Return of Reckoning

Buildwise it's not that different from pvp group spec. Going 2h the middle trees only helpful thing is vauls buffer. The rest is not helpful/usable/too high up in the tree.
You can go left tree for GW mastery to get some more parry, phoenix wings for mob groups and buff the statsteal enchant. Also ...

You can start with a (casting) healer class, your only real pvp action with enemy players will be detaunting then.
There are melee-focused healers as well, but they are harder to play and get into.
Join open parties and warbands as much as possible to learn mechanics and party interactions.
You'll ...

Maybe people got better/more coordinated at the game.
As a veteran you know there won't be a sufficient answer without details on dmg sources and classes hitting you aka combat logs.

To Stinky:
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It's not worth talking to you guys, you're so self-centered and frustrated that you can't see anything else in front of you but to weaken everyone else senselessly and thoughtlessly so that you can be more successful. These narrow-minded, hypocritical, self-deceptive attitudes ...

AA specced mara with waagh snb black orc.

To be fair, solo roaming and maybe duo or meme parties are the only environments 2h tank dps matters. Everywhere else you got your DPSs and a whole other job as tank.
So it's fine to see it in that aspect.

Chosen wasn't supposed to be buffed with this patch, it was a compensation for the hit they took with the new setup of aoe and st buffs/debuffs.
If it feels the same like prepatch they've done a good job. If it feels like a slight buff they might even need to tone it down a bit. (jk)

Upping the maximum resist defences could be an option. Never quite understood why it's softcapped at 40 (35?)% with all the debuffs around.
Investing in resistences would be as benefitial as going heavy on armor then.

What do you mean it's not a DPS patch? It's a DPS patch if it impacts the DPS and this one clearly does. [...]


No, it's a general patch to a whole pool of abilities that affects all archetypes. (to be fair Kotbs and Chosen see some special treatment)
It is not a patch to balance DPS classes and ...

remove cd from mara/sw stance.. reward player skill just once instead of **** around pointlessly with buff values..


The CD keeps you from hitting whatever is sitting on the follow up bar, so it has it's use. Could be much shorter, though, that's for sure.

Also, as already mentioned, buffing ...