Why Smash Should Not be Nerfed

You probably are some butthurt BH. And let me tell you that I know of at least 5 PTs in the bastion that'll melt your face off in a jiffy son, and do just fine overall. I noticed you said BH, if not PT then, are you trying to say DD Mercs suck? that's not gonna go well around here... Wait and what's this about "Rather see another class on top"... on top of what? report card fluff-numbers? are you new?

This is a silly-fkn-thread anyway... get out of my face ***** nO'Obs...

Has nothing to do with easy, the spec simply takes 0 skill. Force exhaustion, smash, find something that's not on cooldown until they are back up, rinse repeat. Literally a 5 year old could get top dps in a wz with smash spec.

Thanks for yours posts guys - And that's why Rage will not be changed at this time. Smash will seem OP until the day the ranged kids stop comparing their CDs to a completely different class and stop expecting/wanting to be a 30m Warrior.... and learn to exploit their own strengths... and leverage their other 7 / 3 team members... and learn to play the class they chose... and L2P.

OMG THE DEFENSIVE COOL DOWNS.... How come other melee classes can't do the same? Did you ever think you take more damage on the team because you can survive the longest? If I had a PT that could do the same as you guys, I would probably take that same amount of damage as you do. You're argument here is flawed.

OMG THE AOE... Yes it's auto crit aoe. I wish I had abilities that auto crit on my other classes like you guys do. More over, I wish I had an aoe auto crit ability on an orbital strike. The other problem with Smash, is you can't avoid it like you can most other aoe abilities in this game.

OMG I JUST SUCK.... Good, I would rather see another class on top over smashers. Easy spec. It doesn't take a lot of skill to leap into a group and smash to get numbers. Furthermore, maras and jugs have other specs that will still do good damage unlike some of the other classes like Bounty Hunters.

i'm saying that smash maruders have too much survivability, and undying rage in its current form is a joke

Op u didn't post any good arguments either, you are just afraid of a nerf that is fully justified.

Its an AOE Burst class with autocrits, of course it's gonna be OP.

That'd be like Maul hitting as an AOE with an autocrit every 30 seconds

Or Cull autocritting on people with dots as an aoe every 30 seconds

Or heatseeker autocritting and hitting 5 people in the area every 30 seconds

Seems ridiculous when you think about it. Wanna know how to fix it? remove the AOE part of the smash

It seems ridiculous that people like you are comparing abilities across classes which are completely different in function and role. I mean really, how can you possibly compare smash with heatseeker? For starters, one is dealt at close range the other is ranged. Ranged DPS can kite and LOS. Smasher can't. Totally different context for the two abilities. Stop trying to compare apples to oranges people, use your brains.

But hey, if you want to take away the AOE from Smash, then why don't you give Smash a 30m range (Heatseeker), or actually, just make every one of Smash's abilities ranged while you're at it and I'll happily give up the AOE smash. And if you make all of my abilities ranged, then I'll also happily give up my stealth and guarded by the force in exchange for force speed, an additional stun and ability to heal myself.

Shadows can do either DPS, Tank or Node Guard. Sages can do DPS, heals or both. Vanguards can do DPS or tank. Scoundrels can do DPS, heals or Node Guard. Commandos can do DPS or Heals. Guardians can Tank or DPS.

Sentinels can only DPS. It has no other function. It's hilarious that those of you who were busily field-respeccing in-game for the past year without abandon are now calling for nerfs to Smash.

Its an AOE Burst class with autocrits, of course it's gonna be OP.

That'd be like Maul hitting as an AOE with an autocrit every 30 seconds

Or Cull autocritting on people with dots as an aoe every 30 seconds

Or heatseeker autocritting and hitting 5 people in the area every 30 seconds

Seems ridiculous when you think about it. Wanna know how to fix it? remove the AOE part of the smash

Make smash single target

Problem solved. Still good pressure and burst, but not an op stackable class in comps

This also lines up with the way the Devs answered questions in the marauder or sentinel forum, saying rage was supposed to be burst oriented, not the only aoe spec for marauders. Give every spec slightly better aoe abilities, but remove the OP-ness of autocritting force attacks that hit multiple people. Easy enough for me to figure out...