ah I see, you're right. It's free to subscribers. So sub for a month and it's yours, or just buy it outright (prob cheaper to sub a month)
One thing to note, which is probably only really relevant for specific edge cases. It was proven on reddit that if you pay for the expansion, you are authorized to wear any artifact gear from that expansion, even if you have not paid for it in the cartel shop. You are not allowed to equip previous level artifact equipment though. In the instance where you have an account that lapsed prior to the expansion, and are now premium coming back to the game at 50th level, it might actually be more cost effective to just buy the expansion.
In general though, yeah.... just subscribe for one month.
so I'm trying to do the Bounty Contracts. And I'm wondering if this is a solo issue or equipment issue.
Is it remotely possible to take on Champions solo? This one seemed to level scale...and I've had trouble with ones that were like a few lvls below me in the past.
I was wondering this as well. I just started playing after a year off and am running a lvl 50 Assassin Tank with Centurion PVP gear. I'm beginning to think I need to get a whole new set of gear. The regular bounty hunting missions were fine but the Kingpin was handing me my ass until a kind soul who was there to kill the kingpin as well jumped in and bailed me out. Are Kingpin missions meant to be group missions or is my gear just old and crappy?
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so I'm trying to do the Bounty Contracts. And I'm wondering if this is a solo issue or equipment issue.
Is it remotely possible to take on Champions solo? This one seemed to level scale...and I've had trouble with ones that were like a few lvls below me in the past.
I was wondering this as well. I just started playing after a year off and am running a lvl 50 Assassin Tank with Centurion PVP gear. I'm beginning to think I need to get a whole new set of gear. The regular bounty hunting missions were fine but the Kingpin was handing me my ass until a kind soul who was there to kill the kingpin as well jumped in and bailed me out. Are Kingpin missions meant to be group missions or is my gear just old and crappy?
You generally need at least one other player to beat Kingpins.
Its not true of all the Kingpins, but some of them definitely need 2+
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Yikes, I went to the auction house and everything is 50% more expensive than it has been recently. I'll look in tomorrow to unlocking a skill crew slot or character slot.
Yikes, I went to the auction house and everything is 50% more expensive than it has been recently. I'll look in tomorrow to unlocking a skill crew slot or character slot.
The prices kinda fluctuate with the day of the week, generally stuff is cheaper on the weekends with Wednesday-ish being the most expensive.
Legacy abilities with Heroic Moment are great for dealing with Kingpins.
Most useful is probably force choke. Hell of a lot of damage and a channelled stun, but Unity from getting to Light V for damage reduction too.
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Some of the champions are soloable at lower levels if you and your companion are well-geared. The Nar Shaddaa one I remember being pretty easy at pretty much any level if you're careful with the circles. The DK one I found doable at low levels but not once I got past level 20 or so. Similarly with the Hutta one.
Such has been my experience with Kingpin bounties:
Voss: regularly solo'd at 55 on a Gunnery Commando in ~72 gear with healing companion. Fairly easy.
Alderaan: solo'd with a 55 Sage Healer in 69s + tank companion. Was challenging and also a huge extended slog. (also the guy is an annoying prick. "You can't kill me! I'm Claw!" FFFFffff)
Coruscant: solo'd with a 55 tank-spec Shadow (pre-patch) in 69s + healing companion. Pretty easy but long. Tons of adds and landscape mobs spawning in all the time.
Hutta: only ever done in a group
DK: solo'd on a 55 tank-spec Jugg in shit 61/63 gear + healing companion in even more shit gear. A real pain in the ass due to gear.
Tatooine: only ever done in a group
Ord Mantell: only ever done in a group
Nar Shaddaa: only ever done in a group
Basically, if you're max level and have decent gear (and your companion does too) you should be able to solo them if you're good.
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Got one of the new Acquisition packs. Sadly, it was a frog dog uniform set. My rare was a neat vehicle though, the Amzab Breeze. Probably not worth the 900cc. Oh well.
I've spent 2k coins in the last week and still have another 2k. Hoping the Ashfall Tauntaun goes back up in price, since I'm hanging onto one to sell.
