I cant really see the big problem with snipers. At valor level 59, I have played a few WZs, and I never feel Im inadequate. Damage is just insane (ask the people that get crit by ambush, followthrough, and snipe within 2 sec) and if you use your rotation correctly you will be able to keep DPS up for quite some time. As to survivability: stick and move, stick and move. It is true you wont survive long if you get attacked by 2-3 melee players, but then youre doing it wrong. Keep out of range, pick your targets and you will be giggling like mad when your crits take down some poor fool that though he could take the squishy sniper on his own. But sure, Ill take a buff: wont ever complain if I suddenly become a one man army :-)

Thanks for all the positive posts guys, I love that about a good community. The other ones... well, theyre part of it too I guess ;-)

Backdoorbob the (im)Pure

Valor rank: 61 before patch If you cant find a position that allows you to benefit from alacrity, youre doing it wrong. Due to the low amount of snipers in warzones it is pretty much a waste to get diversion for that reason. Lowering someones accuracy is of course very nice, but I as I have mentioned, I have done fairly well without it for quite some time. Im not an idiot though: I will certainly give it a shot. Please refrain from namecalling and personal attacks in the future; it only makes you look immature and lessens the weight of your advice.

Get rid of diversion, sector ranger and 1 point in pillbox sniper, put all three points into sniper volley My rotation stars with ambush if target is far enough not to be able to interrupt, then FT, snipe, series of shots, FT (spam it and u can do it before its unavailable again) Else I go instant snipe, followthrough, series of shots,then ambush (SoS procs reactive shot most of the time). The trick to playing a sniper is to use FT as much as possible: use snipe and ambush to set it up, and series of shots and basic attack as fillers. Use takedown when possible, legshot to keep them still, and flashbang, pulse, and debilitate to get out of hard spots. I never ever have a problem in warzones, and even though my 1-49 "own the damageoutput like mad" days are over, I rarely do less than 250k damage. 4 medals are usually done within 2 mins, and the first 2 almost always come at the first burst. I can honestly say that I pose a problem for most classes in one on one, even though I do not hold my skill as high in regard as to say that I can beat anyone. IMO snipers are just fine. They are pretty well balanced between pve and pvp, and I cant see that they need either nerf of boosts at present time.

You guild could not have had representation: if so, BW would have told me "thank you for your interest, we will give your spot to the next applicant on the list" when I told them I didnt have the means to go. Instead they still sent me the invite, when they (as an example) could easily have given Dodds GL the spot since it would be a minimum of hassle and at NO COST. Still they didnt. It pisses me off that people cannot get it into their heads that BW probably had reasons for inviting some and rejecting others; it was not announced as a first come, first serve event, and it was definitely not announced as a "we want as many as possible to attend" event. My application was deemed worthy in spite of me stating I did not have the means to go. Your guild's application was not, even though your representative was able to go. That tells me something in my application > something in your application. Get over it.

Thanks for the tip, but I have checked out all possibilities Cheapest alternative is about 600 euros atm. I can do probably 2-300 euros if I stretch it, but thats it :-(

Thank you for all the friendly feedback! I would like to put an end to the "if you knew you couldnt go you shouldnt have applied": 1. Like I have already stated: BW knew about my situation, and they invited me anyway 2. Even without my participation, there would be no replacements called (I might be breaching some kind of agreement by saying this): in the preliminary schedule sent out, it was clearly stated that BW had a few spots over for bringing a friend. TO ME this means they have gotten the people they want to the event, and are not planning to fill the spots with other applicants. Note that this is my interpretation, not something BW said. I feel I have done everything I can to get to Austin, and it is just a shame I couldnt come up with a solution. It would have been so cool to do a coverage for you guys; even though BW has one, it is not from a player PoV.

Well, thank you all for the support, but the trip will unfortunately not happen. I asked Bioware, who couldnt help me. Six major gaming sites have answered, one wanted me to go on my own coin and then maybe buy the coverage. The others already had people going, so no go there. The last option for me would be to ask people for money through paypal or something similar, but I believe you should do this instead: take that money, buy your favorite beverage, food, snacks and whatever, check out the live coverage of the event that BW are going to broadcast, and enjoy it yourself. One person going might be very cool, but a whole bunch of people enjoying themselves is about as many times cooler as there are people involved It bothers me that a once in a lifetime opportunity is passing me by, but knowing that I have done everything I possible can inside the boundaries of the law to be able to attend I will not grieve this lost experience.

There is a red light on the finishing stretch: the taxes for the flight are insane, and as of a few hours ago I am desperately trying to find other means to work this out.

Darth Mall of the Büttefondlère Legacy......

Well, I can definitely afford room and board myself, the flight was the big issue. As of a few minutes ago that seems to be solved as well. More updates will come.

Well, as it stands now I have been offered frequent flyer miles by a guild friend, so the preliminary plan is: Im going to Austin! However, some paperwork needs to be done, and I will know tomorrow, or at the latest thursday, if I can go. I will keep you guys updated, my intention to do some kind of coverage is still very much real.

Small update: housing costs covered, college buddy just called me.

To clarify the issue of applying with the financial situation Im in: I described my position in my application. I still got the invite. As to opening a paypal account and asking for handouts: it has crossed my mind, but that feels more like asking for someone to pay for me. I hope it is clear from my first post that I want to EARN my way there, so that whoever helps out gets something for their troubles. Good point though, will keep it in mind.