Well said. I play more than 20 hours a week, and spend 90% of my time in PvP. I'm not a BM yet, but progressing nicely. I did complete most of the PvE content, so I'll leave it open as to whether I'm hardcore. There are many definitions of hardcore. I'll keep on PvPing until I leave the game. 1.2 doesn't bother me.

Did you pick up the Battle of Ilum quest first? You need to do that.

I will be curious to see whether the "elite" players will stick it out in warzones after ranked warzones are in the game.

Priceless.

I hadn't thought about it this way. Wow... no more zero rewards for being tossed into a losing match.

Loser. The word is loser.

My reaction was that this is a very weird fix. I'm all for introducing more medals that are objectives-based. I think that these changes are targeted not only to leveling the progression curve but more specifically at quitters. I think that the idea that this will provide incentives for folks to stick it out in a warzone is naive at best.

Good points, Raific. I'd rather not play against my own faction from my server if given the choice as I think that it splinters the faction.

Truth. I was very surprised when I became aware that I could play both factions on the same server.

I'm curious to get home and find out whether the elite are sticking it out in warzones instead of quitting at the first hint, real or imagined, of a defeat.

Well said. I listened in during the afternoon sessions and heard a lot of good things. I now feel that there is a clear direction, particularly in regards to endgame. The legacy system is quite interesting as well, and I like most of the PvP ideas. Until yesterday, I'd been thinking that there's got to be more to the endgame than what we have now. Today, I actually see it coming.

Ah, the memories. Most servers had a schedule and your guild had to get on the schedule to raid Naggy or the Planes. People actually cooperated instead of saying "me first". Camps were respected and ninja looting was very rare. A good reputation was highly prized, and notoriety wasn't respected.

I normally don't use titles, but have started using my current PvP title of late.

Let's not turn this discussion into another gear vs. no gear thread as there are plenty of those out there. I'd rather not have another argument about whether time in game = skill if you please. My question is - What are meaningful measures of PvP performance that should be considered when a rank is given to a player in a ranked warzone? Should win/loss ratio be considered? What about objectives met? Damage? Kills? My opinion is that team matches have too many variables involved to easily provide truly relevant data. As an example, a player is killed by 3 enemies. Should that death count the same as a death in a 1v1 duel? I think that 1v1 duels would provide the most meaningful (and easiest to obtain) results for ranking. There's also a great deal of prestige involved when all other players are taken out of the equation. No one gets carried... there are no excuses (assuming that players are similarly equipped). What are the measures for 1v1 PvP? Wins? Damage? However, I do believe there should also be ranking in teams as well as 1v1 duels. I'd love to see BW have separate rankings for each type of match, and I'm not quite clear on their stated direction for ranked warzones. I'd enjoy hearing and considering the opinions of the PvP player base here.

^^ Yes ^^ I didn't mean to imply it was unique to us. Thanks for clarification.

I don't see many of us. Most Mercs seem to be a-$-$ cannons.

From the guild summit... jetback gives brief sprint boost in an upcoming patch.

This is LAST week's hot topic. This week, we have the Guild Summit!

+1. They should provide a reward for having only a slight level advantage or killing someone above your level as well as considering rank/gear or whatever the new system will be.

Out of Gabe's mouth... it's coming. Commendations or another reward.

Gasp... you mean all the speculative QQ has to stop?!?

Nice idea, I'd love to duel while waiting around for things to start. Make dueling an instance that only a group can enter (directly from wherever they are) to avoid lag, and have it auto-quit when a warzone match comes up. That should improve the Fleet experience if duellists are removed from the Fleet instance.

Is the Naga connected through a usb port on the motherboard, or through a usb hub or another usb port that's not on the motherboard? If so, try swapping it to a port on the back of the pc. Hubs can cause weird problems like you describe.

Check the lag meter in the lower right when this happens. Serious lag can cause that.

This. Everyone is upset and arguing about speculative comments. It's not fact, it's speculation.