^^ Right on, this is B.S.

No, it's not. Played for 4 months, but now I'm out. Suib ends tomorrow, so long crappy game and unresponsive devs. Enjoy your unemployment.

Well, never, ever, ever thought I'd do it, but I renewed by WoW subscription. Jumped on MMO-Champion and was seduced by the sheer volume of information on the new expansion and additions to the game since I left in March. Although I cringe at the outdated graphics engine and character models I must admit both the pve and pvp are still very enjoyable. I guess I'll be fighting Kung Fu Pandas (God damn the guy who decided to add pandas to WoW). But I'll also be seeing several new areas, new levels, abilities, pets, quests, raids, etc. Cancelled my SWTOR accounts, 2 weeks left, see you guys when it goes F2P. Take care.

^^ all too true.

I've gone biochem just for the perma-stim. The reusable stim stat boost does not drop when you die, so you have a permanent stat boost in pvp. As far as I know, no other craft gives you a stat boost that you can't get or buy some other way. So I stick with biochem for pvp.

I would love for you to show some proof of this meta average "theory". I think it's a bunch of hogwash. Good and bad players leave when a class sucks, not just the bad. Hell, I can give a pretty good argument on why more good players leave and bad players stay than vice versa. So I don't believe for one second your silly meta average argument, you're just pulling it out of your rear.

Got it.

Damn, we could be related. I've got 3 kids and a busy job/home life. Merc has 6 pieces of WH but I'm leveling my 42 Sniper (sooooooo much better as a ranged pvp class). But I know that the leveling is the easy part. Once I hit 50 I'll have the same gear grind for BM, WH and soon Elite WH. It only gets worse as you go up in tier and I dread starting the process all over again. This may be the time to quit. Either try GW2, WoW expansion, or take a break and wait for the next fotm game. I'm trying to hold on until F2P kicks in to see what changes are made, but damn, it's hard.

I have to agree with you. I leveled as Arsenal and really enjoy the play style, animations, and feeling of doing some damage with the rocket explosions, etc. I don't get the same "feel" when I play Pyro and have dots and TD. At this point I've decided I just won't pvp on my Merc. Going to put the 6 pieces of WH on the shelf, re-gear with pve Rakata gear, and use my Merc solely for farming credits in Dailies and the occasional Flashpoint. My Sniper is now my main and I'll level him up to 50 and start the WH grind all over again. Only doing this once, so if this game takes another wrong turn, I'm out. Hopefully the changes that come with the Free to Play option will give me a reason to continue playing.

Seems odd that shared abilities will be different based on AC. Why even have shared trees? Is it working this way on the test server now?

So, if I read this right, several of the pyro tree abilities have had their range reduced to 10m, including Incendiary Missile and Thermal Detonator. So, if you were playing pyro Merc, you now have to get within 10m to use Incendiary Missile, which is required for any pyro build. Really? So they have totally screwed the only viable Merc pvp build in order to force PTs into melee, without thinking of the consequences for Mercs? Really? Are they that stupid?

Unfortunately they nerfed Merc pyro build with 1.4, so the only viable Merc build is now also $h1t.

Thanks, you confirmed what I already experienced. I want to pvp with my Merc, but damn, they are making it hard. Some matches I'll stay under the radar and do ok. Others, I'll have a Marauder or 2 that decide they want the easy Merc kills and chase me the entire battle. All I ask is for a little more defense, maybe a quick invis that let's me escape or a reliable cc. Oh well, back to my sniper.

Yes, you need the WH shells to purchase the new Enhanced WH weapons. Shell plus another 3,425 rated commendations. Let the grind resume.

Man, you really suck. I'd quit the game if I was you.