I finished Taris on my Sith Warrior. That was a damn nice story line for the class.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
I loved taking out the Alliance generals. The fights were fun the gloating was more fun. The mini version of the suicide run at the end though? Awesome. And the capping off of killing Thana. I flirted with her to annoy her. Then stabbed her in the back at the end. It was perfectly Sith. I loved every minute of it.
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
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So given that 2+ 55 heroics are soloable if you have halfway decent gear, and supposedly some level 55 flashpoints, what about the big level 50 flashpoints like False Emperor/Battle for Ilum?
I finished Taris on my Sith Warrior. That was a damn nice story line for the class.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
I loved taking out the Alliance generals. The fights were fun the gloating was more fun. The mini version of the suicide run at the end though? Awesome. And the capping off of killing Thana. I flirted with her to annoy her. Then stabbed her in the back at the end. It was perfectly Sith. I loved every minute of it.
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
Favourite line in the Sith Warrior storyline:
Nomen Karr "Now, there's no need for violence."
Sith Warrior: "I feel an OVERWHELMING. NEED FOR VIOLENCE"
*kills every mo-fo in the room*
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So given that 2+ 55 heroics are soloable if you have halfway decent gear, and supposedly some level 55 flashpoints, what about the big level 50 flashpoints like False Emperor/Battle for Ilum?
I almost solo'd normal Battle for Ilum on a brand spanking new 55 gunslinger (I couldn't beat the last boss, best attempt with heroic moment was 25%). I'm fairly positive I could solo it on my main if I actually tried. Haven't tried False Emperor.
I did try to solo the new level 55 flashpoints last night. Didn't go so well since I couldn't use the free healing stations on the bosses. Then again, with my 2 minute queue's for them, it seems kinda silly to try.
I finished Taris on my Sith Warrior. That was a damn nice story line for the class.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
I loved taking out the Alliance generals. The fights were fun the gloating was more fun. The mini version of the suicide run at the end though? Awesome. And the capping off of killing Thana. I flirted with her to annoy her. Then stabbed her in the back at the end. It was perfectly Sith. I loved every minute of it.
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
I have to admit that the Sith Warrior storyline is only slightly disappointing if you've gone through the Sith Inquisitor storyline. But I get the difference as well, where the Warrior is all about 'you will die and I will enjoy it', the Inquisitor is all about 'you will die slowly while I gloat and snark relentlessly'.
But you are right that the Warrior needs more Force choking or just badass behavior in general by the time Chapter 2 gets going. The Inquisitor gets a ton of scenes where they just wreck the room as they scowl at everyone, plus towards the end of Chapter 1 almost every one of the Inquisitor's conversations has the option to light the other person up like a Christmas tree. That just... doesn't get old.
I finished Taris on my Sith Warrior. That was a damn nice story line for the class.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
I loved taking out the Alliance generals. The fights were fun the gloating was more fun. The mini version of the suicide run at the end though? Awesome. And the capping off of killing Thana. I flirted with her to annoy her. Then stabbed her in the back at the end. It was perfectly Sith. I loved every minute of it.
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
I have to admit that the Sith Warrior storyline is only slightly disappointing if you've gone through the Sith Inquisitor storyline. But I get the difference as well, where the Warrior is all about 'you will die and I will enjoy it', the Inquisitor is all about 'you will die slowly while I gloat and snark relentlessly'.
But you are right that the Warrior needs more Force choking or just badass behavior in general by the time Chapter 2 gets going. The Inquisitor gets a ton of scenes where they just wreck the room as they scowl at everyone, plus towards the end of Chapter 1 almost every one of the Inquisitor's conversations has the option to light the other person up like a Christmas tree. That just... doesn't get old.
Much like Vader I should be choking half the Imperials I meet.
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I finished Taris on my Sith Warrior. That was a damn nice story line for the class.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
I loved taking out the Alliance generals. The fights were fun the gloating was more fun. The mini version of the suicide run at the end though? Awesome. And the capping off of killing Thana. I flirted with her to annoy her. Then stabbed her in the back at the end. It was perfectly Sith. I loved every minute of it.
