There are currently only 2 good specs: Standard 31/10/0 http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#101dMGcubrouRZhGM.1 Vengeance 14/27/0 http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#101dMG0uZhGrMMhdzMM.1 You're dropping a 15s cd attack over -10sec on Force Choke. You could use Crushing Blow 4 times in FC's default CD, resulting in higher/more consistent dps and threat. The free half-Enrage is nice, but for the CD and it's damage, it's not worth it. Sweeping Fury loses its effectiveness in situations where you're either off-tanking, such as: Fabricator, XRR-3, Karagga, Grahj, Foreman Crusher and Soa (note that you don't need an OT for all of these, but in a 16m Op without dual-spec, one of you will be a dps tank), or bosses immune to taunts, such as Bonethrasher. I recommend 14/27 - it can be a bit starved for rage sometimes, but the dps is better, with a bleed and lowered CDs on your main rotation, and I find it more fun.

Just drop the mission and start again.

Then exit client and try again, but talk to her once and get out.

It is bugged, just walk out of the story area and it'll close (door turns red). Quest continues in another instance (Lost Islands), but that's released next month.

New species were mentioned in the previous Q&A that can be unlocked with the Legacy system. I currently have 2x 50 and a 3rd mid-30s, can I buy a species change? Or is it back to Korriban I go?

People seem to forget that, for many, many people, this is potentially their first MMO, or even their first MMO which actually has raids/operations/whatever. Even for an avid raider, the resource management (heat/ammo/force etc) is likely way different to whatever you used to play. There isn't any MP5 gear and there aren't any mana pots. I don't understand why people join this game expecting Deathwing +1. These are the game's first raids. This is an introductory phase, where content can be easy, but still pose a challenge for those with sub-gear/sub-skill/sub-experience. If you even bothered to keep up with the game, you'd know the next content patch is March (as continuation of Kaon, introduced last month). More content will come and it will get progressively harder, but if this is too easy for you, then by all means, .

Probably because a girl is actually talking to him, not the fact that you're a gamer. We live in a world where and grandmas play WoW. My ex-gf and I used to play CounterStrike 1.5 together, and pretty much every guild I've been in has had at least 1 bf/gf or husband/wife couple in there. I can't understand why people would think this is 'abnormal'. Raids/operations are way more enjoyable when someone in your party fails, and you hear his partner in the background calling him out!

Because if, for example, you took 250k dmg in one 5min fight, you'd get more out of 4% shield chance (with a base of 24% chance/20% absorb), than you would from just DR4%. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong and the shield procs would be inconsistent, making your intake a bit spiky, but DR4% just doesn't seem all that attractive.

I've started to see the downside of Sonic Barrier (in the sense that it's weak and essentially only reduces damage for 1 hit, every 12 sec), but now I'm more interested if +4% DR is better than +4% shield chance. Is 17/24/0 worth trying? Or just silly? The difference in damage taken between having the extra DR4% and not is very small. It would still take a number of hits to be counted as needing to receive 1 additional heal.

I read the post on Sith Warrior and, imo, even just as a theorycraft with his manufactured example boss, the post is retarded. Right now, I'm torn between DR4% and 4% shield chance from Shield Specialization, with this. It's probably a bit of an abomination of a spec but, I find the dmg that could potentially be absorbed from the shield of more use than DR4% from Deafening Defense.

Was pointing out when it'd be useful (a frenzy in general, or any big hit, such as when Gharj jumps to next platform, you could intercede someone just before he lands and stuns you), and not necessarily that boss on that attack.

I can see it being more useful with lots of high damage going on throughout (like a frenzy or berserk), rather than soaking one hit and being naked for the remainder. I will give it a try out during our next raid. Cheers for the feedback.

I know exactly what you're referring to, but I doubt they'll bring in numbers, unless they make it an option. Still, I'd like to see if anyone actually tries to draw something different.

Hello, So, I'm getting bored with all the posts about BW constantly making a mess of the effect of the GCD, and figured, instead of just spamming the forums with "my gcd got broke, fix it or I'm cancelling my sub, yo," how about we point them in the right directing by drawing them something they can see. As a bit of inspiration, I'd like to ask if BW would be so kind as rewarding the winner with the title: "[player1] is on GCD", and maybe a BW themed speeder bike for the top 5 entries. That should spice things up a bit. Requirements: A screenshot of your hotbar, showing a number of abilities. A description of what represents what. 1 entry per account. That's it. Instructions: Log in Press Print Screen Open MS Paint (or whatever photoediting tools you're pro at) Paste Cut out everything but your hot bar Draw Save Host it somewhere and link it on the forums. I'm expecting a bit of trolling to begin with but I'm hoping we can pass that phase and just get on with it I've made a bit of an amazingly terrible attempt in mspaint to sort of demonstrate and get you started. http://imgur.com/GluGy off gcd gcd on cooldown Good luck!

