Our guild was having a similar problem when doing HM EC this past Sunday - when DD goes off, SC immediately targets the dps, resulting in an instant-kill. I imagine there is some type of bug occurring here, similar to that of Soa's aggro bug (where he would lose aggro after casting Mind Trap). Lots of awesome posts in here though - hoping that this will help us progress on EC on our next attempt Thanks for that info about the range aggro, had no idea.

Thanks!

Currently I am farming dailies to get a campaign relic. Is it possible to RE one of these for a schematic, then crit craft it? This is the only reason I am still artifice, as the crystals and saber crafting is pointless IMO. I can make more money doing dailies anyway.

Crafted relics today are BoP, at least pre-patch. I'm pretty sure that all the end-game crafted items that the different skills offer (like the relic, the belt, the bracers) that are worthwhile for crit-crafting, are BoP. If they were BoE, then yes, Artifice and other skills would be able to generate a bit more money, but would not be as useful as a reusable adrenal IMO.

Loving this tool, thanks for making it! Keep up the good work!

Buggy.

Been doing 8man NMM's and have seen plenty of Rakata gear drop. The same number of chests appear in both 8man and 16man, so the real question is - does more loot come from the chests? Don't know. At this point, I would say go 8man's, because it's easier to organize.

I'm not getting any credit for Ilum kills. One of the biggest problems here is the exploit fix was not explained, so no one knows what changed. There is literally no one on my server doing any Ilum pvp atm, so even if it's not "broken" they have scared off so many players that you cannot complete you dailies/weeklies. BW - please explain how to correctly PvP to complete our dailies, as you have changed the rules.

very nice

Agreed. There needs to be some sort of deserter penalty, and it should be harsh - not just across pvp, but across FP's as well (ie unable to queue WZ or complete a FP for 2 hrs). I'm sick of getting into a WZ and seeing players drop games. I'm sick of queue'ing into a losing WZ game with only 4-5 players on my team.

I had a lot more fun playing my 50 sorc in warzones post patch as well. Why? because I wasn't getting stuck with half a team of < 30 toons against a premade 50 team. The difference from a 50 to a expertise-geared 50 is not as great as a sub 50 to an expertise-geared 50, in my experience, so this is better all-around.

I wouldn't find this to be a problem if the GTN spanned the whole community.

So, right after I post this yesterday, I log in, and one of my companions comes back from a Treasure Hunting mission with... a Dark side relic! Guess I was just that unlucky. Thanks for the replies guys.

Has anyone received any Dark side relics from treasure hunting missions? I have 400 treasure hunting, and when I pick a lockbox mission, sometimes a relic comes back - not from the lockbox, but directly as mission loot. . Every time I get one, its a light side only relic. Playing as a Sith Sorcerer, I find this very annoying, because the relics actually look decent, I just can't use them (and yes, I understand it was my choice to go dark side, that's not my issue). So, anyone receive any dark relics from treasure hunting? Just wondering if I have horribly bad luck or if something is awry here.

True. So the problem here is bias towards light side players. I would assume that there are more light side players in the Republic...

I am also an Artifice crafter, and I would have to agree with this post... on many planets, the gatherable crystals are blue/green (no red at all). Also, yellow crystals are by default prototype (blue), which means you have to get yellow gemstones to craft these items, unlike the premium grade (green) crystals, which only require color and power crystals. The trade-off there is that the yellow crystals are better, but it would be nice to have another basic color option to help train the skill. Regarding relics found from treasure hunting - I have never received a dark side relic, only light relics. As you mentioned, these are also hard to sell, since it seems other people are having the same problem. My assumption is this is not the intended behavior; it's possible there is a bug with the way relics are generated as loot.

Considering that for a sorc to dps anything it needs to chain cast, interrupts shut the class down hard. not only that, but a strafing assassin (or any melee class) is a huge pain and can drop a sorc pretty easily if not backed up by the team.

Lots of good points made in this thread. I am trying to find a config that works well for me atm, so this was really helpful!

Rated. I can definitely agree that this is an issue.

This guide is very helpful. I respec'ed after reading because it explained some skills that I did not fully understand previously. One thing I am curious about is why Shock was not mentioned in the Lightning sorcerer build (or Corruption, for that matter)... this ability is great in PvE because it stuns standard and weak enemies, and is an instant cast. I've also found it useful for last hitting in PvP. Am I missing something about this ability that makes it less useful in PvP or PvE?

Make sure you go to the trainer and purchase new schematics. Any items you can craft that are not grey (green, yellow, orange) will earn you XP in your crafting skill. Hope that helps.