Kazlowe Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Is there any incentive to do bonus missions objectives to regular and heroic missions other than exp reward and a bit of added story/coolness? Same question sort of applies to bonus 'series' questlines. Doing them doesn't seem to affect any completionist goals other than the personal satisfaction of having done them. I'm tired of leveling so fast and trying to slow it down a bit on my alts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentanta Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I am currently leveling up my 3rd character and at this stage I am skipping all bonus quests - heroics - and on some planets all side quests entirely - focusing solely on the class quests and I am still 1-2 levels above my class story the whole way through. So no - there is no incentive to do the extra stuff at all really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudenfusz Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) I ignored the bonus missions at, but got a little underlevellled (playinhg a stealth class). Doing them now with my alts feels like grinding. Edited February 16, 2012 by Drudenfusz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsheraII Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Bonus missions: Commendations, sometimes some extra gear as well. Bonus series: Mostly for the <named> companion gear, also for some additional commendations, sometimes just for fun. By lvl 47, most people will benefit from having done all the bonus series, those few extra levels will make all the difference in downing certain encounters on your class-arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazlowe Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I found an interesting blog that pointed out the benefit to bonus mission objectives and bonus series quests. The ability to tailor your leveling experience to make it as hard or easy as you want. That's really the point of my post, but it never occurred to me that the system was probably designed around it. I just want to be sure I'm not missing out on anything I guess. Thanks for the feedback, all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudenfusz Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I think the bonus series had in beta at least titles, but that is gone, so nothing to miss there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyTurtle Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I always got good gear from the bonus missions, and I never knew if there was anything for doing them all so I always made sure to do them. Also, in many of them, the characters imply you will keep in touch and have some kind of future encounters. My best guess is for one of the expansions they will build upon these bonus series. They left it open probably on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melkathi Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Bonus missions can give commendations which later on are kinda neat if there is some orange item you would like. Bonus Series usually have a nice reward for completing the whole series on a planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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