why don't they go to something that everyone associates with Jedi/Sith for those classes? the only set that I see as being more like its class in the movies is the Smuggler.

Looks like the game will shut down and in the next year. We will know for sure if and when James Ohlen leaves BW/EA.

Ok, first off I really enjoy this spec and I find hard casting the most fun and I enjoy that type of play style. I'm assuming people love that part of the class too because they would play pyrotech otherwise. Here are some ideas that came to me and of course we probably wouldn't need every single one. 1. Give tracer missile a slow component. (This will allow us to keep casting on a target without them simply out ranging with no problem) 2. Change kolto vent into something interesting and useful. My idea would be to give us a no heat cost instant heal after casting x amount of tracer missiles or abilities. This will give us a unique dps feel with support and actually allowing for quick reactions with off-heals for self or teammate. 3. Increase the effect of Power Barrier or just make it a passive that is always up. ( I don't understand why we need to cast 3 tracer missiles to just get a 5% damage reduction buff that cost two points, Just seems like bio-ware was lazy and came up with this terrible talent for filler. 4. One thing I've noticed about the dps talents for mercenary/commandos is that we are given two abilities in each tree but one ability seems to replace another ability we already have. Like tracer Missile basically replacing power shot and thermal detonator replacing explosive dart. It just seems like bio-ware literally just finished this class last and was rushing through it. I would like to bring power shot back into this spec and just have tracer missile apply 3 stacks of heat signature but give it a 3 second cool down just to have another ability to be useful while trying to kite and not have us be completely reliant on hard casting all the time. We would still have power shot and unload to used inbetween kiting so we don't lose that hard casting feel. Let me know what you guys think and I'm probably going to have to edit some of my grammatical and spelling errors later.

Hello, I'm planning on frapsing in swtor and was wondering what kind of setting should I set my game to and fraps to in order to give fluent gameplay and nice images. I want to do graphical settings, fps settings, rather vsync should be up or not, resolution. Etc. Here are my specs for my computer: 6970 HD Radeon 12 gigs of ram AMD Phenom II x975 Processor (OC'd to 4.1 ghz) Let me know if there is any other information you need. Thanks in advanced.

Quick questions. Did you take into consideration that Interrogation probe is affected by armor? (mainly for pvp) Will this still be better than wounding considering this?

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Hi guys, I get awful fps in WF but when I see pvp movies on youtube/swtormovies the players usually have fluent game play while recording. I don't understand why my fps is so bad do i need to make an upgrade or something? Let me know thanks in advanced. Here are my specs HD 6970 12 gigs of ram AMD Phenom II 840 3.2 Ghz 750 watt PSU

I like sitting in warzones and hitting my keys for 5-6 seconds to have them not go off.... You guys are running on the worst engine i've ever played on Ability Delay Lagged warzones no endgame pvp Ilum fail 100s of bugs including wins not counting as wins WORST UI of any mmo I've played AUTO FACING CAMERA LOL not being able to use high graphics when you crowd control a player they appear in a different place then they actually are... often LOS and sometimes on a different Z axis NO WAY OF REPORTING AFK PLAYERS... seriously in an 8v8 1 player afk ruins the game seriously don't expect many re subs when you release a game with this many problems and no I don't have faith that 1.1 will fix any of this especially ilum... Ilum can't handle more then a 10v10 without lagging everything into oblivion...

this game is less then a month old... wow is ancient... most people are level capped in wow BIG DIFFERENCE!

pvp is a mess... to me pvp is a mess when you can do endgame pvp at lvl 15!@ it just shows they didn't design any endgame pvp.... and tbh there is little hope of improvement since their engine can't handle jack ****

1/10 there is no endgame pvp and their engine cant handle more then 8v8

rofl top ranked.... in a game with no rankings cool man

the fanboys are out in full force tonight!...

I guess its just personal preference.... I enjoyed the story of the main quest and the side planet quests because they actually progress.... I found the story pointless for the small side quests because well it just ends and nothing changes based on the action you just took... Now for a game thats supposed to be next generation it doesn't feel like it you know? Its pretty much quest text being read to me... because in the end any dark/light side options i take does not effect my main story or anything else in the game... take a look at what guild wars 2 is doing and you will see next generation questing!

lol sniper is amazing.... you kids are doing it wrong...... this class can be super mobile since going into and leaving cover gives you buffs versus ranged.... you also have a root that lasts up to 5 seconds if you dont shoot them in it (thats a nice time to run up and stun them) the only thing sniper sucks vs is tanks and well we arn't made to be tank killers sorry to burst your bubble anything else a sniper can own... oh and btw with my CDS running I have hit 6k Ambush followed by a 5k followthrough and then a 4.5k execute (yea 3 shot people) not to mention you can still do a snipe explosive probe combo

exactly! this is what gamers want.... look up guildwars 2.... their world pvp is a 3 way server brawl where you can build guild bases and the winner after 2 weeks gets their server buffs and other candy lol Oh and the best part is if 1 server is OP the other 2 servers can team up against them.... welcome to next generation MMO.... sorry BW you guys made a game that would have been good in 2004!

