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I alter this slightly to allow for better DoT spreading in AoE situations:
Throw>Charge>Impale>Ravage>Shatter>Scream>Slam. Slam spreads the DoTs from the other 3 abilities. If you have the right amount of alacrity, you should be able to get the slam off just before the DoTs from Impale and Ravage wear off.
Also, I rarely use chilling scream unless I need the AoE stun for some reason.
What about sundering strike?. I'm not very clued up on guard/jugg but always used sundering after throw/leap?
I tried that sequence on dummy but couldn't get shatter off due to not enough rage?.. do we need to use enrage before throw? or should sundering be woven in early?.. have noticed we need to use filler strike or something now to generate more resource.. least I noticed that on my combat sentinel.
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Should be an easy 20 min code job that should've been done 5 years ago.
Please implement.
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Also persistent focus target.. tired of resetting focus each time I mount or something
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yeah not keen.. very not keen. I'm the exact opposite and would rather buy a permanent account wide 12x class boost or the same but as a week token or similar.
Screw side quests have done them all, never again!. LONG LIVE 12X!!.. for those of us who WANT to play the MMO part of the MMORPG (as in do the story and get into endgame pve/pvp for those who may need it spelled out)
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might just be the wording gets changed but who can make them remains the same. Probably easier to do a global replace X with X and leave it as is than have to recode a new aug in and delete others. EG armormech's skill augment instead of now being cunn/end is mastery/end. Same for synth etc etc so forth and so on.
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Hello,
As title says could we please be able to get extra tabs for the legacy storage, I've filled all 5 and still could use more. There is room in the current window for at-least another 3 and it should be a very simple code job to do.
Thanks for your time.
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Sony can't even make a gaming controller and got destroyed by Xbox, that's all I have to say about Sony.
please explain?. PS controllers are fine? and to my knowledge PS systems have outsold Xbox every generation since launch?
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Two different games. But I do believe that any other big studio with the same budget as bioware would have pulled this one off better.
Very true, I suppose I should've elaborated a bit more. Umm ok.. I understand and respect they 2 are very different, I've only played a very very VERY little of the GoW series (much to my regret now, gonna buy the boxset tho anyway). I suppose the point/topic I was trying to create was, transpose Swtor as it is now (think more along the story lines here) and imagine them being done by Sony in a similar vein to the GoW franchise, or atleast with the same artistic effort/flair.
If Sony had done this game, if would have been SWG2 or something similar, I'm quite happy with Swtor thank you.PS. everybody talks about how bad EA is for game support, Sony is even more ruthless, when sub numbers dropped, they probably would have binned it.
Whilst I'm aware Sony held the license to SWG we can't really say how they might've handled it. I unfortunately missed out on SWG but from what I've read and seen it was overall really good (save the NGE?.. update?.. internet says that sucked balls).. I can't comment on game (customer?) support as I've had an overall acceptable experience with both companies. I don't think it overall fair to say Sony might've binned the title with the drop in sub numbers as the drop was caused directly buy BW/EA. The game had an almost fanatical following and rivaled (surpassed even I believe) WoW's opening numbers. However once it become obvious just how seemingly inept BW/EA where at handling/developing such a beast (along with numerous bugs (reported during beta but not fixed), QoL additions that should be considered standard in a 2008 MMO, and much much more) numbers didn't so much drop as totally plummet.
However this sub drop is also slightly exaggerated due to the ridiculous amount of servers at launch, whilst numbers don't lie the fact there where so many servers and resulting merger's made it look worse.
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Bit of side discussion, I'm currently watching the God Of War cut scenes (pfft more like epic movies!) on youtube.. really wished I had've played the series lol it's so awesome!. Anywho.. gotta say as much as I do love swtor I reckon if Sony had it, they'd have knocked it right out of the galaxy.
Your thoughts?.
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Erm... my tank spec got all this.
I can interrupt like any other char can.
I can pushback with the consular basic ability (cone attack).
I can stun for 4 seconds with the short time stun that every class got.
I can knockback with the flipback skill (dont know the english skill name), which does a bit of damage and knocks the enemy of his feet.
And I can force run, like all consular can.
