KnightTyler Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) I haven't seen one of these come up in a while so I decided to create a poll regarding the balance between factions and favored disciplines. Discipline Poll can be found here. Faction Poll can be found here. Note: This is NOT an overall representation of classes, disciplines, or faction balance in the entire game. This is simply for informational purposes. POLL IS NOW CLOSED, RESULTS IN SPOILER:The Poll's are now closed and the results are: Faction Results out of 149 voters Most popular Faction: Empire with 86 out of 149 total votes. Percentage = 57.72%. Least popular Faction: Republic with 63 out of 149 total votes. Percentage = 42.28% Discipline Results out of 362 voters Most popular melee discipline: Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes Least popular melee discipline: Concentration/Fury with 11 votes Most popular ranged discipline: Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes Least popular ranged discipline: Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance with 13 votes Most popular Tank discipline: Is a tie between Kinetic Combat/Darkness and Defense/Immortal with 11 votes Least popular Tank discipline: Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Most popular Healer discipline: Seer/Corruption Least popular Healer discipline: Sawbones/Medicine Other: Ranking of role popularity (Note: There are 18 disciplines for damage, 3 for tanking, and 3 for healing): 1st = Damage Dealer with 287 votes 2nd = Healer with 43 votes 3rd = Tank with 32 votes Ranking of class popularity: 1st = Sage/Sorcerer with 55 total votes 2nd = Gunslinger/Sniper with 51 total votes 3rd = Shadow/Assassin with 46 total votes 4th = Commando/Mercenary with 45 total votes 5th = Scoundrel/Operative with 44 total votes 6th = Guardian/Juggernaut with 43 total votes 7th/8th = Is a tie between Sentinel and Vanguard with 39 total votes each Ranking of discipline popularity: 1st = Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes 2nd = Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes 3rd/4th = Is a tie between Vigilance/Vengeance and Sharpshooter/Marksmanship with 20 votes each 5th = Gunnery/Arsenal with 18 votes 6th/7th/8th = Is a tie between Scrapper/Concealment, Saboteur/Engineering, and Seer/Corruption with 17 votes each 9th = Plasmatech/Pyro with 16 votes 10th/11th = Is a tie between Ruffian/Lethality and Combat/Carnage with 15 votes each 12th/13th/14th/15th = Is a tie between Combat Medic/Bodyguard, Dirty Fighting/Virulence, Serenity/Hatred, and Balance/Madness with 14 votes each 16th/17th/18th = Is a tie between Tactics/Advanced Prototype, Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance, and Watchman/Annihilation with 13 votes each 19th/20th - Is a tie between Sawbones/Medicine and Focus/Rage with 12 votes each 21st/22nd/23rd = Is a tie between Defense/Immortal, Concentration/Fury, and Kinetic Combat/Darkness with 11 votes each 24th = Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Ranking of Vanguard/Powertech discipline popularity: 1st = Plasmatech/Pyrotech with 16 votes 2nd = Tactics/Advanced Prototype with 13 votes 3rd = Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Ranking of Commando/Mercenary discipline popularity: 1st = Gunnery/Arsenal with 18 votes 2nd = Combat Medic/Bodyguard with 14 votes 3rd = Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance with 13 votes Ranking of Scoundrel/Operative discipline popularity: 1st = Scrapper/Concealment with 17 votes 2nd = Ruffian/Lethality with 15 votes 3rd = Sawbones/Medicine with 12 votes Ranking of Gunslinger/Sniper discipline popularity: 1st = Sharpshooter/Marksmanship with 20 votes 2nd = Saboteur/Engineering with 17 votes 3rd = Dirty Fighting/Virulence with 14 votes Ranking of Guardian/Juggernaut discipline popularity: 1st = Vigilance/Vengeance with 20 votes 2nd = Focus/Rage with 12 votes 3rd = Defense/Immortal with 11 votes Ranking of Sentinel/Marauder discipline popularity: 1st = Combat/Carnage with 15 votes 2nd - Watchman/Annihilation with 13 votes 3rd = Concentration/Fury with 11 votes Ranking of Shadow/Assassin discipline popularity: 1st = Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes 2nd = Serenity/Hatred with 14 votes 3rd = Kinetic Combat/Darkness with 11 votes Ranking of Sage/Sorcerer discipline popularity: 1st = Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes 2nd = Seer/Corruption with 17 votes 3rd = Balance/Madness with 14 votes An interesting thing to point out is that even though the poll was only open for 1 week, the results mimic a few things that I have experienced personally on The Shadowlands server. The population of this poll is very small in comparison to the entire game, so it does not offer an entirely accurate result of classes/disciplines/factions played. Take all of this with a grain of salt if you will, and remember (This is NOT an overall representation of classes, disciplines, or faction balance in the entire game. This is simply for informational purposes.) Empire outnumbers the Republic. This is widely