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I'm interested in your responses to the following hypothetical: Suppose that you have to start all over again with a new account. Which advanced class would you use your level 60 token on so that you could skip the painful leveling process and/or bad story? Why?
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CompeAnansi posted:Ok. I'm interested in your responses to this hypothetical. Suppose that you have to start all over again with a new account. Which advanced class would you use your level 60 token on in order to skip the leveling process and/or story? Why? I'm going to let others answer this in greater detail but something to keep in mind: If you enjoy the story content and haven't done all the stories, consider not using a token at all because leveling is idiotically fast and basically a non issue. There is no "painful levelling process" anymore. I hit the level cap in chapter 2 with zero grinding. If you have seen all the class stories, well token away~
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Nov 25, 2015 01:04
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Captain Oblivious posted:I'm going to let others answer this in greater detail but something to keep in mind: Are you able to level like that by basically just doing the main Planet and Class quests? On another note: does the new (post-vanilla) content get better than Makeb? I hope so, because Makeb has been boring as gently caress.
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Nov 25, 2015 01:18
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Waffles Inc. posted:Are you able to level like that by basically just doing the main Planet and Class quests? You'd level slightly slower without doing any sidequests but not meaningfully. You'd still hit cap before finishing the class story. Captain Oblivious fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Nov 25, 2015 |
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Nov 25, 2015 01:34
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Honestly I have been skipping even the planet quests and just doing the story quests and Heroics when leveling alts. Heroics are so much more convenient to deal with, really.
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Nov 25, 2015 01:40
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Welp, my agent is 4 levels under what he should be. I see many heroics in my future. 
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Nov 25, 2015 01:57
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CompeAnansi posted:I'm interested in your responses to the following hypothetical: Suppose that you have to start all over again with a new account. Which advanced class would you use your level 60 token on so that you could skip the painful leveling process and/or bad story? Why? Commando sucked utter poo poo to level.
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Nov 25, 2015 02:03
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Medullah posted:Hmmm looks like your new mount has some clipping issues still, Non-Entity. If you personally want me to fix that, I will look at it. or I might just cut a hole in the top for your hat.
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Nov 25, 2015 02:45
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nonentity posted:If you personally want me to fix that, I will look at it. You touch my hat I'll space cut you.
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Nov 25, 2015 02:52
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nonentity posted:or I might just cut a hole in the top for your hat.
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Nov 25, 2015 02:52
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dmboogie posted:Welp, my agent is 4 levels under what he should be. How is it even possible to be underlevelled for anything? Play some PvP or something, sheesh. CompeAnansi posted:I'm interested in your responses to the following hypothetical: Suppose that you have to start all over again with a new account. Which advanced class would you use your level 60 token on so that you could skip the painful leveling process and/or bad story? Why? I wouldn't use the 60 token. The best part of the game is making a character that you think looks really cool and then watching that character say and do things in cutscenes, deciding dialogue options and making dumb little moral choices. If that does not appeal to you, leveling immediately to 60 isn't going to suddenly make the game fun.
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Nov 25, 2015 03:32
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:How is it even possible to be underlevelled for anything? Play some PvP or something, sheesh. I'm actually sad that I am leveling so fast, and they appear to have cut huge chunks of the game out. Remembering playing my first character back at launch vs now, I was WAY more invested. I feel like I just got Vette, and am about to get Jaesa.
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Nov 25, 2015 03:44
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RFC2324 posted:I'm actually sad that I am leveling so fast, and they appear to have cut huge chunks of the game out. Remembering playing my first character back at launch vs now, I was WAY more invested. I feel like I just got Vette, and am about to get Jaesa. Go to your map and make sure you have Exploration Missions checked in the top right corner. I don't think anything has been removed.
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Nov 25, 2015 03:48
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Go to your map and make sure you have Exploration Missions checked in the top right corner. I don't think anything has been removed. Are the quests not even clickable with that off? Because I have run across at least 2 I clearly remember that I couldn't even click what I knew were the quest givers. Also, I am massively overleveled enough just doing class + planet + what stuff does come up + my daily/weekly pvp quests/
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Nov 25, 2015 03:50
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Level really doesn't matter anymore. If you're overleveled the content provides XP no matter what level you are. So play at your own pace, do all the side missions you want, etc. I honestly haven't heard of anyone who's been UNDERLEVELED since 4.0 hit. Maybe a couple levels, but not so much that they're completely screwed.
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Nov 25, 2015 03:52
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RFC2324 posted:Are the quests not even clickable with that off? They are not.
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Nov 25, 2015 04:06
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:How is it even possible to be underlevelled for anything? Play some PvP or something, sheesh. The last time I played the game was when non-subscribers got gently caress-all for XP, that's how! I also didn't do any heroics or anything. (I DID do every other quest though.)
