The only way to improve ranked is to improve the queues for ranked. Win trading will thus cease to be an issue. Balance can come later after you fix this issue. Either get rid of ranked or make every game carry a mmr rating of some sort so you can probably algorithmictize players. Probably asking too much at this point.

it is down right hilarious in a wz when have at the very least a possibility of 8 dps that can't burn down a guarded healer. The problem isn't with the tank guarding the healer, it's your 900 dps, learn to rotation.

He's right I don't even have a sorc past 27. Sorcs are the most popular class there are always going to be lots of tem and doing 1 mil dmg in a wz that is all fluff doesn't make the class op. Unless you run into a really good one they are free kills.

I assume we are talking about a typical scenario with 1 healer and 1 tank and 5 dps each side on a node. The healer can't heal everyone and the tank can't swap his guard on everyone otherwise he'll be taking too much dmg and then will be come the focus target. the healer can't heal everyone, himself and the tank, so yes it requires coordination and commucation this is a mmo afterall, not 2d fighter. It's very simple to mark targets and call out the focus target on guard switch, watching the tank's and healer's hp for an opening it always presents itself.

right ...how many sorcs were carrying you then?

df and df nim would be gutted. strict timers on the second, third and last on df, and the first and lost boss on dp. dot spread as its current meta isn't going anywhere bet on it. i only had to do hm on ravagers first boss to know how important to the dps aoe is.

unless there's class stacking ( class stacking is a problem with every class) of both healers and tanks, handling a tank ping ponging guard and healers is a learn to play issue. the tank can't guard everyone and healers can't heal through a focused target, especially now with how bursty all the classes are. it was a learn to play issue before 3.0 and a learn to play issue now. the healer is going to have a hard time keeping the tank up, himself and more than one dps with all the dmg sin, sorcs, mars and juggs can do with their aoes and other several ways. when the tank gets low (because he will slapping guard around) turn your focus on him, if he stops but still has a good bit of health he'll focus guard the healer (the good ones anyway), that's when it's time to focus the strongest dps, once they lose the dps tunnel the tank and the healer follows.

Having lacerate spread dots doesn't even work thematically and would kill the class in pve on certain bosses hard mode.

Besides the bugs how is it underpowered when it outputs the exact same total dmg as ap? That literally makes no logical sense. Maths-r-hard i know.

1 minute is the time it takes achieve the min of 2.5k dmg throughout a average wz, it is not made up. another fact that pyro is going to do the same dps as ap is lost on you. You are going to use them in completely different situations. Learn how to pryo, only a "noob" is calling it underpowered. learn how 2 math and keep slaying undergeared people in solo regs, you're so awesome.

That isn't what people are talking about when they say that, count the numbers: in a sustained period of time ap cycles most of its dmg in 1 minute on average. You take 1 minute of time on pryo the output is about the same maybe a little lower, how and when they do dmg is different, that's all. l2parse. So no pyro isn't "underpowered" you get greater survivability so you can hit the numbers of ap on a flat curve over vise versa all things equal. Ap will spike higher but fall flat every 24 secs (if I made a chart it would literally look like a zig-zag) evening completely out at around 96 seconds. The only question is survivablity good enough for 96 seconds and we won't know that until they fix the bugs and bolster.

Here's a thought, a tank is a tank and healer is a healer and a dps is a dps, know your role and stay in your place.

I can't use FS in my rotation no mo? I-r-cry when that happens. Yea that **** is annoying is **** i wish i can reach through the screen and slap the mo fo that's cheese balling it.

the reality is they aren't going to change balance of dps around pvp and solo pvp at that. i doubt we are going to get the nerfs people are begging for, i bet hatred stays the same at least through season 4.

Are you kidding me? I can still pull 2.5k dmg out of pyro, ap simply cycles it's dmg in 1 minute intervals.

as a person who has played pt and often the first to get focused down there's nothing you can do. at best put some dps down and hope to live long enough that they loose a dps first. since people only care about their numbers in solo queue and not winning they won't peel, juggs won't set up guard, assassin won't aoe taunt, nothing. solo queue is elo hell as sorc, merc, sniper and pt.

the prices on ranked gear is what i hate the most.

solution: don't pvp until 60 but then you'll whine about getting butt raped by geared 60s?

lol there's is nobody using the old set bonuses, the guys is clueless and deluded i've stopped responding to him because he comes off as trolling. for pt for example, the crit bonus you get on railshot doesn't add up on the auto crit you'll get on eb every min that is 14k every minute, it adds up to about 7% more dps. that doesn't include what you'll loose on dmg reduction. that's just one example how wrong that guys is.

it has always been this way you're only paying attention to it now? why?

yes, as a couple people already mentioned in team ranked sorcs/sages are middling at best. dot spread nonsense doesn't translate well but everything feels middling even ap pt. the real question is how many threads a day are solo stars going to make before they realize they are playing a mmo and not street fighter?

That is YOUR opinion, not a fact. I quite prefer my new sets on my sin, pt, merc and op over the old sets any day.

pvp is "overwhelmed" by mars, next to sorcs and sins there are no other classes being played you'll maybe see op heals or mercs as dps but that's it.

Go look at the past seasons. No matter, no matter what their kit sorcs and sins were the most popular in ranked the only logical conclusion you draw from that is because they are the most played and nothing else and guarantee that's exactly how bioware sees the data. and you sidestepped my question. we have your solution: you didn't explain despite the fact ap being "op" it hasn't reached any near the parity as sorc in terms of popularity in ranked. as for the "premier" set up in team ranked. it probably will be assassin or pt tank, ap pt, lethality sniper or hatred assassin and sorc as heals.

that is factually wrong. no, brute doesn't bolster higher than the new tier 1.