Lynnx Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I never see anyone with T7, unless they are low level (Pre-Kira). Is T7 worth having? Many quests have T7 upgrades. I once heard someone say that T7 is weak at higher levels. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evoprime Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Your companions are heavilly gear dependent. I used T7 till I got Lord Scourge, even though people were telling me to use Doc. It really depends on your playstyle. Scourge is a good melee tank, but is really no more powerful than T7 in comparable gear. It is the player and their particular way of combat that determines the effectiveness of the companion. Hint: Even if you stop using T7 after you get a new companion that fits your playstyle better, take the time in Corellia, and do the quests, to gear T7 up. You won't need a full set of level 50 purples or blues for him, but try to have some decent gear for the little fella. Otherwise, you will have difficulty with the final quest. Unles, of course, you can count on a friend or two to help you with the final quest. And yea, there is a chest on the final quest to get like 4 pieces. These pieces would help, but the chest was bugged last year. It has been mentioned that it is no longer bugged, and they made the approach easier, but take a friend anyway. I had issues solo, but my at the time GM did not with his sawbones friend helping him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZirusZero Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Your companions are heavilly gear dependent. I used T7 till I got Lord Scourge, even though people were telling me to use Doc. It really depends on your playstyle. Scourge is a good melee tank, but is really no more powerful than T7 in comparable gear. It is the player and their particular way of combat that determines the effectiveness of the companion. Hint: Even if you stop using T7 after you get a new companion that fits your playstyle better, take the time in Corellia, and do the quests, to gear T7 up. You won't need a full set of level 50 purples or blues for him, but try to have some decent gear for the little fella. Otherwise, you will have difficulty with the final quest. Unles, of course, you can count on a friend or two to help you with the final quest. And yea, there is a chest on the final quest to get like 4 pieces. These pieces would help, but the chest was bugged last year. It has been mentioned that it is no longer bugged, and they made the approach easier, but take a friend anyway. I had issues solo, but my at the time GM did not with his sawbones friend helping him. This. Besides, if you wanna unlock the chest, you may need a friend since certain graphics cards have trouble rendering the laser sprites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigdoubleu Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 If you are DPS, T7 is worth using as a tank. However, Lord Scourge will eventually be a lot better if you are a Guardian since you'll be giving him all your old raid gear as hand me downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryat Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Used T7 all the way to the end and still use him in Black Hole. He works great IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentKitty Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I love playing with my little droid-buddy. Especially after he got full orange gear and really good mods. My Jk-sentinel has biochem so she and T7 fight through everything with with a few (you+comp)-medpacs when needed. Don't see other players with him too often, but that suits me just fine making me feel a little bit different from the other JK's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpphantom Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Companion choice always varies from person to person. Story quests often offer rewards for any/all companions that you have, even if you've never taken them off Crafting duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooperal Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Is T7 useful you ask!?! Let's talk in pre-Doc terms (as he is literally Mr. Perfect). Choosing to use Kira over T7 is like choosing to use a fork for a bowl of soup when you've got a perfectly good spoon. Lets put it this way. Kira is primarily a DPS, she attacks something and isn't really aiming to expend her health pool before yours. And if she does, she gets ripped apart like wet toilet paper. She's only good for cleaning up trivial enemies faster. Those 3 man groups with 2 trash mobs and a "strong". A tank-stance T7 in comparable-grade gear will still do respectable damage, easily doing 70-80% of what Kira would deal. But he soaks hits vastly greater and has the tools needed to draw the enemy hits his way. You'll be a little slower against trivial enemies but it's the only way you'll have a chance to standing up against a "champion" mob without heavily outlevelling it. Popping your defensive buffs and heroic moment with a DPS companion is much more likely to prolong an easy loss than increase your chances. In short, when you die, your companion will say "f**k this" and leave even if they had the health to carry on. So unless you have a healer, bring a tank. Besides Kira is the second most annoying character after Vette. The eye candy doesn't justify having them around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psandak Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Your companions are heavilly gear dependent. I used T7 till I got Lord Scourge, even though people were telling me to use Doc. It really depends on your playstyle. Scourge is a good melee tank, but is really no more powerful than T7 in comparable gear. It is the player and their particular way of combat that determines the effectiveness of the companion. Hint: Even if you stop using T7 after you get a new companion that fits your playstyle better, take the time in Corellia, and do the quests, to gear T7 up. You won't need a full set of level 50 purples or blues for him, but try to have some decent gear for the little fella. Otherwise, you will have difficulty with the final quest. Unles, of course, you can count on a friend or two to help you with the final quest. And yea, there is a chest on the final quest to get like 4 pieces. These pieces would help, but the chest was bugged last year. It has been mentioned that it is no longer bugged, and they made the approach easier, but take a friend anyway. I had issues solo, but my at the time GM did not with his sawbones friend helping him. Regarding the "hint". Since I leveled as a tank I did not need another tank as my companion so I did not use T7 much beyond getting Kira. I did however gear him up through random drops - If I got something that T7 could use I gave it to him rather than selling it. As it turned out this was sufficient for the final quest mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenstm Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 As a Jedi Sentinel, T7 sucks. Against champion mobs, it is impossible to ping pong aggro since he is a tank. He gets focused on immediately and dies before making any large impact in the fight. Against an uber boss mob, I jump in with saber ward and rebuke up, dps him until I have about 50% health left, then use force camo to get 100% aggro on Kira, then jump back in the fight and finish him off. Most of the time Kira doesn't even die, but if she does I still have half health and a medpack to finish the fight no problem. Hardly ever had to redo boss fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrydurf Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 T7 totally worth it for the dialog alone. Kira is obnoxious but somewhat better DPS than T7. I'm a Def speced Guardian and I run T7 in dps mode with little difficulty, I have geared him out with modable parts from my cybertech alt so keeping him geared with DPS gear is no problem. From a pure gameplay perspective you want to use Doc and T7/Kira are interchangeable till you get him dependent on spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogol Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Used T7 all the way to the end and still use him in Black Hole. He works great IMHO. Same here, I am 47 and use him exclusively. He's all in modded gear and the lastest purple armoring, with some healing potions needed occasionally. From time to time, I taunt a boss, to seperate the damage over the two of us, but that's not really needed, I think. Edited June 28, 2012 by Yogol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRapture Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I personally haven't found T7 particularly useful beyond the early levels. I've used Lord Scourge since I got him and before that Doc for pretty much all fights. That said, I still try and keep affection going with T7 for the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epanastatis Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 which class quest do you receive doc or Scourge? Personally i use alot kira karsen,i prefer melee dps damage than ranged T7's.Also T7 has slicing gathering.I send him on missions.Using Kira Karsen with synthweaving someone can make augments mk-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalheretic Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I think T7 is awesome as a Sent. I used him exclusively until I got Doc. He's a ranged tank but with a gap closer so you don't have to chase after mobs that are chasing him. My opinion is probably a bit skewed since I tend to be over level for the class quests due to PVP, but having leveled a Sent and a Marauder, I prefer having a tank comp for no other reason than I don't have to stop to heal after every fight like I did when I was rolling with Vette (ranged dps) for the 1st 3 planets on my SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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