Eyeskream Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 In general story content, you're liable to get frustrated by the relatively low (compared to the DPS Disciplines) damage output of the tank discipline. I know I did for Kinetic Combat (tank) versus Infiltration (DPS) on Shadow(0), so much so that I switched the one who was in KC to Infiltration halfway round one of the Traitor Arc [sOLO] mode FPs.(1)(2) (0) My Guardian tank(4) didn't even get as far as meeting Doc before she gave up tanking in favour of Vigilance. (1) Strongly disrecommended, by the way. You have to finish the FP in a DPS discipline but with no DPS-mode tertiary stats at all (no Alacrity, no Crit, no Accuracy) and a bunch of useless tank stats (Absorb, Shield, Defense, which are no use to a DPS character). What was worse was that my character's favourite (and highest-influence) companion was The Traitor himself, so not available as an actual companion. (2) Remember that on those FPs, [sOLO] is for advancing the story, while [sTORY] is for playing solo.(3) (3) Despite the joking manner of presenting it, that statement is entirely serious. (4) This one: https://i.imgur.com/jJlYIKS.jpg I feel I should mention that I don't take "dressing the part" very seriously in this or any other MMORPG. Disclaimer: I blither a *lot*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. Story is the same. But, if you play pvp or do end game content, you might find it useful to do this because you have 1 of each setup and ready to go. You also get to learn the specs properly and how to counter them in pvp. It’s why I have 40 Alts. Even though I’m crap on many specs, playing them and knowing more than the generic basics can help you understand them in a confrontation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjboehm Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I have several juggs and play the same spec on all. It is vary useful because it lets you do several dailies and weeklies with 1 set of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecekiell Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. Don't do it (just because of specs). There are reasons for having a class more than once, for example if you want to do the same operation multiple times a week and don't want to play any other class for that. But the different specs are not a reason for multiple characters. You can change them for free at any time and it just takes seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterRummy Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. I have 45 toons, which helps me greatly in gearing up characters. Now that all gear out side of the bleh Cartel Market, ....your life has simplified drastically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Don't do it (just because of specs). There are reasons for having a class more than once, for example if you want to do the same operation multiple times a week and don't want to play any other class for that. But the different specs are not a reason for multiple characters. You can change them for free at any time and it just takes seconds. Space Barbies I tell you. The more Alts the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyrkverse Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. field respec seems like a better option? by all means, having alts of the same advanced class can be beneficial - it used to be a quicker way to gear with past systems and it helps getting around lockouts by still playing your favorite class. But if the whole idea is having 3 guardians just because there are 3 specs, seems very unnecessary, especially for dps. I have a small army of assassins, none of them is locked to a discipline, I respec all the time if I want to/need to and share the legacy gear sets among them. what sounds faster and easier to you: logging out, grab your guardian tank, logging back in and join the group again and travel (or be summoned) or stay logged in, opening your legacy bank, grab your tank gear and respeccing without leaving the group or the instance? whichever you choose, then probably that's the answer for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 So lets say I make 3 Guardians and level them up with the 3 different specs I have available. Has or does anybody do this? How useless or useful can this type of situation be? Returning old player. I run a juggernaut DPS and Tank. I don't like respeccing myself. Also to me it's part of the character and personality. I sit down when I make a new character and say ok this person is a tank because.... So it's part of their story. So to me it's part of the character story and I don't like respeccing on the fly. Since I do find leveling a bit tedious these days with the superfluous levels above 50 so I do tend to start as a DPS and then become a tank later. I do find it good practice is also because I act as a dwt and learn to do a bit of tanking on the way without having all those abilities but the truth is that leveling to 75 as a tank takes a lot of patience. Or I use a Master's Datacron for instant level 70 and then just do the stories because then it's alright. I just find that at end game level, I try to keep the specs with the individual character but it's about preference and not so much practicality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm-Cutter Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) Back long ago in around 4.0 I used to keep 1 each of tank, DPS and heals going on each faction, in order to jump on any with guildmates and help in any role thay were short of. But in the end, everyone left and I'm on my own. I occasionally jump to a different class and spec to stop myselff from getting completely rusty, but I think if you've been around some years you settle into a groove with a favourite character and class. If you've CCs and /or credits to burn, then tank and heal specs aren't so bad with a DPS companion at rank 10-50 in tow. - At least for most of the story content up to current date. OFC if you're familiar with the story, you