Before I get down to what I need help on let me say that I am not exactly a new player. I am a returning player after nearly a year and a half break due to working a broad.
Now that that is out of the way. Since I have been away for such a long time I have decided I would start fresh and reroll my characters. I played a Sith Mara and a Sith Sin. I am an Imperial for life. Now what I neex some help deciding is what class I should roll first and focus on as my main. Now I am not looking for personal opinions on which class is better. What I want to know I will break down into simple questions for each class.
First Mara. I know Mara is a strictly DPS class, before my trip I built my Mara around a hybrid of Anni and Rage, I believe is what I used. IIRC my build focus on buffing smash and bleeding/self healing (was there a way to heal yourself in the Annilation tree?). I may be mistaken, I am a pve/raid player mostly I do pvp but its rare and usually only with friends. Is the Mara hybid builds still viable with all the changes that have occurred since I last played?
For SIN before I left on my trip SIN was a good tank but a terrible dps class. Is this still the case? I ask this because I had started Assassin to be a DPS class originally but was over looked as DPS a lot because SIN was the weakest DPS wise. I then went tank spec and found groups like nothing.
Bare in mind I like to learn the harder fights before I start tanking so when I tank it is less stressful, thus wanting to go as a DPS first and a Tank second.
Thank you all in advance for your help and Advice.
PS: If any guilds/clans are looking for members I will be looking to join one soon.