I do not even know if all of those skills work on the mob, cause it simply is not necessary. Interrupt what needs to be interrupted and stay out of range, when he does his rage attack... you only need 1 interrupt skill for that to work. If you cannot do it, but I can... well... hardly a balance issue then, is it?
I am rather a carebear who knows what he is doing, than a wannabe-PvP-pro, who got no clue how to outdamage a scripted mob. Or are "real men" unable to compete with a carebear-mob?
@mmjarec ooohhhhh damn.. here's some aloe gel for that burn bro. As JP said, asn/cons has 4 abilities that can interrupt/evade. The commander is just a elite, not a boss/champ. The corrupted beast boss thingy THAT one can only be interrupted by HARD interrupt (jolt, force kick etc) Commander you can int, stun, mez, etc etc.
2ndly don't throw PVP around thinking it gives you some kind of credit or elevated status on here, makes the rest of us who can PVP look bad.
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The guy up in the tower?
You need to stay away from him, when he tries to cuddle you... Sounds strange as a melee, but it is necessary to control that guys movement.. and a shadow/assassin got more interrupts than most other classes... basic interrupt, push, stun, kick... and force speed to get away from him... what more do you need?
^^ exactly this.. all you need to do is interrupt the reaping and sowing or whatever their called. His ravage just kite.
That quest is easy as with asn,
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balance?.....
THIS IS SWTOR!
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Bumping as I really desperately want an answer.. was hoping to splurge like mad this weekend!
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We have not scrapped the idea and it is still our goal to release it. I unfortunately do not have a timeline right now as we are still working through some issues with the system. This is definitely the kind of thing you can keep your eyes on http://www.swtor.com for more info on as we would announce it when it is going live.
Thanks!
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Eric what are/will be the rules with it?.
I want to purchase some coins (RE: a LOT of coins) but want to wait for this deal. Can you pls examine and answer the following?;
1: Is the discount applied only to the "standard" amounts as is on the website right now?, and if so does it only apply to 1 "unit"?
2: If NO to "1" Will discount be applied at checkout for the overall purchase?, will there be limitations on the purchase? (Don't underestimate how much I want to buy.. talking 55k coins (10 x 5500) at a start)
3: If i purchase some coins before this new deal kicks in, will I be ineligible for the deal?, or will past purchases be ignored once it's launched?
Thanks in advance.
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Ive just started geting into the full on pve side of things and the 25 limit is a frikken joke. I need space for about 50 i reckon for all the quests I pickup then do. Or have running like weeklies and the mount quest etc.
if the engine is so poor that it can't dynamically set your tracking based on planet location then something is extremely wrong. Why would it need to "track" missions on hoth when i'm on tatooine?. If we unselect the tracking in the quest log then there should be no issue!
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Judging by the the PTS everyone who is affected gets the effect.
Actually I am relieved by this, less stuns is a better thing in this game. Beside just because the grenades didn't have this effect before, it doesn't mean before was the correct way to do things.
How does the change affect that ? The only difference now is that your team can't spam throw them, you still need to think critically on how to use your grenade in order to achieve your objective. Or you like easy mode for yourself and hard mode for the affected targets ?
Can allow a node to be saved/blocked for that 1-2 sec till a teammate arrives, this is both for offense and defense. As i mentioned in OP CC management should've always been a global diminishing return between hardstun, root/slow, mezz. Not hard to do and better than the debacle of resolve.
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Had a further thought, how are the targets for this immunity going to be determined?. Grenades are AoE in nature so will 1 grenade with a max target effect of 5 apply the immunity to 5 targets?, or will grenades now have to be targeted to use and the immunity placed on that target, with the AoE not being affected.
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The only people that DON'T want this type of thing are the very people that are scared of it.
Years of WoW and I didn't see any "elitism" (except for GearScore and idiots demanding content achievement linking in PUGS) unless you really weren't pulling your weight. With enrage timers tight (extremely in some encounters) the DPS race must be bang on to clear the content. All you negative head-in-the-sand people either dont' care nor realize the frustration (and cost for repeated repairs) that possible wipe after wipe can cause.
Not having them say during the first year of this game I can understand and accept, now.. no. Game is old enough now to justify such a thing as players should be doing the right thing and coming into the game front loaded with information. Personally I knew pretty much everything there was to know about my Sentinel before I got my first wave of early access invite.
