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RentACop posted:Speaking of which, are they adding more characters to smooch this expansion -he said ironically but not really No details but yeah, I'm sure there will be a fair amount added during the KOTET storyline. Plus the Shae Vizla and DvL companions.
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Oct 17, 2016 19:13
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Captain Oblivious posted:I wonder how she reacts if you start a relationship with her in KOTEE but specifically did not in the main game. I don't know that you can. I believe the only romances you can begin in KOTFE are Lana and Theron.
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Oct 17, 2016 19:43
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Oct 17, 2016 23:16
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Hulk Smash! posted:Maybe it's because I don't raid but that doesn't seem that different than now. It's still random what you get and raids are still the fastest way to the good stuff. My understanding is that no one that's serious about raiding really buys anything with comms so those going away is not a big deal and crafted gear is still sub-par. But it's going back to a 1.0 like RNG based system. You get a box with a random piece of gear based on your Advanced Class - so you could get two set piece belts. Anyone who remembers warzone Champion gearing can tell you how awful it was. And if what the thread is saying is true, no more getting a piece of gear on one alt (like an unassembled piece) and transferring it to an alt, since the gear is advanced class based. I guess it will depend on how fast you level galactic command and how often you get rewards for it.
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Oct 17, 2016 23:30
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madstrike posted:Hey, made an account for this and start a jedi knight character on Jedi Covenant. Never played this before ... but all these talk about being able to solo a lot of the game is appealing since i'm a bit tired of grouping with random morons in WOW for the last 2-3 years. Advantages of joining a guild - bonus to XP, bonus to Reputation (like faction in EQ), and having people to talk to.
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Oct 17, 2016 23:31
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prefect posted:Generally, getting to level 3 requires more experience and time than getting to level 2 did. Is that curve also going to exist for these command ranks? Yep, from the looks of it. Official blog on "Galactic Command"
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Oct 17, 2016 23:46
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And to add to it, Galactic Command is a subscriber only feature, so they are REALLY pushing F2P/Preferred = Story only, Subscribe if you want to do ANY endgame or PvP.
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Oct 17, 2016 23:50
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:All praise be unto RNGesus! Ugh...sounds like the Heroic boxes kicked up a notch to me. Yeah I can dig the general concept of this as being a nice way for people to gear up in methods other than raiding - however, this completely discourages alts. Currently, I have a ton of characters of all specs, and when I play I'll rotate between them and often pug with different characters, and any gear drops go toward gearing out an alt. Now, I'll have to play each individual Advanced Class (I'm assuming the mods will still be able to be legacy bound so I can share sniper/gunslinger gear) in order to gear them up. Which will lead to a lot of waiting around in Operations because normally I can just say "Well, we're down a healer, I'll swap to my merc and roll on tokens for my Sniper". I'll reserve some judgment until the numbers come out (conversion rates of current crystals and warzone comms), along with a general idea of how bad the RNG game is going to be...but I see this as being a pretty big turn off for long time players who just don't feel like grinding the same crap over and over again for another year.
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Oct 18, 2016 00:04
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dreffen posted:Slim to no chance at all of being able to complete all of the DvL stuff before it ends if you start now, right? As long as you're willing to devote the time to do it, you should be able to hit Legendary within the time frame. The only X-Factor is whether or not they're running Rakghoul event and Gree event again before 11/29. If you're trying to go all the way I'd recommend your "main" DvL toon be a tank as the hardest part is going to be hitting all the Hard Mode flashpoints, and as a tank you'll always be in demand.
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Oct 18, 2016 01:42
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Captain Oblivious posted:I don't care about Legendary in the slightest, but what would I have to do to get the Light side armor set in this image? Not 100% sure which armor set that is but it doesn't look like either of the rewards from the DvL event. I'm on my phone so I can't get a real good look but I think that's just a cartel set so you can buy it from the GTN. The saber effect is a tuning mod. You can get a bunch of random items in the crates you get as rewards from the event but the only guaranteed items are in the link i posted before. A few mounts, a pet, and two sets of armor. And the companion, or course.
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Oct 18, 2016 01:56
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dreffen posted:When is the earliest level you can do Gree stuff? 50 technically, but I suspect if you're low level you can group with some higher level friends and mooch credit for kills off them.
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Oct 18, 2016 02:09
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phosdex posted:It just seems so stupid to have this Galactic Command leveling be the primary source of gear. If it was a bonus thing like the DvL boxes that would be ok. I quit and come back to this game every once again and I've always really wanted to love it but Bioware has consistently made such dumb moves. I'm really put off by it right now, but in all fairness we don't know some of the details. Things I'm anxious to find out - - Are the RNG gear drops at least tied to your spec? - If you get a duplicate item and disintegrate it, how much GXP does that grant you? - Is there going to be ANY way to transfer GC boxes to alts - Will there be any way other than praying to the RNG Gods to get a piece? The last time they had this was with Champion PvP gear, where you randomly got a piece but after a certain time you accumulated tokens that allowed you to buy pieces you didn't get
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Oct 18, 2016 02:32
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Y'know, I was a bit miffed at the gearing changes, but now I love it. The salty goodness on Reddit and the official forums is just delicious.
