hmm odd, people (males especially) actually complaining that bigger is not better. I thought bigger and thicker were the new "in" thing.

thanks never_hesitate, that is exactly the thread I'm looking for. Elfa, while I do agree with you totally, the dummy is your best way to start and maybe they'll give me clues on a better rotation or something I never thought of that works. Oh, and I love your quote. I so wanna say that too so many people!

hey everyone, I was sure I saw a list of the top dps people for each class on this server. Does anyone remember this thread? I've done search upon search and can't find it. Any help would be great

yeah that's what I was worried about too. I'd look at one of those 12 key mice and think I'd never remember what's happening and then instead of doing rotation, I'm doing find the button. I did not know they had mice with less keys tho. I will probably look into the cost of one of those. If it's too high, I'll just have to keep everything close. I understand people like a challenge but a challenge that costs money in the purchase of equipment is not acceptable. The dps system should be geared to the gear level you have, not the mouse you have under your hand. I really don't agree with any of this at all. Where are the mechanics that everyone has to work together to get the creature down? I'm here on the forums with the same gear as the great dpsers (full BiS) and not doing the same dps? that's not right. I'm here to have fun with a group of people to take down a hard mechanics of a boss, not to run out and purchase a $200 mouse and worry about keeping my keys together and how fast my IP server has my internet pushing through those skinny little lines. Challenge is zero, fun is zero... hmm I really miss SWG But! I still love grouping with people and raiding and I don't mean the SMs that they've dummied down but the hard ones!

thank you again for more replies. I have been doing each raid every since they've come out so I do know the raids and know where I should stand if the tank does the tanking where I'm used to. However I am human and do make errors I'm used to fighting with ranged so doing all these raids with a mara is challenging. I'm learning and as far as I'm concerned, I'm learning fast. I'm still in the group so I guess I'm doing OK . I did notice with the mara that it's easier to get high dps by staying on the boss and this group does ask me to do that so they do know what they're doing. As for the gaming mouse... I don't understand why you'd need one. I have a G15 Logitech so I have F keys close to my pinky finger, the regular keys 1 to 5 close and some letters that are close. All my keys are close to hand so I'm not punching. I've gone into tfb NiM and that was very fun! I really really love to raid.

thank you for all your replies I have been practicing, as I said I would and I have increased not only on my Mara but on my ranged dps too. The carnage tree is actually a very fun tree and I really love the dots and burst damage. I'm going to stick it out and continue to practice. If I don't make the grades with this group, there's always another and as my dps increases, I'm sure I'll hit a group and fit in well. I have thought about changing and someone about 6 months ago also suggested it but right now my gear is set up for carnage spec and if I switch, I'll need 2 more acc/power enhancements and we all know how hard they are to get I still love to raid!!

yes, I have thought of that and there are some days I agree, some internet issues have made it so I'm in lag city instead of a raid. I have a newer computer. It was made about one year ago and my video card was replaced (since it was an older version) 2 weeks ago. yes, it's a gaming computer LOL I did not get junk I'm starting to think it's the operator. When I go to dance classes, I'm slower on the moves and turns than everyone else. Maybe I'm slower on the buttons than you're suppose to be. It really isn't fair. I'd love to stick with the harder endgame but when it's a matter of knowing computers or knowing to bind keys (I'm sure there's some people out there that don't know how to do that), it's just not fair that I can't play with the big groups or at least they won't let me play Time for someone to allow me to get the stuff while solo playing!!! But! I still love to raid

my gear is BiS except for 1 relic, 1 implant, that's why I was typing this, I think the other person is right tho. Practice, practice, practice.....

I will have to watch for that next time I raid. Switching off early is something I do auto and don't think about and unfortunately, the raids in swtor, the little ones always have to be killed quickly and there's not much you can do but stick till it dies then move on. I do know there are times when you just can't compare parse scores. In DPHM, Calphaus (spelling? lol), the time boss, there's so many little stops and goes and moves and adjusts, you can't compare end dps, just the time you spend on the boss to get him to 75% and 50% then to 20% is available. Another boss like this is DFHM Draxus. There's alot of movement with no time for stopping in that one. Makes things interesting but really no dps compareability. Thanks for all the info! I still love to raid

thanks for the reply I'm marauder, carnage spec 4/36/6 opting for brutality in rage tree. I have keybinds for my cooldowns to stay alive as in cloak of pain, saber ward, predation. I can do one more keybind then the binding keys are too far out of reach. I keep MS, gore, ravage, VT, FS, DST, rupture in a small square, easily reached. ATM I'm not good with where my keys are since I moved them all closer after seeing the numbers on the last raid and someone else suggested to do have them all closer to hand. Yes, I know the raids inside and out. I've been running the DF/DP HM combo on farm since they came out, just not with my mara. I've been practicing on the dummy since the last raid due to the fact I noticed I didn't have a good enough grasp on my rage bar and of course since I changed my key set up. Still not hitting the numbers on the dummy but hoping to get them there now. As for your comment on the 5k dps hit... that was from another mara in the group on a single target and he has less gear than I do. I was like "****!" how'd he do that but then as you say, he's been playing his rotation for over 6months I'm sure with the same group of people so he knows what they do and knows where to stand in the fights so all he's doing is his rotation. I'm new to the group so still learning how they do things but I'm still getting compared to the other raid dps so I need to up it. Either way, I still love the raids

I have always loved to raid. I raided in SWG. Was one of the people that formed the groups. I raided in WoW. Loved the 25 man groups when I could get into them. And I love to raid in swtor. But what I hate.... I have the same gear, I have asked and I have the same stats as the top dps person in our raid and in one of my raid groups my gear is even better ... I have asked and I use the same rotation, read the same forum threads on the class and made sure I know everything other people know about the class. And still... for I know not what reason... my dps is crap I cannot get the numbers everyone else is getting in the raid. I see 5400dps, I see 4500 dps I see 3200 dps consistantly for everyone else and I'm lucky to get 2200 dps. So of course I'm the one that gets dropped from the group. I have no idea what they do differently. I have even given my pars to a few leading dps people and they've looked at the combat logs and even they have no idea what's happening. I have roughly the same (since no ones combat log is the same) percent of damage for the right skill. I'm at my wits end *sighs* I so love to raid! But yet again, I'm going to be dropped from another 2 groups and will have to look for a new one and hope I can get into a group that will keep me long enough to clear some NiM content come april 8th. End of my rant lol

so SWToR didn't set anything up so you'd get a codex if you did a server first? that's too bad.... alot of people like to know these things but thanks

hey everyone, is there a place where someone keeps track of the firsts on server.... such as first guild to finish KP NiM or EC HM or other items? even if there's another website other than swtor that does it, please post link. thanks