Completed this last night with no problems. HK didn't oneshot anyone. EDIT: Should have said, we AoE'd when he went invis.

Best part is people who make this argument without a combat log. Unless the OP took a RIDICULOUS amount of time to log his damage in a controllable environment (which I know he didn't) he has absolutely no evidence to back up his claim. This can't even really be an argument without any evidence either way. All I really see is: ITS BETTER CAUSE I SEE HIGHER MAXES!!!! Which is obviously flawed logic.

Get a Corsair power supply, they are VERY well built, the TX750 is my choice. 750w for a single 580 is plenty. Corsair Vengeance Ram (1.5v) is VERY stable ram and pairs well with the Sandy bridge series processors. Gskill has had some quality control issues lately. I also agree with the poster who said you only need 8gb. Unless you are video or audio editing or using CS4 etc, you won't need 16gb of Ram. Everything else is fine in my book.

While I think items for neutral players should exist, Min-Maxing and doing exactly what you want to do generally don't go together.

And your evidence for this is? The fact that people are wearing this combo is not evidence. Their speculation is that it is better. Until we have combat logs (or someone spends a ridiculous amount of time tracking damage) it is just that, speculation.

Send him on the Underworld Trading mission: Where droids go to die.

Blitz does not work in PvP.

I have seen a lot of people doing exactly that. 2 piece Columi and then the rest Champion gear. It seems good, but until we have combat logs it will be difficult to say what is better.

The AoE targetting is just plain inexcuseable. There is WAY to much money behind this game for something like that to go live. The smart healing is less egregious, but it seems equally obvious.

I don't like it when people leave any more than the next guy, but I do not support a penalty. Essentially, you have two options: either the people that don't want to play leave with no penalty and you get a new person, OR you add a penalty and those people don't leave but instead afk somewhere and still screw up your game. I'd prefer the former personally.

Bioware, please add smart healing to Kolto Bomb. I don't need it to hit more targets and I don't need it to heal more. ALL I want is to be able to apply the shield and the healing buff to the people that actually need it. Also, make the targeting indicator on AoE spells show the actual area of effect so that I can target specific players with Kolto.

Except full auto does pretty terrible damage if Curtain of Fire hasn't proc'd especially if you attack a Commando once and full auto only ticks twice. Interrupts and LoS really really hurt Gunnery Commandos. Lock the commando out of grav round and pretty much none of his other abilities do very much damage. HIB requires 5 grav round casts to be at full damage and Demo Round requires 3.

Except the only reason they are considered top tier players is because they are wearing the best gear; which wasn't even acquired through any achievement of skill, but rather, through a ridiculous amount of time spent grinding over a few weeks. People aren't asking for anything to be handed to them. They just have a simple question: If the top tier PvPers are so elite, why do they need a stat advantage to beat new level 50s?

It doesn't absorb a set amount. It absorbs 10% of incoming damage for the duration of the shield.

So much this. Kolto is WAY too random to be useful. Sometimes its epic and heals and shields everyone you need it to. Other times, it hits the people at full health and you make a sad face.

My experience says this is incorrect. I have filled an opponents resolve bar chaining stuns with an ally. However, both stuns will last full duration if chained properly assuming the player doesn't use their CC breaker. Just make sure to save your CC breaker for the instant your resolve bar fills and you will be immune to CC till the bar drains. It's actually quite elegant imo.

I think the nerfs were probably heavy handed. I also think that since they aren't live yet, we should wait to make a decision until they are.

Create a PvE stat that allows players to scale against PvE mobs. Easy.

Why shouldn't a new 50 be on an even playing field, gear wise, with a battlemaster? Isn't the battlemaster an epic pvper that wouldn't need such an advantage to beat a new 50? EDIT: that said, you are right. Expertise /= gear progression

This isn't true. It gives tanking sabers to Sentinels REGULARLY.

Hey guy. Did you know that if they implement the LFD system you can still use your AMAZINGLY LARGE friends list to create groups? UNCANNY! If you don't like LFD don't use it, but don't complain about something that you won't ever be required to use.

WoW came out in 2004 with a MUCH smaller production budget than this game. Is there a reason I shouldn't expect more from BW and EA? That said, the sucess/failure of this game probably does not hinge on an LFD system.

So raid leaders are just supposed to guess who is performing well DPS/Heal wise. Once the encounters become more difficult, raid leaders will need to be able to assess talent. You can't do that in this game without a combat log.

I understand what you are saying here, which is why I think a rollback WAS necessary. Players earned more valor than they should have, they shouldn't be penalized for BW's poor implementation of 1.1 but they shouldn't be allowed to keep their valor.

There is no reason arenas can't be balanced separately from the rest of the game. I never understand why MMO companies think they can keep abilities balanced for both PvP and PvE at the same time.