Bioware caved in to the forum whines, prepare for the start of a doomed pvp game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJeM...eature=related

That's the video. Okay, we're even on stupid mistakes.

BTW: The fact this guy took on a 3v1 AND chose Final Fantasy 7 music for his video, I think, is exceptionally damning. I half-expected keyboard turning.

What a joke, any competent player who has played an Op knows all your damage is upfront. They should of just made the knockdown shorter and left the rest the same. At least there's still lethality tree I guess until more bad players complain about that too.

The title says it all, Bioware like every other developer caved in to the very vocal forum minority which also usually tends to be some of the very worse MMO players in MMOs. This is the beginning of the end. Scoundrels/Operatives did not need a nerf Bioware, as a healer I say this. You need to test your game and use your own metrics before implementing any class changes in game. Do not go by made up scenarios and imaginary numbers that forum posters use to try to make a point. That's the mistake of past mmo devs that has caused their subscriptions to dwindle in the past and I say that as an MMO veteran since 1997 UO, that has played nearly every MMO since then. You should, if possible release surveys in game to also see how players feel about x and x changes before implementing them. You can also use surveys to see if players think some classes are over the top, currently. You will see that the majority of people that actually play the game at 50, don't feel like the random forum whiners/posers that aren't even 50 yet.

Half the video is someone getting ganked and the other is cc'd then the teamamate tries to run away for easy kills.

Yep, anyone who has played a scoundrel/operative dps spec at some point knows that the burst was all they had. Sustained dps is non existent so this nerf will destroy the class.

Here's how to win, stand up>dot>snare>get out of 10m. It's not hard

Dude you must really suck at PVP I trashed people on my level 11 operative and didn't even stealth half the time. With all that CC they don't need all that burst. If all you want is a one button win where's the fun in that. PLUS YOU CAN HEAL!!!! Massive burst plus heals come on. Your not a pure dps class if anyone needs buffs it's Sent/Mar.

you are flat out making things up sorry. I have a 20 scoundrel an I do at a maximum crit 360 as an opening. Normally non crit is 200-210 You did NOT "wreck" anyone as you call it at all, that is made up sorry. As a dps class out of stealth you hit for double digits at best, an you dont do much dps over time at all. Couple that with no survivability an you really just made this up to jump on the band wagon.