Someone said before that carrying bad gear is doable, this applies very much to me with my new tanking as at the moment I'm failtank due to gear and mechanics, but I'm learning and I would welcome a threat meter to ensure my rotation is optimal. Seen many people claim "oh we parse 1345420000000000000 dps" on dummies".. yet their groups wipe?.. If you parse such numbers then prove it. Having to mess around with external parses is just a pain, a plain good ol meter (not just dps but hps and tps) would end all arguments or claims of being leet godly whatever when the meter says otherwise.
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Game Update 2.4: The Dread War
Highlights
New Story Mission Area: Oricon! Located in an uncharted system well off the Hydian Way, Oricon is a remote moon that is immeasurably strong with the dark side – a perfect home for the feared Dread Masters! Begin the Oricon journey by talking to O6-D5 on the Republic Fleet or D5-F3 on the Imperial Fleet. Details under General
Warzone Arenas! 4v4 Warzone Arenas are now active for Unranked, Ranked Solo, and Ranked Team play! Details under PvP
New Level 55 Daily Missions! Explore the ship-strewn, mysterious landscape of Oricon as you battle the deadly Dread Guard and their minions. The Dread Masters are bent on destroying both the Empire and Republic and they’re using their every resource to do so! Details under Missions and NPCs
New Operation: Dread Fortress! Begin your assault of the Dread Masters lair, an ancient fortress claimed by the Dread Masters soon after arriving on Oricon. Details under Flashpoints and Operations
New Operation: Dread Palace! Make your way beyond the Dread Fortress to the foreboding palace of the Dread Masters --and battle towards the final confrontation with the galaxy’s greatest threat. Details under Flashpoints and Operations
New Galactic Reputation Organization! A new organization has been added: Strike Team Oricon (Republic) (Republic)/Dread Executioners (Imperial). Details under Legacy
New Gear Sets! Three new sets of gear have been added: Dread Forged (new tier), Oriconian (new PvE Commendation gear) and Obroan (new PvP tier). Details under Items and Economy
New Vehicles and Mount! The Praxon Pyroclast, Gurian Volcano, and Strike Force Tauntaun have been added! Details under Items and Economy
General
New Story Mission Area: Oricon! Located in an uncharted system well off the Hydian Way, Oricon is a remote moon that is immeasurably strong with the dark side – a perfect home for the feared Dread Masters! The area includes two new Operations, two new Galactic Reputation Organizations, and completing a series of level 55 missions will unlock access to a [DAILY] mission series. Players can begin the Oricon journey by talking to O6-D5 on the Republic Fleet or D5-F3 on the Imperial Fleet.
The Cartel Bazaar is now a Rest Area.
A Cargo Bay is now available to players in the Cartel Bazaar.
Speeders on the Western Ice Shelf of Ilum no longer dismount players and prevent travel from Imperial Firebase 3 or Republic Recon Post.
The Thranta that takes players to the Elysium base on Alderaan is no longer on a killing spree; it will not dump players to their death, thus preventing completion of the [HEROIC 4] Shock Doctrine mission.
The in-game mail confirming access to the Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel has been updated to no longer refer to the player purchasing the expansion.
The Rakata Transporters on Belsavis are now connected to one another once they have been discovered.
Cartel Market
New Items
**Please note that Cartel Market updates are dynamic. Changes listed in Patch Notes may take effect several days after the patch is made available.**
A new bundle is available on the Cartel Market. The PVP Consumables Bundle offers players 10 Medpacks and 10 Adrenals that can be used in all Warzones. Cost: 200 Cartel Coins
A new bundle is available on the Cartel Market. The Major Warzone XP Boost Bundle offers Major Warzone Experience Boosts that can help the player level up quickly while in Warzones. Cost: 180 Cartel Coins
Classes and Combat
Jedi Knight
Guardian
Defense
A single stack of Courage now appropriately reduces the focus cost of your next Blade Storm or Force Sweep.
Sith Warrior
Juggernaut
Immortal
A single stack of Revenge now appropriately reduces the rage cost of your next Force Scream or Smash.
Jedi Consular
Shadow
Phase Walk now only teleports the player when the ability is deactivated manually. All other methods of removing the effect (such as clicking to remove the buff from the effect bar) will simply end the ability without a teleportation.
