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?
LOL, but maybe it's their first MMO?
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LOL, but maybe it's their first MMO?
Probably. I just figure that situations like these are why beer was created. LOL
I do really really miss my husband tanking. I'm still trying to convince him to play again.
Nero's Neptune
Member
I always blame KDY whenever I run into people like that. lol
I had to look that up since it didn't exist when I was playing. It explains some things.
i have no idea what KDY is
Nero's Neptune
Member
Kuat Drive Yard. It's a flashpoint that virtually anyone can enter, that bolsters your level. It's mostly used to grind up levels, and it's particularly popular among PVPers. A lot of people end up not knowing proper rotations, nuances of their class, PVE mechanics, etc.
Sometimes those people break out into the PVE world, and it's a nightmare.
it's alright, half the people running KDY don't know the puzzles. lol
I still don't understand how this works without someone healing and tanking. It sounds like a nightmare.
Nero's Neptune
Member
It's a tactical, so it's easy enough to do with all DPS. Enemies don't hit particularly hard, and the bosses have Kolto dispensers, so you don't need to heal.
But that sorta plays into the problem. No need for roles, so nobody learns about them. When the people that only do KDY get into other content, they expect to be able to roll through it just like they do KDY, and end up getting everyone killed.
The tacticals outside of KDY, even though they don't need the proper roles, require a vague understanding of them, or at the very least a "tank" type character, since there's tactics and aggro and whatnot. I'm fairly certain the bosses on KDY don't have aggro tables, or they have aggro dumps, or something, because they have a habit of jumping from person to person.
But that sorta plays into the problem. No need for roles, so nobody learns about them. When the people that only do KDY get into other content, they expect to be able to roll through it just like they do KDY, and end up getting everyone killed.
The tacticals outside of KDY, even though they don't need the proper roles, require a vague understanding of them, or at the very least a "tank" type character, since there's tactics and aggro and whatnot. I'm fairly certain the bosses on KDY don't have aggro tables, or they have aggro dumps, or something, because they have a habit of jumping from person to person.
Oh ok, that would explain some of the people I'm running into. They just run right into the mobs and start dpsing - and then all die. Oh, and complain about not getting heals. So they at least understand what a healer IS. They just don't understand that I can't heal everyone getting destroyed at once.
Healing 40 man raids was easier because people knew their roles. Too bad there's no way to tell what I'm getting myself into without flat out asking if there's a tank. Freakin' MMOs. LOL
Nero's Neptune
Member
https://imgur.com/gallery/QzkmP
Looks like 8m op groupfinder is coming back, and will add level 55 ops to the rotation.
Level 60 HM FPs will now give ultimate comms, on top of that.
All these are welcome changes. Especially the 8m groupfinder. It kinda lights a fire under me to play more. Or rather, it will when it's out. :/
Looks like 8m op groupfinder is coming back, and will add level 55 ops to the rotation.
Level 60 HM FPs will now give ultimate comms, on top of that.
All these are welcome changes. Especially the 8m groupfinder. It kinda lights a fire under me to play more. Or rather, it will when it's out. :/
Templar Wizard
Member
Whats the best way for a new-ish player to level up very fast, so to be very overpowered to just cheese through the 'single player'.
Kuat Drive Yards (flashpoint), honestly. It's the shortest, but most mind-numbing. If you want to experience the story, I'd just go ahead and do that instead.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Hallelujah!
CmdrShepard
Member
Ugh 12XP. Really hope i could suspend it and turn it on when i want (an adjustable slider to move it anywhere between normal gains and 12XP would be phenomenal but i would love to just toggle it off and on for now).
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?
That's what the data mining suggests. Not a slider but you can toggle it on and off.
CmdrShepard
Member
Yeah i just gave the datamine results a read and it is a great result - i love to be somewhat of a completionist on some of the planets so being able to toggle it off then would be great for me .
As an FYI to those who haven't or are not familiar with datamining (in general but particularly swtor), all i will say is that while this was datamined in the 3.2 patch, it could not see live until way further down the track. Although my guess is it will happen sometime just after 3.2 is released and Ziost has been available for a few weeks.
Nero's Neptune
Member
Forgot how fast leveling on Makeb is with the double XP and the bolster. Got my sorc from level 52 to 55 in under 2 hours.
Little Nemo
Member
Does this stack with experience buffs/consumables?
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?
Yep.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Yeah and those are doubled too!
RoninChaos
Member
So do you just pop one of those XP boosts and go to town?
Little Nemo
Member
RoninChaos
Member
Got my mara to 49 and assassin to 32. I didn't get as much play time as I wanted but I'm happy with the results.
Really hope I can just buy a permanent 12x XP because I'm not really enjoying leveling without boosts. By the time I hit the 30s I just want it over with. It's the same planets and same stories over and over and over. I think the reason it bugs me so much is because of how much traveling their is. Feels like they made the worlds big just to make them big, so seeing the same layouts recycled over and over and over makes me wonder where the money went for this game cause it sure as fuck wasn't the level design.
Really hope I can just buy a permanent 12x XP because I'm not really enjoying leveling without boosts. By the time I hit the 30s I just want it over with. It's the same planets and same stories over and over and over. I think the reason it bugs me so much is because of how much traveling their is. Feels like they made the worlds big just to make them big, so seeing the same layouts recycled over and over and over makes me wonder where the money went for this game cause it sure as fuck wasn't the level design.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I wish we could mount logs.
Little Nemo
Member
I'm doing the different classes to see their class quests. Is there any point in leveling past 50 with multiple classes (other than to just have multiple classes at 60?) Is there any unique class stuff in the expansion content or is it all the same for every class?
Aww shit time for me to come back and finish all the class stories. Any word on when this actually hits? Or an estimated date?
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Nero's Neptune
Member
In their twitch stream I think they said later this month.
Fuck yeah!
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Queen of Hunting
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looking to play whats more popular guild wise republic or imperial ?
There's plenty of big guilds on both sides. If you're looking to do a lot of PVP, Imp side is more active, but PVE wise it's pretty much the same from what I've seen. I get faster PVE FP pops on Republic side though. It also depends on the server.
official GAF guild is Republic
but it seems more Imperial play the PVP battlegrounds
Where's the archive? I wanna see the receipts!
jeez drb wat are u doing here now too???
You can't shake me that easily, Kepow.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I thought 12x XP was around for a while is it gone?
Shame as I was about to start playing again. Finally gonna check out the imp agent story line. Still unusure if I wanna go sniper or operative, sniper seems really cool but operative can heal. I'd be an operative but I think I wanna be ranged.
It was around leading up to the expansion to get people to play again. Hasn't been seen since unless I'm incorrect.
God damn it. They're closing the Stronghold titles thing to transfer PVP comms. Fucking Bioware. I honestly wouldn't mind if they actually freaking let us buy the damn gear with comms before hitting 60. Also, I died a little on the inside reading their post about Sent/Maras in regards to PVP.
Link?