Hatred should be a purely sustained spec, that puts a good amount of pressure over time. Currently, it has the best of both worlds, in that it has both great sustained and burst... On top of that it has exceptional AoE DoT spreading. I've been playing Sin/Shadow since beta, and even I think this spec is now over the top. It trumps every other spec in every aspect because it literally has everything... When they do nerf Hatred/Serenity, they need to rebuffed Decep/Infil. Sin/Shadow middle tree needs more burst, since it got nerfed in 3.0. Now it has mediocre damage at best, but pretty good survivability. They need to take the burst from Hatred/Serenity and give it back to Deception/Infil. Then it'd be in a better state, both specs would be playing the role they are suppose to be playing... Decep/Infil as burst, and Hatred/Serenity as sustained.

Better yet they could just make it so we can just customize our height like many other MMOs, it's a wonder a game that cost 300mil to develop doesn't have that option and much lower budget MMOs do... I really don't want my stealth characters and healers to be tall though, so I vote no to a height increase for 1 and 2.

I miss the days when Balance was actually fun and a viable spec. Then it was nerfed with RotHC and then the spec has yet to recover. Still Infiltration is fun to play, and has always been my favorite spec.

My main has always been my Shadow, since beta in fact. Well, actually, was an Assassin at launch and got him near full battlemaster at the time when my guild decided to go Republic, so I switched to Shadow back then. Nonetheless he will always be my favorite and most played character.

Ehhh, people saying this game has the easiest healing out of any have obviously never played Warhammer Online. You could literally like group heal only and group cleanse. Healers in that game were ridiculously overpowered and easy to play, especial DoKs and Warrior Priests.

Yeah to me this is how shadow armor should be.

Well played OP, well played lol! You already pulled one person into your trap.

^This The Egyptians did not use slave labor. Though if I understand it, citizens volunteered to build the pyramids and it was seen as an honor to do so. They were provided with living quarters and food that were placed near the pyramids. Although the Empire, in Star Wars, is of course known for slave labor. Heck, the current Empire in game is using it.

This. You should be comparing Battlemaster vs. Rakata

Maybe to give some 'incentive' to roll Republic, for some players, make it so that Republic has a percentage increase in xp gain. This way people will level faster and not complain about the non-existent 'grind'.

My whole entire guild just rerolled to Republic and we have quite a few 50s (I have a lvl 50 valor 60+ Emp already). Honestly this game is not a grind at all so it is no problem. I mean to get lvl 50 and Battlemaster is nothing in terms of grind. Plus, the Empire has been pretty boring as of late, playing the underdogs is always more interesting. P.S. Huttball sucks.

We really need the option to mute this guy... Btw, as I was reading the op, it was being read in his voice /cringe

I agree with a lot of your points and believe that world PvP needs a bit more incentive to actually convince players to do it. It's kind of annoying how people are just trading points in Ilum, and wish they would just start fighting already. Also it is spelled Ilum, not Illum. One 'L' not two.

Subpar? I wouldn't say that in the slightest, I shred people apart. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/damagec.png/

The highest I ever got was 5k with a relic active.