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My advice I would up the CPU. If it is a am3 slot in it look to see if the board can support a am3+ chips it should be able to with a bios update. Look at getting a and phenom 2 CPU quad core highest ghz you can get at a reasonable price. As for windows 7 vs 8 inwould go for windows 8 64bit. I use 8 and it's not a ported portable so for use on a pc. Windows 8 is not only cheaper to buy it runs with way and I mean way less overhead then windows 7. Swtor runs way better on windows 8 on my pc then it did when I was using win 7 on the same set up I have. As for cards I would go nvidia 620 the 520 is not a very good card and if posable get two and SLI them if your motherboard supports it.
You would have to pop your power supple up to 600 wats min with two cards 400 wats min with one card. The harest thing is the ddr2 it's really expensive now for some reason. Check out eBay and get 8 gigs min if you can 16gigs would work the best (but you have to be running a 64 bit OS to support anything over 4gigs). As for websites newegg is good as well as tiger but microcenter has had the best deals cheaper then newegg eBay and tiger for CPUs. Also if you live close to a frys electronics they price match online retailers if you don't feel like waiting for stuff to be shipped.
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Check out this artical that was posted on toms hardware may 21 2013
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-2.html
Also if the mother board in that computer has a AM3 socket you can easily upgrade the processor to a quad or even 6 core processor. Open the case write down the motherboard manufacturer and model number search google and look at the specs of that mother board for supported processors and hit up eBay. You can find a cheap processor on there.
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As I did last year I will be at E3 and post a thread with anything new I see at the bio booth :-)
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What wasn't addressed is can I say transfer my one guy from a PVE server to my main server that's a PVP server?
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Why do you think "the full spectrum of character races" covers hair styles and eye colours? I don't think you even read what you were quoting.
Also why are you saying that 500 cc's is the monthly stipend? It is for some people yes but I get 600 so I could afford the species in one month if I wanted. So i WASN'T lied too.
Finally where did you get the 95% of subscribers fact? Did you do an indepth study? High School will teach you that you need to back up stats with evidence.
Because the SUBSCRIBER CC GRANT IS 500 CC's. Do you have the proof that all subs have a smart phone or can afford one? Do you have proof that all subs are on a 3 / 6 / 12 sub model? GO ahead and look at 99% of the posts that people are saying they only get 500 to 600 CC's per month. So that tells me that around 90 - 95% of the sub pop is on the 1 month $14.99 billing cycle and that some not all have a smart phone for the key.
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You guys are not getting my point here read this post here and the CM's Response http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=639928
I will brake it down for you
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120731
First, you can continue as a subscriber, which gives you unlimited access to ALL game features and future Game Updates at no additional charge.Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer – Star Wars™: The Old Republic™
CM's response
Hey folks,I will just be as honest as I can here, it was a poor choice in wording on our part.
EricMusco
Now read these a official SWTOR webpage http://www.swtor.com/free
Now this has nothing to do with me not saving coins. This has nothing to do with me personally. This has everything to do with future subs and being flat out lied to. If you all are fine and dandy with being lied to that's your choice. I for one hold company's accountable to there word and advertising. Its like if say hey when you get a say bank account and its advertised as a free checking account. You sign up and then all of a sudden you get charges in your account for bank fees for using the account. Well then its not a free bank account is it? People would be pissed close there accounts and take there money else where.
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Veeeeeeery long post let me sum it up so ppl don't have to suffer:
I'm angry about that BW don't give me everything I want for free.
I have full access to the game but I have to pay for some parts WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH :-(
Or in two words TROLL POST!
NOT worth the time reading.
Heck OP play some SWTOR and have fun:-D
You are the troll here. You dont get it. You would rather just roll over and take it from EA / BIO and be lied to??? I for one expect a company to abide by what they promise, what the advertise and what they say they are going to do.
This post isnt about getting stuff for free. Its about exposing a lie and protecting people who in the future might want to sub because they were told they get full access to everything.
