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This was my first "traditional" MMO that I made it to max level. I have really enjoyed this game in the past. My favorite classes have been Jedi Guardian/Jugg or Vanguard/Powertech. I've been following this thread for a week or so now and wanted to throw a few comments out there. With regards to the Trooper storyline, I thought it was quite good. I played a mainly dark side trooper and one of the major dark side choices I think at the end of Act 2 was super satisfying. That one choice sticks out in my mind more than any other class story. That being said, I pretty much have one of every archetype to max level. (Jedi Shadow/ Sith Sorc for example) However, there are a few mirror classes that are tickling my fancy to relevel on the Empire Side. I was thinking of leveling a Powertech as my current BH is a merc. However, Sith Assassin and Operative both tickled my interest last night as I was trying to find up to date class guides. How are Powertechs in the current game? What about stealth classes like Deception Assassin or the corresponding stealth build for Operative? Doing burst damage seems fairly interesting and having stealth seems like an interesting change of pace. The last stealth class I used in the game was a Shadow but that was back in the beginning of the game. I also only used the shadow as a tank. I cleared Soa when that was current content as a shadow tank. Are all companions now roughly the same? I remember when Treek was considered "the best" companion.
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Aug 29, 2019 16:32
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Saul Kain posted:
In 4.0 they homogenized the companions so they could do any role. Treek took a huge hit because she lost her unique Tank/Heal hybrid advantages. For the most part all companions perform identically, gear no longer matters, only your Influence (formerly affection) makes them stronger. Different themed companions were given similar move sets, which kind of stinks since classic companions lost a lot of their unique skill sets (Nadia's knockback for example) There are a few outliers - Shae Vizla is the "best" DPS companion as she has an additional channeled AOE compared to other DPS roles. Lokin is sometimes considered the best Tank since he has a leap not on cooldown, but his threat generation is lacking. Z0-0M is the best healer as she has an additional channeled heal compared to other healers. But the differences are so small it's not worth worrying about, you can play with whatever companion you want.
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Aug 29, 2019 16:40
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Treek seems to still have some AoE heal effect that I've not noticed other companions using. I may be imagining it because she's just so much fun as a companion, but she seems to be a slightly better option for flashpoint comp if there's a slot open.
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Aug 29, 2019 17:13
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Wait, so I can only get the log mount if I sub? Such pay to win bullshit...
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Aug 30, 2019 07:28
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Yeah but the more people riding logs, the more EVERYBODY wins...
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Aug 30, 2019 13:06
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So if i'm subbed I can play all the expansion content, I can't actually buy them separately, is this correct? Also what are the good crew missions these days?
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Aug 30, 2019 17:39
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XBenedict posted:Consular was better than trooper. I’m in the minority that actually likes the Consular story. I really liked the Consular story, but I almost didn't finish it because the voice acting was so bad. The writing and character was good, but all the lines are delivered in monotone - in the end, I played half the story with the sound off, and the other half with it on after I realized that dialogue that would be heavily sarcastic on other characters just sounded like a normal person on the consular.
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Aug 30, 2019 17:44
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CODChimera posted:So if i'm subbed I can play all the expansion content, I can't actually buy them separately, is this correct? Correct, but you only need to sub for a month to have access to the content forever. So effectively, $15 to own it all permanently. (Might want to wait until October if you're thinking about being stingy with your sub; do it after Onslaught comes out so that you get access to that as well.)
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Aug 30, 2019 17:55
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Pryce posted:Correct, but you only need to sub for a month to have access to the content forever. So effectively, $15 to own it all permanently. I put my feedback in the forums but geez dude, getting more rewards for running a 10 minute veteran Hammer Station than a Story Mode KP.... That's a bad move. I'm cool with the random FP loot, but there needs to be more personal loot in Ops. I am still pumped for 6.0 of course.
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Aug 30, 2019 18:49
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Medullah posted:I put my feedback in the forums but geez dude, getting more rewards for running a 10 minute veteran Hammer Station than a Story Mode KP.... That's a bad move. I'm cool with the random FP loot, but there needs to be more personal loot in Ops. Drop rates are easy to tweak and are definitely not final/accurate right now. Leave forum feedback on the rate of acquisition and it should be easy to change. Forgetting drop rates for a sec (easier said than done), does the overall concept of what they’re going for at least work in theory, even if the numbers suck right now?
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Aug 30, 2019 19:19
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Pryce posted:Drop rates are easy to tweak and are definitely not final/accurate right now. Leave forum feedback on the rate of acquisition and it should be easy to change. Yeah I like it quite a bit. I think Operations should always drop better gear than flashpoints, but I like that it's dropping all sorts of viable green gear. As it is right now, it's far more efficient for two people to chain run Hammer Station. I want that to be an option, but there still needs to be motivation to run Ops or PvP. I also like the Amplifiers in theory, but I think turning them off in PvP would be my recommendation since balancing them for PvP is going to be a nightmare and go against the decision of bolstering to max to make skill more important.
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Aug 30, 2019 19:51
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Medullah posted:Yeah I like it quite a bit. I think Operations should always drop better gear than flashpoints, but I like that it's dropping all sorts of viable green gear. Hey we just found a bug that's making Ops drop bad/wrong loot. So that's a thing we'll fix next week :P
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Aug 30, 2019 22:11
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Is it the old classic OPs or are you testing a new OP? Are there new, class-related armor styles coming to OPs? How about e-peen lightsabers dropping off OPs?
