Personally, I think stealth should be changed to last a maximum of 30s in any given situation. Stealth is too overpowered and allows people to cheat through group content; "farm" certain flashpoints they shouldn't be able to get through so easily, and skip entire swaths of some maps. In PvP the ability for someone to just sit in stealth is rediculous, and having a time limit for it to wear off (i.e.: the buff only lasts 30 seconds) certainly seems more balanced in regards to it being used as more of a defensive cool-down and way to reposition.

Sounds like you didn't patch correctly. You may need to run a repair or reinstall the game.

People freaking out over having to wait 30 minutes is sad and pathetic.

>You must be an EA intern. Your company receives payment for services provided. If I can't pay for that service I don't receive it. Surely while you're happily collecting our money we should be able to receive that service. Way to be a man-baby. Maybe you should take a break from games and learn to adult.

Odd that the time-stamps for these posts are many hours off the actual server time... I wonder if it is related.

Logged in on my operative (Hitsyou) and used the item in the mail to get Shae Vizla instantly as a companion. Nothing happened. Item vanished from inventory. At a loss. Please help. Character has not done any 4.0 or 5.0 content.

Concerned about the cartel coins I spent to unlock Expertise crystals for account. If expertise is going away then am I getting refunded my coins for unlocking these soon to be useless items so I can use them for something relevant tot he game in 5.0? Also, please take some advice from an old man who was a game dev for the oldest running rpg/mmo in the world (text based MUD with 400-1500 players online at any given time ON ONE SERVER). RNG for high end gear is a sure way to drive your customers/subscribers away. Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it. I don't want to see swtor die. I enjoy the game. Please listen and consider.

Make new characters on harb. Leveling is ez and gear won't matter anyway.

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My brother was going to resub and come back to play swtor with me. He was around when the game launched and remembers the RNG nightmare for what it was. After hearing about the upcoming changes to end-game gear and how it will affect pvp he decided not to resub and is trying to get me to leave and play something else with him instead. I'm very much considering my options right now...

Commendations being done away with is fine. The RNG for end-game gear is a HORRIBLE idea. The mere fact the Dev team even thought this was plausible is almost enough for me to cancel my sub right away.

If you think about a warzone as a sports event... Imagine if members of the team walked off the field. There would be consequences. I agree that the option to leave should be there, because you may have something come up and you have to leave. I also believe there should be consequences for people who repeatedly leave warzones and create a problem for the general playerbase.

1) You lack skill. They aren't cheating. They just know more than you about the game. 2) I agree with the farming part, it's a waste of time for everyone. I don't even see the fun in doing the farming when you are just proving that your premade w/ voice coms is better than a group of random players. 3) Certain warzones have specific strategies that work. If you don't want to work as a team, I'd prefer you didn't queue at all. 4) You named pretty much every class. Every group is going to have those in them. You are obviously confused. 5) Quitters never win. Again, I'd prefer you didn't queue at all.

There are usually groups of people on fleet putting together heroic parties to farm them. One of the changes in 4.0 was that a Heroic Mission Terminal was put on each Fleet and you can pick up any/all applicable Heroic Missions there. Each mission now gives you a Mission Inventory Item that can be used to quick travel to that specific Heroic Mission. Hope that was helpful.

On another note... Just started chapter 12 on my sniper and I'm locked out of the Odessen Wilds. Oddly enough, my mission log says I've already traveled into the Wilds, and I'm suppose to find a secluded area to speak with Valkorion. Please help?

For guardian I would go the Vigilance route in regs for sure. The ability to switch stance on a gcd is amazing and you honestly don't even need a shield offhand to make it work. The speed increase from your dps stance is great stuff. On my guardian I often switch stance based on situation. Need to move around faster and dish out more damage? DPS stance. Getting focused? Double your armor rating by switching to tank stance. Remember to spec into that extra 2 seconds of saber reflect. It does wonders. Healer getting cc'd and focused? Switch to tank stance and toss a guard on them. Guardian leap to them and aoe taunt. Switch back to dps stance once things stabilize.

Both. Yes. The sentinel on our side was piss poor. Their heals were excellent, and they knew the map very well (Makeb arena).

Yeah, Serenity Shadow (dots) Round 1: 680k damage Round 2: 723k damage Round 3: 400k damage We still lost... our sage healer got focused and didn't know how to kite/bubble very well. My gear: All power/crit enhancements, ear, implants. No alacrity. No accuracy. Crit Rating at 40.05% (combining crit and mastery augs to fine tune w/ versatile stim) All other augs are overkill/power. Learn your rotation and keep Vanquish on your target as much as possible. Spread dots. Enjoy. Melee rotation should always be Serenity Strike, Double Strike, Spinning Strike (15k crits). Remember to Whirling Blow first if you can spread dots with it. Good times. Stealth caps for the win.

Expertise is built in to PvP gear and it's amount is static from piece to piece.

VG/PT tank can be very effective in a warzone. But it's not a strictly tank build to make it work. You won't want to use gear stock from the vendor. It's expensive on the wz coms to do this but if you really love playing the tank as a vg/pt you will want to do this... Using 208 set bonus gear, remove ALL of the Defense mods from your armor, mainhand, and offhand, and replace them with the high endurance Power mods. These will increase your Health and Power, but lower your Defense and Mastery. The reason you want to do this is because Defense is sub-par on a vg/pt tank. You want your shield to do the work to help proc your energy/heat blast as fast as possible. Power is better than Mastery on a tank, because crit rating means nothing to them. The next step is to replace ALL of your enhancements with high Endurance enhancements. This will lower your Defense even further, and slightly decrease your Shield and Absorb rating. After replacing these you should have roughly 35% Shield and Absorb. Make the numbers balance out with Earpiece and Implants. Run all 14 Fortitude augments, and get up to 80k+ health. Your ability to do DPS should significantly increase, while still being difficult to kill. Use your guard wisely. If someone is cc'd and is going to die anyway, don't guard them. Swap guard to someone who is doing dps still and has a chance to live longer. Try to time your Reactive Shield with warzone adrenals to get a more significant damage reduction. Utilities are important. You are a support role, remember that. You should be able to transition between objectives quickly. Spec into all three utilities that buff Hold the Line. Get the 2nd cc break with kolto/adrenals. I also suggest you spec into flamesweep/surge slowing opponents and to increase the range of those abilities. Enjoy, -327-

I use this in PvP all the time. Move a nearly dead team member right next to a medpac. Move party member out of melee slaughter fest, then hit aoe stun and slow. Move party member out of range of sniper/merc or behind terrain to los them. Move ball carrier into endzone and get headstart back to midfield. In PVE I've only found it useful if I'm off-tank and do not currently have threat, and I need to move someone out of harm's way. -327-

Hey, Ran Ravagers a couple times yesterday and noticed there is no drop for the new "Dark Matter Catalyst" mat. Intended?

Plz! -327-

I tried to unlock a Satele Shan Holostatue yesterday and was charged the 400 cartel coins to do so. Tried logging out and back in and nothing changed with its statue. I put in a ticket already, but I'll try again tonight when I get home from work to see if anything has changed. -327-

You don't actually need to log out. Although it is a bug, and it should be fixed, there is a workaround without actually having to log out. Just go to your stronghold, starship, or any other place that requires a load screen to access. I tend to go to my stronghold because I can then respec and just exit back to my previous location if needed. -327-