Phase Walk now only goes on cooldown when the character successfully teleports.
Sith Inquisitor
Assassin
Phase Walk now only teleports the player when the ability is deactivated manually. All other methods of removing the effect (such as clicking to remove the buff from the effect bar) will simply end the ability without a teleportation.
Phase Walk now only goes on cooldown when the character successfully teleports.
Bounty Hunter
General
Reduced the cost of Flame Thrower to 24 heat (down from 25) and slightly reduced the damage dealt.
Kolto Overload now triggers at 35% health and may heal up to 35% of max health (both up from 30%).
Rail Shot now deals slightly more damage.
Mercenary
General
Mercenaries now receive the proper dual-wielding damage bonus for Rail Shot.
Pyrotech
Increased Thermal Detonator explosion damage, but reduced the damage it deals over time.
Reduced the cost of Incendiary Missile to 16 heat (down from 22) and slightly reduced the damage it deals.
Degauss has been redesigned: Activating Chaff Flare increases your defense chance by 12.5/25% for 6 seconds.
Powertech
Shield Tech
Coolant now allows Kolto Overload to heal beyond 35% health (up from 30%).
Advanced Prototype
Increased the cost of Immolate to 10 heat (up from 8) and increased the damage it deals.
Slightly reduced the damage done by Retractable Blade.
Prototype Cylinder Ventilation has been redesigned: While High Energy Gas Cylinder is active, players will vent 1/2 heat every 1.5 seconds.
Prototype Flame Thrower has been redesigned: Flame Burst, Flame Sweep, and Immolate have a 50/100% chance to grant Prototype Flame Thrower, which affects the next Flame Thrower by increasing the damage dealt by 20%, reducing the heat generated by 2, slowing targets by 30%, and making it immune to interrupts. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
Prototype Weapon Systems now additionally increases the critical strike damage bonus for Flame Thrower by 10/20/30%.
Power Loaders now additionally increases the critical hit chance of Rocket Punch by 2/4/6%.
Pyrotech
Increased Thermal Detonator explosion damage, but reduced the damage it deals over time.
Reduced the cost of Incendiary Missile to 16 heat (down from 22), and slightly reduced the damage it deals.
In addition to its previous functionality, Automated Defenses now also increases damage reduction by 15/30% while Kolto Overload is active.
Bursting Flame has been redesigned: Rocket Punch has a 33/66/100% chance and Flame Burst has a 20/40/60% chance to trigger your Combustible Gas Cylinder if active.
Sweltering Heat has been redesigned: While Combustible Gas Cylinder is active, Flame Burst and Flame Sweep have a 50/100% chance to reduce the movement speed of affected targets by 40% for 6 seconds.
Degauss has been redesigned: Activating Chaff Flare increases your defense chance by 12.5/25% for 6 seconds.
Trooper
General
Reduced the cost of Pulse Cannon to 24 energy cells (down from 25) and slightly reduced the damage it deals.
Adrenaline Rush now triggers at 35% health and may heal up to 35% of max health (both up from 30%).
High Impact Bolt now deals slightly more damage.
Commando
Assault Specialist
Increased Assault Plastique explosion damage, but reduced the damage it deals over time.
Reduced the cost of Incendiary Round to 16 energy cells (down from 22) and slightly reduced the damage it deals.
Degauss has been redesigned: Activating Diversion increases your defense chance by 12.5/25% for 6 seconds.
Vanguard
Shield Specialist
Soldier's Grit now allows Adrenaline Rush to heal you beyond 35% health (up from 30%).
Tactics
Increased the cost of Fire Pulse to 10 energy cells (up from 8) and increased the damage it deals.
Slightly reduced the damage done by Gut.
Cell Generator has been redesigned: While High Energy Cell is active, players regenerate 1/2 energy cells every 1.5 seconds.
Havoc Training now additionally also increases the critical strike damage bonus for Pulse Cannon by 10/20/30%.
Charged Loaders now additionally increases the critical hit chance of Stockstrike by 2/4/6%.
Pulse Generator has been redesigned: Ion Pulse, Explosive Surge, and Fire Pulse have a 50/100% chance to grant Pulse Generator, which affects the next Pulse Cannon by increasing the damage dealt 20%, reducing the energy cell cost by 2, slowing targets by 30%, and making it immune to interrupts. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
Assault Specialist
Increased Assault Plastique explosion damage, but reduced the damage it deals over time.
