Just came back to the game after a long Hiatus (left before final SoR operation) and I find myself almost wanting to quit again due to the changes to how flash-points and other non-op content works. So they added story more flashpoints, thats good, gives new players a chance to run the important flashpoints without people spamming SPACE BAR in the chat the entire time. They added those tactical flashpoints before, which were a neat change of pace, I liked doing Kuat Drive Yards when that came out. But now Im looking at the group finder and the only thing I can see is Role Neutral Content. There is seriously no content pre-70 that has any role requirements? Did Bioware just decide that balancing these missions was too hard so they just made them all piss easy dps fests? I leveled lots of toons just doing flashpoints, I spent hundreds of hours running new players through the early flashppoints and teaching them how to play there roles as intended. I had no idea this wasnt even an MMO anymore, how are new players even supposed to learn how to play the game now? Does anyone even run OPS anymore? Am I wasting my time playing SWTOR as an MMO, im here to run OPS and other group content but if its 90% role neutral I dont see the point. Im so incredibly disappointed in this change.

Just came back to the game after a long Hiatus (left before final SoR operation) and I find myself almost wanting to quit again due to the changes to how flash-points and other non-op content works. So they added story more flashpoints, thats good, gives new players a chance to run the important flashpoints without people spamming SPACE BAR in the chat the entire time. They added those tactical flashpoints before, which were a neat change of pace, I liked doing Kuat Drive Yards when that came out. But now Im looking at the group finder and the only thing I can see is Role Neutral Content. There is seriously no content pre-70 that has any role requirements? Did Bioware just decide that balancing these missions was too hard so they just made them all piss easy dps fests? I leveled lots of toons just doing flashpoints, I spent hundreds of hours running new players through the early flashppoints and teaching them how to play there roles as intended. I had no idea this wasnt even an MMO anymore, how are new players even supposed to learn how to play the game now? Does anyone even run OPS anymore? Am I wasting my time playing SWTOR as an MMO, im here to run OPS and other group content but if its 90% role neutral I dont see the point. Im so incredibly disappointed in this change.

Im currently in 186 gear with 192 hilts and ruusan relics/dread forged implants/ 192 earpiece. Thanks for the advice and the link to those guides, definitely seems easier to keep rage up following those,

link to parse: http://parsely.io/parser/view/53747 I just got back into my marauder (last played it pre 3.0) and have been working on my rotation. Ill continue practicing but was just wondering if there is anything specific im doing wrong consistently.

It is in a pretty bad spot atm endgame but they are working on balance changes. IMO you should roll one, see if you like it and by the time the imbalances matter they will probably have been fixed already.

Hi! I stopped playing SWTOR when the Manaan tactical came out. Obviously lots has happened since then I am looking for some information while my game patches. 1: My main raiding character was a Carnage marauder in full 180 gear. What is the best way to start gearing up in the expansion? And how does marauder play after the changes? 2: Has PVP changed at all? How much has the new skill system effected the lower level brackets? 3: I am coming back due to recent conversations with one of my old guild buddies who said the game has improved quite a bit. Has it? Have any updates had a negative effect or is the game better off? 4: Since i am probably going to roll a new toon to start and readjust myself but already have most things at 55. Which class has seen major changes in playstyle? If any have.

I ran into a tank in SM black talon that insisted beyond reason that i not only wait for him to pull the mobs first but wait until he has gotten aggro on them all to go in or else "we fail lots". I saved myself the trouble and soloed the damn thing. (i also learned the droid is 300X easier to solo then the squadies. at least when in modless gear)

Highly recommend releasing a version without the under-barrel. Would be the best looking assault cannon in the game IMO without the stupid looking second mini-gun that does nothing.

Suppose i should add to the list. 1. Speeders with only 90% speed 2. Non-adaptable versions of crafted gear sets 3. No legacy unlock that shares speeder points yet. 4. Force Gash

I have soloed all of the hm fp's up to and including the foundry. if u want go to youtube u can find a video of a guy soloing hm false emperor on a jugg

Unless you suck you should have no trouble with any of the story content. Regardless of class. also. why are you saying regard at the end of all ur posts.

