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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"

CzarTim

Member
Any hope of a LFD or LFR mechanic in this game? I know people think such tools are a community killer, but I honestly think that WoW is still alive and well because these tools allow low population servers and solo players to enjoy content.
They have said it will come. No ETA. And it won't be cross-server at first.
 

Dunlop

Member
Get in a guild.

I'm in a guild, they were running the new Op (I dont raid on Saturdays). I was just trying to get more Columni for my Sorc to be able to swap out my BH.

The point of my complaint was twofold: the lack of a LFG tool which is in every MMO for the last 5 years is pretty sad...worse the fact that there is no Global LFG channel which should be easy as hell to implement so people are not stuck with their thumb up their a$$es at the Fleet.

I'm starting to think the Hero engine and it'sinstancing of everything does not allow for global channels

and the new orange legacy belts and bracers are a godsend if you've played enough to hit Legacy 20

I'm legacy level 22, where do I get the belt/bracers?
 

Zafir

Member
I just did a test where I took the armoring out of my Champion legs and put them into some BM orange shell pants, and it does seem to count towards the set bonus of my other existing BM pieces. I don't know if it would work if there was not a core piece actually starting that set bonus or not (i.e. all orange pieces).
Same thing happened to me, but when I changed areas it stopped counting.

I figure the augments will be more useful for me though, as they're constant/passive. The PvE Jugg Tank set bonus is especially rubbish, would take augments over those any day.

I'm legacy level 22, where do I get the belt/bracers?
There's vendors in Dromund Kaas/Coruscant where you can buy them from.
 
thx

fake edit: Holy shit 250K to buy the bracers and belt that is quite the "reward"

They are meant for your more well off alts to get and send to your lowbies. You can also earn some with space come as well as daily com rewards. Speeds up lvling new alts along with the presence buffs you earn with legacy unlocks.
 
Whats with the Rakghoul outbreak on Tatooine. Folks were talking about it my GF went and theres stuff going on, but dont really understand. If this some kind of random event thing or something to do with that pet?
 

Kyari

Member
I just logged in on the fleet and an emergency broadcast went up about a space flight ban, there are news terminals on the fleet that give a cutscene and stim vendors seem to now sell vaccines.
 
I just logged in on the fleet and an emergency broadcast went up about a space flight ban, there are news terminals on the fleet that give a cutscene and stim vendors seem to now sell vaccines.

Yea lot of the vendors have the vaccine for sale since 1.2 but it seems this event just started, a ship crashed on Tat spreading the plague and when you find the ship it opens a daily area quest or such
 

Kyari

Member
I wonder if this is where the Infected companion customisation skins are going to be from. Vaccine apparently lasts 6 hours.
 

Kyari

Member
Okay so in the north of the PvP dune sea area there is a pretty huge crash site and a bunch of rakghouls and infected workers, starting a fight with one will cause more to spawn scaled to your level. Entering the area gives some new daily quests.
 

Scirrocco

Member
Bioware altered their "Free 30 Days of game time for Level 50 characters" to include all accounts that have reached Legacy Level 6 by April 22:

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=3939824

Now my question is, why couldn't they have just come up with that in the first place?

Does anyone know if expired accounts get the free play time? It says it goes into effect on the 22nd. My account expires a few days earlier, so would i still get the play time?

Edit: NVM. Orginal article says no.
 

Kyari

Member
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I hauled ass over to the crash site and brought an expert on the subject with me.
 

FLEABttn

Banned
I know people think such tools are a community killer, but I honestly think that WoW is still alive and well because these tools allow low population servers and solo players to enjoy content.

Yup, no automated LFD tools certainly haven't helped the community on my server. The sooner they get cross server in, the better off the game will be in the long term.
 
The new Tat Rakghoul plague event should run for a while seeing that you need 80+ dna samples to get the highest rewards. Rewards include random infected companion skins, high end green/black crystals, and a variant of the mini rakghoul pet. You can also by doing all the quests get the quarantine trooper boots (same that you see the new npc wearing on fleet), so I assume that this event will continue and move to different planets possibly which will likely reward the rest of the quarantine suit.

Yup, no automated LFD tools certainly haven't helped the community on my server. The sooner they get cross server in, the better off the game will be in the long term.

Cross server wont happen for a long time from what they have said. They are doing cross server pvp soon, but the LFD/LFG tools are only going to be for the same server.
 

Draxal

Member
The new Tat Rakghoul plague event should run for a while seeing that you need 80+ dna samples to get the highest rewards. Rewards include random infected companion skins, high end green/black crystals, and a variant of the mini rakghoul pet. You can also by doing all the quests get the quarantine trooper boots (same that you see the new npc wearing on fleet), so I assume that this event will continue and move to different planets possibly which will likely reward the rest of the quarantine suit.



Cross server wont happen for a long time from what they have said. They are doing cross server pvp soon, but the LFD/LFG tools are only going to be for the same server.

It wouldn't suprise me if they do a 180 on this, most servers are in really bad shape.
 

CzarTim

Member
Did the new event quests and found them enjoyable. Will do it enough to get the pet, but not interested in the crystal. For one, I find the non-solid colors to be fugly. But the bigger issue is that they're tied to stats. If crystals were collectibles like pets or mounts and easy to change on your weapon, they'd be a lot more fun to collect.

On an unrelated note, love that you can load UI between characters and have changes apply to all of them!
 

aett

Member
It wouldn't suprise me if they do a 180 on this, most servers are in really bad shape.