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So you are going to create a Cathar character using human white eyes, Chiss customization, Mirialan Tattoos etc? I would love to know how you would do that.
You sir obviously did not at all read my post or even the quote you put in you post. i suggest you go back look at your post and read my quote that you put in there again. If thats to much effort for you here i will brake it down.
- Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
- Cathar Unlock - 600 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
Chiss Customization 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Mirialan Tattoos 1 - 90 Cartel Coins
Total 1450 Cartel Coins
- It would take subs 3 MONTHS that's a total of $45 to
- Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
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Now these are two posts that I have made in a previous thread but no one will read them and go through all the pages lets face it people are lazy. But I feel my voice must be heard on this issue. We are being LIED to and something MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!
First post I made
Psst, you know that subscribers get just enough coins to buy Carthar outright as part of the subscription, right?WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the sub grant
Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
Cathar Unlock - 600 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
Chiss Customization 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Mirialan Tattoos 1 - 90 Cartel Coins
Total 1450 Cartel Coins
It would take us subs 3 MONTHS thats a total of $45 to "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
Quoted from this page http://www.swtor.com/free
Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and FeaturesGet More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!
Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best.
NOT EVERY ONE CAN PAY FOR THE 3 / 6 / 12 MONTH SUBS FOR THE EXTRA COINS. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A SMART PHONE AND CAN GET THE KEY APP. BOTTOM LINE BIO IS FLAT OUT LYING ON THERE WEBSITE AND SHOULD COMPENSATE AND GIVE THE SUBS WHAT THEY ADVERTISED ON THERE WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!
Now here is the second one I made
Ahem.. none of the above apply to Cathar. So.. 600 coins, Cathar unlocked... roll yourself a brand new Cathar character.
Odd, because I had close to 5000 coins on my account when 2.1 went live. Then again.. I don't piss my coins away on cartel packs, and I purchase most CM content on the GTN... because it's for sale for credits by other players.
Funny how I did not need to wait 3 months to unlock anything when 2.1 went live.
My point? You are conflating fact with distortion. Why? only you can answer that question. Was it that you spent all your coins already.... or are you making crap up just so you can water a stump?
Oh, and one other thing... the website is correct. F2Ps have more limited access to races and other features associated with character creation and play. So, again, stop conflating.
You dont get it do you? You really dont get it. This has nothing to do with saving CC's so people can buy the cathar. What if you just now went to a sub from F2P and wanted to make a Cathar. Guess what on top of shelling out the $15 for the sub you also have to shell out another $10 to buy a race that is advertised on this web page http://www.swtor.com/free as, and I quote "Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" And also "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
Here is the quick math from my previous post
Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
Cathar Unlock - 600 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
Chiss Customization 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Mirialan Tattoos 1 - 90 Cartel Coins
Total 1450 Cartel Coins
Now lets look at I would say 95% of the subs out there they get there 500 CC's a month. Most people dont bother with the security key or the tiered monthly pricing options. So the average sub only gets 500 CC's a month.
Here is a good example Say I just subbed. I am excited I am going off to make my kitty ohh well look here I cant make one. It says on the webpage I have full Access
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."Well now crap I cant make my Cathar I wanted to. I havent gotten my CC's because I havent had a full 30 day of sub time under my belt yet. If It did show up will crap I only have 500 CC's. Well I am left with a choice. I can spend a extrea $10 to get 1050 Cartel Coins if my sub CC's were not automatic when I subbed so that would make my month cost $25 just for a one moth sub to make a kitty. Or If by some act of god I did get my 500 CC's right after I signed up I would have to buy 450 Cartel Coins at $5 so my sub total for the month would be $20.
