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He means it'll make both of you stop auto-attacking, so you have to restart your own attacks but it'll be easier to do since you already know you're about hit mind trick.

And srsly? This is Jedi 101 information. If you don't know this stuff, why are you playing a Jedi?

Ah thanks for explanation. I've always known about mind trick's basic debuff but I honestly did not know it actually stopped my opponent's auto-attack, as a matter of fact I'll bet some of my friends who have played swg since its inception did not know that.

Maybe add this to nerf since it's outdated guys

yep i think it is common knolage also i think ppl were yaying this and not actually trying it.
yes this is helpfull for a jedi that has just respec but for anyone who has played a jedi for a few months would find this out.
i do use lightning when my melstorm is on cool down bt if you use it when its not it puts it on cool down
also i would recomend all you new and old jedi if you havent got your saber throw macro do so at 1 second intervals so it fires every second it help a little

Mind trick works ok in mass pvp but if you're fighting a BH, a good one will have your name on a /target macro. But it does give a debuff to droids most people don't realize. Just a tip.

I want the OP to come find me in Restuss, fight my Jedi, and then repost his results here, along with changing this thread name to (Why I shouldn't post here any more.)

OP posted 2 years ago. Did you consider that it might be just slightly useful at the time of the post? If you think it's no longer useful at all, maybe you should suggest it should be moved into the Nerfed pile.

No offense but that was pretty common knowledge back on corbantis

For all of you wondering about Mind Trick, there are two things you should understand (BTW, this is my first post as well =D)

1) In PvP, Mind Trick no longer causes your opponent to lose auto-attack. When a Jedi used Mind Trick on another player that had the Jedi targeted with Auto-Attack, it used to cause that player to have to re-initialize the auto-attack function by double-clicking the Jedi again. This is no longer the case.

2) Mind Trick DOES give a temporary de-buff to other players during PvP/Duels. This de-buff reduces the strength/damage of that player's attacks.

Keeping these things in mind, it is a waste of Expertise to invest in Mind Trick for two reasons:

1) All Jedi professions receive Mind Trick 1 without requiring them to spend expertise points for it.

2) Spending Expertise on the Mind Trick ability only turns Mind Trick into and Area of Effect (AoE) ability, and increases the duration of the de-buff by a few seconds. Without spending the expertise, Mind Trick 1 has a cool-down time nearly equal to the duration of the de-buff. So, by the time the de-buff has worn off you can reapply it almost immediately.