I dislike the new animation for Dark Ward the old one of spinning tablets worked fine. Why make this change ? and why is the change not mentioned in patch notes ?

Does this GTN game count as new content to keep us subscribed longer ?

We need people interested in operations on the republic side for our focused Tuesday raid group, specifically we are looking to recruit a healer (preferred commando or scoundrel) and a ranged dps (preferred gunslinger or commando). We are also looking for people of all classes and roles who want to try operations for our Wednesday casual raid group. For more information check our website http://www.templewatch.enjin.com or in game type /who temple watch and ask to speak to an officer.

Is the solution to simply link companion effectiveness to influence ? e.g. rank 1-10 influence companions after 4.02 and rank 50 influence companions before 4.02, with a scale in between where companions receive incremental buffs to health plus stance specific buffs - armor/shield chance for tank stance, crit % and healing output for heal stance and crit % and damage output for dps stance. This way if you want to run with a powerful companion you increase influence with them and if you don't then keep influence with them low.

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