I stuck with carnage too just because i liked burst dps and i did pretty decent pre 1.2. What people dont realize is that on cd and outnumbered, marauders are pretty worthless. we're really just good at burning down individuals. people make it sound like we're rolling over entire teams solo while the rest of our team stands and watches. rofl

This isnt the only form of aoe. And yes, death from above and its mirror are pretty worthless with the nerf. Real aoe is attacks like fusion missile that put a dot in an aoe. and with powersurge, mercs can cast it instantly without any heat cost. pretty damn devastating. Im going to get some cybertech grenades on my marauder, then i TRULY will be op.

1) join a guild, roll a premade. I have been developing a certain guild since it had 30 members and its finally starting to pay off in pvp. Premades will beat pugs 9/10 times (though ive seen some funny exceptions to this). I believe ranked warzones was supposed to fix the disparity. 2) I dont believe there are too many forms of cc, but i feel like the cd on your cc breaker needs to be lowered in warzones and that the resolve system can be improved. 3) AOE is fine, and, as ill explain further, forms a balance to classes like the marauder. 4) Healers already got nerfed, stop whining. 5) Hybrids make the game interesting. 6) Since they fixed the system where losers got nothing for their efforts, i agree that quitters should be punished. 7) As you can tell by my sig, i have experienced a variety of classes. I can tell you that the marauder is extremely devastating, but not as bad as you think. The marauder is efficient at man to man combat, but will consistently fail to compare to the damage of strong aoe classes. and these classes will fail one on one. Truthfully, most people who play marauders/sentinels are extreme noobs to the class, who only play it because, as you pointed out, it has a reputation as being op. Also, when on cd, the potency of a marauder/sent is extremely hindered too. You just have to know how to play against different classes.

sounds like you want world pvp.

fail pvp guild. goodbye, good riddance haha

325k is nothing to sneeze at when youre a new 50, especially given all the other costs of being a new 50. right now i have my comms maxed at level 48, and when i reach 50 i will be getting two bm pieces and the recruit chest, helmet, and legs. The rest i will get through warzones.

Hmm... I have 5 toons and am about to get a second to 50. I guess i just dont want to dedicate 3 months for each one. It feel like an excessive grind. The focus shouldnt be on getting geared, but on fun.

hmmm, i dont think the reward system should be changed, i think the cost of gear should be changed. I average about 80 comms. At that rate, it will take me roughly 141.25 games to get a full bm set (according to http://www.swtorstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pvp-gear.png. does that seem a bit excessive to anyone else? And dont tell me its and improvement to 1.1, im fully aware and i fully agree.

this a hundred times.

frankly, the old medal system was a better gauge of skill imo. Normally, the players at the top of the board had the most medals, and the most damage/heals. I never observed a medal farming problem UNTIL 1.2. now idiots just go for defense medals like REAL farmers.

Staying on a losing team is completely stupid now. If the losing team is going to get less rewards, then losers will quit as soon as the wz starts to look bad. Really, what's the point of staying? 20 commendations? **** it, im not wasting 15 minutes with some gosh darn (EDIT: rofl, gawd dam is phased out for garsh darn now?) pugs for an *** **** and piss valor (which is worthless too). And, imo, the average of 80 commendations for winning is pretty much ******** too. at that rate, it would take roughly 141.25 wins to get a full bm set, according to this. Pvp should be fun, not a *********** grind and the emphasis shouldnt be on commendations. Can anyone link me to an exact guide for medals? Like how to optimize your medals and how much commendations you get for them.

as long as being on the losing team nets 20 worthless commendations, ill leave early too

frankly, i dont think the cost to pull is quite as bad as the grind to get the gear to begin with. averaging about 80 comms a game, it takes 141.25 games to get a full set of bm gear (according to this). does that seem excessive to anyone else?

theres a valor 70 merc healer on my server who puts out some pretty awesome heals. Id say that all of the healing classes are viable.

I have a 50 merc, 31 operative, and 33 scoundrel. After leveling those two stealth classes, i find the merc to be extremely frustrating at times. Also, the ia act 1 is as good as the bh act 1, but the bh gets a lot worse while i heard the ia gets a lot better. Theyre just different styles of gameplay. roll both

im loving my merc, marauder, scoundrel, and operative, personally. And most of the whiners are grav round/ tm spammers who dont know how to work with an actual rotation.

hahaha this one cracked me up

i play a merc and it doesnt even feel like a nerf. Im still in cent gear, critting for just under 5k, which is a lot more than i used to crit pre nerf.

2* Hand Colt Python Blasters >>>>> Over compensating cannons Empire >>>>> Republic (and, pvp wise, empire dominates republic statistically on the majority of servers) Freedom, independance, and the spoils of war >>>> some general's ***** Who were the iconic troopers of the movies? Oh right, there were none. And you want to know the funniest part? Your avatar is a micro of Shae Vizla, you know, the bounty hunter who let the sith into the jedi temple?

we go through an awkward adolescent phase between levels 1-30, awesome mando armor between 30 through 49, and then **** at 50.

I think the new bm gear does, which is what i researched pre 1.2. Just glad i didnt waste time grinding my new 50 and worked on leveling an alt. So far im perfectly content with this patch. Pays to plan ahead i guess.

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hahahaha ikr?

fully agree with the op.

Sorry to say this but... I followed the 1.2 patch from development, predicted what was going to happen, and never wasted anytime grinding my 50 and instead leveled up some alts. For me, 1.2 is excellent but i guess thats because i planned ahead. Cant wait to finish collecing my bm set so i can pull all the mods out of the trash gear and put them in my awesome pre 50 mando gear