Alienware M18x - Prepare to deploy Star Wars TOR

I keep doing /w trekker every now and then but your never on him

 

Hit lvl 47 today. Thinking after this long road, I should face Thanatos alone (with my five ghosts). Don't need an arise woopin' though... What do u advise? Good at 47 with some buff armor? Will be playing again after supper...

 

Congrats on hitting 47, I finally hit 25 and managed to get a speeder. I really need to start playing more. Gonna go do a playthrough of the mass effect 3 demo and then ill be online.

 

Hooking up with a group and doing heroics is a great way to level up and make friends Tony. Even better than PvP because of the drops.

You and ONI r bout same lvl.

 

Ah thanks for the heads up. As to creating a ton of alts right at the beginning, looks like its better to hold off and see what the new customization options and such are for legacy levels when they are released sometime in march.

Source: Star Wars: The Old Republic Q&A reveals plans for Legacy races and dual spec support in 1.2

 

Nice link, I mainly forget about my legacy exp so hope it pays off. Saw an Ewok companion with a bounty hunter yesterday. Strangely very cool.

 

Can somebody paste that link as text? My work proxy blocks it.

Also lvl 47 without leet gear is hard but if I come help we can duo him. More importantly your companion needs to be decked out since he will be tanking the boss.

 

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/14/s...races-and-dual-spec-support-in-1-2/]StarWars: The Old Republic Q&A reveals plans for Legacy races and dual spec support in 1.2 | PC Game

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/14/s...or-legacy-races-and-dual-spec-support-in-1-2/

 

here you go oni

Spoiler

Bioware have held the first of a new series of weekly Q&A sessions with Star Wars: The Old Republic players, with some more information on what we can expect from the upcoming 1.2 patch.

The Legacy system offers a shared level that exists across all TOR alts, but while it’s currently possible to gain Legacy levels, there are no rewards attached to them. Lead writer Daniel Erickson confirms that 1.2 will give players with Legacy levels access to a greater selection of races when creating new characters.

“The species that will be unlocked in Game Update 1.2 are species currently in the game that will become available to classes and factions where you haven’t seen them before,” says Erickson. “New species are in consideration for the future but we don’t have any details to share right now.” Jawa Jedi, anyone?

The next major update will also add dual spec support. That’ll let players create two different skill set-ups and switch between them at will, which could be useful for creating specialised PvP and PvE builds. We won’t be able to switch advanced classes though. Bioware see the specialised trees that open up at level 10 as “fundamentally different class designs.”

Erickson also mentions that “there’s a new Warzone planned for Game Update 1.2 which we’re already testing internally.” Bioware are also working on a new rankings system which will be used to improve the matchmaking system. There currently aren’t any plans to let players queue for a particular type of Warzone, however.

Finally, fashion conscious characters will be happy to hear about a “vastly improved ‘Hue to Chest’ system” which will co-ordinate outfits a little better. Bioware also say that “there are more customization and quality of life improvements along those lines hot on its heels.” Patch 1.2 is due sometime in March.

 

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Thanks! Rep+ for your help!

 

Anytime, Ill try to remember to put everything at the bottom for you in the future.

 

Thank you for being considerate!

 

So if we start a new character before the big update in March, don't hit level ten or may not be able to take advantage of the new options, legacy stuff?

 

To my understanding you should wait and start a character after that update.

That being said I already started multiple characters so I can enjoy their story line but I will keep my favorite ones on the back burner so that I can remake them when the legacy kicks in.

 

^ what he said pretty much, If you start another character now, it can't be one of the legacy unlock-able new species.

 

My thought was regarding the reference in the article to certain unchangable things that occor to characters at level ten and would therefor disallow any legacy features...

 

What they said was that you cannot change your advanced class at lvl 10. The reason why they are specifying that is because you can have two talent tree's just like wow (guh i hate wow).

So you know how right now your sorcerer is a DPS (madness tree) well you can also say do healer tree but only one of the two can be active at any given time.

So say your Flash point party needs a healer and you cannot find one then you can switch to your healer tree and vice versa.

 

anyone know the best graphic setting for this game with sli 280m gpu's cos i cant seem to get it right, rez and adv settings in game please

many thanks

 

I'm liking that, It means My warrior can be both a DPS and tank, not just one. also makes everyone more versatile for flash-points and stuff. Can't wait for this patch.

how does low settings and full res work? you can check your FPS ingame by hitting control+Shift+F to display the ingame Fps thing.