Now lets just say well f-it. I am going to make another race like say human because I don't feel like shelling out the extra money to buy the kitty. So Since I am a sub now and I
I should have no issues making say my human the way I want since I was told that I can"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
So I go through make the human I really like this hair style but wait why cant I get it???? I really like this Hair Color and eye color but wait I cant get it what the heck??? I have to spend CC's to get this what the crap man. I was told by the website "Create the character that fits your personality best." what is going on here????? Okay well let me see how much this will cost me cuz I really like the way I have my Character right now.Create the character that fits your personality best.Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
WHAT THE HELL!!! I have to spend 520 CC's? Well the act of god happend so I have 500 CC's but I still have to spend another $5 out of pocket for 450 CC's??? Well that puts my first month sub again at $20. Say I didnt get my 500 CC's yet cuz my first month isnt up yet. well crap I have to spend $10 to get 1050 CC's to get these options well crap that now puts my sub up again to $25.
Well screw it I am going to make a Chiss. Wait what the heck is going on here? I can use these other Chiss options why the hell not? Oh I have to buy the Chiss Customization 1 for 240 Cartel Coins what the hell??? I subbed because I wanted full access to this stuff like the webpage pointed out. Well I havent gotten my 500 CC's yet. SO I again have to spend another $5 out of pocket for 450 CC's??? My sub for the month is right back up at $20.
Well lets forget the Chiss and make a Mirialan they are super cool looking they got tattoos and stuff wow neat. Okay almost done making it but what is this??? WHAT THE HELL!!!! Why cant I get these tattoos for my character? I have to buy the Mirialan Tattoos 1 for 90 Cartel Coins. Well I didnt get my CC's yet so what the heck I have to spend another $5 to buy 450 CC's??? What the hell is going on here I was told I would have as a sub
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."Ya see what I am getting at here? We were lied to and big time. I am pissed about this and feel they should fulfill what they sated not only in twitter posts about the cathar being free to subs but on there webpage that subs
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."I for one am sick and tiered of being lied to by EA / Bio they need to fix this and fix it now!!!!!!!!!!
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Ahem.. none of the above apply to Cathar. So.. 600 coins, Cathar unlocked... roll yourself a brand new Cathar character.
Odd, because I had close to 5000 coins on my account when 2.1 went live. Then again.. I don't piss my coins away on cartel packs, and I purchase most CM content on the GTN... because it's for sale for credits by other players.
Funny how I did not need to wait 3 months to unlock anything when 2.1 went live.
My point? You are conflating fact with distortion. Why? only you can answer that question. Was it that you spent all your coins already.... or are you making crap up just so you can water a stump?
Oh, and one other thing... the website is correct. F2Ps have more limited access to races and other features associated with character creation and play. So, again, stop conflating.
You dont get it do you? You really dont get it. This has nothing to do with saving CC's so people can buy the cathar. What if you just now went to a sub from F2P and wanted to make a Cathar. Guess what on top of shelling out the $15 for the sub you also have to shell out another $10 to buy a race that is advertised on this web page http://www.swtor.com/free as, and I quote "Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" And also "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
Here is the quick math from my previous post
Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
Cathar Unlock - 600 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
Chiss Customization 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Mirialan Tattoos 1 - 90 Cartel Coins
Total 1450 Cartel Coins
Now lets look at I would say 95% of the subs out there they get there 500 CC's a month. Most people dont bother with the security key or the tiered monthly pricing options. So the average sub only gets 500 CC's a month.
Here is a good example Say I just subbed. I am excited I am going off to make my kitty ohh well look here I cant make one. It says on the webpage I have full Access
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."Well now crap I cant make my Cathar I wanted to. I havent gotten my CC's because I havent had a full 30 day of sub time under my belt yet. If It did show up will crap I only have 500 CC's. Well I am left with a choice. I can spend a extrea $10 to get 1050 Cartel Coins if my sub CC's were not automatic when I subbed so that would make my month cost $25 just for a one moth sub to make a kitty. Or If by some act of god I did get my 500 CC's right after I signed up I would have to buy 450 Cartel Coins at $5 so my sub total for the month would be $20.
