Starwaster Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 BlackJaxy, I am in the same boat as many people here. I think it would be awesome to have color choices sooner, and I know I want a purple saber on at least one of my characters. I'm now getting tired of using the pre-order black-yellow crystal, but the stats are better than anything I can use at my current level, so I stick Emphasis on sooner, by the time I'm eligible for a purple crystal it'll be time for me to move on to another character. Unless SWTOR has one HELL of an endgame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adwanna Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Please, does someboby know if there is a restriction DS/LS to use the purple crystal ? I really need to know that so PLEASE HELP.... Thanks a lot in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djehuty Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) People pls stop whining about everything not being served on silver plate -.- I'm glad they made it as complex and mysterious as they did. And stop spouting lore,I'm a huge SW lore fan,but i realise that game cannot be 100% lore accurate or "realistic". You guys think that lorewise a Sith or a Jedi would have to hit some random droid 30 times with a lightsaber for it to die? Hell no,but it had to be made so for the purpose of the game. Same way they had to put in some unique things in game and made em rare.They saw ppl had a thing on purple sabers so they made em rare,deal with it. It's sad how spoiled ppl have become as of late(post WotLK WoW) "GIEF ME EVERYTHING NAU AND I DON'T WANT TU PUT ANY EFFORT IN IT!!11!!1 HERP !!1! DERP!!!1!" Tbh it's not even that hard to get when you know how,you just need a good grp for the last part,it's a cool and fun social experience,something interesting to do with friends and guildies. It's reminiscent of old single player RPG-s where you had to do some silly stuff that you would hardly ever think of doing,but once you discovered it and did it, you felt some joy and took pride in it. So message is....Stop acting like spoiled brats simply cause you have to put some work into obtaining something cool. Thank you Edited January 13, 2012 by Djehuty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyandria Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 on imperial side sure. Us republics are screwed still with no guaranteed way to get it. You got Teal Colored ones though wich empire players can't get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adwanna Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I don't care if it's hard to obtain (because I will do what I need to do to obtain it) but I don't really understand why we do not have informations about the restriction. For the other crystal we do have this information ! So if somebody knows something about this and wants to share it, welcome:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Quantum- Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Please, does someboby know if there is a restriction DS/LS to use the purple crystal ? I really need to know that so PLEASE HELP.... Thanks a lot in advance It doesn't has any restrictions, and also it can be dropped from heroic world bosses and hard mode flashpoint/operations bosses. So yes, republican players are able to get this color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadros Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It doesn't has any restrictions, and also it can be dropped from heroic world bosses and hard mode flashpoint/operations bosses. So yes, republican players are able to get this color totally wrong. Purple is only for empire players. Empire can get it from the Tier2 pvp and pve weapons, no other way right now. Republic gets Cyan instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevansSoul Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Google. It's your friend. You know, I'd ask you to be more helpful, but, I'm afraid you may melt. I like swtor, but this color crystal/aligment restriction is ridiculous. Now remember kids, if it has a red lightsaber, it's bad, if it's blue, it's good. That's how you can tell. /sigh Edited January 13, 2012 by RevansSoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taran_Tatsuuchi Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 You know, I'd ask you to be more helpful, but, I'm afraid you may melt. I like swtor, but this color crystal/aligment restriction is ridiculous. Now remember kids, if it has a red lightsaber, it's bad, if it's blue, it's good. That's how you can tell. /sigh What about my Knight who uses one of each simultaneously? I'm all for more variety with color crystals, diverging stats from them, etc. There just seems to be too few colors available... :/ I can recall someone saying 'dozens of colors' ... Yeah, how many are we up to now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwaster Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 You'll never amount to anything with that kind of attitude. It's not whining, it's customer feedback. The successful company pays attention to its customers or it doesn't have any. That's what separates the big boys from the Derek Smarts of the industry. People pls stop whining about everything not being served on silver plate -.