And once more unto the breach (or whatever that saying is) I
hadn’t been on SWTOR for awhile with other things to play inc a some PS3 games
inc
Way
of the Samurai 4 and
Motorstorm
Apocalypse which was a change. I came back finally determined to work out
what the hell these
Cartel Coins
are about, and it turns out there’s a lot about them I should know. I’ve just
barely keeping up with what’s happening in the
game updates and
patches
though apart from the introduction of the Cartel Market, there has been a new
warzone and new heroic space missions new grade 7 starship upgrades, plus the
“Life Day” celebratory stuff.
And of course free-to-play is now enabled and basically
looking at the
restrictions there
seems very little point in playing for free though I think the main reason for
the free to play option is for people to see whether they like the game and
then sign up for subscription if they do. As being a subscriber both now and in
the past I had been given free cartel coins! That’s right as a subscriber I am
given monthly rewards of cartel coins plus bonuses from my subscription in the
past so that added up to 1850 coins! And I rightly knew where to use them,
that’s right no more paying credits for speeder piloting or inventory space for
me. As well as having, gear, upgrade and cosmetic items the Cartel Market lets
you purchase in-game unlockables which are mostly abilities that subscribers
already have access but some which I previously had to pay credits for in the
past I can get with cartel coins.
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| The Cartel Market as it appears in-game |
I’ve now purchased Speeder Piloting III for
Jxan, Piloting II for Kxan and an extra inventory slot for all current and new
characters I create. These Speeder piloting perks allow you to use different speeders
at lower than normal ranks for example you can get speeder piloting 3 at level
35, I’m pretty sure you do have to get all the speeder piloting in order so I’m
thinking if Kxan is level 30 now I’ll just use the same speeder until I can get
piloting 3 and a much faster one. Another thing I bought was an additional
cargo bay for all my characters, Now that they all have more room I won’t need
any more inventory space whatsoever and could possibly keep a large amount of
extra resources on the one character if nothing it just keeps it clean as your
able to separate all your crafting resources to the one tab.
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| Aratech Lancer bitch, that's right, though compared to the movies even the fastest speeders are still goddamn slow |
Regarding Space combat I’ve actually hit a rut as got up to
the Drexel Sweep Republic space mission then stopped because it was getting too
hard, might see if I can get some level 7 ship upgrades from the cartel market
and try it again though most of it’s going to be for my alts speeder piloting
skill. Our guild leader Nefash has brought out a
Pilot Training School which
is a site dedicated to Space Combat in SWTOR with movie guides on how to
complete each mission which would be very helpful when I could be bothered
trying them again. I do like them but dayum there’s stuff shooting at me all
over the place I barely have time to scratch my bum with the force and it’s
just getting too hectic though once I get some decent upgrades and learn how to
use the ones with functionality I should be fine, I just don’t know how many
Cartel Coins I’ll have to spare.
Drexel Sweep Republic Space Mission, done by Nefash
Well I’ve finished off both
Belsavis and
Voss and got my Guardian to 50! First
level 50 wooo! Anyway I really enjoyed questing in Voss it had such beautiful
scenery sort of like a world in permanent autumn I also liked the questline
too, the Voss are some pretty interesting people. The Belsavis quests were
pretty bland though I liked the idea of a jailbreak especially with ancient
jails containing god knows what. I found once I was 50 there was an utter
explosion of more quests to do on the fleet station including all the new space
missions on your ship, all of a sudden you have all these extra heroic quests
for flashpoints and world bosses and operations. And to my annoyance you could
only have 25 of them at the one time, this is especially annoying as these are
the kind of quests are the types you want to just leave in your log for when
you might happen to do them, for example the Nightmare pilgrim as you might forget
to have the quest with you. I managed to make enough space by taking out all
the other quest chains that I guess were there similar to the bonus series’ for
level 50’s to do once their 50. So all in all there doesn’t seem to be any lack
of things to do once you’re 50 but I’ll get on to that later.
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| Voss, the land of Autumn |
I’ve got Synthweaving and Underworld trading to 400 as well,
though I am waiting till I get some higher level archaeology items before I can
make the level 50 gear, speaking of level 50 gear, when I reached level 50 I
immediately got 99
Tionese
Commendations which I used to purchase a full set of Tionese Epic DPS Gear.
I went DPS because I suspect that’s what I’ll still be doing the majority of
the time I’m playing, as back when I wanted to be a tank and went defence spec
I did shit all damage and I don’t want to be stuck in that rut again like
everyone was before WoW introduced dual spec trying to farm and do daily quests
all while in tanking or healing spec. And with the large amount of bonus quests
and level 50 bonus series’ SWTOR seems to have I won’t have a lack of normal
quests to do. I haven’t really done any raids or “operations” as their called
in SWTOR, I haven’t really thought about what I’d do as it’d usually be with
guild and If I think back to my WoW days my guild would have to be pretty
desperate to use me as a tank. Partially why I healed on my Paladin instead of
tanking.
