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2012-04-27, 08:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Artifice is really useless at endgame. It's helpful during levelling, but as a Jedi Knight, you're much better off with say, Synthweaving (for Sentinels) or Armormech (Guardians).
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2012-04-27, 08:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-27, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-27, 11:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-28, 08:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, I guess I'll drop Artifice in favor of Synthweaving. What about Diplomacy? Is it any good in practice?
Also, do craft skills unlock better craftable items as they level up? Or does it take something more to make useful items?"Is this 'cause I killed the hippie? Is that even illegal?"
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2012-04-28, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Diplomacy is for Biochemists (Which, because your third companion has a fantastic boost to his biochem stats, is actually a pretty good pick for a Jedi Knight).
As far as unlocking better items go, you have two paths, both of which you want to take advantage of.
First off, you can reverse engineer (the little button in the upper right corner of your inventory screen turns it on) items you craft to get some of the materials from the item back, and have a chance of learning a new, better schematic for the item. Most items you learn to make this way can be reverse engineered again, to create an even better final version, and there are multiple options available (For instance, when reverse engineering a pair of boots, you might learn an Overkill version of those boots, which increases the power stat of those boots. If you reverse engineer those original boots again, you might be able to learn the Critical or Redoubt versions of those boots, which boost critical and defense, respectively. The new schematics, on the other hand, have 5 potential final recipes you can learn, which could boost Shield, Absorb, Alacrity, Surge, or Presence)
In addition, as you increase your synthweaving level, you can visit the trainer for that skill (there's one on the fleet as well as most planets that have a space port instead of an orbital station), who can teach you new basic schematics that are superior to your old versions.
Here's an example. Let's start with a character at Cybertech 1. You create 6 green resolve armoring 2s and 2 green resolve mod 2s, as well as a blue version of each that you learn by reverse engineering them. This puts you at Cybertech 21. If you return to your trainer, you can now learn to create a green version of the Resolve Armoring 3 (as well as all 3 other armoring modifications, even if you didn't reverse engineer any of their initial versions). You can continue to unlock new schematics from your trainer as you level up.Steam ID: The Great Squark
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2012-04-28, 11:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-28, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Sorry about this, but I have to ask: are there any classes that are regarded as particularly solo-friendly? I love my scoundrel's stealth, but he gets crushed against champion grade enemies and bosses. The game really stopped being fun at that point - couldn't get help, couldn't win alone, even when they're green conned.
I'd like a class with a good story as well, if possible. But I really just want to enjoy this game again.Spoiler: My inventory:
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2012-04-28, 01:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-28, 04:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Scoundrel is the Republic version of the Operative, right? First off, keep in mind that the devs intended for champion ranked mobs to be challenges for 3-4 player groups. However...
Step 1: Spec yourself as a healer and use a tank companion.
Step 2: Keep both yourself and your companion's gear at least somewhat up-to-date (easiest if you're an armormech).
Step 3: Solo equal-level champion mobs.
If you screw up your healing rotation and your companion bites it, vanish, resummon your companion, and try again. With this setup you won't kill things as quickly as you may be used to, but you should be able to tackle anything you come across short of a world boss.
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2012-04-28, 08:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-28, 09:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Several of my class quests included champions. Maybe I've got the term wrong, they've got the silver/gold icon next to them.
I knew about the healer/tank strategy, it's how I managed to scrape by at all after getting past Act I. I was able to push my way to collect my entire crew, mainly by being stubborn enough to just keep trying until I won each fight. It's possible, but it wasn't fun, and once I had my allies there was really no motivation.
Also, I must admit I found it easier to play the healer with a DPS ally (Risha). Not a great help on mass fights, but on boss fights she fared better than Bowdaar or Corso.Spoiler: My inventory:
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2012-04-28, 11:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yep; I've been wearing the same robe since level 19 and the matching lower robe since I got it at level ~24. These ones, in case you're wondering.
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2012-04-29, 12:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Champion-rank mobs in your class quest? Not Strongs (silver stars by their portraits) and occasionally Elites (gold stars), but actual Champions? Admittedly I haven't played the Smuggler class quest, but I haven't seen any Champions in the class quests I have played - usually Champions are the domain of Heroics and Flashpoints.
And if you're heal-specced, Scoundrel should already be extremely solo-friendly: I can solo same-level (and sometimes even level+) Champion-rank mobs on my heal-spec Operative, which as Mango said is the Imperial reskin of the Scoundrel. Those fights generally involve me focusing almost entirely on keeping my tank companion topped up, because any break in the flow of heals - even to spend a single GCD throwing a DOT dart - can put me so far behind I can't catch up again before Kaliyo drops. It's tough, and it seems like it takes forever... and it's totally doable. But you really shouldn't have to play it that way outside of Heroic missions. So I don't know what to tell you._______________________________________________
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2012-04-29, 01:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-29, 08:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.
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2012-04-29, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
See, part of the problem there is that I didn't choose the Scoundrel class for the healing, I chose it for the stealth. I like game-play that involves ambushing or out-maneuvering my opponents. I like guile and I like offense, and as strong a combination of the two as I can manage. Sure, hiding behind my ally (Risha of all people) got me through the hard bits, but only by taking all the guile and offense out of the game and spamming my two primary healing powers. It was doable, but it took forever, it was tedious, and it was frustrating because I was letting my companion have all the fun and she wasn't even sentient to enjoy it. It stopped being a game and started being a chore. That's what I want to avoid should I come back.