known and remains true in-game from my personal experiences. The "middle tree" disciplines are more popular than the other disciplines for most classes assuming "closely balanced" and excluding Sharpshooter/Marksmanship. Although I never really paid attention to it before, this remains true in-game from my personal experiences. Tanks are the least popular role, followed by Healers who are slightly more popular, and Damage dealers are in abundance. This remains true in-game from my personal experiences. Ranged classes/disciplines are more popular in comparison to melee classes/disciplines. This has remained true in-game from my personal experiences, even before the current Operations made it hard on melee classes. Burst Stealth specs are more popular in comparison to sustained stealth specs. Although Ruffian/Lethality is close behind Scrapper/Concealment, Infiltration/Deception is 7 votes ahead of Serenity/Hatred. This was true from my experiences in-game, until Serenity/Hatred became a FOTM. Vigilance/Vengeance is the most played Guardian/Juggernaut discipline with a 20 vote lead in comparison to Focus/Rage's 12 votes. This remains true from my experiences in-game as well. I was surprised to see Sentinel/Marauder's only had a total of 39 votes, considering they have the eye-candy of 2 saber's I figured they would have been better represented. Despite Sentinel/Marauder's current "shape", the poll was asking people to vote for the discipline they would play if the game was closely balanced and they still remain under-represented. I think this would fall into my disclaimer about the results not being a "true" representation of how things are for the entire game, since I remember Sentinel's used to be a much more popular class. I was also surprised that Watchman/Annihilation wouldn't be the most "popular" if things were closely balanced, and Combat/Carnage leads ahead despite their burst being redesigned in 3.0. Combat/Carnage has been the most widely seen spec from my experiences ever since 2.0 dropped. I normally see Tactics/Advanced Prototype folks running around, so I was surprised to see Plasmatech/Pyrotech showing up as more popular if classes were "closely balanced." Tactics/AP have grrrrrreeat! Burst and are a FOTM right now, so if things were "closely balanced" we may see a shift to more Plasma/Pyro folks running around. Sage/Sorc healers appear to be the most popular healer if things were "closely balanced." I found this interesting because I haven't seen many Sage/Sorc healers running around since 3.0 dropped. I assume its because they used to be the best AoE healer's, but now they are considered to be lagging behind in that department. Gunnery/Arsenal leads ahead with 18 votes in comparison to Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance's 13 votes. I was surprised to see this considering how well Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance has been parsing. I think this will also fall under the disclaimer about the results of this poll not being a "true" representation of how things are for the entire game. Anyways, it was a fun poll and I thank each and everyone who voted! Time to watch some Game of Thrones Edited April 16, 2015 by KnightTyler Poll was closed and results posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodamin Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 By the first question do you mean "what WOULD be my discipline, assuming that: 1) and 2)" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) By the first question do you mean "what WOULD be my discipline, assuming that: 1) and 2)" ? Yeah, sorry about that. I reformatted the question to include the assumptions and forgot to change it. Edited April 8, 2015 by KnightTyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 So far Republic is leading by 2 votes. Not enough have voted to form a decision about disciplines yet. Make sure to comment so that the post can kept being seen. After I get enough votes I'll close it and post the results. To view the results in the meantime, just click View Results in the link, or it should automatically show them to you after voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalLowlife Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Aight.....done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Aight.....done Appreciate it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hichitsuki-hime Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 done >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrooperSteg Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 voted on both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs_YourUncle Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 My favorite discipline is lightening sorc. I chose Empire, though I have a 57 trooper and a 54 agent and a number of other alts on both sides. The republic stories, especially for the Jedi is just over the top rainbows and unicorns to me, though the trooper story was great, and I have not played the 4th class yet, smuggler I think. Empire stories on the