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  1. Assassins are fine tanks and will continue to be fine tanks. Deception/Infiltration is horrible for PVE and Madness/Balance is horrible for PVP. A "slight increase" (proposed for 2.5) to some Deception/Infiltration damaging abilities won't fix their crippling RNG dependence and there's nothing on the table for Madness/Balance atm. Seriously, if you want to tank and DPS reroll a Jugg; there's some fun to be had there too.
  2. I am disappointed. Yes an increase to damage of CS/VS is a step in the right direction (oh wait, a "slight" increase to be accurate). I'll take it but that's not enough because slight is what, 1, 2 3%? I'm not interested in the buff to Infiltration Tactics/Duplicity Courtney mentioned- imo there's too much of our damage tied up in shadow strike/ maul (which has a positional requirement). I've lost count of the times I've been the last one standing and all I can do is spam CS/VS and stupid 3K shocks all the live-long day waiting for stupid procs that don't come until too late and invariably fall short. Oh wow, and there's plans to buff (slightly) Whirling Blow/Lacerate damage? I hear it's useful in PvP for uncovering stealthers. Do tanks use it for anything in PVE? This I don't know but I certainly haven't seen a DPS use it, ever... seriously, it's the laughingstock ability of the entire game. thinking it's time to dump my main or maybe even the game entirely. very disappointed.
  3. Given the sheer numbers of posts regarding the boredom of playing balance since 2.0 I imagine you were aware you'd get a disappointed response from some folks; nonetheless I thank you for not triaging infiltration out of this round of questions entirely. The bonus questions are wonderful - they point the direction devs should be taking to make the class fun and worth playing again. I LOL'd - got your point entirely ... call me a diehard
  4. correction needed: Shadow and Assassin 1st M-knightrider <Ascension> Infiltration 2898.23dps AMR - http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/characte...7-c98ef2f12ee6 umm no - this is a balance parse by a balance shadow (as he/she stated in both posts). was real excited that infiltration could parse so high, then crushed lol.
  5. ^ This KBN, thank you so much and Xinika too, thank you!!
  6. forum is fun tonight, lmao at this one.. yep, if all else fails AOE taunt on the way to wipesville - at least you're having fun
  7. I suppose I should add that as Infiltration/Deception (which is the only spec I play) I think we are reliant on chance rather than skill far too often; it's out of our hands. The priority system isn't hard to learn but when it comes down to the nitty gritty it's a crap shoot and odds are that's exactly what you're going to get.
  8. Read this about 5 minutes ago and I'm still laughing at c) .. it's true and I really don't know what else to do...
  9. Well written, I'm not comfortable with the bold-text part. Speaking as Infiltration/Deception I suspect (no way to prove it afaik) that my parses would still be depressingly low even if I could use my execute ability on the dummy. I believe that it's more than the two "due to" reasons stated (armor pen/execute ability) - we just really, truly suck on any prolonged encounter, it's baked into the tree atm. I think you have a valid point that it discourages competitive, skilled individuals from playing the spec, but in practical gameplay there's simply no reward for doing so. It's a "lone-wolf" spec that relies on other players' buffs for marginal, non-competitive DPS in Ops and provides next to nothing in return (battle-rez is the only "utility" I have in Ops; it's iffy and Force Cloak has to off CD). I guess my point is that they already know it parses lower and have already stated it's because of the two reasons you mentioned. I believe that that answer is utter BS so I really don't want to give them the chance to regurgitate that crap in response to one of our questions... to put it bluntly lol
  10. This is my first MMO, didn't know this. Thanks again KBN
  11. Thank you so much for taking on the responsibility of class rep KBN - been playing PVE deception since launch (ya I know this is shadow forum but same difference in a broader view). Don't mind so much being on the bottom but 15-20% is excessive imo, and a bit more control would be nice. My only critique would be for the tank question (no I don't tank so disregard if it's dumb) - seems to me that comparing with another class (ie vanguard/powertech) invites a lazy response from the devs - I do think you spelled it out well for this example and I do believe they are aware of it, maybe just that the class comparison detracts from a potentially useful answer.
  12. Not difficult to imagine at this point, the game hasn't been *fun* for several months now. I've learned a lot from reading your posts Kitru, and thank you for all you've done for the shadow/assassin community. Your (vocal) passion for the game was the tipping factor for me in electing a class representative. I'm recalling a post about "willful ignorance", I imagine you remember it; there was a lot in it and everything you said rang true to me. I elected you believing you would "pull the plug" if you sensed this "discussion" was just another foot-dragging move on the part of BW (devs, mgmt, whatever). I shared your frustration, I can only say at this point that I'm happy you are rid of it. Blessings in all that you do Kitru. HAVE FUN!!!
  13. I realize that balance needs a major fix but please remember there are two DPS trees and infiltration still lags behind balance in PVE so I'd really like to see both DPS trees addressed. Saying infiltration doesn't need a fix because it's decent in PVP is no different from saying PVE tanks don't need a fix because they're good node guards.
  14. Spikiness (or Resilience) PvE DPS balance PvP Balance spec usefulness Perfect ! 100% agree that these need to be addressed asap
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