Reduced the cost of Incendiary Round to 16 energy cells (down from 22) and slightly reduced the damage it deals.
In addition to its previous functionality, Adrenaline Fueled now also increases damage reduction by 15/30% while Adrenaline Rush is active.
Ionized Ignition has been redesigned: Stockstrike has a 33/66/100% chance and Ion Pulse has a 20/40/60% chance to trigger your Plasma Cell if active.
Sweltering Heat has been redesigned: While Plasma Cell is active, Ion Pulse and Explosive Surge have a 50/100% chance to reduce the movement speed of affected targets by 40% for 6 seconds.
Degauss has been redesigned: Activating Diversion increases your defense chance by 12.5/25% for 6 seconds.
Collections
Items from the Pursuer's Bounty Pack now have the correct icon for the account-wide unlock button in the Collections Window..
The account-wide unlock now works correctly for Emote: Whatup
The account-wide unlock now works correctly for the Poison Lobel Pet.
The Collections entry for Cassus Fett's Armor Set now has the belt.
Companion Characters
Treek
Characters created before Game Update 2.3 can now progress beyond the first affection conversation with Treek.
Crew Skills
Crafting Skills
General
Removed Isotope-5 as a material requirement for crafting Rating 156 [Artifact] gear.
Cybertech
All Cybertech grenades now bestow a new effect called Bastion on the target, in addition to normal effects. Players who have this effect applied are immune to further Cybertech grenade attacks for the duration of Bastion (3 minutes).
Flashpoints and Operations
Operations
New Operation: Dread Fortress! Begin your assault of the Dread Masters lair, an ancient fortress claimed by the Dread Masters soon after arriving on Oricon. This Operation is available at level 55 in Story and Hard Modes, and it contains 5 boss encounters with lockouts.
New Operation: Dread Palace! Make your way beyond the Dread Fortress to the foreboding palace of the Dread Masters --and battle towards the final confrontation with the galaxy’s greatest threat. This Operation is available at level 55 in Story and Hard Modes, and it contains 5 boss encounters with lockouts.
Items and Economy
New Additions!
Dread Forged is a new tier of gear obtained from the Dread Fortress and Dread Palace Operations in Hard Mode.
Obroan is a new tier of PvP gear obtained via Ranked Warzone Vendors on the Republic and Imperial Fleets. Itrequires Ranked Warzone Commendations as well as the associated Conqueror piece.
Oriconian is a new set of PvE Commendation gear obtained Ultimate Gear Vendors on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
The Praxon Pyroclast is a new vehicle obtained as a rare drop via Dread Palace and Dread Fortress Operations boss encounters in Hard Mode.
The Gurian Volcano is a new vehicle obtained as a Galactic Reputation reward via the Strike Team Oricon (Republic)/Dread Executioners (Imperial) Galactic Reputation Vendors on Oricon.
The Strike Force Tauntaun is a new mount obtained as a mission reward upon completing the Oricon story missions. It requires "Legendary" rank with Strike Team Oricon (Republic)/Dread Executioners (Imperial).
General
Dye modules can now be added to most Adaptable (Orange) Gear, including Lore-based pieces and crafted items below level 15.
Primary Black/Secondary Deep Red dye module is now available via the Strike Team Oricon (Republic)/Dread Executioners (Imperial) Galactic Reputation Vendors on Oricon.
Centurion and Mercenary Commendations have been removed. These Commendation types have been converted into Warzone Commendations at 1:1 ratio, are no longer displayed in the Currency Tab of the Inventory Window, and Warzone Vendors no longer trade items for them.
Players can now can use either Shift + Left Click or Shift + Right Click to split a stack of items, which will allow the function to be used while the GTN Window is open.
The JA-3 Speeder’s engines now have sound.
Movement sounds no longer persist after dismounting the Adno Mantis, Adno Locust, and Adno Saberwasp speeders.
GTN
Players can now use Shift + Left Click an item while the GTN is open to populate the search box with the name of that item.
Added a sortable "Unit Price" column to the GTN Window, which will display the listed item's price-per-unit.
