Commando's are garbage in pvp

Gunnery Commando, as a support DPS class, is fine. However, we are probably the worst 1v1 spec in the game right now, purely for the fact we are too reliant on abilities with cast times and no interrupt immunity whatsoever.

Assault Commando, imo, isnt much better. Sure it gives us more mobility, but ammo management is a *****, and with damage being underwhelming, there is no point taking an AS Commando over an AS Vanguard.

I never know what people mean when they say "support DPS". What are you talking about?

Someone who provides steady pressure if not the super burst of other classes? Why not just bring a super burst class. Combat Sentinels have sick burst with Precision Slash, but it's not like their sustained DPS is worthless.

Do we mean someone who stands on the back lines and nukes from afar while the melee ranged players mix it up? Sniper does that better than we do, since they can't just be leapt to and shut down when they're noticed.

Do we mean someone who does ok, if not amazing Pyro PT level of DPS, but brings important team utility to the game? Literally every other DPS does it better because our team utility is actually pretty crap. Combat Sent has one of the most amazing PVP buffs in the game (transcendence with 80% movement speed increase), Knights have awe, Smugglers have Flash Grenade and their huge shield, any bubble spec sage worth their salt is putting up 300k Damage 300k healing even when they're mostly focusing on DPS, and Tank Hybrid Shadows have great DPS while being the best solo node guards in the game (you don't see them put up super high numbers because they're guarding offnodes. Put them in the zerg and keep them up and awesome things happen).

So what is this support class DPS crap I hear? I think it really means second class citizen.

I never know what people mean when they say "support DPS". What are you talking about?

Someone who provides steady pressure if not the super burst of other classes? Why not just bring a super burst class. Combat Sentinels have sick burst with Precision Slash, but it's not like their sustained DPS is worthless.

Do we mean someone who stands on the back lines and nukes from afar while the melee ranged players mix it up? Sniper does that better than we do, since they can't just be leapt to and shut down when they're noticed.

Do we mean someone who does ok, if not amazing Pyro PT level of DPS, but brings important team utility to the game? Literally every other DPS does it better because our team utility is actually pretty crap. Combat Sent has one of the most amazing PVP buffs in the game (transcendence with 80% movement speed increase), Knights have awe, Smugglers have Flash Grenade and their huge shield, any bubble spec sage worth their salt is putting up 300k Damage 300k healing even when they're mostly focusing on DPS, and Tank Hybrid Shadows have great DPS while being the best solo node guards in the game (you don't see them put up super high numbers because they're guarding offnodes. Put them in the zerg and keep them up and awesome things happen).

So what is this support class DPS crap I hear? I think it really means second class citizen.

I think alot of the people beating down on Commandos/Mercs are simply picking out the negatuves and not the positives.
In non ranked matches you're going to be up against people who won't focus on you alot.
Huttball; You can get good positioning on here against any class
Void Star; Sure, if you're on the defending team you'll probably get torn apart if you go out in the open, for the attacking team, if the defenders are doing their job and staying near the doors, there's a good chance you can pummel a few people.
Novare Coast; Often you're going to be around alot of allies, hope you don't get focused or hope you have a healer nearby and you should be fine.
Hypergate; again, if you hang back and do damage from afar (like you should be doing) you're going to get good damage, even more so since you're grouped with allies just about all the time on this map.

Huttball: Even though I really hate this WZ, it is probably one of the best for commandos because it is the only one where you can create some real distance between you and your attacker if you get jumped or pulled. The sniper/scoundrel class is better here because of that jump/pull immunity..

I think alot of the people beating down on Commandos/Mercs are simply picking out the negatuves and not the positives.
In non ranked matches you're going to be up against people who won't focus on you alot.
Huttball; You can get good positioning on here against any class
Void Star; Sure, if you're on the defending team you'll probably get torn apart if you go out in the open, for the attacking team, if the defenders are doing their job and staying near the doors, there's a good chance you can pummel a few people.
Novare Coast; Often you're going to be around alot of allies, hope you don't get focused or hope you have a healer nearby and you should be fine.
Hypergate; again, if you hang back and do damage from afar (like you should be doing) you're going to get good damage, even more so since you're grouped with allies just about all the time on this map.

I never know what people mean when they say "support DPS"

They mean we're somewhere between a companion npc and the Tauntaun Ram pet in competitive PvP.