If you "fear" anyone you're the biggest vajayjay ever, this is a video game. Nothing that happens here matters, it isn't going to hurt, isn't going to get you paid, and it most certainly won't get you laid.

I switched back, assault/pyro is just better, tactics has a bit more utility, and it is viable, but Assault just brings it. Now I only played about 20 warzones before I switched back, i have seen people use it effectively. It has more utility than assault, but my dps was consistently a 1/3 lower with this spec.

What you say makes sense until I think of Marauders and how silly OP they are. Or how the "smash" classes have almost made our dps obsolete by way of comparison.

I didn't, I put it into actual spec, but I find that i am terrible getting it set up. Only been one night's playing thus far, but at the moment I hate this spec lol....................I know it will take more time to get a feel for it, but assault strikes me as superior at this point in time.

Well, I actually have played a couple post 50 specs on my BH. I started with full shield specialist, then I moved on to the parakeet, then I went fully pyro. This one is full assault(pyro) atm, it is so easy there isn't much to understand, but I think the play style for this spec may be a bit more complicated.

Also, I have two points in the assault tree stock strike upgrade, should those two points maybe go in the HiB upgrade in tactics instead?

http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#801ZrkMrRbckzZb.2 This is the spec i was toying with, any input, and rotation advice?

They should switch grapple with charge, meaning make grapple the one you have to spec into. With our new range limitations it is more equitable.

Because charge is more reliable and not effected by resolve. There are LOS issues that are kinda buggy with poon, that don't effect charge as much, even if they corner you, if it goes off you're going to get to where they were. I haven't found the netf to be too odious in the sub 50 bracket, and tend to fight inside the 4m. Although I use my range stuff as I close, which is better than my jugg could do. I feel the nerf was laughable considering marauders didn't get a nerf and continue to get buffs, but at the end of the day it wasn't a killer And one on one I still have my way with most classes, only a marauder with all his cool downs and vanish thingie up pose a problem, and even they aren't that big of an issue for me if i have cool downs and WZ stims up. With all that said I haven't played my 50PT, i moved servers and rerolled so I have no idea how things are doing in the 50 bracket and ranked.

Alright, some of what the dude before you posted is true, this server has more premades and thus is more competitive, especially to a guildless solo Q'er like myself. But another problem was just levels, I got to 20, got gear in every slot, some augments, and incinerate round and my dps spiked up to around 200k a match. I haven't had to deal with the thermal det range nerf yet, not hgih enough, but from range i open with sticky grenade and hammrshots until i get close(HiB if up) and then apply the good stuff once i get to 10mm. My one on one success has gone way up as well as dps. Can anyone definitively answer this for me, I asked in general and got different answers, is sticky grenade and Assaupt plastic not on the same cool down any more, if so I could make that work,s tick grenade from 30m, IR when inside 10mm, then AP, then stock strike, that should hurt anyone with a few well timed rail shots. I was going to go middle tree, but I may just stay pyro.

Came back, rerolled on another server because I just didn't want to deal with any population issues. I quit this game several months ago, my main was a PT. I tend to que solo a lot, especially lately because I am not even in a guild. When I left, I could get in the 200k range dps in the sub 50 bracket from about level 15 on, sometimes more, I was always in the top 3 dps per match, like it was a given. Anyways, I don't know if its my rotation, which is the one I always used, or if its gear, or if maybe i just forgot how to play. Also, I find myself targeted contantly, the problem with pugs is most ignore healer, I attack them and end up with an assist train on me. So, due to the high pop of the new server do you think I am jut running into more premades, like every match it feels like, or have I obtained too much fail in my off time?

Come on ya'll, 24 views and no one had anything for me?

I left when they killed the parakeet, came back as full pyro, and just decided to play again after several months off, but have seen they've nerfed me yet again. So, I just don't like force users, am not a good stealth player, and don't like caster types so I am going to do trooper again(was BH last time round) but tank spec imho opinion is broken for pvp, I have no desire to deal with the pyro nerf, so i am going to go middle tree this time, that's tactics for troopers right? So, I was either going to go full tactics or 23/18 what are your opinions on these two builds, what's a good rotation for full tactics? And I am average-ish player, I usually do good deeps and play objectives but I am not one of the l33t kids, will i grasp tactics as well as I did pyro, or should I succumb to fotm, against my better judgement and just roll a sentinel lol? Anyways, anything you want to share with me would be much appreciated. I don't need to be OP. I just want to have the best chance against various opponents.

Why should you do more as a merc/commando? Your first tree is healing, so applying your logic why should a class with heals as its primary tree do more damage than a class who's primary tree is tanking, they're both dps secondary class trees. Mercs/commandos need some help, but the automatic assumption you should do more damage than a vanguard is silly. The fact is you can do all your damage from 30M, the price you pay for the range imho.

Right now merc/commando seems broken to me, Vanguard DPS is way better, if you're interested in healing I'd skip it all together and make a scoundrel/operative healer, as they're far and away the best right now.