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Nov 25, 2015 04:13
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It was a weird design choice but yeah, disabling the exploration missions means you can't even talk to the NPC's. That really threw me until I figured it out. A few questgivers have been moved, a few quests have been simplified, and a whole lot of them have been hidden behind that exploration toggle, but I'm pretty sure they didn't remove any. I mean, there would be no advantage for anyone if they did. I have ended up slightly underleveled a couple of times by doing only the class story for a little too long, but a couple rounds of heroics (in a small group) would get me so much xp (and gear, and money) that I very quickly shot past where I was supposed to be. It's fun being overleveled now, because with the level scaling you end up just slightly overpowered for your class quests, and you get to feel like a badass.
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Nov 25, 2015 04:19
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The quests they hid behind the explorable mission checkbox were hidden because they're largely garbage and they wanted the game to be as presentable as possible to new players.
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Nov 25, 2015 04:23
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Medullah posted:Level really doesn't matter anymore. If you're overleveled the content provides XP no matter what level you are. So play at your own pace, do all the side missions you want, etc. The few toons of mine that I finished their chapter 3s on years before I came back are on the cusp of being level for the content after while the rest so far after patch are at either the high range of being on level or at least a couple levels over.
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Nov 25, 2015 05:03
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Is it just me, or does Nar Shaddah really suck? I think I am near the end of it on the Agent side, doing most of the quests, and while I really liked Balmorra, this feels kinda like a slog. Also, Jesus Christ Kaliyo
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Nov 25, 2015 08:41
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Unlucky7 posted:Is it just me, or does Nar Shaddah really suck? I think I am near the end of it on the Agent side, doing most of the quests, and while I really liked Balmorra, this feels kinda like a slog. It's been a long time, what did Kaliyo do that time? And yeah, I've always hated Nar Shaddah, especially on Republic characters. We've been through Corucsant already, no need to go through a shittier version of it but longer.
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Nov 25, 2015 08:51
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I have the worst luck in this game. The Ziost quest chain broke entirely at Monolithic. Counted as completed after the boss went down but no follow up cutscene or quest was given and now I can't really do anything on Ziost.  Here's hoping Customer Service can fix this nonsense. I don't know how robust their tools are for fixing busted quests.
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Nov 25, 2015 08:51
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dmboogie posted:It's been a long time, what did Kaliyo do that time? And yeah, I've always hated Nar Shaddah, especially on Republic characters. We've been through Corucsant already, no need to go through a shittier version of it but longer. Well, it was around level 25, you rescue the person who saved her life, only to find out she intends to collect the bounty on said person herself.
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Nov 25, 2015 08:59
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Unlucky7 posted:Well, it was around level 25, you rescue the person who saved her life, only to find out she intends to collect the bounty on said person herself. Oh, yeah. Thaaaaaaaaat's Kaliyo! I honestly like her a lot more than I probably should, considering I'm playing a light-side agent. Maybe it's just Stockholm syndrome from her being the only companion you get till freaking Alderaan.
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Nov 25, 2015 09:09
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dmboogie posted:Oh, yeah. Thaaaaaaaaat's Kaliyo! I honestly like her a lot more than I probably should, considering I'm playing a light-side agent. Maybe it's just Stockholm syndrome from her being the only companion you get till freaking Alderaan. I am rolling light side as well, and I while I certainly do not hate her (not enough to haul along off-brand C-3P0, anyway), it certainly was...a moment.
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Nov 25, 2015 09:11
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Kurieg posted:you can get 208 drops from Heroic star forges, but I'm not sure about anything higher. It is just 208s, 3 guaranteed drops per run (exarch + 2 optional paladins). I had been selling the barrels/hilts on GTN for about half a million a piece prior to this, but I guess I can keep doing that now without wondering why anyone bought them. RFC2324 posted:I REALLY want to make gunship work, but it seems like I miss half the time whether I have them dead on or not. Its really quite frustrating. It's probably covered in the guide but the general hit formula is Accuracy - Evasion - Tracking Penalty (if the reticle is not exactly at the center of your screen), and typically scout ships have high evasion and some evasive cooldowns so you may miss them even if your click is on-target. You can mitigate it by picking crew members with an accuracy passive and the Wingman copilot ability (large boost on a cooldown), and upgrading weapons eventually for better accuracy and tracking.
