The reason Sorcerers/Sages are OP in PvP

PT's are not mercs either.

1/2 of our damage is at less than 10m range.

Don't confuse our range abilities with mercs whom have 90% of their skills at 30m range.

What we have at 30m range that mercs don't have is utility to get within 10m on a sorc. A merc doesn't have to... but a PT has to to maximize their damage output.

At least until the sorc learns to kite and heal at the same time... then said sorc becomes unkillable 1v1.

Which leads us back to square 1 and the OP's post.

What is amusing is that you don't know your friend is a much better player then you. You are the second easiest class to play in the game and he is the hardest class to play in the game.

I can lead dmg most games as marauder/sent also. FYI it is MUCH easier to be a marauder then a sent. Why? Cus you aren't fighting mostly hybrid sorcs/mercs and SiN's and you aren't chain stunned the entire game. When I play huttball latenight against republic I absolutely slaughter them because they are not made up of just classes that can ranged stun.

Just because I can lead dmg on a sentinel doesn't mean hybrid sorc is balanced. I can do 100-200 k more dmg on the sorc/sage and die a whole hell of a lot less, while also throwing out the best INSTANT HEAL in the game (shielding other players), because this game has no dispel mechanic.

Hybrid sorc is the most stupidly OP ranged class I have ever played in any MMO and other then merc/commando the EASIEST ranged class I have played in an MMO. Hell freakin arcane mages (facerollus maximus from WoW) were harder because you at least had to do things fast on them (twitchy). Do me a favor, make some alts with your friend. You be a sentinel, he can be the sage. When he outdpses you by 200 k? Tell me how balanced this game is. Have fun being stunned by everyone, popping a trinket, then being stunned again.

With multiple hybrid sorcs? Have fun being aoe mezzed when their shield breaks (can't trinket that), then being knocked back a few times and not having your resolve bar fill up. Then being stunned.

Ever wonder why there is a lot more sorc then marauders? Cus people as bad as you can equal the damage your friend does...

It's absurd how much arguing is going on. At least half the players of this game know that Sage/Sorcs are op'd in pvp. It's cool that someone with experience and logic is spelling it out but there's no way it should be necessary at this point.

The only things I find OP about this class is that their bubble counts towards defense/protection medals (i forget the exact name) and thus they can get more medals easier than other healer classes.

The other thing I find OP about them is that their knockback can have a root. Whoever thought a gosh darn AOE KNOCKBACK can also have a root that doesn't break on damage needs to be shot.

Other than those two things, I'm cool.

And I didn't say you had to damage from 30m, why not taunt and have them waste GCDs or even WW figuring it out. How about a Jet Charge, even if you get CC'd he has to turn and run before attacking your partner or face a full melee wrath in 8 seconds. I'm going by what's on torhead under Bounty Hunter and Pyrotech.

A hybrid sorc isn't kiting and healing for long against a powertech. My only instant is the bubble, which doesn't help my sorc brother at all because they share the same lockout. So I stop to use my 3 second heal and hope it crits(totally see where the inflated numbers on Dark Infusion come from now, damn torhead) assuming you didn't have Jet Charge up to interrupt it. Once I've used two CCs you've got full resolve and I've got a melee problem that can instacatch me every 15 seconds without worry of a white bar of "Oh, it's time to die now." My slow has a cooldown double it's duration, yours can have 100% uptime. Even without Jet Charge you've got me once CC is up, and I fill that resolve bar way faster than I empty the health bar.

How is this supposed to be way in favor of the hybrid now that it's two on one? 8 seconds of CC to try burning down a tank class that has a heal? Why do we even do this hypothetical battle stuff? We need templates on the test server so we can duke it out before nerfing everything.

What is amusing is that you don't know your friend is a much better player then you. You are the second easiest class to play in the game and he is the hardest class to play in the game.

I can lead dmg most games as marauder/sent also. FYI it is MUCH easier to be a marauder then a sent. Why? Cus you aren't fighting mostly hybrid sorcs/mercs and SiN's and you aren't chain stunned the entire game. When I play huttball latenight against republic I absolutely slaughter them because they are not made up of just classes that can ranged stun.

Just because I can lead dmg on a sentinel doesn't mean hybrid sorc is balanced. I can do 100-200 k more dmg on the sorc/sage and die a whole hell of a lot less, while also throwing out the best INSTANT HEAL in the game (shielding other players), because this game has no dispel mechanic.

Hybrid sorc is the most stupidly OP ranged class I have ever played in any MMO and other then merc/commando the EASIEST ranged class I have played in an MMO. Hell freakin arcane mages (facerollus maximus from WoW) were harder because you at least had to do things fast on them (twitchy). Do me a favor, make some alts with your friend. You be a sentinel, he can be the sage. When he outdpses you by 200 k? Tell me how balanced this game is. Have fun being stunned by everyone, popping a trinket, then being stunned again.

With multiple hybrid sorcs? Have fun being aoe mezzed when their shield breaks (can't trinket that), then being knocked back a few times and not having your resolve bar fill up. Then being stunned.

Ever wonder why there is a lot more sorc then marauders? Cus people as bad as you can equal the damage your friend does...