Play regs as a pt all the time so do alot of people with out issue. The facts are on a race to 300k pt both specs are the fastest with ap avg. 13 secs and pyro just over 14 sec.on warzone dummy. Next best is deception at 19 secs rest are all above 22 secs. I encourage you to run the numbers also.

The other issue is the 30SEC of tank-like mitigation if it was just the burst that one thing it that they are tank-like in how much they mitigate for 30 SEC. Being they need D cooldowns they need to tone down the burst. Just out of reg match where 1/2 of the people were playing PT the FOTM train never ceases to amaze me. AT least when sniper was breaking all the rules it took a bit of skill to squeeze the most out of it, this one just hit the button that lights up

This absolutely the case with sniper only a handful can truley play the class at the level needed to be god tier

ROFL and hence the issue with going to the community for balance suggestions.

First, let me preface by saying I like you Krea you got a good stream and you provide the community content. Here comes the but you are starting to sound like Baghdad Merc from 5.0 when everyone knew it was OP except those that mained them or want to protect the crutch. The amount of FOTM running to this class suggests that they are not balanced quite the opposite. You can keep up with this charade if you like but that all it is a charade. Everything is BIOWARE history suggests that this was not intended and maybe this crusade of yours is hoping that they don't nerf it that hard

To grind tech frags/ item level out of Red Reaper or Hammer Station Master Mode(MM) with out pause for hours on end

Irating has little to do with it, some class need the proper tactical ie Operative, some need proper set bonus ie SIN, some need the proper Tactical and set bonus ie Sniper, On top of that there are varying degree's of useful tactical and set bonuses which increases or decreases where the classes fall on skill ceiling/floor and the number one reason personal skill

Let me preface this by saying it may be to early for some as I respect the fact the the ability to poop socking MM is not a skill everyone has nor is having the time to do it a given even if you are able to handle mind numbing Korean MMO style grinding. Also this is anecdotal as I only have 3 toons with set bonus MERC,SIN,SNIPER and working on Operative. With out further ado here are my opinions feel free to add yours. Winners. 1. SIN both Deception and Darkness are a clear cut winner both can hit you for 80K and have access to the best Taticals in the game and the ability to swap those tacticals at will. I believe its meta changing in it current form. 2. Operative not a much as a winner as SIN but it seems to have gotten it front in burst back I seen over 100K in 3 GCD with veiled strike, backstab, AIDS combo on a 18 sec cool down ad to that the changes to roll on a charge system you still have a slippery class that can burst you down. 3. Sniper Based on Holo-Locate a good set bonus 3 Laze charges on a sub 45 cooldown along with tactical that give instant ambush at 20% more damage 80K crits is not out of the question. They retain the paradigm busting defenses they always had Losers Cant really Say their losers, it just seems they are at the same power level as they were before the expansion. 1. MERC I only play IO but it seems just the same even with the bonuses and tacticals faster supercit on mag is nice and blowing up electro dart is nice. I have no experience with the class below in 6.0 but fighting them seems the same Jugg, Mara ,Sorc while all have a few new goodies fighting against them feels the same facing them in 6.0 as it was 5.0

Both them and operative are going to be nerfed you can't have them doing that much damage in a Stun lock period. I have a 306 set bonus sin I wont touch him until after the nerf Oper is going to be that same

I got fully geared IO with Concentrated Fire and the mag sharpel tatical IO is a high skill cap version of merc cause the rotation needs to account for heat and if you go to far your auto attacking for awhile when mastered IO is better than Arsenal it just the skill floor is much lower.

Ill also Krea chime in also. If you think bio-ware designed a class on purpose that can kill in a stun lock while remaining stealth then yeah it wont be nerfed but history has told us it will see also Operative, PT, Sin in games past. It not will it, its a matter of when and how much. Still a fun class and its not hard to get tech frags on a sin if you buckle down its a day of grinding and then you have it to seed your other toon if needed

Its not a people don't have gear issue I have 3 class with set bonus Merc, Sin, Sniper only Sniper can rival sin at the current moment with 3 Laze charges and instant ambush on roll/Holo you use the SIN trick of adding 2 charges before the match so you can get 2 holo tatical and switch to instant ambush on roll/holo as the match starts.(bio ware needs to lock tatical slots like they do utilities) ambush/FT>roll>ambush/FT>Holo>Ambush/FT>you can add target aquired for more burst as every roll/holo is 20% more to your ambush along and instant cast with the supercrit but unlike sin you have down time on how many times you can use ambush in row and laze doesnt reset but you have better better defenses Anyways dont want to hijack this thread, Im sure people need it for Q/A with the OP as the FOTM's are going to be rolling in for awhile

