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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT2| In a F2Play galaxy far, far away
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StudioTan
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I've been getting Ancient Hypergates like 7 times out of 10, and it's by far my least favorite. I love huttball and rarely get it :/
Haha. I'm on Begeren Colony with 2 of my old friends. Don't know how long I'm gonna keep playing. I am subbed for this month at least.
We got 3 in a row after you logged tonight. Then an Ancient Hypergates, then two more in a row. It was wild. Almost like old times if you substitute AHG with Civil War.
By the way, why has no one told me about this Worm Food title? I'm a title whore, and it's so easy...what other ridiculously easy ones might I have missed in all my PVPing?
StudioTan
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Did you get Unlucky?
No sir, will have to check that one out.
StudioTan
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As part of the seeker droid questline you'll go to an area with a huge boss called Lucky, I'm pretty sure he's on Corellia. If he kills you you get the title Unlucky, if you kill him you get the title Lucky.
Now that I finally chose my crew skills (artifice, archaeology, treasure hunting), should I be spamming them like crazy (ie. send someone when available)? Does it matter what companion I send to missions and/or craft stuff with?
If I remove the crew skill (to try another one), I'll lose my progress in that skill?
If I remove the crew skill (to try another one), I'll lose my progress in that skill?
Let me ask you something before you get far, is this your first character? If so, I recommend Biochem above all else.
As far as sending them to missions, I would, that said try not to go too crazy. You'll find a good amount of archaeology gathering nodes around the worlds you're leveling in, so don't sink all your cash in the beginning.
As for the last question, AFAIK, yes.
BattleMonkey
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Hmm bombers look like they can be very annoying, as well as help with the annoying part where ships park under defense satellites to hide and claim them. Bombers can now mine them, but is there a way to remove the mines?
BattleMonkey
Member
Biochem is popular because you get immediate gains. You can create buffs for your character, the best health packs, and the reusables you can make also are helpful in general for questing. You can then use your biochem to supply any alts with their appropriate buff stims and such also... it really is useful for all professions.
Most other crafting professions and such are more class specific in who they benefit. Certain ones being a bit more useful than others for helping build components that other classes can use. But biochem is the most straight forward useful crew skill for anyone to have built up.
Most other crafting professions and such are more class specific in who they benefit. Certain ones being a bit more useful than others for helping build components that other classes can use. But biochem is the most straight forward useful crew skill for anyone to have built up.
StudioTan
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Bombers were in beta and they were pretty overpowered which is why they removed before launch based on tester feedback. They are slow and so easy to kill but mines are quite powerful, they can also drop healing probes. You can shoot mines like you do turrets but they're small so harder to spot.
StudioTan
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2.6 is up on PTS - Patch Notes
Includes a new map for GS, Team Deathmatch, and the bombers.
Also a new Flashpoint:
The bolded sounds interesting.
Also includes a bunch of class changes.
Includes a new map for GS, Team Deathmatch, and the bombers.
Also a new Flashpoint:
The bolded sounds interesting.
Also includes a bunch of class changes.
got damn dem operative buffs. Might finally be time to stop clowning around with class stories and get my operative to 55.
StudioTan
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I don't know if anyone remembers a thread on the official forums a long while back where someone was asking for armor showing more skin. He did a bunch of mockups where he took armor and removed parts of it to make it sexier. It seems the devs took his idea to heart, it started with the Relaxed Jumpsuit and included items like the Unfettered Trenchcoat (which I'm rocking on 2 of my characters) and it looks like the next pack has more:
Personally I love that the added stuff like this even if it's not to everyone's taste. More at the link.
Personally I love that the added stuff like this even if it's not to everyone's taste. More at the link.
So how do set bonuses work now? I remember back when I played stuff like Rakata would override the set bonus of whatever you were trying to put in. Everything else, the bonus was attached to the armoring. So simply put I guess, If I put current pvp armorings in my rakata gear, will it still maintain the rakata set bonus?
BattleMonkey
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2.6 seems kinda weak update, some more SF ships and a deathmatch mode, and a flashpoint.
Don't see anything about a new map for GS, just new mode
Don't see anything about a new map for GS, just new mode
StudioTan
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Holy shit! The new flashpoint has a Bothan NPC. I want a playable race!
That's a good point, I'll see if it pops up on PTS.
That's a good point, I'll see if it pops up on PTS.
Nope, since set bonus is tied to the armoring now, your armoring will override the Rakata. I use my Rakata chest piece on my Sentinel for PVP.
Aren't there already some on Corellia?
Awww goddamit, so there's absolutely no way for me to sneak those sexy Rakata operative set bonuses into PvP anymore?
StudioTan
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I honestly can't recall. Are there?
I know Bothawui was datamined as a possible future planet.
BattleMonkey
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Believe you are thinking of Selonians
BattleMonkey
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So insider video said new event mid January. Assume Rakghoul event is safe bet next week or so.
StudioTan
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He said mid January so it sounds like next week is a good bet. The footage in the video looked very cool. I wonder if it'll be a recurring event? I would guess so since it seems like they want to have a rotation of events and it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of resources on one-off content.
BattleMonkey
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Should be recurring since they are putting in reputation system into it.
Aren't Selonians the big tall badger things? Thought Bothans were the little furry ones, there's one of those on the pub side Corellia at least. That's what I was thinking of.
BattleMonkey
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Those are Drall. Both races being natives of the Corellian system.
StudioTan
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Bothan. The guy on Reddit who does all the data mining said they added some Bothan NPCs recently. I don't recall seeing any on Corellia but I haven't done a full run of that planet in a long time. I just did the Consular class quest there and didn't see any but I was only doing the class quest and no others.
Couldn't you do it if you had the BM shells?
kyo_daikun
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Surely by this point the stat boosts from the newer armorings would far outweigh the benefits of the better rakata set bonuses?
Looking forward to the new rakghoul event, some of the achievements for it sound pretty fun.
Giolon
Member
OMG! WTB playable. I was a Bothan Ranger/Rifleman in SWG.
I use two Arkanian armorings with 61 mod/enh to get the 15% Kolto Cloud bonus in PVP and still have full expertise in a WZ.
StudioTan
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I'm glad I'm not the only one excited
I had a Bothan swordsman/master chef/musician. I would even consider changing my main's race to a Bothan since I'm using the same name. When I saw him during the cutscene I kind of did a double take.Only races that speak Basic, they said the tested out having people be able to play something like a Wookie but constantly listening to growls during 100+ hours of questing got extremely annoying. They also won't add any races that can't use the default body shapes.
Ah, thanks.
In The Clone Wars Ziro the Hutt spoke basic, so my hopes are alive. The body type might be an issue though lol.
This I can get behind. Or just let me be a humble service droid reprogrammed to bounty hunt. I'm not picky.
BattleMonkey
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With the cartel cyborg parts they have added and more coming soon, you can essentially make your character look like a droid.
I wonder if this is their workaround for people wanting a droid race but the inherent flaw in allowing droids to have force powers, or if it was simply easier to make these armor sets instead of implement a whole new range of customization for a new species.
(Although it would seem they're leaving money on the table, as I'm sure tons of people would roll a full droid species.)
BattleMonkey
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I think its better this way than making a droid race since it would be messy with story dialogue in parts and issues about the force. If players want to make a droid, they can custom make one using the cyborg parts, while also leaving the option open for just regular cyborg characters to look cooler with only partial cybernetics. Some variations we saw in previous pack, and now a whole new body style of cyborg parts is coming up, so I hope they keep doing these for more variety. The nice thing about CC shop really has been the great amount of diversity it has added to the look of the game.