I've officially given up on my sentinel. Stalled at level 31 after raging on not being able to solo my own damn class quests. I'm tired of this crap. For a "Pure DPS" class we do less damage than other classes. At the same time, we don't have anything to offset our subpar DPS. No heals. No heavy armor. No real CC. NOTHING. Not even a freaking force push/pull (not that I'm begging for ANOTHER skill to find a spot for). This class is a complete fail and I can't believe how many people will sit here and defend sentinel as it stands. I don't know what is more frustrating, the fact that I constantly die (even on GREEN quests), the fact that I don't do the damage I am supposed to be doing, or the fact that I keep reading people on the forum try and say "Oh no, sentinel is fine. You are the problem, not the class" You shouldn't HAVE to be level 50 with the most uber gear to get by in your class. Try ANY other class; hell, pick a heal-dps class to compare with sentinel. You will find that the healer can out dps us and out survive us. He won't fail 100x on his class quest because his class is actually balanced. Maybe this is different at level 50... somehow I doubt it. There's too many posters on here that are willing to settle for a crap sandwich when they don't have to. All of these people are hurting our efforts by sending mixed signals to BioWare. Sentinel is NOT on even footing with the other classes and SERIOUSLY needs to be reviewed. Screenshots of some fool in a warzone with top damage doesn't mean ANYTHING. Why? Because you don't know what gear he had, what levels the enemies were, how geared they were, etc. The damage needs to be buffed plain and simple. I've tried all 3 trees... the issue is not with the skills or the talents or the rotations. Something is screwed up in the code and drastically reducing damage output. Until something changes I'm done with this horrible class. Playing sentinel has practically ruined this game for me so I'm quitting the class now before I end up canceling my sub and deleting the game altogether. Yeah, I know. QQMOAR

I don't know what you are smoking. Trooper has very high DPS and survivability.

don't bother. with the way sentinel is right now you'd be shooting yourself in the foot by swapping. i'm a level 30 sentinel and I had the same difficulty issues on tatooine and now alderaan. my companion or both of us die a ridiculous amount of time on these 2 planets. healing after every fight is mandatory you'd be better off with trooper

I'm a level 30 sentinel player. It is my main character. I have also tried a few ranged classes but did not level them beyond 15 so I could focus on my main. I have tried both combat and watchman. My #1 issue with this class and the reason why I think it is broken? We are supposed to be a pure damage class. We have no tanking ability, crappy medium armor, and 0 healing skills. At the same time, we get out dpsed by practically every healer-dps class. Either we need a damage buff (all melee does in my opinion) or we need a heal ability. I would be highly in favor of adding a passive skill which allows life steal/leech on our attacks. That would help with survivability without redesigning sentinel to another heal-dps class. The way things are now, sentinel is pathetic when compared to other classes. No, I'm not saying sentinel sucks. I'm saying COMPARED to other classes, we do not do enough damage to offset the lack of armor, tanking, and healing capability. Anyone who thinks otherwise should go play any of the ranged classes for a few levels and you will have a better idea of what I mean by "compared to." You will see just how gimped we are.