Considering the replies from my post, guess I just expected people to do something other than play this game 24/7 over a weekend!

err, what? If he is only valor 42, he couldn't have got a single piece of BM gear before 1.2, so you're saying he has farmed the enitre BM gear since 1.2? We're talking around 9k comms? at around 30 per match average, 15 mins a game, 100 for dailies (max 5), 100 for weekly, servers down on friday... ??

I'm afraid you did, set bonuses only transfer if the set bonus was attached to he armor mod. Old gear set bonuses were tied to the item, not the armor mod, so the set bonus won't transfer. The items on the GTN are the ones made from schematics by armormechs / synthweavers

OP is troll or liar. PvP damage was buffed, PvP healing was nerfed AND BH healers were nerfed, so if you could do it before the patch, you sure as hell would be able to do it now! Plus, you shouldn't be able to go and kill two healers as one DPS anyway, that would make healers useless, all you want is to play an overpowered random buttonmasher class. If your 'premade' can't figure tactics to beat them, then you were simply outplayed by more skilled players. Learn and move on.

Depends what type of merc you play, bodyguard got nerfed, add to that the healing nerf of expertise and thats one sledgehammer of a nerf. As far as the Arsenal / Pyro - I don't play them so can't comment.

Awww man, I'm only social 3 but I loved it when people pulled out a party bomb! It was a bit of fun while waiting for that warzone queue to pop or waiting on a latecomer to an operation. /sadface

Spot on. I'm watching people die while I'm overheating, and rapid shots isn't making a dent, struggling to hit the 300k mark and dying way more often. Expertise now grants twice as much damage boost as it does healing boost and I wonder if this is causing this on top all the silly nerfs.

I love my merc healer, I do both PvE and PvP. However, my first taste of 1.2 pvp is one big sad face. I really struggled. In PvE, using more rapid shots to top off in lower dps phases, saving SCG and HS/RS etc for the higher DPS phases is fine. I'm not having too many issues there (I've only done HM FPs and Story Mode Op in 1.2 though). But in PvP now, I just can't keep people alive, rapid shots doesn't do enough healing for the constant DPS that players can put out and if you don't use it heat management is a nightmare. I'm in 4 set Champ, 1 set BM, all non set is champ gear. I'm an average skilled player, probably like most out there and its just silly. Think I'll focus to PvE and alts more for the legacy bonuses for now.

Because being rewarded for talking general chat would cause everyone to just spam random letters in general chat constantly to get their social points up. However, I think entering pvp in premade groups should get some social points.

Valid point, I think I'm just trying to talk myself out of rolling a sorc!

Just a quick note, on the Q&A this week they have said that a nerf for sorcs is in the works (reduce ability to use buffs on several heals or some such - I don't have a sorc so am unsure), with a buff to mercs (kolto missile hits more targets). Remember this is an MMO and things will change. Although for Huttball, which I seem to get all the time, sorc has some great abilities to shine there, eg, pulling up ball carriers to higher levels, kocking back enemies off the ledges and sprint to get through the fire. As far as Operative goes, I've seen a couple of excellent op healers on my server who are topping healing meters everytime I see them, above sorcs and mercs. Although the only op player I actually know to speak to says they do suck at pvp. so /shrug, I dunno!

An enjoyable read! Nice to have a bit of light heartedness thrown into a post about helping you improve your game. Must admit I totally forgot that we even had Fusion Missile, must've just fallen off my toolbars at some point. Need to re-discover that, thanks!

I can't answer exactly but I can say to check the set bonuses, that should tell you all you need to know for who its meant for. For example, the combat medic gear has set bonuses to reduce cd times on HS and ES - no use to an arsenal merc.

I thought I had some issues with it too in some PVP matches recently. Wasn't sure if I was just being silly and hadn't noticed the heal go out (using it on RS) but maybe there is a bug to this. Will have to watch closer.

I too tried out some hybrid specs when I first hit 50. I found that if the opposition had a full spec healer, they could keep their team up longer and my DPS was too poor to compensate for it. Plus gear wise I couldn't find sets of gear to accommadate that playstyle as the set bonuses are all aimed at fulfilling one role. I have gone to a full healing spec, with more defensive talents (power shield, protective field and powered insulators) to stay alive while being focused on. I find this is working better for myself, although there are players out there using hybrid specs so maybe it just takes more getting used to.