Now lets just say well f-it. I am going to make another race like say human because I don't feel like shelling out the extra money to buy the kitty. So Since I am a sub now and I
I should have no issues making say my human the way I want since I was told that I can"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
So I go through make the human I really like this hair style but wait why cant I get it???? I really like this Hair Color and eye color but wait I cant get it what the heck??? I have to spend CC's to get this what the crap man. I was told by the website "Create the character that fits your personality best." what is going on here????? Okay well let me see how much this will cost me cuz I really like the way I have my Character right now.Create the character that fits your personality best.Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
WHAT THE HELL!!! I have to spend 520 CC's? Well the act of god happend so I have 500 CC's but I still have to spend another $5 out of pocket for 450 CC's??? Well that puts my first month sub again at $20. Say I didnt get my 500 CC's yet cuz my first month isnt up yet. well crap I have to spend $10 to get 1050 CC's to get these options well crap that now puts my sub up again to $25.
Well screw it I am going to make a Chiss. Wait what the heck is going on here? I can use these other Chiss options why the hell not? Oh I have to buy the Chiss Customization 1 for 240 Cartel Coins what the hell??? I subbed because I wanted full access to this stuff like the webpage pointed out. Well I havent gotten my 500 CC's yet. SO I again have to spend another $5 out of pocket for 450 CC's??? My sub for the month is right back up at $20.
Well lets forget the Chiss and make a Mirialan they are super cool looking they got tattoos and stuff wow neat. Okay almost done making it but what is this??? WHAT THE HELL!!!! Why cant I get these tattoos for my character? I have to buy the Mirialan Tattoos 1 for 90 Cartel Coins. Well I didnt get my CC's yet so what the heck I have to spend another $5 to buy 450 CC's??? What the hell is going on here I was told I would have as a sub
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."Ya see what I am getting at here? We were lied to and big time. I am pissed about this and feel they should fulfill what they sated not only in twitter posts about the cathar being free to subs but on there webpage that subs
"Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and Features Get More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!" AND "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."I for one am sick and tiered of being lied to by EA / Bio they need to fix this and fix it now!!!!!!!!!!
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What do you want to see in the next expansion?
A actual expansion not a DLC pawned off as a expansion thats what I want to see
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Psst, you know that subscribers get just enough coins to buy Carthar outright as part of the subscription, right?
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the sub grant
Subscriber Monthly Grant: 500 Cartel Coins
Cathar Unlock - 600 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Style 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Human Hair Colors 1 - 180 Cartel Coins
Human White Eyes - 100 Cartel Coins
Chiss Customization 1 - 240 Cartel Coins
Mirialan Tattoos 1 - 90 Cartel Coins
Total 1450 Cartel Coins
It would take us subs 3 MONTHS thats a total of $45 to "Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best."
Quoted from this page http://www.swtor.com/free
Subscribe Now to Get Full Access to Game Content and FeaturesGet More Access, More Features, and Monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins!
Enjoy access to the full spectrum of character races in the game – Create the character that fits your personality best.
NOT EVERY ONE CAN PAY FOR THE 3 / 6 / 12 MONTH SUBS FOR THE EXTRA COINS. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A SMART PHONE AND CAN GET THE KEY APP. BOTTOM LINE BIO IS FLAT OUT LYING ON THERE WEBSITE AND SHOULD COMPENSATE AND GIVE THE SUBS WHAT THEY ADVERTISED ON THERE WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here what it comes down to. 80% of tanks love to only single target tank. 90% of dps of dps love to just charge in and refuse to kill non elite and silver mobs as well as split dps. 100% of healers who get in a group of the above mentioned dps and tanks have a hard as all dang heck keeping every one alive. And yes I have a dps a healer and a tank so I have had every combination under the sun.
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I don't get it when dudes post there system specs as there signature. Why? I mean sure it's your computer but can the other people who post relate and do they even care how big your e-peen is?
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Great posts Aluisi. I couldn't agree more with you that this is nowhere near an actual expansion level experience. If BW is going to do this, they need to provide three more of these releases prior to year end to make it an actual expansion for 2013. This is nothing more than a DLC. This will not slake everyone's content thirst. This is a shot glass of content.