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2012-04-29, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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How? Did you just go on world tours and clean out global quests as far as you can before going back for the main plot? Did you grind against random targets until you had a sufficient edge?
Of course, things have been chaotic for me for the last couple months so I haven't played much. Maybe my complaint is just based on imbalances from the launch that they fixed in 1.2 or some less advertised patch. Has it changed at all?Spoiler: My inventory:
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Originally Posted by Kairos Theodosian
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2012-04-29, 12:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.
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2012-04-29, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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I've found the best way to overlevel content is simply to not skip anything. Not even running space combat or anything, just pick up and do all the (nonheroic) quests, and do any bonus quests that pop up.
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2012-04-29, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
That's what I'm doing, but mostly just because I'm really anal like that.
Say, there's one non-gameplay related thing I'm curious about; I've come across mentions of Bastila and seen Jolee's lightsaber for sale, but is there any mention of the rest of the KOTOR 1 squad?"Is this 'cause I killed the hippie? Is that even illegal?"
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2012-04-29, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Oh boy here's the list
Early-game imperial
SpoilerThere's a cult devoted to Revan on Kaas
Mandalorian
SpoilerSome Mandos want to help the republic due to Mandalore the Redeemer. You should know who he was.
ACT 2 levels about
SpoilerFor republic, The Exile contacts the jedi to rescue Revan. Afterwards, Imperials track him down. Needless to say HK shows up
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2012-04-29, 08:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Here are a few more.
Foundry (high 30s FP for Empire)
SpoilerHK-47 and Revan are bosses.
Black Talon (10 FP for Empire)
SpoilerThe final boss is descended from Yuthura Ban.
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SpoilerThe chick that briefs you for all of the Republic FPs is descended from Bastila Shan.
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2012-04-29, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
Umm, okay? On the one hand, what you're running into was probably inevitable (to some extent) in a game where everyone gets pets for every role: content balanced to challenge Healer-Tank combos is just going to be tougher for DPS-DPS pairs. So congratulations, you've chosen to start out in what passes for Hard Mode in the game. On the other hand, I still can't think why you'd be having that much trouble unless you're just massively under-leveled/geared for the content: I'll bust out the tank'n'spank to clear group content, sure, but for solo content I generally get through just fine with my own weaksauce (because I'm heal-specced) DPS and my RDPS companion, and only rarely even need to throw a heal.
One other thing to consider, though: Sawbones doesn't mean you don't get Stealth. Even without speccing into it, sneakery is pretty awesome and will get you through a LOT of situations. Healing specs still retain significant offense, too. Less than a straight-up DPS spec, sure, but this isn't vanilla WoW where healers and tanks took two minutes or more to kill a single same-level non-elite mob. Trying it is a free re-spec away... and if you decide you hate it, one week later it's time for another free re-spec.
I don't think either of those would help. The Class and World quests on any given planet are designed for the same level range, so it's unlikely you'll make headway in one if you're struggling with the other. And grinding against random targets... doesn't seem to be Teh Shortcut to Absolute Powaahhh in TOR the way it was in WoW. Completionism does help, though - even if you don't bother with Heroics, just doing all the solo planetary missions along with your class story missions (and including the bonus missions for both) should keep you at or above the leveling curve, and keep you reasonably well-geared. Maybe throw in Space missions when new ones come up, though ship upgrades become yet another money sink in that case.Last edited by Philistine; 2012-04-29 at 08:34 PM.
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Pretty much this. I'm an obsessive completionist; I simply have to do every mission (except for grayed-out bonus objectives), generally saving the class quest for last out of whatever's available at a given time. That + space combat dailies + flashpoints (done everything through Foundry at least once, can't seem to ever find a group for Colicoid or Red Reaper) + the occassional warzone daily + rested bonus = being 6+ levels above all the planet content since around Nar Shaddaa. Though right now I'm level 49 and on Belsavis so the gap is going to start closing pretty fast.
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Well, I finally finished the Imperial Agent story...and I gotta say, I'm kinda disappointed. It was great right up until the end, but the final boss fight was incredibly underwhelming even at lvl47, the LS/DS trigger options didn't really make sense, and it left a lot of unanswered questions that I expect will never be resolved.
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2012-04-30, 08:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic II: Hutts don't have feet!
So the general consensus is that I just suck at this game, eh? A fair answer. Not the one I was hoping for, but fair enough and a simple one to act on. Thanks for the help.
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2012-04-30, 08:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, you could outfit Doc and Rusk and create oranges for yourself that look like trooper armor and fill it with +Str mods, armor, and enhancements. Seems like a pretty round-about way to do it though. Might be cheaper to go Cybertech.
Trooper and Bounty Hunter are extremely solo friendly (either advanced class, really). The BH story isn't as good as the Troopers', but it has the same snark you get in the Smuggler.
The Consular and Inquisitor are also solo friendly (again, with any of their advanced classes). The only problem with the Assassin is that you get your healer quite late and there are a couple of class bosses that can be a little difficult if you're not prepared, but those issues are few and far between.
The Smuggler/Agent are probably the hardest to solo unless you're a primary healer. Then it becomes the slowest to solo.
Space missions are how I do it (I don't really play the game on weekdays... I just run space missions to relax from work before dinner). PvP missions also grant a lot of XP. Then there's the Bonus series of missions on each planet after the second. Finally, flashpoints. You don't really have to grind against random targets. That's probably the slowest way to do it.Last edited by GungHo; 2012-04-30 at 08:56 AM.