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  1. mhobin

    Frustrated PVPer

    I loved 8v8 and it was my favorite game mode. But the game is no longer balanced for it. When we were lvl 55 most games were long stalemates. Classes are now too mobile. With two organized groups, there would be no point captures in any maps. I loved 8v8 but it would simply not work anymore without a huge ability purge by the devs.
  2. I would ask if I could get your stuff. It it does not seem like you have much
  3. mhobin

    PvP guild

    PvP guilds are so 2012
  4. My wish is for pops. Regular pops. Wishing for anything else at this point of the games lifespan is silly.
  5. Sniper is a much more difficult class to play at a high level. Mercs can still get away with face tanking because of their defensives. A well played Sniper is the strongest spec in the game. However a well played Sniper is the rarest player in the game.
  6. I like SWTOR, I come back to SWTOR every year for a certain amount of time. However, I am realistic about the game. It has been in maintenance mode for several years now. Just accept the game for what it is, and enjoy it. Honestly, the game was screwed before it launched when they picked the engine (framerates on Illum, no xserver etc). Will we ever get large investment? No. Can you still enjoy what we have, sure. We got our 6 guys working on the game, support our six!
  7. I used stomp to get one down, died. Went to the med center and there were only two there. Rinse and repeat. Don’t know if it was a lucky bug for me or not. But going to the mend center got them down.
  8. It is not a broad definition, it is the definition most gamers use. If I can use real world money to quickly get better items. And another gamer takes an extended period of time to grind those items. I have P2W. I have an distinct advantage during the time it takes you to grind your way to where I am. Set bonuses and augments require huge sums of credits. If you don’t have those credits, you can either take the time to grind them, sitting at a gear disadvantage. Or you can buy some items off the CM, sell them and have the gear quicker.
  9. I only get crates from wins. They have not been very helpful, but they are there.
  10. Paying to skip gives me an advantage over those who grind naturally for however long it takes to catch up. If we are fighting over a node, and I have paid to skip so I have all my set bonuses, augments and tacticals, and you are still grinding for your 2peice bonus, I will win. That is P2W. If you have played for years and are sitting on a big bank account, then your advantage is fair. But if you pay for your advantage it is not. I keep using FIFA as an example, because that is what EA base all their systems around. But for those who spend money and can get the best players quickly, they have an advantage over those who don’t spend money and have to grind for the in game currency. That is the same principle they have brought to SWTOR. It is P2W. Under your definition almost no game is P2W.
  11. Solo ranked is the only ranked PvP that pops. But that is beside the point. Ask any raiding guild if they will take you without set bonuses.....they won’t. To do the high end content in the game your going to need to spend a great deal of credits for set bonus gear, tacticals and augments. Or you can grind and craft everything needed. But you can also pay real money to skip the grinding and crafting. That is P2W.
  12. Set bonuses. Bolster is irrelevant in ranked PVP, if you don’t have set bonuses and the right tactical you are at a severe disadvantage.
  13. No someone who has grinded the game since day 1 has not P2W, they have grinded. But if I spend 50 bucks and get 100m credits allowing me to buy gear at the same rate as someone who has grinded, I just P2W. Also, I have no fear of a login queue in SWTOR.
  14. Huh? Nobody would complain if microtransactions only resulted in cosmetic upgrades. That is why nobody calls Fortnight or Overwatch P2W. Most EA games however are P2W, and this gear system is no different. In FIFA, you buy packs of player (the top end have less the 1% chance to drop), you then sell the trash players converting them to in game currency to buy the best players. It is universally known as a P2W game. This gear system is a lot like that. You can grind the credits.....or you can buy CM items and convert them to credits. That is a P2W mechanic. You can grind your credits for years. Or I can pay 50 bucks and make 100m credits. It negates the whole grind. P.S I reference FIFA because it is EAs biggest revenue game, and what they use to model all of their multiplayer systems.
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