It depends how you target enemies. I use 4-5 buttons for targeting, not only tab, but also next and prev enemy, center screen enemy etc.c. it allows me to switch and select the needed target fast and i can do that on the move at the same time i kiting or strafing. I have no troubles selecting targets. Instead of using 15 buttons for attacks and buffs I use 3-4 buttons with macros. The problem with "Force in balance" it doesn't fit that kind of play style, macros doesn't work properly with area selection abilities. So you have to play without macros root your self for half a second to select where to apply the ability, need more buttons to use, cannot apply ability automatically when CD is over - it is just not competitive.

It should affect selected target and area around like "slow time" or "wither".

I mean to use death field you have to click this ability on the ground to activate it. For example, as a tank assassin to use "Wither" you only need to press a button, but to use death field you need first to press button and after that click on the ground.

The food chain in pvp currently is different. Guardians, mercs and assassins are not OP classes currently. Everyone will tell you powertechs and marauders are the strongest dps, and operatives are the best healers.

The madness assassin and sorc have serious problem, to use death field you have to use mouse for area selection. This prevent to use this ability properly on the move especially during kiting, you also have to spend time selecting area, so it is a dps freeze for about 0.5 - 1 sec every time you use this ability. macros doesn't work with this ability, to be competitive at high level pvp you have to use macros. Spec with no use of macros is a broken spec. If death field was applied to enemy target and affect targets around like "Wither" this spec would be competitive. I hope BW fix "Force in balance" and wither to use without mouse interference.

Sniper won't be fotm. They have very bad mobility and easy to shut down.

I think it is not a melee domination only marauder is very strong, but other melee are complete crap. DPS operatives, dps assasins are complete crap. Currently we have few strong classes and plenty of useless. For PvP healing Operative is the best by far. Merc is acceptable for healing but only as a OP replacement. Best dps classes are vanguard and marauder, sniper also is not so bad. The is no reason to bring other classes as dps. From a rated PvP perspective here is current situation. DPS Vanguard - very desired in rated, best PvP dps. Tank vanguard - has its place in rated team composition, not excellent but acceptable. Marauder - very desired in rated, great dps and survivability. Sniper - It is ok as a replacement, damage is great but mobility is awful. DPS Commando - useless Healing Commando - ok as a replacement if there is no healing Operative available. Sage - no viable spec for rated both heal and dps. DPS operative - useless Healing operative - best PVP healer, very desired in rated. DPS guardian - some player play rage and have big numbers in damage done can be invited, but vanguard or sentinel is better. Tank guardian - good for carrying balls and shielding healers. DPS assasin - useless tank assasin - very desired, very good pvp spec.

yes sorc/sages are fine, we need more free kills. On a serious note there is no sage viable pvp spec for rated.

Concerning to numbers HPS is still better than DPS any healer can do more healing than dps can do damage.

This is easy many players join WZ at the end of the match. They play not from the start.

I just did 267 000 damage on my lvl 12 vanguard, it is incredible. The closest guy did about 150 000 damage and he/she was on 40+ char. Recently playing my sniper at 50 I saw PT did 600 000 damage, I was in my sniper with 300 000 damage and I did pretty well , died very few times and almost all the time was dealing damage with quite low downtime.

Please don't nerf PT now, let us FOTM rerollers take a blast.

Guys, does any one heard rumors about BW is going to implement faction change and character recustomisation in near future?

Actually i wish to see the standard MMO functionality , I think it is the majority of played wants. 1. Faction change. You know many people have friends in different fraction and no option to play with your friends until you reroll from empire to republic. 2. Character recustomisation. 3. Cross server WZ and RWZ. 4. An ability to see rated teams and players from the web. 5. Arena 2v2,3v3 and 5v5. 6. Macros 7. Dual spec and reduced cost on respeccing. 8. Proper area for dueling. We need allow duels in rep/imp fleet. If BW do that WOW will be beaten. From my point of view additions above are FAR more important than new content. We need more flexibility in game and see actually from the web Who is number one in rated:)

What comps top teams are running?

The FOTM of coarse. Currently the best PvP classes are Powertech / Vanguard for DPS and Operative / Scoundrel for healing, for tanking it doesn't matter. It is faster to level toon from 1 to 50 than 1,4 bring new FOTM.

A am actually confused about choosing crew skill to maximize stats. Is still biochem the best with its rakata medpack, stim and adrenal. Does any other crew skills give boost to stats? Is it possible just to buy reusable biochem stim, adrenal and medpack in auction house and use it without having biochem?

Just an hour ago i killed two sages at my sniper, they have full WH gear , but I was in BM gear with 2 WH. It was clear 2v1 situation and i have worse gear. I was in clear field in Novare coast and popped all my defencive CD and entrench. With lucky crits first sorc died in 4 shots, After second sorc died I had about half of my health. I am sure if it was two pyro PT I died in few seconds.

Sorc is by far the worst healer for PvP. No mobility, no survivability, very long cast times, and you run out of force fast. If you want to heal in PvP reroll operative or merc.

The opposing team play worse than a pug. Melee always charge on tanks rather than on healers. The most funny thing you run into enemy team alone use knockback and no one focus on you.

You intrigued me, what is your ranked team composition?

I played both healers sage and merc. From my point of view sage is not viable as a healer. I would better bring another dps into team rather than sage healer. Merc is not so bad you have heavu armor can cast instant heals on the move under shield you can cast big heals without being interrupted. You can survive under attack of two dps for long time. Energy management is ok, almost never overheat. Sage healer is NOT PLAYABLE. Force management is awful, you run out of force fast and cannot do anything. Your main heal is 2.5 sec cast and everyone can interrupt you. You have another channeled heal for 3 second. The worse thing you cannot survive even if one dps on you. The conclusion is if you ant to create a descent RWZ team you should not bring sage at all, no matter of spec. If you have troubles finding 2 healers merc or OP, bring 5 dps or 3 tanks, but never take sages. I prefer low skilled merc healer over high skilled sage healer.

There is no rock, scissors and paper classes in MMO. It is a myth what some classes have higher skill cap than others. Everything is easy there are just strong classes with better mechanics and the weak classes with bad mechanics. Strong classes have usually instant attacks with no restrictions on use and better damage output and better defense. There are weak classes with low damage plenty of restrictions and long cast time. Sage is a typical example of weak class, this is nothing with player skills.

I have merc too, it is not so bad as sage, beleive me, merc at least playable, but sage is broken at all specs. Merc healer is not so bad, and pyro merc is not full crap. Of course PT and mara still the best in dps and OP the best as a healer, but merc is somewhere in the middle.

I just played few matches on my sage. The good thing sage is not my main. Class is completely broken. It is not playable in PvP because having long cast time with 0 mobility and the lowest survivability at the same time is absurd. Animations looks good, but switching to merc which is considering now a weak class is like day and night. After playing my sage for few days i shelved it again.