Impressive. No decent player has believed this since the end of Vanilla WoW. To be fair, it used to be this way. Those that healed generally *couldn't* fill other spots, thought they still tried, to everyone's detriment. With time, it became the norm that even healers could legitimately fill a variety of roles. People generally say this because *they* don't want to heal, but by God you should, because you can.

"Wrong" is such a subjective term. Like "grit" and "man up".

How joke posts get a half dozen serious replies I'll never know.

Please take this in the spirit it is intended: a little insight from someone coming up on 200 warzones played. 1. Outnumbering shouldn't happen for more than a minute or two in a warzone. Are you certain of this? 2. Read up on how resolve and the resolve bar work in the game. It will help you learn when to use that CC break and when to save it. Most people don't bother to learn when to CC break. 3. Sith Inquisitor: Use your interrupts and stuns and they're not that bad at all. 4. Have not had any lag problems, but I realize from the volume of posts that many seem to. 5. If you're a good PvP tank who can peel and kill for his healer/burst dps, you will go far. If your healer is good as well, a healer/tank combo can easily turn an entire match. 6. Even with expertise gear I highly doubt this, unless your opponents are naked.

Maybe if you keep this up long enough, the devs will remember what they said, since they've clearly forgotten. -FACEPALM-

Spare me, buddy.

Those classes do peak very late, in their 40s. That said, my guildie plays both and has far more trouble as a Guardian than a Sentinel. I concede that it may be just him, but he does damned well on the Sentinel. I'd like a cite for the devs saying a marauder should do more damage than an assassin. Why *in the world* should a standard melee dps with moderate survivability do more damage than a positionally reliant melee class with limited closers that gets burned down in moments the second its targeted?

This is honestly the most well-balanced launch pvp I've ever seen, and I've played about 15 mmos total. A few small tweaks: Operative/Scoundrel *may* need a slight toning down. I'm still not certain of this though. Sorcerer/Sage needs a slight toning down, they have far too deep a PvP toolbox considering the damage they can put out. Jedi Guardian and Juggernaut definitely need a bit of love, and perhaps switching around of their ability progression. Devs have stated these classes are first on the block for a buff. That said, the balance is so good at the moment that I could probably be happy if it never got any better. Lord knows I've seen worse. Edited like all my posts because I sometimes forget advanced class names.

At level 10, any class can do any warzone. Please note that on heavily population imbalanced servers you may be playing a lot of hutt-ball. Please also note that most classes don't get all their bread and butter pvp abilities until 14, 16, or in a few cases 20. So you may have some growing pains. Finally, note that if you've never PvPed before, you are going to get stomped at first. Try to learn from it and persevere.

This is completely false. I am a software developer myself, and I am not restricted from saying anything on a public space, assuming I either make use of anonymity or disassociate my company from my opinions.

Your points are generally well thought out and supported, or at least arguable. Except for the assertion that "the players have spoken on the forums." If that supposition held water WoW would've died years ago. Your assertion that you're an analyst is interesting but frankly irrelevant. Arguments should be judged on their own merits, not their source. That said, I've followed the gaming industry myself for almost twenty years, and in that time I've learned one thing. Industry analysts are no better at predicting success than anyone else.

Welcome to the idea of the social contract. Do you not tip in restaurants because you don't agree with it? Do you make jokes at funerals? Doing either of these things are your right, but everyone else isn't wrong for calling you out for bad behavior.

Encore! I approve.

Why can so few people appreciate WoW for what it is, while simultaneously appreciating TOR for what it's trying to be?

I understand that this is a lot of people's first MMO, so I do try to set the rules ahead of time in the groups I form. I will say though, this is the first MMO where I've ever felt the need to do that.