the dmg nerf isant that big of a deal and the ehaling nerf now just requires you to think about how you heal instead of just rolling your face on the number keys, the class is too easy to play and has little challnge atm in 1.2 to keep dps up or heal properly it wil ltake more than rolling our face's across the keys.

this discusion will vary throught class, on marauder it is alot more fesable to use a full columi or better set, however if you dont have the columi/rakata sets you can effectively mod the champs et to be as good if not better for class purpose's you will lose endurance howver but the gains of surge/crit and essentially power is more appealing. as for sorc my best option is too use 2 of the masters BM kit and 2 force mystics BM kit with 1 rakata bit for the set bonus's modding the mystics and masters enhancements to surge/crit from the champ/columi and later rakata items to gain it leaving me with 10 power/34 crit and 38 surge with about 90 willpower and 80 endurance per peace now while the loss of willpower on these items is high it can be compensated with the stalkers rakata belt/offhand and with some grinding the rakata ear and implants and since alacrity factors very little into a sorcs madness dps rotation it is the least wanted option.

imo surge at 75% and thats the max at this point now DR is kicking so much that anything more is useless and you should hit this in BM without even needing to remod, add to that Power is alot more desirable the BM set sorc will beat the surge sorc. however a columi speced soc will beat a BM spec sor and a rakata set sorc will beat a BM set sorc because the the pve gear is alot better than the BM set. so atm if you have columior rakata you should be using that over that BM set reguardless.

the op is trolling right? cos he clearly aint played wow/eve/lotro/or any other top shelf mmo for the past 15 years all the above suffered from them wow had exploits in it for 2 years from the date of launch yet its is stil one fo the biggest mmo pops in the world lotro to date 5 years after release still has exploits in it from release. yes its free to play but at one point it was not. as for bugs id suggest you go play lotro after 1 update comes out compared to lotro swtor is bug free xD besides there going into asia ina month id be more worried about the bot farming chinease gold sellers than a few kids cheating there way to valour rank 60 or exploiting the queueing system to overfill bgs

roaming dosent work but logging out and leaving ilum and then coming back dos work. in 5 hrs yesterday valour counted but kills for the weekly didnt i have 126 of 150 done and came away with 70k valour. besides that thought i killed some at central/south/north and at our own base with no luck, gonna see if going after this reset today it works again. it may just be a time spent in ilum issue.

well marauder on emp side is buffed dmg in annhilation is up massively to what it was althought b4 the update we wernt suffering form the bug that rep marauders were and seem to have been taking adavantage off. if you think this isant wai then empire marauder need buffing to balance with its opposite but as it stands atm in ahhilation in both pve and pvp i do around 250k in full columi and littl less in full champ soi dont see an issue since b4 the update i was strugling to 200k in ahilation with the same kit. and yes i know anhilation isant the pvp build but i dont like switching between specs just to pvp when i have to raid 5 nights a week as for tracer missle/grav spam BH/troopers use your head you have a 4 second interupt for a reason.

i hate to tell you this but if that was intended xD then your oposite was bugged if was a bug then your now in line with your oposite. and annhilation is a nice spec for pvp you just need to know how to play the spec and what not to waste points on.

1.battering assault 2.saber ward 3.rupture 4.anhilate ctrl1. assault ctrl2. saber throw ctrl3. cc removal ctrl4. interupt the rest is up too you based on your movement keys and perfered key mapping system

learn to play, the marauder is a finisher in pvp not the jump in and take all dmg and come out the other side class. you can and should with BM be able to solo almost all class's however it will come down to how and when you use your cc removal skill as to how quikly you end the fight. but if it helps full columi will yeild you better dmg alot better dmg and if you use a expertise pot during a 1v1 you wont have any issues. if you dont have the kit or just hit 50 run with a juggernaut or sorceror and you will notice a signifcant diffrence

IMO what your after is the Anhilation spec with the refresh on rupture. its great for pve both raiding end game and lvling. it helps abit in pvp but ideally for pvp youwant to be using rage. anyway anhilation is what your after combine the bleeds with juyo form and berserk and yo uwill be not only healing yourself but your group aswell. its not alot mind you but it all helps the healers have an easier time of things.

the easiest and simplest solution is to review warzone accomondation/cash/xp/valour. to simply put it -xp half this and turn it into valour pts legendary exp is fine but 20k of it? gimmie 10k valour and 10k legendary xp at 50 and you will see balnce restored to pvp warzones melee will rank up as fast as the ranged and we may even see some range dps back in warzones which would lower the effect of issues on ilum. 15 mins on ilum = 15k 15 mins in a warzone = 15 k its a simple solution tbh to reward time spent

since the range pew pew fests are in full swing. my question is this whats the point in doing pvp warzones? 10 warzones = 15k valour this takes about 2-3 hrs depending on how quik the queue is 2-3 hrs in ilum in a ops group sitting at central = 200k now you tell me whats the point in going into warzones if i can sit at central ilum getting almost 300% more valour in the same time next question why the hell dont we get our valour if were dead? this seriously impeads any reason for a melee player do anything other than sit at the back with protection on a healer or better yet what the hell is marauder ment to do? considering he has to over come 30 meters of range pew pew next question melee have been royally screwed ove r with this patch we either sit inthe pew pew raids hoping not be kicked for not doing anything other than standing at the back cos well we dont get valour while dead or running back even if we have tagged hit or done any dmg to anything. whats your plan to combat this and bring fair gaming and time spent to both rnaged and melee characters?

world pvp is fine lag fest zerg balling isant. and zerg balling with nothign but 150 range class's is even worse. as a melee player i cant even land a force jump with undying rage up my absorb shield my dflect shield switched on you just melt under the shere weight of aoe dmg

hmm average tank medals easily gettable tank specific 2k protection 5k protection 10k protection easy to get 1 kill, solo kill , 1kb, 5 kills 10 kills 25 kills 2.5k single hit 2.5k heal 50k dmg -50k healing 75k dmg - 75k healing 150k dmg - 150k healing all the above are fairly easy to get on almost all class's baring the first 3 i dont see the problem? but if you want more medals in aldaeran easy to get ones 1k defender points 3k defender points 5k defender points unbeatable invincable unstoppable hutball dont bother withthe ball it only gets you dead or worse xD but ther eis one for passing the ball 50 times consecutively i belive voidstar defneder points 1k/3k/5k

hmm lets see after a day of playing with 1.1 -ranged class's have gained nearly 10+ ranks(check) -melee have gained 1 unless they leached (check) both republic and empire -massive fps drops on top spec pcs form 120 frames to near snail crawls of 10 frames (check) - massive frame drops to 1 fps on low performance pcs that before this update were running the game fine (check) - not enought crates spawning for the dailys (check) - valour is nice and high but neglects melee (check) - warzone valour incomparson is tiny (check) 1k for 15 misn or 15k for 15 mins - pvp bags champion still give previously gained items (check) - loading screens at the republic base every 5 meters for lower performance specs(check) - crash's to desktop due too overloaded memorey form going into 5 or 6 loading screens within 2 minutes (check) - telling me where empire targets why do i need to know this if im on there side? and vice versa (check) - loading into warzones and the dreaded desertion time. adding the time ti takes for the laod screens to pop up if you click the enter or join button outside of the first 10 seconds you will most likely be booted form the warzone before loading in or entering the area (check)