just farm medals... I usually end with 9 on my sniper lol.... sometimes 10

choose your own story in this game is actually a scam.... my buddy and I chose complete opposite paths in the agent story, but we would end up on the same quest, but just a different quest giver.... Ultimately our stories ended the same, which means IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY matter what path or decision you make... the story is nice and all, but thats all it is... SWTOR is an OK playable book that has 0 replay value... also completely agree story for kill 10 boars quests is pointless... If they limited story to your main quest ONLY and thats how you got to max level this game would be 1 million times better.... I started to level a sith warrior after my agent and once I hit drumond kass the game is identical and you EVEN FOLLOW THE SAME SEQUENCE OF AREAS just with a different reason for going to the same place.... I just don't get what took 6 years to make in this game

wow LOL

the problems in this game IMO are too big to fix... their crappy engine can't handle the things needed to make this game succeed for 2012 standards of gaming.... Giving only valor is a poor reason for people to go to Ilum for a number of reasons... The main one being anyone who has been playing pvp since the start is probably already near battlemaster... After you get your rank going to Ilum will be pointless making this area have 0 replay value.... Ilum is also EXTREMELY static and with other games having siege warfare its confusing as to why all the walkers are static and guns are aimlessly shooting into space... Their crappy engine can only handle a couple turrets where you cant actually shoot just aim the damn thing until the timer is up... Finally there is no risk/reward for ilum... do I give a crap if republic controls it? NOPE! do republic care if imperials control it? NOPE! winning this planet rewards nothing or risks nothing therefor nobody gives a crap about it.... if this guy knows what gamers want he is a true moron because the game has NO replay value at level 50..... once you get your ship you can do EVERYTHING a level 50 can do in terms of PVP... As a final note IMO ranked warzones will also fail IMO because of server imbalances and no battlegroups to compete on... rated warzones will probably be imp vs imp huttball all day which is the crappiest warzone..... what kind of warzone punishes players that kill the enemy team? its like you kill half their team only to have them respawn at the optimal defensive position COOL!

the problems in this game IMO are too big to fix... their crappy engine can't handle the things needed to make this game succeed for 2012 standards of gaming.... Giving only valor is a poor reason for people to go to Ilum for a number of reasons... The main one being anyone who has been playing pvp since the start is probably already near battlemaster... After you get your rank going to Ilum will be pointless making this area have 0 replay value.... Ilum is also EXTREMELY static and with other games having siege warfare its confusing as to why all the walkers are static and guns are aimlessly shooting into space... Their crappy engine can only handle a couple turrets where you cant actually shoot just aim the damn thing until the timer is up... Finally there is no risk/reward for ilum... do I give a crap if republic controls it? NOPE! do republic care if imperials control it? NOPE! winning this planet rewards nothing or risks nothing therefor nobody gives a crap about it.... if this guy knows what gamers want he is a true moron because the game has NO replay value at level 50..... once you get your ship you can do EVERYTHING a level 50 can do in terms of PVP... As a final note IMO ranked warzones will also fail IMO because of server imbalances and no battlegroups to compete on... rated warzones will probably be imp vs imp huttball all day which is the crappiest warzone..... what kind of warzone punishes players that kill the enemy team? its like you kill half their team only to have them respawn at the optimal defensive position COOL!

wow already on second page lol

Will rated warzones only be server specific? or will there be battlegroups? because if they are server specific how will you EVER get a pop? I mean I guess it would be who is the best at huttball?

the problem with this game is at first its really cool with the voice acting and main class quest... Then gets annoying because every SIDE quest has some lame story to go kill 10 wolves or w/e... I did enjoy the main quest, but when you realize that none of your choices actually matter and you reach the same point in the game no matter what you do... well it takes all the risk out of it.... other then that though the endgame is incomplete... VERY INCOMPLETE! there is no PVP endgame and from what i have seen in PVE its very buggy... let alone probably the worst UI functionality I have seen in a game... 2012 and you cant turn off auto camera facing??? Animation delay is something that also won't go away since the engine they used sucks balls...

the people saying bye bye unsubs and who cares are extremely stupid... if there is a problem big enough to make people unsub and ENOUGH DO... THE GAME WILL FAIL and that means no game for you either... there are MAJOR issues that this game released with... I want this game to succeed because it has a great concept except the endgame is just pure trash.... I unsubbed because I enjoyed leveling, but there is no endgame... I'm doing the same things in pvp I did when I was level 10 and no I dont think Ilum has ANY potential to be fixed especially with imbalances... also warzone lag/ability delay makes skillful play impossible