Would you at all mind elaborating on your guilds general raid schedule/availability requirement? PM is fine.

2.0 will be coming in less than 2 weeks which will ultimatly change everything due to class rebalancing. In pvp as it stands Operatives and sorcs are the main healing classes, Smash warriors and Pyro PTs rule the dps land, and sin/jugg tanks are the best node gaurders. Carnage maras are usually only brought for predation vs another hard dps. Snipers are very good right now but not on the lvl that PTs and Smashers are but will be extremly viable in 2.0 as well as vengance juggs. Basically for ranged dps, stay away from mercs and sorc, for healing, mercs are on bottom Tanks, PT/Vangaurd is on bottom and for melee dps, operatives are on bottom. But all are still hella fun to play and will be getting changes here and there. So to answer like i should. Play what you like not what is currently good, because balance is in a state of flux with the xpac launching.

HAHAHA, yea. I totally meant to say buffed. So used to classes getting the nerf bat it's become second nature. Vengance juggs are doing incredibly well on the PTR and I can wait to get mine out of retirement since im not forced into rage anymore.

SIth Juggernaught. Awesome story, Really fun class, Getting hella buffed in vengance tree come 2.0. Best animations in game. Cool armor. AND FORCE PUSH! Honestly it's one of the most fun classes in game, as well as diverse in playing tank hybrids/dps and will be even better in expac. Since hes imperial you'll have contact with your toons. I think it would be win win. My second choice is sniper or PT but you already have those

Same scenario for the PT players with pocket healers. No you don't get hit by 8k smashes, but you will take a about 12k in 2-3 gcds, and still be on fire dying, then about 3 seconds later another railshot for 3-5k plus a few 2.5k FB woven inbtwn. I assume you are playing a merc due to your comments. Unfortunatly you are the bottom of the barrel in terms of pvp atm. Smash mara/jugg or any class with a pocket healer will easily shut you down. On my sniper i usually spend my time toying around with maras. Without the ablity to charge there's no gaurenteed crit. All of my tools turn me into a lean mean kiting machine. I love just watching them sit there staring at me as I charge up an EP ambush FT combo.

With the crit nerfs across the board it looks like smash spec warrior/knights are still going to be top players along with some hybrid vangaurds using auto crit Hib/railshots

Agreed, PT is an amazingly fun pvp class, Rage/Focus is just a little over tuned atm, and of course you will feel weak as soon as you hit 50 because those 5k smash monkeys in WH and EWH will be hitting for 8-10k when you only have 14k health in recruit gear. Just stick it out, you will be destroying in no time. Especially come 2.0 Also I agree, smash is mitigated by armor. Only internal and elemental attacks are non armor mitigated.

IF this is true then why do all the top rated WZ teams carry 1 if not 2 PT mandatory?

IMO, the best looking melee to me is looking like vengance jugg, I assume that may be the vigilance spec for gaurdian. Been watching a few people mess around on the PTR and are basically doing terrible dps due to having so much rage and previously being used to having none. So they are using sunder or assault instead of rage dumping with Slash. Once people get used to the newness of 2.0 rage generation i think its going to be a beast. Carnage Mara seems a little wonky in the rotation and rage starved atm. But it may just be the freshness of the new mechanics that have to be smoothed out. Most of the time Gore is reset but then people dont have the rage to use it so it's like it doesnt even matter. Powertech looks pretty good as well with the way theyve moved some talents to earlier tiers. But idk if thats the kind of melee you are looking for.

We gave you some information in the first post identical to this one you made. Why would you create a second one??

Or a professional Hitman.

Endurance will help you survive a little longer until your healer heals you. BUT YOU'RE THE HEALER.

Well taking in consideration of all the things you want/have and don't want, It seems that all of the saber classes other a jedi gaurdian are out. Imo, Powertech/Vangaurd are amazing tanks, lots of passive mitigation and great aoe threat. They are also one of the best pvp dps in game. Imperial Agent operative is my other recommendation. Scoundrel as well, but I feel that the IA story is the best one in game. Its like being 007 but in a star wars enviroment. Also Operatives right now are one of the best healers in game especially pvp healing. Sorcs/Consulars are pretty fun as well, but I think you already have that. If I were to choose, Id play Operative/PT/Van, but thats just me. They have alot of fun specs and are viable in most every situation. I wasnt into the trooper story, but thats just me. Since your highest level is 28, i would really suggest just playing around with all of them, Alot of the classes are late bloomers. You really wont see a class shine/ story unfold with some of the classes till the 40s.

Im really looking foward to seeing how the new vengance changes play out and what people on the PTS think so far. Too bad this vengance thread turned into an immortal jugg thread.

Carnage maras will be very diffrent in 2.0, and powertech will have some fun changes. But my personal opinion, the sniper/gunslinger and Vengance jugg changes are the most appealing to me. I think they will be incredibly fun if you don't feel like leveling a new toon. I can't help you if you are wanting the new FoTM class for 2.0, with the bolster bug its too early to tell and well, you shouldnt wanna play like that anywayz. The question is which of your current characters/playstyles do you like the most. Look at that classes changes and move to the next one. Cuz you shouldn't play something think is op. That's because of the player. Too many times do I kite maras/sents around with my sniper without taking any damage due to the amount of players playing a class because its good and not because they want to master it. The good ones make me work hard for my kills.