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
I have to admit that the Sith Warrior storyline is only slightly disappointing if you've gone through the Sith Inquisitor storyline. But I get the difference as well, where the Warrior is all about 'you will die and I will enjoy it', the Inquisitor is all about 'you will die slowly while I gloat and snark relentlessly'.
But you are right that the Warrior needs more Force choking or just badass behavior in general by the time Chapter 2 gets going. The Inquisitor gets a ton of scenes where they just wreck the room as they scowl at everyone, plus towards the end of Chapter 1 almost every one of the Inquisitor's conversations has the option to light the other person up like a Christmas tree. That just... doesn't get old.
Much like Vader I should be choking half the Imperials I meet.
See, this is why the Empire is lagging behind the rest of the universe! All those Bothans and Twileks and other vile alien species are racing ahead while all our politicos are force choking each other instead of setting the Empire to rights! #economy #transparency #secedefromempire
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
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It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
Okay so what's this thing I got as a reward, something about an inherited weapon. I checked out the vendor that accepts this - it's like purple quality, but has shit stats. What gives?
it's poorly explained, but you're meant to send the token to an alt to redeem. The weapons are nice enough for a level 12-ish alt for a few levels, but not really that useful anyway
I think the inheritance pieces are lvl 10-15, depending on which part it is, while the birthright gear is lvl ~30-35 (again depending on which piece it is).
The real deal-breaker is that while the gear Binds to Legacy, it is class specific*). So no shipping that semi-useful Counselor gear off to your Inquisitor.
The final insult is to have Birthright pieces drop on Makeb.
[edit] *) Which also means none of your companions can use it. Congratulations!
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The entire concept behind the legacy vendors on the capital planets is just whack. Really didn't think that stuff through. There is no reason at all for any of it to be class specific. I hope they update those vendors at some point.
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"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Super psyched about this xp weekend. Totally missed the last one due to real life an being and adult. None of that foolishness will hold me back this weekend!
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Observation: A lot of the hairstyles in this game are goofy as shit, regardless of gender. Also, a lot of the cosmetics are also goofy.
Conclusion: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, people had bad fashion sense.
Observation: A lot of the hairstyles in this game are goofy as shit, regardless of gender. Also, a lot of the cosmetics are also goofy.
Conclusion: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, people had bad fashion sense.
Some of the hair comes from classic Star Wars, so you can blame the 70s... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
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If this community believes that hating someone based soley upon their gender is acceptable and understandable, I have no interest in being a part of it.
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Observation: A lot of the hairstyles in this game are goofy as shit, regardless of gender. Also, a lot of the cosmetics are also goofy.
Conclusion: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, people had bad fashion sense.
Naturally I read this in HK's voice.
Anyway, I tooled around with this a little bit about a month ago and was hoping to play a bit more this weekend. I can't launch the game yet because it's "Reorganizing data", but it's only done about 7% in 20 minutes. Is this normal? At this rate it would be quicker to just download the entire thing again!
I've no problem with waiting but I'm just curious.
Edit: It just suddenly jumped up to 98% while I wasn't looking, never mind!
so assuming I planned to resub for a month or two sometime in the near future to play a bit, is there an optimal time to do it in terms of rewards? I saw the thing where you get bonus coins for being subbed before May 4 or whatever, but it wasn't really clear how that worked or what conditions were attached to it.
it was the smallest on the list but
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
so assuming I planned to resub for a month or two sometime in the near future to play a bit, is there an optimal time to do it in terms of rewards? I saw the thing where you get bonus coins for being subbed before May 4 or whatever, but it wasn't really clear how that worked or what conditions were attached to it.
For 60 days I think it is:
After April 25 (June 24 gives the House, or was the cut-off date earlier?), but before May 4 (1000 cartel coins).
Hey guys I've got a question. Is it possible to play through the class missions without grinding out side quests or doing any flashpoints/pvp? I enjoyed playing a sith juggernaut back when the game first came out. But after trying imperial agent it became apparent that the grind involved in keeping my character leveled was unacceptable. I hate mmorgps but I loves me some Bioware stories.
