Here is a screenshot of the LFG tool (at least an early iteration of it) from that PCGamer interview.
I'll be loging in to the PTS later tonight to play with some of the new toys...
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| Author: | Midgen [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | patch 1.3 live on test |
Some interesting changes. Lots of love for tanks.. unless you were shadow. Hutts seized control of the GTN, making it accessible to both factions (this is a good thing IMO). Some new Legacy stuff character based, instead of account based (not too keen on this one). Here are the patch notes from PTS as of today. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=463539 |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
Quote: Ground-targeted area of effect targeting reticules now appear green if they are friendly (and won't cause player damage) and red if the player will be damaged. Huge boon for my Empire-sided tank right there. Especially since I play with bounty hunters often. Quote: Charged Burst's visual effects now work correctly with color crystals. It now uses the correct visual effects when dual wielding. Thank the maker (who, in theepio's case, is Vader). This bugged me a lot on my gunslinger. I am glad they are putting in a group finder. Honestly, I haven't done any flashpoints or operations since about my mid 20s. I hate and loathe trying to find a group by standing around in one area for hours and broadcasting it out. I do wish it was cross-server, like in WoW. Or that they would just merge servers. I am sure the only reason they haven't merged servers is because of PR. But that only hurts the players paying for the game, in the end. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:51 pm ] |
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Well, their stated reason for not having cross server LFG is that they think it will affect the local server communities. I'm kind of torn on it myself. I would prefer to have a local server friends list, and try to group regularly with people I know and have played with before. On the otherhand, when the guild and friends list are empty night after night, you have to do something... soloing dailies for commendations is getting pretty old. I'd like to start doing some flashpoints or something to break the monotony. |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
I heard that they were now thinking about consolidating all servers into a "one server to rule them all" model, like Champions or Star Trek. Personally, I think that would appease people like me while still keeping their "community" thing in tact. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:18 pm ] |
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The 'mega server' talk is based on one single comment Daniel Erickson made to pcgamer when asked about the LFG tool.. http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/23/the-o ... tive-gear/ pcgamer interview with Daniel Erickson wrote: Group-finder tool PCG: Is the group finder available for Hard Mode Operations, or just Story Mode? DE: Just Story. Pick-up groups for Hard Mode would be more frustration than anything else. PCG: Will they be cross-server at launch? Is that planned for the future? DE: They will not be cross-server as we are coming up on a huge move to servers with massively higher population caps than we have today I take this to mean they are moving to platforms with more capacity, and opening up server transfers. Nothing has been said to date about forced mergers or a single "mega" platform, or anything of that nature, although it's probably inevitable at some point, if the popularity of the game doesn't recover some. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:58 pm ] |
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Here is a screenshot of the LFG tool (at least an early iteration of it) from that PCGamer interview. I'll be loging in to the PTS later tonight to play with some of the new toys... Spoiler: |
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| Author: | Raell [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
Quote: •Loot rewards in level 50 Flashpoints have been improved significantly. Bosses now drop equipment that prepares players for Hard Mode Flashpoints. •Daily Commendations can now be acquired from some bosses in level 50 and Hard Mode Flashpoints. •Many Prototype quality Barrels and Hilts have been added to random loot as rare drops. YAY |
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| Author: | Raell [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
Numbuk wrote: I heard that they were now thinking about consolidating all servers into a "one server to rule them all" model, like Champions or Star Trek. Personally, I think that would appease people like me while still keeping their "community" thing in tact. I would never go near the Fleet again.../shudder |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
Raell wrote: Numbuk wrote: I heard that they were now thinking about consolidating all servers into a "one server to rule them all" model, like Champions or Star Trek. Personally, I think that would appease people like me while still keeping their "community" thing in tact. I would never go near the Fleet again.../shudder They already have different layers depending on how many people are online in a single area. I remember back at launch there were 7 or 8 different layers because of how many people were playing. |
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| Author: | Raell [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:13 pm ] |
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Ok, I didn't know that. Right on then. |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: patch 1.3 live on test |
Raltar wrote: Raell wrote: Numbuk wrote: I heard that they were now thinking about consolidating all servers into a "one server to rule them all" model, like Champions or Star Trek. Personally, I think that would appease people like me while still keeping their "community" thing in tact. I would never go near the Fleet again.../shudder They already have different layers depending on how many people are online in a single area. I remember back at launch there were 7 or 8 different layers because of how many people were playing. General chat speaks to all the layers though. I've joined several groups from general chat early on, and had to change instances to meet them. |
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| Author: | Raell [ Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:31 pm ] |
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Patch will be landing the 26th... |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:58 am ] |
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here is a blog post regarding the new legacy perks. http://www.swtor.com/blog/legacy-perks-game-update-1.3 These experience perks, along with the companion bonuses and dark/light bonuses, are going to remove what little challenge there is to leveling a character in this game. And lets face it, unless you are into crappy PvP, or grinding dailies, there really isn't much else to do in the game but level alts... I think these are a pretty big mistake.. just my humble opinion... |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:59 am ] |
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Here are the patch notes from the current PTS build for 1.3. I suspect they will be similar when it goes live Tuesday night, although there are always a few surprises... http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=479808 |
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