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  1. Gorth
    ...and made a killing this time around selling out of a large surplus stock of rep tokens (which I've been saving up first because of the weekly limits and then forgot about them) Still, since you can now buy vanity stuff for fulfilled contracts, I suppose there will be a (minor) reason to keep doing it on a smaller scale in time to come. Also a nice source of combat practise, xp and credits for low level toons.
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    I maxed out in the Bounty Hunter reputation last time *), so I'm really just trying the various kingpins for the challenge and the different fights. Still got a grudge match with the Nar Shaddaa one (completely wiped the floor with me). On the other hand, my level 18 Jedi Guardian tank and Kira beat the Ord Mantell kingpin (the one mentioned in the post above) all by themself. I had crafted and mailed a bunch of purple gear and mods for him, but it was quite gratifying beating him and freezing him in carbonite. Haven't tried the Voss and Dromund Kaas kingpins yet. *) Edit: Almost maxed out, was around 200 rep points short. Just sneezing at the beginning of this bounty season brought it to the max.
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    Welcome to the Fun Side Careful, depending on whether the game pushes your buttons correctly or not, it can be quite addictive. Looking forward to hear about your adventures. While there are official forums, I prefer to discuss/share the game here. Gromnir, Hassat and Spider (and a couple of others) are quite helpful with advice, tips and tricks for those of us who are not exactly "hawks" at this type of game. Edit: From Gorth's little mmo blog, my smuggler is now level 49 and got one more kingpin scratched off my to do list over the weekend. My trooper almost has the parts for my second HK (need to get the Dromund Kaas and the two Flashpoint parts). It's actually a bit of a shame that you get him so late in the game.
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    Thanks. Of course, getting home from work early today, I just started up the client and get a 1003 error when trying to connect. It could have been a network or router error if wasn't for the fact that it's only Begeren Colony having the problem. I can log in a play characters on Harbinger, Red Eclipse and a few others just fine. Just not the one with all my main characters *grumble* Then I tried logging in to my f2p account from my work laptop (as in a different PC altogether) and that one just hangs indefinitely. Yay... Edit: Using the launcher 'repair' option was the first thing I tried. Time to contact customer support I suppose.
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    I bought the Steam version of it a long time ago. It's probably a good game, but some shortcomings on the technical side means I'll probably never get around to play it. Never even considered the sequel for the very reason (I need to change my GFX card to run in single GPU mode or half the visuals, including the entire UI disappears).
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    I'm now very envious of you I love most kinds of curry, but the Massaman and the Lababdar will always have a special place. Especially with freshly baked Naan to dip in it.
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    Hmm... been crafting a bit. Looks like implants can have augments too? I guess that means earpieces and implants can hold another 3 augments between them, so basically every slot can have one. Struggling a bit to boost my defence. Numbers looks something like defence 13.94%, shield approx 33.5% and Absorption around 33%. (hp is around 30k, damage reduction around 50% with ion cell, the rest is without any activated abilities). Still room for 5-6 augments (installed a number of shield and absorption already, but above mentioned 3 plus handgun and bracers/belt don't have any yet). The rest will have to come from upgrading remaining mods from 66 yo 69, better implants and then get started on 72 mods. Only just started collecting a few handfuls of elite commendations though. Where do you get the most bang for your buck so to speak when spending your (currently) precious elite commendations?
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    I'm not sure why, but I wonder what happened to Shryke?
  9. Gorth
    Actually, the graphics are new shiny hi-res versions of the old 8 bit, 8 colour originals. Now looks nice on screen resolutions larger than 256x192
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    I didn't get any of the sales, but I noticed a few "new" additions that made me excited. Lords of Midnight No excuse for all you heathens and heretics not to worship the greatest game ever created by one of the greatest geniuses (Mike Singleton) in game design.
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    Hey Funcroc, long time no see
  12. Gorth
    He might be a "glass" cannon in his shiny new DPS spec. but he went through the first part of the HK quest, like it was nothing (which was giving a severe headache before and had to abort the mission in the first few attempts). Might also have helped that the companions are way better geared now, so it could be either a combination or just the latter. Hard to say for sure now. Gained the last level too for him doing the Theoretica part, now maxed out at 55. Late edit: Used my free rename token and gave the name 'Gorth' to a level 20 smuggler. Not quite the level 35 my Powertech had when he was robbed of the name, but better than nothing. Since my smuggler girl is level 47 I guess the first parts of the smuggler story is/was so long ago it doesn't hurt to play it again. Also managed to grab 'Mike' for an agent (forgot I should have tried his last name, Thorton intead), a green skinned jedi girl named 'Emerald' (I know, bad pun on skin colour), an Inquisitor named 'Zorglub' (his mind bent on world conquest) and a few other guy names that is for not yet planned use.
  13. Gorth
    I must have missed an interesting debate somewhere?
  14. Gorth
    Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night, having a wet theory
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    Is your assassin playing as tank or dps? Edit: You might find the Alderaan one easier if you got an interrupt with no more than 6 second cooldown. He's quite manageable if you consistently prevent him from using 'snipe' (need to read the fine print fast sometimes though).
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    I know. I skipped those pieces for my Powertech and will save up some elite commendations instead, skipping the "basic com" step for those body parts.
