lol Dinged 65 in Warzones then went to check out the new PVP gear. Was able to buy a full set of Exemplar gear with the points I had accumulated way back when. Nice. Did they nurf the amount of points you get per match from what it was at the game's launch or have I just pvp'd a ********?

Immortal Jugg & Whatever the healy heal sorc is are looking for a guild We like to PvP and PvE. We're good at what we do (Abeit a bit rusty with SWTOR as we've only just started playing again) but pick up thing's quickly and it should not be too long until we figure it all out. *Kinda* casual - meaning we both work and do go outside for sunshine on occasion. We are Aussies so time zones may not be the best for US player's unless it's on a weekend. Any guilds out there that think we'd be a good fit for you?

Arro Are macro's possible in SWTOR? I have small hands So key's 1-5 are cool. 6 and up becomes troublesome and reaction time is lost moving my hand to press ze buttons. There are some skills that i would like to try and macro. An example would be binding charge and intercede to the one key. An advanced macro would work (if friendly then intercede, if unfriendly then charge) or it would work with a double press basic macro (would get an error if wrong target first press but should go through on 2nd press) Also rotation macro's similar to WoW's macro system. Cast this, then this, then this, and reset back to the first skill if no press in X or if the sequence is completed so the skills you press 1, 2, 3 for anyway are done with 1, 1 ,1 . If this is not possible in game - Using the 1 key press 1 action guideline - would creating an out of game macro with my keyboard for when i press button 1, it also presses button X - then i would just move skills like charge / intercede to the appropriate action bar place and it would work that way - be legal? (actually just thought of the havoc that would cause when trying to type the things outside of game. bad idea!) I've tried the Alt+1 and ctrl +1 alternatives but my hands again make this difficult I have to rotate my hand at an odd angle to be able to press ctrl / alt with my pinkie / thumb..... For games that require a joystick for similar reasons i use a Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro that i built a serial -> USB converter for. The buttons are all close together on that thing. Modern ones are odd and i also have trouble reaching some buttons damn small hands!

Have you considered putting on some clothes, stepping outside and taking a stroll around? Oh! Sun glasses may help in your situation if the sun is too bright for you. But seriously - Get outside. Take a deep breath. Take your shoes off - get your feet walking around on some grass. AND CHILL. Remember that this is a video game - and that a new expansion has just come out - that is not 100% unlocked - so seriously dude chill!

Well actualy, to everyone that is saying tanks are useless in pvp, you are very wrong! You want to be able to take the biggest beating for the longest ammount of time before dying. You need a pocket healer. You need to Guard your pocket healer, when they shout someones on them, you drop what your doing and go help. You only stop defending ur healer if someone's planting the objective, then you go back to assisting them with their problem. Your absolutely worthless unless they're alive and able to heal you. Your goal in Nova/Alderan is to be the last man standing at the node being assaulted by the enemy. You pop your cd's and prevent them from capping while your team respawns and runs back. This is invaluable. again the longer you live the better you are for your team. In voidstar your a great distraction. Your entire team goes 1 side, and you + pocket healer go the other. Enemy team sends 4 people to kill you both. Allowing theo ther 6 people on your team to slaughter the enemy and plant the bomb. Then while your team runs ahead you stay in the halllways, spamming your aoe slow, stunning anyone that tries to sprint down to defend the next point. For defence your still as important, again you need to be the last one alive on the door to ensure none of the enemy can plant the bomb untill theyre back from that gosh darn forcefield, lol. In huttball your job is to run the ball. You grab it initialy, you start running it towards the goal. Pop ur cd's and go as far as you can, giving your team time to move ahead of you so you can throw. Or if theres multiple healers and they love you.. just run the ball the entire way, force charge back up after getting knocked off the ramps, and run the ball thru the finish line while spamming /rofl as you know they're raging so hard :D:D Need pocket healers tho.

Aye. Its pretty damned obvious its not fair, theres no skill involved in doing it, and its definately not balanced. Was chatting with the mates i PvP with about it. Aoeing both doors continualy is not practical. And from the post above me would do nothing to help the problem. Whats the counter to it? if it realy is a valid and "working as intended" game mechanic? I'd love to hear it. Especialy from a Forum Mod, Game Master or Developer.

so youre telling me people can plant the bomb while invisible - when noone else can see them - of which only the Republic can do - is totaly fair and a proper game mechanic? I call BS on that. If its not, well then, Terra is looking very very nice.

