Hi Guys,
I would just like to say that I have now been playing for about ermm 2 days, lvl 11, competed in my first Huttball Match, am a Bounty hunter who dual wields pistols lol, suffice to say, my gear was absolutely terrible compared to the other guys with crazy effects coming from the heavens and armour that zapped and god knows what else, however, I did fairly well, had quite a few kills and had a fair amount of medals that i pocketed, at no stage did i ever spam in a sequence such as 1,1,1,1,1,1,22,2,2,2,2,2 blah blah blah, it would not have worked out versing someone in way better gear, instead, i used LoS to avoid being cc'd, ran back out where i could get a shot off, kitted for a bit, used some cc and finished most of my opponents off. <- this is strategy and skill.
I used my experience and tactics that i have learnt from previous mmo's and applied that knowledge here, every class seems fairly balanced however at level 11 and on my first char, i guess you wouldn't be able to class me as a veteran, however, the skill vs gear debate that is an issue commonly brought up in mmorpgs that is always the same, i feel that in order to base a 100% accurate statement like that, why not play every class in the game to 50, mix it up by changing the specs, once this has all been done, you will probably be bored of the game and ready to quit, but once you have achieved getting to that status you can accurately state that this a gear dependant game andpeople will honestly value what you have to say, your post was fun to read and sounded eloquent
Cheers