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Hulk Smash! posted:Also "live" the Rackghoul event on Tatooine. Temporary, of course. I've said it before and I'll say it again, T.H.O.R.N is the worst. Rewarding people for spreading the plague? Sheesh.
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Medullah posted:Temporary, of course. Follow the money. Also, done for life day this year. Has most of what I wanted from previous years. Got 20 parcels in about 20 minutes on fleet and got the life day reveler decoration. Now I have a loud drunk in my DK cantina room.
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Dec 15, 2015 15:43
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Hulk Smash! posted:Follow the money. Didn't they add a bunch of stuff to the Life Day vendor?
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Dec 15, 2015 15:45
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Medullah posted:Temporary, of course. The guy in charge of Thorn acts like a philanthropist if you're on the Republic side, but if you're on the Imperial side, he's a cock. Something is up. 
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Dec 15, 2015 15:52
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Medullah posted:Didn't they add a bunch of stuff to the Life Day vendor? Yeah, what were prior to that cartel market items are now available on there. Like the wampa rug (40 parcels) and the snow blower (10 parcels). I already had those since I got the life day pack last year.
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Dec 15, 2015 15:58
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Medullah posted:Why why why is Terror From Beyond so hard for some people. On story mode. "Go left" "Kill the red dots" It's seriously the most aggravating operation because it's either a 45 minute easy run or a 2 hour mission of futility. I always just kinda zoned out on the last boss pre-KotFE so maybe that's why?
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Dec 15, 2015 16:01
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Hulk Smash! posted:Job well done! We finally beat the rackghoul plague! Now that prominent anti-vaxxer Darth Marr is finally out of the picture we can finally make some progress eradicating this poo poo.
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Dec 15, 2015 16:22
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Medullah posted:The Life Day event is Live - there are still a ton of snow covered parcels in the guild bank, but please don't be a knob goblin and take all of them. Although I think you can't just pick them up for the title, you have to go keep throwing snowballs until you get 100. 
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Dec 15, 2015 16:50
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Aleth posted:Although I think you can't just pick them up for the title, you have to go keep throwing snowballs until you get 100. Correct, you have to actually discover 100 parcels for the title/achievement.
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Dec 15, 2015 17:16
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If I was gonna drop a few million credits on a hypercrate, would it be better to grab the newest one or an older one if I was looking to make a decent return?
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Dec 15, 2015 17:28
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Verranicus posted:If I was gonna drop a few million credits on a hypercrate, would it be better to grab the newest one or an older one if I was looking to make a decent return? Older ones if you can, but I wouldn't pay more than 6 million for a Hypercrate you're looking to resell for profit.
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Dec 15, 2015 17:31
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Medullah posted:Older ones if you can, but I wouldn't pay more than 6 million for a Hypercrate you're looking to resell for profit. Alright, thanks. Another question, do all the houses have the same number of hooks or are some bigger than others? Are the Tatooine and Nar Shaddaa ones worth the price or are they just reskinned versions of the Dromund/Coruscant ones?
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They all have different layouts, and the size and hooks differs. Nar Shadaa is also a large multi-story apartment type of thing, but Tatooine is gigantic and is more like an estate with multiple separate buildings on a large plot. Yavin 4 too, and it's absurdly large. Coruscant/DK < Nar Shadaa < Tatooine < Yavin 4
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Aphrodite posted:They all have different layouts, and the size and hooks differs. And you can only have 4 houses per server, I heard somewhere?
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Verranicus posted:And you can only have 4 houses per server, I heard somewhere? Correct. If you're in TNG I can give you a key to check out any of the Imperial strongholds. I have all 4 unlocked, but haven't done much decorating other than Tatooine
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Verranicus posted:If I was gonna drop a few million credits on a hypercrate, would it be better to grab the newest one or an older one if I was looking to make a decent return? The newest one is better than the one before, but I dunno I didn't get 6 mil value out of mine for sure. None of the non-gold armor sets are selling, people can't help but undercut the weapons to like 30k and the only thing I sold out of the crate I bought that was worth much at all was the Gundark mount which I sold for 3 mil. I sold a few decorations so far at 300k each, so i guess eventually i might get 6 mil out of mine, but ehhhhh. I guess that would change if you got a Nexu out of it, so that's your gamble I suppose?
