[Ability Delay -- Character Responsiveness (This will make or break SW:TOR)]

Yes, the animation delays are a bit jarring. But to be honest, as long as I can cast spells as soon as the castbar for the previous ability is finished, and the damage lands, I'm happy.

 

If there are issues with specific abilities, those obviously require fixes. But on my Sith Sorcerer, my rotation is now as fluid as any of my WoW toons, and that's really all I'm looking for.

 

I'm honestly surprised at how CPU dependent this issue was for me, but I'm glad I upgraded.

 

Oh, I do notice that a few of my abilities, Lightning Strike in particular, sometimes set a castbar going twice. Mounting up also does this. I don't know what the deal is with that, and it's a bit annoying.

 

You need to heal, tank or melee to feel the real pain. Ranged DPS rotations are bit more forgiving ATM.

[Little tips and tricks that you didn't know..]

Sorry if this has been posted already...

 

If you have auto-loot on and you see you have received a green, blue, purple etc drop you can hold Shift and right-click to override the auto-loot and see what you got in the normal loot fashion.

 

It's nice that you don't have to stop and open your inventory to see what the drop was.

 

Or just look at chat to see what it is.

[MMOs- what makes a good one?]

Easy:

 

Stuff to do in a group

Stuff to do when I don't want to group

How do I look doing said stuff

[Juggs leveling - best abilities?]

What are the go-to abilities that every leveling Juggy should have mapped?

 

Talking just solo grind-leveling -- which are the must-use abilities that give you the best bang for your rage buck?

 

conversely, which are the 'meh' abilities we can leave unmapped/unused?

[How do I send out comp to farm nodes?]

I've read this can be done. Are they talking about the quests? If I see the node symbol on the map, but I'm not near it, can I send my comp out to mine it?

[How necessary is gearing up comps as you level?]

Will you get enough drops to keep your key companion(s) in decent gear as you level? Or do you need to buy items off the AH occasionally?

 

I'm trying to understand the balance between keeping them adequately geared for leveling versus potentially wasting money on comp gear if not necessary.

[Can you get legacy XP without choosing surname?]

Can you hide your surname after you've chosen it?

[Can you get legacy XP without choosing surname?]

Subbie says it all.

[How do you know you are in a rest area?]

what if I miss those messages if I have menus open or are not looking right at the center of my screen? Where is the persistent 'at rest' indicator on the UI? Is there not one?

[How do you know you are in a rest area?]

Where is the persistent indicator on your UI that tells you that you are in a rest area? I know you get the temporary yellow HUD message but how do I know I'm not one step out of the rest area?

 

And don't say 'the green bar = rested XP gains.' I'm not asking that.

[What is the 'Cover Fire' keybind?]

The Republic Smuggler and Imperial Agent (and the advanced classes that branch from them) have a mechanic where they can take cover behind a nearby object (or create their own cover shield) from which to fire from. This gives them certain benefits, and allows them to use abilities they couldn't normally use while running around.

 

If you're anything other than those classes, you shouldn't need that button for anything.

 

How is what you describe different from the 'Take Cover' command?

 

In the keybinds, you find this:

 

Take Cover: F / Mouse Button 3

 

Cover Fire: Not Bound by Default

 

I want to know what Cover Fire does.

[What is the 'Cover Fire' keybind?]

What's it for? Who uses it?