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[Ramirez]

Yea, thanks for letting go of Deckard!

 

[NemesisPrime]

Enter WZ, character floats up above the map.

That is just your ship blowing up and crashing down. Bad timing to enter the WZ

 

[Ken]

That is just your ship blowing up and crashing down. Bad timing to enter the WZ

Oh, right. That makes sense.

 

[sam16]

Why not just add numbers?

I can't get confused with a 1 or 2 like I can with a tiny sliver on the bottom of a small icon at a glance.

The same thing goes for HoTs on party frames. It was such a pain in the ass to refresh my HoT as a scoundrel on party members because the icon was so small I couldn't see the cooldown graphic on it.

Uh, they do give the option of showing a countdown timer. They even have the option of changing the size of the countdown text and showing tenths of a second. All the options are explained in the blog post.

 

[Enosh]

Uh, they do give the option of showing a countdown timer. They even have the option of changing the size of the countdown text and showing tenths of a second. All the options are explained in the blog post.

it's beautiful
really looking forward to this change

 

[Ningo]

Hit 50 on my powertech the other night and since then haven't had the drive to play.

Unfortunately it has become like previous mmo's I've played and it feels like a job instead of entertainment. Especially after having fun pvping then becoming useless thanks to gear difference.

But then again I might just be put off games for a while as I downloaded Kingdoms of amalur based off gaf's impressions last night and I am not enjoying that either.

Maybe I'm sick? :/

 

[CzarTim]

Winning in the middle of a WZ and it knocks me to character select

 

[Cystm]

Winning in the middle of a WZ and it knocks me to character select

Happened to me a few times too. That along with the insta-queue DC and WZs not actually always counting towards your daily when you win can be a little frustrating.

Yea, thanks for letting go of Deckard!

Happy to give it to a GAFer.

 

[chickdigger802]

Hit 50 on my powertech the other night and since then haven't had the drive to play.

Unfortunately it has become like previous mmo's I've played and it feels like a job instead of entertainment. Especially after having fun pvping then becoming useless thanks to gear difference.

But then again I might just be put off games for a while as I downloaded Kingdoms of amalur based off gaf's impressions last night and I am not enjoying that either.

Maybe I'm sick? :/

lol same. Got to 50, started illum planet quest. Realized these are some of the most half assed quests in the game... rolled a new toon.

 

[gatti-man]

Hit 50 on my powertech the other night and since then haven't had the drive to play.

Unfortunately it has become like previous mmo's I've played and it feels like a job instead of entertainment. Especially after having fun pvping then becoming useless thanks to gear difference.

But then again I might just be put off games for a while as I downloaded Kingdoms of amalur based off gaf's impressions last night and I am not enjoying that either.

Maybe I'm sick? :/

So you want from being op to squishy. Everyone experiences that. Get your gear and get better. Or quit. But what did you expect? Before they took the 50s out pvp was just constant beatdowns. Now its relatively short lived.

 

[DurielBlack]

So is there a way to highlight which debuffs on a mob are your's?

Doing SOA last night, I couldn't tell which stack of tracer missile was mine.

 

[Cool Escalator]

Any news on the Legacy system lately?

Really thinking about switching servers to a better population for Republic but I have a lvl 50 on Dark Reaper and am currently at lvl 6 legacy. Don't want to just abandon that if it has true benefits.

Anyone else have a server for Republic and another server for Empire?

 

[Spiritreaver]

Under the new bag system, finishing your first two weeklies and a couple of dailies/stray bags can net you quite a bit of first and second tier gear, so don't fret about not being pvp geared.

Also the gear benefits taper off after champion, Battlemaster gear is not as much of an upgrade as Champion is to Centurion.

So yeah just keep playing, I just started pvping heavily on my sniper and after a few days of work I have a full set of PVP gear 6 champ pieces, rest centurian, valor 50.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Any news on the Legacy system lately?

Really thinking about switching servers to a better population for Republic but I have a lvl 50 on Dark Reaper and am currently at lvl 6 legacy. Don't want to just abandon that if it has true benefits.

Anyone else have a server for Republic and another server for Empire?