I changed my position on this after playing my sin and getting set bonus on 2 other toon's and seeing how it all gels together it not that you can hit for 60K it the frequency in which you can do it 3 super crit mauls one at 60% the rest at 30% and followed up by a super crit RS and once combat is reset you restart the cycle with zero downtime and zero resource management sort like 5.0 Fury Maurder. It the death kneel set needs to be nerfed as you remove that and sin is just like everyone else and I know nobody wants to hear this that plays sin as it been second tier DPS for far to long but it currently overtuned and its Bioware second favorite class to nerf beside operative

As a full geared sin I've seen 60K crits on maul but I've seen also 50K crits from jugs and snipers and a constant stream of 45K crits from mara at near 300K life if you extrapolate, into 5.0 health it's not outlandish. Sounds like sandy vag to me as sin original concept for deception was control and burst no defense, unlike lets, say sniper which became a 35 M burst Tank immune to leap and cc and more get out of Jail free cards then just about any class.

Anyone that played ANTHEM knows exactly what I mean from the loot grind to the amplifiers and tactical's I guess as that lived service failed they shifted the teams over here

Currently, the sniper class is the training wheels for PVP. Haven't seen a class since bright wizard so out of its root core which is an immobile turret class which was given goodies since it was stationary to whatever abomination it is now. My only guess is that either someone on the dev team or someone on the dev team family plays this class (and yes this has happened before)

I play both sides through out the week there are some good pubs but not many the average pub is utter trash when I fight a pub team on my imp toon I have no worries about going 3 v 1 they don't key bind they key board turn don't use DCD properly its basically special Olympics PVP over their there is a reason why every IMP pvp vid is against a pub team I try to play PUB as much as possible to try and even the ques but I can only stand the just plain noobery so long. I don't understand why they seem to think that pvp a fast paced high stress environment it the game mode for them. (Just this morning I had 3 people on a team with sub 208 gear ***

Your wise to bail I'm most likely out again when my sub runs up, A bit of insider knowledge those that have worked on this game won't even place it on a Resume that how embarrassed they are of it. Those that are left on this game are here cause they have no other place to go or hoping they get shipped to another project. This game is a huge punch line in the industry outside of proving the loot box theory which EA is so desperately is trying to push into other games. The crew on this is beyond skeleton it is in every sense of the word maintenance mode with just doing the least amount of dev work to stay in compliance with the license requirements. Once that contract is up it well not be renewed. (contract was for 10 years)

Not to be picky, that was actually an imitation of a kryat dragon call. Not to get into the extended universe stuff so I won't give you the entire back story.

You came to that conclusion of a game mode that less than 1% of the population play and that more an indication of heals and guard then PT awesomeness. By that same logic sniper and merc or any class should never been buffed or nerfed. I played PT since the days of the Carolina parakeet spec and it in the worst shape it been due to the DCD race in which it was left behind as I quite possibly think the current devs think that pt is a sub spec of merc

I have already bounced this game,(launch day sin first and only toon) Its ran by a bunch of amateurs, this is widely known in the industry. I really don't care about the buff nerf cycle. What I care about is the quality of development and this game is rudderless. I have taken my wallet somewhere else. Sad cause I'm a huge star wars fan but I will not pay for inferior entertainment when my time is limited.

Still, doesn't change the fact that on a fundamental level the PVP in the game is extremely limited it's basically PVP with training wheels, it's slow response wise, non-interactive it's a current generation MMO designed to compete with a previous generation MMO which severely limits potential going forward it will be the same game as it is today for the life of the game balance swings come and go but the engine "HERO" will be the same which is the issue. I don't want to turn the post into a negative nancy post, The customer service I have received in the game has been top notch, I know some of the grunts that work on this game and they truly care and do good work despite EA not paying for a proper customer playtest environment. The current designer seems to what to improve the game, actively listens to the player base but the sub numbers are down and concurrent logins are at all time low this is a good old fashion server merge wrap in a event I'm not expecting you to care it's my opinion but with so few "Whales" supporting this game I know EA/Bioware cares. Good Luck with whatever server you choose and your future gaming endeavors

Thanks for making my point for me.

Congrats you joined the ranks of the skill less baddies that need a class to carry them...

That's the fix right there...