I have a friend in RL that i play the game with . We play for fun in pvp and just got our full BM augmented set YAY !! If you make a pre-made only que then it will take much longer for our ques to pop ( even with cross server as cross server does NOTHING to solve the problem at all ) and that will make those of us with friends upset >.< ...... How does cross server not fix anything , here how !!!!!!!! HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION !!!!!!! Assumptions : Avg number of pug pvpers at any server : 32 Avg number of premade pvpers at any server : 10 grps of 4 = 40 Every game MUST have 1 premade in it ( if this werent the case people might not be complaining here so much ). Thus 4 of the 16 people WILL be a premade There are 2 servers If its single server then 8 of the groups PER SERVER will be able to get pops immediately but 2 PER SERVER will have to wait . Thus 4 groups will wait If its 2 servers then 16 of the groups will be able to get pops immediately but 4 will wait ................ I can make a more complex scenario with ranges of players , more realistic averages and with probability of having a premade in the pug group but i hope this simpler example suffices

Entitlement == Deserving of same or equal rewards by virtue of having same status regardless of any other factor than that status . For example : I am a human thus i have the right to breathe ( here being a human is the status and everything else is the other factors ) I am a paying player thus i have the right to a fair and competitive pvp environment without unfair gear disparity due to time spent ( here paying customer is the status and time spent is other factors ) People throw around words like entitlement and socialism like they are inherently evil . Hopefully after reading this you will realize entitlement is what allows you to live and thus it is not by default a bad thing If you were not entitled i would *********** climb through your window at night and pop you , you *********** waste of space and oxygen . Have a nice day

You do realize abolishing gear disparity has nothing to do with RP'ing

This is exactly why i play SC2 , the only difference between me and everyone else is skill . And before everyone else starts flaming me i am currently Gold League with a highest ever of Platinum League

Dont suppose someone can write up a list of BiS tanking gear for juggs And please dont say respec to dps / get dps gear . I am not interested in that. I do fine in rateds with my tank gear but i would not mind min/maxing it EDIT : I am currently trying out some might armoring 26's to replace some of pvp armorings but havent done anything beyond that so any further direction is nice

You got 1 shotted by mobs on your juggernaut ( or any class for that matter ) ? Unless you decided to solo a Champion ( Final bosses of H4's and FP's ) mob or a world boss this simply cant be the case

Because not everyone enjoys same faction combat , call it whatever you want "carebear" , "kiddies" etc etc , but some people enjoy the sense of camaraderie in seeing another Jedi Knight/Trooper/consular/smuggler and knowing you can count on them to help you against the evil tide of the sith. Further more in order to cater to all 3 types of people ( current pve , current pvp and your pvp mentalities ) they would need a new type of server. There are already few enough players as it is , splitting up the pop further is a bad idea

Um no its not the pve server model lol , in pve servers people from 2 different factions can choose not to fight each other . In PvP servers people from 2 different factions can always fight each other

I recommend using a skill calc like on torhead or darth hater rather than typing out here , much easier to help that way

Im making an assumption here but perhaps gear is not your problem . Tanking is way way more than just a gear check . Are you coordinating CC's correctly ( tank's job ) , are you positioning mobs correctly to allow use of AOE damage abilities ( tank's job ) , are you calling kill orders correctly ( tank's job ) , are you allocating dps to adds correctly ( tank's job ) ... etc etc As i said as soon as i got centurion gear i could tank HM dungeons and SM raids and once i got BM/Columi gear i could tank pretty much everything except EC

You can dps just fine as a guardian , vengeance is good for group pve and rage for solo pve

I have a half BM/half WH fully augmented Guardian tank right now . I dont care about the grind i went through to get my gear ( anyone remember the champion/BM bags ? ) nor do i care about all the nerf mara/PT ( sent/van ) threads . I can take them 1v1 just fine and i can get my gear just fine . But does that i mean i approve of the gear grind ? no it does not . Even though i worked hard to get my BM/WH gear i can completely understand why someone would like normalized stats across all wz's. It does make sense that some people want a game that is competitive from the get go like SC or GW2 etc where time invested simply means better rankings and more skill with a class. Am i going to quit the game ? NO Am i going to stop pvping until all my toons get free WH ? NO As i said i can do the grind , no problem ( having some RL friends i play with helps though ) ..... but i can completely understand the desire for a completely even playing field

Are you talking about dungeons or raids ? I started tanking HM dungeons with 16k health , normal mode raids with 16k health ( mix of centurion and champion gear ) and HM raids with 18-19k health ( full BM ) If you have that or equivalent pve gear your golden

This is a decent guide here http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=146169 Though i dont think it has 1.3 changes yet . These are the specs i personally use PVE : http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc/#101RMGdudMdfzZcGM.2 PVP : http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc/#101RrGkzzMZsMrMrhzzM.2 If you need any more tips just ask ill be happy to give some EDIT :: As for companions it depends , you can either use a healer companion or a dps companions . Both have pro's and cons. Healer is much slower but easier . With a dps comp its faster but your hp drops a little more As a tank you can solo H2's with either

