Star Wars: The Old Republic

[keg in kc]

Don't believe there's a dedicated thread, and since they're starting to release information now, I figure it's time for one.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by Pants

Huff, have you decided if/when you're going to switch? How's TR53 doing? Has Kthar logged at all?

I haven't seen Kthar on in several weeks. Doesn't mean he hasn't, I just haven't been on at the same time.

And could you PM me the contact info for The Righteous? Tonight, I will send out in-game emails to all of the toons remaining in TR53 with that info, and offer to transfer leadership to anyone that wants it. I'll give a Feb 28 deadline, then disband the guild on March 1 if no one responds.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by AndChiefs

Yeah, workweek is still tough for me to get on for much length of time even when I'm home. By the time I get home it's pushing 6:30. Then I have to make dinner and get around so I don't have time til at least 8.

Yeah, I was like 20 minutes late for the raid (Monday is one of my gym nights) but seems like it was once again slow to organize, so I got to go in with them. It literally blew my mind how easy the whole thing was. I think we wiped once on the last boss because it was the 1st time for some of us (including me) and we got unlucky with one of the mechanics that took our tank out of the game at one point. That was it, though.

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by Pants

Yeah, I was like 20 minutes late for the raid (Monday is one of my gym nights) but seems like it was once again slow to organize, so I got to go in with them. It literally blew my mind how easy the whole thing was. I think we wiped once on the last boss because it was the 1st time for some of us (including me) and we got unlucky with one of the mechanics that took our tank out of the game at one point. That was it, though.

That sucks. I really wanted to finish that but it was a ridiculously awful marathon with 16. And I was sick which didn't help. By about halfway through I just wanted to lay down and rest but I didn't want to be the one to leave.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Huffmeister

I haven't seen Kthar on in several weeks. Doesn't mean he hasn't, I just haven't been on at the same time.

And could you PM me the contact info for The Righteous? Tonight, I will send out in-game emails to all of the toons remaining in TR53 with that info, and offer to transfer leadership to anyone that wants it. I'll give a Feb 28 deadline, then disband the guild on March 1 if no one responds.

There really isn't any contact info. You can contact Bankey or Silox (I forget who the other officers are right now) and tell them you're from one of the guilds that got swallowed up by The Righteous and they should send you an invite. If you don't feel comfortable with that, just send me a tell and I will ask them to invite you.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by Pants

There really isn't any contact info. You can contact Bankey or Silox (I forget who the other officers are right now) and tell them you're from one of the guilds that got swallowed up by The Righteous and they should send you an invite. If you don't feel comfortable with that, just send me a tell and I will ask them to invite you.

Nope, that's exactly the contact info I was looking for (who to contact to ask for an invite). Thanks!

[keg in kc]

As I understand it Eternity Vault on normal is actually tuned to be done before you start doing Hard Mode flashpoints. They wanted it doable by fresh 50s in quest armor. So it's basically hit 50, do normal 50 flashpoints, do normal EV, then start doing hardmodes and Karraga's Palace.

(This is the company line at least, I haven't actually done anything at 50 yet despite having two 50s).

I'm finally closing in on legacy level 20. I would imagine that people who've been grinding dailies and PvPing probably have more legacy xp than I do at this point, but I'm pretty happy with the way the game's gone playing multiple characters. Not feeling any kind of burnout at all, although I'm about to start spending some time on Mass Effect in preparation for the release of ME3, which is one of my most-anticipated gaming titles of all time.

[salame]

Originally Posted by Pants

I just ordered myself a new one based around an i5 2500k for around $1000. I'll try and see if my girl will want to play TOR with me, so I'm keeping my old one as is and building a new one for me. I looked into the i7s and the only ones that are better for gaming than the i5 2500K cost way too much to be worth it. Also got an SSD and decided to roll with a Radeon 6950 this time. If it's slower than my two 6870's, I'll just swap them and put the 6950 into the old machine. Everything should be here on Friday so I'll be putting it together on Saturday. I had to buy Win 7 for $100, so if you can get that shit preinstalled, do it, because you're saving a bunch.

yeah that's part of what makes the pre made so appealing

[Pants]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

As I understand it Eternity Vault on normal is actually tuned to be done before you start doing Hard Mode flashpoints. They wanted it doable by fresh 50s in quest armor. So it's basically hit 50, do normal 50 flashpoints, do normal EV, then start doing hardmodes and Karraga's Palace.

(This is the company line at least, I haven't actually done anything at 50 yet despite having two 50s).

I'm finally closing in on legacy level 20. I would imagine that people who've been grinding dailies and PvPing probably have more legacy xp than I do at this point, but I'm pretty happy with the way the game's gone playing multiple characters. Not feeling any kind of burnout at all, although I'm about to start spending some time on Mass Effect in preparation for the release of ME3, which is one of my most-anticipated gaming titles of all time.

I'm only on legacy level 6. I, of course, have 0 alts. As far as EV goes, there really is no point in running HM FPs since they drop the same things that EV does except at a much lower clip. And yeah, I would recommend at least getting modded out with the level 50 and 51 mods you get from dailies before going into EV. Makes the process really smooth.

[Setsuna]

Well I just tried to join and some dude kept asking me if i was 50 or how high my levels were on my characters. Why the **** does that matter? Just ****ing invite me and stop being douche bags. Now I might not want to join if they have a damn level requirement which is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of in a leveling game that can be played year round.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Pants

I'm only on legacy level 6. I, of course, have 0 alts. As far as EV goes, there really is no point in running HM FPs since they drop the same things that EV does except at a much lower clip. And yeah, I would recommend at least getting modded out with the level 50 and 51 mods you get from dailies before going into EV. Makes the process really smooth.

