Force Stasis/Choke Leap Master strike + Crippling Throw immobilize in combat tree Focus gets another leap Cauterize is an auto snare You couple that with all of your defensive cooldowns and you are pretty hard to stop.

Thats DPS rotation. You also have two stuns, leap(15 sec cd), defensive abilities to keep you alive and constant snares.

Go watchman. Im level 27 and i wreck in PvP as that spec. Rotation is simple: Charge > Cauterize > Zealous strike> Overload saber : 3 attacks Thats enough to get anyone down to about 20-30%. I have a lvl 11 alt Operative and his rotation(DPS wise) is about the same diversity wise. He jsut happened to get his CC's really early and theres a lot to do even at level 11.

The option is up to me but the incentive is not. I will pay but i need a reason. At the moment i feel like I bought a $60 Single player game with some multiplayer aspects. Its awesome, and i dont regret it, but its not monthly fee worthy for me. At least not in its current state.

I play competitive gaming and I was gladiator in WoW and played counter-strike in CAL-M. I really enjoy this game and i want to continue playing it, but right now i feel like i payed $60 for MASS EFFECT : Star Wars. What keeps me(personally) going is PvP and not just warzones. I dont have a problem with stuns or OP or any ranged classes being OP. I play sentinel, and so far its not as bad as people say, in fact i think I might be a little OP 1v1. I do, however, have a problem with two things: 1) Ability lag. Its been stated before and ill say it again:find a solution. I got used to it, but it really is a nuisance that cannot exist in a PvP environment. Im not asking for a fix tomorrow, but at least say "we are looking into it" and let us know you care. We have heard nothing so I am to assume its not a priority, which in my case is a bad sign. but more importantly: 2) A reason to play at level 50. What did i do in WoW @ max level? The answer is Arenas and World PvP. I raided maybe once a month. Right now i am enjoying the leveling(i hated WoW leveling, so props there!) but i really want an incentive to hit level 50. If it where not for the awesome leveling experience, i would have dropped this game. What is my ambition to hit level 50? That is the question you guys should answer for us PvP'ers. If my incentive is to que up with 4 people and dominate level 20s, then ill pass. I want a competitive experience. I dont want spend time leveling for 2 hours of ganking gratification. You have a great game, i love it and cant keep myself from playing it. But that is only because i am leveling and your leveling system is awesome. But for my monthly subscription, what do you have in store for me to come back?

Anger(rage) leads to hate, hate leads to suffering, suffering leads to the dark side. You should roll a sith warrior.

Ya there would probably be some kind of cap on how many people can fight in a territory. Im sure there are ways to make it work. Im definitely not a fan of wintergrasp scaling, so a cap would be much better.

1) Fighting for planets: there could be planets dedicated to PvP battles. Republic vs Empire. Guilds would control territory and if a planet is fully controlled it is locked out and belongs to whichever side controls it. These planets would even work on PvE servers, as the planets themselves would essentially be giant Warzones. So in essence, multiple Guilds would be battling each other on any given planet, and if one Empire has control of every territory, the planet gets locked out for a set amount of time and those guilds are rewarded for the territory they control. 2) Arenas? I was competitive in WoW, but even i don't like Arenas. I only did Arena's because thats how you knew who was good. Id much rather have giant epic battles like Guild vs Guild or the planet idea above. The concept of a que-able skirmish type map for small parties is not a bad one. Maybe a BG for 4 players that mimics arenas, but is for pre-made vs pre-made fighting? I am enjoying this game, but I am a PvP'er and for my subscription to continue i would really like having something to do end-game. These are just my suggestions.

I was combat and enjoying it, but i gotta say watchman is incredible DPS. I suggest everyone try it out

Your taking the class as a whole and comparing it to different specs. Watchman: the long haul. Dots/pressure. Combat: Quick burst and immobilization/cooldown management. Balance: Constant movement/relentless assault. There are various forms of CC as well. I really dont want my class to turn into a 3 button faceroll contest like wow, therefore these posts really frustrate me.

Well right now i have rebuke and saber ward. With both of those up i am nearly invincible. I havent been noticing too much CC. A lot of CC from ranged DPS breaks on damage. The CC that doesnt break on damage(stuns) are usually channeled abilities, such as my force stasis. That spell on its own is really good, but it only feels OP when another teammate is doing their most powerful attack while you channel. On its own its just a decent ability. Ive got leap on a 15 sec CD, a channeled stun and then when i hit a higher level i even have a ranged immobilize ability that just sounds really powerful. The trick, really, is to not run into 50 people on your own and expect to win. Scout the target you want and engage as the battle happens. You dont wanna be too far from your teamates in this game.