News in which way? Details are not known, all that is known for sure is that there will be perks that you can select such as getting bonus xp in pvp, possible faster mount boosts, and such. Just little upgrades that you can get. Also was confirmed that new race/class combos are being unlocked through legacy system. But we still don't got full view of it and what it all offers. Probably be seeing a bit more as time goes on as it's coming next month, so more previews of 1.2 content should be rolling out hopefully soon.

lol same. Got to 50, started illum planet quest. Realized these are some of the most half assed quests in the game... rolled a new toon.

Did you at least finish the main storyline which is part of the illum chain? It's a very important part of the games overall storyline. Ignore the daily stuff, and at least do the quest chain that leads into the final 2 flashpoints. The dailies are pretty boring as they usually are, I'm already sick of them and only did them a couple times, but even at 50 you will want to do the rest of Illums main world quest.

 

[Dennis]

TORtanic

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Weekly Q&A is awesome.

Daniel Erickson: Game Update 1.2 will bring you the first big step in the Legacy System but it’s important to understand that the Legacy System will continue to grow, bringing new options to new characters (alts) and some fun options for elder game players as well. Legacy is definitely not just for new characters! The species that will be unlocked in Game Update 1.2 are species currently in the game that will become available to classes and factions where you haven’t seen them before. New species are in consideration for the future but we don’t have any details to share right now. Look for more specific details in the near future as we head toward Game Update 1.2.

Aurozia: Will there be a dual specialization system in the future? Will there be a possibility of changing advance classes as well?

Daniel Erickson: We have no plans for switching advanced classes - which we see as fundamentally different class designs- but dual spec is in the works and coming soon.

NommNomm: Are you still planning on giving us an option to make our chest item colors match the rest of our armor?

Daniel Erickson: The new and vastly improved ‘Hue to Chest’ system launches with Game Update 1.2 and there are more customization and quality of life improvements along those lines hot on its heels.

USLeatherneck: Will Bioware implement Target of Target (including a visible cast bar above the portraits) in the new UI?

Gabe Amatangelo: Yes. Target of Target on primary target and party frames will be part of Game Update 1.2. Primary target already has a visible casting bar on live right now. In Game Update 1.2 target of target frames will have visible casting bars as well. Additionally, there will be various customization features in all of those frames (e.g. repositioning).

 

[HBroward]

Hardmode Karagga's Palace tonight at 10 EST, try to be on 15-20 minutes early so we don't start late like last night.

 

[chickdigger802]

News in which way? Details are not known, all that is known for sure is that there will be perks that you can select such as getting bonus xp in pvp, possible faster mount boosts, and such. Just little upgrades that you can get. Also was confirmed that new race/class combos are being unlocked through legacy system. But we still don't got full view of it and what it all offers. Probably be seeing a bit more as time goes on as it's coming next month, so more previews of 1.2 content should be rolling out hopefully soon.



Did you at least finish the main storyline which is part of the illum chain? It's a very important part of the games overall storyline. Ignore the daily stuff, and at least do the quest chain that leads into the final 2 flashpoints. The dailies are pretty boring as they usually are, I'm already sick of them and only did them a couple times, but even at 50 you will want to do the rest of Illums main world quest.

are they? Got soo bored (and kinda tired of my JK)... will probably finish up after I play more of my other toon(s). Need a cleanser.

 

[Milly79]

Empire-GAF, Predeesh will be back in action hopefully next week.

 

[Cystm]

TORtanic

I am disappointed. I saw a post by Dennis and was expecting a high quality TOR screenshot, but instead all I got was reddit troll garbage from 5 months ago.

 

[Teknoman]

By dual spec, do they mean being able to have enough points to tackle two of the three skill tree sections, or do they just mean being able to switch between different sets?

 

[BattleMonkey]

By dual spec, do they mean being able to have enough points to tackle two of the three skill tree sections, or do they just mean being able to switch between different sets?

To switch between builds. So your not stuck having to play a single role (tank, dps, heals).

 

[BattleMonkey]

are they? Got soo bored (and kinda tired of my JK)... will probably finish up after I play more of my other toon(s). Need a cleanser.