Dancing with my weapon out whenever the **** i wanted to. also being chat banned for saying ****

if they are anything like his original post-imprisonment goals then siding with him makes zero sense for any of the 8 characters.

Online content not rated by the esrb!

I am 99% certain when they talked about alacrity in the combat livestream the mentioned internal cooldowns being reduced. although they did not specifically say. cooldowns already in progress would be shortened. i highly doubt they overlooked this. since alacrity lowering the ICD of things sole purpose is to not **** up rotations. but we shall see how it goes

Lekku that is all

As a primarily endgame pve/pvp player. (i keep alts in the low level pvp bracket for fun) I would really like the option to keep this. I have already leveled up 2 marauders since this started and having 4 lockouts on everything (4 marauders) allows me to play my favorite class without having to say "sorry im locked have fun ill go do some pvp".

I have no problem spamming ravage and force leap until the ban me from pvp. Seriously though if you want a game that falls into the huge trap that is (ACTION PACKED COMBAT!) go play one of those mmo's you listed. I just dont see the difference between being gated by a GCD or being gated by having less resources. You still end up with a pretty much set rotation or ability priority. You just have to spam the **** out of all your keys. Not to mention how boring those games are that have an entire 4 abilities to choose from in combat.

I would love this but if we get any response it would probably be "would take an astronomical amount of work/WDGAF"

ability queue makes it so if you activate an ability Xseconds before the gcd ends or the cooldown of that ability ends. it will occur as soon as it is able. without requiring another key press.

I dont play a merc but i have a mando healer and if i lose my green beam of life im gonna kick a puppy.

For Marauder i would add. Passive: Death Mark, marks the target for death when struck with gore. Increasing damage taken from all sources by 100% for the duration. Active: Wrath of the Emperor, invokes the wrath of the emperor. killing all nearby weak enemies and stunning all nearby players for 3 seconds. Active: Unstoppable Frenzy, Upon activation gives 30 stacks of berserk. increases move speed by 45%, provides immunity to controlling effects. and resets the cooldown of Wrath of the Emperor. (effects last 10 seconds)

I use primarily carnage for endgame PVE (although i respec Rage for some bosses) Carnage is a difficult spec to get into but it is very worth it once you do. The rotation revolves around getting your hardest hitting abilities into gore windows. (ravage,force scream, dispatch) while maintaining the massacre buff and not doubling up on procs. or flunking a gore. you also want to be trying to get the most out of your raid buffs (but the uses of them are dependent on the boss/raid leader anyway so i wont cover those) I have never seen the discussion between anni vs carnage go anywhere but (they are both viable) so don't be afraid to play the spec you have the most fun playing. Tips: You can throw dual sabre throw before gore (during berserk) and still fit in ravage/dispatch/FS. This is useful because the dual sabre throw has enough of a delay that it will hit within the gore window without taking the full GCD away from the timing. However if you dont have impeccable timing (or good ping) it is better to avoid trying this. You can get two dispatches in one gore window if you timed your opener well and get lucky in your second gore. One other thing to note is that if you flunk a slaughter proc 90% of the time when your gore comes back up you can still gore FS and massacre/massacre to get the proc and still fit it in the window. keeping in mind that the proc comes off of the ataru proc so stalling the next ability to wait for the proc is a bit of a gamble, but pays off if you get off the dispatch early enough.

this is not a completely player driven class system. There is an optimal way of playing each spec. If you don't care and acknowledge that you wish to suck on purpose then that is fine. But do not rag on people who are taking the time to let people know how to play well.

Yay another person who believes the misconception that being a part of the empire makes one evil and that the empire itself is evil. Not everyone and his mother is running around kicking puppies in order bask in the glow of blood and lightning. The empire is just a an extremely controlling government body which just so happens to be built upon the capabilities and exploits of puppy kicking lightning mages.