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Quote:- on his way to lv 50, will a Jug get there slower than a DPS class (arsenal merc/conc op)? The reason I ask is because while I was ~lv 40 I have observed a same level Jug killing stuff (the mobs were lv 38) and he was very slow. Now the reason for this can be: wrong class / bad player / wrong gear / wrong companion / etc. I`d like your opinions on this.

He might also have been a tank spec, which certainly slows down your kill speed (but allows you to solo things like golds and platinums without too much danger). Spec matters a bit more than AC when it comes to kill time. Interestingly enough, both Mercs and Operatives are actually healer/DPS ACs, rather than pure DPS ACs (which would be Snipers and Marauders only). As a dps spec'd Juggernaut, I've had no issues killing mobs quickly, and in fact have a bit easier time of it than my Marauder character.

Quote:- will anybody invite to raid / heroic FP a Jug that is specced as DPS ? (I am NOT SURE that the Jug has a DPS spec.

The part that holds Juggernauts back is not Juggernaut mechanics, but the fact that the majority of boss fights in current ops content favor ranged dps over melee dps, and Juggernauts, unlike their Marauder cousins, don't have an exclusive and ridiculously powerful raid buff to boost their desirability. DPS Operatives, Assassins, and Powertechs actually tend to suffer similar fates. Juggernauts certainly possess a dps spec, though (actually, two: Vengeance and Rage).

Quote:I know that he has 3 talent trees like everyone else, 1 is for tanking, 1 is for PvP, so I guess 1 is for PvE?)

In early beta, they designed the shared trees as "PvP" trees. This design was scrapped very early, though, and while one tree may have an advantage over another in PvP, no one tree is intended to be the "PvP" tree, and certainly not at the exclusion of it being a valid PvE tree choice.