Hello everyone, my guild and I were doing some HM and NIM raids in 4.0 after the Surge nerfs to Sniper and Powertech and are having quite some trouble nowadays (besides members quitting because of Bioware) Did any guild Kill and can link a video of: The Ravagers - Master and Blaster HM 8m ? The Ravagers – Pirate Captains HM 8m ? Dread Fortress – Brontes NiM 8m? Scum and Villany – Styrak NiM 8m ? Heart of Ruin – Monolith HM 8m ? It’s not even missing dps or healing that much – just many of the boss abilities seem to hit overly hard on the tanks. I mean dps may not the best, but we don’t mind dying to enrage, but we wipe before reaching that.

Hallo Leute, Ich war früher auf dem US Server Jung Ma als Powertech Tank aktiv, aber ich habe mich jetzt für einen Serverwechsel entschieden, da der Zeitplan nicht mehr passt (Ich bin von Asian nach Deutschland umgezogen). Ich habe momentan ein lvl 52 Sith Marauder und ein lvl 33 Powertech. Hoffentlich in paar Wochen kann ich mit mein Powertech in Operationen einsteigen. Ich suche eine PvP & PvE Gilde mit reife Leute, und mein RL und Studium steht absolut im Vordergrund, aber ich denke 3 mal in der Wochen zu raiden ist für mich kein Problem. Grüße XhenD (in-game: Vésper)

Because it's pointless to argue when people complains about everything without constructive criticism. Everyone thinks making a game is easy, and a bug can be easily corrected by a wave with the magic wand. Everyone complains that this bla bla bla class is OP because they keep losing. Everyone complained when Bioware gave us a free month, and I'm sure if Bioware gives us each a bag of gold, and many will complain that the bag is too heavy.

regarding to the original post: if you really want to tank, you can always try other classes. I personally hated the Assassin/Shadow tank class, but I feel really comfortable with Powertech tank. Although they are all of the same role, the playstyles are very different. So if you are quitting because you are having trouble playing with a certain tank spec, I suggest you try other tank class.

Get a guild, make some friends.

If they QQed you for Black Talon, Boarding Party or The Foundry, then they have a problem. But yes, for any other Flashpoint, many will have a problem bringing you because you're losing too many points on expertise that makes your gear just better than Tionese gear. If you really want to invest a bit more on PvE content, I suggest you to do some dailies first, they offer good gear/mods. You should start with the easy Flashpoints (the three I mentioned above) and Operations, also don't forget to pick up Daily and Weekly. After you get a couple of Columi and Tionese gear, you should have no problem running any other HM Flashpoints except Lost Island.

hey Jeff, SWTOR is also my first MMO, and I only bought it because I want to play through the story (myself being a KotOR fan). But sadly, playing MMO means you have to get better with your class, become a better "player", join a guild bla bla bla, if you want to do the hard, challenging stuff. If you want to just play for the story, you should play other classes, and play flashpoints and operations in story mode. If you want to actually beat Lost Island hardmode, then you are not playing just for the story anymore. You said it yourself, you don't want to do end game content, and yet, you are "complaining" about one of the end game contents being too hard.

I actually finished LI HM today via the group finder. It's not too bad, I don't think there are too many n00b daring to try LI HM with full recruit gear now. Yes, when the group finder first came out, it was bad, but I think everyone who actually use group finder knows it by now, that LI HM isn't Black Talon.

@PorsaLindahl: they are not tanks, they are some guys who do not give a damn to everyone else, except hoping you will carry them through. As a full time tank, you have my sympathy, there is nothing worse for a healer other than a tank who does not care to draw aggro.

As a tank I would say a bit undergeared. You will need a good team to "carry you" through. Try to get Matrix Cube, Datacrons and Stims, they will help a lot.

erm have to try to look at the sticker? http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=494715 it's pretty much all you need to know.

I think Lost Island HM has the exact level of difficulty, that beating it requires both decent gear and skills from all the players, and yet it's not too hard that it becomes an "elites only" Flashpoint. Speaking from experience as a tank, the first time I encountered the first boss, I was slightly undergeared (missing 2 Columi pieces), and I totally panicked. But after a couple of runs (5), we picked up the rhythm, and we finally beat the boss. The process might be long and painful, but in the end it was fun and rewarding, because it required more teamwork than before, and what's MMO without teamwork? Now after having beaten LI HM a couple of times, it's still fun, because even now I have better gear, you still need the concentration and the cooperation from the players in order to succeed. You can allow yourself one or two mistakes, which is great, but screwing up a bit too much will still cost you, even if the whole team is on Rakata gear. For me it's the only challenging Flashpoint in the game, and no, I do not want Bioware to nerf it, because then the whole game will be a joke, if every content in every mode can be lead by a undergeared/skilled tank who has one of his eyes closed during Boss fight.

worst name: justinbieber

I'm currently playing as a Bounty Hunter, while I enjoyed being one, and having those awesome companions, I am a bit disappointed that none of them are force users. Is there any plan on bringing an lightsaber-wielding companion for all non Jedi/Sith class?

Worst: Alderaan, because it's the last planet of chapter 1, and you want to speed up and finish it, but you ended up with a huge open world planet, which takes hours to finish. Best: Kaon, filled with zombies, what's not to like?