sithlordmauler Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) I decided to make this thread to try to compile some of my thoughts, and help some of the other guilds that are looking to raid. I will not claim that my info is 100% perfect, that's where I rely on any of you guy with additional experience to help fill in the gaps for me. General Info The game has 3 Operations modes: Normal, Hard, Nightmare Normal mode ops are made to be done in quest greens and be puggable. The Operations are tuned for 8 and 16 man groups. The lockouts are done by boss and not by size/group....So if you do a 16 man group one night and don't have enough the next night you can continue your raid as an 8 man group. Normal 8 and 16 share a lockout...Hard/nightmare 8 and 16 share a lockout - Noroimuja Operations Available Eternity Vault Bosses: Annihilation Droid XRR-3 Gharj Ancient Pylons Infernal Council Soa - The Infernal One Karagga's Palace Bosses: Bonethrasher 3 more promised this month Loot Gear dropped in normal mode operations is auto-assigned by the system. Gear dropped in hard/nightmare modes have non-removable mods and "built-in" barrels, hilts, and armoring. However, mods of equivalent level drop in the zone allow you to still build your own custom gear. Let me know what I am missing and I will update this thread accordingly. Edited December 30, 2011 by sithlordmauler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlordmauler Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Reserved for later use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlordmauler Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Reserved for much later use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noroimuja Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Normal 8 and 16 share a lockout Hard/nightmare 8 and 16 share a lockout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlordmauler Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Added with credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawler Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 This information is what I was looking for. One question, I heard there was 24man operations, is this true? Also if Normal is for Greens and Pugging, the Hardmodes are they designed for an Organzed group thats not fully geared or is that very gear dependent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlordmauler Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 This information is what I was looking for. One question, I heard there was 24man operations, is this true? I have not heard this personally. Also if Normal is for Greens and Pugging, the Hardmodes are they designed for an Organzed group thats not fully geared or is that very gear dependent? From what I gather, the intent is that hard mode is the starting point progression of organized groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xO_om Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 So can I run a Normal EV and a Hard Mode EV in the same lockout period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlordmauler Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 So can I run a Normal EV and a Hard Mode EV in the same lockout period? It seems so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissam Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 So can I run a Normal EV and a Hard Mode EV in the same lockout period? Yes, I just cleared 5/5 normal and 2/5 hard today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon_Kadena Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 is there a difference in difficulty and quality of loot rewards when choosing between 8 or 16 man? Or is it just simply a size preference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoistMuffin Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 So I've been 50 for a bit now and totally lost. It took me a while to figure out via general spam how I trade in pvp tokens for other pvp tokens and now that I'm interested in tanking instances I can't figure out where or how to get quests for anything other than the hard mode or normal mode of flashpoints that all leave out of the space dock. Where/what are operations that I hear about and how do I get tokens for them for gear and...well..*** I'm lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts