Always wondered this because it seems like these two classes in particular are often continually jumping (I mean spacebar jumping) while pvping. Is there a benefit to this or is just a case of too much coffee or Mt Dew?

Uh... I must have missed the CCRs on ranked WZ but why again is this?

Been suggesting this myself for a long time. Could also be used to challenge other guilds since guild vs guild warring in this game is not really feasible. Private WZs with no rewards could be very fun and not hard to implement.

I have a valor 78 merc pyro that has been on the shelf for over 2 months while I worked up my now valor 65 PT pyro. Yesterday I decided to start playing my merc pyro again to speed up my WH gear grind (moving items from merc pyro to PT pyro via legacy gear). All I can say is WOW. I had forgot how limited merc pyros are in WZs. They have probably the least utility, little survivability with mid-range DPS. Maybe a F, D and B- respectively. Made me remember quickly why I shelved the merc in the first place.

Completely disagree on this one. Not sure who you are PVPing against but against a team that knows what they are doing a sorc and op healer can be completely shut down (interrupt, interrupt, interrupt). Merc healers are the best PVP healers against GOOD teams. Ops and sorcs may be better against BAD teams who don't target healers effectively.

Merc is the best PVP healer in the game. Unfortunately when I think of a merc BH I don't think of 'healing' and didn't think of healing when I rolled my main. As many others have pointed out merc DPS brings good (but not great) DPS to the table and little to no utility or to put it another way lots of other classes bring the same or better DPS to a WZ with lots of additional utility. So on my main I will probably end up going heals for ranked WZs even though I did not roll the toon to play a healer.

Yep I agree they are very powerful at a 10 meter or so range and a great PVP class. No complaints what so ever. But I was just pointing out as far as being a 'tank' they are not as survivable as several others classes. I think they may be the best PVP DPS class (specced right) in the game just not the best tank. Where as, merc healers are the best PVP healers (against teams that know what they doing anyhow).

Are you focusing on PVE or PVP? I mostly PVP and would say that the merc healer is the best PVP healer because the lack if interruptability. I have a PT pyro and I can burn down sorc and op healers pretty easily, mercs are quite challenging. As far as tanking in PVP PT does not have the survivability of a few other classes. There are probably at least 4 classes with better PVP survivability than PT.

I have both, a valor 78 merc pyro and a valor 35 vanguard assault (basically a PT pyro). TBH the vanguard is way more fun to play currently and feels way more useful in PVP. My merc pyro, my main, just seems to be very ineffective in most WZs other then providing DPS (a lot of which is the non-bursty kind). And any time someone looks at me funny I have to kite.

Yep. A huge mistake teams make while following the ball train on defense is focusing everything on the ball carrier. Healers need to be culled first (like every WZ). Very frustrating to see 4 players working on the tank ball carrier and making no progress as 2 trailing healers are healing.

50 kills and 1 death in most games huh? LOL ok.

^^^ This and it is relatively effective as picking up on screen movement is much easier and quicker then reading ops where "Name of Player" yells pass and then having to find "Name of Player" on the playing field.

My main is a merc pyro 78 valor. I have been leveling a vanguard assault (basically a PT pyro). The VA is level 25 and I can tell you the for PVP it is an absolute world of difference. On my merc pyro I run around, try to do as much damage as possible and hope that I am not noticed. If I am noticed I make an effort to kite. I can not fight on the nodes, I can not burn down a healer, I can not run with the ball in huttball etc. On the VA I feel that I am contributing so much more in WZs. Fighting on the node, yanking a healers with harpoon and taking him out solo, yanking a potential scorer in huttball into the bottom pit etc. Sadly, VA (PT pyro) just brings so much more to a WZ then a merc pyro.

Thanks for the input. I suspected eliminator was the way to go but just wanted to confirm it.

Eliminator or supercommando best for DPS?