BTW, shame on Czerka for allowing posts with actual spoilers without spoiler tags. Props to those who actually hid them.

CZ-198 Application Position: Research Contributor 1. Please tell us a little about yourself. Why do you want to be a part of the Czerka family? My name is Steve-O Has'girth. I have no family, no friends, and no known associates. Nobody will come looking for me if I were to disappear. My list of skills is extensive: -Read -Write I have been apart of many research projects. I don't ask questions. I take the pill or injection with a smile and "thank you". I want to be back at Czerka because you have better cake compared to the competitors. 2. At Czerka, we pride ourselves on our accomplishments. Please name three of your accomplishments that you are most proud of. (Please do not include family milestones such as marriages or the birth of your children.) - Domesticated a rakghoul. It follows me everywhere. - (Data Missing) by fallen force users....lame. - Participated in a 1 vs 1 dance off during the Alderaan Civil War. Won the dance off, lost the war....sweet. 3. How did you go about achieving the accomplishments above. "Wood" you say you "wood" do "whatever it takes" for success? - Pistol whipped that rakghoul into submission. One must learn fear before it can learn obedience. - It kind of just happened.... - Fodder, that was easy. I put my right foot in, I took my right foot out. I put my right foot in and then I shook it all about. I did the hokey pokey and then I turned myself about. That's what it's all about! I will do just about anything to achieve success...except eat a Hutt. That's gross. 4. "Wood" you say you have a strong moral compass? Do you think this could get in the way of your job, should you be asked to do something...questionable? Questionable? Is that what kids are calling it these days? 5. You are about to enjoy our wide variety of complimentary cocktails and snacks, when you notice that your esteemed colleague's newest experiment is likely to break out of their confines while you are gone. How would you handle this situation? You got it all wrong....First of all. I escaped my confines last time because I like snacks too! Secondly, somebody should have offered to bring me back some cake. The whole situation could have been adverted with a little common courtesy. In closing, something in me tells me I need to.... *Force persuade* I'm hired.

Where to begin? I would like to see a translator added to the game. I get queved with people who do not speak English...whenever they type in /party or /general, I usually alt tab out and then get a bing/google translation. Is there something in the works?

You, Sir/Madam, are absolutely right. However, you are seeing this issue from, assuming, a member of a large guild's view point. Yes it is my fault for pugging since I would rather be in a guild with a few members who I know/respect. With in game scheduling conflicting with real life, my dozen 50s rely on a PUG to get the daily hardmodes complete.

Firstly, if everybody is required to do storymode, it would not be that hard to find a group. Secondly, your point only refers to players who are raiders or have mmo experience. The free to play and the allure of Star Wars has drawn a fresh crowd of players who have no experience what so ever. Regardless, not every noob is getting the expansion, and from what I have gathered, the majority of the player base that preordered are subscribers with a few alts and actual experience. The initial days of gear grinding at 55 will be a breath of fresh air. Some people tend to get pissy when a poster feels the need to speak on behalf of the community. As you can see, I successfully stayed away from saying "Some of us feel...." and "Our time is being wasted". From what I have seen on the forums, it is best for one to speak on his/her behalf. Wait, we have NEW flashpoints on live?! ZOMG. /slap. Since you have not completed a few of the flashpoints, your arguement is void. A 55 soloing Cademimu would steam roll the trash...but that same 55 would have 10-15 seconds of boss encounter time. 10-15 seconds to get an IDEA since mechanics are slightly different when comparing storymode and hardmodes...yeah you're right, that makes absolutely no sense. /slap