can skip some aspects of it, and oce you're at level cap , story is mostly unimportant for gearing up and end-game activities. Chances are you'll be at max level before the vanilla story runs out anyways. You'l not see different story with different specs, but if you mix light and dark choices and swap genders to see the different romance options, it might help keep things a bit more interesting. GL whatever you try, OP. Edited November 6, 2019 by Storm-Cutter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiesu Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) I have done this (because I'm altholic, and I like knowing how to play multiple things). But, in the end all my 7+ Jugg/Guardians ended up having fieldrespec and just jumping from tank to dotspec depending on what was next on the weekly tables to do. When you're farming conquest rewards like you often do in early expacs to get mats, convenience just rams over cool specialized alt setups. But what is cool about knowing how to play each spec is it really helps you (especially if you're endgame raider) to recognize what spec will be most effective for which fight, and provide some carry value. It is extremely useful to be good at tunnelvision spec and dotspread spec and swap depending of what gives you more numbers at each fight. Fieldrespecking all the time can be tedious but this is how a lot of raiders clear tough stuff early. Offtank who can swap to dps and back and have appropriate gear set with them to the raid are even more useful. It's rare to have healers swap mid raid to anytihg but healing, but if you don't mind healing and want some quick FP ques, swapping to heal/tank from dps for fp or two reduces your pop times considerably. I mostly only tank or heal FPs because I'm not a very patient fellow and want those quick pops, and use dps for pvp. Lvling wise tanks and healers are a bit slow for clearing mobs, but I've lvled as both of those as well just to see how viable lvling is as either of those (put companion in DPS mode to save time). Edited November 6, 2019 by Kiesu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xordevoreaux Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I have 8 assassin tanks permanently stationed in PVP zones next to Jedi battle commanders for doing conquest. I log in a toon, summon my guildies, we kill the commander, I flip to the next assassin tank at the next commander, wash, rinse, repeat. Then I have a number of alts just because I like running toons through various gender/outfit/play style/alignment options. This is one of my five accounts: Level ROLE Class 10 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 41 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 70 DPS Trooper Commando 38 DPS Jedi Knight Sentinel 38 DPS Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 70 DPS Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 DPS Imperial Agent Sniper 23 DPS Bounty Hunter Powertech 70 DPS Imperial Agent Sniper 70 HEAL Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 DPS Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 70 HEAL Imperial Agent Operative 70 DPS Bounty Hunter Mercenary 70 HEAL Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 70 DPS Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 70 TANK Sith Juggernaut 42 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 TANK Sith Inquisitor Assassin 70 HEAL Trooper Commando 70 HEAL Smuggler Scoundrel 70 DPS Smuggler Scoundrel 70 DPS Jedi Knight Sentinel 70 TANK Jedi Knight Guardian 70 DPS Jedi Consular Shadow 70 DPS Trooper Vanguard 70 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 70 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 70 TANK Jedi Knight Guardian 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 70 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 70 TANK Jedi Consular Shadow 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 12 DPS Sith Inquisitor Assassin 24 DPS Sith Warrior Marauder 17 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 38 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 20 DPS Agent Sniper 14 DPS Sith Inquisitor Assassin 16 DPS Trooper Commando 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 23 DPS Jedi Sentinel 37 TANK Jedi Knight Guardian 31 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 15 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 37 TANK Jedi Consular Shadow 10 DPS Smuggler Scoundrel 23 DPS Jedi Consular Shadow 38 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 23 DPS Jedi Knight Guardian 12 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 20 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 32 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 22 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 39 DPS Jedi Consular Shadow 21 DPS Jedi Sentinel 23 TANK Jedi Knight Guardian 24 DPS Trooper Commando 11 HEAL Trooper Commando 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 18 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 14 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 30 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 20 DPS Trooper Commando 25 DPS Jedi Consular Shadow 17 DPS Sniper 26 DPS Trooper Commando 14 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 21 DPS Smuggler Gunslinger 7 DPS Jedi Sentinel 70 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 52 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 14 HEAL Jedi Consular Sage 17 DPS Bounty Hunter Powertech 29 DPS Sith Inquisitor Assassin 19 HEAL Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 23 DPS Bounty Hunter Mercenary 21 DPS Imperial Agent Operative 21 DPS Imperial Agent Sniper 14 TANK Sith Juggernaut 70 DPS Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 20 DPS Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer 18 DPS Sith Marauder 18 DPS Bounty Hunter Mercenary 70 DPS Jedi Consular Sage 70 DPS Imperial Agent Sniper 70 DPS Trooper Commando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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