6.0 Sniper Changes, Set Bonuses and Tactical Items

Listing of all the Set Bonuses and Tacticals Items available for Snipers.

Updated for Onslaught.

New Ability
Utility Changes
Tacticals
Gear and Set Bonuses
Charges

Contents hide

1 New Ability

2 New Utility Changes

3 Tacticals

4 Gear Sets and Bonuses

5 Sources

6 Charges

7 Special Thanks

New Ability

Hololocate – Activating this ability marks your current location for 10 minutes. When this ability is activated again, if you are within 60 meters of the marked location, you instantly return to the marked location. Holo-locate goes on cooldown for 120 seconds when used to return to the marked location. You get this ability at level 72.

New Utility Changes

Instead of 4 Tiers, Utilities are now divided into 3 Tiers (Skillful, Masterful and Heroic) and there are now a total of 9 points to spend. You have to spend at least 3 points to access the next Tier up. To access the Masterful Tier you have to spend 3 points in Skillful. To access the Heroic Tier you have to spend 6 points in Skillful and/or Masterful. There are 8 Utilities in each Tier.

Skillful

UTILITY	DESCRIPTION
Ballistic Dampers	Entering Cover grants 3 charges of Ballistic Dampers. Each Charge Absorbs 30% of the damage dealt by an incoming attack This effect cannot occur more that once every 1.5 seconds. Ballistic Dampers can only be gained once every 6 seconds.
Snap Shot	Entering Cover makes the next Snipe or Lethal Shot activate instantly. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.
Imperial Demarcation	Reduced the cooldown of Leg Shot by 3 seconds.
Vital Regulators	While in cover, you heal dfor 2% of your total health every 3 seconds.
Imperial Efficiency	Increases the damage dealt by Suppressive Fire by 25%.
Calculated Pursuit	You gain 4 charges of Calculated Pursuit upon exiting cover, which allow Snipe and Lethal Shot to be activated while moving. Each use of Snipe or Lethal Shot consumes 1 charge, and consuption of the first charge triggers a 20 second rate-lmit on this skill. This effect lasts up to 15 seconds, but reentering cover removes the effect prematurely.
Crippling Diversion	Diversion slows all targets by 50% for as long as they remain in the area.
Lumbering Impact	Shatter Shot reduces the movement speed of the target by 50% for 10 seconds. In addition, when Flashbang ends at leaves behind Flash Powder that reduces the target’s accuracy by 20% for 8 seconds.

Masterful

UTILITY	DESCRIPTION
Seek Cover	When Entrench ends or you leave cover while Entrnech is active, you gain Seek Cover, which increases your movement speed by 50% and grants immunity to movement imapriing effects. Lasts 6 seconds.
Stroke of Genius	Activating Cover Pulse makes the next Snipe or Lethal Shot activate instantly and increases your chance to resist Force and Tech attacks by 20% for 6 seconds.
Reestablish Range	Countermeasures purges all movement-imparing effects when activated and grants Reestablish Range, increasing your movement speed by 75% for 6 seconds. Additionally, the final shot of Series of Shots and Penetarting Blasts knocks back the target if they are in within 10 meters.
Series of Snares	Each shot fo Series of Shots and Penetrating Blasts slwos the target by 20% for 3 sweconds. The effect can only stack up to 4 times.
Augmented Shields	Increases the amount of damage absorbed by Shield Probe by 30%.
Debilitating Shots	Increases the duration of any effects applied by Shatter Shot by 5 seconds. In addition, when Lag Shot’s immobilise effect wears off the target’s movement is slwoed by 75% for 3 seconds.
Hold your Ground	Reduces the cooldown of Shield Probe and Cover Pulse by 5 seconds, and Escape by 30 seconds. In addition, when you exit cover you gain a Cover SCreen that increases your ranged defence by 20% for 6 seconds.
Evacuate	Reduces the cooldown of Main and Flash Bang by 15 seconds.

Heroic

UTILITY	DESCRIPTION
Executioner	Flashbang and Maim grant Executioner, allowing your next Takedown within 10 seconds to be used regradless of the target’s remaining health and deal 15% addtional damage.
Controlled Chaos	For every target initially affected beyond the first Diversion grants a charge of Controlled Chaos, inceasing armor penetration by 10% per charge. This effect alsts 8 seconds.
Defensive Safeguards	When Ballistic Shield is activated you gain a charge of Defensive Safegaurds for each enemy inside your Ballsitc Shield, up to 4. This effect alsts 20 seconds and each charge increases your damage reduction by 5%, In addition, while inside your Ballsitic Shield, you heal for 1% of your maximum health every second and youa re immune to being pulled or knocked back.
Pillbox Sniper	Reduces the cooldwon of Entrench by 15 seconds and Cover Pulse knocks targets back an addtional 5 meters.
Tactical Retreat	Covered Escape heals you for 10% of your maximum health. Additionally, the duration of Evasion is increased by 2 seconds.
Siege Bunker	Reduces all reas affect taken by 60% when entrnch is active.
Deployed Shields	Reduces all damage taken while in cover by 5% and reduces the cooldown of Ballsitic Shield by 30 seconds.
Over-prepared	Reduces the cooldown of Imperial Preparation by 45 seconds and increases your damage reduction by 15% for 15 seconds after activating Imperial Preparation.

