So tons of cool story, lore, and theories going around. I'm not a big lore hound but really loving the storyline and reading up on back history. I realize it's likely just a side quest with no future, BUT, all the renewed focus on links to Rakata, Vizy, Vit< Emp who Da hell really knows him, and all the other tie-ins for class stories ETC. Which also some great theories about EMP but I think its not as straight forward as has been discussed still. Gotta be more to it. Personelly I loved the story line for the RAZER. Any group/ entity capable of going head to head with Rakata is a ******. Cant help but not think and or hope the Razer comes back or has some connection going forward cause were now talking about beings that can destroy/ EAT worlds and im still kinda lost about what really he-it-she was. So YA PLZ want MOR RAZOR BIO PLZ

I agree that in general the new change is guna be a good thing. Time will tell. Its also nice to see a good thread with some positive viewpoints. We need to remember however, this is Star Wars so we need balance too feed the whole LS/DS thing. If its all good vibes and never bad ( aka negitive forum ragers=DS), then no hatred> no hatred> no DS> no need for LS> no eternal struggle against DS> no reason for SWTOR= dead game= no reason too rage on forums= no forums so um ya maybe the sky really is falling due entirly on LEVEL SYNC but I doubt it.

I think this may well help the game . Personnaly I like it. Going back in Time to lower planets and being so way over powerd seems kinda meh at best. I,m also the sick sadist that enjoyed the pre-nerf Veteran content of ESO. If any of you played it you know what I mean. It was BRUTAL, any mishap or wrong sequence/ non CC mob and you were dead period. I also support equality and access for all too have fun. Im not sure the forced level sync is all that unavoidable. As all have said the many reasons for it or against, it may well be just not feasible for the entire game. Coding and game design is way outa my skill set so I really dont know but, could they possibly make instanced or phased syncing? Im all for choice but not really for the same instance of toggled on/off syncing. Thats just not even close to balance. As I said can it be implemented for instanced syncing so everyone has what they want? I cant see why people that are pro sync would want to be in the same world as those not and offcourse vice/versa. Id really like too see evryone stay and play this great game and not have the constant toxic flame wars. And im sure EVRYONE really wants NEW CONTENT not this path backwards.

So again a thread pop's up about Guard. Another poster was asking and thats noble, they want to learn. It's nobodies fault as it can be difficult to figure out. Over the years it's been explained in great detail by several on these forum's. Until I read those explaination's and then applied it to my tanking, I really didnt know the difference either. The general populace will just never get it down despite the facts. A tank doing a tank's job DOES NOT NEED 2 GUARD anybody ever period. In the rare case when little Johnnie super derp pulls the threat, again a semi-competent tank taunts back and owns the mob till death. The big issue is about AOE threat. Again tank doing His/Her job and or DPS doing thiers- Guard dosnt help the healer. The damage reduction IMO is minimal at best. If the healer needs the 5% then tank/dps arnt doing it right. As I think most experienced tanks will agree, it's getting pretty old in fps hearing "grd me im healz u noob l2p tank suks wont grd me" . I tank without using guard as much as possible. This makes tanks better. I use too raid with top dps that can easily pull even with it on. The trick is we work together as a TEAM, and never have aggro lose issues. A thought ive had for quite sometime is to just restrict guard in PVE altogether. The PVE game would actually prosper without it. Everybody would then finally see that it just isnt needed in PVE at all. Well that's my rant lets see how it works out. THX

Its no different then when the 55s hit. Remember going into Hammer and Athiss getting smoked on trash packs? This is a perfectly normal(disregarding minor adjustments they might have too patch) xpac, its just to many rollstomp omg im the bobmers being used to overgear and no mechanics. Things will come back into line and hey maybe peeps gota actually play smart and work as a team again.