 

thank you for getting back to me.

ive never needed to fps test due to me knowing there is a problem.

all i can say is that maybe after 10 mins when the game been running an hour or so my laptop really slows down only for a few secs but thats the deciding factor in this game life or death!, we though is my was laptop throttling but after running throttlestop is still happens.
i have set my adv settings to low and my rez is approx 1700-900ish yet it still happens.
i thought these gpu's would run this game no prob ??

i have also noticed my laptop does get hot and it sits on a nzxt laptop stand with fans on full, but nothing unusual.....

my current drivers are 285.62
mainboard and hybrid is off in bios due to that crashing laptop, also my pce 2 gen is off to.

am really stuck on this??

 

what are your temps when you are playing the game? It could be your CPU or GPU's are getting two hot and end up throttling. If temps are high I would clean out the fans and maybe consider repasting everything.

 

Same I cannot wait for dual spec. That means that both my Sorcerer and my bounty hunter will be both healers and DD.

DD for pvp and Healer for Flashpoints since those are the most sought after specs.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. The ten minute delay is telling.

 

Have you tried the full lightening spec yet ONI? Saw a YouTube for lower level and look interesting and more DPS? Might try it.

 

To my knowledge Madness = DoT (damage over time) Lightning spec = Spike dmg.

Madness = CC multiple mobs and more annoying spells for pvp.

 

some really geeky math programmer (no offense to half the folks here) must have an ultimate point equation choice using all three trees for absolute max dps.

 

just use google and i'm sure you could find some data on the best setup for what you want.

 

Many hours of exactly this stuff on YouTube but all conjecture and opinion.

I bet some of these 200+ member guilds have it laid out like candy for members all explained easy pezy lemon squizy. Hoping to get spoonfed I guess?!

Seems ready for an iPad/iPhone app to plug in your data, ie. class, level, goal and a program spits out your exact skill tree Shazam.... 99cents

 

Oh, 27000 exp points per mission on Ilium Tony. Level 25 to 40 was a GRIND, but those last ten to 50 flew by pleasantly.

 

yea I gotta get around to grinding, I'm still on tatooine. I Have just been busy with doing some other stuff in another MMO and been playing the Mass Effect 3 demo.

 

I never gave the ME games a try but the guy that wrote the book series on Darth Bane is the writer for the ME series too.

 

ME 1 was amazing, 2 was good but the game mechanics where a big step back IMO. If you get the games now get ME2 on the ps3 since that uses the ME3 engine. The xbox version uses the old engine.

 

Drew Karpyshyn wrote Both Mass Effect and the original Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic as well. I think he may have also worked on TOR but im not sure. I really like his style lol.

Edit: Ironically, I googled him to make sure I Posted correctly and I found this: Drew Karpyshyn Retires From BioWare

they are gonna be hurting without him.

Edit 2: Don't know if oni can see that site so I'm gonna put the text down below.

Spoiler

As we play a little catch-up this morning, Drew Karpyshyn announced last week that he has officially retired from BioWare. As lead writer, Karpyshyn was a huge part of the successful team that brought you Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and most recently helped out with the newly launched Star Wars: The Old Republic. Of course, many Star Wars fans know him from his novels including the Darth Bane series and Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan. Here's a snippet of Drew's announcement from his site...


"As of last week, I have officially retired from BioWare. (I’ll give all you gamers a second to let that sink in. Just to be clear, the parting was completely amicable, and 100% my decision.)

For the past twelve years I’ve had the privilege to work at one of the best companies in the video game industry, side by side with the most talented and incredible group of people I’ve ever had the good fortune to know. I’ve enjoyed my time at BioWare immensely, but it’s time for me to move on.

I’m leaving to focus more time and energy on my novels and other non-video game related projects. But even though I’ll no longer be working on games for BioWare, I’m not going to be severing all ties with them. Many of my closest friends still work at the company, and I’m also in the process of writing the next Star Wars: The Old Republic novel, though I can’t say too much about it yet."


We wish Drew the very best in his future endeavors and are selfishly happy to hear that Star Wars novels are still a part of his agenda. Click here for the full retirement announcement at Drew Karpyshyn's official site.

Only thing I really hated about mass effect 1 was having to use the Mako so much and how hard it was to hit anything with a sniper rifle, other than that it was a pretty fun game.

 

Thanks for looking out for me BigTonyMAn!

This news is very fresh! It was dated today!