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If it's possible, it'd probably require stacking as many XP boosters as possible, but I rather doubt you can get by on class missions alone.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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Hey guys I've got a question. Is it possible to play through the class missions without grinding out side quests or doing any flashpoints/pvp? I enjoyed playing a sith juggernaut back when the game first came out. But after trying imperial agent it became apparent that the grind involved in keeping my character leveled was unacceptable. I hate mmorgps but I loves me some Bioware stories.
Unless you have some friends to play with, it'll be tough to work through the game without working through some side missions or the bonus series to stack up your levels. It takes time, but I'd recommend going through the side missions twice anyway on either side, just to see how thing pan out if you go good or bad during the campaign.
You will have to spend some money to upgrade yourself and your companions if you plan to stand any kind of a chance against some bosses without help, unless you're thoroughly aware of how to disrupt their skills effectively.
I've been trying to figure that out for awhile. According to the site, the upcoming rewards are:
May 4th - Subscribers get 1000 cartel coins.
May 11th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, and 3 extra rooms, but I don't think you can actually use it until early access starts a little bit later.
June 24th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, but not with the extra rooms, and subscribers can start using strongholds.
July 29th - Preferred players can start using strongholds.
August - Free players can start using strongholds.
So if you only do 1 month, you either want to start it before May 4th to get the coins and the upgraded stronghold, or just before June 24th to get the stronghold and early access. I'll probably sub for a month starting next week, although it'll be a little annoying to get a stronghold that I can't use for 2 and a half months.
Hey guys I've got a question. Is it possible to play through the class missions without grinding out side quests or doing any flashpoints/pvp? I enjoyed playing a sith juggernaut back when the game first came out. But after trying imperial agent it became apparent that the grind involved in keeping my character leveled was unacceptable. I hate mmorgps but I loves me some Bioware stories.
Unless you have some friends to play with, it'll be tough to work through the game without working through some side missions or the bonus series to stack up your levels. It takes time, but I'd recommend going through the side missions twice anyway on either side, just to see how thing pan out if you go good or bad during the campaign.
You will have to spend some money to upgrade yourself and your companions if you plan to stand any kind of a chance against some bosses without help, unless you're thoroughly aware of how to disrupt their skills effectively.
Yeah, the thing is I don't have the time or patience to grind out all the side quests on each side for every character. I'm surprised there's no viable "story only" option now that they've gone f2p. I'd give them money for just the class stories, oh well.
Hey guys I've got a question. Is it possible to play through the class missions without grinding out side quests or doing any flashpoints/pvp? I enjoyed playing a sith juggernaut back when the game first came out. But after trying imperial agent it became apparent that the grind involved in keeping my character leveled was unacceptable. I hate mmorgps but I loves me some Bioware stories.
Unless you have some friends to play with, it'll be tough to work through the game without working through some side missions or the bonus series to stack up your levels. It takes time, but I'd recommend going through the side missions twice anyway on either side, just to see how thing pan out if you go good or bad during the campaign.
You will have to spend some money to upgrade yourself and your companions if you plan to stand any kind of a chance against some bosses without help, unless you're thoroughly aware of how to disrupt their skills effectively.
Yeah, the thing is I don't have the time or patience to grind out all the side quests on each side for every character. I'm surprised there's no viable "story only" option now that they've gone f2p. I'd give them money for just the class stories, oh well.
But you already have, for buying the game. That's the thing about the game. Not to badmouth it much, but the purpose of any MMO is to separate you from your money, so they ended up sucking you into a story that you can't finish without a little financial assistance.
It's not something you should feel bad about, rather something you should expect. They're trying to pull you in, and this is how they do it. Hopefully getting a premier account isn't too hard, and you can work through the stories of the classes when you can, if you can help it.
so I was replaying the Jedi Knight intro. I hadn't gone a darker path before, not sure if spoiler is needed or not
lots of the darkside decisions I don't see a rationale reason to make. But I finally killed the Fleshraider wanting to be a jedi.
That cutscene of you just casually tossing him into the pyre is pretty fucking great.
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My rationale for the darkside decisions in playing a bad knight is a mix of laziness and self-centeredness. Like he's not trying to be evil or anything, it's just so much more work to protect these imperials from the colocoids than it would be to just kill them, and they're dying anyway. And besides we're supposed to kill imps! etc.
