Starting Planet Heroics Should be Playable by All!

[Blackavaar]

There are a number of Daily Heroic missions on the various starting planets and those these can be done Daily, they can only be done by those that started on that planet. So, Ord Mantell Heroics can only be done by Troopers and Smugglers, and Hutta Heroics can only be done by Bounty Hunters and Agents.

 

There is really no reason to limit them this way. Players may start out on different planets but then want to help each other with the Heroics. Though they can do this, the person that helps doesn't get credit for it.

 

There is one mission where this is already possible. Most Wanted (a Heroic on Korriban) can be played by any class. A Bounty Hunter can travel to Korriban and actually pick up this mission and complete it and get credit for completing it.

 

Also, separate but related issue, I notice that some Heroics on these planets have a choice of rewards, Armor or Commendations, while others do not. For example, all Ord Mantel Heroics offer a choice, the one Tython Heroic does not. This should be standardized so that all Heroics offer the choice of item or commendations in order to make them viable for the all classes availability requested above.

 

Please implement these changes soon.

 

Thank you.

 

[Roccobb]

The issue with these are that they have quest prerequisites. We have completely grinded out a character as a test. What we did was grind our way to 10 by killing things. Lots and lots of things. Oh my gosh, the amount of death that resulted was huge. Then we went to the heroics quest giver, and it was unavailable. So they have quest requirements. If you cannot do those quests on Tython as a trooper, you cannot get the heroic.

[Blackavaar]

The issue with these are that they have quest prerequisites. We have completely grinded out a character as a test. What we did was grind our way to 10 by killing things. Lots and lots of things. Oh my gosh, the amount of death that resulted was huge. Then we went to the heroics quest giver, and it was unavailable. So they have quest requirements. If you cannot do those quests on Tython as a trooper, you cannot get the heroic.

 

Exactly. So, they should change them so that they are level locked rather than mission locked, like Most Wanted is on Korriban.

 

[Bielduwyn]

But why should these changes be implemented?

 

First of all, it'd require extra voice work. As the NPCs need specific responses for the new classes doing the quest, and the classes themselves need to have lines voiced as well.

Second: You'd have to think of some justification. Why would a Jedi let some scruffy Smuggler look for an ancient device they've no understanding off in a location they don't even know in the slightest. Or why should some Hutt enforcer let a Sith do his dirty work? They're both pretty quirky to say the least.

Third: Why should you anyway? The rewards are usually specific for the classes the starter planet "belongs" to, and by the time you get there you can easily solo it anyway, so why should you have to be able to do another class' outdated group quest? The exp won't be that great, and you'll probably have found better equipment on the road already anyway.

[Blackavaar]

But why should these changes be implemented?

 

First of all, it'd require extra voice work. As the NPCs need specific responses for the new classes doing the quest, and the classes themselves need to have lines voiced as well.

Second: You'd have to think of some justification. Why would a Jedi let some scruffy Smuggler look for an ancient device they've no understanding off in a location they don't even know in the slightest. Or why should some Hutt enforcer let a Sith do his dirty work? They're both pretty quirky to say the least.

Third: Why should you anyway? The rewards are usually specific for the classes the starter planet "belongs" to, and by the time you get there you can easily solo it anyway, so why should you have to be able to do another class' outdated group quest? The exp won't be that great, and you'll probably have found better equipment on the road already anyway.

 

Because some players might want to play with a friend from low level but not have to start as a class on the same starting world, perhaps?

 

I and a friend recently started characters to run together, he a Jedi Knight and I a Trooper. Yeah, we had to do most of the starting planets apart, but when it came time to do the heroics we teamed up to help each other run them. We just thought it would have been nice if we had been able to get credit for them, instead of just being a tag a long.

 

Also, inconsistency is annoying. If one mission (Most Wanted) can be played by any character, then the others should be the same. If Ord Mantel missions offer a choice of rewards (item or commendations), then all of the heroics should offer the same choices.

 

[Drudenfusz]

Yeah, I support OP, I also had thought about how neat it would be to open this up.