Here is a little feed for theory. Yesterday before logging I left T7 craft lv45 armorings, logged on, had 3 armorings in inventory, all RE attempts failed. Crafted another 3, T7 critted 1, blue proc from 4'th RE attempt. Then I made 3 lv45 barrels, blue proc on 2'nd RE attempt. 3 aim modifications for lv45, blue proc on 1'st RE attempt. 2 different types lv43 enchants for commando and M1-4X, enchant for commando blue proc on 2'nd RE attempt, enchant for droid blue proc on 3'rd RE. All that today, while I was leveling treasure hunting on 1 toon and did try RE with hour or more breaks. Tell me something more about RNG, let's stay on topic, RE in game is flaky. Or switching toons messes up RNG, or something else but as I mentioned in previous post, from 5 crafts after break blue proc is mostly like 100% guaranteed. At least that is how it works for me.

Well, I have 7 toons (not a single 50 yet), 6 main crew skills and my commando become to gatherer. So with commando I'm farming all mats for rest of crew skills. Reverse engineered a lot of items, all my toons are always in blue mods, including leveling companions. As I can make nearly full sets of modable armor for any class (still missing couple neutral pieces). And buy having full blue mods, I never used any stims or healing pots, all goes well without. Using only implants from biochem. Having good gear helps with leveling a lot, especially helps deal with story line bosses. Never needed any help so far. So I see advantage, crafting takes time, especially if you craft blue items but it is worth for sure. At least personally I like take a little crafting break from running around like zombie and whacking every thing what is red for me.

Here: http://dulfy.net/2012/10/12/hk-51-companion-information/ Looks to me that HK-51 using standard droid items, like I outfitted my commando's M1-4X or jedi's T7. Cybertech can make all modable (green, not orange) droid items: Custom censor, Custom core (2 needed), Custom motor (2 needed) and Custom parts (2 needed). Actually I haven't tried RE droid items yet. Basically all 7 droid items are exactly like your full set of modable armor. Parts (2) don't have enchant slot (belt and bracers don't have either enchant slot), rest 5 items have all mod slots, including enchant. AKA: armoring, modification and enchant.

Have you tried? Prove that I'm wrong, if it works for me, then it should work same way for you also. I'm guessing you forgot about game flaws, this is one flaw I have discovered some time ago. Obviously now timer gets "fixed" buy increasing reset timer but it still will work and it will work till result generation will be replaced with another system. Same way as slicing nodes got "fixed", slicing nodes still respawn in same places, just timer got changed from 3 minutes to 30, that's it. Looking more deeper in to game mechanics helps reduce unnecessary grid.

Where is the longest loading times award. That would be 5 awards, I'm seriously disappointed. Game is about go F2P. Coincident? Yup, it is indeed.

LOL... Best irony could be, servers are down and no ETA. It is Friday evening in Europe, prime time. Is it loyalty test?

This is actually quite interesting, let's see who gets more votes. Past years Lotro is been dominating Golden Joystick, thanks to fans.

Haha... Couldn't agree more, after couple hours in game I was done with GW2.

Well, I have method for increasing RE proc. I have 7 toons from range lv19 to lv42 and I have reverse engineered a lot of green items in to blue. Apparently in game "random" generator is wheeling system and nothing else and "wheel" has it's reset timer. I don't know exactly yet how long takes reset wheel but let's say you want RE something. Craft 5 items, RE them, if you don't get proc, craft another 5 and forget about those items for several hours (3-4). Log out from that char, just do something else. After 3-4 hours log on to that char again and try RE. Mostly like you will get proc from first 3 items, this method is been working for me so many times. Seems like entire wheeling system is bit sluggish, same goes with missions. If you start mission after wheel is been reset, first 2 missions mostly like have very high proc rate. Then wheel starts shifting again. I just resubbed today, so I had not enough time test everything, servers vent "Kablah". So here is the question for BW, could please we have truly random system with out any negative modifiers BS? Your current system causing a lot of anger, I don't think so that you could afford loose more players. Thing is, players who willing to RE something, they will, no matter how many failed attempts it takes but peoples who are "gifted" with patience are minority. This game has wonderful crafting system, make it interesting for more than "few selected peoples", this "artificial hard mode" is pointless.

