my best suggestion would be to go heal pve. i tried doing pvp healing on my sorc but as much as i tried it was just too frustrating so i decided to go pve even though im not really a pve person. although im not a huge fan of pve i liked healing pve(well liked it more than pvp healing) so there ya go..i only looked at the first page but im assuming the next 34 were filled with random arguments that dont answer the op's post

I mean honestly, think about this. If you're a bunch of guys with guns and you're fighting a jedi knight don't be a hero! Don't be like, "It's alright guys... I got this." Because that Sentinel is going to make you into a light saber scorched corpse. All of you should turn and shoot the crap out of that guy until he stops moving! There's NOTHING he can do to stop that from happening. Again, DON'T SOLO SENTINLES/MARAUDERS! It's a team game. Work as a team. Focus them down and live. so what you mean by that is all lightsaber classes should blast the crap out of everything else?that would be some amazing balence there and while sentinels currently are able to do it, it wont last forever..i have beaten a few really awful sents 1v1 but average ones still kill me b4 i can get through half a rotation..anyway i wont even waste my time on sents but the topic of this thread is mercs and 1v1 they are awful,was this intended? we wont know if it was or not because bioware has responded to,lemme count, 0 times to all this mayhem. now i dont think mercs are absoultely awful but they need a few improvements and maybe a slight increase in survivability

ok first of all..unless you have played one in the 50 bracket your opinion on any class means next to nothing. anyway i have a 50 sorc and 50 merc and mercs are in some trouble right now. i swictched to pyro because of how broken arsenal is and done alot better but i shouldnt be forced to only have one decent spec(other than healing which i hate) buffs are supposedly coming in 1.3 but 1.3 hasnt even hit test servers yet so dont expect it for another month...to all the mercs out there id say to reroll another class.atm i am switching between lvling a scoundrel and a shadow.if you want to play a merc and not be turned to soup by everyone and their grandmothers do pyro,learn the class, and you will do better i broke 400k for the first time hours after switching and have actually topped in dps a few times but for now im not going to play my merc and gl to all who still do..you'll really need it

hello there well i have lvl 50 sorc and merc so hopefully i can help you out..honestly if you are deadset on those two(atleast right now) they are two of the hardest classes to do well with on my sorc i ended up as a healer simply because i dont like lightning spec and madness bleeds arent strong enough to do much damage.i will say it is a real challenge playing a sorc and i was madness up til 50 and loved it but sorcs iust dont improve in dps as much as many other classes. Now for the merc...right now i am pyrotech specd dud to many of the things in the higher tiers being bugged(worst of those is heatseeker missiles cuz bonus dmg is not put on correctly look at other threads for more specifics. if you like healing i find my sorc to be much better healing pvp and ppl actually want me in their groups for pve.if u love those 2 classes stick with them...i play both my 50s and like them both...although sprcerer def has much better escape mechanisms thqn merc but i find (in pyro spec) that winning 1v1s goes much smoother..however ona merc running away is hardly ever an option.i hope that helps they are both run despite the recent nerfs to both but powertechs do significantly more damage thab mercs in the shared class(pyro). one last little bit id like to add...both storylines are pretty fun sorcerer has its moments and bh storyline is fun as well bh storyline has many more twists and turns that keep you guessing while its pretty obvious how things will play out in the inquisitor storyline gl

I have a 50 merc(just about full bm) and a semi newly 50 sorc(some bm) i cant help but feel bioware has made up their mind that mercenaries should not do high dps in pvp.now this is entirely a PVP persperctive and i dont want pvers telling me everythings ok.i have tried all 3 specs as most mercs by now hoping i just missed something but it seems that is not the case. we similar to sorcs after 1.2 lack the burst and powerful cds to be a useful class. it is still possible for me to do close to 400k damage( this is incredibly rare btw)in some matches but even when that happens theres always a powertech or mara that does 500k+. i would like bioware to atleast tell me they dont plan on fixing mercenaries so i can go make a mara or pt.that said although i dont have videos or anything but it is evident that the majority of pvp mercs feel they are being completely ignored by bioware. i refuse to go back and put in commas so get over it