I'm still really unsure about which id like to follow down
im most likely going to be a dps.
so either AC will work...but which one?
I'm still really unsure about which id like to follow down
im most likely going to be a dps.
so either AC will work...but which one?
Merc is more ranged, Powertech is more melee. Merc has heals, Powertech does not. Both wear heavy armour too.
Pick Merc.
I went merc personally. I'm not sure about the theory crafting atm for either. Really it depends on wether you think youll like to try tanking or healing at any point as far as im aware. Merc dps was fun, not sure about powertech.
ill try them both out this weekend
does the merc get a jetpack?
I leveled mine as Bodyguard - Mercenary. Really enjoyed it and had no problems 1-20.
I'll be going Merc Firebug, my Trooper will be Vanguard Tactics (the trooper version of PT Adv Proto)
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Going with Merc. Really wanting to heal.
I liked the Powertech style. I like the short to mid range. Missiles are cool and all, but flamethrower or wrist blade to the face are pure win.
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Powertech...i love being tanky.
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I like the powertech best.
Beating a guy in the face > shooting from a distance
As far as I've read: Powertech is not a viable dps class for endgame pve, they may be fine for pvp but you probably won't find many in raids unless they are tanking. Mercenary is the class you want to play for both DPS and Healing. Powertech is a Tank. Of course this is not to say it won't change in the future.
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Powertech is mostly up-close combat, sorta melee. Flame-thrower, hidden blade, rocket punch, etc. Merc gets dual pistols, lots of missles, rockets, etc.
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Merc gets one of the coolest (looking) abilities ever: Death From Above. It's basically a Raid of Fire/Blizzard style AoE, but you fly up in the air and fire a bunch of rockets into the target area. I could take four mobs, fire an explosive missile on the middle mob, which blows up hitting him and all the others and knocking them down, then DFA all of them, they'd be dead LONG before they got to me.
Death from above is a universal BH move, not just Merc. (Unless that was recently changed)
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Powertechs have more armor and one blaster, they are built to have better survivability than the Mercenary.
Mercenarys have 2 blasters and no personal shield generators, ie less survivability.
While it's true that they have a tree with the same name this tree has different talents that suggest that one does more dps than the other:
Powertechs have a talent Bursting Flame which has a [33.34 / 66.68 / 100.02]% chance to trigger your Combustible Gas Cylinder if active.http://www.torhead.com/ability/aq7NUQX and Iron Fist which increases the damage dealt by Rocket Punch by [4 / 8]% http://www.torhead.com/ability/harAZkf. Where Mercenary's have +3% aim which is the primary stat that increases a bounty hunters overall damage (with each spell) and System Calibrations which increases alacrity by [2 / 4]% http://www.torhead.com/ability/aiSS0tS.
The time increase in cast speed and damage on each spell via aim is better for damage than +8% on one ability (that you have to stand in melee for) and getting a 1295 additional elemental damage over 6 second on a target while the other ability is active which we're not clear as too the c/d of Bursting Flame.
Depends on how you want your play style to be, Powertech is mid range to melee range dps/tank Merc is ranged dps/healer
I am going Powertech Firebug because PT gets a boost to firebug from what ive seen as far as the talents from the other 2 trees