Developer Update: Class Changes and Balance in Game Update 1.4

"The way control abilities were designed encouraged this behavior, and the resulting gameplay could be frustrating." How do you not understand that making Resolve build slower is only going to increase the frequency of the already frustrating and rage-quit inducing stun-locking in PvP?

And you're doing it because it'll benefit unorganized PuGs? How do you not realize that anything that makes things easier for unorganized PuGs will benefit organized pre-made teams even more? This will only further increase the performance gap between PuGs and pre-mades. Which means more frustration and rage-quitting on PuGs, which means the organized PvPers have even less opposition to fight against.

I truly don't mean to sound rude Mr. Peckenpaugh, but do you actually PvP in this game? I don't mean against your fellow developers but against real organized players? I ask because I do and while I'm far from being one of the best PvPers in this game (not even close), even I can see how these changes will only makes things worse.

Same here mate - really thought we were due some tweaks but I guess BW think they did enough in 1.3 (hint: they didn't, we need a damage buff to both DPS and Tank Juggs).

I have actually used the method of lagrange multiplier to find the optimized point fo defense, shield and absorb to determine min squishiness (expected fraction of incoming damage) for vangaurds and shadow tanks. I understand sins has better internal/elemental, but that does not make up for the fact that we have no armoring, which was only made worse by 1.3.

I think you are the one that does niot understand the maths... let me help u:

Juggernaut
Squishiness 0.271094018987452
SigmaSquish 0.226892305330718
Spikey-ness 1.58824613731503

PT
Squishiness 0.257624324194631
SigmaSquish 0.192340212356521
Spikey-ness 1.34638148649564

Assassin
Squishiness 0.296295104913598
SigmaSquish 0.26137994914345
Spikey-ness 1.82965964400415

http://mmo-mechanics.com/swtor/forum...5-page-22.html

do u see how assassins have the more squishy, most unreliable and most spikey of all tanks?

that was rhetorical.


not only that, but the PT with their 20% accuracy debuff is the same as giving them 20% defense 1/3 of the time, which is like a 7% defense buff averaged over time, compared to sins 5%. they get 23% buff to shield out of the gate, where as sins need to use a cooldown every 8 seconds (oh what fun that is) to maintain our 20% buff.

reading comprehension fail.

mercs are not "loosing" (the word you're looking for is losing) a knockback, they said that it didn't affect merc/commandos as much, so they didn't change it.

No, your reading is fail.

They are removing the KNOCKBACK from ROCKETPUNCH.