About 1.3% more PvP damage bonus from expertise [and less from the other two], plus it has 61 mods instead of 58. Different itemization though, and a horrible grind for min/maxers.

Show me a 1v1 that lasts 30 seconds that isn't two tanks, two healers, or a tank vs. a healer and I'll promise to fix the TTK shorter.

GW has never had a gear grind. Once you got your level 20 gear, it was the equivalent to everyone else's. The only differences were items in the gear and skins.

^He is correct.

My vote: It is not needed. Want to know how to get rid of it fairly easily? Straight up take it out. The system that's currently in place for gear, IE grinding it in PvP vs. PvE works. Dumb down the stats in PvE armor to be equivalent to the stats of PvP armor. Boom. Guess what? You've got a system that doesn't favor anyone in particular, and everyone can PvP on par with everyone else. Yes, there will still be a gear advantage to those with Rakata or Black Hole vs. people in recruit and BM. Guess what? It'd end up being the identical advantage someone in War Hero has vs. the same people in BM/recruit gear. Once again, boom. Fixed.

bolster, woo!

Kind of. If you queue up with 8 guys for ranked and there aren't another 8 people on the opposite side queueing, it will get backfilled with people queueing for normal warzones. That, essentially, means you'll get facerolled and their ratings will go up.

Because you used to be able to stand on the podium and attack anyone in range. but no one could get LoS on you.

Nah, that's only if you did it entirely in 72-80 hours straight.

They are assassin tanks and won. wat

Oh the days of taking noobs into my SorsoSub Luxury Yatch in pre-cu and them not being able to get out. Those were the days.

This. I'm using an old mx518 [two extra mappable buttons + MMB for auto-run] and my laptop's keyboard. Try setting up your keys in a way that you'll hit a few parts of your rotation easily and without much movement. Also, defensives must be easy to reach. For example, my rotation is, typically, something like this: Shock [Q], Whither [3], Thrash [2], Shock [Q], Force Lightning [4], and then Assassinate [E] if they are low enough. I can use 3 fingers for this rotation, fairly easily and quickly. Granted, I've been using the same basic keybinds [Q, E, R, T, F, V, C, X, 1, 2, 3, 4, + shift-versions, + mouse buttons] for years. Just get used to it, play for a few days and make changes as you see fit. It's all about muscle memory.

Dual Marauders/Sentinels that know what they're doing will destroy that set up. Focus on the healer, set DoTs [Anni spec], set DoTs on tank, keep DoTs on both, burn them down.

The lower your level, the higher your bolster buff is. AKA, being able to hit for 3k with Maul at level 14 and having 54% armor rating.

Uhh, no. This game truly is full of *******.