Welp,
I'm going to have to agree with Piikey's first reply post.
Also, alot of what I say pertains to a matured profession, mid-high to high lvl pvp. Complain all you want about lower lvl pvp, big deal, certain professions ARE going to be a bit better than others in pvp during the adolescence of a proffession. I think at higher lvl, when certain professions are grown/matured, pvp becomes a bit more balanced. ex: A low lvl enforcer vs a low lvl trader, trader usually wins, at high lvl, a different story.
Traders aren't as unstoppable as what alot of ppl think. Please, try playing a high lvl trader, and duel other equally leveled classes, and not just getting beat by one before you start complaining about how uber we are. There are certain classes, (and people have to start accepting this), that really weren't meant to be as good as others in pvp, and be extremely overpowering. There are great pvp'ers although, in every class. And not to mention apprentice's and novice's of every profession too.
Soldiers, Enforcers, an equal lvl MA, Docs, MP's, would all give a trader a good duel. Sure the other classes may have a tougher time beating a trader. But then again, there are classes that
Traders cannot overpower and easily beat either. I don't complain when I lose to an enforcer/soldier, they kick ass, and are supposed to, hence their names. Yet ppl complain all the time when beaten by a trader. A trader? why us? Try going one on one with an enforcer, soldier, or a doc/mp geared towards pvp, they're tough too!!
Yes, If in 2ho/mmd, and a trader get's the drop on you, your screwed, but the real balance in pvp is seen one on one. At high lvl, really, it comes down to who cracks a debuff off first, whether it be a doc debuff, mp, nt, etc..
And the classes that can't drain vs Traders, still have other advantages
I think alot of the complaining is coming from the people who are getting raped in 2ho/mmd by traders, getting debuffed by them off the bat and/or rooted, unable to do anything, and low lvl pvpers.
In a one on one duel, Traders have several weaknesses to other classes in the game. (remember the area debuff you had on ouzzelle?!)
An enforcer, basically, with rage on, can counter a root ( i do agree though that rage and nano resist in general should be MORE effective), and beam the life out of me. It's either a close duel, or an absolute pounding from the enforcer once he flurries and rages. Sure we have roots and debuffs, but against them one on one, there isn't alot of time for those. I've dueled enforcers one on one, and have never really completely owned them. Only enforcer I spanked was freen, and that was because I got the drop on him in mort :P (gotcha!).
A soldier, jeez. Flashpoints hurt, novas with uvc running, and mk up don't do bad either. Again, usually close. But one on one, a Trader would never really own an equal lvl soldier, unless it was a low lvl twink duel perhaps. But who cares about low lvl pvp hehe. High lvl's is where it's at! Yeah you can root a soldier until mk goes down, etc.. etc.. etc.. But that's all easier said than done in the arena.
I'm too lazy to mention other proffessions.
Yeah, this patch that's coming up will make traders a bit better at lower lvl, assuming they get a drain or two off in a fight. I think at higher lvl, which in my opinion, is when it really matters anyway, there's always gonna be a proffession able to beat the crap out of another proffession, not every duel can come down the last 50 hit points. It will never be like that, and shouldn't. I think the smarter pvp'ers who know what they're doing should continue to get rewarded for playing their proffession to the best of it's ability. Us traders are still gonna meet our matches out there, we're not 100% unbeatable, yeah we'er tough, so are good ma's, soldiers, enforcers, docs, mp's, etc.. I can name some only I don't want to forget anyone and make them feel left out There are apprentices and novice ppl of all proffessions, you don't see 100% of all the pvp title'd ppl running around as traders do you?
Well anyway, I think piikey made a pretty decent point, I tend to ramble and get side tracked, whatever.
Ouzzelle, you had several valid points as well, I didn't write this to contest your post, only to voice an opinion, and get myself more involved in the forums from now on.