Tacticals

Engineering

TACTICAL	DESCRIPTION	SOURCE
MG-2 Polygrade Dispersal Caps	Cluster Bombs deal damage to all enemies around their target	Operation Bosses
T0-R0 Ionic Discharge	Explosive Probe now only triggers from EMP Discharge and deals 50% more damage	Daily/Weekly Mission Bosses
Ruthless Interrogation	Series of Shots refreshes Interrogation Probe and ticks its damage every time it hits. Electrified Railgun does 50% more damage	Flashpoint Bosses

Marksman

TACTICAL	DESCRIPTION	SOURCE
Refraction Point	Penetrating Blast does splash damage to targets around the primary target and causes your next Followthrough to deal splash damage as well	Flashpoint Bosses
B-0 Differential Targeting System	Activating Covered Escape or returning to your marker with Hololocate makes your next Ambush activate instantly and deal 30% more damage	Fllashpoint Bosses
Agitating Energies	Corrosive Dart deals more damage and dealing damage with Followthrough and Penetrating Blast refreshes its bleed effect on its target and ticks its damage	Operations Bosses

Virulence

TACTICAL	DESCRIPTION	SOURCE
Ultraviolet Blast	Weakening Blast finishes off all of your poison effects at once, dealing all their remaining damage. Weakening Blast’s cooldown is increased by 6 seconds	Daily/Weekly Mission Crates
Airborne Agents	Corrosive Grenade spreads Weakening Blast’s effect. Lethal Shot does splash damage to all targets affected by Corrosive Grenade	Flashpoint Bosses
Exploited Weakness	Weakening Blast deals 100% more damage. Dealing damage with Lethal shot causes the target to take poison damage over 18 seconds	Operation Bosses

All Sniper Specs

TACTICAL	DESCRIPTION	SOURCE
Sniper Siege	Enemies take 10% more damage while under Suppressive Fire. Does not affect Operation bosses	Daily/Weekly Mission Crates
Kolto Bombardment	Orbital Strike heals allies in the area whenever it ticks	Conquest Crates
Technical Debt	Shatter Shot applies Tech Debt to its target. Whenever the target is healed, so are you for a small amount	Crafted – Artifice
CS-3 Velocity Holo-Dampener	Hololocate increases your damage reduction by 15% for 10 seconds when you return	PvP Crates

Gear Sets and Bonuses

Imperial Agent

GEAR	2 SET	4 SET	6 SET
The Slow Road	Master +2%	Frag Grenade slows its primary target and all targets around it by 30% for 6 seconds
Quick Thinker	Master +2%	Any enemy who attacks you during Adrenaline Probe is stunned for 2 seconds
Probe Tech	Endurance +2%	Shield Probe creates a small shield around surrounding allies
Escape Artist	Alacrity +2%	Flash Bang now heals any allies nearby for a small amount and resets the cooldown of countermeasures

Sniper

GEAR	2 SET	4 SET	6 SET
Established Foothold	Mastery +2%	The cooldown of Entrench is reduced by 10 seconds. You gain 2 energy per second while Entrench is active	While Entrenched, you build stacks of Entrenched Offense, increasing damage by 3% per stack while you remain Entrenched. Stacks up to 5 times. Breaking cover or Entrench being removed removes this
Outlaws Parlay	Mastery +2%	The energy cost of Takedown is reduced by 3	Killing an enemy within 3 seconds of damaging them with Takedown resets the cooldown of Takedown and gives you a 5% damage buff. This stacks up to 3 times and lasts 10 seconds
Precise Targeter’s	Mastery +2%	Reduces the cooldown of Target Acquired by 15 seconds and activating Target Acquired restores 15 energy	Laze Target gets 3 charges and its cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds
Repositioning	Alacrity +2%	Reduces the cooldown of Cover Pulse by 5 seconds	Evasion finishes the cooldown of Covered Escape and increases you and your allies movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds

Sources

Where to get the new Set Bonuses (besides Vendors).

NAME	SPEC	SOURCE
Escape Artist	Imperial Agent	Crafted – Armourmech
Established Foothold	Sniper	Operation Bosses
Outlaws Parlay	Sniper	Dxun Operation Bosses
Precise Targeter’s	Sniper	Conquest Crates
Probe Tech	Imperial Agent	Daily/Weekly Mission Crates
Quick Thinker	Imperial Agent	PvP Crates
Repositioning	Sniper	PvP Crates
The Slow Road	Imperial Agent	Conquest Crates

Charges

Charges basically allow you to use select Abilities more than once, depending on the number of Charges they have. For example, if an ability has 2 charges on it, you can use the Ability twice.
You have to have at least 1 Charge to be able to use an Ability with Charges.

When you use an Ability with a Charge once, it uses up one Charge and the Charge timer goes on ‘cooldown’. When the cooldown timer is up, you will gain another ‘Charge’. If you use all the Charges the Ability has, you have to wait for the cooldown timer to complete to be able to use the Ability again.

Snipers have a Set Bonus with Charges.