I have 2 level 50's on Canderous Ordo, An Arsenal Mercenary & a Concealment Operative.

Both are DPS I'm thinking of switching 1 of them to healing.

 

Which is better for healing and which is better for DPS

My thoughts are to keep the Mercenary DPS, because it's ranged and probably better suited for it.

 

 

 

Or heck, I might even spec 1 for PvP.

Edited October 21, 2012 by Kourage

OP heals=best heals not the AoE heals tho

Merc DPS and OP DPS=garbage DPS

Make a sorc madness hybrid if you want good DPS or for Melee PT or Marauder.

well if its pvp just put the merc away op has pretty good healing...if you want pve dps i assure you arsenal merc is not garbage i have a gunnery commando which is the mirror to the merc and i just parsed yesterday was at 1890 before the dip in mox took it 1854 so i assure you arsenal merc is good for pve garbage for pvp op dps garbage for pve awesome for pvp Edited October 21, 2012 by MustangKing
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Arsenal merc for PvE

Healing OP for PvP. (best heal classs IMO for PvP)

Yeah arsenal merc for pve is pretty on point. Bodyguard(healing) if you wanna pvp.

 

OPs healers done right are downright hard to kill. nearly impossible to solo kill.

merc/commando is decent for pve, total garbage for PvP

I'll probably keep my Merc DPS, and see about healing in PvP as an Op. Maybe heal in PvP as well.

best healer in endgame is sorc,

there is no best dps,

depends on boss's skill,

ex:

hm tfb boss1 : aoe dps win(merc,sorc)

boss2: mobile dps win(pt,vanguard)

boss3: burst dps win

and so on.....

The question was, of the 2, which is better at each....

Having played both classes, I prefer to heal on the Operative. I have never tried dps as a Merc, but they've certainly got some advantages over operative dps which generally ties you to being behind the boss in melee range. Yeah, lethality spec has a bit more mobility and I know some people can can do really good dps as an operative (people who are saying garbage dps probably haven't really played with decent players), but you'll probably get a better response to pug invites as a Merc.

Brute heals I believe the merc is better, but for a mobile healer, operative is the way to go. Been playing around with low level healers for both of them and I prefer operative healer, merc dps PVE wise.

I currently play an Operative Healer and an Arsenal DPS Merc in PvE. Both raid HM TFB (4/5)

 

In my experience, both are viable at both DPS and heals. However, there is less of a learning curve and you can get better results with Mercenary DPS and Operative Heals in PvE.

Edited October 26, 2012 by Tobradex

Both operative and mercenary are equally viable for PvP healing - the flavor of both is slightly different, as you'd pick up from playing them as DPS classes. The merc is less mobile, with all its instant heals on CDs, but benefits from some nice CDs and does very well when working with another healer. Operative has many, many escape tricks and are incredibly resilient.

 

Both are viable DPS in PvP (despite the PvP forums).

 

For DPS in PvE, operatives are at a significant disadvantage (backstab/hidden strike issues), but it's a surmountable one. I've seen operatives put up extremely good numbers in PvE - but it means another melee and one that relies on positioning for maximum dps - so you'll find raid leaders avoiding them. Mercs, now that they've been given an interrupt, are absolutely viable. Unfortunately, neither class have abilities that significantly benefit the rest of the raid (a la sniper shield, shatter shot, bloodthirst, armor debuffs, etc.).

 

For healing in Pve, both are viable.

I'd go merc dps, operative heals.