Ya this is one of the main reasons I am done. That and all the insane lag that this game has is not even close to worth $15 a month in my opinion. I tried to stay with this game and support it, but in my opinion it is not my job to support a video game. They are supposed to be the ones enticing us to play and free to play has taken precedence over their loyal customers. Kind of sad really, I thought it was only Blizzard / Activision that could be this oblivious to their customers. I guess I was mistaken.

Who honestly cares about that when the game is in rough condition? I really question whether or not you are trying to enrage your own community by posting stuff like this when there are so many other problems. Truly mind boggling.

Major lag problems since 1.4. I even set my video card to the lowest settings and have countless other things as well. It is the main reason I have dropped my sub. With another patch coming very soon. (1.5) and F2P coming, all I see in the forseeable future is many problems. If they miraculously fix most of the big problems I will come back but the way things are is quite sad in my opinion. That and getting a warning for asking if anyone else was looking forward to Halo 4... Which I am. Game is fun, but just WAY TOO BUGGY to pay $15 a month for.

Wow, could you be any more self righteous? Are you a Dev at Bioware, or did they just give you the privilege to speak for the game? People can be such jerks these days. Gotta love the anonymous nature of the internet.

We can't even get 20 people in a forum thread to agree on anything so what makes people think that they always have the answers to fix something as complicated as PvP. It is one thing to have some ideas and another thing to request a complete revamp.

I hope your optimism is the right answer. All we got was weapon and off-hand last patch so it would be nice to get a whole new set with 1.6.

I think this as well and it is BS in my opinion. The loyal people get stuck with the same old stuff and then to attract more players to a free game they throw all the good stuff in. I have stuck by this game, but to make it more about F2P is a great big slap in the face of loyal customers who have been paying to play your game, and therefore stood by it. Not very good customer relations coming from Bioware. You are getting real close to being about as efficient as Blizzard. And I gave up on them a long time ago....

Come on Bioware! Why can't you throw Ancient Hypergates in with the 1.5 Patch. I am beginning to wonder if you are just dangling it out there and the plan is to drop it with F2P. If that is the case than it seems like a harsh move to the loyal subscribers of your game. I am not going to talk poorly about the stuff in this next few patch that does absolutely nothing for the PvP community. But we would like something that isn't a nerf or buff to the classes. Help us out and get the Hypergates out for 1.5 PLEASE!!!!!!!

Pretty sad isn't it? I know alot of people that have also stood by the game (myself included) and yet it has become so buggy and tough to play that it is actually pushing the most loyal customers away. That and the always famous silence that comes from the devs is certainly getting tiresome to say the least. Way to just allow all the bugs to happen and stay in tact. F2P will not save this game if all the loyal subscribers say PEACE OUT. Come on Bioware... straighten this stuff around and renew the faith in your playerbase.

Wow and thank you for the always constructive feedback that seems to be EVERYWHERE on these forums. You sir are a pioneer....

I agree with this post. I also had a couple really lame things happen in WZs in the past couple days. I had a hutball match end when we were down 2-1 with 3mins remaining. And not due to lack of players either. Also had a Voidstar glitch out on my team for a loss when we actually took down the last door necessary for a win. I am really starting to lose faith in this game to be honest, and it sucks because it is a game that I really enjoy playing. But all these bugs and annoyances are starting to add up.

I mean lets just face it here. A root every 9 seconds that breaks on damage in 2 is no good for the weakest RANGED class in the game. Are you saying that it might be good in a 1 on 1 scenario? Cause even then I think that it is a terrible use of a button to push. I play in warzones where if I am playing right then a 1 on 1 battle shouldn't be happening for long. They are team games not 1 v 1. There is always splash damage around so the fact that it breaks on damage is such bull. It is a great ability for PT but not for Mercs. I know alot about kiting and let me tell you that an Arsenal Merc is not a kiting class, straight up. Almost every thing we do is a 3 sec channel. All I can do lately is use my bubble and hope I out damage someone before they get on top of me a tear me a new one. Jet boost also deals damage so I can't even Rocket Punch Immobilize and Jet Boost them back to buy a few seconds. My opinion remains the same and there is no reason that we shouldn't get the real rocket punch back for Arsenal Mercs.

What people are saying is that we are the weakest PvP class at the moment and they are correct. I have no idea whether you are 50 or not and I had also topped the charts a couple times with damage as a Merc. But that doesn't really mean anything as far as the functionality of the class plays. We didn't lose any damage in 1.4. What we lost is suvivability. The real problem is that Arsenal Mercs apparently are really good for (PvE), which I don't play. I have to assume that they are having a tough time balancing PvP with PvE and this is really no surprise. All games that have both options seem to struggle with the ultimate balance between the two. All i ask is that you don't act like the class is fine, because like someone else stated. Unless you have played the class to a very high valor rank and endured how tough it is to survive against skilled players @ level 50 then you just have no idea how much more brutal this class became in 1.4. I am personally finishing up leveling my Guardian because I plan to keep on PvPing with a character that can at least hold its own for once.

