[The thought that WoW has more endgame content]

the one good thing that I like in WoW is that when leveling, you actually have several maps you can choose from, unlike in SWTOR right now where all your toons will go through the same sequence of maps while going for 50.

[Gearing up at 50 -- How?]

How's gearing up done at 50? Is it the same as WoW?

 

1. farm L50 flashpoints

2. farm L50 flashpoints in HM

3. operations

 

?

[Why I Quit SWToR -- SacredHeals]

In case you haven't seen it yet.

 

The guy makes solid points which hopefully, BW should address moving forward in improving the game.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnKYF_ZZQDE

[Need help deciding on a computer for SWTOR]

The ASUS Gaming notebooks are very capable for swtor, just need to lower some of the settings. My friend plays it on a G53. which runs on an Nvidia GT560m. Another friend of mine plays it on a 15" Macbook Pro, the one with the 6770m 1GB graphics chip.

 

For ATI-based notebooks, I suggest you get one with a 6750m at least. For nvidia-based systems, try looking for a 555m at least.

 

Good luck and happy shopping.

[Orange vs Blue gear -- easier/cheaper?]

It's cheapest to level up a cybertech, or have a cybertech friend. Otherwise, just ramble on the best you can, picking up new armorings as you get the commendations, and not worrying if mods/enhancements fall a bit behind. As a DPS guardian it won't matter too much anyways, as virtually nothing matters stat wise until you're 50.

 

thanks!

[Orange vs Blue gear -- easier/cheaper?]

Noticed that might mods/armoring/hilts are not always available in commendation vendors. or if they are, they're a level behind compared to their guardian counterparts.

 

GTN doesn't always have the might stuff for my level. Having mostly orange gear makes things even worse. It's very hard to keep up with the modifications. Especially for a DPS guardian, who only has 1 saber.

 

I'm wondering, is it cheaper to level up with just modifiable gear (given you already have them and don't need to buy them, except for the mods) or to just level up with just blues and maybe an orange weapon?

[SWTOR is too hard for me]

I encountered a trooper in ord with a similar problem when I was in ord. I couldn't figure out why his character was weak. Gave him some greens (crafted from my main) then we went on to try out some strong mobs.

 

I told him what to do, skill priorities, etc. He so slow at killing and always almost close to dying. We were both level 10 and he wasn't idling in combat either.

 

Then I asked him, have you upgraded your skills from your trainer? He said "we have to do that? how?".

 

Showed him where, then he told me SWTOR is his first MMO. After training, we went back to the quest and he was not having problems anymore.

 

So we shouldn't assume that people know how to play this game from day one. A lot of concepts in MMOs are strange to new players.

[Patch 1.2 may be to late.]

all i'm wishing for is that they be as agile and responsive as blizz when it comes to releasing fixes. this game has the key ingredients that made wow succeed -- big lore/story behind it, a solid fan base, it's own universe.

 

oh please BW, don't screw this up.

 

 

Hindsight makes the crapstorm that existed during Vanilla's launch much sweeter than it actually was.XD

 

Believe me, SWTOR's launch, at least some of the vitriol thrown around about certain missing features, slow-to-come fixes, and complaints about content being devoured too quickly, gives me deja vu for Vanilla WoW.

 

Some of it has been eerily close to post-vanilla chatter.

[Patch 1.2 may be to late.]

A decade does that.

 

yeah. although you have to hand it to blizz. when they pushed out wow, it was the best out there in terms technology-wise. quality of content is arguable, but in terms of speed of delivery of fixes, tech and support, they were top.

[Patch 1.2 may be to late.]

Blizzard has set the bar too high with WoW. The expectations of mmo gamers are just too high to meet. Not just in terms of content, but in terms of quality, delivery and support as well.

[Patch 1.2 may be to late.]

it's like buying a brand new car without some of the parts upfront. they'll be delivered soon though as extras to your purchase. new shiny parts.

[Bioware, accept responsibility for your crappy engine.]

When you do get fps drops and stuttering, how is the load on your CPU and GPU? Just curious.

 

he/she doesn't know, but can only speculate. only BW knows.

[name your most minor annoyances with the game....]

1. uncollected nodes still show up in the map (processed but not collected)

2. slight pause when getting into combat from a vehicle with your companion summoned

3. BIG BUTT on male robes (when worn by medium/small sized toons).

[Bioware, accept responsibility for your crappy engine.]

Yet early on, the most common complaint was stutterin in fleet.

 

exactly. in a place that's idle but crowded, having low FPS on a high-end machine is not a good indication of how well the game performs.