The GTN now auto completes with the price and duration of a player's last posted auction. In addition, the last price will be remembered on a per-unit basis. i.e. If a player puts 1 med pack up for 10 credits, and their next auction is a stack of 20 med packs (the same type as before) it will auto complete 200 credits (10 credits for 1 x 20 = 200). The remembered price and duration are reset upon area transition or log out.
All Galactic Trade Network kiosks are now appropriately named.
Vendors
New Vendor: Operations Gear Vendor! Players can now exchange Arkanian, Underworld, and Dread Forged gear tokens for the appropriate armor piece via the new Operations Gear Vendor on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
Basic Gear Vendors now sell Arkanian Relics and Black Market gear.
Elite Gear Vendors now sell Verpine gear.
Ultimate Gear Vendors now sell the new Oriconian gear.
Ranked Gear Vendors now sell the new Obroan gear.
Warzone Gear Vendors now sell Conqueror Gear
Warzone Gear Vendors now sell new Conqueror Relics.
Partisan gear is no longer available for sale.
Warzone Enhancement Vendors now sell Conqueror level Enhancements
Ranked Enhancement Vendors now sell Obroan level Enhancements
Warzone Enhancement Vendors no longer sell Partisan level Enhancements
Reduced the cost of Schematics sold by the Basic Commendations Schematic Vendor:
Bracers and Belt Schematics now cost 15 Basic Commendations.
Implants, Earpieces, and Offhands now cost 60 Basic Commendations
Legacy
New Galactic Reputation Organizations! Complete missions on Oricon to earn Galactic Reputation with Strike Team Oricon (Republic) and Dread Executioners (Imperial) and purchase special rewards including the new Strike Force Tauntaun!
Added a new category called "Dailies" to the Achievement Window which tracks Achievements for the following Daily Mission Areas:
New: CZ-198
New: Oricon
Moved: Black Hole (previously located under Location > Corellia)
Moved: Section X (previously located under Location > Belsavis)
The Achievement "Down with the Corporate Elite" no longer incorrectly completes by defeating 15 rather than 30 enemies.
Missions and NPCs
General
New Level 55 Daily Missions! After advancing through the Oricon story mission series, players can further explore the ship-strewn, mysterious landscape of Oricon and battle the deadly Dread Guard and their minions via a new set of [DAILY] missions. Players must stop the Dread Masters, who are bent on destroying both the Empire and Republic and are using their every resource to do so!
Players can now obtain [WEEKLY] The Dread Palace and [WEEKLY] The Dread Fortress from the Operations Terminal on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
PvP missions have been updated:
[WEEKLY] missions no longer require wins and now advance with one point for a loss and two points for a win in an Unranked Warzone.
Ranked Warzones no longer count towards [DAILY] or [WEEKLY] mission progress.
Mission requirements are now as follows:
Under level 55 [DAILY] PvP missions: 2 completed Unranked Warzones
Under level 55 [WEEKLY] PvP missions: 5 completed Unranked Warzones
Level 55 [DAILY] PvP missions: 4 completed Unranked Warzones
Level 55 [WEEKLY] PvP missions: 15 completed Unranked Warzones
World Missions
Balmorra
Attempting to abandon the following missions now clearly indicates that they may not be able to be obtained again:
Operation Breaking Point
Big Guns
Despair
Disguises
Breaking the Resistance
Makeb
Trouble in Paradise: Now that Navigator Uptin has learned to speak Basic, he wants to talk more and the conversation with him has been extended.
Space Combat
The Grade 7 Improved Power Converter now enhances and reduces damage appropriately.
PvP
Warzones
General
8v8 Ranked Warzones have been removed from the Ranked Warzone queue. For more information on this change please see our Developer Update regarding Warzone Arenas.
To ensure proper matchmaking, players are no longer able to change Skill Tree points while in a Warzone queue or match.
Bolster has been adjusted to account for the addition of the new Obroan and Dread Forged gear.
Arenas
4v4 Warzone Arenas are now active! These small scale PvP maps reward victory to last team standing in the best of three rounds. Missions and rewards are provided in the same manner as current Warzones.
The following Arena maps are currently active:
Orbital Station Arena
Tatooine Canyon Arena
Corellia Square Arena
Arenas count as a single Warzone in the Unranked Warzone queue rotation. (Each map is not weighed individually.)
