DemiSeraph Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I know almost everything in 1.2 is being overhauled. However, one of my favorite companions to use is Akaavi Spar. She's fun, entertaining, and a unique build balance. However, she is the only companion in the game for me (and I know there are some for other classes) that uses a tech weapon. I can't put color crystals in them because they have no mod slots. The concept behind this is there are not craftable components for orange items that apply to the techweapon companions. So are there going hilts etc that apply along with tech oranges? Or are these companions maybe going to be switched over to Vibro's? Or are the forever doomed to be limited and less optioned compared to other companions? Hopefully this inbalance and oversight is being looked at, just haven't heard anyone say anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downface Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 This is interesting. Here we are months into the game release and I am just now learning that there is yet -another- companion in the game that uses techblades. Add Qyzen Fess and Tanno Vik on republic side to your list, friend. At first when I thought it was just Fess that being screwed over, I could almost understand the over-sight. But now.. c'mon guys fix this crap yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimgrey Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Also Yuun, on the Republic side. On the other hand, Techblades and Techstaves are among the few Armstech products that sell reliably on the GTN at the moment. Edited March 12, 2012 by Grimgrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downface Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yes. A friend of mine makes loads of credits selling level 25-37 techblades. The problem is, he is the only person on my server doing that. And he levels his armstech guy sooooo slowly, lol. He can't keep up with me anymore, so now I'm pushing 43 and still using a (very nice) 37 techblade and will probably use that all the way to 50. We need other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrabThemCakes Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Torian Cadera for the bounty hunter uses a techblade too, and does decent damage. I feel like if I could give him a really good weapon he would be devastating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downface Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Wow, just wow. I had no idea there were so many tech-weapon uses in game. This hurts my brain a wee bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelf Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 There is this wonderful daily heroic 4 quest on belsavis which (at least for consular) gives as a reward a custom weapon for every companion except guess who... On a side note. It is equally as difficult to get a raid grade sniper rifle on republic side for zenith. They are not even for sale from the Columi/Rakata/PvP vendors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtPlay Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Skadge and SCORPIO also use the Techblades. Im guessing Boonmark does as well, but haven't picked him up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelf Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 On another note it is sad that Armstech crafts are only of real value for Companions. For mains everything from Raid/Dailys/PvP is sooo much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemiSeraph Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 1.2 is suposedly making crafting better for all. Which concerns me if the tech bunch is getting left gimped because they can never have the level of customization others get with certain color crystals and mod combinations :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GellonSW Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 The problem with companions like Qyzen is that they use AIM and there are no AIM hilts and making hilts just for companions wouldn't make much sense. It also boggles the mind how they could have screwed it up so terribly that a whole other set of weapons needed to made for them when they should have just changed them to what they should use (melee = STR/WP, ranged = AIM/Cunning).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyProtocol Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I won't lie, as an Armstech I'm quite happy with this. It creates a nice market where I can sell things for relatively cheap, and I actually interact with people! Several folks periodically check in with me looking for better blades. I'd be happy if MORE companions used crafted weapons, but hey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi_Im_A_Sith Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Skadge and SCORPIO also use the Techblades. Im guessing Boonmark does as well, but haven't picked him up yet. Skadge uses vibroblades, as does Broonmark Edited March 12, 2012 by Hi_Im_A_Sith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelf Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) I won't lie, as an Armstech I'm quite happy with this. It creates a nice market where I can sell things for relatively cheap, and I actually interact with people! Several folks periodically check in with me looking for better blades. I'd be happy if MORE companions used crafted weapons, but hey... that's all cool for leveling. But tell me one thing: Can you make a better sniper rifle then a custom modded one with lvl 51 barrel from dailys + lvl 58 mods stripped from scoundrel battlemaster gear? Republic side that is. And it still isn't better then Rakata blaster on my Tharan. Qyzen is even worse, in this regard... Imp equivalent would prolly be asking for an assault cannon. Edited March 12, 2012 by insanelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefjr Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 The problem with companions like Qyzen is that they use AIM and there are no AIM hilts and making hilts just for companions wouldn't make much sense. It also boggles the mind how they could have screwed it up so terribly