Gunslinger is to weak compared to other classes

Any argument you make is irrelevant. You can't spell and have no grammar skills.

Back on topic: I agree that GS/Sniper is mediocre at best. I do pretty acceptable damage in PvE and still can put on out the damage numbers in PvP, but that doesn't mean anything. If I have 2 melee come at me, its usually GG unless I have all my cooldowns ready. Even then, any sort of chain stuns after HD drops off means I'm dead.

I think one of the primary issues is the use of cover. No other classes need this sort of mechanic to function. While the function of this is neat and fresh, but by no means revolutionary, it simply doesn't work for PvP. PvP is fast paced, rarely stay in the same spot more than several moments at a time.

If they want to confine us to staying stationary, I suggest they make our damage relevant and non-ignorable. Most ACs (I'm looking at you Sorc/Sage/Op/Scound) have several instant abilities, that do significantly more damage than any of our attacks. While I've come to terms with the fact that this happens and that other classes are in a similar situation, GS/Sniper don't get to move around while doing mediocre damage.

These classes need to be reviewed. You don't need to remove cover, but either give us mobility or a significant damage increase while we're in cover. My suggestion, some sort of flat % damage increase while in cover. I won't pretend to guess a number. But 20- 30% seems like a good place to start. And also let us use all of our abilities out of cover.

Edit: After thinking about it, that sort of buff would probably make GS/sniper too good in PvE settings. It was the first thing I thought of though

and whats gramma and spelling have to do with the fact im right ?

Sure as hell doesn't absorb the tech moves a sniper has available to them, nor does it absorb all the damage. Too many snipers play Marksmen without bothering to try the Engineer tree.

snipers are way better than gunslingers but we all know this game caters to imperial side.

Well, then I guess my server, Trask Ulgo, is full of incompetent players. Since I do get incredibly few deaths on my Sniper and I'm 95% of the time the player that has done the most damage.
Personally, I found that combo quite efficient. From time to time an Operative/Scroundrel pops up from behind or a Jedi/Sith leaps in towards me. With that combo I can soak up a large amount of damage, which gives me enough time to kill that player without my health dropping to much. Probaly there are some serious flaws in my 'skills', but to be quite frankly: I don't care, it works out just fine for me and thats all I need really.

Dirty Fighting/Lethality loses to much of its value imo, once there is a competent healer in the other team, as they can easily outheal those DoTs.

Anyways, I love to play Sniper/Gunslinger in pvp and I am Marksmanship/Sharpshooter - specced. Perhaps you are missing something here or I just have had loads of pure luck.

Sniper/gunslinger have two entire trees that are not cover dependent, why do people keep claiming that "needing cover" is an issue?

I think they are referring to the Gunslinger Tree and The Sniper Tree nothing special just the trees that make them who they are is all

Gunslinger and sniper are te advanced class names.

The tree names are; marksmanship, engineering and lethality for a sniper and sharpshooter, saboteur and dirty fighting for the gunslinger.

Only sharpshooter and marksmanship require a major use of cover.

And that's the point. Apart from the cc immunity, which is really nice, we have nothing unique going for the class. Everything can easily duplicated by other classes (even better on heavy armoured once) and they also bring really nice stuff with them without having the sniper's restrictions.

However, dream on about having unique stuff and also do not look up what mitigation does e.g. to the marksman tree compared to other classes's specs.

Sound as a L2P issue more than anything else.

You get a second quick-bar once you Crouch and Crouch is instant and does not trigger the global cooldown.

How about you put ALL abilities that require cover on that new bar and then, on the same slots and same key bindings, put the ability "Crouch" (not Take Cover!!!) on all slots while not in cover.

Good to bind Take Cover as well, but you dont need a "fast" key binding for it (like Alt-S or Alt-X). A good use of Take Cover is when you want to roll over the chasm during void star - before the bridge is out...