OP must have come from some other game, where rolling a warrior (you know, a TANK class) was great for 1 on 1 DPS'ing at several times. A JK-G = a tank, not a dps. If you want a JK-dps, roll sent. Other than that, do what everyone else have told you. Roll for utility and tankiness, not PewPew.

One game that did something like this (and to a remarkably high degree of success in my book), was the trainwreck of a game called Fung Wan Online. In 2003. You had 5 clans, that could form alliances and declare war upon eachother. During a declaration of war, you where free to attack and kill players of the oposing clan without penalty (actually granting you "honour points" or what they where called then. I forget). Attacking outside of war penalized you. There where neutral towns that could be taken over by clans, that gave a realm wide bonus that varried with what town wsa held. Either ekstra resistance, more hp etc. Each clan also had a relic granting members of the clan a bonus. This relic could be stolen and put into the vault of an enemy clan, and thus they could take over the bonus. It was an asian grindfest, and far from a perfect game, but they took some chances, and did things that I haven't seen much else. They still have a star in my book for that. =)

I just find it sad when people claim WoW had good PvP. I played WoW. On a PvP server. It sucked. It still sucks. Arenas made it worse. Give meaningfull open world PvP / RvR please thank you. And remove zone instancing. I remember hearing about 150 vs 200 fights on a certain endgame planet. Well I have yet to be in a single planetary instance where tehre are more than fricking 50 people on my side. One of the reasons the world feels so huge, is that it's utterly devoid of sentient life... Allowing several instances of the same server will only make this problem larger.

This is what you get from "Arenas" "Warfronts" "any-other-name-for-instanced-pvp". Know where you won't get this? World PvP / RvR. So fix some decent RvR instead. And I actually enjoyed the RvR in WAR. But then again, I tried to play with and against organized players, instead of zerging around like an AV-beginner. I was promised RvR. I have yet to see it though =(

I think Joshúe said it pretty good with this: http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/image/459

Stop rolling a DPS class then.

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Personally I have yet to see this effect. And PLEASE stand still, it makes killing you so much easier.

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Thank you. That's how it should be, but figured you'd tested it

So far SW:TOR is turning out to be a MSORPG (Massively Single-player Online Role Playing Game) I could have just as easily played this on my Xbox, or offline (baring the Warfronts, but jesus they don't count!). I joined SW:TOR, because my guild did, and we joined because we where promised world PvP (dreaming of RvR), and with some mythic folks aboard, we thought it might be possible. Right now, it's turning into yet another theme park ride (a big, pretty theme park, but still). Let the PvE servers be themeparks. Let PvP servers have, cater to, and promote PvP. Pile people into the same areas, and let em stockstrike each other to bits! Also +1

I like you Sapler <3

They have blasterwhip in WoW?

Good read. Most of the tactics are common knowledge, but it did clarify some uncertainties I had with the resolve bar, so thanks for that. One question though. If I pop "Hold the Line" (which gives me an 8 second immunity to roots, snares, stuns, knockdowns and the kitchen sink) and someone throws CC at me, does my resolve bar fill up? or does it only fill if the CC actually hits? And now for a raving rant on the CC-QQ: 45s CD on CC breaker? Are you guys nuts? Worst idea ever. CC is an integral part of ORGANIZED PvP tactics. Yes if you're zerging around a warfront with randoms, CC is a *****, but if you roll as an organized group, proper CC is very important. A 2min CD is fine. Let's leave it at that. Certain classes played without skill or tactics would definitely benefit from a CC less world, but even they can benefit from good CC, and by gaming the system right.

Well in my view, if you haven't preordered, you shouldn't have a problem waiting 2-3 weeks more to join you. Lock down for a limited time will fix the issue.