Thanks to this guide and all the pros already in game employing these easy tricks in their PvP, it's become easier then ever to get the boost I needed to propel myself to the PvP leaderboard. Thanks Vampirios!

No, don't give freehugs praise, it will go to her head.

This. Sometimes it just feels like they're queuing to intentionally throw the game.

TS server isn't connecting, has the info changed?

Method acting is some serious stuff

I must be doing it wrong then. everyone I usually group with is also an rper and I dont usually lose. I'll let them know to start sucking.

Sorry I'm not commenting on your entire post but targeting RPers as the problem is complete bull. There's no correlation between the two. You have roleplayers focused on roleplaying that are stellar at PvP and then you have some that aren't. It's just the same as people who are dedicated to PvP, or PvE, or GSF. You're either good at PvP or you aren't, or you are new to PvP or you aren't. Just because someone roleplays as their primary pass time isn't grounds to discount then as a PvPer. I also think it's bull that the problem is people not playing enough vanguard's and guardians.

Just ugh at the people that run enemy pylon every. Single. Time.

I agree with Bastrus. You can't let them farm for medals, just like you can't let your own team farm for medals. It can't be acceptable behavior for either side. So how should we approach repairing republic PvP now that we've established all the major problems?

Consider me disappointed. I wanted free placement not bound to hooks. Three dimensional movement and allowing me to make the stronghold what I want it to be... This is just a let down, and will stifle creativity.

We must not be playing in the same matches then. Far too often calls for help go unanswered, or plans get ignored and people suffer from lone wolf mentality.

The biggest piece of advice that needs to be spread is read and use ops chat. I'm certainly no stranger to getting belligerent when my team is sabotaging themselves by not paying attention, or any number of issues, buta lot of team organization problems can be resolved if people are willing and ready to use ops chat and listen to someone if they're trying to coordinate or call for help. I think the lack of organized pvpers pub side is responsible for people learning bad habits like this. Small steps can and will make a big difference, and it's important to try now more than ever now that ground PvP has its comm and credit boost, and double XP.

I think it's totally within the means of this server's PvPers to save and significantly improve republic PvP. Frankly the biggest issue isn't premades, or too many imperials, though lopsided queuing can be an issue, it's a lack of competence or ability that has come to be expected from 55s and even 30-54. I believe that if we make a concentrated effort to spread knowhow, and give advice as well as pub side pvping classes then the swell of republic scrubs will drop considerably. Replaced with capable pvpers.

Hey all. A bit of a question, and maybe I guess polling. I play mostly Marksman sniper and so most of my attacks consist of Weapon damage, and since weapon damage ( I think...) takes most of your stats from ranged, instead of tech. I thought it might be a valid notion to stack Accuracy vs focusing more on straight power/surge which is what I've been using for months and it's worked out pretty well in terms of damage numbers and killing. However, I run into roadblocks with tank classes, and the tool tip for Accuracy states that over 100% it lowers defenses, and as I recall from a dev post around launch Accuracy was supposed to be one of the big facets of sniper because it could hammer down tank classes . What is your opinion? Have you been using accuracy to success or has it lost its usefulness? Keep in mind. I'm not a number cruncher, I don't have a perser and I don't attack a target dummy to simulate results. Just my observations.

Most of the people you'll find rping Sith here have absolutely no idea what they're doing. They want a Sith Empire that's more like the republic. Loose rules. Frequent parties. No consequences. Civilians and mercenaries on the same societal level as their Sith masters. They want everyone to be friends and care more about satisfying their social desires than playing a believable or not-laughable Sith. It's just bad and depressing.

Eric, Can we have multiple copies of the same stronghold? Will stronghold ownership be like rift, where one character owns it but is accessible by the entire legacy, or is ownership by the legacy itself Will we be able to custom name our stronghold? Can we set access to public so anyone can drop in and look at our work? Will strongholds be in a public listing that people can rate and vote on? The best part about rift dimensions is that there was no limit on who could visit, and we could share our creations with the community Will strongholds only be in doors or will there be strongholds if different sizes, indoors and outdoors like Lord Grathans estate? Will there be props in place to make our own structures? Like walls and floors? Can we resize props?

I'm on board, only a couple points away from the illusive 1500 :b

Eric, is all this housing going to be apartment based, or will we see jungle strongholds like lord grathans estate?

This post is amazing, All the signal boost in the world to make sure the devs see this I want a system with customizable layouts propts and everything! Put invidual items on the market for 1 cc each and things of that order! I WILL BUY MANY

I'd be happy to participate in this event and at least show support. Were you looking on getting signups and a bracket, or more of a simple "Come and whoever shows up can play fisticuffs" ? Is it a 55 only, or are you looking to get a broad range of player involvement? I have a few characters of varying gear levels I could bring to make it interesting.

With all of the ranked rewards being announced, perhaps it would be in the best interests of the Ebon Hawk PvP community to set a time every night of the week, or a time bracket, within which to queue for the solo queue with one night set aside for group queue. We could confine it to one night, but everyone's schedule doesn't always sync and this makes it easier for everyone to get some kind of rating before the end of season one, and potentially season two. Is there any interest from anyone else to do this? We can coordinate with the imp_PvP and pub_PvP in-game chat channels (or whatever the exact name is). Maybe even focus on imperial and pub PvP nights to ensure each side gets plenty of matches in.

I'll be finishing off my operative and my mara who I havent had hit max level since launch ish. Maybe my JK too.

I do a Madness hybrid favoring Lightning. It's a 0/30/16 http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201ZcRrbdRrcRMZcMcRs0z.3 It's helped me get some pretty tops damage. Relies on three seperate procs to help maximize your damage .

I've been running power/surge on all of my pieces for my merc. But I only just recently swiched some of my enhancements over to Alacrity/power . It only gives me a .2 second shave off of my primary heals but I haven't used it long enough to verify how effective it is. The bonus healing and critical healing bonus it offers is very nice when running full power/surge. IT also makes it easier to switch to ARsenal sinc ethat's what I run there too save for different setbonus' of course.

Aw, I'm sorry I missed this it sounds like it would have been an interesting class. Might have been a few tricks I didnt know yet. Congratulations on the successful class.