VbNAsrikk Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Ok so from what i understand lethality snipers because of internal damage can void armor with said dps but does it out dps marksmen snipers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlomamf Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Marksman does the highest damage the quickest last I checked. Throw down an Explosive Prove, Ambush, Instant Snipe + Followthrough your target has just lost half (or near half) of his life. Depending on wether he has shields up or whatnot. This opinion has nothing to do with the fact that I am full Marksmanship. Edited January 27, 2013 by Chlomamf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbNAsrikk Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 kk tyvm this is very helpful =D i have a GS on pub side but it was iffy because i didnt know which did the most dps =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 eng/sab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTomorrow Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Check my guide in the signature. Lethality needs more team support and worse enemy healers to be successful, but it can kill tanks faster while sacrificing survivability, burst and target switching speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashogy_reborn Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 engineering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashbrother Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Marksmen has prob the highest burst out of the three specs, but it's prob the worse of the 3 trees due to it being nearly all white damage. Most of it's damage is all casted/channeled so people LoS you really ****s with the tree. Engineering has the best utility and surv and pumps out 2nd highest dps. It doesn't require set up like lethality either. Lethality prob does most dps of the 3, but it requires a lot of set up time. It also has lots of energy problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefishdude Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 IMO, it's fairly simple. If you want to just screw around and have fun, go lethality and dot the crap outta people then crush them with Cull. There's no more enjoyment than seeing a sorc/sage force speed away after a Cull, because u know u scared the S**t out of them. Also, LoS is less of an issue in this spec too. If you want to be more team oriented (once again, IMO), you can run MM or Eng. MM puts out a lot of DPS, some sick burst and the fastest target switching of the three specs (focus fire anyone?). Eng has area denial, puts out it's fair share of DPS too and will destroy the other two sniper specs in a duel (once again, IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Marksmen has prob the highest burst out of the three specs, but it's prob the worse of the 3 trees due to it being nearly all white damage. Most of it's damage is all casted/channeled so people LoS you really ****s with the tree. Engineering has the best utility and surv and pumps out 2nd highest dps. It doesn't require set up like lethality either. Lethality prob does most dps of the 3, but it requires a lot of set up time. It also has lots of energy problems. if u get a arround 38-40% crit its ok, u get enough energy regeneration problem are cleansers, is funny but non efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashbrother Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) if u get a arround 38-40% crit its ok, u get enough energy regeneration problem are cleansers, is funny but non efficient The problem also is people dying too fast. I'm also not one of those bastards that tab dots everything because that totally ****s with CC and is only good for lawlscoreboard. My personal favorite spec is probably lethality because it's just fun destroying people when you get everything set up right. I would use engineering for rateds though. Edited January 28, 2013 by Smashbrother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasphemerr Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Saboteur! Sure, it's a bit weird to level but once you're done it's hilariously powered in organized team play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTomorrow Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The problem also is people dying too fast. I'm also not one of those bastards that tab dots everything because that totally ****s with CC and is only good for lawlscoreboard. My personal favorite spec is probably lethality because it's just fun destroying people when you get everything set up right. I would use engineering for rateds though. Unfortunately you need to do that because of how energy regen system works. More dots= more energy for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BambulaGTS Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 In modern situation - marksmen. Unless you want to be frequently hit by 7 000 k attacks. May be when we see over 9000 tanks cause of future balancing changes, lethality could rock the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTomorrow Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 In modern situation - marksmen. Unless you want to be frequently hit by 7 000 k attacks. May be when we see over 9000 tanks cause of future balancing changes, lethality could rock the place. this is basically what we had during the era of 1.2 on our server. Tanks tanks tanks, and Target acquired was a mere 20% alacrity buff without accuracy and armor penetration. You couldn't do crap to tanks with MM back then. Most of the snipers were lethality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtycoon Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Marksman. Lethality is annoying to play with. Dotting everything just makes it harder for CC to stick. I'm pretty sure any tech cleanser can just run around tech cleansing and Lethality becomes useless? Lethality is better for numbers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexdoll Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Lethality is very long sustained damage with no survivability help...very bad for pvp. PvP is about burst damage and survivability mostly and as snipers/slingers have close to zero mobility, so you really are doing it wrong if you are pvp with Lethality spec. Eng for me puts up the highest numbers and is the most useful in most games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technohic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 In modern situation - marksmen. Unless you want to be frequently hit by 7 000 k attacks. May be when we see over 9000 tanks cause of future balancing changes, lethality could rock the place. Yeah, seemingly MM is the survivability spec these days. Seems Lethailty went out with the tanks and MM rose with the armor piercing, ENG really has been consistent in it's utility and damage, and really it survivability is good outside of AOEs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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