- I'm glad they made it as complex and mysterious as they did. And stop spouting lore,I'm a huge SW lore fan,but i realise that game cannot be 100% lore accurate or "realistic". You guys think that lorewise a Sith or a Jedi would have to hit some random droid 30 times with a lightsaber for it to die? Hell no,but it had to be made so for the purpose of the game. Same way they had to put in some unique things in game and made em rare.They saw ppl had a thing on purple sabers so they made em rare,deal with it. It's sad how spoiled ppl have become as of late(post WotLK WoW) "GIEF ME EVERYTHING NAU AND I DON'T WANT TU PUT ANY EFFORT IN IT!!11!!1 HERP !!1! DERP!!!1!" Tbh it's not even that hard to get when you know how,you just need a good grp for the last part,it's a cool and fun social experience,something interesting to do with friends and guildies. It's reminiscent of old single player RPG-s where you had to do some silly stuff that you would hardly ever think of doing,but once you discovered it and did it, you felt some joy and took pride in it. So message is....Stop acting like spoiled brats simply cause you have to put some work into obtaining something cool. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJaxy Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) People pls stop whining about everything not being served on silver plate -.- I'm glad they made it as complex and mysterious as they did. And stop spouting lore,I'm a huge SW lore fan,but i realise that game cannot be 100% lore accurate or "realistic". You guys think that lorewise a Sith or a Jedi would have to hit some random droid 30 times with a lightsaber for it to die? Hell no,but it had to be made so for the purpose of the game. Same way they had to put in some unique things in game and made em rare.They saw ppl had a thing on purple sabers so they made em rare,deal with it. It's sad how spoiled ppl have become as of late(post WotLK WoW) "GIEF ME EVERYTHING NAU AND I DON'T WANT TU PUT ANY EFFORT IN IT!!11!!1 HERP !!1! DERP!!!1!" Tbh it's not even that hard to get when you know how,you just need a good grp for the last part,it's a cool and fun social experience,something interesting to do with friends and guildies. It's reminiscent of old single player RPG-s where you had to do some silly stuff that you would hardly ever think of doing,but once you discovered it and did it, you felt some joy and took pride in it. So message is....Stop acting like spoiled brats simply cause you have to put some work into obtaining something cool. Thank you I don't know who the hell you expect to convince when you come in with such a blatantly condescending tone. I don't appreciate it, and I think you'll find most others here don't appreciate it either. I have a legitimate argument, and it has nothing to do with lore. The classic WoW argument of hardcore vs. casual aside, there are plenty of less mainstream colors that BioWare could've used in place of purple in terms of rarity (half the colors from KotOR II come to mind). Purple is a very common color in the KotOR universe (actual video games, not lore) and it's a disappointing disconnect to not have it more easily obtainable, especially depending on faction. All of my friends are quite sick of all the lightsaber colors that they are available to them, and frankly, I would probably be sick of purple by now if I had a purple saber from levels 10-50. In our opinion, it's a stupid mistake that takes a lot more out of the game than you might otherwise imagine. Also, TOR is allowed to be its own game--so how about building an argument from the ground up rather than referring to WoW about how it should or shouldn't be done? If you don't think TOR is good enough to stand on its own then I'm not sure what you're wasting your time here for. EDIT: I'd also like to second what he said ^^ I'm not looking to have BioWare stick a purple crystal in the mail to my character with a letter of apology for making my life difficult. I'm giving them what I believe to be very relevant gameplay feedback which has bothered myself and several other paying subscribers in my immediate friend circle. My character is already level 50 now, and BioWare won't be able to satisfy my need retroactively. I'm simply trying to help them make the experience better for others (and for my future characters, I suppose). P.S. What's with the hate for people asking questions? Google will only get you so far on a game that is both so new and so extensive (I know from personal experience ). If you're wasting your time telling someone to use google rather than actually providing an answer then you're a being a bit hypocritical. Edited January 14, 2012 by BlackJaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewl_cerberus Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 you know, i'd ask you to be more helpful, but, i'm afraid you may melt. I like swtor, but this color crystal/aligment restriction is ridiculous. Now remember kids, if it has a red lightsaber, it's bad, if it's blue, it's good. That's how you can tell. /sigh i agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewl_cerberus Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 http://db.darthhater.com/items/829/advanced_purple_critical_crystal/#dropped-by:50-3-7 Here it seems to say that its a 100% drop on some npcs? :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadros Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 http://db.darthhater.com/items/829/advanced_purple_critical_crystal/#dropped-by:50-3-7 Here it seems to say that its a 100% drop on some npcs? :S and again, its not obtainable as a drop, its only from PvE/PvP Tier2 Weapons. Also, Darth-Hater Database is still using data from the Beta, so stop searching in it for some stuff thats not in the game anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNightfall Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Pics or **** Dude it's the level 50 saber, all of us who PvP have seen it. Pics should not be required, try PvPing and eventually a level 50 Sith will smack you with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cemellyn Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 People pls stop whining about everything not being served on silver plate -.