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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
- Thread starter Emitan
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Dog Problems
Banned
And stealth helps walk by the trash mobs.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Well I'm dropping my BH to roll an IA due to the story praise (after i beat it with the SW).
So... sniper vs operative?
imo Operative. You can choose either healing or dps spec so you arent contained to just one role. As either you can do great in PvE (healing spec you can solo a lot of the Heroic 4 content. PvP is kind of painful as healing until 16 (i think its 16) and dps is excruciating until 36.
I was doing fine as DPS last night at 30. I actually dropped healing because I found it really ineffectual in warzone situations; I couldn't keep people up in the situations it mattered and maintenence healing is mind-numbing. Coincidence or not we won our only two warzones that I was dps in as well.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
Yeah, until you get Surgical Probe - it's tough to be super effective at healing as an operative at high level / tough encounters.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I am in love with this game so far! Even though I am playing it on a HP laptop that can barely keep 25fps.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Let's hope most of nerfs will be on DPS side, and not Healing/Utility side. Love my Healing + Stleath + Droid Stun + Human Stun.
iNvid02
Member
ok so my copy should be here in a few days but i've never really played mmo's much
how would you guys recommend i approach this, i just wanna have fun and kill shit,
not particularly interested in doing boring stuff, the more killing the merrier though
i guess i should go for sith right
how would you guys recommend i approach this, i just wanna have fun and kill shit,
not particularly interested in doing boring stuff, the more killing the merrier though
i guess i should go for sith right
Overnerfing is dumb and a practice of stupid developers. I hope Bioware is much more conservative with it's nerfs.
Agreed.
Oblivionmancer
Member
What video card do you have in there? I have a friend interested in the game who only has a laptop option, but is unsure whether he could get it to run.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
That would be a huge mistake. Single target burst dps from stealth is all they bring to PvP. The problem is with Expertise and Surge. Even then it works both ways now. i hear plenty of now that people have 1k Expertise that the large opening ambush isnt a concern any longer.
ConfusingJazz
Member
Finished Balmorra in two days, and onto Nar Shaddaa at level 21, go me! However, I didn't really do any of the multiparty quest stuff there, any of them really interesting, or are they kinda...there?
Also, how overleveled should you be to solo a multiparty quest?
Pro tip: Don't misspell your security question. That bit me in the ass last night after my computer crashed, I had to answer a security question. Tried to guess the misspelling 5 times, got it wrong, and got locked out. Had to call customer service, that was awesome.
Also, how overleveled should you be to solo a multiparty quest?
Pro tip: Don't misspell your security question. That bit me in the ass last night after my computer crashed, I had to answer a security question. Tried to guess the misspelling 5 times, got it wrong, and got locked out. Had to call customer service, that was awesome.
Pretty much to the point where you dodge all their attacks. So 10 levels higher.
You can't take on 4 elite mobs with just 3 levels higher.
ConfusingJazz
Member
Yeah, I figured. I have a couple that I am 5 over, didn't think it was enough yet.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Its an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4250 and i'm running it in a HP-G62 it has a 2.4 Ghz dual core Turion with 4 gigs of ram.
Not a gaming PC at all and like I said it struggles but its playable until I can get my new rig built.
ConfusingJazz
Member
I once picked a lock box on accident instead of armor or commendation for a quest reward. I received a light side lightsaber. I wanted to punch the quest giver. That was time #153 that I wanted to go back to a previous save.
Not only that
The republic version of the events is Telos V and Maelstrom Prison, you go in and Revan has been held prisoner by the emperor for hundreds of years siphoning his power, and the one that helps you find him and is constantly talking to you is a Jedi ghost...which Revan explains is the Exile, the main character from Kotor 2 It's pretty nerdtastic for a kotor fan. Also if you never paid attention beyond the games, like me: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_exile has the lowdown on the 'official' backstory to the Exile.
It's pretty nerdtastic for a kotor fan. Also if you never paid attention beyond the games, like me: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_exile has the lowdown on the 'official' backstory to the Exile.Almost all of them do right now, they're supposed to support neutrality at some point too. I don't think you'll ever seen lower ranks of dark/light be viable though. Either full or none seems most likely.
EDIT: Sorry for double post, I suck
I have a lightside double bladed lightsaber that I got on my BH that I've been trying to sell for a week.
Oh come on thats retarded :[
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I wanna keep those orange eyes! :sadface:
Looks like im going dark V then and turn the effect off. Damn pissed right now.
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I wanna keep those orange eyes! :sadface:
Looks like im going dark V then and turn the effect off. Damn pissed right now.
Actually I had surgical probe and was highly underwhelmed with its' healing in PVP situations. Perfectly fine for energy management purposes in PVE (Which I'll still heal) but I'm far more effective burning people down than maintenence healing.
oktarb
Member
May be obvious but I thought I'd post some quick tips:
1) You get a fleet pass at lvl 10. Once every 16 hours (cooldown) you can port to the Fleet station.
2) As a inquisitor I had no Idea I had a punish command. Check your abilities!
3) Upgrading your ship makes a huge difference if you'er into space combat. Large missile bay early on helps a ton.
4) Slicing is a good way to keep your wallet full. Even after the nerf its profitable. Unlike crafting and gathering skills which are a credit sink - unless you actively sell your crafted items.
5) You can modify your weapons and armor anywhere, you do not need a modifiy station. Not sure why they're even in the game.
6) Log out in cantina's for rest exp, normal city areas do not count.