Should be same as Empire, where the main quest line leads you to the final flashpoints which are important story wise. Course the pvp area stuff and the dailies are there, but if you follow the main quest line it should lead you to the "finish" of the factions story. At least that is how it is for the Empire so assume it's same for Republic.

 

[Tess3ract]

By dual spec, do they mean being able to have enough points to tackle two of the three skill tree sections, or do they just mean being able to switch between different sets?

I would resub so god damn fast.

 

[Ramirez]

Am I reading that right, there will be new races available in March?

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Am I reading that right, there will be new races available in March?

Apparently. Can't wait to get new details.

 

[Ramirez]

Apparently. Can't wait to get new details.

That's pretty awesome if true, I'm used to Blizzard holding stuff like that for expansion bullet points.

 

[Allard]

Am I reading that right, there will be new races available in March?

Not exactly. They are opening up the faction specific/class specific races to other faction/classes. Think Chiss Jedi, or Miraluka Sith Warrior.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Am I reading that right, there will be new races available in March?

No they said new race/class combos. They said they are looking at adding more new races for players to choose from in the possible future.

 

[StudioTan]

Not exactly. They are opening up the faction specific/class specific races to other faction/classes. Think Chiss Jedi, or Miraluka Sith Warrior.

While you're most likely correct the way he worded the answer made it seem like it could possibly mean any of the humanoid races that are "in the game" but not playable.

Someone brought up a good point about why we likely won't get certain races like Rodians or Wookies as playable races, they only have 1 voice actor for each class. I think a Rodian speaking basic would look really odd, nevermind a Wookie, and I don't think they will be recording all that dialogue again for one off races.

 

[Giolon]

If they open up Togruta I will both be elated and greatly saddened.

 

[chickdigger802]

I do hope that race will someday have stats or something oriented around them like every single other mmo =/

Or add some funky voice filters to differentiate them.

 

[FieryBalrog]

While you're most likely correct the way he worded the answer made it seem like it could possibly mean any of the humanoid races that are "in the game" but not playable.

Someone brought up a good point about why we likely won't get certain races like Rodians or Wookies as playable races, they only have 1 voice actor for each class. I think a Rodian speaking basic would look really odd, nevermind a Wookie, and I don't think they will be recording all that dialogue again for one off races.

I think the voice acting would be the easy part, you just add chugga-wugga alien dialogue like the NPCs use. The bigger obstacle is probably redoing all the cutscene animations for a wookie model and also the gear.

 

[DarkFlow]

So I'm about to get a pc that's not a POS, and was thinking about picking this up. Used to play wow a lot, but drifted away. So is this worth checking out, would love a new mmo that's not wow, but plays like it.

 

[Diggler]

Then get this.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Doubt they will ever add stuff like wookies. They can add easy things like Togrutas and other races already in the game that can already be customized with gear. Just add them and make it like the twileks, which are already incompatible with many pieces of head gear in the game, so it shouldn't matter for other new races they add.

 

[gatti-man]

TORtanic

Try it, its good.

 

[HBroward]

We are running an extra raid tonight for the 50's who couldn't make the regular times. Normal Eternity Vault, try to be on by 9:45 EST. If you already ran it once this week on normal, you are locked out by the game until next week. You are going to need to have Mumble installed, the server info is in the guild pane.

 

[cpp_is_king]

So I'm about to get a pc that's not a POS, and was thinking about picking this up. Used to play wow a lot, but drifted away. So is this worth checking out, would love a new mmo that's not wow, but plays like it.

You kinda described this game

If you roll on Keller's Void you can join one of the gaf guilds. There's one for each faction

 

[kyo_daikun]

Haven't had much time to play recently due to working 5 days straight and doing 3 night shifts.

Hopefully get to play and do some Ops tomorrow during my half day off...

 

[cpp_is_king]

Theorycrafting question:

Given two different pieces of gear, how do you determine which results in the highest DPS?

