Commando needs some more CC or interrupts...

Nice mixture of Merc & Powertech abilities - which AC has access to both?

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I take it back, stealth scan is a base BH ability according to TORhead (I don't play a merc)

OP, what spec are you exactly? I would understand your point if your assault because they need an extra(Gunnery gets a 2 second slow from Full Auto whenever they use it and a knockback when using stockstrike. Assault doesn't do enough single person damage and doesn't have enough CC's to consistently win vs melee.


But for the entire class...a CC is not needed. Would make Gunnery OP IMO.

Those abilities are all available to Mercs...the stun is universal to all BH.

Ok dude yer not helping, i just want a way to fight melee or attempt to kite, the best way i try and kill them is to sneak up, use all my no CD casts, and spam instant casts in their face when they come up.

However i have not come up with any strategy in all the battlegrounds ive done 1 on 1 to kill many of these classes, my CCs are limited in effectiveness at what i do, the amount of damage i can do to people with CCs is basic, whereas if people interrupt me or leap, its pretty much game over. Sure i can cast another skill during interrupt, but the fact that im 1 global down them means i pretty much lose.

TOR pvp is based around not making comebacks, 1 on 1 if they can stack CC better than you or get the spring on you, its game over.

That's why I took it back, stealth scan is buffed via Shield Tank skill points so I assumed it was a Powertech ability.

Ive played alot with a mercenary from my guild in PvP and the deal is: Mercenary/commando has bottom line the highest steady dps in this game atm. They might not be as bursty as Assassin or Marauder. But still stacking Explosive probe on top of a charged full auto / Unload and finishing with Tracer Missile is pretty sick burst too.

The fact is most sorcs/sages atm exploit/abuse the double tick of chain lightning and their damage is not as intended and the shield dont get reduced by 30% as normal healing does, hence has been a scaling problem since release.

Having to rely on team mates for clearing away away, detaunts, interrupts, guard, mezz or whatever is just part of playing a multiplayer game.

As someone said you can have +10% damage reduction combined with 30% from armor alone. if melee jumps you your the hardest target beside a tank and they will properly loose their team before your dead, shoot at their healer until you die.