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    I often use Blizz. Completely redundant for a tank Powertech. but just his starting line of "Blizz brings lots of everything!" or something to that effect makes him an endearing character, so he gets pulled out and work together with "New Boss" regularly, even if Mako would make life easier (using Hk every now and then for kicks and Mako if survivability in prolonged fights become an issue). Speaking of easier, tried Hassats suggestion for the GSI heroics and the one on Alderaan turned out to be very easy. Almost killed me (did kill Mako) the first week I tried it. Then I noticed that what was killing me was the Snipe that the boss seemed able to fire every 6 seconds or so and just focused on interrupting that one (ignoring Ambush and what else he threw my way) and can bring him down while still having max health. Such a little change in tactics, such a large effect. Oh, and considered the skill points invested in reducing my interrupt cooldown one of the better skill point investments. Respecced my Commando to DPS and took a look at the basic com gear vendor. That stuff must have been designed in a different era, because the "boltblaster" stuff if just chock full of Alacrity. I'm fairly sure somebody told me it's not so useful for DPS these days.
  18. Gorth
    I probably remember it wrong then (using mostly Trauma Probe on myself and Adrenaline Rush after gearing up companions)... I need more coffee I think
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    No, not recently. Maybe a year and a half ago. Not sure how supercharged gas (mercenary name) worked before then, but that's when it was changed the last time. SCG is still a core mechanic of mercenary healing since it boosts some of your better healing abilities and vents some heat. So while the only heat free options you get are dps related, the healing boost it provides is still significant. I'm fairly sure until a few weeks ago, it meant Advanced Medical Probe (Medical Probe always costs a truckload of energy) didn't cost any energy and the cooldown was the limiting factor during the seconds while the supercharge buff was active. You could usually fire off 4 in a row. Best used after depleting your energy (IMHO) and then activate the supercharge, so you could continue overdosing tanks on Kolto when taking high damage (or as preparation for expected high damage any moment). At least I'm fairly sure it worked that way the last 25-30 levels or so I played him. Currently it (support cell) doesn't seem to provide any benefits for a healer.
  20. Gorth
    Hey, join us on the dark side Still considering transferring a semi high level, (35-45) character or two to Harbinger though, just to spread out a bit and "finish" their levelling up there. The population numbers are "huge" by comparison. Besides, who knows? I might get to harass Gromnir a bit Didn't get all of my old names, some were quite visibly in use by other people at some point (being level 45 and above), but I got those that mattered to me, including 'Gorth'. Currently a level 1 smuggler with a completely random look and just saved in a hurry to put my foot down and keep the name safe for the time being. Since I've spent so much time with my main under a different name, I think I'll let him keep and then just create a new character that I can give the name and level up. Got a level 20 smuggler guy which I can hand it over to (still got that free rename we got after the forced exodus). Having a f2p account on a laptop next to my desktop, I only need to drop the name for half a second at a time (prepare a character on the other pc, only need to hit 'play', delete charater on first pc, then reverse the process), so it should be a safe thing to do. Searching a bit on the swtor forums, couldn't find any mention of the Commando change at first glance, so if it's a WAD change, then I think I'll respec and replace alacrity with accuracy and use him as DPS instead.
  21. Gorth
    Yeah, the encounter design and the combat mechanics Off topic, claimed the Wasteland from GoG rather than Steam. On topic (ok, semi on topic). Ran across this link a while ago. May or may not be redundant/posted already. Matt Rhodes Showing a lot of old and recent concept art from Biowares games (including the original Tali with no mask)
  22. Gorth
    Estimates... the fine art of guessing (I hates them) Nice update. What does the team do to stay awake when pulling "all nighters"?
  23. Gorth
    It's all smoke and mirrors. You guys are so easily manipulated that Tzeench wins by default. Change is inevitable.
  24. Gorth
    Well, whatever account Bioware used for bulk copying copies of my characters without my knowledge didn't hang on to them and I can now graciously pay real world dollars through the nose to buy renames and get the old names back that they helped me to get rid of in the first place, buy automatically hijacking them before announcing the server moves and destinations. Questionable business ethics if you ask me. Anyway, hurried up and created a handful of "dummies" to make sure my old Apac names didn't go anywhere again while turning my back on them for a moment. Completely unrelated, did they recently gimp commando healers completely? I'm fairly sure in the past, getting 30 support cells and activating supercharged cell (right name?), you could spam Advanced Medical Probe for a number of seconds with no energy cost. You can't any more. Only thing you can use it for now is as DPS boost, because Charged Burst and Full Auto is correctly as in the past not costing energy while active. Anybody notice anything in recent patch notes about gimping commando healer ability to heal?
  25. Gorth
    Congratulations! Hopefully the guild is drama free and you find like minded people there, a good guild makes the game about ten times more fun. And a bad one makes it about six billion times worse He was member of a guild for a short while, but being mainly a US guild, it meant that despite having a few hundred members, it was rare for me to see anyone else online at the same time. Didn't feel like staying up at 3:00am regularly to say 'Hi!', so left that one again after short while Following a tip, I tried to check out my old names from the Apac server. Using friend twice will show the level and location of that name (if same faction). I should probably not have done that, because now my nerd rage know no bounds. In fact, I'm fuming mad. The 3 highest level characters I had was the ones that lost their names. Guess what?... On the default destination server, I found all 3 character names as an *exact* snapshot of those characters at a point in time on the Apac servers. Same levels, same factions, same class and for two of them the same advanced class on planets they were on at those levels. Looks for all intent and purposes like somebody had run a test migration script and not cleaned up their mess before forcing people to move and so doubly screwing over their Apac customers by having automated the process of depriving their names. With my luck, they are probably assigned to some internal account instead of F2P and so will never be relinquished. Jury is out on that until I test availability of those 3 names in the middle of the night tonight (none of them being above level 25)
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