According to this post that was linked earlier, the forumla is: 1161.94 + 3.27 * Force Healing Bonus = bubble To be honest, I have no idea where those numbers have come from, as I can't find any values on torhead, but if it's correct, I believe my bubble is worth 2076. For me, the question is if 4% per hit totals the same damage or more as what I could potentially absorb with the bubble. As Force Scream is a 12sec CD untalented, and Deafening Defense reduces 4% on all damage, I'm pretty sure the boss would have to hit me 8 times in 12 seconds, for 6500 each, to cover the same amount of damage in what 1 bubble would take. 6500 * 0.04 * 8 = 2080. I just tanked Kaon with the build suggested. I'm not all that sure about the threat but if anything, I just felt spiky when taking damage. edit: The only place I can see it being great is Foreman Crusher's 20hit frenzy.

Sorry, my mistake, I meant to ask if DiskCacheArena is dummy (it's permanently at 1GB), in which case, the game would just recreate it, rather than download it.

Hello, I currently have 8GB of ram. I've tried some of this and haven't really noticed much of a difference lol, I'm not really sure what I should do to test. The only time I can effectively get low FPS every time is when I go to the cantina on the Imperial Fleet, I drop to about 10-15FPS. Moving away (such as to the GTN) nets me 40-50FPS. Having read the OP, I don't see any benefit whatsoever in storing the settings files on the RamDisk, unless of course, it was just lazy mode and easier to throw in the whole folder. Maybe linking the individual files of DiskCacheStatic and DiskCacheStream (assuming they are just dummy files waiting to be filled) would be useful, but not the whole folder. I can see how storing such files as swtor_main_art_fx_1.tor, along with the other art files, but wouldn't that cause problems with patching? Maybe I misunderstand but, after reboot and the RamDisk dies, won't those files need to be re-downloaded every time? Also, it seems my linked files remain linked after reboot (they retain their shortcut icon) and only creating the actual RamDisk through CMD is required. I would go so far as making it a batch file and adding a command to start the launcher when it's done, but I won't be adding it to TaskScheduler, as I have it disabled

Intercede lasts 6sec, wouldn't you need to use it off every CD to be effective? Melee partner would risk getting cleaved. I'd probably save it before big hits (Foreman Crusher or one of Gharj's jumps springs to mind), rather than spamming it off CD. If you were to talent Vengeance (Force scream -3sec), you would have a bubble every 9 sec; would this not balance out with a 20% dmg reduction? I'd love to play around and try something new, but I'm not sure how I could test it properly. Could anyone else give me some feedback please?

Yes Sir, as stated in other posts of me. Quake helps you with protecting your allies, Free Force Scream doesn't! You only need 1 point in the free Force Grr, which is mandatory (for the 5 points to advance in tier), there should never be any more than that as typically, you won't be jumping around that often. It shows its usefulness in BT HM where half the trash are non-elites, but less use on tank and spank encounters. Backhand has the best combat animation there is in this game. And sound*

So you swapped 4% shield chance and a dmg bubble... for a pretty animation for tanking? umadbro?

Servers are down so I'm unable to test right now, but here's a question: When Soresu Form is active, you gain 1 Rage when you take damage. Do you still gain the Rage when the hit is fully absorbed by a Sorc's bubble, or a Force Grr bubble? What about when partially absorbed? I'm guessing you would gain Rage when partially hit, because you are essentially, still being hit. Right now I find Juggertanking terrible, I need to make an entire post as to why... when I can muster the effort.

The feedback wasn't useless; you asked a terrible question, and without being able to record data properly, you're only only going to get feedback from RNG hits, people in different gear, on different bosses, with different buffs/bulids/procs. There isn't a top 5 list of which class is best dps in the game. Which leads us back to the initial point of: play what you want to play, not what your leader wants you to play. There is 0 evidence of any class being gimped, so move guild.

Since there isn't a built-in dps meter, yet, your leader is talking excrement and just doesn't want any more melee. Find a better guild.

Correct. Ignore the +WP, it's the power rating of the item. Power Rating 22

1) Run through instances / daily flashpoint quest / pvp / H2&4 quests 2) Get orange gear through the above 3) Spend commendations from H2&4/daily FP on mods/hilts/enhancements 4) /thread