Why the proposed 1.2 Pyrotech changes are poorly thought out

You're not factoring in rocket punch at 65%.

Yes it is PERFECTLY ok that a PT would have 100k more damage than another dps specced class.
Because only an idiot would balance classes that dont have similar abilities based on damage alone.
I'll give up my 100k extra damage advantage when you give me the utilities that Sorc, Juggs, Marauders get. In case you havent played a single huttball, Pyros dont win the games no matter how much damage they do. It's the juggs, sorc, stealthers, healers that get the wins.

last time i checked, 65% was not 100%.

hold on, let me call a math professor to double check....

Maybe if you'd be civil I wouldn't try so hard to piss you off.

Maybe if you'd be civil I wouldn't try so hard to piss you off.

All that utility is wonderful until some Powertech/Vanguard 5-GCDs your ball carrier (or his/her healer). You have better burst than an Operative or Scoundrel, don't need to initiate combat from stealth in order to achieve that burst, can do the lion's share of it from 10m (meaning you have a chance to do some amount of kiting against melee players - Op/Scoundrel can't), and have better utility than they do (since Op/Scoundrel has, you know, none). Oh and in rated games your damage-reduction bubble will be quite superior to vanish as a defensive cooldown (and it's already light years ahead of Defense Screen).

Plus you conveniently left out the utility of taunts and guard - things which are absolutely essential for healers and ball carriers (and useful for others as well, obviously). Do you lose damage by switching to Ion Energy Cell (and whatever the Imperial counterpart is called)? Not a particularly noticeable amount, to be honest. And if you're running the really popular hybrid tank/burst spec, you'll have that cell loaded anyway.

If you think Pyro/Assault Specialist damage isn't totally broken in the current state of the game, you're delusional. Personally, I think most of you realize how overpowered it is (you certainly do if you've played other classes, anyway), but are just drumming up whatever sophistry you can think of in order to try and avoid being nerfed.

All that utility is wonderful until some Powertech/Vanguard 5-GCDs your ball carrier (or his/her healer). You have better burst than an Operative or Scoundrel, don't need to initiate combat from stealth in order to achieve that burst, can do the lion's share of it from 10m (meaning you have a chance to do some amount of kiting against melee players - Op/Scoundrel can't), and have better utility than they do (since Op/Scoundrel has, you know, none). Oh and in rated games your damage-reduction bubble will be quite superior to vanish as a defensive cooldown (and it's already light years ahead of Defense Screen).

Plus you conveniently left out the utility of taunts and guard - things which are absolutely essential for healers and ball carriers (and useful for others as well, obviously). Do you lose damage by switching to Ion Energy Cell (and whatever the Imperial counterpart is called)? Not a particularly noticeable amount, to be honest. And if you're running the really popular hybrid tank/burst spec, you'll have that cell loaded anyway.

If you think Pyro/Assault Specialist damage isn't totally broken in the current state of the game, you're delusional. Personally, I think most of you realize how overpowered it is (you certainly do if you've played other classes, anyway), but are just drumming up whatever sophistry you can think of in order to try and avoid being nerfed.

All that utility is wonderful until some Powertech/Vanguard 5-GCDs your ball carrier (or his/her healer). You have better burst than an Operative or Scoundrel, don't need to initiate combat from stealth in order to achieve that burst, can do the lion's share of it from 10m (meaning you have a chance to do some amount of kiting against melee players - Op/Scoundrel can't), and have better utility than they do (since Op/Scoundrel has, you know, none). Oh and in rated games your damage-reduction bubble will be quite superior to vanish as a defensive cooldown (and it's already light years ahead of Defense Screen).

Plus you conveniently left out the utility of taunts and guard - things which are absolutely essential for healers and ball carriers (and useful for others as well, obviously). Do you lose damage by switching to Ion Energy Cell (and whatever the Imperial counterpart is called)? Not a particularly noticeable amount, to be honest. And if you're running the really popular hybrid tank/burst spec, you'll have that cell loaded anyway.

If you think Pyro/Assault Specialist damage isn't totally broken in the current state of the game, you're delusional. Personally, I think most of you realize how overpowered it is (you certainly do if you've played other classes, anyway), but are just drumming up whatever sophistry you can think of in order to try and avoid being nerfed.

Typical 'You just don't want to be nerfed.' post. You didnt even bother reading the OP's post, did you?

Oh, ops/scounds don't have utility?

-heals
-flash-bang
-group stealth

P.S. We can't use guard as Pyro unless we sacrifice our DPS, just like Assassin's and Juggs.

What did I do? I congratulated you on your first attempt. It was fun and people actually fell for it. But that is exactly when one should stop, as long as it is funny and seems innovative.