Here's the thing : 1 ) I dont rage quit cause my team sucks 2 ) I dont rage quit cause my team doesnt listen to me With that out of the way id like say i "rage" quit because well i feel like it . Im not sure what this feeling is : anger ? boredom ? tiredness ? i really dont know and frankly i dont care. Its just a loss of will to play the wz im in. So i leave Do i know it affects my team ? yes i do . But whatever that feeling is it stops me from caring . PS : here is some advice , dont call the ones your trying to give "advice" to kids / not adults / immature . Doesn't help and despite what you might believe many on the internet are not kids or trolls. There are decent folk here

I have 2 50's . One is a guardian that hit 50 back in the times when we had those damn bags with their RNG and there was no recruit gear. My second is a mara that i just hit 50 with and who is NOT going to buy recruit gear AND is going to turn in the token for cash. Why you ask ? Because he is also a 400 synthweaver who is making aug kits and might/resolve augs for himself and his RL friend that he plays with and the money will help with this A LOT. I can wait till i get BM, if this inconveniences others in my team i am sorry , but you must remember i ( just like you ) have the right to do in this game whatever i think is fun

This is just a log of some of my experiences first hand I have spent numerous days on the planet voss as both a sith marauder and a jedi gaurdian and have had some amazing world pvp. I stayed there as a lvl 46 and most enemies i encountered were between lvl 44 to 47 with a few 50's thrown in there. Thus this was not ganking but actual pvp. Me and a my sorc ( healer ) friend always took on groups of pubs ( 2+ ) or sometimes we did a 2v1 if they were 49's/50's and we wrecked them all. One of the 50's had 19k and was an assault vanguard but we still destroyed him This was in/around shrine of healing and pilgrims retreat. Just wanted to let you guys know this so we can continue to have amazing world pvp

Yes i would recommend all Guard Tanks to split spec/multi-spec/hybrid-spec for the following reasons : 1 ) As a tank you want to protect allies / provide good utility. The top few talents in defense are not needed for that. The small loss in enure duration and focus generation is more than made up for in the early levels of the vig tree 2 ) You will lose the utility of a 4 sec stun ( well this depends on your build but i did ) however you will gain the utility of unremitting and a free force sweep ( 2/4 stacks of armor reduction for 0 focus ) which i consider a worthwhile trade as long as i use my remaining CC a bit more wisely 3 ) The 4% shield chance lost is ( in my humble opinion ) inferior to the 4% passive DR boost + 15% upon skill activation gained. I judged this based on how many attacks i am upon average attacked with that bypass shield/armor

Well as a tank i make it my policy to always follow the healer. I have 1 job and 1 job only ( besides capping/protecting door of course ) and is to help the healer stay alive . If i do that im a good tank if i dont im a bad tank They healer has tons of people he needs to worry about . He can do whatever he wants , im following him

No QQing , just random opinions . It upsets me when i see tank capable and heal capable classes choose dps spec instead When i play my tank and i see a sage/scoundrel i go like "YAY i get heals now :)" then find out they are dps and i get sad When i play my heals i see tank and i go "YAY i get guarded now :)" then i find out they are dps and i get sad

I took both and ditched Savagery because as a tank i dont care about my dps all that much I WILL SURVIVE !!!!

It really depends . Here's a rundown If you want to do H2's and H4's AND want fast FP pops : Immortal + tank gear ( tank ) If you want to do H2's and H4's but dont care about FP's: Immortal + dps gear ( dps with some tanking power ) If you just want to lvl using regular non-heroic quests and also dont care about FP's : Rage + dps gear ( dps ) If you want to lvl using regular quests but also want to do occasional FP maybe : Vengeance + dps gear ( dps )

This is what i use , i use it with full tank gear , no dps gear . I had recently decided that i dont care about killing people just making it hard for them to kill me http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc/#101RrGkzzMZZsMrMrhzzM.2

It honestly depends . For normal warzones against pugs dps gear is the way to go , 20k hp is just fine and the extra killing power is nice However i have found in ranked wz's that full tank set is awesome. When the enemy team is coordinating to take out your healer and the tank guarding him, the few thousand extra hp ( 23-26k ) and added survivability are great though you wont be able to kill anyone ( you can still harass their healers with interrupts and stuns though )

So i havent read all the posts here but checking the last spec you posted i personally think not taking momentum is debatable so is taking swelling winds debatable These are the 2 PVE specs that i use and its served me extremely well in both HM Ops and FP's pre 1.3 http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc/#500RMGdudMdfzZZcGM.2 post 1.3 http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc/#500RMGzuzMZZcGMMrhzzM.2 And yes the latter is ALSO a tank build , the 4% ( 15% ) DR from Commanding Awe is nice