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Aug 30, 2019 22:21
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Pryce posted:Hey we just found a bug that's making Ops drop bad/wrong loot. So that's a thing we'll fix next week :P Hooray! Siegkrow posted:Is it the old classic OPs or are you testing a new OP? New Operation is on the PTS!
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Aug 30, 2019 23:13
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Medullah posted:I also like the Amplifiers in theory, but I think turning them off in PvP would be my recommendation since balancing them for PvP is going to be a nightmare and go against the decision of bolstering to max to make skill more important. Are developers still not making a disconnect between PVP and PVE in the year of our lord 2019? At a certain point, you just have to admit that you don't know what you're doing.
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Aug 31, 2019 04:11
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Nipponophile posted:Are developers still not making a disconnect between PVP and PVE in the year of our lord 2019? Yeah it's sad. At least in 6.0 everyone is bolstered to max, but of course the amplifier poo poo is going to mess things up.
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Aug 31, 2019 04:26
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Nipponophile posted:Are developers still not making a disconnect between PVP and PVE in the year of our lord 2019? It's been obvious for years now that the devs don't understand the PvP meta. Besides that PvE, WZ's, sranked, and granked all have distinct metas and trying balance between them is a fool's errand. ToR still has the best PvP though and gear disparity is minimal, the boogeyman baddies point to so they don't have to point at themselves. If crybabies really want to see gear disparity BG's will be in Classic WoW in a few of months. I meant to log on to the PTS today but decided to sell Deadmine runs to desperate DPS on my multiboxed Warrior/Priest instead.
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Aug 31, 2019 07:57
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Pryce posted:Correct, but you only need to sub for a month to have access to the content forever. So effectively, $15 to own it all permanently. That seems pretty reasonable, I finished the smuggler story after the original release and picked it back up to see the other stories and expansion stuff. Doing the agent one now and leveling seems much faster which is good and the fast travel options remove a lot of the boring running around. I didn't even have the ship portal one last time I played
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Aug 31, 2019 09:17
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:It's been obvious for years now that the devs don't understand the PvP meta. Besides that PvE, WZ's, sranked, and granked all have distinct metas and trying balance between them is a fool's errand. I like that they decided to just bolster everyone to max in 6.0, but I'm worried the amplifier are going to make gear a factor again. I really wish they'd just turn them off in PVP
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Aug 31, 2019 15:28
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Everytime I try playing this I get bored and end up watching the cutscenes on youtube instead. This is my third try...
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Aug 31, 2019 17:49
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Medullah posted:I like that they decided to just bolster everyone to max in 6.0, but I'm worried the amplifier are going to make gear a factor again. I really wish they'd just turn them off in PVP Yeah it's weird that they homogenized the talents then did this. My impression is that they're trying to freshen up the classes a bit since adding new classes to ToR would be a headache.
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Aug 31, 2019 19:10
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Got my 5 group activities on the PTS...I guess FP's now scale down instead of up? Hammer Station was lvl 17, cleared it 5 times in less than 15 minutes by just running straight to bosses gathering everything up on the way then AoE'ing everything down. A good change for lowbie groups lacking heals though.
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Aug 31, 2019 23:47
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Yeah it seems they're going to put flashpoints and ops to their original levels. Master Mode Hammer Station is no joke though. Everything is 70 and against my 75 they hit like a truck. I was able to solo most bosses with my companion on heals, but the final boss was brutal. Finally had a friend join me and it STILL took us about 5 tries (mostly because of companions standing in stupid).
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Aug 31, 2019 23:54
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:Got my 5 group activities on the PTS...I guess FP's now scale down instead of up? Hammer Station was lvl 17, cleared it 5 times in less than 15 minutes by just running straight to bosses gathering everything up on the way then AoE'ing everything down. They're not supposed to be as EZmode as they are right now; still working on the balance for Veteran. Master Mode feels like an actual "hey use a proper group" challenge now; not sure that we're happy with it yet though.
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Sep 1, 2019 00:20
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I think Master is pretty good. I really don't think people should be able to duo it, and the rewards seem pretty solid for a group. I think there's still a lot of RNG involved and the tech fragments don't stack up quick enough at this time. But overall headed in the right direction
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Sep 1, 2019 00:36
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I think outside story mode flashpoints should need a group. I'd prefer if it was a structured group, mostly because joining a 4 DPS flashpoint Is usually 
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Sep 1, 2019 02:52
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Allowing one companion might help there, at least for Veteran. Dunno how viable that is to do intentionally, although I have had it happen in story mode via bugs.
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Sep 1, 2019 02:59
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Pryce posted:They're not supposed to be as EZmode as they are right now; still working on the balance for Veteran. Any thoughts to tiering the FP's? Hammer Station being weighted the same as Crisis for rewards is absolutely ridiculous as is getting a Tank in quest blues. It just leads to people just dropping group when the harder FP's queue and wasting everyone's time.
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Sep 1, 2019 03:06
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Hey Pryce, I think PvP might be bugged on PTS.
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WELP I was working on a new OP and hit Submit instead of Preview SOOOOOO NEW THREAD TIME BITCHES
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