I'm looking forward to more content. Especially stuff that involves plot advances for our character classes. That should be a rule for any DLC in this game.
You are right about the plot point I didn't even think of that. A expansion for almost every MMO continues the over all story of the game. Well swtor does have a over all story but it was never clear to the player through the planet quests. What was very clear was the class stories. But this DLC continues the vague over all story of the game. Last I remeber corillia imps won and pushed out the pubs. Illum both pubs and imps are facing the new threat of the false imp. Then after that its is hinted we are going to war with each other. Never really siad in the over story line ( not including class quests) that we are at war it says war is eminent. I know some class story's they make this a clear point but its like 1 out of the 8 maybe. So now with this some how we are full thrusted into war and what the hutts are doing just doesn't at all make them feel or seam like a threat to the over all picture. It's just a planet story that kinda mixes in with the over all vague we are at war story witch wasn't very clear to begin with.
I remeber reading a interview with some one from Bio about the game it was around this time last year I belive. I remeber them saying well at 50 you see how every thing can change and the galaxy is at war. I thought hu? What is this guy talking about. I played through the sage story line the sith warrior the trooper the sith inquiz the agent and in all of them so far the agent one that had a slight vague mention of the imps and pubs going to war but it was left so open ended. So ya this DLC has no right in my mind to be called a expansion. It doesn't further along the over all or class story. It introduces you to a new part of a vague story that you had no clue about.
In all honestly I found myself at the end of this DLC thinking HU? What did that have to really do with anything. Every new content they added in the past starting with KP on had something to so with the dread masters. Now I haven't tried the new raid yet so I don't know the story to it. This over all story had NOTHING to do with the dread masters. It's like the game had ADHD.
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I think you meant an objective view and not a "non objective" view.
Ya that's how I originally wrote it for some reason I wasn't thinking and existed my post and added a non duh me that's what happens when you interwebs late at night
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Oh one other thing the LAAAAAAGGGGG my god the lag. i am on Makeb with only 45 people and there are spikes of 1-2 second ability and freeze delay. This needs to be fixed. Its going to be a lag fest when the planet gets flooded.
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If you were in charge of a planet under siege, don't you think you would have troops positioned all over?
Honestly, yeah there are a lot of mobs, but it's a lot better than the empty dead space we see on many other planets.
I've played modestly since the exp launched and have not died once on a single pull, and I am modestly geared. In fact the free 50 Tionese gear that we were given I gave to Doc, so he could be a little more useful. My main toon is wearing a mash of blues, oranges, and a few level 50 purples... And that's it.
Here are a few of my comments:
-The fade to black shuttles I don't like. This makes the planet feel smaller than it is.
-The first heroic 4 I just finished never had any social points after. Missed opportunity for revisits by players.
-No extended companion quests or affection level.
-New crafting favors certain professions over others. ie, no new crystals for Artifice.
-The only opening cinematic I've seen so far was done very well. I enjoyed it, and heard others comment as well.
-No clear rest zone. People have been asking about Cantinas in chat every 5 minutes.
-Bravo on the same gender romances. My Knight sadly is respecting Jedi code on this one though...
My final initial thoughts: I hope this step in a positive direction sparks some creative storm in EA/BioWare and we can look forward to more story and expanded class and companion stories in the future if Makeb is recieved well.
Just a few things the shuttles i had one bug on me and i saw the shuttle move so fast it was unreal then it faded to black when I landed lol. I think they did this cuz the areas are so spread out they wanted to hide how fast the shuttle travels to each location.
Same Gender romances /sigh......Only guy on guy if imps and girl on girl if pub. Why not both for each faction. Glad its in there but come on.
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My take on the planet.. it's spot on.... your complaint about a gold or silver in every pull... what do you want? the weak mobs and nothing else? I can take on two or three golds at a time and i don't run operations and am not in campaign gear... play smart and not just bash your head into a wall and you can do any of the quests in there.