This!!! No one is mentioning that ToR is most bugged game to date. Every patch breaks up something. Game is not final product, it is a beta test version. And we actually paying to be a beta testers.

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What is the difference between running from one slicing node to another and trashing mobs? Both are gathering AKA grind. I'll bet I can make more credits buy trashing mobs because mobs have something 3+ minutes respawn timer and slicing nodes 30 minutes.

BW got wrong understanding about "money printing", after tons of jelly peoples moaned on the forums. Lets put it simple, players investing CREDITS and TIME for making profit, so at least missions should return same amount of credits if mission fails because TIME is lost already any way. Do devs getting paid for their jobs or they pay to have a job? Turning slicing in to lottery is bad idea, peoples get fed up, you know. Forcing peoples trading missions on GTN is yet another wrong conception. Now after servers consolidation, I personally don't want trade there any more because under cutting. And because players have pay some idiotic fee for creating trade. That is even more credits loss, if peoples want cancel trade. You can make more credits and faster buy trashing 10 levels lower 4 man HC over and over again. And that fuels pretty well my mission needs for mission only materials. Forget slicing, after nert it is totally pointless crew skill, mobs seem to dropping every thing, including augment schematics. BW tried copy WoW so hard but they forgot copy WoW's most important feature, very good balance between easy and hard. Players looking for entertainment, not for second job. May the grind be with you.

Prior 1.3.7 every thing was working OK. After that patch companions are so bad with everything. Ship droids crit more than companions with special bonuses. And I mean with everything, missions, crafting. Funniest thing what happen to me, Corso (8K affection) failed green underworld mission. It never happen before with any other companion but Corso has underworld bonus. Aric does better job with underworld missions than Corso. Yesterday I made a lot of lv31 barrels for testing, ship droid critted more than Corso, who has +5 crit armstech bonus. And actually Bowdaar had more crits than Corso, Bowdaar has no freaking bonus with armstech. Before 1.3.7 Kira and T7 where critting like mad on everything, now T7 is is nealry useless. Aric used to craft a lot of augmented armor pieces prior 1.3.7, now ship droid does better job than Aric with armormech. If it is not intentional nerf then entire companions mechanics is a mess after 1.3.7. And why the hell they investigating it now? All should be tested before dumping out half *****ed pacth. No wonder that this game loosing players, peoples getting fed up from BW zero responsibility. SWTOR is probably only game where every patch break up something seriously.

Up it goes. Nothing changed.

I Don't understand those Mac vs PS. Now Mac is a PC, Mac is running on exactly same hardware as PC. Current Mac OS is reverse engineered Linux. You can install current Mac OS on any PC, hardware is identical. When Apple was making G series Power Macs (and prior), then all was different., G series had no compatibility with PC. This for an example: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro One 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors One 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor <--- It is Intel Xeon W3565, nearly 3 years old processor. http://ark.intel.com/products/39721/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3565-(8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI) 6GB (three 2GB) memory 1TB hard drive1 18x SuperDrive ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 For only 2499$, you gotta be kidding, out dated quad core Xenon with Radeon 5770. 2 generations old video card. Current Radeons are 7970 and slower version 7950. Here is the comparison for you, 7970 vs 5770: http://www.hwcompare.com/11343/radeon-hd-5770-vs-radeon-hd-7970/ And here is the comparison of Intel Xeon W3565 vs i7-2600K: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+W3565+%40+3.20GHz 7970 is over 3 times faster than 5770, not to mention that I7-2600K beats crap out of 3 years old Xenon Happy Bootcamping and lagging. Remember, if you boot to Windows via Bootcamp, then you running Windows on native mode. Bootcamp is boot manager and nothing else. It just set Windows partition active that you could boot up in to Windows. I can't believe, true and blind believers. Are you happy being ripped off? 2500$ for 3 years old hardware, LMAO...