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
My rationale for the darkside decisions in playing a bad knight is a mix of laziness and self-centeredness. Like he's not trying to be evil or anything, it's just so much more work to protect these imperials from the colocoids than it would be to just kill them, and they're dying anyway. And besides we're supposed to kill imps! etc.
the way I rationalized it was not wanting to deal with people waiting on their asses while bad shit happens and thinking that the Jedi are too indecisive or some such
with that it was largely you ask the twi'lek "kid" if your character should feel sorry for the guy and he goes "No, I wouldn't. I mean" - it sounds like he has been mistreated. And the creature really just wants power. So it's kinda like "yeah maybe he'll go lightside, but so far he is just a barbarian more likely to go the darkside at some point and cause problems". Mixed in with some disdain for what the fleshraiders have already done
Two other intro darkside decisions , the latter I have yet to do
for BH's and Agents- killing the force sensitive kid's father so he can train on Korriban. With Agents it can become very easy to justify in that you think Darth Jadus may be watching your every move. With Bounty Hunters it feels like you need to really go for the pure greed angle or loyal to your employer regardless (weird morality).
The second is the Bounty Hunter one where you can turn in the Republic Doctor (I think) who is being hunted by the guy who the Hutt gave the token to . I tried to do it twice, but Mako keeps going "Really?". And then it's like geeze if you are gonna protest that much...you really don't want me to do it.
I did finally bring myself to kill poor Yalt , though
On that note, I find it very hard to destroy those eels for that Imperial Spy/Smuggler (might have just been a smuggler working for the imperials) if you are an Agent. The only time I can think of you wanting to do that is if you are rping as someone who is working to destroy the empire from the inside, but even if you were this - it seems like it would be sort of a tip-off?
I've been trying to figure that out for awhile. According to the site, the upcoming rewards are:
May 4th - Subscribers get 1000 cartel coins.
May 11th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, and 3 extra rooms, but I don't think you can actually use it until early access starts a little bit later.
June 24th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, but not with the extra rooms, and subscribers can start using strongholds.
July 29th - Preferred players can start using strongholds.
August - Free players can start using strongholds.
So if you only do 1 month, you either want to start it before May 4th to get the coins and the upgraded stronghold, or just before June 24th to get the stronghold and early access. I'll probably sub for a month starting next week, although it'll be a little annoying to get a stronghold that I can't use for 2 and a half months.
so what I'm getting from this is, sub at like the end of april, then maybe extend at the end of may and hit the june 24 date too
it was the smallest on the list but
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
jedi knight is afflicted probably the most by bioware's biggest writing crutch, which is that sometimes your character acts like an asshole for no discernible reason whatsoever other than that there needs to be a 'bad' option. Like in the example you mentioned there's no reason
that the dark side option couldn't have been 'fuck you dude, flesh raiders can't be jedis' and then he runs off to continue learning the darkside stuff on his own
that would at least make some kind of sense in the context of what's going on on tython and wouldn't make the character out to be a weird sociopath
but, :bioware:
some of the dark side knight options aren't so bad though, I liked the parts where you had the option to side with the republic military in opposition to whatever random jedi X wanted you to do
it was the smallest on the list but
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
I've been trying to figure that out for awhile. According to the site, the upcoming rewards are:
May 4th - Subscribers get 1000 cartel coins.
May 11th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, and 3 extra rooms, but I don't think you can actually use it until early access starts a little bit later.
June 24th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, but not with the extra rooms, and subscribers can start using strongholds.
July 29th - Preferred players can start using strongholds.
August - Free players can start using strongholds.
So if you only do 1 month, you either want to start it before May 4th to get the coins and the upgraded stronghold, or just before June 24th to get the stronghold and early access. I'll probably sub for a month starting next week, although it'll be a little annoying to get a stronghold that I can't use for 2 and a half months.
so what I'm getting from this is, sub at like the end of april, then maybe extend at the end of may and hit the june 24 date too
The problem is that I think you need an active sub throughout the early access, or else you will get pushed back into the preferred group. So if your account ran out on say June 30th, you'd get to try out your stronghold for 6 days, then get kicked out until the end of July.
