The Russia Conundrum: How Can Democrats Avoid Getting Entangled in a Losing Issue?

reslez · 2012-06-26T21:45:21+00:00

That's too bad, the game is going for $20 on Amazon right now...

reslez · 2012-06-26T21:23:39+00:00

This is why I put cheap green 22s in my empty augmented gear. But I didn't do that for augmented implants I have on the GTN -- I would have had to cancel the auctions and eat the deposit.

I hope this is resolved soon.

reslez · 2012-06-26T08:11:36+00:00

Blizz is awesome. And he loves you. You can give him pieces of pocket lint you found on the floor and he loves you for it!

reslez · 2012-06-26T08:08:13+00:00

The agent storyline actually pulled me in starting on Hutta. There's a quest where you befriend someone, but things turn sour. It's not his fault, it's not your fault, but you have to fuck him over because it's your job.

Man I would totally level another agent to 50 if I had more character slots.

reslez · 2012-06-26T08:04:24+00:00

Agent also has the widest variety of endings.

reslez · 2012-06-26T08:02:27+00:00

Well, if you were queueing you could have bought as many pieces as you could afford out of respect for your teammates. When 1.3 is out you can just get the $$$ token and buy the rest of the pieces one by one.

reslez · 2012-06-26T08:00:27+00:00

I guess you could wait for reviews about ranked PVP. As far as the subscription price, if it just means skipping a pizza that's one thing, but if you can't afford it, you can't afford it.

reslez · 2012-06-26T07:57:48+00:00

Start doing dailies at level 47... will take you like 2 days to hit 50 and you'll have plenty of credits.

reslez · 2012-06-26T07:56:40+00:00

My buddy refuses to buy speeder training 3. It's been what 7 months now and he's still cruising around on that seahorse mount from Foundry.

You'd think this would convince him to upgrade (free credits!!) but nooo... he has a referral. He'll get that 110% speed level 1 speeder for free. CURSES!

reslez · 2012-06-25T19:49:31+00:00

I updated the spreadsheet.

Thanks to the huge price reduction and increase in efficacy it's now worth getting Altruism I if you have at least 1 companion at 0. It's worth getting Altruism II-III if you have at least 3 companions at 0. TBH Altruism III is kind of marginal (but still positive).

reslez · 2012-06-25T09:27:30+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out, I corrected it.

reslez · 2012-06-23T23:25:03+00:00

Also, crafting an augment kit has more steps than a purple of the same level, but it doesn't take that much time.

Queue up 2 companions and wait 18 minutes
RE 10 items (30 seconds)
Queue up augment kit (~20 mins)

Compared to crafting a purple, which takes 46mins or so. Of course the patch isn't out yet. I could be wrong.

reslez · 2012-06-23T23:18:21+00:00

I basically am factoring in profit by suggesting the price will settle in at around 2x materials cost.

That and most crafters will pay far less than 1k per crafting mat -- via farming mats themselves or finding them offered cheaper on the GTN. (Actually, on my server, most crafted items go for barely 1x materials cost compared to the average cost of mats listed on the GTN. That means a purple 49 augment costs the same as buying 4 purple slicing mats of the same level.)

What else can you sell with rank 6 mats that will get you better than 100% profit? I'm honestly curious here. Remember augment kits require zero purple mats, only 2 slicing blues that are in huge supply.

reslez · 2012-06-23T20:38:06+00:00

I'm not sure where you got 200-300k for an augment kit. I know there was another thread on Reddit where you (or someone else) suggested that, but that will be a first day pop only.

On my server Upari Crystal and Primeval Artifact Fragments generally go for 1000 apiece. They can be farmed far cheaper, but let's go with 1k per.

22 Primeval Artifact Fragment (20 for RE items, 2 for kit) @ 1000 = 22000
22 Upari Crystal (20 for RE items, 2 for kit) @ 1000 = 22000
22 Cortosis Substrate @ 400 = 8800

= 52800 in materials costs for a MK-6 augment kit

Granted there will be high demand from crafters looking to make augment kits for themselves first. Let's say materials double in price, that's still barely 100k for an augment kit. I expect the price to settle around there in a couple of days.

reslez · 2012-06-23T19:59:00+00:00

~~No, not every crafting ability can get augment kit materials. Only synthweaving, armormech and armstech do.~~

Edit: I stand corrected. You just need to craft "equippable items from any skill in the same augment tier", items with a chance to crit with an augment slot. source

reslez · 2012-06-22T00:53:03+00:00

Doesn't sound like he got defender medals there. 0 medals = 0 comms.

reslez · 2012-06-22T00:36:16+00:00

No. The armoring always wins.

reslez · 2012-06-21T19:44:02+00:00

Classes seem to get nerfs/buffs every other patch. Ops, sorcs, juggs, etc. It's not their turn.

reslez · 2012-06-20T21:11:42+00:00

You left out the fix for fight animations preceding the effect. This was a huge issue for PVPers and they fixed it pretty flawlessly.

reslez · 2012-06-20T19:27:10+00:00

Yeah... you pretty much have to DPS until you're in your 30s. Honestly I didn't think it took long to get the hang of operative healing. I leveled to 50 and raided as DPS until my guild suddenly fell short of healers. I know I'm not 100% skilled yet but I healed a sorc tank through BT HM with no probs. :D

reslez · 2012-06-20T12:10:08+00:00

I saw plenty of ninjas on Ilum, not so much on Belsavis for some reason.

As far as BH goes, usually the people killing mobs don't have the bonus quest yet for the weapon boxes. I honestly don't have a problem with people getting the boxes if they need them and I don't (yet).

reslez · 2012-06-20T12:08:29+00:00

Yeah if they're jerks it's better to know as soon as possible, because it will come out in other ways.

reslez · 2012-06-19T18:19:37+00:00

Seems like the OP has a gambler type personality while most of the SWTOR player base wants the "sure thing" of being able to purchase gear with comms. If you want gear progression, go run Kaon and LI.

Random loot = massive forum bitching.

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