Understanding what the smash nerf ACTUALLY does.

Your math is off a bit as well. Fully buffed smash will be 8-9K. Losing the effect of singularity cuts that to 4-4.5K, and losing the effect of crit cuts that to 2-2.25K. Chance of a crit without Felling blow is going to be around 15% if you are stacking enough surge and power to get to a 8-9K smash on most targets. So that is a strong single target attack with mediocre (2K) hits on secondary targets unless you get the 1 in 8 chance to crit. The spec will underperform unless it receives other single target damage buffs.

4 meter radius is small? And it's someone else fault for getting hit? Everyone is supposed to spread out to be at least 5 meters from any other person and maintain that spacing throughout a warzone encounter or it's there fault they get hit by smash? Seriously?

That's like telling the judge, "Your honor, I'm innocent, the other guy is guilty of assault because he ran into my fist."

No I believe the crit effects base dmg. It will hit for more than 2k hits, more like 4.5 at least. You can't just go by tooltip dmg. You have to factor in bonus dmg, etc. And I am wondering what you are comparing it to when you say under-perform? Offhand I can't think of any other ability that does 9k on a single target with 4-5k AoE dmg ( or more) on a short CD. It still is OP.

If not having OP abilities means a spec is unplayable for someone, good.

LOL, You obviously don't understand pvp. Why would everyone need to spread out 5m from everyone else?

Its a 12 sec CD, that can be reduced but needs a 18sec skill, or one that takes awhile to build up. If it should be nerfed again, then what do you think they should buff instead, because the spec only puts up equal overall damage compared to combat spec. And then look at all the classes that put up equal damage, good sorcerers, slingers, pyro's etc. Almost every class can put up equal damage if played right. The real problem with the smash spec is that there are too many bad players that whine. I have multiple 55's and I have no problem going against smashers.

Ahh, it's the 4 meter radius that threw ya.

So you are suggesting that smashers never leap to their targets and also that wherever a smasher goes, players should move at least 4 meters away from them. And of course do this while protecting or trying to take a node, trying to focus, and engaged in combat with other players. And if they don't do that, it's their fault they get hit.

Back to the analogy "judge, it's his fault, he ran into my fist".

And by the way, as far as I am concerned, I think it entirely reasonable for a big circle on the ground to appear a few seconds before a smasher did their AoE so people could indeed move out of the way. It would put them on equal footing with other players that have to contend with telegraphing while utilizing their AoEs.

Oh for Pete's sake, they have tons of other abilities already. They just have to learn to press more than 2 buttons.

It will hit for more than 2k hits, more like 4.5 at least. You can't just go by tooltip dmg. You have to factor in bonus dmg, etc. And I am wondering what you are comparing it to when you say under-perform? Offhand I can't think of any other ability that does 9k on a single target with 4-5k AoE dmg ( or more) on a short CD. It still is OP.

If not having OP abilities means a spec is unplayable for someone, good.

Another ignorant comment, just cuz alot of whiners think they only use a couple abilities doesn't make it true. Good smashers actually use as many abilities as every other spec, just not the same exact ones.