Siths and agent I have thoroughly enjoyed so far, I am near 35-40 on both sith classes. Overall, Empire just seems more fun to me, more opportunities for snarky and funny dialogue from what ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheaterLL Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Voted as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Empire has pulled ahead by four votes. At this point in time the top 3 are: Telekinetics/Lightning leading with 10 votes, followed by Infiltration/Deception with 9 votes, and Gunnery/Arsenal with 8 votes. Keep voting and commenting so that we can get more of an idea of representation! Edited April 10, 2015 by KnightTyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunafox Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Voted on both for you. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Voted on both for you. Hope it helps. Appreciate it... This is simply for informational purposes though, not a "true" figure of how every discipline or faction is represented. I just wanted to do one of these for the heck of it because I haven't seen one in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 For some reason many voters have only voted on the Discipline poll and not the Faction poll. I want to encourage everyone who is interested in this to vote in both polls. I will keep the polls open for 2 more days, making it a week that they have been opened altogether. I will post the results of the following: Most/least popular melee damage discipline, most/least popular melee class, most/least popular ranged damage discipline, most/least popular ranged class, most/least popular healer, most/least popular tank, and most/least popular faction. Remember, the results are not "the whole picture" nor are they the proportions of classes/faction's played overall. This is simply for informational purposes and does not indicate whatsoever any conclusions that may or may not be drawn from it. P.S. This was kind of a /bump post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtJeremy Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Engineer/Sabotage looking good, looks like Empire side is holding strong too. Interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTyler Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 The Poll's are now closed and the results are: Faction Results out of 149 voters Most popular Faction: Empire with 86 out of 149 total votes. Percentage = 57.72%. Least popular Faction: Republic with 63 out of 149 total votes. Percentage = 42.28% Discipline Results out of 362 voters Most popular melee discipline: Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes Least popular melee discipline: Concentration/Fury with 11 votes Most popular ranged discipline: Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes Least popular ranged discipline: Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance with 13 votes Most popular Tank discipline: Is a tie between Kinetic Combat/Darkness and Defense/Immortal with 11 votes Least popular Tank discipline: Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Most popular Healer discipline: Seer/Corruption Least popular Healer discipline: Sawbones/Medicine Other: Ranking of role popularity (Note: There are 18 disciplines for damage, 3 for tanking, and 3 for healing): 1st = Damage Dealer with 287 votes 2nd = Healer with 43 votes 3rd = Tank with 32 votes Ranking of class popularity: 1st = Sage/Sorcerer with 55 total votes 2nd = Gunslinger/Sniper with 51 total votes 3rd = Shadow/Assassin with 46 total votes 4th = Commando/Mercenary with 45 total votes 5th = Scoundrel/Operative with 44 total votes 6th = Guardian/Juggernaut with 43 total votes 7th/8th = Is a tie between Sentinel and Vanguard with 39 total votes each Ranking of discipline popularity: 1st = Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes 2nd = Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes 3rd/4th = Is a tie between Vigilance/Vengeance and Sharpshooter/Marksmanship with 20 votes each 5th = Gunnery/Arsenal with 18 votes 6th/7th/8th = Is a tie between Scrapper/Concealment, Saboteur/Engineering, and Seer/Corruption with 17 votes each 9th = Plasmatech/Pyro with 16 votes 10th/11th = Is a tie between Ruffian/Lethality and Combat/Carnage with 15 votes each 12th/13th/14th/15th = Is a tie between Combat Medic/Bodyguard, Dirty Fighting/Virulence, Serenity/Hatred, and Balance/Madness with 14 votes each 16th/17th/18th = Is a tie between Tactics/Advanced Prototype, Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance, and Watchman/Annihilation with 13 votes each 19th/20th - Is a tie between Sawbones/Medicine and Focus/Rage with 12 votes each 21st/22nd/23rd = Is a tie between Defense/Immortal, Concentration/Fury, and Kinetic Combat/Darkness with 11 votes each 24th = Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Ranking of Vanguard/Powertech discipline popularity: 1st = Plasmatech/Pyrotech with 16 votes 2nd = Tactics/Advanced Prototype with 13 votes 3rd = Shield Specialist/Shield Tech with 10 votes Ranking of Commando/Mercenary