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Alright, thanks guys. One more question, and then I'll be done for a while. I just finished leveling my BH to 60 and am taking a break, currently working on a Sorc. Will I ever get the super fast AoE clear my BH had or will I actually have to pay more attention to fights now?
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Verranicus posted:Alright, thanks guys. One more question, and then I'll be done for a while. I just finished leveling my BH to 60 and am taking a break, currently working on a Sorc. Will I ever get the super fast AoE clear my BH had or will I actually have to pay more attention to fights now? Lightning Sorc makes BH AOE look single target.
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Medullah posted:Lightning Sorc makes BH AOE look single target. Really? All I have right now is force storm and it seems to do less damage/hit fewer times than my blaster aoe on my BH.
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Dec 15, 2015 18:13
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One of the specs' first passive that you gain at 12 or so makes several of your abilities proc a free nuke.
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Aphrodite posted:They all have different layouts, and the size and hooks differs. Minor addendum: Coruscant and Dromund Kaas have near-identical layouts, just different skins.
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DK has better weather.
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Someone tell me which of these goddamn encryptions we need because I can never remember and usually end up picking one at random.
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Crindee posted:Someone tell me which of these goddamn encryptions we need because I can never remember and usually end up picking one at random. Command.
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Verranicus posted:Really? All I have right now is force storm and it seems to do less damage/hit fewer times than my blaster aoe on my BH. A 65 Sorc will deal unreasonable amounts of AoE Damage in such a short amount of time that, once you get the hang of what procs what, it is unreal when compared to other classes. Force Storm proc to Chain Lightning pretty much clears the thrash instantly and you mop up the rest with instacast nukes or keep stormin'. Madness is a bit more hurf-durf but seems to deal more damage to FP / HM / OP enemies. Normal mobs just die like flies halfway through your dots. My nerdness prevents me from leaving my Jedi Knight but drat. I wish Consular got the option to use lightning as well (this was KotoR era dammit, just let me use DS or LS powers both) but uggh you get pebbles and hadouken instead of purple lightning of death.
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Galewolf posted:My nerdness prevents me from leaving my Jedi Knight but drat. I wish Consular got the option to use lightning as well (this was KotoR era dammit, just let me use DS or LS powers both) but uggh you get pebbles and hadouken instead of purple lightning of death. See, Shadow/Sage are the only republic classes I prefer over the empire mirror for some reason. Especially Shadow tanks, ripping loving rocks out of the ground and protecting yourself with them is pretty rad
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So how long do you guys see them keeping this game going? With all the mishaps lately and the absolute lack of communication about them, it's a bit scary.
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Verranicus posted:So how long do you guys see them keeping this game going? With all the mishaps lately and the absolute lack of communication about them, it's a bit scary. They are making money hand overfist so probably a long while.
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Verranicus posted:So how long do you guys see them keeping this game going? With all the mishaps lately and the absolute lack of communication about them, it's a bit scary. Don't believe the end of days posts on Reddit. Subs went up 40% with KOTFE, and even though a lot of jaded veterans are leaving, there are a TON of new people starting the game for the first time. It's not doing so hot as an MMO but it's doing gangbusters as a single player game.
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Medullah posted:Don't believe the end of days posts on Reddit. Subs went up 40% with KOTFE, and even though a lot of jaded veterans are leaving, there are a TON of new people starting the game for the first time. I'm inclined to believe you guys because you've stuck with the game as long as you have. =P I bought it at launch and have played on and off during F2P, but I have really big decline in their community management. I'm actually awestruck that they haven't said anything regarding people who lost cartel coins/real money purchases/currency in the recent rollbacks.
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Verranicus posted:So how long do you guys see them keeping this game going? With all the mishaps lately and the absolute lack of communication about them, it's a bit scary. ...You mean 2 server reboots?
