A Gap Closer for Operatives

Oh riiiight, there are a few Operatives who still do well, so that proves that this class is OP.
Ever wondered how well those players would do if they were playing any other class? Or if they didn't have a gear advantage?

Play an Operative up to lvl 50 and play just one single game of Huttball, then come back to this thread and tell us what you think.

I'm a scoundrel but here is my thoughts:

Huttball makes me want to /delete. Sure I can kill folks and do good DPS but I cannot contribute in any other way, one knockback and there is no way to stop the carrier since it takes so long to get back up.

I have no problem closing in most other situations short of Ilum large fights where I heal and use my spammable attack.

What would make me ecstatic is some kind of "take cover" adjustment which would let me get back up onto the platforms.

That said it's so annoying in huttball I am rolling a Shadow

Stealth to the endzone, get passes, score?

Spamming backstab wich is 9 sec cooldown...idiots like you got this class nerfed

No thanks!

Full of arguments here!

Movement Enhancing effects IE Force Speed, Charge are reserved for Space Monks, Freaks, and Super Human soldiers. Joe Smuggler does not have access to these awesome things and never will.

Also the situation is rare but its pops up. Take Cover can be used to roll in front of your enemy. Sadly there isn't many(less than a handful) instances/opportunities that this can happen though.

Funny thing that. My Shadow is much less aggravating to play. I tend to play it when I want a break from dragging people to their death on my Vanguard.

Keyboard turning in place against an Ops doesn't mean they're spamming. I think you're confusing the Assassin/Shadow with the Ops/Sc either way anyway.

I still play my Ops though. Sometimes. When I've stopped laughing at dragging a Sorc back to my feet to bash his face in. And when I'm tired of playing a good stealther. And if I'm bored with Nuclear Dawn. I do know he's still specced healing at least, the last time I saw him anyway.

^^ qft

My idea is more a dream, than idea. "I have a dream..."

Give Smugglers a bullwhip, and Imperial Agents a grappling hook, fits the bill of the class. No super enhanced soldier abilities, no unnatural leaping animation - just something to play even more into my Indiana Solo fantasy!!!

Bullwhip and Grapple Hook could be like aoe target (like freighter targeting) and you swing to that location (swooosh). Don't ask me how, 'physics-wise' - just assume the same physics apply to our bullwhip as out freighter flying by in a cave, or space station interior. And there you have it, gap closer sorted. Oh I can see it now...

*Cue music*

Dun dun dun duuuuuun, dun dun dunnnnn...

*cracks bullwhip*

Dun dun dun duuuuuun, dun dun DUN DUN DUNNNN...

*Swings to target*

Dun dun dun dun, dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN...

*Pops stealth*

DUN DUN DUUUN DUN, DUN DUUUUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUN DA DUN DUN DUUUUUN...

*eats a knockback and falls back into the pit*

I wouldn't want it to be a pull like grapple or the assassin / shadow thing, cause we need a gap closer to get to targets (for PVE also, raids and the like).

Hope you enjoyed the music.