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Oct 18, 2016 20:56
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EdEddnEddy posted:What was it about Everquest? I never played it but heard stories. Was it just one of the first MMO's that everyone got addicted to before they found out that Raiding was crap? Or because I don't know, I will never know? First question - EverQuest raiding was a beast. In the earliest days, there was no such thing as "raid groups" so you had groups of 6 working together to take out major kills - like 40+ people. So, you clear your way to the dragon, and you happen to die. Every time you die, you lose XP AND you reappear wherever you were "bound" which could be an HOUR away, and have to make it back to your corpse completely naked. Most of the time a cleric could ressurect you which would bring you right back to your corpse and restore some of the lost XP - assuming your entire raid group didn't die. If they did, then it sometimes took hours to get everyone back to where they could make another attempt at the boss. And hey, if you were raiding in Plane of Fear at level 47, and you died and lost a level going down to 46, you couldn't even go back in to get your corpse! So the boss is dead, now whichever group happened to get the killing blow is the one that was able to loot the boss - and you had to trust that they were being honest with what gear the boss dropped, because in the early days, it didn't even tell you what was looted. GOOD TIMES. To answer your second question, the reason people are so sour about this new gear system is yes, there is a very good chance you can get a duplicate piece of armor, and there's ALSO a good chance that you'll get a piece of armor that isn't for your discipline. Example - you are a Juggernaut tank, and need 1 more piece to complete your set bonus. Even if it's just armor in the box (not taking into account relics and implants), you have just as good a chance of rolling that tank armor piece you need as you do as getting a DPS set piece. GOOD TIMES.
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Oct 18, 2016 22:40
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prefect posted:Will War Hero color crystals turn into Hawkeye or Eviscerating versions? They are becoming Mastery crystals.
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Oct 19, 2016 00:10
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prefect posted:Here's a question I keep forgetting to ask: does anyone ever use Indestructible crystals? Should tanks use them, or is that only needed when you're a raider? Tanks will generally use them. Though there's some benefit in using power or Crit to hold threat easier but it's 82 of whatever stat you pick so it's largely negligible.
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Oct 19, 2016 00:17
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That's why I played on Rallos Zek! You camp that item for 20 hours, me and my friends will kill you and take it from you in 20 seconds!
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Oct 19, 2016 01:03
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Waffles Inc. posted:Has anyone summoned the fortitude to finish KOTFE on multiple characters? It seems incredibly daunting since it's essentially the same story With the power of the space bar it's not terrible. I did it 4 times to get Legendary rewards on 4 servers. The worst chapter to repeat is the Marr/Satele chapter because I always miss lighting one of the stupid fires and can never remember where they all are.
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Oct 19, 2016 15:26
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prefect posted:I need to start piling up money before this is widely known; war hero crystals are some of the cheapest on the GTN, and some colors I don't have are available that way. I wouldn't splurge too much. Most people don't augment Mastery anymore so Power/Crit will still be the crystals of choice for DPS/Heals.
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Oct 19, 2016 16:45
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prefect posted:Yeah, but if I want to run around with a red-black crystal, this is the only way I'm going to get one. If you don't want a cartel version I can make you a power one. 
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Oct 19, 2016 17:16
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Percelus posted:the only reason i feel tempted to return to this game is because of how awesome powertech is at tanking, but then i remember they dont release group content so gently caress it I suspect the Uprisings will see quite a bit of activity up front. Then trickle down.
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Oct 20, 2016 01:59
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:Binary Sunset...pretty much the pinnacle by which all other original soundtracks are judged. I know Vengeance and Vigilance is better but dammit if Rage doesn't just FEEL more powerful.
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Oct 20, 2016 02:50
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nessin posted:So I just completed Chapter 16 on a DvL character so I could get the, eventual, companion. Has there been any word if we'll need to have it completed to start the next series on a character, because I'd rather take my Bounty Hunter through it when it comes out but I'm not thrilled about repeating all that over again on him. My assumption is you'll be able to start KOTET at 65 just as you can start KOTFE at 60 with no prior story played. You'll also be getting a "Start at 65" character who has KOTFE "completed" already. I'm sure you know, but you have to do at least through Eternal level to get the companion. That means (at minimum) leveling a second character through 65 (though if you already did SoR and KOTFE you can do it however you feel like).
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Oct 20, 2016 12:43
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neurotic posted:has it been confirmed that we won't be able to progress any DvL achievements once the event is over? Basically what I'm asking is if I start a bunch of new characters during the event, can I complete the level 50 achievements after the event is over (but the characters were still created during the event, and so will have the DvL flag set) to complete the final tier? Yes, the event is over when it ends.
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neurotic posted:Right, a vague answer to a specific question doesn't really help but thanks for the reply. It's not meant to be vague. DvL is an event, not a permanent addition to the game. It has a set end date, so the achievements for completing goals during the event must be achieved during the event. It's the same with every event. They may bring it back again sometime, but the event must be going.