I'm not totally sure if that is accurate, but it's what happened to me during the starfighter early access period.
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One thing to note, which is probably only really relevant for specific edge cases. It was proven on reddit that if you pay for the expansion, you are authorized to wear any artifact gear from that expansion, even if you have not paid for it in the cartel shop. You are not allowed to equip previous level artifact equipment though. In the instance where you have an account that lapsed prior to the expansion, and are now premium coming back to the game at 50th level, it might actually be more cost effective to just buy the expansion.
In general though, yeah.... just subscribe for one month.
I was wondering this as well. I just started playing after a year off and am running a lvl 50 Assassin Tank with Centurion PVP gear. I'm beginning to think I need to get a whole new set of gear. The regular bounty hunting missions were fine but the Kingpin was handing me my ass until a kind soul who was there to kill the kingpin as well jumped in and bailed me out. Are Kingpin missions meant to be group missions or is my gear just old and crappy?
You generally need at least one other player to beat Kingpins.
Its not true of all the Kingpins, but some of them definitely need 2+
The prices kinda fluctuate with the day of the week, generally stuff is cheaper on the weekends with Wednesday-ish being the most expensive.
EDIT: Although this may vary per server.
Now that I've taken my 55s through their weeklies, seems like as good a time as any to have my Powertech make the leap to max level...
I honestly thought the Force using characters for the daily quest on Oricon was harder to solo.
Most useful is probably force choke. Hell of a lot of damage and a channelled stun, but Unity from getting to Light V for damage reduction too.
If this community believes that hating someone based soley upon their gender is acceptable and understandable, I have no interest in being a part of it.
Basically, if you're max level and have decent gear (and your companion does too) you should be able to solo them if you're good.
I've spent 2k coins in the last week and still have another 2k. Hoping the Ashfall Tauntaun goes back up in price, since I'm hanging onto one to sell.
Thoughts on Sith Warrior Chapter 2 so far.(Taris+1 mission after)
Also noticed since I started using Jaesa as my main companion I am becoming way more darkside. Like it has ramped up a lot. And the choices still make sense are aren't the stupid, let them die and loose asset choices they were earlier. They are more like, kill or let live. And neutral choices are more long term. I kind of like that. I don't feel my character is making sacrifices of his long term plans to be "dark side" anymore.
Also killing the mouthy Admiral on his own ship, felt good man.
Still I need more force choke+you have failed me lines.
Favourite line in the Sith Warrior storyline:
Sith Warrior: "I feel an OVERWHELMING. NEED FOR VIOLENCE"
*kills every mo-fo in the room*
If this community believes that hating someone based soley upon their gender is acceptable and understandable, I have no interest in being a part of it.
I almost solo'd normal Battle for Ilum on a brand spanking new 55 gunslinger (I couldn't beat the last boss, best attempt with heroic moment was 25%). I'm fairly positive I could solo it on my main if I actually tried. Haven't tried False Emperor.
I did try to solo the new level 55 flashpoints last night. Didn't go so well since I couldn't use the free healing stations on the bosses. Then again, with my 2 minute queue's for them, it seems kinda silly to try.
I have to admit that the Sith Warrior storyline is only slightly disappointing if you've gone through the Sith Inquisitor storyline. But I get the difference as well, where the Warrior is all about 'you will die and I will enjoy it', the Inquisitor is all about 'you will die slowly while I gloat and snark relentlessly'.
But you are right that the Warrior needs more Force choking or just badass behavior in general by the time Chapter 2 gets going. The Inquisitor gets a ton of scenes where they just wreck the room as they scowl at everyone, plus towards the end of Chapter 1 almost every one of the Inquisitor's conversations has the option to light the other person up like a Christmas tree. That just... doesn't get old.
Much like Vader I should be choking half the Imperials I meet.
See, this is why the Empire is lagging behind the rest of the universe! All those Bothans and Twileks and other vile alien species are racing ahead while all our politicos are force choking each other instead of setting the Empire to rights! #economy #transparency #secedefromempire
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
I think the inheritance pieces are lvl 10-15, depending on which part it is, while the birthright gear is lvl ~30-35 (again depending on which piece it is).
