Gwena Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) I'd like to hear what others' experiences are with racial abilities. Which do you like? Which do you think are lousy? And which ones just don't seem to be working right? So far I am not too impressed, so I thought I'd see what you guys think or if I just have lousy luck. xD So far: Twi'lek: is this broken? Half the time I get the derptastic "stomp in place while wildly pumping arms" dance. The other dance I get seems unique though and is pretty neat looking. Or is there a way to pick which dance you want? Miraluka: I tried to use the sense alignment ability once, didn't seem to work so I have ignored it since. I could have sworn I saw a note about it being fixed in a patch note . . . does it actually work now? Human: rally is nice, fun for ops and FP groups, but there are so many humans that it doesn't seem all that special to have. 'Tis to be expected, though. Not sure I posted this in the correct forum, but it didn't seem to fit on story and lore and racial abilities are a "social" thing for interacting with the "community" so I figured may as well put it here. ^^ Edited July 14, 2012 by Gwena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonkadude Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'd like to hear what others' experiences are with racial abilities. Which do you like? Which do you think are lousy? And which ones just don't seem to be working right? So far I am not too impressed, so I thought I'd see what you guys think or if I just have lousy luck. xD So far: Twi'lek: is this broken? Half the time I get the derptastic "stomp in place while wildly pumping arms" dance. The other dance I get seems unique though and is pretty neat looking. Or is there a way to pick which dance you want? Miraluka: I tried to use the sense alignment ability once, didn't seem to work so I have ignored it since. I could have sworn I saw a note about it being fixed in a patch note . . . does it actually work now? Human: rally is nice, fun for ops and FP groups, but there are so many humans that it doesn't seem all that special to have. 'Tis to be expected, though. Not sure I posted this in the correct forum, but it didn't seem to fit on story and lore and racial abilities are a "social" thing for interacting with the "community" so I figured may as well put it here. ^^ Broken: Miraluka. Doesn't work at all! Good: Chiss: The review mission was good since only 2 classes could use chiss (BH and agent) really appropriate there! (main is 50 PT chiss ) Human: what you said Pureblood: making khem cry is sooooooo worth it Bad:hmmmmmm idk miralans (spelling) is lame PS whats zabrak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnSixtyTwo Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 PS whats zabrak? Inspire Loyalty. It's like a single target version of Human's "Rally". I prefer Human's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crezelle Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 chiss is no longer cool now that people can emote something near identical ( but you can make it look like your comp is eyeing your arse if you line them up properly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Zekiel Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Inspire Loyalty. It's like a single target version of Human's "Rally". I prefer Human's. I prefer Zabrak due to significantly shorter cooldown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pubsam Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I prefer Zabrak due to significantly shorter cooldown. I think the Zabrak one also has the potential to fail. The person will get some kind of 'not feeling it' debuff. Which I kind of like. And yeah Miraluka is broken. And the animation looks like I'm a trooper calling in a heal, should replace the tech nonsense with some sort of Jedi glow. I'd be happy if it looked cool even if it didn't tell us people's alignments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwena Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) I don't think I've ever seen the Zabrak's, sounds neat! And that's a shame about the Miraluka ability. Sounds like it not only fails to do what it says, but also does not look quite right. >.< I guess my Twi'lek's racial ability is the best of mine, then. Still wish the parlor dance was just the parlor dance though; words cannot describe how ridiculous my Twi'lek looks while doing that silly stompy default dance. Surely it must be a bug. Using that racial ability is like playing russian roulette! Yes, all that stomping and flailing about is dangerous, might traumatize someone that saw it. Edited July 15, 2012 by Gwena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vian Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) My 'slinger is a Mirialan, and one thing I like about the meditative trance ability is it works when you are behind cover, unlike the coin-tossing smuggler regen. It's handy because it means I can put up my shields in a place where I've got full cover, and then take a breather and heal up while I strategise for the next fight. So, good. Sorcerer: Making Khem Val cry - priceless. Edited July 15, 2012 by vian spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halkyon Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Sith Pureblood pimp slap is OP. It makes Khem'val cry. ...and I see that no less than two others have beaten me to it, on that exact premise, lol. Edited July 15, 2012 by Halkyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larity Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Miraluka isn't broken, it works.If the person isn't Light/Dark III it won't show. Chiss I feel gets a kick in the blue buttocks, since the /map emote came around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorkTrooper Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I prefer the interactive racial abilities (Zabrak, Human, Sith Pureblood, etc.) over the passive ones (Rattataki, Cyborg, etc.). Not to harass other players with, but to use on companions and NPCs as available. As mentioned, the Pureblood beach-slap with Qyzen sobbing is top-notch. I also got a sort of ironic enjoyment out of forcing Darth Baras to salute me with my Zabrak SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediCahlwyn Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Human: Rally is ok, the long cooldown they added (1.2?) is annoying. But in general its cute. Zabrak: Inspire Loyalty would be better if it worked just like Rally but instead of cheering they saluted. Cyborg: meh Mirialan: AWESOME for my Consular, I like it. Miraluka: I like the concept, never "worked" for me but... Twi'lek: Love their gypsy dance, hate the derp derp dance Sith Pureblood: I like to slap my DS comp since I'm a LS Sith. Rattaki: Haven't seen since beta and it was lame... heard its cool now. Chiss: Never seen it. They all need another pass through dev. As do the classes' "self heal". The trooper's is STUPID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloopbleep Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I know it's really petty...But I've always found enjoyment in using the cyborg racial on the customs droids that scan you. It's satisfying to scan them right back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stenrik Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) Just speaking of of the racials of my 2 main characters: Rattataki shadowboxing - I like it. Fits my tough looking female type 3 powertech well. I also like how it's a long channeled ability so I don't have to constantly keep clicking it. Fun to go up to my friends and "punch" them repeatedly. Mirialan meditation - I think this is lame. It really has no utility since it doesn't recharge resources. It totally doesn't fit my scoundrel (who has no lick of force in his entire body). He's supposed to resent jedi, and yet can sit down and glow all pretty with peaceful force enemy. Eh, I just don't use it. My suggestion for it, though, would be to allow it to replace your classes main "reload and recharge" by replenishing resources in addition to health. That would "fix" it, imo. Edited July 16, 2012 by Stenrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrandt Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 The Miraluka racial only works on players, by the way. And it'll only show if the player is actually light or dark, and not gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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