Or we can just listen to the pvp playerbase who all agree that sin tanks are bad in damage instead of using an unreliable data source that has nothing to do with PvP? If it is not a good data source it is not good, end of story. Simply saying "well we don't have anything better" doesn't automatically make it good or reliable. Is the playerbase reliable? Definitely not. Is it a lot better than Boss data? Definitely yes. So it could be competitive with PTs in PvP? I literally answered it in the same sentence. Keep up. It doesn't have to be better, but it should be competitive. At the moment the difference in PvP is pretty big. Because stealthout in PvP for tank is so OP? Lol, what are you talking about at this point, you are clearly just arguing for the sake of arguing like you always do. More AoE damage will not make sin tanks broken in PvE. It will not make them broken in PvP.

Using parses to talk about PvP. *sighs* When did I say it was a problem? I said: "PT is the best AoE damage and jugg is just ... well jugg.". I don't understand your point exactly. It really seems like you always just argue for the sake of arguing.

I guess you missed the "especially PvP" part. Sin tanks are consistently behind in PvE as well, but it's not that big a deal honestly. All tanks are fine in PvE. In PvP it is a completely different story. Either way, doesn't matter, game is dead and in maintenance mode.

I don't really think Assassin tanks need anymore defenses honestly. Defensively, all the tanks are fine. The issue is damage. Assassin tank is just terribly behind in damage against the other two. PT is the best AoE damage and jugg is just ... well jugg. I personally feel the damage for both of them needs to be nerfed below the ground and they should just be tanks instead of dps with shields, but that is a dead conversation at this point. So just buff sin tank AoE damage, buff their burst so they are competitive in both PvE and especially PvP. Either way, game is in maintenance mode, so doesn't really matter.

Realistically it will start small. First they will offer cartel marked 344 gear in order to "help" players who don't have much time to catch up. Then they will start adding cartel market exclusives, usually small things that people will just look past, then once people are used to it, CM will have BiS stuff which will take an extremely long grind to get normally. It is pretty standard for these companies. P2W works because there are people who will pay to win, unfortunately. Anyway, this is off topic and it honestly started as a joke, so I'll end it here.

It's broadsword. Not sure if anyone knows what this company does, but ultra monetization and p2w are their specialties. P2W is definitely coming.

How does this help the cartel market though?

Why would you want to waste time and energy on something that is not profitable? The cartel market, like it or not (you can even hate it if you want), is profitable, so that is where they will concentrate their time and energy. This game isn't a charity for toxic whiners, it is a business. Yeah, I read them. 99% of them are terrible and ridiculously biased towards their preferred class. Every single suggestion can be summarized by the following verse: "Dear BW, Please nerf paper and buff rock, scissors is fine. Signed Rock". What does this have to do with anything? It doesn't change the fact that ranked wasn't making any money and was more likely costing them money, therefore they removed it. So you're saying that redoing the leaderboards wouldn't take any time, wouldn't cost any money, you can just snap your fingers and everything will work fine? Have you ever worked at a company, like ever? Oh yeah, I can just imagine it. They have long board meetings discussing new and more fun ways to spit on the 20 people in the "ranked community". It's all they think about all day. they dream about it even. When one of them gets married, they have a giant ice sculpture of a ranked player crying at their ceremony, using the melting ice as tears. That is the only thing they care about. It's not money to feed their families or anything like that... The decisions they make cannot possibly be based on numbers and financial data or anything like that ... nope, ranked player tears is what pays the rent at BW.... The world revolves around the 20 people in the ranked sphere...

No, I just don't bother reading posts from anyone who excuses cheating by saying "well everyone can do it".

Don't you hate it when people derail threads with personal attacks with no evidence. We need more constructive dialogue like this:

Stopped reading right there. Do you understand the meaning of the word "solo" in solo ranked? Also, why are you defending him so much? He is an adult and can speak for himself.

The number 20 actually came from a well known streamer who does ranked all the time (your friend mentioned his name above), I personally thought it was 30. But I guess he never played ranked huh? Also, if you are interested in my ranked experience, you can watch some of your friend's (eyessoitchy or something??) old streams where you were "having too many friends" (wink wink) and still lost to us. Now you made me sad for losing my 94k ranked comms simply because I took a break 1 month before 7.2 *cries in a corner*

All 20 of you left?

For FPS/heroics deception is probably better since you can thin out their numbers with quick kills, better DR and deception shines in skirmish types situations or against bosses that don't have much health like fp bosses. For ops, with few exceptions-like brontes-hatred is better.

They keep clinging onto a post by BW, choosing to believe what they want to believe and closing their eyes to the truth. Probably, none of them worked at a big company before and don't understand how these decisions get made. You can explain it to them 100 times and they still will not believe it because they choose not to believe it. Sometimes, you just have to experience things for yourself to understand.