Hey guys,
I skimmed through this thread and figured i could add something. Im a shadow tank and i use 31 in kinetic. I usually do wz's with a healer friend. I wear a full set of tank BM gear, while my healer has a mixed set of BM and champ.
A good match i can usually put out ~400k damage ~200k prot and anywhere between 60-100k heals. But i know the only reason i do that is because i have a healer that can keep me alive the entire match. If it wasn't for that i would never get close to that amount of damage or healing.
Sure it seems like its good dps at the end of the round, but really like i said the only reason its high is because most of the time i have been constantly fighting and not died. My crits do like 3k and the only people i can kill fast are under geared. I honestly think that most of the problem is people on the other team for one tend to attack me instead of my healer. And don't have the gear to match us.
I don't know if this class is OP or not, since i haven't played any other class yet. But i can say this.. Iv had matches where i can dominate people on the other team, and iv had matches where 2 people on the other team can burn me down in a few seconds. I honestly think that this has a lot to do with gear..