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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
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BannedEpisode
Member
So about Thana...
what a tease. After all those cheesy pickup lines I have nothing to show for it. She better show up in later content
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea probably has to do with the moving of set bonuses and such that they said they were going to put in, and the modding of epics. Did also think it was strange when they added some new tables in the game recently.
Was she not constantly popping up in the main Taris questline for you?
Tallshortman
Member
If you want some kickback (plotwise) to KOTOR 1 and 2 definitely do Taral V and Maelstrom Prison when you get the chance. They are very heavily connected to both games and what happens in between.
Directive 7 is awesome and really well tuned now that Bulwark isn't doing HM damage.
Quinn actually has the most depth of all the warrior companions. Don't sell him short. I find Vette to be the generic bioware flavor tsundere; I still won't take her shock collar off on my warrior.
Quinn's DPS while healing isn't far off Vette's because she's a tank companion. If you really want DPS you'll just use your third companion anyhow; she's a lot more fun to walk around with than either of them but has less character development than Quinn.
BattleMonkey
Member
Even geared, questing with Quinn takes forever, his dps is mediocre and the healing just slows his damage dealing down. Vette makes leveling and going through the trash mobs so much faster. Jaesa Williams does about same damage as Vette but her light armor just makes her much more fragile than Vette. Still find Vette to be the best companion for a tank build Jug
Jaesa isn't as good as Vette. She might be at the start because she comes with decent gear but Vette should win out with equal gear. Vette allows kiting opportunities since she's ranged while Jaesa has to go up close with you. That leaves her open to extra damage from those enemies that use aoe attacks, a problem Vette doesn't have.
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea I gear them both up, and Vette just is overall more survivable. Being ranged and having medium armor makes her tougher, while with Jaesa I'm constantly having to recoup after fighting mobs just for her, and she gets knocked out more than Vette ever has.
KoruptData
Member
So in an effort to get more crit and surge on my lvl 45 shadow, I've been buying purple armor pieces and extracting the mods and enhancments and putting them on my other armor. Expensive as hell but now my critical chance is at 29% and surge at 80 before a relic pop. Dealing lots of damage now.
Is there some mathematical reason Vette's dps is better? They both have a full compliment of DPS abilities. The melee DPS companions have the better scaling offensive passives as well; both the dot or armor pen give ways to negate high armor values and really boost their damage.
Vette may better in terms of AOE dps so maybe that's what you're getting at? Now I want to equally gear both of them and see if that aoe + dot actually wins out over the aoe mode on Vette.
Really? Everything I can actually solo still at 50 (Basically Ilum dailies) I find Jaesa never takes any damage at all. None of the enemies really do aoe there and I tank everything. Could be a very different story if you're actually trying to level with them, I don't have as much experience in that regard.
BattleMonkey
Member
There was a thread in the official forum comparing the two while back going over the damage. They really do about the same damage roughly so it's pretty much up to personal pref. Killing of mobs speed is not much different either.
Again my personal liking of Vette is that shes just tougher and can survive more encounters than Jaesa who has light armor and no real defensive abilities. As a tank you are also usually going to have enemies concentrating on you, where Vettes AOE abilities are much more helpful at speeding up the killing.
Jaesa shines best for single enemy encounters like a boss or so where her penetration abilities and damage is more target focused and can really stack with your sunders for greater damage. Vette though is better to me for general world questing, and Jaesa for those single individual take downs.
That goes in line with my experiences/analysis. And I understand liking Vette more for survivability; all my actual leveling was with a co-op partner so half the time I didn't even have a companion at all and when I did it was Quinn so we could 2-man all the heroic missions.
Now if only they can teach Quinn to move once the fight starts. Half of my PVE deaths are from me getting out of his healing range and forgetting to reset him to passive/move back in.
I've been using them for a while on my 4890. The answer you're looking for is No.
CAW
Member
Does anyone know, if like with Blizzard and WoW, if you can cancel your subscription but still play with remaining time?
For example: If I just added a 30 day subscription. Can I cancel and remove my card from the site now but still play for that 30 days?
Just wondering because I used my CC for by brothers account but I'd feel better if my card info didn't sit on his account. Not that I don't trust him and he does have a security key feature, it's just a peace of mind thing I guess.
For example: If I just added a 30 day subscription. Can I cancel and remove my card from the site now but still play for that 30 days?
Just wondering because I used my CC for by brothers account but I'd feel better if my card info didn't sit on his account. Not that I don't trust him and he does have a security key feature, it's just a peace of mind thing I guess.
I only used Jaesa because I got sick of Vette constantly disagreeing with my choices. Even not taking into account damage, the fact Vette is ranged counts for a lot. A lot of mobs have equivalents of sweeping slash or other aoe which could affect melee, and she isn't smart enough to move out of them.
I haven't tried the release 12.1's yet, but I found that the beta 12.1's actually increased graphical lag and hitching in populated areas. I can give it another try tonight with the release version, but I'm not hopeful.
5870 here.
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I really don't like the level 50 dailies in this game. They take too long, like two, two and a half hours to complete. And they're not even set up in a way that I find benefits the concept of a daily quest. Firelands dailies were done in a small area that opened up over time to go after a specific goal. Ilum and Belsavis dailies feel like just normal questing, over and over and over again.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
No, they took that out so people wouldn't horde all the low level currency
I guess I should go back and spend my Dromund Kaas currency?
As for the planet I'm currently on, Balmorra, I'm not sure what I should pick between on quest rewards. Currency, green gear, or the thing that has random gear or something. Most of the time the green gear is an upgrade.
BattleMonkey
Member
Always check out the vendors when you get to a planet first to see if there is stuff you want, then you will know if it's worth it to pick the commendations, or basically how many you need before you can pick other rewards
Oni Link 666
Member
I'm using a 6950 and I don't see any difference.
chickdigger802
Banned
was wondering. how are the acts balanced out in terms of quests per act?
It does seem act 1 was pretty long... or that there are a lot more planet quests vs class quests later on.
It does seem act 1 was pretty long... or that there are a lot more planet quests vs class quests later on.
BattleMonkey
Member
The first act is much longer than the other 2 in game time length. People try to compare the acts to parts of a trilogy but they really don't set up like that at all.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I guess you can always buy stuff for your lower level alts with them in the meantime.
CAW
Member
BattleMonkey
Member
Like the trend of copying the OT films reuse of WWII gear for the Imperials, with them having those WWII era mag bandoliers on the Imperial uniforms in game heh.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Yeah, was referring more to mods.
There is only the chiss.
/cringe
GhostRidah
Member
My Operative still is best.
I'm wearing the same gear at level 50 also lol.
Yup human females are the best operatives, here is mine
Hari Seldon
Member
So what the hell does the emergency exit on my ship do? I'm afraid to try it.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Clearly none of you have seen my Operative. She is the standard in which all of yours is measured against.
It tells you that you can't use it right now.