- I'm glad they made it as complex and mysterious as they did. And stop spouting lore,I'm a huge SW lore fan,but i realise that game cannot be 100% lore accurate or "realistic". You guys think that lorewise a Sith or a Jedi would have to hit some random droid 30 times with a lightsaber for it to die? Hell no,but it had to be made so for the purpose of the game. Same way they had to put in some unique things in game and made em rare.They saw ppl had a thing on purple sabers so they made em rare,deal with it. It's sad how spoiled ppl have become as of late(post WotLK WoW) "GIEF ME EVERYTHING NAU AND I DON'T WANT TU PUT ANY EFFORT IN IT!!11!!1 HERP !!1! DERP!!!1!" Tbh it's not even that hard to get when you know how,you just need a good grp for the last part,it's a cool and fun social experience,something interesting to do with friends and guildies. It's reminiscent of old single player RPG-s where you had to do some silly stuff that you would hardly ever think of doing,but once you discovered it and did it, you felt some joy and took pride in it. So message is....Stop acting like spoiled brats simply cause you have to put some work into obtaining something cool. Thank you I'm trying to take you seriously but then looking at the amount of response, I'm thinking that you are actually trying to troll us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalMasses Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 http://db.darthhater.com/items/829/advanced_purple_critical_crystal/#dropped-by:50-3-7 Here it seems to say that its a 100% drop on some npcs? :S Most of those are out of date. Taken from Beta. A LOT has changed and none of it has been updated since before Launch. Sad to say -1 for SWTOR. Friend of mine unsubbed and one of the reasons was the lack of customization. Eh well, he wasn't on my server anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudim Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 For the guy that said purple is empire color, you are wrong, Mace Windu, GM of the Jedi Order used a purple crystal the avaiable colors on the game are: Blue (Light) Green (Light) Red (Dark) Cyan (Light?) Yellow (Neutral) Orange (Neutral/Dark) White (Neutral) Purple (Neutral) Magenta (Neutral?) Black-Red (Dark) Black-Blue (Light) Black-Yellow (Pre-Order) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol_ Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) You got Teal Colored ones though wich empire players can't get Republic get light blue, Imps should get light red, purple (blue+red) should be neutral! Instead they made light red neutral and purple empire, go figure. LRED (Magenta) and LBLUE (Teal) are how the crystals are named when you put them in an item. Edited January 16, 2012 by sol_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol_ Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I haven't looked at the Artifice trainer in awhile, but I don't believe there are low-level versions of the orange crystals. I could be wrong, however. you can buy weapons on tatooine with orange crystals in them but im not sure about the restriction its possible it might be level 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadros Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 For the guy that said purple is empire color, you are wrong, Mace Windu, GM of the Jedi Order used a purple crystal the avaiable colors on the game are: Blue (Light) Green (Light) Red (Dark) Cyan (Light?) Yellow (Neutral) Orange (Neutral/Dark) White (Neutral) Purple (Neutral) Magenta (Neutral?) Black-Red (Dark) Black-Blue (Light) Black-Yellow (Pre-Order) i dont care for mace windu, in this game, right here, purple is empire only. orange is not dark, its neutral, there is no white crystal in the game right now purple isnt neutral, its empire only. and yes, magenta is neutral. also, you forgot Black-Green, wich you get from razor starwars items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikModi Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Which is another reason this color crystal rarity sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadros Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Which is another reason this color crystal rarity sucks. things always suck if they arnt the way you like it, huh? ive got some bad news for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudim Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i dont care for mace windu, in this game, right here, purple is empire only. orange is not dark, its neutral, there is no white crystal in the game right now purple isnt neutral, its empire only. and yes, magenta is neutral. also, you forgot Black-Green, wich you get from razor starwars items. there is at least one orange crystal that is Dark Side, I know that, my trooper is using it, maybe it is a tooltip bug or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudim Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Lemme rewrite this correctly Blue (Light, Both Sides) Green (Light, Both Sides) Red (Dark, Both Sides) Cyan (Neutral, Republic-Only) Yellow (Neutral, Both Sides) Orange (Neutral, Both Sides) Purple (Neutral, Empire-Only) Magenta (Neutral, Both Sides) Black-Red (Neutral, Empire-Only) Black-Blue (Neutral, Republic-Only) Black-Yellow (Pre-Order) Black-Green (Razer Stuff) White (Neutral, Unavaiable for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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