A Gap Closer for Operatives

Ur freaking cloaked, thats ur gap closer. Get better and it wouldnt be a problem.

And yet that doesn't stop Assassins from having a 20s cooldown Force Speed in addition to an AoE knockback. You people need to get a better line.

And yet that doesn't stop Assassins from having a 20s cooldown Force Speed in addition to an AoE knockback. You people need to get a better line.

Last time i fought shadow i didnt get stun locked. Whats ur point?

and assassins are overpowered....whats your point?

that you want ops to be overpowered? not exactly a great argument. assassins (and sorcs) have too much utility, although at least the inquisitors dont do as much raw damage as ops can.

thats exactly what he wants. He wants to be able to hide until someone is about to die, use the gap closer, spike and then recloak to sit and wait for his cds and do it again.

When u look at the classes from a whole alot of the things we argue about shouldnt even be an issue because alot of it comes from terrible design. IE dmg dealers with healing abilities and hybirds with access to everything.

4.5 seconds is now a stunlock? Assassins can do the same thing if they open on you. And Assassins are now OP with all the other crap running around? Now I've heard it all. I'm saying Operatives need 1/2 of the utility moves Assassins have. Only class in the game with no movement ability and no knockback. It's a gamekiller in Huttball.

No I want the class to be viable in Huttball for one. The gap closer could even be usable only outside of stealth for all I care.

No I want the class to be viable in Huttball for one. The gap closer could even be usable only outside of stealth for all I care.

First off, this is not a thread made to whine about the changes made to Operatives in pvp. Personally, I think a slightly lower damage hidden strike is a fair trade with the buff jarring strike was given to not fill the resolve bar. An issue I do feel needs addressed however is the lack of a gap closing power for Operatives, specifically concealment.

If you look at the other melee classes, they all have some sort of skill that allows them to get in a ranged dps' face more quickly (Force Charge, Jet Charge, Grapple, Force Speed, etc). Operatives have two talents that provide movement speed increases, but one requires us to use Debilitate on a target (our best stun), and the other requires us to burn out best defensive cooldown (Cloaking Screen). The other melee classes do not have similar drawbacks built into their gap closers, and only Jet Charge requires a talent.

Here is my suggestion:

1) Switch Meticulously Kept Blades and Culling in the Concealment talent tree.
2) Roll Acid Blade and Culling into one talent. It would still be a 3 point talent, and points invested beyond the first would only increase the damage dealt to poisoned targets (1%/2%/3%).
3) Create a new 31 point talent similar to Shadowstep used by rogues in that other game whose name cannot be spoken. The range would be equal to that of the other gap closers, and the operative would end up behind his or her target.

Now, before anyone says "Stealth is your gap closer, that talent would be overpowered!", I would like to point out that the other stealthy melee class not only has a gap closer in the form of a sprint, but also has an AoE knockback. I am suggesting Operatives sacrifice the utility of a knockback in order to have a skill that would bring them more into line with the other melee classes when outside of stealth.

Any thoughts are appreciated, and yes I can feel the flames at my back as I finish typing this. Cheers!