PVP tiers?

Orb isn't even optional half of the time, so it's not really comparable as far as normal usage goes.

It's more than possible to activate energy at PvP. One mob of players, 8-12 hits, boom. Snatch makes it easier. The point was that orb is our strongest mob skill, not that it out performs because it's available 24/7. There is a step up from the mobbing ability buccaneers are realistically capable of because death resets energy and because of that our potential is completely dependent on the survivability of the player.