I believe Eric just sends the direct quote of the post to the devs with no modifications so that there's no possible interpretation of censoring. The entire wildcard post was pretty extreme.

Taunt puts you at the top of the threat chart + 10%, it also has a side effect that the target is fixated on you (unless they have an ignore feature, like Draxus or Sunder) for those 6s. At the end of the 6s, the mob will switch to whoever is the top of the threat chart, so if a dps passes you again during the taunt, you'll lose the mob when the taunt wears off. The 10% and 30% you're talking about is how threat is generated. Melee generates threat at 110% of their damage (inside 5m), while ranged (outside 5m) generates threat at 130% of their damage.

Welcome to PvE! But seriously, EC wouldn't be great for group finder... it can get pretty frustrating even at level 55. There are a lot of mechanics you can't just strongarm, and even if you do, it can make things more difficult. IE Shields on tanks, or Kephess phases. It's an op that requires a lot more coordination than GF tends to bring since you really need someone to lead/coordinate the raid. That's same reason why HM Ops don't exist for GF in general. They're going to require more coordination than what pugs will typically run. People want to do things their way, the way they've raided, and it may not be the same way the rest of the group runs.

Uh... Yeah I thought Calphayus was defense heavy, Tyrans is no defense.

I dunno... it's starting to lean that way for Juggs

Not until well after 2.8 is what they said, 2.9 for DF would be my guess.

1+2) Yes absolutely switch to the Veracity. Threat is generally a joke after the first minute or so as long as your dps aren't stupid. IE on Nefra, tanks pull ~2.5m threat each. Endurance... when we started HM DF, I was around 34-35k, so you're right in line. Most things don't hit hard enough to justify a huge health pool, though I know some tanks stack endurance for 16m HM to increase Time To Kill (TTK) to let their healers catch up. Generally the trade ratio for endurance:mitigation should be at least 2.5:1 (maybe higher), so at 163:150, take the mitigation. 2) Get rid of the Shrouded Crusader, you don't need the extra shield. You'll get plenty of shield in the rest of your enhancements/implants/earpiece. For the Reactive Warding math, look here (TL;dr, RW is Best in Slot for DTPS < 1850-2000). The Brutalizer FR provides an average contribution of 225.5 defense while the Ark FR provides 182, go for the Brutalizer if you have time.

I believe they meant when the guardians are the current OT. I try to do it on tank swaps when applicable.

23? I dunno that's a pretty arbitrary number. It's really whatever you're comfortable with. One of the most important things to know is what the content you're fighting is, then switching things around for that fight. For example, DF is very M/R heavy for the first three bosses, so your numbers from the ideal might be a little higher on defense, while C0 is mostly F/T so you use a lot more absorb. Brontes is kind of weird and has a lot of M/R that feel like they should be F/T, so you take a difference between first three bosses and C0. Gear to your content, keeping a couple of extra pieces to swap around is going to make your life so much easier.

The heroic space missions are actually on a completely separate weekly schedule. You can only grab the specific mission on a specific day of the week http://dulfy.net/2012/12/13/swtor-patch-1-6-space-missions-guide/ Tuesday Far Cradle Strike/Regnant Station Assault Wednesday Kabal Station Defense/Ardis Outpost FortificationThursday Kanz Minefield/ New Cov Asteroid FieldFriday Duma Strike/Baros AmbushSaturday Lorta Escort/Hypori EscortSunday 1) Cha Raaba Assault/Thanium Disruption 2) Cha Raaba Assault/Thanium Disruption + Duma Strike/Baros Ambush But if you don't have time to run them each day, you can just grab it on that day, keep the mission, and run them all on the same day. I use to just grab all the missions during the week, then run them all on Sunday.

First time my raid group killed Titan 6, we're doing pretty well on him and are pushing to try to make it to the final burn, just as we get there... he throws a huge grenade one of our tanks who gets pulled back in as T6 goes into his burn phase. The tank gets mostly away... mostly... we lose a healer and a couple dps. We burn him as hard as we can and eventually lose all but 2 dps, who finally get the kill! But there were a couple of adds that stay up and kill one of the dps as we're celebrating. On our first Tyrans kill, we were down to the last couple of tiles (and people), popping adrenals and burning hard. Just as the last tile fades and everyone starts to fall, the last hit falls and Tyrans dies. The loot pyramid and light appears, the room resets... but we don't get the achievement. That was an interesting one, lol.

