I understand the additional second to cast your big heal hurts... A lot. But when your big heal is going to heal for even more, a little trade off has to be given. When I said rethink your playstyle, thats exactly what you have to do. I can give a good example as I play the class in direct opposition to sorc healers, and the advice I can give is this: Watch our animations and try to time your heals with our interrupts in mind. If I just interrupted you with my leap, that means I have another interrupt waiting to be used (my kick) so dont try to hit delivarence then. Toss in another casted heal to try and coax an interrupt from me, then hit deliverance when my 2 main interrupts are on cd. My stasis and awe might be off cd, but cc's are generally less reliabe as direct interrupts so you have a higher chance to be successful Also you underestimate the unbelievable effect your cc has on us. In short, time your heals against my interruptions (just as im timing my interruptions against your heals) i understand your overall gameplay and survivability have been shaken but it isnt gamebreaking by any means. Edit: I forgot to add that my main role in warzones is focusing healers, whereas your main role isnt to outheal my dps, it is to immobilize me and keep your team up. Keep that in mind

This may seem alarming, but as a battlemaster sentinel (watchman) i've been pwning people all day long, for a long time. The fact that the other two trees were buffed to give us a choice on playstyle is just a nice addition. However, i will say that when i face people who know my abilities and how to effectivly counter them (as many snipers do) the facade wears off and all can see how fickle our glass cannon really is.

+1 to the OP

I'm honestly waiting to be called a witch and flung into a river lol People are so upset that they have to think a little bit more cleverly to pursue success in pvp. I'm welcoming the challenge and look forward to crushing skulls in April

As lead combat designer, Georg Zoeller has overseen and approved each and every change made to combat in the 1.2 patch, and all paches leading up to it. Whether you'd like to admit it or not, this game has been impeccibly balanced when it comes to combat (i know there have been gripes about mirrors having issues, but they will eventually be resolved). The point being, no class completely obliterates any other class when both players have equal knowledge about their own class, and how to counter abilities other classes are bringing to the table. What have we seen in the 1.2 patch notes regarding classes themselves? Dramatic changes to healing Certain specs getting damage reductions, while others gain more Reoptimization to skill trees to entice players to pick and fulfill a single role Now look at the big picture - what is happening to the rest of the game? All item slots have an augment potential (can result in 28x14 more to your base stat overall) Recalculations on stats themselves including the diminishing returns on expertice (further raising damage and healing done to other players) New tiers of gear bringing much higher stats than were previously attainable even by the best optimizations Now stop and think, if all of these new things were added on top of the current PvP system, people would be hitting and healing for unbelievably high damage - teams that didnt stack 4 healers would be useless as fights would be very very short and lopsided. The classes needed adjustments to incorporate this dramatic increase in potential gear. Your class will not be ruined. Post 1.2 after you gear up you should be seeing the same, if not (probably) more damage/healing on your part, regardless if your class got nerfed. Give Georg the credit he is due, he hasn't fallen short of maintaining balance in combat before, and balance will continue to be maintaned (even moreso) post-1.2 Now stop the QQing and start thinking about how you can optimize your spec given the plethora of changes upcoming in the next few weeks.

So to all the people leaving your one button tracer missile spec, do you really think you can hop over to the suddenly 'overpowered' sentinel and continue to be OP? hahahahaha, you kiddies are in for a world of hurt

Thanks again lol, i was trying to rush through as fas as i could, hence being level 5 at the forge xD

Just hopped on the PTS to check out the new 1.2 PvE Gear and here's what we got http://i.imgur.com/s23Ay.jpg I think it definately beats the PvP gear (Consulars excluded as their gear looks like absolute **** in both PvE and PvP sets) Here's a picture of the PvP (Rated War Hero) gear http://i.imgur.com/OVkwC.jpg Please note, these were taken on a Body Type 1 Female Character all specific colors (different types) of gear is not shown, only the models themselves

updated thread with PvE gear

I thought they said they were aware that the Republic gear looked like ****? Now I'm working towards this? No wonder they made orange armor king in 1.2... http://i.imgur.com/OVkwC.jpg And here's a picture of the PvE gear http://i.imgur.com/s23Ay.jpg Please note, these were taken on a Body Type 1 Female Character all specific colors (different types) of gear is not shown, only the models themselves

As a Jedi Sentnel I love inquisitors, I can burn any inqisitor any spec with my left hand tied behind my back (except for assassin tank)

Every post regarding Blade Storm as a Watchman sent says something along the list of AVOID AT ALL COSTS I know the math, I know the 2x Slash Spam > 1 Bladestorm costing the same focus, and I don't use Blade Storm when I don't have to But here's the catch... SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO. Don't say NEVER use Blade Storm because it is an incredibly good situational ability I use Blade Storm when: 1) I need to get a heavy armored target down to <20% to dispatch - Blade Storm is a Force ability, therefore most damage mitigations are ignored 2) If I'm CC'd or being kited, Blade Storm (and Crippling Blow) are my only two ranged moves that I can use all the time, and you're damn right that I'm going to use both 3) Big burst damage in a short amount of time. When I need to nuke someone fast (rack up some extra damage right as a WZ ends, for example) you're damn right I'm going to hit Merc. Slash, Bladestorm, Dispatch or Master Strike. Basically in any situation where I'm not focusing on my rotation, but more 100% burst damage right there, Blade Storm ends up getting used So don't say NEVER USE BLADE STORM, because Blade Storm is an unbelievably good situational move; just use it wisely. When you're in melee range, everything is on cooldown, and you have focus to spend, spam slash.

There's a member in my guild who's dad plays (his dad's a battlemaster) I pvp'd with both of them many times without knowing of their relationship until much later

They're late....

How did you guys combat res so many people...?

http://screensnapr.com/v/2kWxMX.png Really appreciate it Bioware. Couldn't even see how I did that match

Iron Citadel is a great PvP server with about equal population on each side

Server Name: Iron Citadel Faction: Republic Character Name: Merza Craftable Schematic: +33 Power Price/Tip: Pst me in game. Depends if you have mats.

Pocket healer + ignore all objectives (just kill ****)

Then Shii-Cho all day lol

Shii-Cho in regular combat, and hop over to Juyo when you build centering (or if your focus building movies are on CD, stay in Shii-Cho and enjoy the focus-less AOE slash) Because the primary damage will be coming from advantages found in Shii-Cho form, its only wise to stay in that stance unless you want to utilize the stronger Juyo Zen

I leveled to 25 in focus, and after that switched to watchman until well past 50. I've resently respeced back into focus and there are some things I loved from both trees, so I decided to throw together a hybrid build of both. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#501bIrkMoMZZRMRrdbR0M.1 I have yet to test this build (just respeced back to Focus today so I want to master it a bit more) but I can easily see how this tree could end up being very very lethal with a combo of DoT stacking (OS and Cauterize) and building up Singularity for big Force Sweeps (Aided with close quarters) What do you guys think? I'm definately gonna miss Force Exhaustion more than Merciless Slash (the only real downside I see in the tree)

The only pre-made that steamrolls our guild on a daily basis is Every Villian is Lemons... the 50s bracket only made it worse

also *** with Watchguard? Do you seriously use Pacify at all? Only benefit i can see is the shortened CD on force kick, but i already have 2 other interrupts i can bank on IF kick is in cooldown (Already short CD as is)