Actually, the last mob in each HM will drop a columi piece. You may get lucky and get a few. I think 4 of the 8 pieces i have gotten out of HMS, Two out of EV, and 1 out of Karagga's.

It should also be known that if you do the daily HM FP and the Weekly FP/OP quests, you get columi crystals which you can use to buy columi gear.

Sad thing is rakata gear in a lot of ways is worse than columi for most classes.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

Actually, the last mob in each HM will drop a columi piece. You may get lucky and get a few. I think 4 of the 8 pieces i have gotten out of HMS, Two out of EV, and 1 out of Karagga's.

It should also be known that if you do the daily HM FP and the Weekly FP/OP quests, you get columi crystals which you can use to buy columi gear.

Sad thing is rakata gear in a lot of ways is worse than columi for most classes.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying... every boss in EV is going to drop Columi while only the last boss in HM is going to drop it. HMs are also harder. I guess if you got nothing to do once your raids are locked out, it's a good idea to do HMs (if you want to gear faster). I just do my dailies and PvP on the days we don't raid.

And yeah, as far as Rakata goes, you're probably going to have to pull out some pieces and replace them as they just go insane with accuracy on those and there's no point in sacrificing stats for more accuracy once you're at like 108%.

In other good news, BioWare listened to the cries and added all kinds of options to your action bar CD notifications. They really did an amazing job.

[keg in kc]

HMs aren't all that hard once you're a little geared, from what I've read. Well, some are harder than others. But generally speaking not hard (the ones that aren't bugged).

I think for me, when I get to that end-game mode, I'll need variety, which would mean doing HMs. Nothing will burn me out faster than doing the same content over and over. Which is why I went for alts rather than run daily quests on my 50s. Although ironically I do space missions every day. Go figure. But either way, I can't see myself just doing raiding and dailies. That quickly becomes a mind-numbing grind. And I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible.

Although that said I'm not sure I'll ever even make it into EV. I'd like to, but my guild has 5 members, and I do not PUG. Ever. I haven't for years.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

HMs aren't all that hard once you're a little geared, from what I've read. Well, some are harder than others. But generally speaking not hard (the ones that aren't bugged).

I think for me, when I get to that end-game mode, I'll need variety, which would mean doing HMs. Nothing will burn me out faster than doing the same content over and over. Which is why I went for alts rather than run daily quests on my 50s. Although ironically I do space missions every day. Go figure. But either way, I can't see myself just doing raiding and dailies. That quickly becomes a mind-numbing grind. And I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible.

Although that said I'm not sure I'll ever even make it into EV. I'd like to, but my guild has 5 members, and I do not PUG. Ever. I haven't for years.

I think by the time I start getting tired of EV and Karagga, 1.2 will be out.

I don't think I can burn out on dailies because they're so quick and easy to do, it's not even really a grind (of course I say that as I have only been doing them for like a couple of weeks). PvP is hit and miss. Sometimes it's fun as hell and sometimes it's a complete drag. All in all, I would say my enjoyment of this game is at peak levels right now. I still need to finish my class story, just can't ever find the time for it.

[Huffmeister]

Hey Pants, not sure if you responded to my in-game whisper last night or not. I was running space missions last night, and apparently the chat window content resets every time you go back to the ship. So if you replied, I apologize for not responding, because I didn't see it.

Last night I opened up the guild roster and started sending emails to the remaining members of The Right 53. The email basically said that it was disbanding, gave The Righteous contact info, and had an offer for anyone who wanted to take over the guild. On a side note, the length limit for emails is lame. You can't even fill up the entire text box before it cuts you off.

There were a total of 14 guild members, but I was only able to send the email to 3 of them. The rest came back with some kind of "Could not deliver message: unknown error" message. I'm thinking that means that either those toons were deleted, or the accounts are no longer active (Silock's Shaakti was one that returned the error message). I also got the message when I tried to send the email to Synterion. Do you still have him, or did you delete him?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Huffmeister

Hey Pants, not sure if you responded to my in-game whisper last night or not. I was running space missions last night, and apparently the chat window content resets every time you go back to the ship. So if you replied, I apologize for not responding, because I didn't see it.

Last night I opened up the guild roster and started sending emails to the remaining members of The Right 53. The email basically said that it was disbanding, gave The Righteous contact info, and had an offer for anyone who wanted to take over the guild. On a side note, the length limit for emails is lame. You can't even fill up the entire text box before it cuts you off.

There were a total of 14 guild members, but I was only able to send the email to 3 of them. The rest came back with some kind of "Could not deliver message: unknown error" message. I'm thinking that means that either those toons were deleted, or the accounts are no longer active (Silock's Shaakti was one that returned the error message). I also got the message when I tried to send the email to Synterion. Do you still have him, or did you delete him?

Sorry, man, I must have missed your message. I whispered you when I got on for a sec before the KU game to take a screenshot to post on the SWTOR forums but you probably were doing the Space missions at the time. When I logged in later that night, I didn't see you on. Next time you're on, I'll ask one of the officers to invite you. As far as Synterion goes, I still have him but I haven't logged on him in quite a while. I guess I need to do that so all that mail doesn't come back to Tyterion.