As an alternative, it should be possible to shear hots off target.

I am still clinging to 95% but do wonder if I should try to get more than my current 74% surge. The stat choice is limited obviously, can't replace accuracy with power or crit, only surge.

This right here is clueless bs. Scouperative HOTs are far more potent then pyro dots and cannot be cleansed. To answer the OP question from the perspective of playing reg warzones is full pyro is very viable still. It can put a lot of pressure on a healer and if your crit buff timer is up after an approppriate (and elaborate) burst setup and a lot of luck you will shave off 20k+ health off anyone other than a tank. The problem is at all other times your burst will be just as resource-intensive and your damage will be mediocre while having survivability that is less than other, more capable dps. And yet it is still great fun. Incidentally and contrary to what is popular to say these days AP is far more important now than it was pre 2.0 when when its useage was completely unnecessary to achieve a killer burst in assault. Now you.have to stack all the abilities you.can for an awkward and unreliable but possibly substantial effect.

Is it just me or is it insanely bugged when it comes to awarding wins/losses as of last patch?

On a vanguard/pt?

any assault/pyro streams?

Here's a bit of feedback: what idiot on your staff actually thought assault/pyro was still overpowered?

Looking over the 2.4 notes I think yes, they can and have.

First they cut plasma cell damage by half and now they cut its proc chance by half. Looks like another nerf to me. If that's how it works out that will be the straw to end this camel.

To hell with the snare (although that is bad enough on its own), these imbeciles are depriving the spec of a large chunk of its already underwhelming dps. First the halved plasma cell damage, now they cut it's chance to be triggered by half between stock strike and ion pulse. Just to reiterate, Assault/Pyro is getting a nice fat nerf once again. Someone was predicting this and they were completely correct.

Pretty sure combat has better burst than focus although unlike focus it doesn't have it on demand.

I was trying to remember hard what ionized ignition was and looking at it now boy, there must be a rectally-injured operative (or marauder or shadow)-playing developer on the class balance staff. If this is their idea of restoring the spec they can go **** themselves.

IR damage was already underwhelming and they nerfed it a bit. The pvp burst may have been improved very slightly although with the low crit chance I don't see it making too much of a difference. Most likely pure pyro will still underperform in pve.

Commando healers are not underpowered. It's the other 2 who are overpowered. And adding a tank to the mix makes the whole thing obscene.

I disagree with the above posters on the issue of mobility, in that regard I feel the class is in a decent place. On the issue of execute both dps specs are severely lacking in finishing power and having an execute would correct that. Also, commando suit being the preferred option for pvp should be addressed.

I hate being a stick in the mud but nodding and making sympathetic noises is in their job description.

Or you could try pugging against premades. I would love to see how long you last.

That would be a vast improvement on what they have done up to now.

What does the class do? It does tanking and dps. How is tanking? Not bad, could be better. What is the deficiency that you see in pvp or pve and how would you correct it to make the class more desirable (comparisons to other classes may not be useful)?.... Answer How is dps? 2 specs are both atrocious. Why? 1. Assault : Relies on burst from crits of several low damaging abilities. Has 3 dots which can be cleansed by 2 classes in ANY spec in pvp. Abilities do mediocre damage when they crit but stacking works if dots are not cleansed. Crits are very low outside of a 15 second window every 2 minutes. Subpar burst in pvp, parses have demonstrated subpar sustained in pve especially as compared to the hybrid spec. Answer: With only 6 seconds on hold the line, one damage reduction cooldown, and a self heal only active within the execute window the class is subpar to other dps classes in dps and durabilityin both pve and pvp. Question What is the role of the assault spec in your view, does it's current performance as reported by players satisfies that view? If it doesn't, what in your opinion is it lacking? 2. Tactics Relies on damage from several low damaging abilities which cannot be stacked -- burst even worse than assault. Good sustained damage with is competetive in endggame pve, not pvp (limited personal experience). Question can be the same as above or more specific vis a vis it has been demonstrated that the spec underperforms in PVE as compared to the hybrid spec and far behind other dps classes. What do you feel the spec needs to bring it up to par with sentinels, and snipers as high end pvp and pve dps.

They would have separated premade and pug queues if that were true.

PVP on shadowlands is now completely unbearable with 4-5 imp guild continually running premades vs. the incapable bunch queuing for rep side. Because obviously this hasn't been made clear -- THIS HAS TO STOP. Separate the queues. If they are so into playing with their facebook friends let them play against each other. The pvp in this game has gone completely to **** and this will go a long way toward making it better. It boggles the mind that you, Bioware, haven't had the I don't know what to so much as comment on this.

Not only do I taunt, I pop saber ward and smack talk at the opposite team in their faces.

Andrew_Past has been touting his idea of a 15% groupwide alacrity buff for vengeance. Thinking about it this buff would accomplish a number of things. It would help in the burn phases. It would allow ravage completion within the unstoppable window. It would boost the burst in pvp just a bit. Not sure this would be enough, the vengeance mobility is still crap but it would be helpful.

It's ok in pvp if being a node guard is ok with you. It doesn't have the control, burst, or utility of combat. It has its little cc immunity of 4 seconds the first 1.5 of which are taken up by the leap gcd.

You have your own reading comprehension issues.