way to spec for PVE healing right now the left over talents are all pretty much PVP.
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Feb 10 2012 08:15pm

Dacascos
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 Dacascos

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I was a scrapper scoundrel, but due to the changes, I am going to have to switch to something else. Scrapper is no longer viable. :(


As discussed earlier in ts, but quote for everyone else....this quote is shanagians.


I still disagree with you :P


geared Operatives still destroy people left and right. Instead of constant 5k it's constant 3k crits now. Which is still more than enough.
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Feb 10 2012 03:12am

Dacascos
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 Dacascos

I decided to give Argantes a rest (At valor rank 59, lol wtf) and lvl'd Crossreaper, my Shadow.

I actually leveld as Infiltration (Up to 2/31/8)
and changed to a Kinetic spec for PVP (31/0/10)
Again, I have no interest in PVE in this game.

For PVP though, it's absolutely amazing.
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Feb 08 2012 07:33pm

Tallepyon
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I was a scrapper scoundrel, but due to the changes, I am going to have to switch to something else. Scrapper is no longer viable. :(


As discussed earlier in ts, but quote for everyone else....this quote is shanagians.


I still disagree with you :P

Feb 08 2012 09:15am

JP
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 JP

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I was a scrapper scoundrel, but due to the changes, I am going to have to switch to something else. Scrapper is no longer viable. :(


As discussed earlier in ts, but quote for everyone else....this quote is shanagians.
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Feb 06 2012 01:54pm

Coogee
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 Coogee

Coogie - Trooper (Vanguard) - Specced for tanking

Current (27/0/0)

Potential endgame builds

Energy Blast Spec (31/8/2) or Energy Blast Alt Spec (31/10)

Gut Spec(30/11/0)

I'll probably go with the energy blast spec. Speccing into gut was tempting but in the end worry over longer term ammo regen swung me. It's probably a perfectly viable spec as a lot of people seem to be using it okay but I want to try out the energy blast spec first to see how the ammo feels.
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Feb 04 2012 10:25am

Laziana
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 Laziana

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Quick get the Holy Hand Grenade in case she turns on us and we have to finish her off. :P


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Feb 03 2012 07:11pm

Tallepyon
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 Tallepyon

I was a scrapper scoundrel, but due to the changes, I am going to have to switch to something else. Scrapper is no longer viable. :(

Feb 03 2012 01:01pm

Coogee
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 Coogee

Quick get the Holy Hand Grenade in case she turns on us and we have to finish her off. :P
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Feb 03 2012 12:44pm

Alex Dkana
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Are you planning to use this to jump around and push the ranged mobs into a ball so you can sweep them or plan to jump around like a crazed bunny and aggro individuals?


Crazy Bunny style sounds fun. :D

Should call it Caerbannog style heh.
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Feb 03 2012 11:49am

Coogee
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 Coogee

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At the moment I am just getting used to the game, learning my abilities and remembering that my role is not to do damage, but keep the enemies focus.


Yeah, I think we're all learning still. I remember when I started raiding in other games I had to find a whole other level to go into, it made me a better all round player and made me do things I would never have considered if left to my own devices.


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Also once I get used to Guardian Leap (with Protector perk) I will hopefully be able to mix that with force push and force leap (force push will give me an extra free force leap) giving me the ability to jump around keeping aggro


Are you planning to use this to jump around and push the ranged mobs into a ball so you can sweep them or plan to jump around like a crazed bunny and aggro individuals?

Either way I don't envy you, JGs clearly have the tougher job keeping those ranged occupied or rounding them up compared to Vanguards(Harpoon) or Shadows(Force Pull from the skill tree)
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Feb 02 2012 08:14pm

Jaina D'Kana
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 Jaina D'Kana

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Just want to add that I'll be watching this thread with great interest as I have had very little to do with number crunching in MMOs previous to this, certainly for a long while.

Given my desire to somehow play all 8 classes I'm eager to learn as much as possible from all of you regarding your classes and how to get the most out of them hehe.


Same :) I love learning.
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Feb 02 2012 08:11pm

Jaina D'Kana
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Yeah, you do well. I know there is one vanguard spec out there drops the top of the shield tree for more agro generation.

My assumption is either you are doing the same for agro generation on multiples using force sweep or wanted to be more of a hybrid DPS spec.


Force Sweep is really useful, and seems to do a lot of damage. Plus the added effect of Dust Storm means that I can keep the opponents accuracy down pretty much the entire fight as I don't need to worry about having focus free :)

Unremitting is really useful too, as high level mobs often do knock backs as soon as you force leap. Being immune to that is fantastic, plus it gives a big hunk of damage reduction for a little while so when I first attack and am being hit on all sides I have that added protection. Plus with Command my force push cooldown is decreased, which gives me a free force jump, which in turn gives me remitting again :)

Plasma Brand is almost as good as Guardian Slash, and with Vigilance the cooldown on it is 6 seconds less.