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Nov 25, 2015 12:19
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Fuzz posted:Commando sucked utter poo poo to level. Really? Meeting with high level Republic officials "Yeah, this shady as gently caress plan seems great!" Op shows up, shoots obvious traitor in the face "FOR THE REPUBLIC!" Everyone else "WHAT THE gently caress IS WRONG WITH YOU!" "Oh, they were traitors, he's the evidence, don't have time for all your bs questions." "....this better all check out or you'll be in trouble" "Yeah, well they're begging me to come save the Republic Capital so good luck with that"
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Nov 25, 2015 13:46
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Fuzz posted:Commando sucked utter poo poo to level. I found it the easiest to level, but I really enjoy the "stand there and gun everything down while it tries to get to you, also smash them in the face if they get too close" style.  Plus, I had Elara hanging around to make sure I didn't die. My one complaint about Elara is her name. For who knows what reason (probably brain damage), I hear the name "Dorne" in the voice of the manager from Major League. 
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Nov 25, 2015 14:10
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This may have been covered earlier but if you have a lower level alt you're wanting to level quickly and don't want to suffer through the agonizing Pubbie Tacticals just hop in with your buds while they do Heroics. We were running Nar Shadda last night [Infiltration shadow, guardian tank and whatever the dumb dot spec sage is] and our friend who was 21 came along. In just doing the heroics, which involves teleporting all around, she went from 21-31 in less than an hour and could have probably been asleep for all we know.
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Nov 25, 2015 14:23
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Are the servers seriously down again? This is egregious, Bioware. EGREGIOUS! Us Aussies wanna play
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Nov 25, 2015 14:26
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Moreau posted:Are the servers seriously down again? This is egregious, Bioware. EGREGIOUS! It was a planned outrage for them to clean up the mountains of corpses that had accumulated prior to the fix yesterday.
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Nov 25, 2015 14:33
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Medullah posted:It was a planned outrage for them to clean up the mountains of corpses that had accumulated prior to the fix yesterday. You are correct, this is an outrage! But drat, I'll miss the mountain of corpses. That was great. Not my fault people try and run SWTOR on a toaster! Oh well, back to The Crazy Mis-Adventures of Jess Jones.
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Moreau posted:You are correct, this is an outrage! Haha drat autocorrect strikes again. Can't go wrong with Jessica Jones though. 
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Nov 25, 2015 14:39
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Captain Oblivious posted:I have the worst luck in this game. The Ziost quest chain broke entirely at Monolithic. Counted as completed after the boss went down but no follow up cutscene or quest was given and now I can't really do anything on Ziost. Yeah some quests have been glitchy. Friend of mine and I did a heroic on hoth, and it got stuck at 5/6 completion, but we got he reward. It just wouldn't go away and we couldn't drop it. Relogging fixed that much at least.
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Nov 25, 2015 14:41
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Medullah posted:Man...I don't know how many times I have to say this in this thread, and I'm sorry I'm gonna scream here This is indeed true. I'll provide the following anecdote: About fourteen days ago, I created an operative. I ran through the Hutta class missions, got Kaliyo and buggered off to the Fleet. Work began to require more of my time, but in way that required only enough attention that I could still just run Black Talon over and over and over. I did this mostly to farm affection for Kaliyo, but also to just do something while on some tedious conference calls. I collected a whole set of green quality level 15 Huttese Letharis. Yay? About a week ago, Medullah asked if anyone wanted to run a Foundry tactical. I said yes, at level 37, in the same drat gear I collected from Black Talon during mind-numbing work sessions. "Make health bars go up" he said. I made health bars go up. I was surprised I didn't act as a deadweight. Yet, it worked and worked well. Or at least well enough that the kolto stations were used a fair amount. Nevertheless, it IS doable in poo poo gear. I suppose the trick is just knowing what you're supposed to do. In my case it was "Make health bars go up". Edit: That tactical provided me with some obviously substantial upgrades. Corzen fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Nov 25, 2015 |
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Nov 25, 2015 14:42
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Hunter Noventa posted:Yeah some quests have been glitchy. Friend of mine and I did a heroic on hoth, and it got stuck at 5/6 completion, but we got he reward. It just wouldn't go away and we couldn't drop it. Relogging fixed that much at least. Yeah I'm just kind of paranoid at this point they won't be able to restore my quest in any way, thus screwing me out of the remainder of the Ziost quest chain. That would be...upsetting to say the least, especially since Ziost was actually good.
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Yeah, Ziost was good, which made me annoyed that I apparently missed out on quests that only existed in a one time instanced area.
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Kurieg posted:Yeah, Ziost was good, which made me annoyed that I apparently missed out on quests that only existed in a one time instanced area. Thats what alts are for.  There's a quest that rewards a speeder while doing KOTFE that is easy to miss too.
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Did I miss a patch note somewhere that removed repair costs from tactical FPs? I'm noticing that I have 0 repair costs after running FPs now.
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