Mitigation, the REAL problem. Also, operatives need a 2x dmg multiplier.

Tanks are useful but not nearly as much as a dps. Since even when guarding the damage goes somewhere. Taunts are quite respectable at reducing opponents damage in pvp but they will never know who taunted them and thus won't simply be attacking you.

It comes down to a dps spec dropping taunts properly is vastly more effective than a "tank". Because a "tank" only has marginally more survivability than a dps spec'd juggernaut.

Well when dealing with a tank of a heavy armor class you should probably spam tracer missile and grav round. At least till you have full stacks.

Nitpicking. I was replying to someone that was referring to a Juggernaut spec'd dps. You can't achieve 200k+ damage whatsoever as a Juggernaut spec'd tank in tank gear unless you're farming damage.

The easiest way to browse TORhead for what attacks you can and cannot mitigate with Defense/Shield is that they will say they deal "Weapon damage." This is uniform for all Melee and Ranged class attacks, conversely all Tech or Force attacks will state some other type of damage (Kinetic, Elemental, Energy, or Internal). I've been through them all in the last few days while doing my testing.

The term "Weapon damage" is essentially a stand in for either Kinetic or Energy Damage depending on what weapon you have equipped.

Just bear in mind that "Weapon Damage" doesn't really exist in game and is just a tooltip catch all. It complicates the situation and causes a bit of confusion, but looking for those attacks on the TORhead tooltips is the easiest way to do your homework.

My question relates to accuracy being "useless."

I assume you meant for classes that don't rely upon weapon damage attacks, yes? I still regularly get parried, dodged, etc. on my Sith Assassin and I imagine having more accuracy would benefit me because a large portion of my damage is "white damage."

Just wanted to verify: Accuracy is beneficial to me, yes?

Once again 99% of statistics on the internet are made up on the spot.

My ACTUAL shield chance and absorption rating as posted earlier was 40.99% chance vs melee or ranged attacks and 36.67% absorption against those attacks. There are plenty of melee and ranged classified attacks that shielding works against.

I am playing unlike you, ignoramus. A dps spec jug can do ALL OF THAT without gimping damage. So I suggest you learn to play before you come onto these forums and spew non-sense garbage.

I don´t really know why you are still trying to convince everyone about this, when most have excepted this about 30 pages ago

The problem remains however that exactly this makes tank equip and tank skills pretty useless in pvp.
What sets a tank apart in swtor is the ability to use a shield and the tank trees and items reflect that, they almost exclusively focus on + shield stuff (increasing absorb and or increasing chance to proc)

In pvp however >50% of the abilities used just ignore this main tank asset, that sets tanks apart from damage specs.
This simply can´t be working as intended, except if BWs idea of "reinventing tanks in pvp" means that tanks should not be skilled, geared or played with tanking in mind but like any other direct damage class with a minimal increase in defenses against a minimal subset of abilities.

Name some. To give an example.

Name some from practical gameplay from say a Powertech, or Merc, or Operative.

In fairness, the tanking stances alone are a substantial defensive increase. Far more substantial than anything you could spec or gear for even in an ideal environment.

Those numbers add up to an average of 15% damage reduction against weapon damage attacks. Not so far off from me. Are you a juggernaut? Or a powertech? Or even an assassin?

I'm a Juggernaut. Are you popping relics?

Details please. I'm here to make a claim and get accurate information and discourse. Not "teh tankz r teh finez" and "[internet meme quote] I don't agree with you, here's no information why".

Please, details.