They already said that server transfers for the Austrailian players will begin soon after 1.2, and then there will be transfers for everyone else after that. I agree that a cross-server LFD tool should be implemented either way, though.
 

markatisu

Member
I was shopping on the GTN in the Republic Fleet and someone hit me with something green and I exploded shortly after

Is that related to the new event?
 

StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Just started doing the new event. This is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping they'd do. It was also very smart to have all the mobs at a low level (27) but then have stuff spawn at your level when you attack. Really nice to see Imps and Pubs running around the same area and the general mayhem.

Plus I LOVE that you can get exclusive rewards from the event. Well, I assume the are since they are tied to the theme.

I actually saw this crashed ship 2 days ago when I was trying to hatch my egg, I assumed it was always there since I'd never been to that part of the map.
 

FLEABttn

Banned
Cross server wont happen for a long time from what they have said. They are doing cross server pvp soon, but the LFD/LFG tools are only going to be for the same server.

I find this confusing, it's as if every argument that they make with regards to community magically doesn't apply when it's PvP.

They're going to have to implement cross server LFG (and LFR, this is now a required thing from this point forward) or they will face retention issues. My account is active through August but I've still cancelled with this being the reason why and the one thing they can do that guarantees me re upping.

It wouldn't suprise me if they do a 180 on this, most servers are in really bad shape.

They already said that server transfers for the Austrailian players will begin soon after 1.2, and then there will be transfers for everyone else after that. I agree that a cross-server LFD tool should be implemented either way, though.

Yep, they not only need to do it, but they can't really put it off past 1.4. It was bad enough that they launched without single server LFG, and population issues are only going to get worse come MoP.
 

SpudBud

Member
Finish the event stuff, really enjoyed it. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.


Just started doing the new event. This is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping they'd do. It was also very smart to have all the mobs at a low level (27) but then have stuff spawn at your level when you attack. Really nice to see Imps and Pubs running around the same area and the general mayhem.

Plus I LOVE that you can get exclusive rewards from the event. Well, I assume the are since they are tied to the theme.

I actually saw this crashed ship 2 days ago when I was trying to hatch my egg, I assumed it was always there since I'd never been to that part of the map.

I thought it was strange that after the patch medical vendors started carrying vaccines for the rakghoul virus
 
Of course I would miss this kind of stuff =(

The cost of the stuff, the event will go on for several days probably, probably a week or two.

Since it ties into the whole rak story line going on I would imagine them also doing it on other planets too especially since one of the rewards is a piece of the social hazmat armor.... guess rest might be available in future related events?
 

CzarTim

Member
The cost of the stuff, the event will go on for several days probably, probably a week or two.

Since it ties into the whole rak story line going on I would imagine them also doing it on other planets too especially since one of the rewards is a piece of the social hazmat armor.... guess rest might be available in future related events?

For me it was boots. Maybe the item is random?
 

Enosh

Member
is there a time limit on the event? only heard now about it -.-
really want a green-black crystal ^^

edit: reading the thread seems to answer that question
 

Zafir

Member
I think it's more likely for it to be a different piece per planet or something. I doubt it's a different piece per day.
 

FLEABttn

Banned
Prime time, 70 people in the Republic Fleet, and we can't even get a pug DPS into our raid.

On the plus side, I'm completely overwhelmed by both the quality and quantity of the community by not having any cross server LFG/LFR tools.
Oh wait, I'm not! Scarcasm~
 

StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
We had 2 instances of Tattooine going tonight. 80 in our instance and I don't know how many in the other. That's on the Republic side. Got a group of 13 people together and we killed all the world bosses. Now I need to drive around Tattooine looking for all the pieces of the crash to get my pet and I still need infect 2 people to get all the codex entries. It was a lot of fun, good job BW. I can't wait for more events like this.
 

Dunlop

Member
Prime time, 70 people in the Republic Fleet, and we can't even get a pug DPS into our raid.

On the plus side, I'm completely overwhelmed by both the quality and quantity of the community by not having any cross server LFG/LFR tools.
Oh wait, I'm not! Scarcasm~

yeah day 2 of complete failure trying to get a FP going. My guild has a min requirement of 4 Columni (set pieces) for a new toon to raid and I can't get a freaking group to run anything
 

Cystm

Member
Got my Rakgoul. Also, stealth pimping my UI.

Ninja edit: They need to keep these events coming. It was fresh, and not overly time consuming, with a nice reward sufficient enough for the time put into the chain at the end.

The atmosphere, and polish were awesome.

Well done.
 

Moaradin

Member
World event was awesome. Got a feeling that this is just the beginning of it as well. Hopefully it will ramp up the next few days. I also hope they continuously do these events.
 
This better go on for at least two weeks, I need two green-black crystals!

I reckon its going to go on for a few weeks, its going to spread to other planets like Dromund kass and stuff.

Cool event tho, I got mega freaked out when I heard the random announcement while using the GTN console, hope they do more stuff like this going forward.

I've read the green black crystal has a weird electrical effect, also the companion kits are bind on legacy and you can get customisations for companions you don't even have (some guy said he got a smuggler companion pack when he was imp agent)
 

Cystm

Member
People don't seem to understand the new WZ. Which is frustrating, because I like it more than the other three.

It is fun, and you are right - a lot of people are clueless as to what is happening around them. I have on multiple occasions just solo capped a point right in front of people fighting around me trying to get kills.
 
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