Community Q&A – April 20th 2012 Blog Discussion

EDIT: I think I misunderstood the person I am quoting. Modifying my reply slightly for courtesy to felioats.

A lot of people asking questions seem to fail to understand the purpose of these Q&As. They are for getting official developer answers about current game mechanics, not for asking about theoretical features and stuff that we MIGHT get months from now.

My own question asked for clarification on Threat mechanics. I know it's a generic question, but I am a raid tank. I need and want to have a good official understanding of how threat works. I don't want to ask random player #9,873 how it works for this particular game. A google search or a player answer will consist of how random people assume it works, or how it worked in some other game not made by Bioware.

The answer they gave me wasn't quite as detailed as I had hoped for, but it did add clarification on a few things. Between the answer given, as well as the raid combat logs I have been generating on both my Tank and my Sniper, I am beginning to understand where tank threat problems are coming from.

I have just obtained some very valuable information today that's going to come in handy going forward.

EDIT: I think I misunderstood the person I am quoting. Modifying my reply slightly for courtesy to felioats.

A lot of people asking questions seem to fail to understand the purpose of these Q&As. They are for getting official developer answers about current game mechanics, not for asking about theoretical features and stuff that we MIGHT get months from now.

My own question asked for clarification on Threat mechanics. I know it's a generic question, but I am a raid tank. I need and want to have a good official understanding of how threat works. I don't want to ask random player #9,873 how it works for this particular game. A google search or a player answer will consist of how random people assume it works, or how it worked in some other game not made by Bioware.

The answer they gave me wasn't quite as detailed as I had hoped for, but it did add clarification on a few things. Between the answer given, as well as the raid combat logs I have been generating on both my Tank and my Sniper, I am beginning to understand where tank threat problems are coming from.

I have just obtained some very valuable information today that's going to come in handy going forward.

i was hoping for some questions or answers that dealt with the current pvp state. Guess not...

DarthBloodloss: Why doesn't ranked War Hero armor (or the new tier of PvE armor) have augment slots?

Grandmthethird: It seems to me like some companions have a hard time when it comes to gear. I’m sure there is more but I’m thinking specifically of Torian and Skadge. It seems impossible to get aim melee weapons. Is this an oversight? Or am I simply missing something?

David White (Systems Designer): Aim melee weapons are used by a very small subset of companions. For this reason we tend to distribute those items through either vendors or class specific quest rewards. Our goal is to make these items reasonably available without constantly putting essentially “worthless” items in front of players who do not care about them. We also make the items customizable (orange) when possible to make it easier to keep them up-to-date by swapping out the Mods and Enhancements. Ultimately it’s a delicate balance to make sure they can be reasonably found and maintained by the players who care about them without them becoming a nuisance to players who might not even understand why they exist.

I was hoping for some questions or answers that dealt with the current PvP state. Guess not...