i hadnt noticed the change of DFA in pvp. went to do my dailies and thats when i realized DFAs radius has been greatly reduced. the first missle can bounce spawns out of DFAs radius and they would no longer take damage for the remainder of the attack. ive been doin dailies every day for nearly two months. this isnt a 'placement' thing. this is a straight up nerf and the poster is right...not much else for a tank to run with as far as dps is concerned. DFAs weakness along with the new ridiculous absorbtion buff made shieldtechs *****. shieldtechs already had to worry about guarding, threat, pulling, stunning, and gettin off their best attacks without overheating too quickly. now they have to worry about keeping that stupid buff up? hello pyrotech!!

what i am realizing - to my dismay - is a bh shieldtechs role in pvp is to protect. find a sorc (any healer really), guard him/her, and make sure they dont go down. more or less you are the right arm of the healer. its not glamorous. its not that much fun. but you do get points for protection and the longer the healer youre guarding stays alive the better your teams chances for success. i have yet to figure out huttball...lots of movement and hard to stay with who youre guarding. it will just take more time i guess to play and understand that style cause im not giving up my shieldtech. pve however i think shieldtechs pwn. i have successfully completed KP and EV (which i thought was harder than KP) a few times being the main tank. just takes some time and knowledge... im not new to my toon. i am however new to FPs and WZs although ive been fighting in them for awhile. but ive been fighting in them all wrong until recently. find a healer and protect them. launch your threat missles at opposing dpsers on teammates. shieldtechs are built to help and protect...they are not built to lead. believe me...i hated this realization but after doing this a few times it has been much clearer at what a shieldtechs true role is. or i could be wrong and shieldtechs have zero place in pvp and im just too stubborn to admit it.

great guide but i was wondering how do you build up your defenses against internal and elemental attacks? going up against jedi in pvp is no treat especially when ive spent hours and unlimited credits building up my defenses just so they can bypass them. i would think a shieldtech tank would be able to withstand a helluva lot better than what ive been seeing. why bother wearing any armor at all - save alot of time of lying to oneself - if this is the case? in case you were wondering, these are my current defensive attributes - 15163 H 7554 AR 48.15% DR 13.11% DC 47.94% SC 37.11% SA ive been dead in 3/4 hits numerous times and to take on 2 at a time id be seriously overmatched because of my limited capabilities with dps being a shieldtech. i also do not understand how juggs get far better defensive statted mods for their gear than bhs do.

happy launch day...right into an hour long queue.