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I'd rather they just reboot them. I've been having so many lag spike issues, and after the first reboot, they just vanished. Not one spike since. And now for some reason I picture some nameless Bioware programmer bent over a PC like Boris from "Goldeneye" with the words "SEND SPIKE? Y/N" on the screen.
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Verranicus posted:I'm inclined to believe you guys because you've stuck with the game as long as you have. =P I bought it at launch and have played on and off during F2P, but I have really big decline in their community management. I'm actually awestruck that they haven't said anything regarding people who lost cartel coins/real money purchases/currency in the recent rollbacks. I doubt that is as widespread as the official forums and Reddit indicate. And if it is, it's going to require a significant amount of time to research every claim / ticket that comes in. I saw a post on Reddit where a guy claimed he lost 27 Dark Matter Catalysts during a reboot... I HIGHLY doubt that claim.
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Aphrodite posted:...You mean 2 server reboots? More the rollbacks that accompanied them.
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Aphrodite posted:...You mean 2 server reboots? probably more means the lack of new endgame pve content (operations and flashpoints, not star forts) combined with the ~6 weeks of a loving brutal exploit that they haven't really done a good job at communicating much of anything about either before it was fixed or after except to say they're just gonna banhammer some folks. Lots of people seem pissed about how long it took to enact a fix, and therefore felt justified in exploiting it in some way and now are butthurt that they got punished for it. There was a big effortpost on reddit but I can't find it, that generally summarizes a lot of the jaded turd viewpoint about the game. It's probably a very tiny slice, but it might also be a very big slice in terms spenders that's currently disappointed with how the game's going. It ain't just the server reboots, in other words.
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I've been playing a fair bit recently and never heard about the exploit until it was fixed. It seems like someone who used it would have to have the special combination of actively trawling for MMO information to know about it and also being naive enough to think they could get away with something incredibly easy to track server side.
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Telex posted:probably more means the lack of new endgame pve content (operations and flashpoints, not star forts) combined with the ~6 weeks of a loving brutal exploit that they haven't really done a good job at communicating much of anything about either before it was fixed or after except to say they're just gonna banhammer some folks. Lots of people seem pissed about how long it took to enact a fix, and therefore felt justified in exploiting it in some way and now are butthurt that they got punished for it. Few things here - The exploit was around, but from what I understand was not widely reported. Once a few of the data miners found out how to do it they reported it and it was patched within 3 days. And as far as lack of PvE endgame content goes, well, the truth is that the overwhelming majority of players of this game don't care. As I've said before, look at our own guild as a sample size. Most of the people that play only play their class stories with zero interest in endgame. When they get to 65 they start a new toon to see another story, or even the same story from a different perspective. I'd wager more players do this than burn through to 65 and start gearing for raids. Sadly, those of us interested in raiding and challenging content are a very small minority, both in our guild and in the game.
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Telex posted:There was a big effortpost on reddit but I can't find it, that generally summarizes a lot of the jaded turd viewpoint about the game. It's probably a very tiny slice, but it might also be a very big slice in terms spenders that's currently disappointed with how the game's going. It ain't just the server reboots, in other words. Traditional MMO guys are hating the direction SWTOR is going because it's antithetical to how MMOs have been structured since EQ. They'll quit and go find a more classic MMO to play. But the very fact that SWTOR is evolving in this direction suggests that it's going towards the money, not away from it. Making Rise of Revan episodic and solo-accessible was a test, and the test confirmed that more people will pay for this than the classic "quest, dungeon and raid" MMO stuff. A new, successful movie in the franchise isn't exactly going to hurt subscriptions either.
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Has there been any development in terms of a Mac client? Or is it still a firm "No"? I used to play this game upon launch, and would like to return, but I am not on a PC anymore.
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shadok posted:Traditional MMO guys are hating the direction SWTOR is going because it's antithetical to how MMOs have been structured since EQ. They'll quit and go find a more classic MMO to play. I think that's perhaps misleading. It's not that the classic quest, dungeon, raid MMO paradigm isn't where the money's at per se, it's that Bioware simply lacks the skills/resources to pursue that particular paradigm effectively. SWTOR is not a very good foundation for that kind of game, compared to its peers.
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