Yes, but exactly this thing is also resulting in frustration in the PvP forums as well : Tanks being able to produce quite a lot of damage - even in "tank stance" while wearing "DPS gear" …
They are constantly writing "DPS" instead of "DD" in the forums there, by the way …
I think I'm going to write a post there about "pressure compositions" in PvP and the resulting play style in general … The interesting thing is that everyone is so great with maths, analysing damage, healing and what not - but the WHOLE community utterly fails at one point : Psychology.
They are able to predict FOTM classes, but they are unable to see that their forum entries virtually create these FOTMs.
Or, in other words, if they had not written so much about FOTMs, the no-one would know about it.
And in my thread here I already wrote about different play styles and mentalities …
And right now, the boat seems to be swinging towards the imperial faction even more. I bet that at the end of SWTOR, there is not much of Republic side players left. Not only is the number of imperial faction playes exeeding republic faction players so much in PvP,
but now it's also so that certain classes (Bounty Hunters) are said to be an "must have" in end game raids, and people openly admit that swtitching towards the imperial faction makes it "so much easier".
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=808382
Besides, "Rise Of The Emperor" is now there :
http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/4282015/game-update-3.2-rise-emperor