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Frei
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I guess no one wanted to make an OP so we just haven't had a SWTOR thread for a few days. Here it is. If someone (jdarksun) doesn't give me a copy of the old OP then I'll try to come up with something. In the mean time, talk about gay segregation planets and watch your spoilers.
Also, no one reads the OP after the first page is done with so WHAT'S THE POINT?
Also, no one reads the OP after the first page is done with so WHAT'S THE POINT?
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That said I have nothing of substance to really say until tuesday when I get a 680 4g card to replace this AMD 7970 piece of crap that has had errors since day one where it likes to randomly rearrange textures (it's apparently not even a bad card, some of them just 'do that' based on your configuration/manufacturer). I should probably put it up on ebay or something since it's technically not defective (it's just badly designed) but I would so much like to take a hammer to it for all the time wasted trying to figure out what was wrong. I could play the game on it now, but at this point I don't want to play anything I 'like' until I get the new card. Maybe I'll get my damn monthly coins by then (some people are getting them late sometimes, dunno why) and buy Vette a hat.
To say something even remotely on topic, where the hell are my Cathar?!? I'm praying they show up in the store when Makeb hits, but I probably shouldn't get my hopes up since they seem to be staggering everything that was supposed to be the end of last year in order to mix in F2P and coin shop stuff. So it'll probably be in the line an item or two after Makeb. You'd think they'd bump it up a little though, it's guaranteed to sell like crazy as long as they don't let you buy it with credits, at least for awhile (or make it a nutty amount of credits).
Yes, both guilds are going on Shadowlands, but I believe the Empire one is the most active.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
I believe prior to the news of the RotHC expansion, it's been mentioned that the Cathar would pop up as playable at around the same time as Makeb. Not sure if that still holds true after the expansion announcement.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Yeah, the Empire guild on Shadowlands is still fairly active, but the Republic one is... not really. Just do a /who remarkable circumference and ask someone about an invite Empire side. I don't know if anyone uses the PA channel anymore.
8-)
If you haven't tried one yet they are OMG HARD even with the level 7 upgrades. Sad to say I have yet to last longer then 2 minutes in one
Kenny Loggins acoustic.
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Holy shit, this is dumb. Like, who possibly thought this would be fun?
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Some group like to do East for the second drop because that's where you spawn after a mind trap or whirlwind thingy. Actually though, assuming everybody's doing it like usual you should meet on the same platform after the first two drops where you take your first heal break. Dropping from West you should go right, dropping from East you should go left, and then it's a common platform.
I'm sure some people were miffed when they found out they need a level 15 on the other side to get one part too and if none of that is an issue, doing some of the instances might be the final nail.
All in all, got a guild who wants to get him? GREAT!.
If not, good luck
But yes, next time I'm just buying HK.
Anyone know of a place that lists conversation companion affection gains for dailies?
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Guess who ended up not actually tanking anything?
God, you meet all kinds in the group finder.
Sundering strike is pretty much worthless solo. It's only useful in groups! And only when tanking. IT'S FOR AGGRO AND NOTHING ELSE.
Welp, brain's broke now. Hope you're happy.
Chat in game can tell you that much.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
also, there's still plenty of good players... the difference is that there are many, many more players so you're going to run into a bunch more assholes now. Still plenty of good ones around.
I was just going to ask that.
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
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Anyways, if it's just the rage builder, a tank can get to the point they don't need that. At all. They put the debuff on smash and other hits if you get talents, so you don't use it for that either. So uh.......yeah, if that's what he's talking about you can totally forgo using it if you're a high point tank. It's not even an aggro ability. There is zero reason it would have anything to do with his tanking at that point.
It's hands-down the best focus/rage generator available to tank-specced Guards/Juggs. 4 second cooldown, +2 focus in Soresu form. If you don't use it, you're stuck spamming Strike to build focus, which is the worst skill for damage or threat and still only builds 1 focus.
(Combat Focus and Stasis/Choke have long cooldowns, Leap/Saber Throw can't be used in melee range, and Soresu's focus-on-hit has an internal cooldown.)
I was paying attention to this tank's vitals and he was always out of focus. He couldn't hold aggro for shit. The other DPS and I would clean up every single add, then turn to the Elite he had been tanking and rip it off in seconds.
If you're not using Sunder, you're Doing It Wrong.
I'm currently playing a lvl 30-ish jug, don't bother using it most of the time, and never have issues (with rage gen I mean, and I've even got a few more talents to go that will make it even better). I remember it being much harder awhile back, and I don't know what they changed to make it ridiculously easy, but it is, and if he was having rage generation issues as a tank, I don't think he was actually tank spec.
Or he could be incompetent, that happens too of course. But I'm suspecting he's either not actually tank spec, or respec'd into it and had no experience. And that ability, again, has zero to do with aggro generation. Direct taunts cost nothing, and the abilities that are +aggro can literally be made to cost nothing to use with a few tank spec talents. That tank had issues, certainly. Using sunder wasn't one of them.
you get rage every couple seconds from the form bonus, but that isn't nearly enough to sustain ability use
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
It takes a good rotation, but totally doable.
I'm not saying you should take it off your damn bar, things happen and you screw up the rotation. But it's, again, totally doable.
Edit: this has kind of taken a detour. My point was less about how 'you should totally not use sunder' (since that's just one rotation style), but rather the lack of doing so wasn't what would cause a tank to fail at aggro management. They fail at aggro management because they don't use the aggro abilities properly, which makes them a bad tank regardless of their rotation. Which is why I see a lot of people respec'ing into tanking from a pvp build and then falling flat on their face.
Check any Jugg tanking guide, they'll all tell you Sunder is the #1 priority for focus/rage generation.
Basically:
1. Find part, get close
2. Summon mail bot
3. Dig up part
4. Mail part to Legacy character
5. Repeat step 3 & 4 as quickly as possible.
As for the Sundering Strike/Assault topic, you actually use Sunder more than you might think. I'm usually pretty good on Rage in most fights on my Juggernaut tank, but Sundering Assault is, without fail, the single most-used ability in my arsenal in every boss fight I have a log for.
A typical boss fight (in this case, the Tanks from Explosive Conflict) will look something like:
Sundering Assault: 26 uses
Retaliation: 23 uses
Vicious Slash: 20 uses
Force Scream: 15 uses
Crushing Blow: 13 uses
Assault: 10 uses
Ravage: 9 uses
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
How is the F2p verison compared to the paid for?
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Otherwise, aside from occasionally nagging you about how subscribers would get x y or z it isn't too bad. You can certainly just do the story missions without an issue.
Edit: Any cash shop purchase makes you preferred, which gives a bunch of stuff. Item storage, additional skill bars, bunch of things.
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