The real deal-breaker is that while the gear Binds to Legacy, it is class specific*). So no shipping that semi-useful Counselor gear off to your Inquisitor.
The final insult is to have Birthright pieces drop on Makeb.
[edit] *) Which also means none of your companions can use it. Congratulations!
Conclusion: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, people had bad fashion sense.
Some of the hair comes from classic Star Wars, so you can blame the 70s... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
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Naturally I read this in HK's voice.
Anyway, I tooled around with this a little bit about a month ago and was hoping to play a bit more this weekend. I can't launch the game yet because it's "Reorganizing data", but it's only done about 7% in 20 minutes. Is this normal? At this rate it would be quicker to just download the entire thing again!
I've no problem with waiting but I'm just curious.
Edit: It just suddenly jumped up to 98% while I wasn't looking, never mind!
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
For 60 days I think it is:
After April 25 (June 24 gives the House, or was the cut-off date earlier?), but before May 4 (1000 cartel coins).
[edit] See @Veagle's post below.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
Unless you have some friends to play with, it'll be tough to work through the game without working through some side missions or the bonus series to stack up your levels. It takes time, but I'd recommend going through the side missions twice anyway on either side, just to see how thing pan out if you go good or bad during the campaign.
You will have to spend some money to upgrade yourself and your companions if you plan to stand any kind of a chance against some bosses without help, unless you're thoroughly aware of how to disrupt their skills effectively.
May 4th - Subscribers get 1000 cartel coins.
May 11th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, and 3 extra rooms, but I don't think you can actually use it until early access starts a little bit later.
June 24th - Subscribers unlock the Nar Shadaa stronghold, but not with the extra rooms, and subscribers can start using strongholds.
July 29th - Preferred players can start using strongholds.
August - Free players can start using strongholds.
So if you only do 1 month, you either want to start it before May 4th to get the coins and the upgraded stronghold, or just before June 24th to get the stronghold and early access. I'll probably sub for a month starting next week, although it'll be a little annoying to get a stronghold that I can't use for 2 and a half months.
But you already have, for buying the game. That's the thing about the game. Not to badmouth it much, but the purpose of any MMO is to separate you from your money, so they ended up sucking you into a story that you can't finish without a little financial assistance.
It's not something you should feel bad about, rather something you should expect. They're trying to pull you in, and this is how they do it. Hopefully getting a premier account isn't too hard, and you can work through the stories of the classes when you can, if you can help it.
That cutscene of you just casually tossing him into the pyre is pretty fucking great.
the way I rationalized it was not wanting to deal with people waiting on their asses while bad shit happens and thinking that the Jedi are too indecisive or some such
Two other intro darkside decisions , the latter I have yet to do
The second is the Bounty Hunter one where you can turn in the Republic Doctor (I think) who is being hunted by the guy who the Hutt gave the token to . I tried to do it twice, but Mako keeps going "Really?". And then it's like geeze if you are gonna protest that much...you really don't want me to do it.
I did finally bring myself to kill poor Yalt , though
On that note, I find it very hard to destroy those eels for that Imperial Spy/Smuggler (might have just been a smuggler working for the imperials) if you are an Agent. The only time I can think of you wanting to do that is if you are rping as someone who is working to destroy the empire from the inside, but even if you were this - it seems like it would be sort of a tip-off?
so what I'm getting from this is, sub at like the end of april, then maybe extend at the end of may and hit the june 24 date too
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
that would at least make some kind of sense in the context of what's going on on tython and wouldn't make the character out to be a weird sociopath
but, :bioware:
some of the dark side knight options aren't so bad though, I liked the parts where you had the option to side with the republic military in opposition to whatever random jedi X wanted you to do
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
The problem is that I think you need an active sub throughout the early access, or else you will get pushed back into the preferred group. So if your account ran out on say June 30th, you'd get to try out your stronghold for 6 days, then get kicked out until the end of July.
I'm not totally sure if that is accurate, but it's what happened to me during the starfighter early access period.