Some people get it and you are clearly one of them. These changes really hurt my Merc and my feelings toward the game to be honest. A big old slap in the face for anyone that enjoyed playing a Merc.

LOL no way man. I call your bluff on this one. Are you talking sub 50 or are you just lucky enough to get put with bad people. Not trying to be a jerk but there is just no way. Not when I see Gunslingers and Marauders end totals for damage in PvP. Some Marauders are getting close to 1 MILLION damage in the level 50 WZs I am in.

Its not a stun, get that through your head. It is an immobilize and it is garbage. I also play with a Razer Naga and I have a Belkin N52te. So don't sit there and act like a hot shot just cause you have great peripherals. So do alot of us, and that has nothing to do with the fact that the IMMOBILIZE is garbage.

Kiting as a Merc is borderline impossible as it is. Almost all of our abilities are channeled, and we don't hit even near as hard as every other dps based class. My suggestion is that unless you played a Merc pre change and have endured the pain that we already endure as being the biggest joke in PvP already, that maybe you should just back off from something you clearly have no idea about. I don't tell you how to play your class so quit telling us how to play ours. I can't believe that people make it so hard to realize that a 4 sec root that breaks on 2 sec if damage is USELESS FOR A RANGED CLASS. If I rocket punch a Marauder, he still hammers me for 4K - 5500 damage by the time i "get away". The game lags so bad in WZs half the time that they might even get me twice before this oh so great immobilize wears off. Powertechs should get it as a root, Mercs should keep it as a knockback. Why that is so hard to understand is beyond me and every other Merc that is enduring this no sense change.

I think alot of people are confused about what the new rocket punch is. Its not a stun at all. It is an immobilize. Which means that Arsenal Mercs as a RANGED class have to MELEE an opponent all for the sake of immobilizing them for up to 4 whole seconds. And heaven forbid that they take any other damage because then it last 2 seconds. I have numerous posts put on different threads on this forum and I can only hope that someone that actually has a say at Bioware can see how bad this hurt our class. We are in for a long wait I fear.

I have to assume that you are just being sarcastic since this is being posted in the Suggestion part of the forums. The game will actually continue to die if they fail to actually listen to what some of the playerbase has to say. I really like this game but I don't thnik that it is too much to ask for a much needed change back to the way things were.

Try actually reading the forums you are posting in man. LOL. The changes suck. It is plastered everywhere.

Ok I will make this as brief as I can because I don't want to come off the wrong way. The fact is that Mercs are beyond useless now in PvP. We have no long range stun anymore which I could deal with, if it wasn't for the fact that Rocket Punch turned into an immobilize that does Mercs no good at all. The immobilize breaks at 2 secs if they take damage. Like come on, rocket punch used to be so good for getting us a couple seconds we need to get a little distance. Now what are we supposed to do? If there are any damage over time effects on the target then it is useless. I could even deal with Electro Dart being 10m if rocket punch still worked like it used to. At least then we could use Electro Dart after a rocket punch to buy us a little time when we are getting hammered on by more than one opponent. One of the things that really confuses me is that you gave consulars / inquisitors more mobility and they are a ranged class. You sure as heck didn't nerf force leap and I don't think it needed to be nerfed as long as mercs had a chance to keep the roughneck Marauders / Sentinels off of me. So I see that an already solid melee class has excellent range, and you gave a ranged class more mobility. What did mercs get? A free healing scan. WOW. That thing crits for like 2600. Alot of good that is going to do us when we are getting pummeled for 5K + at close range. Come on Devs, we really need something done here. Everybody I talk to that plays a Merc is basically shelfing the character. This is the only 50 I have and now I have to level something else right now because we are so useless. Help Mercenarys Bioware! You are our only hope.

I hear what you are saying but that isn't what I want to be honest. I want my rocket punch back. Why can't powertechs have their rocket punch immobilize and mercs have a knockback. They shouls have just put the rocket punch knockback into the high tier talent it was in with jet boost. I can't believe how gimped we are now. I am not one of those people to scream I quit by any means, but my Bouunty Hunter mercenary is my only 50 and all I do is PvP and in that aspect we got completely screwed over. Sad day for all Mercs. But even more sad that the developers don't even realize how bad they gimped us.

I hear ya man. All that happened was they made Mercs even worse. My merc was my favorite character to play and now I have to go and level something else, because to play and even more gimped merc is absolutely infuriating.

I play a merc and I loved it until 1.4 hit today. We got screwed over big time in this patch and I bet every Arsenal Merc will easily agree with me on that one. At this poiint I wish I would have went Powertech since they got all the bonuses out of this patch.

It is amazing to me as a Merc that every change made to the Bounty Hunter class is a clear bebfit to powertechs. You do realize that Mercs need to be at range right? The change to rocket punch for Mercs is just ridiculous. How does an immobilize benefit me when I am trying to get away from the melee. That and the 10m range on Electro dart is insane. We should be able to have Electro dart as a 30m as Mercs. I don't care if it is even a talent to spend points on at least it would make sense. I think anyone who plays a merc would have a hard time not thinking that we got the nerf bat for some unknown reason. It's not enough that Mercs are the laughing stock of PvP already?