Ho-hum, back after a few months, started a new char, getting back into it and.... be back to when its fixed I suppose.

On Basilisk Droid, our Republic guild runs a min 4 man team most evenings and completes the daily in around 45 to 60 min. We convert this to a public Operation and often pick-up other players. If you try Ilum open world on your own, you will get ganked and it will take a lot longer to complete the daily. Group up, get organized. If you try fight your way out of the Republic base, you will most likely be ganked and it will take a lot longer to complete the daily. Get your group together and use the speeder to get to the eastern and northern pads, stretch the Imps out a bit. Yes we often encounter the horde or a good group of Imps, but take a good number of them with us when/if we die. We equally do our fare share of imp ganking. Learning the map, use its design, stretching the Imps out a bit with some gorilla warefare results in smaller pockets of them darting about looking for us and taking points back. In our opinion Ilum is working far better the prior to 1.1.0a. Group up, get organised, and apply some strategy, and you may find yourself enjoying Ilum.

Seems that a bomb can be planted by standing in the door, whilst being invulnrable to other players... Screenshots can be seen here: http://www.serenity-guild.co.uk/images/void1.jpg http://www.serenity-guild.co.uk/images/void2.jpg

14 January 2012 - Serenity Re-engages Imperial Forces on Ilum Today Serenity attempted to retake the Cantina at the Imperial Base on Ilum. At around 8:14 a co-ordinated assault was made were Serenity successfully infiltrated the cantina but we routed by Imperial forces soon after. Demonstrating a change is tactics, Serenity blockaded the western pass between the Imperial Base and Republic camp, successfully defending the Republic camp for a period of time before retreating.

Thanks to the guys at Creed, War Council, Frozen North, and Contempt (Imp Guilds). It was a fun couple of hours which I am sure was enjoyed by all. This is what open world PvP all about.

7 January 2012 - Serenity invade and occupy Ilum Imperial Base. A 7 man Serenity squad attacked the main Imperial base on Ilum. After overcomming the imperial defences occupied the cantina, drinking all the remaining Imprial ale, before being evicted by The Creed and other Imperial forces. Over the next hour Serenity attempted to regain the foothold and after a number of skirmishes that played out between the Imprial Base and Republic Waystation, Serenity was finally driven away but not without high loses on both sides. Pictures can be seen on the Serenity website.

When Bioware said there was 200 hours of gameplay per character, I wonder if they included the Select Server screen....