So was just in a game and experienced it for the 1st time. I que with 3 friends, we work together and communicate alot. We're fighting on the doors, camera facing the door. Only 1 person close to it, the rest are far back. Im continualy hitting the person thats close to the door, and he's fighting me back so he's not trying to plant. All of a sudden, theres a bomb on the door im looking at, and the announcer confirms it. Ok... maybe i stuffed up right? maybe i missed something? ok - carry on to next room. Bridge is lowerd. Fighting on both doors again (a friend is guarding the other door - that side is clear) - again - the side with all theaction, noone is near the door - the entire enemy team is ranging us way back from the door. im standing right next to the door, camera facing it. Bomb appears on the door again. Announcer confirms it. Ok... something is up... Progress to the final room. The bomb is planted properly - we can see the person that planted the final bomb. Ive submitted a ticket about this. Other htan that - i go to google, "Voidstar Bomb Exploit" and first few searches... wham... Instructions on how to do it. It appears its a Jedi Only thing with the Smuggler class. What the hell.... Bioware you will pull the server down in our primetime to patch the # of tokens people get but you wont patch what is obviously a long standing bug by the # of google links to different sites about it???? Uncool. Hopefully this thread will encourage people to read up and learn about this exploit. The more people that know about it... obviously the more people will do it. But it also ensures you will DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT rather than ignore it. Thankyou.

Harro! I'm looking for suggestions and imput, new SWTOR player, a single character, lvl 40ish Jugg. Have played tanks in many mmo's extensively, and i love to pvp with them. Looking for some advice for when i hit 50 and need to spend all my saved point/tokens on gear. My goal in pvp is to live the longest. Survivability is everything. I realy dont care if i only tickle people damage wise, thats not my job, thats up to the DPS classes. My role is to be the last standing on the cap points, popping cooldowns and preventing the zerg of enemies from capping while my team gets back. Im unsure Expertise will give me what i want in those terms, as it seems to be a broad kind of skill. Where defence and sield absorbsion seem to be the way to go. Can i have some imput on this? Remember my goals are purely to soak up damage, pop cooldowns and stay alive on a cap point while my team runs back. Thanks

Translation: Wah wah i want to feel special in my special gear. I cant feel special if everyone else is wearing it. Despite the fact they've put in the same effort as i to grind up their valor while leveling, and bank points in prep for their gear. ITS NOT FAIR MOMY!! DADDY! HES GOT MY STUFF!! I demand they raise the valor cap on my gear so i can feel special for longer. And by special i mean i have little skill and rely heavily on winning via having superior gear. Anyone in crap gear that has an ounce of skill can still roll me tho, but ITS NOT FAIR MY GEAR IM SPECIAL.

Notice how all the healers that are whining in these posts are centred around themselves, how well they can heal SOLO. Totaly ignoring the fact that PvP is heavily teamwork dependant.

*high 5* :D:D:D:D:D:D:D The only thing that seems to ruin games for me and my mate is when the other team is a PREMADE. Meaning two 4man groups queing at the same time and getting in the same game 80% of the time. *cough warcry on Master Dalwhatsit*

You cant solo BG's and expect to win just because your the one pumping out all the heals. As a healer, against a group with even a grain of common sense, you will be marked, and the enemy team instructed to keep on yo butt untill its in tiny pieces all over the floor. Your team, should they have even a grain of common sense also, would realise that without you there healing, they're all stuffed. I only play SWTOR with my partner. I'm a Jugg, he's a Sorc. Hes allways guarded. He's allways my focus. He can generaly handle people beating on him. If the person beating on him is starting to cause damage (interupting his heals, keeping him locked down preventing him from doing his job..) do you know what he does? He tells me! You know what i do? Turn around and beat the mucus out of whomever is causing the problem. Do you know what the end result is? He can keep healing, doing his job, staying alive and keeping everyone else alive. PVP IS ABOUT TEAMWORK YO. Its the same as PVE in a way. Mobs on the heals? You know whats going to happen. Healer dies, everyone else dies from no heals, wipe. PvP is no different. If you dont want to spend a majority of your pvp time bashing your head against a wall because your getting swarmed, shout out on your server. "Heals LFM to PvP with, people whom work as a team" Explain the basic rule - If i call for help you NEED to assist me, if you dont, i will die, then you will die shortly after. You will be surprised how many people out there WANT TO TEAM UP AND WORK AS A TEAM in pvp, but just CBF being the one to organise the group.

Thats a common misconception. You loose because your team is unccordinated and all over the place. You win when your team works together and focus's fire.

Bioware does realises that the following things, if squeezed in quickly, would nullify a good 80% of this threads angry? It realy wouldent be too hard for them to impliment, considering its allready there: The ability to que as an 8man group The ability for a non-ops group to que together, finish the BG together, and still be in a group together when they exit ouf of the WZ I mean, they've allready gone the extra mile and put in a workaround for the new gear (another big hint this had been planned for over a week, Mr Medic, heh) they can spend a few hours ensuring the above is put in.