Octane.7029

Thanks all! My 3 "go to" characters are Engi, Necro, and Ranger. Trying different builds can get expensive if you don't know what you're doing haha.

I’m sort of a new player and trying to understand conditions and what affects them. From what I’ve been told, the more condition damage you acquire “gear, etc.” the higher the output of the condition and that’s the only thing that affects condition damage. What I don’t understand is when I look at build guides that are dps condi based builds, they recommend Viper’s gear “power, precision, condition, expertise”, but why? I didn’t think power or precision would affect condi damage. Wouldn’t gear like Trail Blazer’s “toughness, vitality, condition, expertise” be more beneficial having the survivability and same damage output as Viper’s gear? Thanks in advance!

I'm a disabled "quadriplegic" player. I play with one pensile to hunt-and-peck the keyboard. Multiple simultaneous keystrokes are impossible. To my right is a velcroed scroll ball mouse with a popsicle stick and bottle cap glued to the buttons on my chair for my right arm to activate. Windows Sticky Keys and mouse lock are my best friends. Some classes are easier to play than others for me and I'm sure others who are not disabled. I do play four 80's and have others at various levels, however I gravitate towards pet classes due to them being a bit more forgiving gaming wise. For myself, the rifle build allows me to help my group more. I can continue to dps mobs while moving out of stuff. While before I had to choose to move/stop dps or stand in junk and possibly die while dps'ing. If you can hit a bunch of keys, do amazing dps and move like a ninja that's great! I'd love to be able to do that. Don't hate on on a class just because it's easier for others to play. If you don't like it, don't play it. Play what you like. I'd think most would be happy having easier classes for people to play. I'd think it would be better for everyone in the gaming community to have more diversity in play styles.