Its not a complaint just more of a observation and how it could be frustrating for people who are not geared out. Non stealth classes are going to be the ones with the issues I feel.
And to me it just feels a little lazy if they couldnt figure out how to balance the mobs health around. Seams to me they just took a short cut added a bunch of mobs tossed in a few harder ones just to draw out the lvling.
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Thank you Sir.
to touch on your if this feels like a xpac I would have to personally say no. In all honestly this feels more like a paid digital download like EQ has been doing for year. There is nothing in this on the scope of a WoW or any other MMO expansion. There just isnt enough content IMO. Thats why I feel the F2P crowed is getting a huge ripoff at a $20 price tag for this. IMO this should have been $5 for subs and $10 for F2P.
Further Questions:
How does the achievement system look from a fresh players perspective? Still messy or does a majority of the challenge come from the seemingly arbitrary way it retro-credits our work?
The achievement system to me is a mess. I have played WoW and seen there system go through many changes. This one is not bad for the first go at it. I am super happy the system is in there dont get me wrong. Its just the way the menu is laid out. First off its under the Legacy screen. Having it here not a bad thing but it should have its own tab here. If you expand your Achievement section you then have this HUGE list of things. They did some what organized it but i needs to be streamlined a bit. Like dont have all the sub categories expanded. They should be collapsed and open only if you hit the + and only that one section open at a time. This would make it look a little less cluttered.
Now each thing you click on shows a status screen with another list in the middle (and yes another scroll bar) for say quests or HM / SM. You click on one of them and then you get another list with the achievements you can get and select. Some of them can be a long list so oh look there is another scroll bar for a total of 3. Then there is a another list on this window that shows the achievements and each rank. You can then click on each icon and get a description of how to gain that achievement and if you want to track it or not. Its just a HUGE cluttered mess. you will see. This achievement system window needs some serious attention and streamlining PLEASE Bio.
Any word on expanding the guild perks beyond the XP bump? Does this even work for F2T? (Yes, this game is Free to Try not Free2Play, #Dealwithit, lol j/k)
This is the golden question isnt it. WE need more guild perks PLEASE. I wish i had a answer for ya.
Does the mob density work well for 2-4 player parties?
Soloing unless you have 61 / 63 forget about it. You will have a heck of a time. 2 people with non 61 gear doable but i can see it being very frustrating. 3-4 people with out 61s not to bad. But who has the time to constantly run with the same people all the time? No one is looking for groups that I have seen with the exception of the heroics.
Do the new Day missions give the same rewards as the Ilum, Belsavis, Black Hole and Section X ones? If not then beyond credits is there any reason to do them? Considering that, did the list of dailies for end game just get smaller or larger?
Credits a rep item and basic coms for the Makeb ones so far. Cant speak for the sec x or illum sorry.
I hear you on the new race frustration but cat-woman isn't my thing personally, that said, anyone share my love for the Nautolan race?
I want droid or Wookie personally.
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I see haters and I see praise of this new content. I am trying to give you all a objective view. Dont worry spoiler free!
I am Mara (yes I know!) and made lvl 55 last night. It took me about a total of 6 1/2 hours to reach 55. No I didn't rush or play all night. I played 1 1/2 hours the night it came out and about 5 hours last night. First off if ya like story this one is good. Not great but good. I don't see how the hutt cartel is "rising up" but you all will see when you finish it.
First off mobs. My god is this planet loaded with mobs. It's rare you come across a single pull or even double pull. It's consistently 4-8 mobs per pull. I thought Hoth was bad but Hoth is a god send compared to makeb. I didn't space bar through anything. I watched every cut seen did every bonus mission and heroic. Some thing just felt drawn out and a just plain wast of time. For example the heroic 2. By the time you finish the story you have about 5 areas left unexplored. I was at lvl 54 when I finished the main story. I started to do day missions and they sometimes brought me to the unexplored areas. I came across 1 pub the entire time I was going through the lvling. So don't expect much if any world pvp. It's another separated leveling planet.
