then you ar in the wrong class. Besides Maura is complex to play it. If it is boaring to you then you are prolly in the wrong class to begin with. Once you see all the abilities you get adding a healing bit would be just not practical in gameplay.

with that good point make sure the companion is in the proper stance as well if you pimp quin out with cunning he's a decent healer.

yes you are squishy so to speak. you are not a tank. unless you count the dps as your tank. 2 strong mobs. .. .you will go down. you need to control your aggro.

what is this off spec. . .a Maur is DPS. . .you kill things. you are not a tank you are not a heals. . .you have a companion that heals. . . one spec is simple.

I disagree that they can DPS better. . .you are doing somethign terribly wrong if that's the case. in pve I see a difference from when I sstart hitting an NPC then when the others are. either its a stats stacking issue or play style

what ar eyou fighting are they protected by a sith inq guardian buff? did youput the skill points in your pushback on the choke? it can be broken by someone else interupting. Ther eare toomany variables. I'm really not having these issues. when they do something counter it. every class has an offensive move and a defence to counter said offences. gotta get out of wow mentality. rage better than anhil. .. or vice versa seems the popular opinion out there in the forums is both ar eliked for different reasons, maybe its your personal game play or style. The game has been out what 4 months now is far to early for people to master every aspect of a class there is constant improvement. I'ld like to see this farther down the road when people can wrap thier brains aroudn the way the mechanics work here versus the wow mentality. hit level 50 first? so you are saying I fall off a cliff in 2 levels that it goes from good to complete trash? sorry not buying it look at what is happening ad perhaps your skills before blaming a class. a good player could make anything work.

no, none of this is a good idea. when you chose Maura you saw at the description it was DPS. . .and only DPS. This is a classic case of "I want ot be able to do everything" So no. . .just no. learn the class and don't try to make the classes learn you.

Solant. I am doing the rage spec. I was doing the power stacking so I could just pound my way through things. . .I found by changing to cri/surge I saw a noticeable improvement. When the big numbers began flying they wer higher than when I had power. I might not crit all the time but I crit alot and when I do it hurts. Went from whacking away at golds and silvers, and champions to my wife asking me "what was that special? I just saw a chunk come off him." changed my mind about the class all together.

I'm not a merc bh but it seems they have a complex roll of controlling adds and kicking in dps in fights, being able to take a tank for a small amount of time should it be needed or helping the healer gain ground on heals. On the Maur havnig heal stuff like this. . . .No. . .just no. You are in the wrong class heals are in that one over there ===>

I didn't spell check or check the grammer so in before grammer nazi

I'm not really seeing the same problemwithmy Maur as you guys. I think thre are a few issues here 1.) you are playing this game with every other MMO mindset. - You have to recognise this game is structured different than the others. 2.) There has been toomuch reliance on macros form other games -this creates a train of thought in which you cannot be dynamic and think on your feet. not every single fight is going to be the same. if you relied on them in other games you will nto do well untill you get off the bottle. -to much reliance on a rotation. again be dynamic. change it up use teh ability that best suits the situation. This is where skilll comes in. Recognizing in a fast enough manor what you need to do to counter what is happening. (this is the overall skill of any game) Macro mentality or rotation mentality can't get out of this box. 3.) you are not goign to be the killer of worlds. - know that you are softer than others knowing this you cannot jump into the middle and become a god of carnage. you need to play smart pick targets hit and run. let someone else be the focus that can better tank. .. - if the fight is going bad, run no shame in itregroup and come back you might be getting hit bymore than one person. 4.) if knocked back you can use obliterate. . .it gets me back in the fight. and out of the acid. You should not be relying on the acid or fire to win your fights. 5.) people mistaking poor choices for the game being unfair. I've had osme bad matches my timing was off and I mad esome poor choiceson when to jump in. ..it happens. Your team could be total tools and 8 guys coudl run off after one guy leaving you to deal with the ball carrier and his 6 friends. . .it happens. But do not scream game balance. The game is very well balanced in my opinion. I enjoy having some class harder to fight than others. 6.) stuns. . .Y U have no stuns? force charge momantarily stuns, force choke is a stun of sorts, ther eis one that I cannot remember the name and I am at work but it interupts and knocks them on the ground, ther eis also a kite that has a really fast cool down. Try intrupting we have several methods try them. 7.) are you in the right stance? is your build of stats correct? I found by stacking crit and surge I kick out the dps like I should be. . . DO you have the right buff going on? you know you can change to a mor edefensive stance with you need it to keep up longer. There use stacks of fury to get you things you need to help. read the descriptions of the abilities. 8) level up yeah I thought man if thhis is how maur is going to be through out the game when I was a low level I thougt thsi is gonna suck. as you gain levels you become more of amonster, providing you read your skills, use the abilities and stack your skillpoints properly as well as your stats. 9.) no CC. . . .are you joking? we have smash which so far I have been criting for 2.7-3k in an area. . .(I'm not quite 50 yet.) we have bezerk + the slash that hits 2 targets, and ther eis one I can't remember the name of which is an area attack. I don't see this problem that you are having. Over all I find that there is no real problem with the class. to many people are thinging its a class like other MMOs where you run in kick *** and are the last man standing. That's definatly not how this game was designed for any class. You need to try different things, perhaps if what you are doing isn't working do something else? If you read over the threads the debate on which tree is better seems pretty even. Each has an advantage or disadvantage. This tells me ther esisn't much wrong with "balance" there are different trees and skills to compensate for different play styles. It just appears that some can "get" the class and others can't. It also tells me who played stun locking rouges in WOW. Over all stop complaining about what you CAN't Do and figure out what you CAN do. People who cry balance can't seem to learn how to play and that's why others get mad at them for dumbing down a class. You kinda have to think on this oe instead of mashing buttons.

it wasn't a complaint I was stating that I have not had the time to play and build muscle memory like some players. I was also stating that I am certain my performance is related to this. IE practice is in itself a method for improvement. not to mention I have not fully made it to 50 and that could be a changer right there. (you can always go back to wow to flame the douchery) I also am simply asking that with the changes if one was nerfed or buffed, Ihave been playing one style, the anhil tree would yeild a differnt play style. I would rather not be using one that just got nerfed. I cna try both, but I was asking the general population on if one was yeilding better results based on the classes that are out there and are being used alot more than others. . IE inq. I can experiment however being that I am at work I am asking people that have been playing with it or have used that tree thier thoughts on the tree since the change. it sounds like it works, just both trees are differnt play styles and both require a bit o practice to master and yeild the highest results. Just making sure I was't wasting my time in a dead tree.

So I was bored at work and was looking over the forums to see the latest news. I see a bit aboutthe Anhil tree being better now for PVP. When I started I worked on a rage tree and have medium results. I attributed it to the fact i work full time and have things at home I have to do and cannot commit to an MMO fulltime and survive in this economy. With that said, I see good things about the anhil tree, but the rage tree used to be the way to go for pvp. how do the trees stack in comparison to each other now? Am I barking up the wrong tree? being able to have two sets was a nice feature in wow .. .let you go back and forth as needed or to tweek with one. Any way. has the anhiltree become the new flavor in pvp or is rage still good? I've been tryign to just level and haven't been in game as much as I would like to commit I like playing but I like keeping food on the table too.