Please tell me what your are smoking bioware. 250k is stupid. I see that those of us worried about massive grind were correct.

You converted 1:1 so we start at 10k which is laughable.

My fear before today was that the Alliance system was a Conquest like grind system for companions. Especially as they've not told us about the details of it.

If the cap is 250k on influence, that kind of suggests it is definitely a grind system and probably isn't going to be fun in the long term.

My fear before today was that the Alliance system was a Conquest like grind system for companions. Especially as they've not told us about the details of it.

 

If the cap is 250k on influence, that kind of suggests it is definitely a grind system and probably isn't going to be fun in the long term.

^ I'm also worried this is why they won't talk about it. I hope we are both wrong and that it is fun.

Please tell me what your are smoking bioware. 250k is stupid. I see that those of us worried about massive grind were correct.

 

You converted 1:1 so we start at 10k which is laughable.

Gives you something to work for, and all the time your companion is becoming stronger...

how much influence does each level on gifts give?

hopefully rank 6 gifts give 20k+ each lol..

either way, my source of income seems to have increased

I never cared about affection as it was. Plus now I get their stories regardless.

Has it said anything that going all the way to 250k actually has a huge benefit? I'd say, until you can confirm any real benefit, that you not lose your pretty little heads. It just leaves TONS of room to grow

how much influence does each level on gifts give?

 

hopefully rank 6 gifts give 20k+ each lol..

 

either way, my source of income seems to have increased

There are no rank 6 gifts. You just get another tier of rank 5 gifts. So getting to 250k is going to be costly.. But I must imagine just about powerful your companion will be with max presence and influence.

There are no rank 6 gifts. You just get another tier of rank 5 gifts. So getting to 250k is going to be costly.. But I must imagine just about powerful your companion will be with max presence and influence.

Didn't the Patch Notes indicate Rank 6 gifts?

New Rank 6 Companion gifts have been introduced!

Yup, hello "NGE of SWTOR."

So much **** changing most of the game for the sake of change, and forcing people to stay longer in hopes they'll spend more money....yeah I don't see that happening in the long-run.

Seriously?

I never even bothered to max HK influence because it's such a pain in the *** to grind rep with companions, and that's with 10k.

This is going to be real hell, unless they have majorly increased influence gains (or made grinding it actually fun).

Yall seem shocked that there's grinding to be done in an MMO.

Are we going to complain about having grind new levels, too?

Yall seem shocked that there's grinding to be done in an MMO.

 

Are we going to complain about having grind new levels, too?

There's grind, and then there's pointlesly long grind.

Which one this is, remains to be seen.

Didn't the Patch Notes indicate Rank 6 gifts?

The gifts are rank 5 however they're in the grade 6 mission tree. So you can now get rank 5 gifts from grade 5 and 6 missions

If affection will determine how good and efficient companions fight or do crew missions I see no bad thing about the new cap.

But of course people ******** themselves on the first sight. Oh yea I forgot I was posting in the swtor forums.

There's grind, and then there's pointlesly long grind.

Which one this is, remains to be seen.

Now you're just throwing around opinions. MMOs = Grinding.

The gifts are rank 5 however they're in the grade 6 mission tree. So you can now get rank 5 gifts from grade 5 and 6 missions

I've always been able to do that...

I haven't really looked around in great detail, but I wonder if Rank 6 is something completely separate from the crew skills, if it isn't available via crewskills.

The Alliance system is also the gate mechanism to the new Flashpoint.

It remains to be seen how high you need your companions/alliance to gain access to the Flashpoint, but I would expect it is at the high end of the spectrum.

Now you're just throwing around opinions. MMOs = Grinding.

Yet it is a pointless grind and I'll bet that this is used to hide lack of content.

Yet it is a pointless grind and I'll bet that this is used to hide lack of content.

Of course it is. What other way is there to hide a lack of content? You need something repeatable. It's why PVP survives with so little.

What's more, we're now effectively re-grinding our status with our companions, re-earning the crafting bonuses etc. Enjoy all.

Of course it is. What other way is there to hide a lack of content? You need something repeatable. It's why PVP survives with so little.

 

What's more, we're now effectively re-grinding our status with our companions, re-earning the crafting bonuses etc. Enjoy all.

10k to 250k lol...go big or go home right? "Content" for a decade...

Yup, hello "NGE of SWTOR."

 

So much **** changing most of the game for the sake of change, and forcing people to stay longer in hopes they'll spend more money....yeah I don't see that happening in the long-run.

NGE...drink!