tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post4855228837058701245..comments2024-03-26T20:47:12.919+00:00Comments on Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog: Reaping the Spoils of WarShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-70390962665284244102019-11-01T06:49:53.744+00:002019-11-01T06:49:53.744+00:00It does go very fast. I hit 306 the other day and ...It does go very fast. I hit 306 the other day and now keep getting more 306s that I can send to all my alts to speed up their own gearing without even having to lend out my main's gear.<br /><br />You definitely have to be spending those tech fragments constantly. The good thing is that it's all cross-legacy, so if you have any alts at all it's not hard to find useful things to buy.<br /><br />And this expansion is clearly attempting to drain some credits out of the economy, also because of the million credits every item from the fragment vendor costs on top of the fragment price! I've actually found it kind of refreshing to have a reason to keep pulling money out of my legacy bank instead of forever putting more in - but I do feel bad for newer players who may not have huge amounts of savings from years of idleness.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-44770523270983785822019-10-31T23:40:02.735+00:002019-10-31T23:40:02.735+00:00I'm actually surprised at how 'easy' t...I'm actually surprised at how 'easy' the vertical gear grind is. It's been 9 days and I have two sets of 304/305/306 gear. They are not the most optimized, but they definitely get the job done. I've also been able to collect a full set bonus, several tacticals, and some random pieces of others through flashpoint drops.<br /><br />I was also pleasantly surprised that HM FPs are the thing to do -- the daily gives you two loot boxes and the weekly three. That's really generous (which is really surprising). I'm also happy that the queues are full, I've been getting pops as a DPS, which hasn't been the case for a long time.<br /><br />I have two things that are a little concerning:<br />First, the 5k limit on tech fragments is annoying. Especially when the set bonus items cost 3k. This has led me to park a seldom used alt on the fleet and buy something when I get to ~4k fragments (someone on the official forums mentioned this as well).<br />Second, the "lack" of credit gains from flashpoints and decreased vendor value for drops (something like 1000s in 5.x to 100s in 6.0). I'm down several million credits since the expansion launched and I don't feel that I have done a ton of pulling mods, though maybe I have. The 100k cost per gold mod hurts -- that's a full daily area or set of planetary heroics per mod pull. First world problems, I know...<br />PCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-9065713710064993082019-10-30T16:07:42.001+00:002019-10-30T16:07:42.001+00:00It's not that it feels too slow - it doesn'...It's not that it feels too slow - it doesn't - but I can definitely feel the difference from when I have my XP armour on. My Shadow - rolled right before server maintenance yesterday - is already level 18 or 19 and I've just arrived to Coruscant (I did one pvp match for the initial mission, but no leveling outside PVE quests and no Group Finder). It's fast - even compared to my first one, which was already "easier" (it was already 4.0) but not that much (because I was ftp until I finished vanilla storyline, and the difference in XP gain is something you can really feel - AND NO SPRINT!). But it's all the things we're used to having, not only the XP gain itself - I have timers on my Qt/Fleet Pass; I have no jet boots, no money for taxis if it's not essential, no money for outfit designer, and etc etc. And the profound silence, too, that you get after being used to big guilds where there's always someone doing something. <br />I'll agree - one good thing is that we don't have to grind X levels of Renown to get better gear (I've just got my first 280 earlier today), so that's good - maybe I'm just having little luck, payback from my good luck in early 5.0 - but who knows?Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229576432809303001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-40031624123098502392019-10-29T18:11:13.434+00:002019-10-29T18:11:13.434+00:00Yep, there is definitely a risk of it slowing down...Yep, there is definitely a risk of it slowing down and becoming tedious. But with GC the numbers were stacked against us from the start (I remember people doing the maths and saying it would take months to a year to reach Command rank 300 at the then current rates) while this looks like you'll be down to working on sidegrades, situational items or gearing alts quite quickly. Which would definitely be fine by me.<br /><br />Can't agree on the levelling though! I've never used the XP armour from the event, actively avoid XP boosts and it still feels too fast for me!Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-42480086809236382682019-10-29T16:36:25.473+00:002019-10-29T16:36:25.473+00:00... I think I've been feeling it to be slow an...... I think I've been feeling it to be slow and grindy, but honestly it's so much stuff dropping that I kinda lose track at points. I remember finding the first couple of weeks of GC fine - as it drops were useful and continuous - but then it slowed to a halt. By January I couldn't even imagine upping anything but my shadows/assassins and that's because they've always shared legacy gear.<br />On the other hand, I've been feeling quite motivated to play; motivated enough to have tried rolling a couple characters on the European English Speaking server (I've moved some six months ago, but I don't think I could just ask for a sever transfer - too radical) to see how I like it. Who knows? I'm certainly enjoying (the idea) of doing the prologue again.<br />(BUT, OMG HOW SLOW leveling feels after you've grown used to character perks, guild perks, and, most specially, XP armour)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229576432809303001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-89722134225775868802019-10-28T18:47:19.782+00:002019-10-28T18:47:19.782+00:00Haha, fortunately things haven't been that bad...Haha, fortunately things haven't been that bad! Of course there will always be people who just want to spam Hammer Station (and Red Reaper is apparently the place to go for stealthers), but you get a pretty good bonus reward for doing randoms, so that's very much still worthwhile, and with a selection of 30 different flashpoints you get a decent amount of variety too.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-44925090910500612662019-10-28T18:40:00.686+00:002019-10-28T18:40:00.686+00:00If you haven't played since Iokath, then subbi...If you haven't played since Iokath, then subbing for a month is definitely going to be good value for money! You've got the whole traitor story arc to go, then Ossus, and now Onslaught. Be warned that things will start out weak on Umbara, but the story gets better again after that. :)Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-70023205590429089022019-10-28T16:26:00.425+00:002019-10-28T16:26:00.425+00:00Reminds me of maw of soul runs in WoW legion. Pla...Reminds me of maw of soul runs in WoW legion. Players did that dungeon hundreds of times because it was the most efficient to increase their stats. Eye bleedingly boring but effective.Asmirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769824275250465235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-55899711121290126752019-10-28T16:18:32.808+00:002019-10-28T16:18:32.808+00:00That does sound better than GC, thanks for posting...That does sound better than GC, thanks for posting these impressions of the expansion. I'm reading everything non-spoilery I can about it with interest. I'm almost to the point of wanting to sub up again. I finally feel like there is enough story content I haven't seen to justify it (Iokath was the last thing I saw). Now it's more a matter of there being a gap in my spare time line up.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.com