Raids may also drop more advanced schematics, we'll let you guys know.

 

Somehow it doesn't surprise me your guild considers 5/5 normal impressive.

Edited December 23, 2011 by Artacks

Somehow it doesn't surprise me your guild considers 5/5 normal impressive.

 

Well when your server gets the nightmare mode only bug, any progression is better than no progression.

Well when your server gets the nightmare mode only bug, any progression is better than no progression.

 

Ouch. What you guys doing about it?

Somehow it doesn't surprise me your guild considers 5/5 normal impressive.

 

It was only difficult in the sense that it was new and fresh and unknown, and we were undergeared when we did it because we jumped right into raids.

 

By the time most guild get around to the raids it'll already have become much easier, partly because the mechanics will have been laid out (especially for Soa, who was surprisingly complex to learn compared to the rest of the instance) and partially because people will have been doing heroics for a while and gearing up in preparation, seeing as heroic 4 mans drop the same exact gear as normal 8s.

 

As for hard/nightmare, as far as we can tell the mechanics are the same, though it's a much larger gearcheck - the first boss alone had about 50% more HP than he did before, did between 25-50% more damage, and had the same enrage timer. Again, only difficult because we're doing it so early - with more gear, it becomes a matter of just knowing the mechanics, which are relatively straightforward.

It was only difficult in the sense that it was new and fresh and unknown, and we were undergeared when we did it because we jumped right into raids.

 

By the time most guild get around to the raids it'll already have become much easier, partly because the mechanics will have been laid out (especially for Soa, who was surprisingly complex to learn compared to the rest of the instance) and partially because people will have been doing heroics for a while and gearing up in preparation, seeing as heroic 4 mans drop the same exact gear as normal 8s.

 

As for hard/nightmare, as far as we can tell the mechanics are the same, though it's a much larger gearcheck - the first boss alone had about 50% more HP than he did before, did between 25-50% more damage, and had the same enrage timer. Again, only difficult because we're doing it so early - with more gear, it becomes a matter of just knowing the mechanics, which are relatively straightforward.

 

If you are looking for my approval, this is not the droid you are looking for. Brb dancing with bugged malgus.

 

The comment was simply stating that most guilds who haven't ever done content get overly excited and don't stop to think about how normals are supposed to be easy.

Edited December 23, 2011 by Artacks

To those complaining about longevity, keep in mind that normal mode in SWTOR is the equivalent of Raid Finder in WoW. Meaning, a pick-up group could do normal mode. I'm sure we still have some time before Hard Mode will be toppled, and even longer before Nightmare Mode is complete.

And now boss 1 of hard modes down! 1/5 of Hard mode.

 

Well tuned fight!

If you are looking for my approval, this is not the droid you are looking for. Brb dancing with bugged malgus.

 

The comment was simply stating that most guilds who haven't ever done content get overly excited and don't stop to think about how normals are supposed to be easy.

 

I completely agree normals are easy once the mechanics are known. However, unless you have been exposed to the encounter, I doubt you have any authority to comment on it.

 

So, my question would be has your guild cleared it yet?

 

If not, why?

 

If so, how many bosses in hard mode have you downed?

Edited December 24, 2011 by conezero