It's going to be really hard and super frustrating for people who are not in campaign gear to lvl. This is due to zones having consistently a gold or silver mob in almost every pull for every mission. My suggestion is to run flash points and lvl 50 ops to get some gear and basic coms if you don't have campaign. The old lvl 50 ops and fp's are not available to you from the group finder at lvl 55. So if you are having issues que up and run some stuff for gear while leveling.
The achievement system what a mess. A convoluted list of just mass proportions. 90% of the codex I have we're not updated in this system. I am sure there will be a fix soon. I am glad they put this in but it need some serious streamlining.
Day missions it's fantastic to see different quests to choose instead of the same boring ones. So great job on that bio.
So all in all a good little x-pac.
Final thoughts
Missions are are meh.
Planet looks beautiful.
Way to many mobs.
Bonus quests are just plane to long in some cases.
Day mission variety YAY!
Worth $10
Not worth $20 non subs I feel are getting hosed on this big time considering the amount of restrictions on them.
Guild perk of 5% xp bonus YAY! About time they have give guilds a little love.
No Cather yet
Just wish there was a little more here. Just seams heavy on mobs and little on content.
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I used the following commendation calculator to determine how many Classic and Planetary comms my toons can expect to receive upon the implementation of 2.0. This site appears to list a 'one time only storage cap of 100 planetary comms' upon the release date, but several of my toons can expect to have over 200 worth of comms stored. Will I be losing anything over the 100 storage cap on day one?
Well according to the calc I will get 431 Classic Coms where will the 331 coms go?
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I wanted to pop in and address some of your concerns about our barbershop and its use of Cartel Coins and not credits. There are a couple of design implications that go into these decisions I wanted to highlight in the hopes that it makes our decision in this regard a bit clearer.
- We very consciously design these systems around the fact that subscribers get monthly Cartel Coin grants. Pricing, etc. has these monthly grants in mind to ensure that our subscribers have access to these systems.
- We want to set the expectation that cosmetic systems like these are where you are going to see us use the Cartel Market. It is our continued philosophy that we will not implement a form of pay to win so cosmetic systems and other non-game impacting features are our best opportunities to make additions to the Cartel Market.
As we continue to release more information about our barbershop please continue to give us your feedback.
-eric
This is the most bull crap answer ever. Sorry to say that but its true. For one how does a subs month grant benefit them at all? I bet 99% of all subs use the monthly grant to buy a gambling pack and thats it. Cuz we only get enough per month to buy 1 pack. So charging us for something that has been in MMO's since EQ (being able to dye armor) and WoW (just cost a bit of gold) is bull crap. This should be free to subs and just cost us credits. Cuz lets face it. As a sub we convert our CC's into credits because we cant use 99% of the crap on the market. So what do we do? We sell it.
This just another way for you guys to nickle and dime your loyal player base who feel that paying for the game as a sub is worth it. Well its starting to become very quickly not worth subbing any more. If I have to buy the Cathar from the CC market with CC coins something we were told as subs countless times would never happen I am done with this game. (and yes you can have my stuff)
- We very consciously design these systems around the fact that subscribers get monthly Cartel Coin grants. Pricing, etc. has these monthly grants in mind to ensure that our subscribers have access to these systems.
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Most laptops come with a 5400rpm drives because there is less power consumption. A 7200 rpm drive draws more power and can cause a performance decrease. You will be fine with a 5400 drive on a laptop. If you want to increase your performance and not draw more power a SSD is the only way to go like the pervious poster mentioned.
Enough with the group zones all ready.
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A few suggestions (not trying to troll)
If you are a sub you can respec to dps at any time on fleet. If you don't have it yet I suggest getting field respec as a legacy perk. Also ask in gen chat in the area there are always people looking to group up. And if you haven't yet join a guild and run these quests with guild members. If you are in a small guild well find a bigger one or recruit more people into your guild.