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Personally I think Sorcs/Sages are having a tough time at the moment in comparison to Agents/Smugglers.
Agree with Marauders/Sentinels being OP though, they have too much survivability for the damage they output. One or the other needs to be toned down.
There was a spec prior to 1.3 that allowed significant double dipping with chain lightning, if that spec was used I can assure you they were most definitly OP. I'm talking about 2 shotting people on a regular basis. A guy in my guild was demonstrating how OP the spec was and he was outputting over double the damage done of other players in warzones whilst still playing objectively.
Healing specced agents seem to be the most effective in warzones at the moment mainly due to mobility but I'm not sure if that makes them over powered.
Mara's could be toned down a little I suppose, the utilty and mitigation they have in addition to damage seems a little out of balance but I don't find them that hard to kill unless they have a pocket healer. Mara + Pocket healer is going to absolutely destroy people.
Assassins / Shadows could do with a little nerf too IMHO, a tank specced character that has huge burst and probably the largest amount of utility from all classes is a little too much for me.
Healing specced agents seem to be the most effective in warzones at the moment mainly due to mobility but I'm not sure if that makes them over powered.
Mara's could be toned down a little I suppose, the utilty and mitigation they have in addition to damage seems a little out of balance but I don't find them that hard to kill unless they have a pocket healer. Mara + Pocket healer is going to absolutely destroy people.
Assassins / Shadows could do with a little nerf too IMHO, a tank specced character that has huge burst and probably the largest amount of utility from all classes is a little too much for me.
While the most of that article is a bit iffy at best (personally think subs have dropped below 1mil but nowhere near down to only 60k) the part about the F2P to lvl15 is spot on.
It's really not a good sign when an MMO with the budget of SWTOR needs such a trial only 7-8 months after release. Even Warhammer Online that crashed and burned quite quickly still took over a year for the up to lvl10 trial.
Normally at this stage of the games life a standard 7-14 day trial, possibly with content restrictions as well would be expected, not a play forever as long as you don't go past lvl15 one.
Bracers and Belts do not have a set bonus (Head/Chest/Leg/Feet Do) - they also have solid stats, no armoring or mods - hence why I said surely getting Orange ones which do allow for Mods and Armoring you can make them better then Rakata/BH/Campaign?
Only works if he has access to BH/Campaign level armouring/mods, and if said mods give better stats than the normal BH/Campaign bracers/belt.
Well if he has campaign gear I assume he is running EC HM - so they do have armoring drops; and BH Comms meaning you can strip Mods from them or the campaign gear.
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Campaign Smuggler Medic Belt:
78 Endurance
113 Cunning
12 Crit
Modded Orange With Rakata Level Armour/Mods - going for same stats:
81 Endurance
122 Cunning
11 Crit
So -1 Crit but more cunning and end (non augmented) and thats without level 61 stuff
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If you can get the armourings then orange bracers / belts can be better, problem is the drop rate on those armourings isn't great and you can't simply extract armouring from for example the rakata head piece as that is only usable on other head pieces.
Also the belt / bracer only allow you to add an enhancement in addition to the armouring. I think, it might be mod but you can't add both. IIRC!
Also the belt / bracer only allow you to add an enhancement in addition to the armouring. I think, it might be mod but you can't add both. IIRC!
I don't understand how they are better? Both can be augmented and have the same mods in them, or am I missing something?
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Ignore, I know what you mean now. Doesn't have to be an orange shell though, you can throw the mods in Columi/Rakata gear if you want, so the only advantage of changing shells is for the look (unless of course it's campaign which are set). I like the BH gear and WH, if campaign drops and it's better I'll wear it I guess, I haven't looked into it that far and we are struggling with EVHM if I'm honest so it'll be a while till I work it all out.
I've found with SWTOR it's best to learn as you play as there is a lot to the game.
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Ignore, I know what you mean now. Doesn't have to be an orange shell though, you can throw the mods in Columi/Rakata gear if you want, so the only advantage of changing shells is for the look (unless of course it's campaign which are set). I like the BH gear and WH, if campaign drops and it's better I'll wear it I guess, I haven't looked into it that far and we are struggling with EVHM if I'm honest so it'll be a while till I work it all out.
I've found with SWTOR it's best to learn as you play as there is a lot to the game.
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Bracers and Belt do not have mods or armoring - unless you get orange ones - the Rakata/Campaign are just basic stats if that makes sense, no armoring or mods or enhancements - like earpieces and implants just pure stats (again unless orange)
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Here...
Note the Rakata Field Medic Belt, set stats no armoring or mods - compared to the Orange Gunslingers Belt I am wearing - with armoring and mods... that is that i meant...
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Orange Belts can be obtained from
a) Legacy Gear
b) Synthweavers / Armormechs (Schematics come from Underworld Trading and other mission crew skills)
c) GTN
The hard bit is the Armoring Mod - if you want Rakata+ Level you need to wait for a drop during a HM Ops and hope it's one for your class... alternatively there is the GTN but they normally charge hella monies for them!
Coruscant / Dromund Kaas (depending on your side) has the Legacy Vendors
I stopped playing in January and was healer spec (whatever that is).. the UI for healers was messed up as often reported players being on full health when in reality they were almost dead.. I'm tempted to give it a go for a month, they don't do a scroll of resurection like wow do they ?
Cheers, I'll go have a look.
Now they are craftable, might be cheaper for one on the GTN
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Not for me and my friends no.
Sure there are more randoms around to spam chat now, but I'd rather play with my friends. Guess I must be odd like that.
Don't see why they couldn't have kept the destination servers but then let any origin server move to any destination server so friends could pick the same one?