Merc super cancer 5.0!!!!!!

That was only for a couple of months after launch. After that gradually we were turned into rolling trolls.

Yeah lol, at this point, DPS op is basically a troll class or a good node guard/node delayer.

They are still a guaranteed win 1v1 Skill=/=Skill against any other class. Just because Operatives are not able to knock someone down and 100% to dead them before they stand up does not mean they are not in a ridiculous place.

Sithbracer was kind enough to chart out the ranked situation in a thread today.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=906669

Six out his eight pie charts were dominated by mercs. A seventh pie chart was narrowly won by sorcs over mercs. The eighth pie chart was won by PT tanks due to op cleave mechanics.

All of the classes are horribly balanced right now, but the merc god shield + reflect + heal to 70% while still doing the same dps needs to be addressed before the community as whole can address other class issues.

Playing my merc for now, because I don't trust Bioware to handle things quickly.

Just tell me when my nerf back into uselessness is coming, so I can say that I've legitimately come full-circle in the five years I've been playing/maining Mercs, and then I can finally un-install this broken piece of bloatware **** and have done with its repellent little community of try-hard kids with daddy's credit-card.

Until then, I'll enjoy the Schadenfreude.

Cry some more, little baddie-kids.

Cry.
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More, you know you want to!

Your tears keep my car's windscreen nice and clean.

What's with this skill=/=skill. Last i checked =/= means not equal.
back on topic: i have no idea what's the current class balance in 5.0, since i don't play anymore but even in 4.0 a good arsenal merc had the best chance in 1v1 vs conc operative of all the other dps disciplines in the game.

Merc/Mando is making players unsub from the game because it is so broken and warzones are full of them.

I actually never had any real issues against mercs in 1v1s, (good) Skanktank juggs were much more of a threat for me. You can't afford to fight in melee range with them constantly, and you have to be quick about doing damage because otherwise their DCDs can have them living forever, basically.

But to reply to Soljin, 1v1ing people on operative is not as easy as it seems. Like, I'd wager that 99% of DPS operatives are complete cannon fodder. There's a reason a small number of people play the class.

Honestly, if I had to resort to playing merc in this game I would just uninstall. Talk about telling the entire game you're a shi.ttter and need a class to carry you.

That might be overselling the case a bit. I agree that 1 v 1 isn't as effortless as people think. But the idea that 99% are cannon fodder is just silly. You would have to be brain dead to die a lot on this class. Sure if you get focused, but there's literally no class including other operatives who an operative can't escape from.