Get all the damage you want, doing damage isn't the problem, surviving when someone gets the jump or gets within melee range and is interrupting or gets lucky resists is the problem.Going STA line improves survivability by orders of magnitude. It improves mititgation, disruption, and total HP pool immensely. it will allow you to survive (especially versus melee) and get your spells off.It doesn't matter what your "role" is, in PVP your "role" is to survive and make sure the other guy doesn't. You don't have to believe me, but survivability >>> all. Personally, I want more people who totally neglect survivability. It's fun killing someone before they even gain the ability to use their abilities. There are a ton of casters who totally neglect the survivability part of the equation, and they will always, always lose, simply because I will always get off my combos except for lucky resists, and those combos will always kill them since they have such little HP.
Message Edited by PurpleLlama on 03-31-200606:22 PM