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Oct 20, 2016 17:55
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neurotic posted:But it isn't the same with every event. During Bounty Contract Week, bounties exist that don't exist otherwise. During the Rhakghoul event, an area that doesn't normally exist in the game is turned on. The DvL achievements state things like this: "Defeat 50 Gree Droids with any character created during the Dark vs Light event." See the difference? And comparing it to the Rakghoul event, even if you carry the plague over to the next week, it's no longer contagious and you can't gain the achievement. I suppose it's always a possibility but I can't see them deviating from the norm as far as events go.
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madstrike posted:Ah, dulfy! Forgot he/she had a SWToR section. Nice. No one reads my incredibly detailed OPs. Boooooo hoooooo
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See, everyone bitching was mostly unwarranted. Reddit has been hilarious with post after post of "gently caress you Bioware, I'm cancelling my sub after this TERRIBLE decision you made!". It's just like level sync which everyone complained about for a month and ended up being fine. The only thing I was concerned about was tanks getting DPS gear and vice versa. That's been addressed. Bring on Galactic Command.
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:If you hadn't done it some other loser would've so stop milking it! Yeah it supposedly is three tiers of gear. I think it's good, it sounds like it'll be just grindy enough for me to not go crazy with my alts but not so bad I can't work on a few toons.
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Oct 21, 2016 01:37
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:I like it...it's just a little strange that ToR has spent the last 4 years getting more and more alt friendly only to suddenly reverse. The mod vendors will still be there, selling green mods for credits. But of course Heroics will continue to be the best gear. I'm just excited to not have to repeatedly tell people not to waste their common crystals on level 65 poo poo gear every other page. Should drive up the price of my hoarded grade 6 companion gifts too.
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Nerd Of Prey posted:1. The special DvL flag will be deleted from all those characters so they will effectively stop being special DvL characters. I hope they don't delete the flag. I need it as a badge of shame for my "It's too loving hot out I'm staying inside all summer" disaster of a year. 
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Berke Negri posted:I'm kind of curious how the DvL thing will work out for light sided imp characters. Like they say as the scales tip one way or another for each side jedi/sith are supposed to show up and attack areas in the game. So like, you're a light side Sith Warrior are you suddenly fighting alongside jedi on Dromund Kaas against imperial npcs or what? From the dev stream yesterday it sounds like it's not a true "Dark vs. Light" event - you pick a side to "fight" for and the Galactic Command XP you earn goes toward that side - light side/dark side choices are still LS/DS but the points you gain for doing dailies/ops/etc are going to be what decides it in the long run. So really, yeah, you'll be fighting whatever pops up. If the special bosses drop phat lewtz it'll be like Everquest all over again "Honey, I just got a text, boss is up, I need to log on!"
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madstrike posted:The rest of MMOs still haven't reached the excellence that is the GuildWars2 guild system. Account is linked to the Guild, be on how many guilds you want, select to 'represent' one at a time whenever you want. Yeah that's pretty cool. I think there would actually be a lot of opposition to a legacy wide guild invite/friends list - Being that this game is so alt friendly, I think there are a lot of people who are in multiple guilds (I know of at least one of our former raiders who split their time between two), and it's kind of nice to be able to do that. Luckily they raised the guild caps to 1,000 so it's easier to have as many alts as needed without me needing to purge inactives every other month.
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Adeptus posted:I'm thinking of playing this again, looks like it's changed a loooot since I last logged on. Yeah, when you transfer over you transfer your legacy so any perks you previously unlocked carry over. At that point it becomes two separate ones though, so anything additional unlocked is only on the server you unlock it on. Goon guilds are pretty quiet at all hours right now, the pre expansion 1-2 months are generally pretty rough - but it's a good time to come back if you want to level, with the 200% XP until KOTET launches you're gonna have a good time.
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Aleth posted:The only reason he does the OP is so he can get his referral code in it. Hey now, can't be said that I don't earn that right with my question answering.
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M_Sinistrari posted:And I probably clicked it at some point too. It's the same sky is falling that Level Sync had last year. Everyone blowing up and threatening to sue. Personally, the more I think about it, the better I like it. Forces you to play a character to gear them up a bit, and gives you a ton of options. The RNG is a bit crappy but it's really not that different if you're not in a raiding guild - I can't tell you how many unassembled bracers, offhands and gloves I have spread amongst my characters but hardly any helmets or chestpieces to complete sets.
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Also, on a side note, I'll probably be on tonight later drinking if anyone needs to do any DvL stuff like Hard Modes or ERP.
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Dely Apple posted:I don't even know what I'd replay for a DvL guy. Some force who is a king dick for fun maybe, I don't know. I've done SI twice so not that. It really doesn't matter. With 200% XP you're barely playing the toon. Eternal level is still very achievable. Just level using Heroics, PvP and flashpoints and you'll be able to do SoR and KOTFE for the event within a few hours
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KittyEmpress posted:So you say dont use data crystal gear, but what should I use now fresh 65? I still have unmodded dvl gear on my Knight. Just hop in a Story Mode pug raid, get gear from that. Fill your slots with 190 crystal gear (60 for a full set compared to ~900 for 208 gear). Bolster will bump your stats. Or get PvP gear - that's your best bet.
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