best way to check it to look at your own teammates before the match starts. if they have around 130k hp, right click and inspect. very easy then to tell not only what armor they have, but exactly how they've configured it too to get that hp.

yeah, this is happening to me too

when it comes down to it, the tactics really depends on the situation. In some situations it's more important to be able to survive longer, in other situations it'll be more important to be able to kill others quickly. a lot of it will also depend on your teammates. if you have a team with one healer and no tank, you'll prob be pretty useful as tank. if you're in a group that's already half tanks and/or healers, then you'll prob be more useful as a burst dps. both can be very useful, so unless you're trying to fill a roll with a group of friends, i'd say just go with whatever one you enjoy more

^what he said

agreed, they are insulting the entire pvp community with this whole gearing system. this is just the latest example.

Dulfy rates the shadow tank as the best pvp tank atm, so if you're interested in tanking it's def worth checking out. I actually use a infiltration shadow and like it very much. i'm usually one of the top dps when i'm not guarding, and that 4sec soft stun every 15 secs comes in very handy, esp if you need to force-lift someone and don't have the insta utility. the trick is not fighting in the mid of a fight if u can help it, stick on the edges and attack and cc the healers. one major drawback I noticed when I tried out the tank spec is that all the random gear drop u get from cxp boxes will all be defensive gear if you're in tank spec, so if you're planning on using a shank tank gear is going to be a bit tricky...

these values do still seem pretty low... is there any way we'll be able to actually trade in the tons and tons of duplicate pieces we keep getting that we don't need? the real problem with this horrible luck-based gearing system that you've got is that I don't actually want to buy ANYTHING, because as soon as I do I know i'll prob get that exact piece from a crate, because that's the way my luck usually works in these games. all my gear sux and I don't want to upgrade yet because if I do then it will take twice as long to actually gear my char, and by the time i'm actually geared with even my first char the new sets will be out and i'll feel really pissed that I'm not getting any rewards or gear after months of playing. worst gearing system I have ever even heard of... please fix it. it's pissing off everyone... haven't you noticed!?

at this point anyone saying "l2p your class" is just a troll and either has no idea how the game works, or just hates having balance and wants to be OP.

just wanted to thank everyone who's commented hopefully the devs will start to pay attention to the fact that soo many people care about how they've ruined the balance in this game.

sounds about right ^

totally agree, the rate at which we get them is an insult. what's worse, is that even though I've collected about 500 on my main now, I don't want to spend any of them because I know that as soon as I buy something i'll prob get that item from a cxp crate. so in order to make sure I don't get screwed over by the game's very very very stupid luck system, I have to wait until I have enough for all my top gear at once, and only spend them before that to keep myself under "max tokens". worse gearing system I've ever seen in over 20 yrs of gaming. the lack of care these devs have towards the pvp community is truly mind-blowing.

yeah the pvp in this game has ZERO matchmaking. the only way to do any kind of matchmaking is to just form premade groups. unfortunately the devs really don't care about the pvp community

many of my matches now are 75% mercs and 25% healers. I have NEVER seen this kind of imbalance in a game before. the fact that this has been going on for months, plus the bugged electronet that can't be removed, while the devs are posting about how they're working on companion relationships... these devs obviously don't care about the pvp community. we really need to get some fresh devs in here.... ones that actually care about the pvp community.

don't even need the healer. just have all mercs and keep their sorc/sage healer under constant electronet. they wont be able to move, teleport, use a speed boost, activate their bubble. they will be a sitting target. mercs do this to me on my sage healer all the time. I have one skill that I can use every 90 secs to get out of an electronet, which is also my only skill to remove stuns. between chain stuns and electronets, healers really don't have a chance against a good team of mercs. and with merc defenses it'll be a while before they even need a healer... anyone who's tried to take down a good merc in huttball knows what i'm talking about. insane defenses. ppl are like, "oh just don't attack them" but that doesn't really work in games like huttball...