Hello, Not going to beat around the bush on this... Hardmode flashpoints should only be available to those who have done the storymode. Back in the day, for those of you who remember, you had to complete Taral V/ Boarding Party and Maelstrom Prison/The Foundry storymode (along with the pertaining story chain) before you could even do the heroic. This needs to be brought back for ALL flashpoints. Everybody should complete the storymode at least once on their Legacy. The new achievement system should be able to stop players from queving/entering a hardmode flashpoint that they have yet to complete on storymode. A player would not have to do this on every single character in their legacy. It just needs to be done at least once....hence, adding a gating system that is unlocked via the achievement system. Group finder needs to have an overall minimum gear rating system implemented for hardmode flashpoints. It is not fair for any player, more specifically ME, to have to tank/dps/heal (all exceptionally geared) a hardmode flashpoint with a group who has 1 or 2 people who have all level 35-40 gear on. A tank with 12k hp? *****, please. Vote kick>requeve>wait....Aint nobody got time for that. I do not have the luxury of screening my group prior to everybody clicking ready. An overall gear rating system is needed. However, a skilled player doesn't need the crappy tionese gear to do a hardmode flashpoint. But to beat enrage timers, a certain level of gear is required....and that level of gear isn't futt bucking level 35-40! Bioware, your introductory to group finder at 50 fails your free to play audience who do not have artifact equipment authorization unlocked. Unmoddifiable equivelants needs to be made available for fresh 50 free to play players who do not have this unlock. Yes, they COULD go purchase superior quality level 50 items...but why should they have to go purchase a marked up P.O.S. on the GTN when in turn, you ended up giving MY fresh 50 subscribed characters free gear. With that being said, I'm tired of educating people in hardmode flashpoints who haven't even done storymode....and I'm tired of having to waste people's time because some douche ignores/new player doesn't know the fact that they do need SOME gear to even attempt a hardmode flashpoint. When I say waste people's time, I literally mean that...having to sit and wait for a replacement healer/dps/tank is wasting people's time...and when I say people's, I really mean just ME.

Espanol, perra? Eres actitud apesta. Mantenga el hilo sobre el tema por favor.

I never thought of proposing anything like that. I like where you are coming from though. Maybe changing it so that the durability penalty occurs upon defeat only? Let the ideas flow. However, I'm looking for an immediate resolution to this discrimination. Tanks are the dead horses that get beat with the baseball bat. A group could show appreciation by passing on the 2 or 3 green items that drop through the course of a hardmode flashpoint. I'm not saying the superior or epic quality items...just the crappy greens that nobody needs.

You're on a roll with pointless posts in general. Move along please.

I'm not talking about how many credits a tank will MAKE, regardless of how competent the dps is. I'm talking about how many credits its going to COST the tank. I'm quite aware of the difference in repair bills now compared to this time last year.

Haha yes I put my crew skills to use...but I think you're missing the point.....dps and heals will always turn a profit just by acquiring credits from trash and bosses when grouped with a competent tank. The flashpoint run SHOULD pay for itself.

Hello, I gladly call The Bastion my home in SWTOR. I rolled 7 tanks on this server and enjoy taking the beats on behalf of my group in hardmode flashpoints and operations. Sadly I'm finding that, in 61/63 gear, the repair bill is ridiculous. I'm not broke or anything like that...I do my dailies on all my characters. However, when I am tanking for mediocre dps and I sit there and take a beating, the repair bill is "stupid". What I want to know, from The Bastion community, is how every dps and healing class would feel about passing on premium (greens) quality items so that tanks can sell to help with repairs. Here is a decent example. Directive 7 "speed: run. Loot yield 2600 credits approx. Repair bill 4200 credits approx. Thats with a crew of tionese dps. Yes, the daily hardmode flashpoint mission gives almost 14k...but why should a tank's yield be less than dps and heals?

Also, members are confirmed for ops on Thursdays and Sundays 7-9 PM PST. I am sure that exceptions will be made!

That's awesome you are willing to see where we sit. I'm afraid 8:45 PST is a little late for a few of us. May I inquire into what other proposed dates will be? I will actually be asking members to transfer their mains over. It will be easier for them to obtain this information.

<HNB> is seeking casual raiders for Nightmare EV/KP, Storymode/Hardmore EC, and Storymode TFB. We intend on raiding Thursdays and Sundays from 7 PM - 9 PM PST. We have 5 players, who have Campaign/Blackhole geared mains and alts, who can fill tank, healing, and dps roles. We are interested in adding more dps roles to our ranks but will also accept tanks and heals. Please leave a rmessage here or send an in game mail to Great'malinko / Drawmin / Fusdorah if interested or for more info. Cheers!