So..... putting gear on every boss from FP's to OP's, and having specific loot tables on OPs bosses, PLUS the individual drop you get from each boss is the supplemental way to gear and renown crates is the primary? End game gear IS optional and not NOT necessary to play the game if you feel renown as your primary gearing system. There is no content that can't be done in quest gear until you start getting out of Vet FP's and SM OPs. THEN, if you are doing HM FP's/OP's and higher, you are running with a team, and getting gear off the bosses you kill, not out of renown crates. You obviously got something completely different out of the the stream and the AMA than I did. You also DON't HAVE to use XP boosts and CXP boosts. YOU, yourself, feel that it is necessary in order to get more renown crates. I don't feel the need to spend money on XP boosts, and as long as Boosts are dropping from crates the way the are now, you will never have to buy one. I have 2 full tabs in my inventory full of CXP boosts. Just because you have some delusional conspiracy theory about double monetized progression doesn't mean any of the rest of us are drinking that kool-aid.

Or, you could just enjoy the game and play your way since Renown crates are SUPPLEMENTARY not the primary way of gearing.

Inf/Deception is a little more fun than serenity/hatred for me if you have Stalker's swiftness set in your proficiencies. Not quite as efficient as serenity/hatred, but bouncing all over the place one shot'ing mobs is just fun. But yeah, for absolute speed, I agree with Ceryxp. if your proficiencies and perks are set for speed, you can hit force speed, rocket boots, force speed, wait 12 seconds and do it again. Makes moving in stealth super fast.

I love to crunch the numbers, so I have been doing a lot of stuff that don't revolve around this weeks Objectives. Here is what I am theorizing for next week. This is based off the following that I know effect CP's 10% FP XP bonus Character Perk 5% XP bonus from Guild 10% WZ XP Bonus Character Perk Heroic/Daily Missions (most planets) ~300 CP's plus kills (This lower than it was pre 5.8, but will now apply to ALL heroics, not just the ones specified by planet. Though the planet specific could reach 2K pre-5.8) Weekly Planetary Mission ~300 CP's for completion (CZ/Oricon/Ziost/Section X/Et al) Solo Mode Flashpoints 800-1000 CP's for The Essless up to roughly 2k for Nathema Vet Mode Flashpoints Mileage varies significantly on these.....anywhere from 2k-5k Depending on the flash point and whether the group does the bonuses (This is a straight walk in FP so I didn't have the 725 extra for GF) Master Mode - Haven't Done any of these this week to see, but I think it will be in close proximity to the Vet mode as the XP is just about the same previously. OP's anywhere from 8k to 13K for a full run on story mode. I did full SM EV this week and got 16K for the full run (This did include the Daily Objective and a rampage tally or 2 as well. I didn't start with a clean slate of rampages for this one) Unranked WarZones seem to be a little lower coming in at roughly 1k Per match...which actually fits very closely to what it was pre 5.8. completed 20 matches, and ended up with over just over 40k this week for that toon. minus double XP, and that would put it right at 20K for the week. Since there are 425 points every match from objectives, I not exactly sure where these will land. next week. Could end up closer to 1200 or so. Uprisings were a little underwhelming for me, but I did a few of those as well, and those came in at what I anticipate to be between 1200 and 1500 per Uprising. So, with what I am guessing at for non-double XP and non-Dantooine weeks, this looks pretty comfortable of a pace to me for someone that doesn't focus on the objectives.

I was all for added more objectives myself, or simply taking away the per legacy per day ones and making then once per day per toon.

Again, conquest is not broken. The value, in running things together is the comraderie of running with the guild. If you don’t do that now, your guild is broken, not conquest. Also, again, this week is not indicative of the normal week. This is double XP and a ton of repeatable HIGH VALUE heroics. If this were a normal week, I would be sitting at roughly 34k across my four toons. This is by playing how I want to play, like it was back before they made all the big changes. I have been doing conquest for a long time, and while I think there will be some adjustments to the percentages after a few weeks of non-event time, I think this is a great setup. It has done nothing to prevent guides from continuing to work together (which gives greater XP and therefore greater CP).

You forgot that they also want to reap the benefits of the overpriced mats. But yes....that pretty much sums it up.

How did this break it for your guild? You still have the objectives you did before. This dantooine incursion has LOTS of overpriced objectives, but the objectives on PTS went back to normal after they rolled past the Dantooine Incursion.

