Cannot tell you how much #4 has effected my EV experiences. I've never witnessed the bug prior to the first boss's death, which leads me to believe there's some link between them - then again, other people could be dying even before THAT. I dunno. Sure as hell sucks, though.

Hey, I've killed a couple of you in WZs. I pester your force-users at every opportunity. I'm Caen, btw.

It's a bug. This happened to my latest EV group and we reasoned - after extensive trial and error - that defeating the fuel cells near the turrets and remaining near them after defeated caused the boss never to spawn. Try NOT attacking power cells, and immediately moving away from the turrets once they're both dead. Worked for us. Gharj has a few bugs too. More on that if you get to him.

I lol'd. My computer is brand spanking new, and what most would consider top-of-the-line. Maxed graphics + brilliant framerate with little toll on my CPU when playing Crysis 2 / Skyrim I have FIVE fans, plus liquid cooling, plus heat pipes and a fan on my video card. This thing is a practical block of ice; however, it heats up significantly more when playing SWTOR. The game pushes processor power to the extreme, and is known to cause heat issues. It's no coincidence that this is the only game I play in which these issues show face. This game's optimization is pretty horrid, but they did what was required to push the game towards release. Here's hoping patches mend this little by little.

Guilds that are min-max would just require you to state your logs anyway - and it wouldn't be hard to figure out who's lying. There will always be elitists, meters are not. I'd prefer to KNOW my DPS rather than be led blindly on what rotation is best. Meters plox.

Not so much a fail as forced animation with no actual effect other than visual. It happens rather frequently for me; in fact, I'll hit up my twitch TV for a while sometime soon to see if I can capture a few instances in action - rest assured, it is not uncommon.

Apologies for confusion, then. However, Ravage is opposite to Master Strike.

I know that as soon as I say this.. someone will think I'm horn-blowing - I probably am, but it's to provide a personal experience: I play a level 50 Sith Jugg in a piece or two of Champion ( boots and pants ), and I am more than capable of putting out 200,000 damage ( maximum, mind you ) if I really try. Protection is a god-send for medals, as well as healer survival. I average around 8-10 medals per game; 5-7 on a bad game, or a major loss. If you were in it for damage, choosing a tanking AC for PVP was definitely the wrong way to go. You should've specc'd marauder or picked an actual DPS class.

Tell me that when I'm stuck in place because the Sith Warrior's RAVAGE animation glitches out, does ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE, and doesn't go on CD. I've tried to study the issue on many of the countless times it has plagues me - both in PVE and PVP - and I still cannot understand why it happens, though my thoughts has something to do with possible positioning? Purely speculative, as it happens even when there is nothing unnatural about my positioning. I wouldn't call that as effective in World of Warcraft, when my Arms warrior could channel bladestorm, then immediately after use his instants without delay / buggy animation / while actually doing the intended damage. Some of these issues are much more than just visual disturbances. Doing NO damage and wasting time being forced to channel is a rather substantial inconvenience.

This is a first. The only commandos I, a Jugg Sith Warrior, cannot kill without effort are the healer types - as my single interrupt can only go so far to their numerous heals.

Precisely my thought. "Several optimizations" is entirely too vague and could mean absolutely nothing in regards to the problem everyone seems to think is now going to be miraculously fixed. If THIS is what they're referring to, it's about time! Thank goodness. Still, I'd much rather them reassure us by addressing this issue by name and alerting us to their intention to fix it during the aforementioned time period.

I believe you're referring to hacks. Macros in AAA MMOs have almost always been limited in some manner, be it by global CD or design, so that you're not capable stringing together endless amounts of abilities / skills. Your complaint is dramatized entirely, as add-ons and macros are only there for convenience and rarely ever limit or pigeon-hole anyone into using them. On the other hand: I feel your ability to both click and press keys is unfair. You shouldn't get to click; don't be lazy, only use number keys.

Guess you'll just have to make due with RNG bags. Have fun.

RNG system is pathetic and archaic. You have to be smoking something awfully strange to see the equality or fairness of this system, as blind luck is rewarded more so than actual effort and dedication. Centurion tokens are a joke. Why the hell would anyone want to buy that trash gear? Champion is substantially better, and -- apparently -- can be acquired with absolutely zero effort on a player's part.

If my Sith Warrior can tell-off an NPC by saying, "Save it for someone who gives a damn." I'm pretty sure Spanky is A-OK. Waaaay worse names, such as Dy'ke Lovoure, the level 50 Assassin on my server.

Agreed.

Does anyone actually buy those lockboxes? They don't seem to drop anything special, and you can just as easily buy the consumables for cheaper than the entire box + random piece of green gear. Wouldn't you be better off just buying your sets at 20 / 40 and buying consumables as you need them? The lockboxes seem kinda pointless to me.

Ah, I see. That is unfortunate.

PvP lockboxes now cost 70 commendations, contain more consumables, and always contain an item. A lot of people are saying this pertains to Champion Bags, not the small boxes which are currently 30 commendations. Does anyone know for sure which it is? I've gotten those small boxes before, yet never have I seen them NOT any type of item. That leads me to believe they're referring to the Champion Bags - maybe that's just wishful thinking. Anybody know?

Savage Kick is totally worthless. It doesn't even work half the time. Pommel Strike is better in all regards. -- But yes, they don't work in PVP.

Not to mention that Ravage / Master Strike barely ever work, though they'll force the animation and you have to WAIT for it to finish before trying again. That's a whole 3 seconds of just watching the animation for absolutely no damage, no reason.

Almost certain he's just curious when they'll fix the issue. The point is: you shouldn't be punished for wiping, so long as you eventually complete the instance / boss. You deserve to be rewarded for killing the boss, like everyone else. They claimed to have fixed it prior, but it still screws up. First boss of Illum, wiped once, bugged chest. Here's hoping it's a quick fix.

January 4th, save your commendations. Guaranteed piece per bag.

^ This guy had the right idea.

QFT. The longer they take to fix this, the more subscriptions they lose. Everything else, at the current time, is trivial compared to this issue.