1 year and 3 months later, has anything changed? Do folks want DPs sorcs in their OPS groups? Can dps sorcs hold their own in PVP? did they finally nerf those MERC DCD's? Where is everyone??? Only 19 threads in the SAGE/SORC forums dating back over 3 months!! Oh my...guess yall took my advice.

1.5 *********** years later, and devs have still not nerfed those MERC DCD's...LOOOOOOOL

Maintenance Mode is one hell of a drug.

Yeah, my original thought was that this was to discourage "flash in the pan" noobs from doing Ranked just to get their rewards...but after further consideration, it feels like a mistake on EA/BIOWARE'S end.

At least this will give us some population data about server login numbers. Post a screenshot if you are over 2,000, and I will give you a gold armor set when we all get back in game (I have about 20 for you to choose from).

My current position in queue is now 1488. WHO KNEW THAT MANY PLAYERS STILL EXISTED?

As a sub I went from 231 to 256 in 5 minutes...guess there are other subs out there that get to cut in line. LEL

It's a log-jam.

Get in line boy/girls

Eat Chuta server

Tomorrow is the day that 5.3 lands. If you do not see some of your friends online for the coming months, then you can probably thank the re-balancing.

This whole 5.3 class balance fiasco is proving to the community that the Old Bioware "Heavy Handed Nerf em till they Leave" policy is alive and well. Anyone playing a Sorc class right now has 3 basic options: 1) Find a new Game. 2) Keep on playing and be treated like a second class player. 3) Re-Roll another class and abandon the class that you may love. Enjoy your options.

Sorcs are such crap that even their scheduled 5.3 BUFF was a NERF.

Once upon a time there was a Bioware Dev that, while playing, was horribly trolled and griefed by a random Sorc. in 4.0 Revenge is a dish best served cold, and savored slowly.

Once upon a time there was a Bioware Dev that was horribly trolled and griefed by a Sorc. in 4.0 Revenge is a dish best served cold, and savored slowly.

You make a valid point here. On the old system folks were not so committed, but given the new system's grind length, changing over to a new spec for the average player is a daunting task, due to the time constraint. Now we have seen a lot of "White Knights" here defending their kingdom by saying ...ohhh it's soo easy to level up...etc etc... but the average 10hr a week player knows the truth! It's easy if your playing the game 30hrs a week. But then again, if your playing the game that much...then just about any change is not going to be an issue to you because your known as an "All day player" and I know from experience that there are a lot of those in this game. So the NEXT question is: SHOULD THE DEVS HAVE/WILL MOVE THE LOWER CLASSES UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE TOP CLASSES INSTEAD OF NERFING THE TOP?

I can't help but ask myself if the devs let everyone play too long without balancing classes. Now so many players have committed to their class (God knows how ****** it would be to have to grind up another toon to 300). Now the big nasty nerf hammer comes for your class. Many PvP'ers are complaining about the component grind and many PvE'ers are complaining about having to PVP for the fastest upgrades to 248. Lots of folks are talking about Command crates being full of poo... Did they wait too long....? Is the +- 5% system the right mix, or does this just support FoTM jumpers rolling a melee toon from command 0 to 300? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill? I personally believe the game is going to shut down here in 5 months if they don't get their **** together and go back to splitting PVP and PVE so both camps have a chance to progress their respective progression path separately... but then again I wear a tinfoil hat before opening the blinds. WhiteKnights/Naysayers/Nerfherders are encouraged to post their point of view here to enlighten us PLEBS.

Sorcs...Where will you go? ....My Lovely.....Where will you where will you go???? ------------------------------------------ *Plays Ocean Drive Mix* ------------------------------------------ You leave without a word, no message, no number And now my head is pounding like rolling thunder ------------------------------------------ You left me with a heartache deep inside Girl you should see me cry all night, and I wonder.... :(:(

Yeah, they really backed Sorcs into a corner here. Lighting is poop, and now the nerf bat has smacked healers. You win Bioware... *Waves white flag* Let me take my 1,500 pennies a month somewhere else

Which is why they should all be performing at roughly the same level. Right now Arsenal is extremely overtuned both in DCD's and in DPS. Bioware realizes this also, and is nerfing their DPS in 5.3. But we also need their DCD's nerfed in 5.3X

And one more thing... Stop crying about PvP performance... They say clearly first line is tune DPS and HPS... So changes to utilities will come in second line... So in the other words... Another Nerf for mercs is on the way...

Nope, Just Arsenal with it's braindead 5 button rotation as far as DPS goes. Now for DCD's. ... hmmm let's cut em down to the bone, so they are on the same level as Lightning Sorcs.

Dear Bioware, If you are not going to buff Ligntning/TK or Marksman, please continue to hit mercs with the NERF bat until they their DPS output is on the same level as the other two classes that you mentioned were in the same category below in your post. Ranged Burst Damage Dealers (down to -5% of target DPS) Arsenal Mercenary / Gunnery Command Lightning Sorcerer / Telekinetics Sage Marksmanship Sniper / Sharpshooter Gunslinger This is only fair to the player base. Also please further NERF DCD's for Mercs that are currently overtuned, such as Trauma Regulators in the next patch following 5.3. Fair is fair my friends.

DPS sorcs/sages are in the dumpster right now. Lighning/TK you are looking at prob around September before a buff.

DPS Sorcs/Sages DONT EVEN BOTHER COMMENTING HERE! You don't do enough dps to go into NiM