7) Explore your preferences. There are extra side bars, the ability to turn on light/dark side conversation options so you see them right in the answer. All kinds of things. Send 10 minutes and go through them. **Some of the options are global (area loot being one)
8) Remember to save creds. At level 30 skills cost 8-10K each. Don't buy what you don't use. For example my lightning based Sorcerer never uses melee so i don't purchase those skills. Buy them later when you're rich.
9) You can separate chat windows and place them in different areas. I like to separate my chat lines (Global, guild ect) from my system messages. Just set your tabs and then drag the tab where you want it.
10) Stop and smell the roses.
1) You get a fleet pass at lvl 10. Once every 16 hours (cooldown) you can port to the Fleet station.
2) As a inquisitor I had no Idea I had a punish command. Check your abilities!
3) Upgrading your ship makes a huge difference if you'er into space combat. Large missile bay early on helps a ton.
4) Slicing is a good way to keep your wallet full. Even after the nerf its profitable. Unlike crafting and gathering skills which are a credit sink - unless you actively sell your crafted items.
5) You can modify your weapons and armor anywhere, you do not need a modifiy station. Not sure why they're even in the game.
6) Log out in cantina's for rest exp, normal city areas do not count.
7) Explore your preferences. There are extra side bars, the ability to turn on light/dark side conversation options so you see them right in the answer. All kinds of things. Send 10 minutes and go through them. **Some of the options are global (area loot being one)
8) Remember to save creds. At level 30 skills cost 8-10K each. Don't buy what you don't use. For example my lightning based Sorcerer never uses melee so i don't purchase those skills. Buy them later when you're rich.
9) You can separate chat windows and place them in different areas. I like to separate my chat lines (Global, guild ect) from my system messages. Just set your tabs and then drag the tab where you want it.
10) Stop and smell the roses.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Punish is actually a Sith Pureblood racial ability, not an inquisitor ability.
Some of the options are global (area loot being one)
Some of the options are global (area loot being one)
Just got it, playing on the crappiest computer possible; 2 gigs of ram and an onboard Radeon HD 3200 video card. Amazingly enough it runs well enough to enjoy the story and not get owned in combat. Have wanted to play trooper since it was announced and the story so far is awesome. First planet spoilers
. It helps that Carlton Lassiter is my companion.
I was really hoping the twist that was coming was my team betraying the Republic, and sure enough Bioware didn't disappoint
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
So im on Taris (loving the look of it btw) and i run into a quest giver that needs me to unleash a poison named 3-5-7 trichloroheptane. When i read the name i wondered for about half a second if it was a reference to 2-4-5 trioxin from the Return of the Living Dead movies.. thats when it hit me. There have (and continue to be since its not a reference to the Return series) been zero pop-culture reference in the game. Its very refreshing to have all the references be to series lore (lots of EU stuff here.. i have wookieepedia open to check stuff from time to time).
Yeah trooper prologue->Act 1 is totally badass, glad you like it
It's been the only class I wanted to main since...well, ever.BattleMonkey
Member
Really dont see them getting a huge nerf, they aren't OP at all. If anyone deserves the nerf bat, its the Inq/Consulars
Inquisitors do marginal damage compared to a scoundrel or operative. Wait til you see the really good ones. Liu Kang on Fatman can do 450k+ damage a battle as a scoundrel. He has no issue taking on 3-4 guys at a time by himself
Lol that guy deserves to do 450k damage.
Oh man I play on Fatman! As a Trooper the max I've done is like 340k
I've seen some inquistors do 450k+ damage thoughcpp_is_king
Member
Is there a standard GAF server if I'm interested in playing with other GAFfers? Have an Inquisitor on Darth Xedrix but thinking about re-rolling somewhere else.
Edit: How did I miss that in the OP?
Edit: How did I miss that in the OP?
450k is good, but well within the realm of any class. Most of the bored PvPers in expertise gear that still have the opportunity to smash babycakes lowbies that have no expertise in warzones are shooting for goals like 700k and up.
HarryDemeanor
Member
There will be another patch deployed tonight. No information on what the patch is fixing yet.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=136591
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=136591
Patching the commendation mail bug probably.
cpp_is_king
Member
It's only gonna be down like an hour tonight it says. And yes, the mail bug is bad enough that it needs to be patched asap.
and the QA is so bad on this patch probably (you can't QA something that quick, that well in 24 hours) that this will break more things
....
edit: my point is /clubdance was not as bad as the new problem they now have
so they made a bigger problem fixing a smaller issue by failing to do a proper QA run on the thing and rushing it out
will happen again, watch.
....
edit: my point is /clubdance was not as bad as the new problem they now have
so they made a bigger problem fixing a smaller issue by failing to do a proper QA run on the thing and rushing it out
will happen again, watch.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
As someone who worked with a QA team for a MMO int he past, if it's a completely localized system that you can be sure doesn't affect anything else yes you can thoroughly test a hot-fix that fast. There was likely some other fix/code change that went in along with the dance exploit fix which caused the commendation issue (assuming it actually was introduced by that patch). They just need to tighten up what changes end up on the release branch for reactive hot-fixes. There's also the chance it was just recently discovered and happened to coincide with said patch.
cpp_is_king
Member
What do you mean they made a bigger problem by fixing a smaller issue? Do you mean to say this problem only exists as a result of fixing the dance bug? How could you possibly know that? That's a completely baseless assumption.
notworksafe
Member
If you get the Security Key ($4 on Origin store or free on iPhone/Android) you get access a vendor that sells 1 hour cooldown Fleet Passes for 1000cr.
Yeah you can, if the patch is small enough.
For the record, general MMO QA is one of the hardest things in this entire industry. Easy to talk shit about as a player, but an unreal task to actually engage in.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
Well thats cool, where is the security key vendor at?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Should be one on Fleet.