Anyone else spec into this talent for PvP heals? If you're like me and consistently targeted I find that it REALLY helps with heat management. The downside is losing 3% crit and 20% kolto missile heals. Just figured I'd throw this out there for awareness and discussion. Spec: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#300rfRoozfdkqZ0cZbcb.1

Average Win Rate: First 100 games after 1.2 I went 96-4, I stopped counting after that. Average Run Time: ~6 mins Valor Rank: 89 Queue status: 4-man only Current Gear: WH Main/Off, 3 other pieces, all pieces augmented.

Second warzone today myself and a PT guildie put up some decent numbers: Voidstar Scoreboard While I definitely overheat more (and his burst is lowered) overall it seems as though most of the communities' worrying was for naught. Just figured I'd share in case anyone is still worried.

To get rated tokens? Is there proof somewhere?

That doesn't even make sense?

Is there any word on how we're going to get War Hero gear now? Also, is there any word as to whether or not we'll be able to get it tomorrow?

First March. Then "Early April". Now "In the future". Do the developers not realize that most of the community PvPs? Bah.

While 900k is fairly impressive, I feel like this scoreboard is significantly more so: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7118/6858281186_f010e2f5e5_o.jpg

PTs are a lot more up close and personal. Their Pulls (and leaps if you spec that way) can change the course of a huttball match easily. PTs are getting a pretty big nerf in 1.2 sadly. On the other hand, so are healing Mercs.

Its one commendation and 50 valor.

DFA really was too big. I know it always sucks when something gets nerfed but... You do realize its the most powerful ranged AOE in the game, right?

Check out the videos in my signature. I have lots of PvP healing ones with commentary.

Pre 1.1.5 you'd be screwed. Now though...You could get it in a weekend if you played 15+ hours a day (with a premade). Also, to the poster who said 195 or 250 total games...what kind of horrible win percentage do you have?

Go us! ^_^ Having never played a class in any MMO with one I'm kind of excited

Right, and I agree that if I'm running and want to stun someone behind me I'll jump, spin camera, fire, and spin camera right back. What I'm saying is that if I'm overheated for whatever reason and need to build up supercharged gas while moving I need to keep firing Rapid Shots over and over. That's impossible to do while keeping forward momentum (at least as far as I can tell).

I've been sponsored when shooting International 10M Air Rifle, but that really isn't anywhere near the same league as being sponsored to play a video game. TBC was 5 years ago. Are you seriously on here bragging about stuff you did half a decade ago and using it as your claim to superiority?

Just wait, soon there will be someone 5-boxing Sorcs ^_^

Yay for other people who dislike PvP elitists

Just stay 10 meters from the target? And if you're trying to capture a neutral target? Operative uses stealth dart on you and starts capping. You either trinket and get a Flash Bang or don't trinket and he caps. And in this case it really is semantics. Both are abilities that stop you from doing anything for a certain amount of time. In the context I'm describing the person who is CCed isn't taking damage so there is no difference between the two.

Mez vs stun... Semantics. My point is still valid.

And if you want to continue shooting someone (whether its with friendly green bolts or angry reds ones) while getting in position for a pass or getting near the center of the pit in huttball?

Does anyone else feel these should be changed to 6 or 7 seconds? If my trinket is down from a previous fight but my resolve bar is no longer full, there is absolutely nothing stopping someone from capping a turret or door. Now, I realize that often its people who trinket the 4 second stun and then get hit for a full 8 that are the ones losing here. If you don't know how to manage cool-downs properly that's your problem. But sometimes there really is nothing you can do. P.S. As a merc I used my timed missile on operatives/smugglers if they try to pull this trick on me. I trinket the first 8 second stun and immediately fire my missile. They stun me but 4 seconds later the missile goes off and they don't get a cap. Most classes can't do this though (especially since dots no longer stop a cap). Also, the answer "always keep two people on defense" doesn't work when you have at least half a warzone full of pugs.

In regards to healing being thankless... I just want to point out that I've probably recieved at least 50,000 valor from MVP votes alone in this game. I usually get 2-3 a warzone on average (sometimes fewer, sometimes 7, very very rarely none). Thats 150 per warzone. I don't feel like doing the math, but I was level 76 before the valor buff so...thats a lot of warzones.

I'm not really that worried about the 1.2 nerfs to Merc Healers. A little less crit, a bit more heat...eh Not that big of a deal. We'll still be awesome

You're half right. Expertise is quite worthless in PvE. Some PvE gear (not a full set) can make you hit harder (though be hit harder yourself as well as receive less heals) in PvP. You can do Hardmode Operations in BM gear easily.