I left about 6 months ago mainly because of crap performance and some balance issues at the time. Came back after building a new rig which can play BF4 at 1080p maximum settings well over 100 FPS at all times - yet this game can't do warzones on very low settings without dropping to 25fps in combat. Are you freaking kidding me? Similar rig to the OP: 4790k @ 4ghz 980 GTX 16 GB mem SSD OS + game install OS is nearly a fresh install with latest graphics drivers. The in-game fps indicates that graphics is not the bottleneck (as evidenced by virtually no difference between very low and ultra settings as well as the fps display colored red). I get it though. The issues won't be fixed. The product will just be milked for all its worth until the bulk of the userbase has moved on and the plug is pulled entirely. Let's just hope that whoever made the decision to build a game of this size on an unfinished engine is no longer employed nor will be in the game industry ever again.

I was actually thinking the exact same thing and I couldn't agree more. Seems like every other class has SOME anti-focus ability that deters the usual gang-bang. It seems to be pretty much a standard call these days in arenas to "focus the merc down first" because it is common knowledge we can't defend focused attacks very well.

Video is broken, and besides that, as mentioned earlier it's not hard to cut out all the video of him getting owned by stun, interrupt, root, snare, etc. Don't be so naive.

Thank you moderator. This thread was actually helpful and I thank those of you who responded with constructive feedback. I did switch to a pyro build last night after reading that arsenal is primarily a pvE dps spec but overall wasn't impressed with it. However, after reading these posts it's apparent to me that I was missing the fact that merc is hands down, a support class. I ran into a string of tough teams and kept getting focused down despite my best efforts to keep my distance and stick with the group. It could very well be just the server I'm on, and bad luck. Lately it seems I'll win a game and then go on a 9 game losing streak before the next win. It's possible that my play style is just too aggressive for merc...old habits from WoW I spose. On a final note, this whole "tracer spammer" thing is rediculous. I love how people are calling mercs "spammers" like we aren't supposed to use the PRIMARY ATTACK of the arsenal tree. Tracer requires multiple casts to build up defensive/offensive buffs. The irony is, these same people calling out "tracer spammer! tracer spammer!" are the same ones saying that "all you have to do is interrupt a TM and the merc goes derp".

This is the only person that made any sense in all the responses to my thread. 1. I am NOT trolling. If you really think that I'm trolling then you obviously haven't played a merc in level 50 pvp. Let me bold face this - I'm talking about level 50 PvP here. 2. All of you who seriously think that merc is ezmode in a level 50 wz, please post your gear and spec. The people claiming 500k or more damage are the ones that are really trolling here. 3. "Reroll nub" - I did, actually. But it doesn't change the fact that mercs are broken I wasted hours of my life leveling one up only to be horribly frustrated and disappointed at level 50. 4. Saying mercs are fine and then talking about healing spec, or trooper for that matter (different class all together lol) doesn't answer anything about merc DPS spec, which is the point of this topic. 5. I can only assume all the hostile responses are people who play the other classes that love beating a squishy merc who can barely fight back. I'm going to ask nicely that you refrain from trolling this thread because as I said in my first post, I'm looking for answers, not a debate.

People like lists, and they are easier to read. Mercs are broken at level 50 because: Incredibly low survivability - why am I still dying in a few hits with 543 expertise? Not nearly enough damage output to offset the lack of survivability. Instead of a glass-cannon, mercs feel more like a glass pea-shooter Lack of crowd control - 4 second electro dart on a long cooldown...THAT'S IT? Why can other classes interrupt, stun, root, snare, essentially SHUT ME DOWN yet all I have is a 4 second window that I might have to get 1-2 attacks off that get absorbed anyway??? Kiting is impossible. I played arsenal and firebug and the supposed kiting abilities that last a whopping 2 seconds mean little to nothing when other classes have a disproportionately high number of gap closers Tracer is utterly useless. It hits for almost nothing and gets interrupted every fight. The point of tracer is to build up defensive and offensive buffs on me and my target. With so many people running away from fights and using LoS, interrupts, and stuns, I hardly ever see the full benefit of tracer buffs. Even when I do have the buffs maxed, I still can't put out enough damage offset my almost non-existent survivablity I'm not trying to start a debate. I just want answers. If there are other mercs out there not having these issues, please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'd love to continue to play the class since I've already invested a good amount of time into it.