that a whole other set of weapons needed to made for them when they should have just changed them to what they should use (melee = STR/WP, ranged = AIM/Cunning).. AIM hilt's isn't the problem. The problem is BW hasn't spent the little time required to remedy this. Create Orange Tech Wep rewards for the 50 daily for the few companions that have to use them. Code it so it takes a barrel like all other tech dmg weapons aka guns. /add to weekly patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycanthrop Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 My lizard buddy wants an orange weapon Bioware, how can you say no to that face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBloodloss Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 HK-47 can drop a T1 moddable techstaff. I've done the encounter probably about 12-15 times and only saw it drop once, but it can happen. I happened to lose the roll and got butthurt since I was carrying a group of people thru the thing, and needed no loot whatsoever. The staff would have been nice...but I dont use Torian anyways but thats besides the point. He's in full columi but his weapon is such a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyris Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 There is this wonderful daily heroic 4 quest on belsavis which (at least for consular) gives as a reward a custom weapon for every companion except guess who... On a side note. It is equally as difficult to get a raid grade sniper rifle on republic side for zenith. They are not even for sale from the Columi/Rakata/PvP vendors. I'm not sure for the Consular as of yet because I haven't gotten that high on him. but for the Sith Warrior the quest gives a custom item for every companion... got one for each of my guys to include Broonmark's new Techblade. got two blasters for Vette as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimgrey Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) I'm not sure for the Consular as of yet because I haven't gotten that high on him. but for the Sith Warrior the quest gives a custom item for every companion... got one for each of my guys to include Broonmark's new Techblade. got two blasters for Vette as well Pretty sure Broonmark uses Vibroswords, (not Techblades) as his main stat is Strength. It's fairly easy to find moddable weapons for Strength-based melee companions. (In fact, most of them start with one.) Edited March 12, 2012 by Grimgrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyProtocol Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 that's all cool for leveling. But tell me one thing: Can you make a better sniper rifle then a custom modded one with lvl 51 barrel from dailys + lvl 58 mods stripped from scoundrel battlemaster gear? Republic side that is. And it still isn't better then Rakata blaster on my Tharan. Qyzen is even worse, in this regard... Imp equivalent would prolly be asking for an assault cannon. Maybe. Armstech can craft this moddable: http://www.torhead.com/schematic/ceXCBL7/ten-kilometer-killer Or this green, which can be RE'd into Purple. I don't know what the relative damage values are, but it should be a step above a gun with a level 49 purple barrel. http://www.torhead.com/schematic/8SpYUQV/wraith-elite-sniper I am 99% certain there are no moddable Techstaves, but I HAVE heard of a moddable Electrostaff dropping off that particular boss. Remember, they look very similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaphael Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I am 99% certain there are no moddable Techstaves, but I HAVE heard of a moddable Electrostaff dropping off that particular boss. Remember, they look very similar... I am 100% certain there are no moddable Techstaves. Whatever he drops it probably requires Electrostaff to use, not Techstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylux Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The problem with companions like Qyzen is that they use AIM and there are no AIM hilts and making hilts just for companions wouldn't make much sense. It also boggles the mind how they could have screwed it up so terribly that a whole other set of weapons needed to made for them when they should have just changed them to what they should use (melee = STR/WP, ranged = AIM/Cunning).. I think it's more to do with cosmetic reasons, making a melee weapon with aim as the primary attribute means that the armour that companion will wear (and therefore resemble) will be Trooper/Bounty Hunter gear rather than Knight/Warrior gear. That way you don't end up with what looks like a Jedi Knight running around after a smuggler. That's also why Broonmark, Khem Val, Bowdaar and Skadge can get away with using strength as their primary attribute, since equipping armour on them doesn't alter their look. I'm also guessing that the tech weapons were added after the design decision to make the five companions conform to a particular unique role each, mainly based on the weapons being wielded in these pics: http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/biographies/qyzen-fess http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/biographies/tanno-vik As for why there ain't no orange moddable versions, they're the only weapons in the game that player characters cannot ever use, and thus a low priority. Easiest fix would be to just make moddable versions that use blaster barrels in place of hilts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgZoeller Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 We are adding a set of moddable techblades in 1.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forthepie Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 We are adding a set of moddable techblades in 1.2. YOU kind sir, are on my Christmas Card list....well if I had one, you'd be on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaphael Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 We are adding a set of moddable techblades in 1.2. Great! Will you be adding a set of moddable Techstaves as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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