Vanguard's The easiest Target in PVP

I have a fully geared and augmented Vangaurd and we do not need any buffs to our class, our burst is high enough to compensate for our squishyness. if we had an increased escape mechanic it would make us OP. I personally do not have any hardships in pvp other then being a glass cannon.

A pt is a class which is what I was referring too by shield tech pt. Excellent dps for a tank sorry I didn't add that in. Though I have been top dps a couple of times in lowbie pvp but that has been more of the exception and not the norm. All in all I feel like the class needs no buffs but that's just my opinion.

Good point!

Oh wait a minute, that's utter balls.

First, Arsenal/Gunnery specs are situationally better than Pyro/Assault. See my vids - in warzones standard or ranked, I eat other commandos/mercs for breakfast, and assault are much easier to deal with, having cleansable dots and not having the burst potential of vanguards.

Second, neither assault or gunnery specs are desirable for ranked. I go occasionally as filler because I've worked to become the top PvP commando DPS on my server (gunnery, go figure), but I'm an exception. CM spec is ok if you want to be a healer, but lets face it, that's filler too - everyone wants scoundrels and stun bubble sage hybrids.

But none of this applied to VGs, who are much more desirable due to core mechanic differences. And even if they weren't better for Burst DPS - which they are, they also have utility.

I will say that there is no way a Vanguards DPS compares with a Marauders, so you talk about high burst and it's good, but Marauder especially carnage or smash are in a whole different league.

VG only need a working Defensive CD. Reactive Shield is **** (compared to other defensive CD's) and adrenaline rush don't even count as "Defensive CD".

VG damage is fine how it is.

Yeah, Vanguard burst higher and ignore all resistances. But lets cry about 5k smashes, when every other warrior ability hit for 1-2k max