At the moment I am just getting used to the game, learning my abilities and remembering that my role is not to do damage, but keep the enemies focus. Also once I get used to Guardian Leap (with Protector perk) I will hopefully be able to mix that with force push and force leap (force push will give me an extra free force leap) giving me the ability to jump around keeping aggro, doing decent damage and having huge damage reduction for large periods with Unremitting+Protect giving me 40% damage reduction.
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Feb 02 2012 06:48pm

Alex Dkana
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 Alex Dkana

Just want to add that I'll be watching this thread with great interest as I have had very little to do with number crunching in MMOs previous to this, certainly for a long while.

Given my desire to somehow play all 8 classes I'm eager to learn as much as possible from all of you regarding your classes and how to get the most out of them hehe.
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Feb 02 2012 10:39am

Coogee
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 Coogee

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I see your points QG.

I just speculate that eventually I will crit with healing trance all the time (especially with rejuvenate beforehand) so I hit the free sacrifice all the time inbetween the ability chain.

Maybe the practical use in endgame Ops and World Bosses will change that, but for now I speculate that I will always get the free noble sacrifice anyway :D

Stay tuned for part 2: Laz dies from Noble Sacrifice! :D


I don't think criting will be the problem and using that free noble sacrifice in rotation is a must if you can. It was the 2 global cool downs that would eat 3 seconds I was more worried about. As you probably know when healing, 3 seconds can feel like an eternity when you want to get a heal off.

I'd put money on us both dying from noble sacrifice at some point. :P

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This is my Jedi Guardian (18/23/0). It is probably not the best (or even close) but I had my reasons :)


You do really well in a tanking role considering that you didn't go too far into the Defence tree. :)


Yeah, you do well. I know there is one vanguard spec out there drops the top of the shield tree for more agro generation.

My assumption is either you are doing the same for agro generation on multiples using force sweep or wanted to be more of a hybrid DPS spec.

The spec it's self looks like a good off tank spec to me with increased multiple agro generation but does trade out some mitigation (4% shield, 4% internal & elemental DR + blade barrier if that's any good from the Defence tree or 4% to all damage from the Vigilance tree) and single target agro generation by the look of it.
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This comment was edited by Coogee on Feb 02 2012 11:40am.

Feb 02 2012 08:51am

Laziana
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 Laziana

I see your points QG.

I just speculate that eventually I will crit with healing trance all the time (especially with rejuvenate beforehand) so I hit the free sacrifice all the time inbetween the ability chain.

Maybe the practical use in endgame Ops and World Bosses will change that, but for now I speculate that I will always get the free noble sacrifice anyway :D

Stay tuned for part 2: Laz dies from Noble Sacrifice! :D
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Feb 01 2012 11:06pm

Alex Dkana
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 Alex Dkana

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This is my Jedi Guardian (18/23/0). It is probably not the best (or even close) but I had my reasons :)


You do really well in a tanking role considering that you didn't go too far into the Defence tree. :)
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Feb 01 2012 09:01pm

Jaina D'Kana
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 Jaina D'Kana

This is my Jedi Guardian (18/23/0). It is probably not the best (or even close) but I had my reasons :)
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This comment was edited by Jaina D'Kana on Feb 01 2012 09:09pm.

Feb 01 2012 07:26pm

VaXxla Belouve
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 VaXxla Belouve

Vaxxla - Trooper (Gunnery) 3/31/7

Current

picked what I thought would give me a fine balance between DPS/heals/Endurance

I might go with something more like 7/31/3 to reduce pushback and the ability to slow incoming mobs.

Potential
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Feb 01 2012 05:00pm

Coogee
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 Coogee

As I hinted at in an earlier post, your second point into Teleketic defence makes for a better rounded healer and better use of the points in the other trees. Over the course of a boss fight that could easily be a few thousand damage mitigated. Not class breaking but it is something you don't have to heal.

The only difference in the seer tree is you took pain bear while I took valiance. I almost took pain bearer until I realised it was only incoming healing it helped. In truth you could probably throw either of those out and neither of us would notice.

When levelling I took valiance so I could get force without killing myself, kept it in case I accidentally missed the free proc. Overall you may get more out of pain bearer over time but I was thinking more of raids when force might end up at a real premium and might need to take the hit to regen and health, just to keep going.
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Feb 01 2012 04:19pm

Laziana
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 Laziana

Laziana - Jedi Sage (Jedi Consular) - 31/7/3
PvE Healing Spec

Basically the same as QG with some minor changes that do not make/break the class anyway :)
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