Well, I've played from 0 to 50 as an Infiltration and changed spec recently. What I can say, that it's incredibly awesome and underrated. As Balance I'm getting ~50-100k dmg more on WZ's than as a Inf (that's because my DoT's are always ticking on multiple targets), as a survivability build I am alive for much, much longer in the center of the fight. If You go for the PvE, there is nothing there to be said, balance is the only choice there, inf doesn't go even close to the DoTs system, specially on bosses. Another thing, that after getting Sharrpened mind talent, You don't have to worry about Your force anymore. But nothing is perfect, there are some cons, that may scare You... For first, maybe I'm doing something wrong, could be, I've played as balance for 2 weeks now, so not so pro but on 1v1, if You have Force Cloak on CD, You are a dead man most of the times. If You have FC, You aply some DoT's , FC, wait for some ticks to do some dmg, then some stuns and Double Strike, DS, DS... no project, it's lame as balance anyway. But with no FC, before You tick oponent to his death, You'll be dead by yourself Second, it's lame to solo. To be effective, You have to DoT all mobs. But if You DoT all mobs, then You take agro, and You aren't a tank I didn't try to go on mobs with Qyzen yet, maybe it gets better than with Nadia/Tharan, but don't know for now. On FPs You have one serious problem. Again, to be effective to You'r group, You have to DoT all mobs, adds, whatever. So You get agro. You have basicly one hit on mobs, DS. Yeah, it hits like a hell, but aren't as effective as Infiltration. So You need a pretty good tank to not get killed. On bosses though, You get a real smash on them, thanks to You're constant uptime and steady dps. And You don't have to hit them with DS so much to achieve this. This is aspecially usefull for bosses with smashing close range atacks, like that whirlewind of thrandosiah warrior in The False Emperor FP - You don't have to get near him to get that kick. So basicly, You're great AoE fighter as balance, if You are in the middle of the fight and You DoT all arround You, You get that extra heal that You need to stay up for long, long time. But as an Inf You are much better 1vs1 fighter IMO. It's completly diffirent playstyle. Inf is sneaky, balance is kind of sorc but not sorc You are really anoying with the DoT thing, and with DoTing everyone arround, You get awesome kills and dmg output. But as I said, I'm still learning this spec so...