discipline popularity: 1st = Gunnery/Arsenal with 18 votes 2nd = Combat Medic/Bodyguard with 14 votes 3rd = Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance with 13 votes Ranking of Scoundrel/Operative discipline popularity: 1st = Scrapper/Concealment with 17 votes 2nd = Ruffian/Lethality with 15 votes 3rd = Sawbones/Medicine with 12 votes Ranking of Gunslinger/Sniper discipline popularity: 1st = Sharpshooter/Marksmanship with 20 votes 2nd = Saboteur/Engineering with 17 votes 3rd = Dirty Fighting/Virulence with 14 votes Ranking of Guardian/Juggernaut discipline popularity: 1st = Vigilance/Vengeance with 20 votes 2nd = Focus/Rage with 12 votes 3rd = Defense/Immortal with 11 votes Ranking of Sentinel/Marauder discipline popularity: 1st = Combat/Carnage with 15 votes 2nd - Watchman/Annihilation with 13 votes 3rd = Concentration/Fury with 11 votes Ranking of Shadow/Assassin discipline popularity: 1st = Infiltration/Deception with 21 votes 2nd = Serenity/Hatred with 14 votes 3rd = Kinetic Combat/Darkness with 11 votes Ranking of Sage/Sorcerer discipline popularity: 1st = Telekinetics/Lightning with 24 votes 2nd = Seer/Corruption with 17 votes 3rd = Balance/Madness with 14 votes An interesting thing to point out is that even though the poll was only open for 1 week, the results mimic a few things that I have experienced personally on The Shadowlands server. The population of this poll is very small in comparison to the entire game, so it does not offer an entirely accurate result of classes/disciplines/factions played. Take all of this with a grain of salt if you will, and remember (This is NOT an overall representation of classes, disciplines, or faction balance in the entire game. This is simply for informational purposes.) Empire outnumbers the Republic. This is widely known and remains true in-game from my personal experiences. The "middle tree" disciplines are more popular than the other disciplines for most classes assuming "closely balanced" and excluding Sharpshooter/Marksmanship. Although I never really paid attention to it before, this remains true in-game from my personal experiences. Tanks are the least popular role, followed by Healers who are slightly more popular, and Damage dealers are in abundance. This remains true in-game from my personal experiences. Ranged classes/disciplines are more popular in comparison to melee classes/disciplines. This has remained true in-game from my personal experiences, even before the current Operations made it hard on melee classes. Burst Stealth specs are more popular in comparison to sustained stealth specs. Although Ruffian/Lethality is close behind Scrapper/Concealment, Infiltration/Deception is 7 votes ahead of Serenity/Hatred. This was true from my experiences in-game, until Serenity/Hatred became a FOTM. Vigilance/Vengeance is the most played Guardian/Juggernaut discipline with a 20 vote lead in comparison to Focus/Rage's 12 votes. This remains true from my experiences in-game as well. I was surprised to see Sentinel/Marauder's only had a total of 39 votes, considering they have the eye-candy of 2 saber's I figured they would have been better represented. Despite Sentinel/Marauder's current "shape", the poll was asking people to vote for the discipline they would play if the game was closely balanced and they still remain under-represented. I think this would fall into my disclaimer about the results not being a "true" representation of how things are for the entire game, since I remember Sentinel's used to be a much more popular class. I was also surprised that Watchman/Annihilation wouldn't be the most "popular" if things were closely balanced, and Combat/Carnage leads ahead despite their burst being redesigned in 3.0. Combat/Carnage has been the most widely seen spec from my experiences ever since 2.0 dropped. I normally see Tactics/Advanced Prototype folks running around, so I was surprised to see Plasmatech/Pyrotech showing up as more popular if classes were "closely balanced." Tactics/AP have grrrrrreeat! Burst and are a FOTM right now, so if things were "closely balanced" we may see a shift to more Plasma/Pyro folks running around. Sage/Sorc healers appear to be the most popular healer if things were "closely balanced." I found this interesting because I haven't seen many Sage/Sorc healers running around since 3.0 dropped. I assume its because they used to be the best AoE healer's, but now they are considered to be lagging behind in that department. Gunnery/Arsenal leads ahead with 18 votes in comparison to Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance's 13 votes. I was surprised to see this considering how well Assault Specialist/Innovative Ordinance has been parsing. I think this will also fall under the disclaimer about the results of this poll not being a "true" representation of how things are for the entire game. Anyways, it was a fun poll and I thank each and everyone who voted! Time to watch some Game of Thrones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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