They confirmed it was a bug here I get that it's not sev 1 issue (down systems), but it's at least sev 2 impact 1. I would think it should warrant an out of cycle patch. Not really a big fan of having to wait 2 more weeks since they've moved the minor patch release to 3 weeks cycles (to "extend QA" no less). I'm just confused how NiM DP mechanics managed to be delivered... it should've been on a completely separate stream... 2.7 PTS branch-------PTS complete, deliver↓ Integration stream (production) -----------↑↓-------------------------------------------------------2.7 Release---↓-----------> 2.8 Internal branch---------------------------------------------------Rebase A very rough diagram (missing sustaining streams, etc). The 2.8 stream shouldn't have posted any deliveries anyway. I dunno how their streams are setup, but it seems wonky if 2.8 code touched 2.7... did the 2.8 stream get branched off the 2.7 stream? Then 2.8 code got delivered into 2.7 mistakenly? Even worse, does it mean that it's all just sub functions that don't check for conditionals? Shouldn't the constructor for these boss objects be checking the difficulty before it creates them?

Well... if focused defense was on a lower CD, I might agree that you could count on double proccing, but the consistency and the chances of having Blade Storm/Force Scream on CD in that 3s window of overlap aren't that high, since... in order to maximize the use of your power/strength bonuses, you're really pushing to make sure that Storm/Scream is always on CD. But if you run hybrid, Focused Retribution might be worth it That might be fun, might have to do that.

I believe it was 2.5 Endurance:Mitigation, but that was back when Shadows/Assassins had self heals, and that was strictly comparing End to Mit.

It's mostly a personal preference. The veracity is a better item, but I like the Oriconian one as it gives a large enough mainstat boost to increase my threat gen (and bonus heals for Juggs), and enough mitigation to balance the loss. Shoot me an in-game mail to Moradeth imp side or Mor'din pub side. If you're running S&V and TFB, you can really don't need a huge HP pool, the only things that hit really hard are going to be Terminate and Huge Grenade. Don't worry about the old sets, they removed the expertise from them anyway. I'm sure there's a proper way of working the bolster system, but I'm too lazy to figure it out But if you don't plan on PvPing for those relics, you could finish the story quest for SM DF+DP and get the Arkanian Relic of Reactive Warding.

Not bad. There are some things I would tweak if you either have/get the ultimate comms (or if you get the drops). If you can stand to PvP, switch to the Obroan/Brutalizer relics of Reactive Warding and Fortunate Redoubt. If you have the ultimate comms, get the 78 OH. You don't really need to worry about your dps, but it helps. Replacing your earpiece with the Veracity is optional. It's worth an additional 39 mitigation, but at some point, balancing against your mainstat is helpful for maintain agro (plus additional heals from Overcharged Saber from the extra endurance). Bulwark and Bastion 30s enhancements are better for mitigation than Vigilant 31s. So if you have Bastion or Bulwark 30s, I'd suggest replacing those Vigilant ones. Or upgrading the Vigilant 31s to Vigilant 34s Alternatively, if you're running HM/NiM S&V/TFB, you could switch Bastion/Bulwark 30s/Vigilant 31s for crafted Immunity/Sturdiness 28s. Move your bracer defense mod to another item if that's going to be part of your baseline. Then carry an extra pair of bracers/belt that you can swap between more defense for heavy M/R fights (Nefra, Draxus, etc). It really depends on what you're running and what kind of spikes you can take.

I can make them on The Bastion if you need one.

Moradeth (Empire - Eternal Dominion) Advanced Initiative Enhancement 34

Graush (Empire - Eternal Dominion) Advanced Might Hilt 34

They should since they were on the 2.7 PTS... Otherwise I think there's gonna be a lot of pissed people when 2.7 drops.

What does that mean for the Conqueror Reactive Warding that includes +20 absorb? Or does it just depend on where you are in the diminishing returns curve for absorb? Wasn't sure how to recalculate with your formulas since absorb[1329] doesn't mean anything to me, I just assumed it did a reverse lookup to calculate the %

Startup sound? Can't wait to try out the update tonight!

Actually they are weighted more towards M/R, here are the weighted values (from KBN's thread) Dread Fortress M/R+K/E: 74.6510% F/T+K/E: 20.4436% F/T+I/E: 4.9040% DtPS: 5987.66 Dread Palace M/R+K/E: 68.5082% F/T+K/E: 28.7756% F/T+I/E: 2.7163% DtPS: 6685.28 And I want to say the break point is around 60/40 MR/FT? But maximizing mitigation by tank varies.

It's all over the place, it's somewhat consistent throughout a given Op, but generally DF and S&V are M/R heavy, while TFB and DP are F/T heavy. Razzberry found the damage ratios and attack types for DF/DP http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=685465

1. They don't stack 2. If you need to buy one from the vendor, buy the Shield Amplification, but your best option would be... 3. Do the story quest on Oricon, finish SM Dread Fortress, select the Arkanian Relic of Reactive Warding (might need to run SM Dread Palace too, can't remember) For just about every fight, Fortunate Redoubt and Reactive Warding are going to be best in slot, except in certain situations.