[Bioware, accept responsibility for your crappy engine.]

"not everyone experiencing it" is not the same as "no one experiences it".

 

"not my problem" is not the same as "not everyone's problem".

 

I believe you. The thing is though, not everyone is experiening the same problem.

[Bioware, accept responsibility for your crappy engine.]

BW adding a "very low" shader setting and turning off lasers that should be firing aren't really solutions to the problem. it's just them saying "ok, nothing's really wrong with the engine, but your performance is still crappy. let's just turn off some bells and whistles and make this game really look terrible but playable so you can still enjoy it.".

 

not really a fix you know.

 

That is an inaccurate statement. They have admitted to many things since launch and have taken steps to make improvements AND are still doing so. Stating that you have a dedicated team working inside Bioware to address FPS issues IS an asmission on their part that they not only acknowledge there are issues, but that they are committed to working on them.

 

You are exaggerating to justify the disrespect you throw at them in virtually every post you make.

[Bioware, accept responsibility for your crappy engine.]

tried logging into wow again last night. ran the game at ultra. played some BGs, chilled in SW. enjoyed the smoothness of the game. it was refreshing.

 

i suggest you folks do the same to calm yourselves down.

[Do not add combat log into SWTOR.]

what I hate about combat logs and hence, meters, is that they create a chicken and egg scenario. you're not allowed to join runs cos you're under-geared, hence, capped DPS. you can't raise your DPS cap cos you aren't allowed in runs, hence you can't gear up.

 

meters will unavoidably be abused as tools of elitism/discrimination.

[Hero Engine Particle System...FPS KILLER]

Included this in my CS thread:

 

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=329543

 

Whenever the scene gets a lot of smoke and dust, the fps just goes downhill.

 

Nobody really pays attention to how smooth and foggy that smoke or fog is, or how well spread those blast particles are when playing the game. Not especially when you're too busy not getting killed in a warzone or smacking mobs while questing.

 

Whey the hell did they implement those things with such realism? Can't they just make those out of several sprites that are 2D and loaded as textures?

 

BW should let us f*cking toggle atmospheric effects and adjust particle details in-game.

[Share your keybindings setup here]

Top bottom- #

Bottom- Tab+#

Right- Shift+ #

Left- Alt +#

 

this is new to me, didn't know you could use TAB as a modifier key.

 

+1

[Share your keybindings setup here]

There are no spells here. It's not WoW (or whatever random fantasy-setting clone of it)

 

I play a special guardian class exclusive to me. It has spells on top of abilities/skills. You get this if you get the "Uber Elite Edition" of the game.

 

Now share something constructive and stop being stupid.

[Share your keybindings setup here]

I play on an iMac with the default wireless keyboard and a regular USB mouse. These are my bindings:

 

Movement:

 

ASWD

Alt W = autorun

 

Top Bottom Quickslots: Sh = shift

 

Sh Q

Sh E

Sh R

Sh F

Sh C

Sh V

Sh 1

Sh 2

Sh 3

Sh 4

Sh Wheel Up

Sh Wheel Down

 

Bottom Bottom Quickslots:

 

Q

E

R

F

C

V

1

2

3

4

Alt Q

Alt E

 

Right Quick Slot: (only 2 buttons are bound, the tilde key)

 

~

Sh ~

 

The way I position my skills, I put the frequently used ones in the most accessible positions.

 

"oh ****" buttons usually go to the 2 keys in my right quick slot or on the normal number keys. stance spells, vehicle are my click-only buttons.

 

"buff me up" spells (relic, CD) are grouped in my mouse button bindings (shift + scroll wheel).

 

Stuff that I use offline like self buffs and regen spells are in the shift+number buttons.

 

I try to avoid as much as possible number keys from 5 up, cos they are too hard to reach.

 

You'll have to remap some of your UI keys here (chat reply, character panel, expand comp bar, etc).

 

 

Share yours so we can adopt good bindings from each other

[The sheer number of buttons is just not fun]

Yeah, the combat abilities are a bit too many, but with good bindings, you can have all 2 bars accessible to you (which is enough).

 

If you're a button clicker for your active combat abilities, yes, it's going to be very hard.

 

Macros should make this easier, somewhat.

 

What I really hate though is having to watch my bars for procs. This is where I miss the flexibility add-ons bring, just like in WoW.

 

It'll come, just have to wait.

[Streaming HM Raid]

I must say, just from watching this, I'm now very eager to try joining ops. I last raided in WotLK and seeing swtor's new classes in action like this really gave me a breath of fresh air

 

thanks for sharing this! +1