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| My epic Tionese gear with epic Lightsabre (yes I know I'm supposed to have blue) |
Anyway my New Epic Gear made pretty much any DPS gear I got
on Voss and probably any other story missions to come pretty much obsolete,
since I got DPS gear I’ve been trying to upgrade my tank gear as much as
possible but Voss just didn’t seem to have the right gear or upgrades as the
planet commendations change what kind of gear or modifications you get all the
time in the later levels as it’s not just better then the last ones. It’s just
the trouble that comes with having an ongoing storyline. In WoW I used to start
in one area and would choose a different zone depending on what level I was
when I finished that area but unfortunately with the class story missions I
don’t have that luxury and there’s those times where you can either go to the
planet where the quest is green or yellow but you have to do the story for both
anyway which is very linear and I don’t know how I’m going to create a
different experience between characters though I guess that just comes with the
class storylines. Speaking of which I now understand the Jedi Knight storyline
sort of, I’m currently battle and saving (or killing) the Jedi who accompanied
me to Fight the Emperor at the end of chapter 2, I’m itchin’ to find out what
happens in the end which really keeps me goin, I’ve got to do Corelia yet then
possibly Ilum before I’m finish and I’m freakin' already 50, sigh.. hope it works
out better with the way I’m pacing the levelling on my Assassin.
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| Our very stealthy party of Sith Assassins, why we all ran in stealth halfway across the map to get to the quest was anyone's guess. |
I’ve got a lot to say about companions (as I usually do)
I’ve been using T7-01 as my companion for awhile now I’m on about 6 and a half
thousand affection and have had a lot of ‘conversation’ style companion quests
with him but still don’t seem to have his character quest which is about one of
his many previous owners or cohorts, being 200 years old I spose he would have
a few, damn they make things to last in this Galaxy don’t they? I had a bit of decision
whether to use T7 or Doc but to be honest I like T7 better though he doesn’t
speak but I like the way he jumps around and zaps enemies and makes beeping and
chirping noises, and he’s perfect choice for my good-guy playing style which
continues to plague my Inquisitor. On Kxan I’ve sort of decided to use
Khem Val until I
get
Ashara
Zavros even though A. He’s an evil bastard and I’m not and B. I’ve got
Andronikos
Revel but I can’t help liking good old Khem, though once I get Ashara
everything should be ok at least until I get her to 1000 affection.
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| T7 and I share a golden moment. |
Speaking of evil bastards look at the two most powerful
companions I have with their likes and dislikes two characters I have who are
both on the Light Side of the force.
Likes: Killing Force users, displays of strength, making
foolish people unhappy
Dislikes: Weakness in any form, not killing Force users
Likes: Using power against the weak, power, anger, revenge
and spite
Dislikes: Greed, acts of mercy, Jedi and Republic
authorities
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| I made some gear for Lorg Scourge, which being Jedi gear looks rather weird for him since he's a Sith, the combination of that and the odd-looking headgear gives him and interesting look indeed. |
Wow what a friendly duo though I think Lord Scourge takes
the cake for being the most evil, how am I supposed to be a good guy with these
two? Bah I might even look forward to going all Dark though as a Jedi Consular
as there are a couple of Companions in there which would work well with a Dark
Jedi. But first I must at least try a non-Jedi class for couple of reasons 1. I
can’t go straight for playing an
Inquisitor to a
Consular their
too alike even if I’m being a
Sage and
using Telekinetics rather than being an
Assassin
and Lightsabering it up, their abilities (and first companion for that matter)
are just too similar and 2. I’ve already been two Force-using classes and I
might actually like the blaster users. The other decision that comes with that
is what non-force class to do but that’s a decision for another time.
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| SWTOR classes: I like the Imperial Agent in this pic, lookin particularly gangsta' |
I’m currently doing Alderaan on Kxan and am already 32 so
hopefully I can finish it off quickly before I gain too much experience. I’ve
been forcing myself to wear or
show
this damn helmet that I have on now for realism’s sake, I look like freakin Darth Iron man or something it’s almost as bad as
my Jedi-goggles but I can't have it hidden as it sounds really strange when your voice is crackly like it’s
coming through the helmet speaker when you don’t have it on, which is another thing about companions that irks me, sometimes you get helmets for them or yourself where it obviously isn't blocking their mouth but their voice comes out through the "helmet radio" anyway, ahh it’s all a
struggle isn’t it?
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| Spot the Sith Iron Man |
Cya next time! in the galaxy y’know….
JD
Our money for your
money
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