Players can queue for Arenas in Ranked Solo or Ranked Group modes via the PvP queue button on the UI minimap.
Czerka VX-736 Injector can no longer be used in Warzones.
UI
Using the "Ready" emote now shows up appropriately in the Chat Window.
Well patch notes are up, one thing that stands out to me as completely stupid is
Cybertech
All Cybertech grenades now bestow a new effect called Bastion on the target, in addition to normal effects. Players who have this effect applied are immune to further Cybertech grenade attacks for the duration of Bastion (3 minutes).
Really.. can you guys not screw something up each patch?!?..you might as well get rid of grenades all together, why even bother having them!.. a 3 min cd/immunity per target is a joke!. Apply it to resolve, Diminishing Return (how cc management SHOULD have been in the beginning) or 60 sec or something. A well timed grenade can be a critical thing in an objective based wz.. unless all you guys care about now is the brain dead ezy-mode death-match. The PVP community as a whole already gathers you care little for us or this aspect of the game, the evidence to that is just too overwhelmingly obvious, but c'mon. Stop kicking us while we are down and give a little thought and attention to this aspect of the game pls.
One day hopefully someone in the dev system will realize that pvp is actually more-so important than pve as it applies to the Star Wars IP. In the 3 cinematic's you can't help but notice tonnes of rep V imp action (didn't notice any groups doing pve'ish content.. Heck even the Live action Ad is a massive 40+ pvp'fest... that surprisingly didn't lag lol) , yet we are treated as the poor cousins
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lord the dreadsteed quest brings back memories... many a tear was had when i got my firey horsey
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Was just reading a thread on some (a lot ) of the things wrong with this game and it got me thinking. We don't know how much control or input EA have/had but given some of the obvious issues we can only assume it is considerable.
So what if Disney decided to go it alone so to speak?, build up Lucasarts as a full on production house. Blizzard did the exact same thing and that has seemingly worked out well even after the merger with Activision. Doing so would then eliminate EA from the equation, and allow Disney to either retain Bioware for the coding etc, or develop/hire their own people. Doing so I think would then enable dev's/customer support and all other facets of the organization to really shine. Again tho, this is on the assumption that EA have had a mostly negative impact on BW's development of this title, unless an insider comes out with the truth of what's going on @ Irvine we (the fanbase) will never know.
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Only thing they need to change is decrease the spawn area size or increase X minutes between re spawns (movement wise). Failing that increase scan size from 25m to 100m.
Solo'ing it now is just bloody painful, am doing it at the moment with my asn and feel like crying. Have so far spent 2 hours on taris for this piece. Jedi temple about the same.
Those that have said they solo'd it in like 2 hours or something are either very fortunate finding the spawns or full of ####
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That may have been an old definition, but taking an item you can't use has been called ninja looting for some time.
SWTOR complicates this issue now with the ability to transfer gear via legacy items and also companions.
So the moral of the story is, 1) communicate with your group as early as possible about their loot intentions 2) group with friends and guild mates and you will not have to deal with this as much.
Then it's not ninja-looting is it. NInja'ing has only 3 definitions that are applicable to it.
1: Raid/op setting where master loot is set, item not awarded to whom won roll but awarded to another or kept by master looter (generally resulting in master looter leaving group/area)
2: Looting item/s that they had no hand in helping to acquire. Diablo 1&2 made ninja-looting a common term (if not created it) as you could run up to a boss/mob as it died and take all the loot without even touching it.
3: Looting an item you simply cannot use. Why would a heavy armor warrior roll on a wand or caster weapon etc etc so forth and so on. **
People throw "ninja" around so haphazardly without even knowing its actual definition or appropriate context, in a FP/OP situation here in swtor you can roll on ANYTHING you like. If no set rules where laid out before the start then it's FFA.
** - Swtor allows you to gear "companions" (which are deemed to be a part of you) and transfer mods etc from items via legacy, or full items via the same. As such this eliminates any contextual limitations to the term "ninja" as it's a "working as intended, part of the game" therefore any party member may roll on any item he or she see's fit.
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flame suit on for this but I'd actually like to see the fleets disbanded and the populations based from coruscant/kaas. Things can be made more dynamic there, places can feel more important and lively.