sry to hear that dude yeah, there's a lot of jerks out there, even in unranked but yeah, more in ranked. one thing about ranked is that some guys are really, REALLY into it. if you don't have top gear alone they'll complain and say mean things. on my healer I usually get at least a couple mvp votes in unranked, often have top stats in the game out of both sides, but I too have had people tell me that I should never play again and uninstall the game and crap like that in ranked. even had a guild mate msg me that he was going to try to get my account banned in an unranked because once the game was already decided and close to over I decided to group up on D with 4 other guys on my team and he had a hissy-fit over it. as a result I just put him on ignore. I suggest you do the same and tell your kid to too. it makes things a lot less stressful when u just put the really mean ones on ignore. they really don't make up that much of the pvp community, but they do often play a lot, esp a lot in a row. just try to ignore the insane ones and have fun with the game personally I've found that I like the 8v8 maps more than the ranked ones anyway

it's like u have no idea what ppl are talking about... trolls...

no one is saying that their dps needs to be nerfed. ppl r saying that their defenses need to be nerfed

^forgot to add that i'm a pvp-only player.

yeah, pvp gearing is a ***** right now... here's the basics... there's 3 teirs for galactic command, 1-90 (230 gear), 91-180 (236), and 181-300 (242). the crates u get have a very, very small chance of having a purp item of that teir. unassembled components and command tokens can be used to buy gear as well (on rep side station, it's the SE section, south 2 boxes). the 230 pieces can be traded in with components/tokens for the 236 pieces, and the 236 pieces can be traded in for 242 pieces. the grind is very slow, even with the current 350% bonus to cxp. the real problem with the system is that you never know which pieces you're going to get at random, so personally i'm not using any of my unassembled components until I have close to the 1k cap or I have enough to fully gear my char with 242s, because otherwise i'll be really pissed if I spend weeks worth of unassembled components on something and then get a duplicate from a pack right after it. the sad truth is that it's going to take months to gear each char. if you're really into ranked you should either just do it with the 208s u already have, or be prepared to wait several months before u have proper gear. bolster is putting gear up to aprox 232 right now btw. hope this helps

considering the "tips" in the waiting screens still tell me I need to earn warzone commendations... I don't think unimportant dialog is a problem.

problem is that sometimes you want a stealthed guy guarding a node. and sometimes when you're holding 2/3 nodes you want a couple there. so how is the game supposed to know when it's useful and when it's not? it's up to the players to report the afkers. however, if the match is already over, and most of the team is sitting on D because they're tired of being farmed, don't be "that guy" who tries to get everyone's account banned for recognizing it's a loss. already had to put one guy on ignore for that

been trying... easier said than done still. 90% isn't fair. either way, it needs rebalancing

I have a sent and a shadow too. and usually i'm one of the top dps on my team with them. doesn't change the fact that snipers and mercs are op.

on harb, imps win 80-90% of wzs. there is no more dispute, everyone agrees. imps have won. now plz stop punishing rep players for picking the light side and mix the factions for pvp already so that things are more fair and balanced. I mean... unless you hate fair and balanced. You don't hate fair and balanced... do u?

i'm a pvp-only player on harb, rep side, and I gotta say, I don't have a problem with pop times. i'm not sure how fast it is on imp, but it never takes more than a couple mins, and usually pops in under a min. prime time pops faster of corse, but i'm still able to play in the mornings just fine (usually after 8am mountain time). the problem is definitely the win ratio. reps lost 80-90% of wzs. part of me thinks that this is because the kids play rep side it seems, not imp, so the team full of adults is prob going to do better. also reps seems to use what classes they like, and imps mostly use the current fotm. so you have a team with half kids, who have chars that everyone agrees aren't as good in pvp, vs teams of seasoned adults playing mostly with the current op classes... of corse imps are going to win most of the time. only way to fix this is to FULLY MIX THE FACTIONS FOR PVP. nothing else will work imo, at least not anything they're going to be able to implement any time soon.