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DracJedi

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  1. It doesn't need tuning down, but it is defenately harder than the other lvl 50 hardmodes. The other lvl 50 hm's are a joke compared to LI, even with the tuning down. I've tanked them all and this one is the only one that I can't sleep walk through. I think they should bring it back up to full and put it with the lvl 55 HM's for gf'r because it is more on par with those HM's than it is with the level 50's.
  2. It sounds right to me. In gerneral, fps' reward is only the drops you get and completing the mission gives you xp and maybe some credits. You need to use group finder or your weekly mission rewards to receive more for completing a fp.
  3. At low levels, I would stay in Vigilence. It gives the most bang for your skill points.
  4. Is it the high end gear that is causing you such high repair bills? I have been doing the Gree event in BH/Rakata and earned over 700,000 credits, even with the repair bills. That includes several wipes per day. What am I missing?
  5. Strength is the key stat for JKs. Until you are at lvl 50, that is the stat you should be looking for.
  6. I would prioritize MS when off cooldown even in PvE. It is your heaviest hitting move as a Vig. Plus you will waste the reset if you use OH and PB while MS is off cooldown.
  7. Viligence is the best build for DPS in PvE, even post 50. For PvP, general consensus is that Focus is the best build.
  8. Being a guardian tank, you need to control the field of battle by using all of your resourses. First, have your party members use their long stuns to reduce the number of mobs you have to agro. Then use your two hard stuns (hilt strike and staisis) to control two other mobs. Then hit the two or three gold or silver mobs to gain agro on them. You can use your force push situationally to buy some time on a non boss mob. Use your sweep if it is appropriate and doesn't break the cc's. Otherwise you can now use your aoe taunt to hold agro a little longer. You don't need told agro on all of the mobs forever, just long enough for the dps (which has to go from weak mobs to strong mobs) to kill their mobs, which shouldn't be too long if they know what they are doing. Like others have said, don't use you aoe taunt until you have damaged each mob. Otherwise the agro generated wont last past the 6 secs and the healer will pick up some strays. Focus defense can be used situationally in long boss fights as an added defensive cool down (use it with endure which will add some effectiveness). But you have to use a taunt right afterwards or you will lose threat quickly bc FD has a threat drop. If you are losing agro on mobs after doing the above, it means your dps is attacking in the wrong order or not killing fast enough. DPS should never be starting on the strongest mob. They should kill weak to strong and by the time they get to the strong, you should have such a threat lead that they can't catch up. If they start on strong, tell them to stop or they have to eat that mob on their own. For one boss mobs, tell the dps to give you a few seconds to work through a rotation and then attack. If you have a better geared dps, put gaurd on them. Save your taunts for if you lose agro or if the boss has a threat drop mechanic. Let me know if you have any questions. If you do the above, you shouldn't have too much trouble holding agro except where there is a huge gear disparity with the dps. Guardians have to do more "work" to gain and hold agro over the other two, but they hold agro just fine if you work it right.
  9. If you know how to tank, even HM FPS are not that hard to do, as long as you are at least in recruit. The big thing that might draw ire, is that you won't know how to skip trash. Just follow one of the other players and generally you will be ok. Be upfront at the beginning of a boss fight that you don't know the fight and someone usually will clue you in to what you need to do. In flashpoints where you start with a cutscene, you can use that time to let everyone know you are new. In ones that don't, it's probably best to just run with the group until the first major fight. That way, you aren't miles behind those ADD players who run off immediately while you are typing. Make sure you use your guard function on a DPS if they are pulling agro from you. It is a great way to equalize dps that have much better gear. Most players are fine. I can count a handful of times where I had to deal with a jerk. If someone is a jerk, just /ignore them. They won't be able to que with you again and they have just added to their cue time.
  10. A little off topic, but if the wait time is sooo long for a DPS, roll up a tank. I switched my guardian from dps to tank and now I get gf'r hits immediately or no later than a few minutes after cueing. I have done enough fps to have both tank and dps gear pretty quickly. Do everyone a favor (including yourself) and roll or respec to a tank.
  11. I am ok with watching the cut scenes, except for essels (20 min fp turns into over an hour with all the convos). However, I would appreciate the courtesy of a player asking to watch the cut scenes so I am not skipping them like a madman only to get the "waiting for other players" notice. That sucks. I will kill anything because at worst it give me xp towards my legacy. Again, it is nice to talk about that before so everyone's expectation is on the same page.
  12. Getting a 4% total mitigation from CA is much better than a 4% shield chance bonus.
  13. Don't bother with the group finder. Just check out the chat in Black Hole. You will get a group faster that way. Recruit is fine to do the rep side Tovix, so I assume that it works on the Imp side as well. Once you are better geared (columni or better) you probably could two man it. In fact, you might want to run a few flash points first and get a head start on that.
  14. Another tactic for the final fight in Kaon is to start the fight on the side balcony. Because the two other bosses are not ranged, they will have to run up to you. At that point, you can jump off the balcony. That should buy the tank and dps enough time to kill the main boss.
  15. Pug means pick up group. If you pick up the Mk2 recruit gear, you should be fine to do hard mode fps. Make sure you let the group know you are new. That way they can explain the trickier parts. The fps don't really have that difficult mechanics, but its better to learn them right from the start. Most groups are pretty accommodating if you are up front. And if they are not, better to have them drop at the beginning.
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