I'm sure many ranked only players also severely dislike that the quickest and most efficient method of gearing is by pveing.

Operativesrpoo 8v8 hps https://imgur.com/a/Mchrs

That got spicy real quick

ligketc sorc dps https://i.imgur.com/5iChvHp.png

I'd say they all require effort especially now after nerfs, but you have to admit that operative is a lot more micromanagement. You both have good points, I'd just say that the reason why it appears as though merc requires less effort is that any average or above average player can pick up the class and pull hps just from their dcds as you said. Operative is far less forgiving. So really both have high skill caps, but operative requires more skill on average to be of any use. oof city

agreed. I actually like the healer nerfs, shows who got carried by class. Nothing to reroll to now huehue

operatives should have a higher hps potential since they're the HoT healer. That's just the trade, low burst for high aoe healing potential. What would merc be if they had great aoe healing potential and highest burst? Also it's not like merc is completely un-viable in ranked seeing as how asana, durwell, deadly, etc they can all make it work just fine and in the case of Durwell he uses it while maximizing the burst potential of his team's strat/comp. You can say all you want how merc is gimped because of it's hps potential compared to operatives or sorcs, but I'd say this expansion has featured the best healer balance in terms of ranked viability.

biggest heal from durwell was 28k so doesn't look like most of his hps was from cds. Oof

^ this c:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/170026041

sweet n'spicy http://imgur.com/eDGwMT9 op hps

post nerf http://imgur.com/Ve9WSpz

taco belgrande madness dps 8206 http://imgur.com/a/QFIxk

taco belgrande sorc dps 6428 (madness btw) https://i.imgur.com/NvvD3Vw.jpg madness sorc again 7036 http://imgur.com/iZOt7Tl numnums edit: 7441 dps http://imgur.com/BIy1LQ6

Asti's opinion (since hes forum banned xD) since pve leaderboards like parsley take the bugged sorc parses i feel like they should be viable for this thread but thats just my two cents, it is an exploit but it has been around since around 3.0, it requires alot of rng to get so getting it in and of it self is an accomplishment and i feel that you should honor those dps numbers.

8v8 sorc hps 11,698.8 http://i.imgur.com/7d16WsU.png posting for asti http://imgur.com/a/DuxHE 4.9 m damage taken 5.2k dps on op 0 dmage done 1mil+ prot just for lulz edit on op dps 5.3k http://imgur.com/a/z254K

http://imgur.com/a/5YQai #betterthan Knin posting for Asti

Fuzzywuzzy Poison operative 8v8 hps and overall heals 12,292 hps 11,689,854 http://i.imgur.com/Eg4U6ip.jpg Sageff sage 8v8 hps 11120 https://gyazo.com/d83e8af86af18e90855af87a8bae2c01?token=3a6da9e553efb3c2c2d2635a3f793b98 (next is for the almighty harold) Trumptomohawkmissle shadow 8v8 dps 8269,97 https://gyazo.com/77d9e2e42bca5ba98022b0d717cc8488

Mcdonald's Shakes operative 4v4 hps #1 14,398 https://gyazo.com/b266dbe21e4151cdca280bd7c32eae18

Mcdonald's Shakes operative heals 4v4 hps 11233.96 http://i.imgur.com/9KWRVki.jpg 11435.34 http://i.imgur.com/e3Iuz4S.jpg 11446.92 overall heals 10,863,117 http://i.imgur.com/kLfbhIF.jpg

The powertech is legit, the multiple names on the leaderboard glitch happens if you transfer to different servers. Look at s4 group ranked powertech, all the same character. The other guy though we all know is about as non legit as you can get, but it's not multiple toons he has the spots on for, lets say sorc. Those 3 names are all the same toon but the name got replicated on the leaderboards from transfers. I predict though that somehow it'll mess up people's top 3s when the season ends especially seeing as how a certain australian sorc healer who got top 3 last season was denied his title because bw customer service said that he wasn't top 3 overall for sorc and sage together

Coinkydink 4v4 hps 10,984.22 http://imgur.com/a/6UIA2

Poithonberrieth 8v8 overall heals 11,503,298 http://imgur.com/oFVxbrB

group and solo ranked sorc hps # 2 9525.12 http://imgur.com/fxjqvbZ sorc hps #1 9678.96 http://i.imgur.com/0lsAcOD.jpg nomnom

Yeah a friend of mine bought both 240 relics to gear a toon for team ranked only to find out they don't proc in pvp LOL Not sure about the relics from the crates though, haven't heard anything about those.