I have 2 geared endgame tanks.I have almost zero need to run FPs anymore(don't even need the ult comms) on these toon's. The HM 55 FPs are great fun despite not needing them. I say great fun when actually I mean if grouped with people that don't breath through the mouth. I actually feel bad for the people that are friendly and have 2 wait for ever 2 get in GF. Guna go out on a limb here and say that one of the reason's we(tanks) dont q is due 2 ,in part, the absolute total disrespect and finger pointing that goes around when the idiots cause wipes and cant simply say sry my fault and then move on. For me its not L2P(I had 2), its not o c me mister awesome tank( cause i'm far from it), and or any reason other then the horribly bad attitudes. Where did all this anger come from ? I just don't get it? If more people made it fun to tank(cause for me its a blast), then id Q everyday. Now I know all us reading and posting here aren't the problem. If you care enough to come here and better your game, then you don't need any help. Somehow we need an in general chat message that just spams " plz evry1 read the forums". THX

I feel for ya. When I started(founder) I didnt know how to play. It was ugly to say the least. But some groups I played with were fantastic and helped to learn. Some were not. Crap happens and u just gota move on. There r some seriously delusional peeps that play this game and believe it to actually matter. The way some go off and come unglued about a simple trash pull or not skipping leads me 2 think they need time away in quiet room. A place where pills and straight jackets are plentifull. Maybe an option in GF with 2 check boxes. Box # 1- i like 2 play with evry1 and am stable minded/ Box # 2-im elletz n if u mess me up by not skiipin or pullin thn ima rip u apart. PS- I still dont get it. U super Eleetz r in full 63 armor and cry like little babies about a trash mob. Im mean really ***? How in hell did u take down HM octopuss or NIM Lizard guy but cant kill a simple trash pull LMAO

Bubbles are great but the harder the content gets the harder the resource management gets. I found the hard way about using them 2 much. In HM FPs and dailies I spam the crap outa them, but in EC or HM KP/EV youll quickly run outa force. Like others hav said its about where and when 2 use. A healers delight is a group that learns how to minimize the damage phases. Its blatantly clear the difference between healing an exp group vs one thts not. Somtimes its not possible to heal those squishy pvpers that totlly melt on a damage phase. Then u gota listen to them complain about not getting healed enough. Also i switch between the +350 power and the +350 alacrity relics often. Not really sure if one's better then the other but 2bsure the casting boost(alacrity) is great for a sage cause IMO were pretty slow on the draw in terms of insta cast. The problem with that is the faster u cast the faster ur force bar drops so heres where the power relic is handy. Augmenting every piece available also gave a noticable boost in life and power. I went with all Will/ End augs. I should Prob do the MIN/Max thing but some say its not tht big of a deal and if u do it needs to b right on. I seem 2 do fine with the standard gear progression and learning where n when to HOT/ Bubble/cc/ etc.

Our guild is fairly new and not enough 50s yet so any endgame I do is pug. I cant help you with how to nerf, but if I can pug EC for comms run and beat up to the Tanks then I dont think it needs it. Im still new to high lvl raid and if pugs can beat EC comms run it kinda says not very difficult. If any thing the whole game needs nerfing with an in game voice comm. I think that would make the HARDER content much more doable for all.

This times 10. Game is full of sniffy little kids that think the game is important. Play it, have fun but get a life with the cries about things not going there way.

Typical elitist attitude, ignore and move on. Luckily the majority of Swtor peeps are actually HELPFULL and not Newbs that think there all that.

The "TRUE" state of the game is not unlike the "TRUE" state of Real Life. 90% of peeps are happy, funloving and helpfull. The other 10%, well thats life in or out of the game.Im not flaming u OP, but the "Truth" of this game is that its awesome. I mean come on a Star Wars world that u can play and watch at the same time!!! Haters guna hate. But dont listen to the OP cause MY opinion is the only one that counts.

Ah ok this makes sense thank you

Hi just started running low level Ops. We ran a SM EV and the group all fell apart just before Garj. So now Im lockout for the 3 day(?) period, but only XRR-3 is locked. I understand why they lockout and how it works if a full run was completed. But how does it work if only 1 or 2 bosses are locked? I can see where I have only XRR-3 lockout now and the rest are green. Does this mean I can run the others or cant run any instance of the OP until the 3 day lockout ends? And if I can, do I just tell the group I can only run the bosses not locked? thanx

Thats what I thought. I was confused because when I removed a set piece, all the set and bonus stay green so I was perplexed. Also the plus 50 force bonus dosent seem to change when a piece is removed. Is the requirement only 1 set piece maybe?