Snipers skills... deflected...

It is more that there are a lot of defensive skills in the game that only defend ranged or melee attacks or deflect 50% of ranged attacks for a duration, or dodge 100% of ranged attacks for a shorter duration. People say yea this really only affects the no energy auto attack for the most part, clearly forgetting about gunslingers/snipers who get screwed over by defensives that other classes don't need to deal with. They are the worst RDPS in the game.

Snipers do an absolutely brutal amount of damage.

They can be mitigated, but they also hit like the God of Trains. Their damage over the course of a game is generally very good; I have a guildie who just brutalizes damage meters and is a Sniper.

Yes, they can be deflected. Yes, you can take your deflect chance down significantly by putting points in the right stats. You should, if you're concerned about it.

Keep in mind that in our mid-40s, my guildie's sniper charge-shot landed for 5.5k crits. If my third Tracer Missile -and- my Heatseeker Missiles both hit -and crit-, I do that much damage. Needless to say, it's rare for both to be crits.

I sustain my DPS a bit better, but Snipers are not *********** around; they give some things (like ability damage) up for having an incredible amount of white damage potential.

Zero sum. Great closer, high damage, low survivability. Great range, high damage, low mobility. It's all give and take, although the amount of great gear you have can mitigate the badness.

I've never hit for 5.5k.

And I can stack accuracy as much as I want, lightsaber classes still have a 10% chance to deflect--just for wearing a lightsaber.