I have to agree with some of the posts here. PvP is a whole different animal and you must unlearn what you have learned in PvE sort of speak. I always try and group and when I cant I stick around peolpe I know who are in groups. I play my AT without SO's and very few DO's and I can still stick with the best of them that are all SO slotted. I dont use inspirations but I usually wont die if I know when to get the heck out of dodge. I dont expect a lot from my AT but he surprises me all the time with how I have gimped him. I think like someone said earlier people expect thier AT to own every AT and be able to handle every AT. I have played other games but this is the first game that I have been this envolved in PvP (besides BF2) and love having to rely on others. But maybe my defintion of PvP is different from many.
Well after reading what all of what everyone is saying I don't think this is a bug or exploit. Would be nice if a dev did come back and say one way or the other or just that they were looking into this. We do need some sort of feedback that aren't from PM's.