I forgot about this gem. https://forums.swtor.com/topic/925986-72-pvp-feedback-the-death-of-the-pvp-community/

Never forget the 7.2 debacle.

Given that SWTOR's dev cycle has slowed to a trickle of content on a bi-yearly scale, I certainly hope they could keep it updated. All they have to do is update it every 6 months. 🤣

People write positive posts when the game is fun, and they write negative posts when the game is not fun. If you are having fun in the game, then you should write positive posts. Just don't expect everyone else to do the same. Idk. it aint rocket science. 🤣 This is the same outlandish justification BroadSword uses to censor posts on these forums that criticize the game or otherwise provide negative feedback. Criticism should be welcome and accepted, not censored simply because it's "not nice."

This is a really interesting point about parasitic game design. I would expand the video's argument even farther though. Parasitic game design is detrimental to the health of the game because it pushes out existing communities of players that were devoted to some feature of the core game. And in so doing, parasitic game design forces developers to cater their resources to the last remaining communities. In this way, the game is forced into an endless cycle of parasitic game design, as the game devotes what little resources it has left to a dwindling population. This is exactly what we see in SWTOR. As Mark Biggs (ex-BioWare Influencer) explained in a youtube video, this is what the Cartel Market and solo content is to SWTOR.

I'm not going to bother ripping into these PvP "changes." It's not worth discussing how these changes don't address a single issue that the community has been complaining about since 7.2. 🤣

New players in PvP is not an issue. This is a good thing. The issue is that there is no incentive for these new players to improve, nor incentives to keep skilled players in the game.

Rage jugg has the most root breaks in the game. Even without mad dash (which I don't take 99% of the time), rage juggs have intercede, enrage, endure pain, obliterate, and breaker to purge roots/slows. Not to mention root/stun immunity on leap and several 10-30m abilities including saber throw, vicious throw, force scream, and force crush if you do find yourself out of melee range and unable to leap. AND even if somehow I do get rooted/slowed, that is actually a buff to rage juggs because of pooled hatred. Rage has literally an ultimate kit to deal with crowd control. If you cannot stay ontop of a sniper as rage jugg, then you are playing the class wrong. And yes, I duel decent players. As you can see from the link in my signature, I am S9, S12, S14 top3 conc op. And many of the people I play against are also retired top3 players. Over the years, I have co-hosted the most successful PvP tournaments on NA along with my friends SWTOR influencers Kogass and Biggs. I know a thing or two about dueling. 🤣

Check link in signature. 🤣

Rage beats oper, sorc, sniper, and merc. Sin is the only thing that beats it.

What? 🤣

No, if all else equal, madness will always beat arsenal. But as I said earlier, 99% of the players in regs are not very skilled.

If you want to get into specifics, I recommend recording your gameplay and uploading it here. That way we can actually help. Just going through a list of scenarios that could happen is extremely speculative, and rather unproductive. As you already stated, the best way to learn how to beat other classes in 1v1s is to play those classes yourself. If you're struggling with madness sorc, play against it to learn its weaknesses. As you've come to realize, madness v arsenal is always going to be a hard matchup for the arsenal merc. But that doesn't mean you need to always lose to them. Oftentimes skill trumps class, especially in reg warzones were the average player is extremely bad. With enough skill and experience you can beat maddness on arsenal merc. Lastly, I wouldn't put a lot of value in lowbie pvp. Lowbie PvP used to be a great place to learn, now it's a waste of time. The skill level in lowbies is very low, many players don't have their full range of abilities, and the type of gameplay is significantly different from lvl 80.

Oh what's your toon name?

Gotta love the forums. Somehow it always comes back to premade QQ. 🤣