Hahahahah

Ok but honesty is the best policy and i know what i see and apparently the PvP dev's believe so too,they look at the metrics and math does not lie.

Well with the metrics they used to screw shadow tanking?It was their metrics who tell scoundrel was in need so many nerfs? after so many show how wrong they were they still messed up totally. in this case there is no need metrics to see where problem is, but people have to find always something to complain, they are never happy
Lets nerf all trees except smash then everyone play smash, then months later lets nerf smash and buff other tree, is time to play other thing or class :

Translation:

OH! NO the realised my class is OP, I like my OP class, plz dont nerf my OP class cuz it isnt OP

On a serious note, if the use the ''uncleansable dot thing'' they are going to use with balance/madness shadow/assassin, annihilation might become a very powerfull spec in pvp, other than that, the spec shouldnt be nerfed or buffed imo.

Combat/carnage...yeah I think its fine, the burst is pretty much like the assassin/shadow (very powerfull and borderline OP when stars align but super useless if RNG god hates you.

Smash..I think a nerf might be needed.

Well with the metrics they used to screw shadow tanking?It was their metrics who tell scoundrel was in need so many nerfs? after so many show how wrong they were they still messed up totally. in this case there is no need metrics to see where problem is, but people have to find always something to complain, they are never happy
Lets nerf all trees except smash then everyone play smash, then months later lets nerf smash and buff other tree, is time to play other thing or class :

They didnt even have a patch for other class's lol it was just bam,bam,bam Op/Scoundrels it was very obvious.

It took them a year to touch sorc's,why because there was so many,it is not healthy for the bottom line to mess with the light saber and purple lightning crowd yah know.

Ok but honesty is the best policy and i know what i see and apparently the PvP dev's believe so too,they look at the metrics and math does not lie.

No he is right to a point. The defense is too high, but the offense is too low to remove it.

To balance the entire class:
1. UDR to a speccable talent, high in the Focus Tree (both ACs).
2. Significantly increase damage reflect and passive healing on Ani.
3. Slight increases in energy management, speed, and debuffs on Carn.
4. Move Smash proc to Sweeping Slash.
5. Significantly increase Retaliation and Blaster reflect on Shien.
6. Add a guard talent to increase range of guard on the Immortal Tree.

/balanced

Took them ages to somewhat right a wrong in what they did to merc/commandos and 2/3 of that class still has a lot to be desired. Operatives are still lackluster IMO outside of heals and they were one of the first to get it. Sorce really isn't what it was at launch. It takes a while to nerf, but it takes even longer to correct an over-nerf most times. PT/Vanguard I am not sure how the results were but it looked like at least an effort to undo the over-nerf but even that took how many months since 2.0?