Most stuns i notice are channeled. That means its not OP unless you are already outnumbered.

I agree with hutball. If both teams know what they are doing it creates an awesome gameplay where passes happen and people all around are doing interesting things. Although aoe knockbacks are kind of annoying and the fire seems to do too much damage. Regardless, its an interesting BG.

I agree taht at the core melee is a harder spec to play vs Ranged. I came into warzones with a level 10 trooper and spammed AOE for top DPS, whereas i dont always get top DPS on my melee classees. However, that said, melee classes have a large role to play. I play a sentinel and all i do is chase healers and ranged classes around. There's not much they can really do to stop me and i dont even have a lot of my really powerful abilities yet(level 23).

This game has awesome PvP. Don't throw it away by what you read on forums or by abandoning the competitive aspects.

I asked in chat for a some players and no1 responded. I just gave up and logged off. Oh well.

Are pre-mades fair in any way? Im fightin ga pre-made with level 50s' and we are all sub 30 and not organized at all. I love the PvP in this game but this is not fun for me at all.

im level 23 as combat and i personally feel overpowered at times. When i get on a sniper they literally cant do anything, and i dont even have any of the nuts snares/stuns yet. Once those come in i dont understand how range is even suppose to survive. Leap is a 15 second cd Master strike roots them in place and takes out half their health Ranged 2 sec stun that reduces healing I dont even slow people i just pop transcendence or whatever and run around doing damage. I havent tried the other spec's, but combat is really good from what i can tell.

Ranged melee is a spec that does more melee than ranged damage. You cant get sniped for 4k and then meleed for a bunch by the same person.

bump, streaming day 2. I found a work around my lag. Its ghetto(as ull see) but it works. Please check it out.

Sentinel. My class forum is filled with QQ...

I think there is a reason for all the ranged classes. You make one, hit level 10, and you are instantly competing in PvP. The other classes require much more skills both ability wise and knowledge wise. Looking at how many skills each class has, i dont think any class is going to be easy to play at high levels. Im personally only level 22 and a sentinel(apparently we suck or something) and although i dont have lots of AOE, i can easily kill people and lock them down.

Preferences > Controls > Combat : Ability Action Queue Window = 0 Apparently this lets you que up multiple abilities at once. Well, if you are spamming buttons, it might cause a huge delay and feel like nothing is working. Setting this to Zero will not let you que up abilities but you will also be able to press a button repeatedly without any negative effects. Give it a shot and see if it helps. There is still occasional lag, but this seems to be much more fluid than before for me.

Please, just stop it already. I hear complaints about lag, and those are valid. Almost everything else is a joke. "Wah this wah that im level 10 and i get stunned and die" Dont run into 50 people and expect to win. Dont QQ cuz someone better than you killed you. Dont cry that your class is broken when others are steamrolling with it(especially at low levels). Can classes be overpowered? Sure. If you give a specific reason a specific class is overpowered, state it. "There are too many stuns" is not a problem. If every class has a billion stuns, why dont you use yours? I honestly feel i am stunned less in this game than in WoW by a long shot. This game is much longer paced and the battles dont end in a heartbeat. unlike WoW you cant spam your i-win buttons and faceroll. Stop blaming the game and learn to adjust. The developers aren't going to completely change a class around because you don't know how to fight it. And b4 you call me a fanboi: I agree sorcerers need a "slight" nerf, but i am only level 22 so i have no idea what its like late game. I am not making posts about it(well, until now) and i honestly dont see it as a huge issue. You wanna know OP? Go check out Death Knights when Wrath of the Lich King came out. It was a melee class that did more ranged damage than a hunter, 2 shot everyone and healed itself. That is nothing close to what a sorcerer can do.

I will be broadcasting myself playing the sentinel class over here: http://www.justin.tv/cryosin I was a gladiator in WoW and played numerous games at the semi-pro level. If you wanna know some strategies involving the class i highly suggest checking out my stream. I will be doing mostly warzones but also some of the main-line quests. I should be streaming for as long as i am playing. I might also be playing other games as well, but SWOTR is taking up most of my game time