Tanks: That which will kill SWTOR PVP.

Def / shield stats are as good as useless as only basic skills proc the effects. Under 50 you are really tough, once you hit 50 if will get melted by the geared players until you can get geared up yourself.

I guarded a geared player when I started PvP at 50 and I died from the transfered damage before he did lol

Unless you're a sentinel or a sniper (regarding the shield/def stats), but thats a different problem entirely as well. Also, under 50 and undergeared are both entirely irrelevant to this discussion.

So - what I've read from you being irrelevant to this discussion.

Tactics to counter tanks, tactics to counter teamplay, everything YOU as a player Or YOU as a team could do. Anything which says, there's another side to your arguement.

Yes - in this scenario, you win the internet.

In actual PvP, tanks aren't God Mode, and only introduce an element of strategy to fights that you didn't have in WoW before.

But - I'll concede the points you've made, that if you state that EVERY counter and tactic is irrelevant, then yes, you're right. Tanks are clearly God Mode vs idiots.

So what you're saying is. You alone, are fighting a group of 2 tanks, 4 healers, and an undetermined amount of DPS classes.

They are using CC, but you're not.

They are using their class abilities, but you're not.

You make it sound like you're trying to emulate a pve encounter during PvP rather than focusing the more deadly of targets.

So... it must be OP?

Let me tell you how this OP tank does in PvP...

Civil War, I stand at a point. No one comes to attack that point and I get 3 medals for objective / defender. OR, we get crushed and I end up trying to get everyone to rally instead of running in one at a time.

Huttball (most common) I get to guard one player and hope they don't get pulled, pushed, or the ball. If they get the ball... Then I die quickly with everyone focusing on me instead of him to get my guard and taunts down.

If I get the ball, I walk across the map for 12 seconds before getting killed.

Seems like your issue is with premades vs. a pub moreso than the tank class.

Problem: Tanks.

"But Xil! You havn't told us why tanks are a problem yet!"

DISCLAIMER: THIS ONLY APPLIES TO GOOD TANKS. IF YOU ARE A BAD TANK, PLEASE FIND A GOOD ONE AND REQUEST ADVICE. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT, THE PRONOUNS "I" AND "ME" IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES REFER TO MY TEAM AS A UNIT, NOT JUST MYSELF. I'M SORRY I DID NOT MAKE THIS CLEAR IN THE BEGINNING. I WILL BE SURE TO EDIT THE ORIGINAL POST TO INCLUDE THIS PRECISE STATEMENT SO PEOPLE STOP THINKING I'M TRYING TO RAMBO SOLO ORGANIZED TEAMS