Currently what I'm doing is equipping each one and recording the Min Damage, Max Damage, Accuracy, Crit Chance, and Crit Multiplier into Excel, and then I run it through the following formula:

Avg = (MinDmg + MaxDmg)/2
EffectiveDmg = Avg*Accuracy * [CritChance*CritMult + 1]

And whichever gear setup gives the highest answer is ultimately the best.

Does anyone see a reason why this formula might be unsound (note that it ignores the effect of Alacrity, but I don't see an easy way of factoring that in).

 

[Miletius]

Theorycrafting question:

Given two different pieces of gear, how do you determine which results in the highest DPS?

Currently what I'm doing is equipping each one and recording the Min Damage, Max Damage, Accuracy, Crit Chance, and Crit Multiplier into Excel, and then I run it through the following formula:

Avg = (MinDmg + MaxDmg)/2
EffectiveDmg = Avg*Accuracy * [CritChance*CritMult + 1]

And whichever gear setup gives the highest answer is ultimately the best.

Does anyone see a reason why this formula might be unsound (note that it ignores the effect of Alacrity, but I don't see an easy way of factoring that in).

Most of your abilities are tech/force techniques and those:

Get bonuses based on your talents, modifying the value of crit, alacrity, ect. I believe what you are calculating here is your regular attack damage (whatever you have that's free). It's much more complicated to figure our your damage based on your techs, and while you may be ballparking it decently by noticing the changes when you equip new gear it's in no way a totally accurate way to calculate which item is better.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Most of your abilities are tech/force techniques and those:

Get bonuses based on your talents, modifying the value of crit, alacrity, ect. I believe what you are calculating here is your regular attack damage (whatever you have that's free). It's much more complicated to figure our your damage based on your techs, and while you may be ballparking it decently by noticing the changes when you equip new gear it's in no way a totally accurate way to calculate which item is better.

Yea it's true that everything is talent based, but I figure that all the abilities I'm using will receive the same relative increase from a gear swap as anything else.

In other words, as long as I never change my ability rotation and always execute it optimally, then if the above formula shows an N% damage increase, then I should see (roughly) an N% damage increase including my abilities as well (since they all benefit from crit, surge, power in a linear fashion).

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Hey Republic GAF high level folks. Maybe you can help me out.

I'm trying to find the Plexoid Battle leggings so I can complete this set, but I'm not sure where they come from. No websites have data on where they're dropped, but given the level range on the other items and where they came from, I'm guessing Voss.

Does anyone have these, and can tell me where to get them?

For reference: http://www.torhead.com/item/33FhZHo/plexoid-battle-leggings

Thanks in advance if you can help.

 

[DarkFlow]

You kinda described this game

If you roll on Keller's Void you can join one of the gaf guilds. There's one for each faction

Sounds good, I played a rogue and a death knight dps on wow, what would be close to that on here?

 

[Moaradin]

Probably a Sith Assassin. Can tank and stealth in one spec.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Sounds good, I played a rogue and a death knight dps on wow, what would be close to that on here?

The "stealth" class in this game is actually a ranged dps class. So I don't know that there's an exact equivalent. Smuggler (republic) is the closest in spirit, but it's a ranged dps class.

 

[chickdigger802]

So when does illum story quests end?

Took out Darth Alto (sp?) and it seems the rest are fp's.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

The "stealth" class in this game is actually a ranged dps class. So I don't know that there's an exact equivalent. Smuggler (republic) is the closest in spirit, but it's a ranged dps class.

This is not quite accurate.

You don't get Stealth as a Smuggler until you pick Scoundrel as an advanced class. The Scoundrel does have positional attacks and a stealth opener, and fights in close range. The Gunslinger is the other Smuggler advanced class, does not use stealth, and fights from range.

 

[Ken]

So when does illum story quests end?

Took out Darth Alto (sp?) and it seems the rest are fp's.

I think it ends with the two FPs (complete Battle of Ilum,, talk to story NPC, complete False Emperor, talk to story NPC again).

The "stealth" class in this game is actually a ranged dps class. So I don't know that there's an exact equivalent. Smuggler (republic) is the closest in spirit, but it's a ranged dps class.

I've only played the Gunslinger but isn't the Scoundrel more of a close range class? At least, that's the impression I got at around level 15 on my Operative.