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Working as intended I'm afraid
BW openly said when pushing F2P that they wanted to invest into the micro-purchase model as they feel/felt that it would generate substantial or more income than the subscriptions alone. Market feeds the "I want it now, must have it now, zomg look at that mount/pet/title/emote" etc and the masses lap it up and bow to BW as mindless drones led by non other than the dark council of the blinkered fan-boy/girl, who's perpetual state of denial about the truth of this game moves them to blindly praise what any in a real life situation would call a "go back and do it again" product/situation.
For those of us (myself included) that have been around since the start and don't have our vision clouded by blind devotion/adoration all share and acknowledge that we paid/paying for a beta. One of the MOST posted about topics on the old beta forums (and gotta see if it's here as well back on the first few pages) is that BW released this an easy 6 months (possibly more) too early and invested FAR too much time and resources on the "story" aspect of the game whilst heavily neglecting the other facets that MMO's need to round themselves out.
What we where offered (and right now I suspect the a-fore mentioned fan-boy/girls to start baying for my blood) is quite simply a single player game with large scale multi-player ability and some side dishes, in effect we are playing Mass Effect with a Star Wars mod. Can we blame BW for playing to their strengths?.. no, they did exactly that. Can we blame them for focusing far to much on that aspect and not drawing on the previous and current successful MMO's to form a "blueprint" of what to offer?.. OH HELL YES!. Also keep in mind that BW haven't and can't just run rampant so to speak, EA is/are most likely keeping a firm grip on their leash and as such EA has been/is blamed for the above mentioned early release and overall lack of "polish" or substance.
But that's the way of things in the gaming world I s'pose, Galaxies shutdown just prior to release.. Mists of Pandaria was right around the corner (in before WoW?) and we all know, like or dislike WoW EVERY expansion sees an immediate influx of new or returning subs. Sure a large % of these can/do/will/may bleed out once content is cleared but I feel a considerable portion would remain. To my previous comment about drawing on the success's and whatnot, I've been very VERY vocal about it I don't deny that, am I a WoW fanboy?.. used to be, but am no longer. What has driven me to an almost blind rage with BW/EA is that, and I've said this MANY times. World of Warcraft, love or hate it is THE, I say again THE market leader for MMO"s, and pretty much the measuring stick for all that have and will follow. Now Blizzard haven't done anything original, there is no originality in MMO's with the exception of the IP's themselves. For that you are harkening back to the days of Ultima Online, Ever quest and back further. BW's most seemingly prominent failing is they have seemingly ignored what has made many other titles so successful and just banked purely on the IP's popularity.
By now I suspect several "oh you think your so good lets see your MMO, do you think you can do any better" rebuttal that is spewed out by funnily enough the same group of people here. My response to that simply is no, no I don't think I could do any better.. I KNOW I could. Whilst I'm not a dev or coder I wouldn't need to be. Kick out the lead producer or whoever (the boss of the dev's, designers etc) and rip this game apart to build it up as a whole, capitalizing on what has made the most successful MMO's in the past have done (and of course where possible trying to be innovative, no need to reinvent the wheel here people). Not rocket science but yeah, as has been mentioned in this thread and others it seems glaringly apparent now this game is nothing more than a cash cow for EA till such time as overheads > income.
On a side note, whilst reading over this before posting I had a thought that I don't know if many others may have considered and would like to explore. That is 1 side of the story we don't or haven't heard. What do the dev's think?.. Are they truthfully, honestly proud of their creation?, what are their personal feelings and thoughts?. Honestly I feel the dev's have been far too quiet on the subject. I understand that maybe they have been gagged?, perhaps a condition of their work contracts precludes them from speaking about the game without it being scripted and approved by management?. I don't know. American labor laws are in such a way that those threats could've been made or imposed. I imagine that the industry would be very name/word of mouth driven and should a dev/coder do such a thing and be fired or given a bad reputation. I imagine they could/would find it difficult if not nigh on impossible to find employment in the field again, at-least say with a large name production house. I have no evidence of this, it's just purely my own conjecture but I feel that the time has come for the dev's themselves to either stand up and defend their work, or admit there are some "issues" that need resolving.
If you read this wall of text you have my sincere thanks, agree or not it doesn't matter I just appreciate it personally as I find the "tl:dr" type people worthy of nothing more than a bullet.
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