I'll have a shot on sorting my thoughts. I think the OP means the usual: Republic is at disadvantage in direct comparison to Empire because things like animations according to the OP make Republic damage be delivered later than the damage applied by Empire characters. Did I get that right?

Similar to how things are in Eve Online. An economy is way more immersive and alive if there isn't only a "seller market" but also a "buyer market". Allow players to create e.g. the order for 10 Underworld Trading missions 340 for people to browse them and sell up to 10 for them at the offered price. Having the whole WTB only working via the chat is inefficient and lazy. Such a feature could lead to crafters actually getting more offers again and craft more than for their own needs again by making the demand for goods way more visible than WTB/WTS chats could ever do.

While I think that guy was totally out of line and should receive a warning or more I also really don't see a point of those "I quit" threads. Voicing the issues is fine and you have some very viable points there. Why tainting them by what seems like an attention-seeking "I quit" message? I hope you'll find a game experience more suitable for you somewhere.

People would just find loopholes like unplugging something to make it look like a dc. If dc also would get punished then you again would have an outcry (an understandable one) of people with wonky connections. As much as I agree that the leaver issue has to be adressed, heavy-handed actions would probably cause more harm than good.

Bioware got her and performed brainwashing! It must be that! Glad you're having fun again. I also do but not even remotely as much as even little but feelable tweaks on damage numbers could lead to.

Your post is to the point, constructive and your point is true. Sorry to say but that's just why it will get ignored once again. The "it really is not too hard to not let games start until teams are even" has been ignored many times now. For some unexplainable reason BW doesn't even comment on it.

There your credibility went poof. People knowing more about the class than "Uuuuuh lightning, youch, hurts" know what a big impact the recent nerf actually has. Better inform yourself before calling for nerfs after you got owned. Such stuff got this game in a real balance mess in the first place.

Interesting idea if you can get past the initial "eh, is he serious?!" state. Still nothing that will ever happen since people naturally will never enjoy progressing negatively. Psychologically I can see many issues with long-term motivation there. Progression has to remain directed upwards. Ideally brackets should prevent the differences in progression from turning too big but that's something that hopefully will happen in ranked wz. At least if the system will be any good.

In another thread I saw someone stating that there was a reply to a ticket in which the support stated that the way it now is with 1.2 would be the way BW actually wants PVP and healing to be. While I'm not 100% certain if that was legit I still have a feeling like there won't be much of a change in the near future. Well, unless the outcry of the community will remain as loud what I do hope for!

It's BW's clumsy attempt for an afk prevention. You have to participate enough to at least get 3 medals otherwise you won't get any reward. Even if your team wins but you didn't get at least 3 medals you get nothing.

In other games it takes many months or even year to complete the highest PVP set. While I would also LIKE to see the wz rewards tweaked I really don't consider the grind as extreme as you seem to do.

While I personally have no issues with the lowered reward for myself I do hate to see the friends that I talked into giving PVP a try getting very much demotivated by this rubbish. As it always has been the group with more "unexperienced and undergeared" people will usually lose. I don't want the gear gap to grow even further.

While I'm sorry for your loss I at the same time am with the guy that basically said "your own fault".

Sorry to hear that you were that unlucky. I got an augment slot on the 3rd attempt which then was followed by about 10 unsuccessful attempts though.

4k? People have complained all day about marauders at times even landing 9k crits (with relict and all). 4k for me seems rather normal but then my main is a squishy Sorc

Almost full Battlemaster gear and getting 0 medals? You get at least 1-2 medals for even just looking at people funny nowadays. And it's not like he's stunned forever but he's probably just dying a lot faster like all of us. BW simply failed with whatever they did to boost dps to those sick intensities.

To fall in line with all the people that used to complain about Sorc before 1.2: I have no respect for any Marauder anymore. In the current state of the game they can pull off all they want without even getting close to impressing me. Faceroll FOTM class that serious PVPers would never ever sign up to a WZ with. See what I did there.

I'm glad you see things that way OP. It definitely is a viable opinion, the one people have no matter how tough of a challenge you throw at them. Last night it actually felt similarly for me when facing medium strong opponents. When I faced strong premade opponents (those that pre 1.2 already gave me a hard time) then it simply wasn't fun anymore. I can live with dying when it is deserved. I can live with being rendered unable to heal much at all BUT dying whenever someone looks at me funny in the course of 1 or 2 CC even if only one dps focuses me at times (I'm wearing BM gear) or while I might try to at least get 1 or 2 heals off before dying then it just isn't bearable. TL,DR: Against medium difficulty I'd be with you. Healing against good premades is unbearable.

I keep telling myself that this CAN'T be how they want it to be but the longer it takes for them to make an announcement about adjustments the more my belief in their sanity will dwindle.

Try the thread title. Not that such nitpicky stuff matters.

That certainly would be one way to make healing stronger again. There would be many different ones BUT I fear BW has to first decide if they want to balance their fail nerfs out or if they are happy with this flawed state of PVP. Before 1.2 I would have said "Their sight on the game can't be that flawed that they won't correct this mishap". Since 1.2 ... errr... nice weather today, huh?

It can be a tiny bit better due to the augment slots you can now get on orange gear. Basically you then would have WH gear with every piece having an augment on top. The difference isn't really big though.

He said he only lost once in 45 levels of one on one. Since you can't engage in PVP before level 10 he therefore must be level 55. Get your math straight!

Let me ask you if you actually have played since 1.2. You seem to actually believe that you can just stand there and outheal the damage (implied by "simply heal yourself"). That's rubbish. You might have a chance against most class with some smart use of CC and the occasional kiting but calling yourself unbeatable in that spec remains nothing but rubbish. And risking to be nit-picky but it is NOT instant if you need 2 GCD which also consists of a 2.5 (base time) heal to regenerate health. A good dps won't leave you unharrassed and cna easily out-dps your hps there.

Imagining that in some sort of live radio transmission with funny sounds like BOINK now and then actually made me smile. Thanks.