Just getting in front of the masses That is all....

Crazy 5 minute lag spikes all day - knew it would die at some point. Someone go feed the damn hamster Angelyn

Question: At what point is the Flash Point / Operations Gear better than the PvP Gear (the BM or WH gear) for Operations? See, I have some WH gear (say 30%) and the rest BM gear from WZs (I like the Ware Zones). I don’t do FPs all that much, but did a normal 50 one (I think it was called D7) and the purple gear drops for my guardian even without the Expertise were rated far less (like 116) than the 142 / 152 I have right now. Even the Tionese (sp?) one has less stats. The columi (sp?) is a bit better but not by much. Is it possible to do Hard Mode FPs with BM/WH gear? And if not, how do I get this Ops gear without actually doing the FPs in Hard Mode? And further, what should I be doing in terms of which Flash Points (it seems normal FPs are real easy and the drops are awful compared to what I already have) with this current PvP gear to get the Ops Gear? Any help would be appreciated as right now I only have my BM/WH PvP gear and that’s it. Angelyn

WOOT! A queue on Fatman @ 9:40pm CDT Sunday May 27th I never thought I would LOVE the queue. 88th in line! Come on over - it's packed! Go Fatman go!

Long time player - very few post I think on these forums --- forums are such a cesspool of negativity I avoid them like the plague. But… I have been playing with my guardian for a while now – and actually spent most of my time clawing up the Defense Tree, as horrid (from a leveling stand point) as it was pre-1.2 and wanted to throw my 2 cents in, as I too have settled on a 31/7/3 Defense spec that works well for me in PvE and even in PvP depending on the situation. Here is my spec, been using it for a while at level 50 and I like it: Click here for spec … and I’ll bet it probably matches (with a few adjustments in Def here and there) others using 31/7/3 as the key for us is to get those 2 points in Strength in Vigilance (at level 50, that’s around 60 or more free points in str at level 50 when you have almost 1000 already (this 6% gain for 2 points is factored in after everything else, so it is actually even bigger increases in some cases). Considering I saw a post of some guy who was threatening to quit because he could not get the +10 datacron, 60+ points in our primary stat is a winner, to me at least. Of course we want Guardian Slash, so the 31 in Def is a given, the other 3 points could have been used in Accuracy or somewhere else in the Defense tree, like Lunge, Profound Resolution or even Command, but that major upgrade to Master Strike (non-interruptible now) is just tooooo tempting to leave out and really help that DPS, so 2 points into Master Focus for sure and that last point in Swelling Winds for that small 1.5 sec cooldown help and extra 10% damage – for 1 point, it’s probably better than 1% accuracy or something. Also, Improved Sundering Strike is important, because Guardian Slash will add 3 sunder and with the 2 already from ISS, you get the big hit damage too. And as for Lunge, I don’t need it, I do use riposte, but by the time I actually get to it in my rotation, I have more than enough focus, with the free focus form jumping in, free blade storm, getting hit in Soresu form (as well as the abilities that allow me to gain focus at crazy rates and even Combat focus helps move this along). Finally, I want to throw my 2 cents in for Solidifying Force. I love this skill and one of my key jobs, especially in PvP is to annoy, confuse and generally get in the way of what my enemy is trying to do --- and if this means slowing their arses down enough for help to arrive, then I have won the fight even if I could not win the battle alone. Free snares for everyone!!! Angelyn Krys 50 Guardian Knight Ven Zallow Server