Mass effect was always going to be a trilogy so he helped out on this third game and now is moving out of the company for his own personal reasons. So this game will still have his touch albeit in the future he will be focusing on novels and not games

 

ok my fans are clean, i keep on top of this, also i did a re-paste but my gpu temps are hitting 102oc gpu one and 70oc gpu two.

since its all cleaned why would i still get temps that high ? even with game gpu settings on poo ?

 

Maybe that heat sink is not firmly on top of the graphics card. If it does not make even contact on the card then it won't work properly.

 

You did something wrong.

 

If you globbed on the paste, you should redo it. 102° is really overheating. My 6990Ms start to complain when they get over 92°

 

Does anyone else get hitching with Vsync and Crossfire enabled? The game runs at a steady 60 FPS, but it has hiccups for no reason... without Vsync the framerate jumps to 75-110 without hiccups.

With Crossfire disabled there is no hitching with Vsync enabled...

 

Hmm. Enabling vsynch is typically only to address bugs and often reduces performance under normal circumstances. If the game plays better with vsynch disabled, I would consider that a positive thing. Why do you prefer having it enabled? Is there something with SWTOR that makes enabling vsynch desirable?

 

Vsync caps your framerate by your refresh rate, vsync is ALL bassed on the game some are designed to enhance some are designed to cap. Since we all here have a refresh rate of 60 Vsync will cap us to 60 FPS witch is more than enough for most games. I know in a few games specifically enable Vsync drastically improved my frame rate becuase it allowed my gpu to only provde for the 60 frames a second and it really smothed things out (portal, borderlands) in games that were designed to show off FPS vsync can hinder your experience. I am an avid SWTOR player and i dont really notice a differance between it on or off, i cann tell you running an FPS counter with it enabled I get my full 60 frames and with it turned off I get around 110 FPS.

BTW if your having trouble with borderlands running really smoth I have a few ini file fixes that smooth the game out like butter, shoot me a pm.

 

Good info thanks. What does your FPS dip to at Imperial Fleet when 135 players are present? I can see low 20's with a single 6990m.

 

I barely notice a difference between single card and CFX using the pre whql 12.2 and 12.1 cap 3.

The game engine is pretty crap unfortunately. 50 vs. 50 in Ilum gets me about 4-12 fps on either machine in my sig. According to the SWTOR devs, it's because my computer is "low end".

 

If I keep the "name tags " on friends and enemies I get bogged down too at ilum.

I still use the latest drivers from dell for my 6990m. Any recommends for a better no hassle upgraded driver. Have not changed because it never caused a problem and the 6990m rocks but at fleet and Ilum, would appreciate a few more FPS...

 

I have tried the last 3-4 driver revisions as well as the dell drivers and haven't seen any significant speed increases. The main difference has been stability and artifacts / glitches.

The biggest issue with the engine is how the ui and interface are tied together in a single threaded manner. It causes any on screen change or notification to essentially pause gameplay. For example - next time you are flying on a speeder - hit the 'b' button in rapid succession and watch the framrate goto 1-2. In Ilum everytime there is a death - it has the same effect. The random pauses on the space stations are a result of people in range of your character logging in or out or changing status in a meaningful way so as to update your client. Until they can decouple those 2 things I doubt seriously we will see significant performance increases.

 

I haven't ever dropped below 30fps on my 460m, but ill try and see if I get the same slow downs you guys do. It could be an AMD drive issue idk.

 

Dont know if this is posted but this is kind of a big news.

Star Wars: The Old Republic developers leave BioWare to work on independent game by VR-Zone.com

 

Not a big deal, the devs rarley stay on especially after such a awesome launch. Most of the time the orignal creators move on and they will hire new people for expansions. Its good for business and most of the time good for us to get some new blood in, MOST of the time *cough* Dragon Age 2, Cataclysm*cough*. Most of these people are contracted as soon as they fufill their contract they move on. The only example I know of that the devs dont move on for Bioware is Dragon Age becuase they never said how many they plan to make but the even the staff for DA has changed alot. Mass Effect was three games and I bet before spring we hear some big names for the ME team working on some new projects.

This also comes off the heels of Bioware merging all their RPG studios into one. Alot of the times big names get big salaries from big name companies its kinda like free agency for sports. These guys get traded all the time its business as usual.

 

yea still sad to see some of these guys go, They made some really great games.

 

The majority of the game plays fine. The only place where you will notice the massive slowdown is in Ilum with anything close to 15 vs. 15 and up. The space station is only going to cause small persistent hiccups as you fly around on your speeder. I have 2 lvl 50 chars on The Twin Spears server and have the same issues on my m17x with a single 580m, so I doubt it's an AMD issue.