Well firstly it is a very new game to most of us, all but the beta boys. i am 50, 3 pieces of pvp gear now and I have found there is a steep learning curve. Firstly let me say I come from another game where i play a more melee roll and pvp a lot. Every tactic I instinctually go for is WRONG, so I am relearning things for this class. There is no "run into the fight" with as spec, you want to be fighting at max range. In huttball I am often defending from the highest platform so i can knock people into the pit, dps as they come up, stun/slow. It isnt sexy but it is very effective. I pick a location so that when the melee leap to me i knock them to a place they have a hell of a walk to get to. In turrets I try to be ninja (without a hide) hanging back and around obstacles where I pop out to stop them from capturing with aoe's. on offensive again max range and spam tracer/unload as it procs. attack/defend is all about being somewhere to take advantage of LOS issues and either spam people at the door or... well i guess i do it whether attacking or defending so thats it. I have found cover (not agent ability) is key, I have to actually think about where i want to fight from, if you are going to stand in the middle of an open area just spamming tracer then you should expect 4 light sabers to blurr in and wax you. I have not concluded yet whether we are over or under powered in pvp, in pve i out dps everyone and everyone knows it in my groups (because i rant about how awesome I am) ... in world pvp with mako 1v1 i tend to pwn, our long term stun works on their companions and with our debuff remover our companions are relatively safe. Lets just say i win more than 50% with equal level fights. I guess the point of my rant is people are talking skills and not tactics. I will weigh in on op vs up later when i have a clearer view but all and all it is fun as hell. One thing I have noticed though, if I go in with a 4 man pre-made group the que tends to put us up against 4 man pre-made groups and a lot of those groups have full pvp sets and have been fighting pvp since day one, while i was out enjoying my story line. When I que two man or solo I have pretty dominant games, when I que in a 4 man i get smoked a lot. I think that is just gear and experience going on to be honest.

this is an awsome thread fyi tbh fact

firstly if you are using a companion a good chance any merc has Mako out who heals like a champ. A non BG merc has poor healing at best. the BEST part of this post though is you quickly withdrawing, which a BH cannot do, so if you can get out of a fight that easy you should not have the cahouna's to come in here and whine, come in when you get pwned not when you are upset because you didnt pwn.

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