I can agree with this, IF they have it an option 10 games OR 3 wins so that if you get into a funk you can still get your gear but its gonna still be slower than winning. Ya know? Cause there are some nights I que up 3 times and get 3 wins and others where I que up all night long and if i am lucky get one win

Uhm I am sorry to tell you this, butttttt most of the classes are 1 button wonders, welcome to bioware PvP.

I can guarentee if they changed the visability of the skill, half of these people wouldnt be here, they just see BH using this skill and think thats all they use, if the way it looked was less durastic, people wouldn't be here. all ou QQ's need to L2P and stop being so bad at the game, if you want to lower the damage fine but then you better make it less heat, i would be fine with that, other than that, any nerf BW does will obliterate the class.

I wouldn't unsub, But I sure as hell would no longer DPS on my BH, I would switch to heals until all the whiners complain that my heals are op. and that gets nerfed, mass majority of players = noob which then they complain and being the majority dumb the game down so bad that my 5yr old nephew can pwn most the people in the game. YAY nubbers!

quoted for truth.... this person obviously knows how to counter arsenal BH.

I am fine with a 5 second cooldown if you make tracer missle automatically put 5x heat sig on, also have a 50% chance to recharge unload, and also give me 5x shield and bonus damage to rail shot. then fine I will allow the 5 second cooldown, other than that you are completely gimping the class making it unviable. The entire arsenal tree is built around tracer missle, It is fine, those who have a clue how to pvp, interupt the cast bar at almost full then by the time I get off cd and have to cast again I am lucky to get one off before you can interupt me again. I have seen it over and over in warfronts, there is the people who dont have interupt keybound, those that do have a huge gap in skill and usually can take me out without much fuss because I dont really have any other skills besides powershot that can give me the buffs i need to do damage, quit whining about tracer missle and L2P cause that is the real issue here, not tracer spam. there are so many counters and those who are good at PvP have found them, and exploited them, sheesh. ellll tooo peeeeee

arsenal merc and i hate sentinal/marauders, the interupt screws me over!

lol "fact" nope bud that is opinion, those who bust through to gear grind, leave anyways, sorry but that is what happens, MMo's have turnover rates, with "tiered gear" you cut off your refresh rate leaveing the game wanting for more player base, cosmetic gear that looks better, is one reason, also a rating system keeps players far longer than OMGWTfreakBBQ gear.

not to mention with brackets, you seperate your player base, you think it is bad getting huttball all the time now, just introduce valor brackets and see how many matches you get. If there wasnt a gear cap, you would be able to do the bolster system and all PvPers would be able to compete against each other without incident, expertise ruined bolstered PvP. how it should have worked was 10-30, 31-50 brackets, never have to worry about pops, fast ques, and hella fun PvP. but engaging fun pvp is quickly fleeting, I have to say Bioware followed like a sheep to the slaughter, nothing innovative about PvP, alienating thier new player refresh, and going for gear progression instead of cosmetic/rated progression.

LoL at all these posts, you guys think it is fine now, both are arguing about expertise, both have valid points, but the problem as it is now will only escalate, when the next tier of gear is introduced people in PvP who start fresh will get grinded to dust and leave. The effective situation here is you are cutting off your refresh rate of new players, gear progression in PvE... not so bad, they still have low stuff to get their gear before progressing into the new content, those in PvP? are stuck, fighting all those people tiered higher than them. Gear progression in its basic form is flawed and the reason all these new MMO's are failing. These companies are alienating the new player base. 1 of 2 things have to happen in PvP 1: Have tiered battle grounds Based on expertise level. 2: Get rid of expertise all together But then again with the gear progression with better stats, you will eventually get to a point with gear gap problems. like i said gear progression is flawed, gear cap is only way to ensure good transition from old player base to new, with cosmetic gear as a reward to allow for all the "character progression" players to be satisfied.

I never said anything about DCUO, The MMO that kept me for 6 years was Guildwars, Some of the Best PvP I have ever played, it was all about skill and strategy, and teamplay, no one had the advantage, and because of that the matches were fun. I grinded my gear in this game all the time hating bioware for it, it wasn't fun at all, and do i feel more progressed no, i feel like I have a distinct advantage and find very few good matches. many times a good match that would have been epic withour gear gaps, was meh for me because of it. there is no skill involved in this game, at all.

