Dots no longer helpful in defense???????

Because it was stupid that people could just AOE DoT and prevent everyone from capping for 21 secs after they died.

What it will do is make the sorc actually try to attack you. They cannot just cast AoE dot 2 times and KNOW you cannot cap and then hang back behind a pillar. They will need to actively be close to me to prevent me from capping. Since I am an Inf spec melee, I will shred that sorc if he does and actually gives me a chance to cap. This will actually help with people using teamwork instead of having a 1-button cap prevention method.

Regardless, BW is implementing it. I like it. If you don't, then I'm sorry it didn't go your way. It was cheesy, others do on this thread, and obviously BW thinks it's imbalanced enough to have it fixed.

I'm just disappointed at how much it benefits the bad players who had the ability to remove dots and didn't utilize it properly.

Sages/Sorcs don't have an AOE dot. We have to specifically target each person or use a ground based aoe.

That said, no. They're still going to hang behind a pillar. Then when you start to tap, pop out and aoe. They absolutely don't need to be close still. Same thing with Smugglers/IA's who are going to drop Orbital Strike and forget you.

I could care less, BW's just making it easier on people. Cap prevention while alive doesn't change. While dead it does, which makes it easier for the attackers. I'm just disappointed at how much it benefits the bad players who had the ability to remove dots and didn't utilize it properly.

no serious pvper has a problem with this change. it's only scrubs complaining.

Holy crap, you mean that 2 attackers can take a node from 1 defender if the defending team doesn't respond in time and the defender can't play defensive long enough? That's craaaaaaaazy!

What it does is completely gimps a melee defender vs. a tank-ranged team. It's no longer who is the better PvPer because I can't be stopping a cap and taking out the real threat first because of this. I should be able to compete 2 vs. 1, not just get completely rolled by poor mechanics. Especially since the best way to fix this would be to rework mechanics on cleansing or to have the DoTs not affect a cap if the DoT dealer is dead. Instead it completely ties a melee defender down (especially if he has no gap closer).

Yeah let's nerf DoTs stopping people from capping turrets. But hey, those 6-8 second AoE blinds and mezzes are fine though.

Seriously though, what's the actual use for DoTs in PvP now? They already do sub-par damage for most classes.