I do believe it's the SSD's that are paying the dividends here for you. Even 1 SSD would work wonders.. A shame it's realtively new tech in it's current form and still somewhat pricey. I've heard of a similar specc'd PC with no SSD, and they experience fps lag too. When it happens on my PC, the HDD light is solid.

I have it too.. It's been worse since the last patch. It's feels like it's a caching issue, as it's worse the first warzone of each type I load into, but progressivly gets better the more I play. It was so bad in my first huttball match the other day, it turned into a slideshow . Also related to the HDD too I believe: my friend who has an SSD, experiences non of these issues.

I particularly like it when the scoreboard bugs out and every stat for every player is 0... Makes it easy to choose the MVP that does .

Heyas. Just curious if an immortal spec tank + dps companion, and a mercenary (ranged turret) + healer companion should be able to pull off HM Black Talon ? We're both in PvP gear (yeah I know this doesn't exactly help the cause) - him being full champion and me being some champion and mostly centruion? Has anyone tried this and had any success? We're really only after the crafting drops.

After I hit that point, I spent the remaining comms on expertise stims and warzone medikits... Cause at 50, until you're all champed out, you'll be using all those comms to get champ bags..

A friend of mine and I have been doing a little testing.. Try playing around with your champion mods in the BM gear. Different combinations from different pieces can provide much greater benefits than the stock-standard mods that come with the pieces.. The same also applies to Champion and Centurian pieces... Have a bit of a play, and concentrate on the stats that you value the most.

Bump. Hopefully a lot of these are in development already. A shame there's very little to no feedback from BW on their official forums. It would go a long way to keeping the masses satisfied if we knew they were even considering some of these changes mentioned.

It's about positioning.. They'll have someone to get the ball, while the others position themselves at strategic points over the map. This enables the team to pass/jump/pull their way to the goal amazingly fast while the other team muck about in the middle. Even if there's only one premade in the Ops group - you only need 4 people to do this - the other puggers just provide the fodder to pull it off.. Or if they're relatively experienced, they help the cause too, making even faster.

Yes. The power of the noob is strong in this guild Obi-wan!

Sometimes - if you're a tank specced juggy though, your wet-noodle-of-a-saber doesn't do too much damage.. Especially if they're geared.. However, most of the time, due to their glass-cannon like attributes, they will just turn and run if you start wailing on them.. It's the smart ones that notice I'm barely touching their health that can cause issues here ..

Agreed. I re-upped DAoC the other day.. There's still a decent population there, and with it all being one cluster now, with the EU players in it too, there's rarely a time when you get bored.. Steamrolled, sure, but bored - not really.

The champ bags were changed to address the poor performance of new 50s vs geared 50s - to give them a leg-up and help them compete. The reason BM stuff is the same is simple economics. The theory being, the longer it takes you, the longer you play, the more subs they get from you.

Need to find a balance somewhere though, cause all I hear about the new MMOs is complaints, complaints, complaints... That is the nature of the forums though, rarely (EDIT) do people come here to post a good-vibe story, and rarer still is it for said story to be received well on the forums.. A bit like the news really - mostly doom and gloom.. We thrive on it tbh lol.

Lol, 1st or 2nd gen MMO's you'd spend weeks, sometimes months chasing that piece of gear/item you've been after.. And when you got it, it actually meant something 'cause everyone knew how hard you worked to get it.. The new gen MMO's hand stuff out left-right-and centre and we are left in this predicament... Catch-22 in a way, but at least the 1st and 2nd gen MMO's gave you a goal that you could work towards while you kept subbing. Each to their own though, live and let-live .

I agree, I've had an instance where the floor completely disappeard after I respawned. Got caught in a loop of falling for about 3 seconds through space and then respawning. This happened until I was booted out of the instance. Will give them the benefit of the doubt until I see it happen again in the same fashion .

Had a sorc last night work his way in behind the vents in the middle of the arena.. He basically embedded himself into the platform on one of the sides. He wasn't targetable, yet he was able to use his ranged lightning attacks to quite happily kill people with impunity. He started out slightly visible, so I was able to get his name and report him for exploiting, however, by the time he was finished, he was completely inside the area and I could only see the lightning shooting out from underneath the platform, through the ground. Not sure if it's new or not, but add it to the WZ bugs that we currently have .

^ This has merit, and could be implemented quite fast. As it's the expertise, or rather lack of it, that's hurting the fresh 50s. The only gear I've seen with expertise on it pre-50 is the pvp weapons.

From what I've heard the republic ship is slightly larger, or at a different angle to the empire ship. Meaning a speed burst plus a well timed jump will take you over the wall before the game starts proper...

^ This, imo, is probably the better way to go... Else you'll still likely end up with 50 imp and 10 or so rep... Not quite 1 for 1, but don't let it get to 2 to 1 odds, that's like trying to roll a fresh sloppy one up a steep hill.

From what I've heard a fresh 50 vs geared 50s is like a level 10 vs a fresh 50. Not overly fun, but it gets better with time and ranks/gear. Tactics help too.. Let someone else be the first target (hopefully a geared someone else) and come in when the battle is already underway.. It's surprising the amount of people that get tunnel vision and won't switch targets when necessary until their first target is dead.

^ This.

Agreed. There needs to be a valor reward for completing the objectives.. That would get peoples attention, and focus. Something along the lines of: Hutball: * Scoring: 200 valor * Killing the ball handler - in your third of the map: 150 - in the middle: 100 - in the opponents third of the map: 150 * Passing the ball successfully: 10 valor (edited from 50 - that's prolly a bit much and encourages farming) VoidStar: * Planting a bomb: 200 valor * A door blowing from your successful bomb plant: 100 valor * Disarming a bomb: 300 valor * Activating the final terminal and downloading the codes: 50 valor. CivilWar/Alderon/WhateverYouCallIt * Capturing a turret: 75 valor. The numbers would need serious consideration... You want to find the balance where the reward is worth the effort, but not so good as to encourage farming of said objectives between the two teams. A fine line that one heh.

They should change the pants graphic to a spiked thong.. It would go nicley with the pink armour .. You all know it's because I decided to play the jugg.. This kinda stuff always hits me square in the face ...

What roles does Broonkin play? I only picked him up last night and have not taken a look at himf properly yet.

What roles does Broonkin play? I only picked him up last night and have not taken a look at himf properly yet.