I did it without the objective (except for the Galaxy Rampage) because I wanted to see what it more what it would be like on a normal week. Normally you get 1 heroic, not 9 like on Balmora, and dailies are worth 300, not 1000 like on Dantooine. So, I went about my day without the objectives. If you take away double XP, which means double Conquest points, I would be sitting at about 30K conquest points by doing what I wanted. On normal weeks, by the end of Wednesday I would be sitting about 30K by doing what I was forced to do through the Objectives. This change makes it better for those of us that were used to doing conquest how we wanted. Before 5.8, I would do FP's with my guild, run WZ's with my team, do a couple LO's on Friday nights, and be able to get more 5-6 toons across the line without "Working" for it. 5.8 and 5.9 turned Conquest into a job. The way it is now, more people are going to get to personal cap without having to work on only the objectives. If this is the path they have for "Play your way", it is the correct path.

Just to be sure we have this down some where. Much love for you Dasty! You always speak how you feel, and what you think is best for the game so you know I am just yankin your chain!!! Macc

It won’t be as easy with the xp at normal rates and heroics not being 1000 Conquest on dantooine. I did only heroics on one toon, only FPS on another, chapters on another and rampages on the fourth. This is how it used to be. Granted, I didn’t get four done in the second day, but I did a lot of things to get multiple rooms through.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to take a moment to thank Keith, Eric, Charles, et al for the recent changes to Conquest. I know that a LOT of us have been very disgruntled with conquest since the changes were made in 5.8. I was happy to see the change to the backend, I thought it was needed so that they could easily make objective changes and not break things. The changes that were made in 5.8 crushed our souls. The changes in 5.9 rubbed lemon tainted chili powder in the wounds that were left after ripping our souls out. It was rough for those of us that just enjoyed the CP grind. Now, I want to say, THANK YOU! for the current state of Conquest. I know that CP's are inflated this week with the double XP, but I have done ZERO objectives this week and already cleared four toons through Cap. I know that next week will be a little more of a grind as XP will be back to normal, but I am thoroughly enjoying doing whatever I want to do and still gaining CP's. Thank you guys. Macc

This is also Double XP Week. CP is a percentage of XP gained. Make sure you check your numbers next week.

Oddly, the kotfe/et story fits in very well with the backstory of several of my characters, albeit only one would be the commander, but the RP side of my characters are perfectly happy with being the commander. From the Epic Story of your character being immersed in the ongoing story, you should be able to have the people address you as whatever title you earned through your adventures. If you are Darth Meatbag (HK broke in there, sorry) or Master Jedi Windbag, then you should be able to have your people call you that.....after all, you may be an emperor/ess and can demand that of your subjects.

Hello Star Forge!!! I am looking for an RP guild that has a full story around it. As the in-game story begins to return to the Empire vs Republic story, I am looking for a guild that incorporates fighters/former Jedi/Sith that took to wild space or even the alliance that are returning home as the conflicts escalate. I am not interested in the average Master/Padawan/Apprentice RP for my force user (the story will tell itself here). I am really interested in some active RP/PvE tie-ins with the occasional RP/PvP tie-in as well. I guess what I am trying to say is, I am looking for a guild with a full rich story that goes beyond Jedi/Military.

There used to be one "The Way of the Maker" I think it was. If they are still around that would probably be your best bet. I don't know that there are any others that are Christian based.

You should have paid for the pre-authorization pass to bypass customs.

Man, all the pi$$ and vinegar coming from you people is hilarious. They tried to get a change in early for us to enjoy because so many people (myself included) have been driving the BMW (Bi***, Moan, Whine) machine since 5.8 about Conquest. They drop something that is actually pretty amazing for those of us that have been disgruntled about the conquest changes, and they didn't anticipate the performance issues caused by the additional calculations. For all of you out there that are full on developers, or IT professionals, step forward and make something better. If you can't, or won't, then keep quiet. I know there are some IT people out there, we have had discussions before about integration testing, rollback prep, regression testing, proper UAT, and promotion to production. You pay to play a game, I get it. Your boss pays you to do work. When you are perfect at your job come back and then complain. If not, again, keep quiet.

It's over 9000!!!!!!!

In queue as well: Star Forge

I believe they answered this a few weeks ago. They are going to turn the old tokens into credits and start everyone from scratch for the new currency system. They don’t have the conversion rate finalized yet, but they let us know because a lot of us asked if we should hold them or spend them. This was also the case for UAC and Master work tokens. Unless I am remembering wrong......which I have been known to do.

Thanks. I rebooted my host and everything worked once the vms were back online.

And those weeks where the PvPers who don’t raid have to complete a raid to get their 5th?

I played last night, but this evening when trying to log in, my launcher doesn't move beyond "Verifying 0%". Anyone else have this issue?

If you want the prices to come down, there needs to be more of the item on the market. Up the drop rate and decrease the shield timer for the named.