the op comes off a bit negative but he does have a valid postion.
for hard modes or raids, if you want a healer you want a sorc, you can do it with an OP just not as good and will be a bit gimped
for DPS you want dont want an OP because they are for the most part melee dps and you want ranged. OP is good burst if they can get behind but thats not realistic in raids and hard modes where ads are poping bosses have aoe ect ect, Ranged is far better.
in all the MMO's i played, a lot of them (never WoW) no company has ever took in a big enough factor that melee need boasts in dps and in the long run never compare to ranged DPS, i think bioware is the worst at this.
I am not against nerfs per say, but the OP nerf was just silly, an op was just a one trick pony in pvp a bit of burst dps, IF he could get behind and stealth thats it.
yeah you can play well and do ok in regular play and in pvp, just not great. I have leveld several classes now and OP is not bad but by far the weakest class i have played with really no home for end game and just blah for pvp now