Great post my brother, very very informative. I have been playing lvl 50 merc pvp unfortunately and have mostly battle master main set and recruit misc gear slots and 1 WH implant. As a result of realizing how freaking long it will take for me to accumulate the gear to have somewhat of an impact in a WZ other than me distracting the enemy from focusing healers etc. I thoroughly am in love with the merc playstyle (maybe pyro a little bit more than arsenal or bodyguard), yet i get group gang banged by extremely subpar players playing fotm classes so I decided to start leveling my first char i made(marauder). And wow, even though i have been planning on going rage spec at end game and carnage for leveling, your post was very informative. I've played 3 classes competetively for about 8 arena seasons in wow, and i thought warriors were god mode in that game. The insight you've provided has gotten me a lot more excited about leveling a mara and putting my lvl 40 operative on hold.
What i'm perceiving from your post is that the anniahlation spec is very similiar to my main wow char (rogue), with all of the control and bleeds ownage. even at lvl 19 in WZ's, i really absolutely wreck face, but I'm noticing I'm getting just coonstantly focus fired by their whole team. Also before reading this I really wasn't using assault as a fundemental staple of the rotation since in wow you have auto attack.
Cheers,
Great Post