Working as intended because some loosers in Austin had no brain come up with better system. I'm sick of ship hopping and fleet hopping. And personally I won't let it go, current system is lame it has to change. What about instead of piles of junk giving to players something nice, some lock boxes to open as an example? Buy the way, congrats BW with smoothest launch to F2P in less than year. Crew skills is just 1 of many reasons, why peoples won't play this game. So what about taking you heads out of your arses and actually listening players? Players pay your bills, not your lame and sadistic ideas. This game supposed beat WoW sub numbers, keep dreaming BW, just keep dreaming. If this game was good and enjoyable, peoples would gladly pay. You still haven't got it yet? Low sub numbers indicates that game is crap and it has to change, if you planning make some money out of this game. Leaving game as it is and going F2P does not change game to "WoW sub numbers beater" over night.

I'm guessing you are right but how many peoples do like it? This game has way too many forced things in, you are forced to do this and that. I don't think so that many peoples will accept that policy. Besides, GTN is full of everything and heavy undercutting going on. If game goes F2P live with same lame crafting system, this game will be hardly worth of my time, even for free. So currently I'm waiting, what happens with F2P, is BW actually willing salvage situation and turn game from ridiculous grind and lame crafting mechanics in to enjoyable entertainment or not. Lost interest level up my toons already, just fooling around and waiting. Going to F2P and leaving game as it is does not change much, will be a lot of free players perhaps but not so many paying players.

Companion gifts are good till certain point, got companions boosted up to 5K each on 7 toons, now only my commando's droid is sitting on 2K. I have been farming orange gear schematics from T1 missions. T2 coming up, lot of gifts. You can not fill up your hold with fabrics or metals, so what else than gifts. Any way, that missions randomism, grrr... Horrible.

I really don't like personally how all that hooded stuff looks, so bit different look. My lv16 sentinel, in full Aspiring Knight's set plus Sentinel's boots and social hat witch is hidden for obvious reasons (looks damn lame ). http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/sentinel1.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/sentinel2.jpg/

Female social gear from Coruscant is white. Comes with top and bottom, paired with white head band from Nar Shaddaa, so no silly looking helmet. All items modable ofc. As an example my vanguard with Elara (sort of Bonnie and Clyde theme). I really like how Elara looks in social dress. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/vanguard.jpg/

Haven't you noticed that latest MMO's all look similar. It is like competition between development studios, who could come up with lamest ideas in computer games development history. Way how mission listings work in SWTOR without doubt deserve Guiness record for lamest annoyance ever put in to computer game. Tell the truth, I'm about to give up with this game: ridiculous crafting times (and they increase with each tier), RE nightmare, mission listings pseudo random system (it could be manipulated with 2 companions, limited but still possible keep needed missions listed). And I haven't got to lv50 yet, got fed up on half way.

Currently I can make medium belts and bracers, also heavy bracers. They selling like mad. But yes, i have figured out what is selling on GTN and what is not, thanks to social armor. Mods, could be, depends from competition, however, i always RE mods and crystals in to blue schematics because I'm using them also. I figured that keeping mods, hilts, barrels on level is good enough for leveling. No need for purples during leveling. So I will get seriously in to purples RE at LV50.

@psandak Well, I don't have prove any thing. Just as an example, got now nearly full heavy orange set and I started replacing armor on my guardian. Just after logging on, I replaced 3 items and decided RE old blues, 2 of 3 procced. That's whopping +66% chance. You may believe that it is random, perhaps. Looks like I have found way manipulate with this "random". Second what I have figured out is how to manipulate T1 missions and keep needed missions always listed. Random, hardly. Actually I figured out many things, up to most suitable missions for certain companions, to increase schematics drop chance. After that, I got 9 republic schematics and 4 or 5 sith schematics about in 1 hour and 30 min. Still not bugged? No such thing like fair chance, it could be manipulated and only one who could be blamed here are peoples who designed it.