Maybe I'm missing something, not sure. I see all these formulas and spreadsheets trying to determine which gear setup does more damage. Go get a buddy with 1396 exp. Use an ability on him like flame thrower. It has no min/max range, it tics for the same amount every time. Then switch around your crystals, swap your armorings, or whatever. Record the results. This will give you the exact damage differential, would it not? Theres no spreadsheets, no 10000 hits, is it not as simple as this?

My whole point was that I put up 800k damage and nobody else broke 500k. My numbers could have been bigger if I didnt also kill a ton of people in the process. We also won the match. Big numbers dont really mean anything if nobodies dying. The only point Im trying to make is that the dps issues arent that bad, its survivability. Ive never had the feeling that I wish I could put out more damage, I have had the feeling of being severely pissed off after being consistenty beat by almost any class 1v1 because of survivability issues. Nevermind the fact I used 800k as an example, not trying to brag about big numbers. Hell, theres been matches where I put up 300k and noone else broke 50k. Obviously we lose.

So purely from a dps perspective what is the conclusion here? Do you put out more damage with two +41 power crystals or two +41 expertise crystals? I'm not concerned about a small percentage increase in survivability, thats what healers are for. Burst damage is always king for a dps in pvp.

IDK man. No matter what time I play at, I'm almost always at or near the top in damage, dps, and killing blows when that is all Im worried about. The only time Im not is when I actually play objectives like guarding nodes or carrying orbs. Now I can't kill hardly anybody 1v1 which is where the survivability issue comes in. And really, when I put up big damage numbers, or somebody else does, I become worried because that means nobodies dying. Alot of times I find myself strategically trying to take out a target like a healer and everybody else is just spamming abilities on any old random target trying to keep there damage numbers rolling. I do this too, every now and then when I get frustrated, and can put up big numbers. Big numbers that dont mean anything cuz we lost. I haven't tried it yet, but maybe one of these matches I'll just spam, spam, spam and see what I can top out at. Then I'll take a pic of the scoreboard along with my woody and post it everywhere showing everybody how good I am.

Where are you getting these percentages from? Don't just pull numbers out of your bunghole and treat them as if they were something reliable. I can out dps anybody on my merc. Ive put up 800k in VS and nobody else even broke 500k. You are right though about the low survivability and utility. The only time my damage suffers is when I get a guy or two from the oth!er team that focuses me every time, cuz we are pretty easy to kill. But, if they leave me a small window of time in a big group fight, many will suffer and many will die.

Where are you getting these percentages from? Don't just pull numbers out of your bunghole and treat them as if they were something reliable. I can out dps anybody on my merc. Ive put up 800k in VS and nobody else even broke 500k. You are right though about the low survivability and utility. The only time my damage suffers is when I get a guy or two from the oth!er team that focuses me every time, cuz we are pretty easy to kill. But, if they leave me a small window of time in a big group fight, many will suffer and many will die.

I recently leveled a merc, hit 50 not too long ago. Been messing around with arsenal and pyro specs in pvp. Lot of fun as long as you have a decent team that can hold their ground. Started to min/max a little and this question comes to my mind. Where do I want my accuracy to be? Particularly for abilities that deal white damage. Rail Shot, Unload, Power Shot, etc. Thanks for any help.

I think I figured out the theory behind smash. Some brilliantly minded human being was sitting at his desk and asked himself; "how do I pull in all them Pac-Man fans out there, who are only used to using a joystick and 3 buttons?". Hence, the birth of the smash spec. That, and lightsabers are so darn cool.

I recently leveled a merc to see what all the fuss is about. I hit 50 about 3 weeks ago and have played Wz's continuously since picking up about a half set of EWH gear. Here's my take. These guys are absolute killing machines when left alone. I can kill anything foolish enough to stay within 30 meters of me, surprisingly quick. This is the designed mechanic for a merc dps, and from what i see works to perfection. But the key words here are, when left alone. So far im having a very hard time even putting up a decent fight against a good mdps who engages me. IMO there does have to be a drawback to being able to deliver so much damage from range, maybe this is it. However, to be completely overwhelmed by a well played sentinel after blowing every cd, using every trick i can think of, is not a good feeling. Here's a couple tweaks that are not game changers but can add a little more survivability and utility. Give them a cover mechanic that makes them immune to leaps, since it seems like sents and guardians are the bane of our existence. Snipers have it and it is the one reason they can stand there ground. If snipers did not have cover they would be in the same boat as mercs. Also, lower the cd on concussion missile to 1 minute and make it an instant cast. This would actually improve survivability alot. Implement these 2 changes and see what the outcome is. I know one thing though, damage, dps, and killing ability is definetly not the problem. I am usually at or near the top in all these categories every single warzone. Sorry if these tweaks were already discussed, didn't have time to read through the countless pages.

Ah yes, shows you how much I know about these forums. Magically clicked on a person's name, and hit ignore, suddenly each page got much,much shorter.

Why is there not a limit to how many posts a person can make within a certain timeframe? I read post after post, with pretty much the same information every post coming from this guy. We know, we know, we've heard it a thousand times by now, you have a vaild point, please stop stating it. Your filling this thread and trolling it on purpose to piss people off, with garbage. There is a large population of people who bought these items based on the preview, who had no clue they were going to change it. This is fact, I'm not trying to argue here. The devs have acknoweledged they have wronged these people and are going to fix it. "Organize a decent post, and let it marinate a bit, come back, maybe do it again. Don't just try to get your name up on the Most Frequent Poster award."

Good to see your back for the late night hours again, like me. Do you have anything to add other then these 2 sentences to this thread. I think I've seen them like at least 10 times maybe. We get your point, please stop posting the same thing over and over. One time is enough. Ok, now your argument. I know we keep posting the same things over and over too. Not really though, I've seen many diverse posts in this thread addressing an issue many of us feel is very important. If you have nothing other to add besides "They stated such and such on 12/12/12", please occupy your time with a different thread. thanks

I think when someone invest alot of time, money and credits on the appearance of there character they become attached to such appearance. Then to see it changed without much warning, they become angry. You might not have done this yet, but, beleive it or not, many people take the appearance of there character very serious. I am one of them, please don't hate me. As far as your pvp issues, I'm not so sure this is top priority. I have logged in over 3000 warzones and still can't get enough of it. Much, much fun for me. It used to be even more fun, beleive it or not, when I looked like a bad arse ninja. Now I look like a towel boy.

I just want to adress the 2-3 people in this thread that are trying to stage a counter-argument against the hundreds of us unsattisfied people. Here we have a dev obviously stating they made a terrible mistake. I think I'll listen to this guy over those 2-3 people. I don't see anywhere in his post about him saying "Well, you players should have been checking the forums, HAHA." A horrible decision has happened on behalf of the developers, they have admitted it, now we just have to go through the pain of waiting for them to fix it.