http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#2000cZhMbZfMforbkrfz.1 Hopefull that shows up not sure if it is going to work. But I have been using this 3/7/31 build and have noticed its a GREAT build i win most of my 1 on 1 duels vs anything but a healer and the build is designed mostly for stressing healers. get all three dots on your main target then start spreading dots around and mauling alot. The entire idea of madness in pvp is to create "Madness" for healing it spreads the need of heals as some of these dots such as crushing darkness hit hard and forces healers to spread more healing. Its much the same idea of a warlock in World of Warcraft. So YES ... Madness IS a competative spec. I average just as much or more damage done than both other specs. No I am not as capable of a ball carrier.

I have noticed that Madness Assassins Are Really getting the Shaft in Gear. I've seen that Madness is a Very competative spec in pvp and highly useful as well as fun. However the Set bonus that helps us is the Force Masters 2 Set bonus which has Alacrity on it which does absolutely nothing for us being that Crushing Darkness is an instant cast when proc'd so we are not casting anything. What this forces us to do is buy both Force Master AND Stalker Pieces to rip out the Enhancement to put into the Force master set meaning we take twice as long to gear out. This seems to me to be quite unfair. I have thought about the alternative which is to just buy the Stalker Set and use that however we then have a two set bonus and the Set bonuses are "usable" for force slow but the reality is that its not needed. in a pvp situation most are trying to run from you so it is in our best interest as Madness to open with a stealthed Maul then Saber Strike for a hopeful and most likely proc of instant cast crushing darkness followed by discharge creeping terror Death field and force lightning. So in the End we don't need to keep people from running from us with force slow and we benefit more from the two set bonus from Force Master which happens to be reducing the cooldown on crushing darkness by 1.5 seconds and allows it to heal you for 0.5% of your health which is huge. But Again we do not gain from the Alacrity enough for it to be viable and we require it to be Crit/Surge.

I just thought i would take the time to throw out some Mathematics that do not make any sense. After the latest patch if you are Valor lvl 50 you MAY then buy Champion Commendations for 120 warzone Commendations to 1 Champion Commendation and on the Surface this sounds great ... what a reward for reaching Valor 50 right? To Be honest its a Complete slap in the face and this is why i feel this way. 120 Warzone Commendations = 1 Champion Commendation 840 Warzone Commendations = 7 Champion Commendations But WHY would i do that when i can spend 800 Warzone Commendations to Gain 1 Champion Bag which gives me 7 Champion Commendations every time its a garuntee. if 600 Warzone Commendations = 200 Mercenary Commendations then another 200 Warzone Commendations = 800 Warzone Commendations total spent on gaining 7 Champion Commendations and also get a small chance to tain a Champion Token i don't see how 120 Warzone Commendations to 1 Champion is any benefit. It seems to me that either A. someone didn't think that through or B. Someone was being Sadistic and wanted to help people needlessly dump more commendations and not realize they were being Jipped. In Good Faith i'm going to assume A. as it seems there are alot of bugs being worked out in many areas. I honestly think that 100 Warzone Commendations to 1 Champion Commendation is what was being shot for as that would be 800 Warzone Commendations to 8 Champion which is a Gain of 1 Champion Commendation which is VERY minimal but still a gain and if it went down to 80 Warzone Commendations to 1 Champion Commendation we would gain 3 and might be more suited for needing 50 Valor lvl to begin buying. and by the time you get to 50 Valor you are most likely in ATLEAST half Champion gear already and might be more beneficial for players to look forward to making Valor lvl 50.