I am saying, remove progressive gear completely, have gear sets that are unlocked at certain valor levels, that are cosmetic only, that way as you progress you can get better looking gear , BUT still have the challenge of equal pvp, not OMG BBQ *** GEAR HAX pvp. Expertise by its nature unbalances PvP. you will NEVER have any glimpse of balance in this game with a stat that reduces/improves a players damage taken/damage put out.

you answered your own question... endgame gear should be equal in stats. then you actually have to be good at the game to win matches, not just a noob who afk'd matches to get enough valor to get BM gear. the whole gear mentality is flawed, as was said before you cut the refresh rate by 95% because lets face it, who wants to work all day just to come home and get rolled by geared players who have nothing else to do but grind gear. I see SO MANY videos on YouTube with people who spam one ability and roll others because they outgear them, this is a flawed system, skill > gear imo. Sure, have Gear gaps and watch your player base dwindle because none of the new people last long enough in the game to replenish those that are leaving.

guildwars did it right, gear is not an issue, PvP is about skill and competition. the problem you have is all the WoW boyz and girlz comin over here and thinking anything different is a curse to the game. I have the gear, and I still think it is stupid to have a stat that gives such an advantage as expertise, I loved leveling up in PvP when no one was geared with expertise, there was always PvP matches, people were even. it was a BLAST, then people showed up in champion gear and ruined the PvP for everyone else, therefore we have bracket for 50's, Doesn't anyone else see the problem here? PvP WAS fun until one stat was introduced and unbalanced PvP. guess what that was... you got it... expertise.

its simple, /report afk kick feature in PvP, guildwars had it and i never heard any complaining, yes occassionally you get the jerks who dont like you and do it to get you booted, but it has more advantages than disadvantages. people will think twice espescially if they have an hour ban from pvp like GW had.

I dont know what you guys are all complaining about, I get a piece in almost every bag, I have 11 belts, 5 bracers, and 6 gloves, wait... WHAT THE!!!

actually, it would be 6.5 seconds, 4 seconds unusable, 2.5 on using again. if you cant do something effective in that amount of time, its time to l2p

that is too simple, neh lets screw up a whole tree and start from scratch, thats a lot simpler.... well in the OP's world anyway.

any BH that just spams the one ability isn't doing it right, PLUS if you dont get crits with it your heat builds up fast. the only reason you are QQing is because the animation is so definate for it thats all you see, what you don't see is the dozen or so other abilities a good BH is using to mow you over with. Its about skill, yeah you can spam it and do good damage, but if you are not using the other skills associated with it, you are not getting the most out of your class. I can agree having one skill over and over is silly, but that is how it is built, and not only for the BH, it just has the most noticeable FX, so kids like you come here and QQ, the whole time without understanding that the build actually takes skill to run it the way it is designed. ALSO you come on here, yell for nerf, when it has been shown that it is easy to avoid tracer missle spam, yet that ain't good enough for ya, your class has to be the strongest i mean after all YOU chose it right... lol I can see a bit of a damage decrease but not much due to the amount of heat it builds. and dont say it isn't alot, 5 missles and i am at full heat if I dont crit with them. you cant kill a player with 5 missles, well at least one who knows how to play their class, U know how to play ur class? I have a hard time thinking a stealther would have issues with an arsenal BH... but hey what do i know? lol

anyone who says that they need to put tracer missle on a 30 second / minute cooldown cant even talk in this discussion, cause you obviously have no clue what an arsenal BH is about. Learn about the class before yelling nerf. we HAVE to spam tracer missle 3 times to get our heat sigs up to use heatseaking missle. also HAVE to spam it 2 more times to get our rail shot to hit maximum damage, not to mention spamming it gives the chance to refresh our unload AND give it 25% damage increase. All the people who get on the forum and complain about the spam dont get any respect from me, dont come on here scream for nerf without doing your research, cause you just look silly.

re roll a lowbie, wait for a bit for people to catch up... is it that hard?

i have an idea, re roll a lowbie, til the rest of the population catches up to your hyperspace leveling .... thank you, thank you, all donations can be made to my pay pal account :/ lulz

My whole guild is rerolling, its all we can do to make this game better.... cause right now, faction imbalance is gonna kill this game

World of Tanks, league of legends.... shall i go on listing all the other FPS?

heh, you can be mad when you have opened 30+ bags and have gotten 7 belts, til then, enjoy the randomness. >>>> got belt #7 yesterday <<<<