Seriously, this should be disabled by default for people doing fresh installs. This never seemed to work properly for me and it is more than a little irritating.

If they added cross realm PvP and a decent match making system things would be much more tolerable. There are some people that should be categorized as screen lickers. <i joke! But seriously its not fair to me or them to be on the same team sometimes...Because PvP populations are low, they make PvE players troll our ques.

On my sage i use force wave, force stun, mind snap, and force lift to pressure a healer. Dont know how it is like for other classes but like someone else mentioned, every second counts.

I remember that group. Was pretty funny.

I play a Sage and honestly i am usually top 2 on my team on damage and kills, yes i do decently in objectives as well. With that said i still don't think they are the most "OP class". Think it has much to do with player skill. I say this because i've been trounced by a number of other classes where the player clearly knew what they were doing. Snipers, for example, are wicked deadly. They do far more burst damage and kill so much faster than i can. Marauder, these guys not only hit hard but are able to lock you down and difficult to dislodge. A good assassin would probably be my third pick. Decent burst and have become almost as good as marauders on staying on target. As a Sage DPS i am thinking of rerolling to one of these classes. I wouldn't feel so frustrated trying to kill healers with my very weak burst rotation as a sage.(compared to other classes)

I know some people may disagree with me but that frustration and pain is part of the reason that PvPrs PvP haha. The cursing and swearing along with the victories creates something that scripted PvE content can't quite match.

May i ask what class you are playing? I am trying to form an idea of what classes are truly struggling vs these healers. I know its not marauders, snipers, operatives, assassins and their mirrors. They eat through my gear like tissue paper and One of these days i'll gather information on how hard some of these classes are hitting me for but for now just take my word for it OUCH. As a sage DPS i dont think it is possible to kill a healer of equal skill. The best i hope for is to force them to focus healing themselves. and make it very difficult to heal another person

Is preseason rank popping up for anyone? I stayed in there for like an hour and got nothing. I'm a sage and awfully squishy. I survive by picking my fights quite carefully and have noticed that shadow / assasins are doing the same and tearing me apart when they get the chance. so sneaky and meaty too if they have their defensiveness up.

I find this topic funny. There are games that punish you for backpedaling such as Aion. If they upgraded from keyboard turning to backpedaling...count your blessings and move on.

I agree that certain combinations make it easier or more difficult to defeat an opposing team. From my experience at lvl 65 pvp the variations of these optimal groups are large enough where i am not that bothered by it and find the fault to be in players ability to adapt to, say 3 healers in a group vs 1... or a healer tank combo guarding a node allowing more time for reinforcements to respond to their calls for help. It is this issue, in my opinion, that contributes more to the groups to fail more in a 8 v 8 scenario. Sorry if my thoughts are a little disjointed, i'm tired lol

lol. I dont support 1 v 1 Wouldn't be fun for 75% of players. The class balance is simply too oblong for that kind of play. You can always ask someone to a duel though.

Interesting. Well i don't disagree with your analysis. If the damage has stagnated perhaps it should be brought to the attention of the class development team With that said how do you overcome the conventional wisdom that sage / sorcs are over powered in PvP? Seems like an uphill battle even though we have our anecdotal evidence. I've been parsing my warzones and Sage / Sorcs don't hit as hard but maybe we have more utility Playing devils advocate here....i wouldn't mind buffs.

Cross Server and match making would be awesome. But do you really think they would pull programmers off the PVE content especially now with these episodes releasing every few months?

PvP is competitive by nature. If you aren't that good in PvP that's ok...get better. I had a tank in PvP that refused to guard for 3 matches until i berated him to do so. Its the same for serious raiders too. Learn to play.

If people knew how to play they wouldn't find the healer tank combo to be so "unstoppable". I see it every time i PvP. I always mark the healers and beg people to focus target them. To CC, interrupt ect and rarely do people comply. I'm not saying the game is balanced, but healers are not this terrible problem. The pug DPS is the problem.