The Pyro tree looks like it might be what I'm looking for. Can you elaborate a bit on why you feel Powertech pyros are better in pvp? I've been looking at the talents given to each, and it feel like the powertech has many tools for keeping targets in melee range (grapple and charge) as well as guard for protecting others close to you. All of those abilities seem to go against my goals of wanting to stay around 30m range dpsing. I don't want people to get close to me. And I won't often be within guard range or someone taking focus fire, if I'm keeping distance properly. Whereas the Merc gets a pbaoe knockback, which seems to fit my playstyle, and some healing abilities. I've healed a bit on other characters and it felt clunky due to the UI. So I likely wouldn't heal much. But the option to do it is nice. But so is Guard. Would love some input on why you think one is better then the other.

Is there any difference between the Pyrotech trees for Mercs vs Powertechs? I don't see any difference on torhead, but they don't list any differences for Lethality with Ops vs Snipers. And apparently several skills are different for them.

Thanks for the reply. I was looking at the lethality tree. It looks almost like what I want. But the 2 heavy hitting abilities, or at least what seem like the heavy hitting abilities, weakening blast, and cull, are only 10m range. Also, from my understanding of tactical advantage, I have to shiv to get it, which is a melee ability. Having a ranged class tied to a melee ability in order to use it's best skills seems like a poor design choice. I haven't looked into pyrotech. I'll check that out. Taking a quick glance at the tree specific skills shows that they're both 30m and instant. So that looks more along the lines of what I'm looking for. Anyone have any experience with madness sorcs? I'm curious how mobile they are as well.

I'm looking to make an alt, and I'm curious what the most mobile ranged dps class is. In PVP I mostly see Tracer missle spam Mercs or Lightning specced Sorcs who just stand there and either channel spells or use abilities with cast times. These classes seem to be viable and do good damage, but they look boring to play. I'm looking for a class that is ranged dps that primarily uses instant cast abilities. I'm willing to give up dps for this mobility, as I find instant cast abilities and the option to dps on the move more fun. Does such a class/spec combo exist in this game? I'll be using this character almost exclusively in PVP. So keep that in mind if that makes a difference in class/spec recommendations.