If you found yourself saying something like this, consider yourself officially bad at the game. Being able to roll away and get into cover, so as to be unable to be leapt to or pulled, isn't something you take advantage of? As far as I am concerned, being a pretty devoted arena player, this is a gigantic nerf to scoundrel/op survivability.

This sounds crazy to me. There are some ridiculous sage/source out there. Ridiculous damage. I'd rather bring one than a Merc/Commando.

Anyone who thinks any healer is "unkillable" hasn't seriously pvpd in rated matches. Besides, commando healers are far more durable. Bad is bad.

Pyros are ridiculous, but I just don't care enough any more to call for a nerf.

"We will not be pushing Team Ranked Warzones to the live game until we have significant PTS testing of the feature." -Gabe Something or other So, it appears they are going to keep Ranked WZs out of 1.3 and use the playerbase as their scapegoat. If this does prove to be the case, I suspect it will be the last straw for many of us that have been waiting for months. Good luck with that BW.

It sounds like they are being too cautious. I am doubtful I will be satisfied with the results. I suspect my server will be a destination server and we will be sourced by a multitude of tiny, empty servers. Whatever happened to mega-servers with higher population caps? More BS obviously.

Powertech single-target damage is substantially higher than other dps classes in the game, especially when you consider how easy it is to maximize maximum burst damage when compared to others. I am not in favor of a blanket nerf mainly because the class/spec is such a one-trick--pony. The class is already BORING, so without the OP dps no one will play it (see scoundrels/ops). They need to be looked at, but whatever is taken away needs to be compensated in utility.

Hey it sounds great. So, when? I would be shocked if they put this together sooner than 3 months from now. I won't be paying them in the meantime to play on a Light population server.

I am supposed to miss the lead combat designer that doesn't seem to understand mmorpg combat mechanics? Right.

None seem to line up with ther version of "soon."

And on a side note: Anyone who even brings up competitive RTS in a conversation about mmorpgs, even tangentially, is a load. Different universes. I have known competitive RTS and FPS players who were very average mmo players. It isn't even the same skill-set, as mmorpgs aren't really centered around reflexive hand-eye skill (though it doesn't hurt). I have heard the same argument again and again about how there is "no skill involved" in any mmo with a GCD. The ironic thing is that some of these players were those I had thoroughly outplayed in PvP in an mmorpg. IF it is true that there is no skill involved in pvp in a game such as this, why is there such a disparity between "good" and "bad?" On my server we generally farm and have been farming just about everyone (with maybe 1-2 exceptions, though they are regrettably gone from the server now). Regarding a "skill cap," I can say that I don't play perfectly and am not using every single GCD. I have yet to see any player EVER that has done so. If you disagree with this, I invite you to provide evidence of someone who plays at this supposed skill cap. I myself am not a proponent of a skill cap, but like I said, I have yet to see anyone reaching it, despite the insistence that it exists. And like I said before, often the people who argue this point with the greatest amount of tenacity are the ones who tend to be as far from their supposed "skill cap" as your average clicker.

By who's metrics? Yours? Who are you? And pray tell, what does being a "Top PVPer" entail? Are you one of the 50 billion WoW Arena kids who seem to think that achieving Gladiator status in a game with a GCD. with cookie-cutter group composition means anything at all? Please... I love how people's fragile egos won't even let someone talk about PvP without having to disparage someone.

I'm not so young myself. And that is precisely why I am impatient. My gaming time is precious and I don't want to waste time on a game that is going to fail. These transfers will make or break this game. We need details yesterday. Two weeks isn't "soon" by any stretch of the imagination.

I find it amazing, given the status of morale in this game, that they haven't told us any details on the transfer system, yet. Do they not know how close they are to losing another half a million subscribers? Pretty much everyone I know is at the end of their rope with this game.

Two Weeks ago: "We actually addressed server issues in a previous Q&A and will have more information on character transfers very soon." So nothing new for two weeks. Soon? I'd rather Bioware shut their pieholes completely rather than lie to us.

Isn't that what companions are for? I have never needed help with any class content in this game.

You mean holding to account people they are paying to deliver on promises they have made? What a concept! Your fanboism is mindboggling considering half the servers in this game are virtually empty.

I know right? It is crazy that people should expect a well-run company to set deadlines and actually live up to them. WEIRD, I know. I mean it isn't like every other business in the world does that...

I get the feeling that the reason they don't announce anything is because they are in way over their heads and really don't want to pin themselves down to deliverables. Basically, I don't think they know the when and the how as it relates to the population issues. When it does get delivered, I would be stunned if they did it right. I have a feeling they will allow 2-3 already dead servers to merge at a time, servers like Helm of Graush which feel empty and underpopulated, yet still hit "Standard" population thresholds will probably get nothing and we will still have a bunch of half empty servers. These devs don't understand their playerbase in the slightest and, as evidenced by the attitude of one dev in particular, are too arrogant to even try. We'll see, but I have 0 faith it will be done poperly.

I just ordered a hamburger, but they only gave me the bun even though the menu promises that I will in fact end up with meat. I guess I should just deal with it, give them my money and hope that somewhere along the line they decide to give me the meat.

If they don't have rated warzones ready for 1.3, I am done. Period.

Post fail. People are paying money, REAL MONEY to play a Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game. They pay with the expectation that Bioware will deliver that kind of experience for them. They have every right to be impatient that their money is being wasted, as they cannot enjoy the game on an empty server. I go go buy a Turkey Sandwich and instead they give me a Roast Beef Sandwich I will complain about it. Sure, Roast Beef is a fine thing to eat, but it isn't what I ordered.

Then why am I better than you are at PvP?

I'm sorry, do you deny that there are servers that are so low in population that 1-2 hour queues are commonplace? You have no idea what you are talking about. There are some extremely dead servers out there. Heck, Helm of Graush is one of the best out there and we still get 20-30 minute queues during non-peak times.

[Chris Farley Voice]Hey, you remember when you talked about Rated Warzones? Member that? That was pretty cool.