Posts Tagged ‘Column’
Dev Tracker – Summer Sizzle
Sunshine or Screenshine? Originally posted by Bruce Maclean(Source) Summer of SWTOR | 05.24.2013, 10:26 AM Hello everyone, My name is Bruce Maclean and I am a Senior Producer here at BioWare Austin. I know there have been a lot of questions around the forums about what kind of content you can expect from us this [...]
Front Line Medic: Some solid questions from a potential healer
I’m gonna do something different thing week. Instead of writing some long-winded piece on healing in general, I’m going to respond to some questions I got through my YouTube channel. I post SWTOR boss fight videos there every so often and one player sent me some pretty good questions about operative healing. I sent him [...]
Point of View : We are the 5%
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” These are mine. How many of an MMO’s player base actually participate in End Game Group Content? Why don’t more players participate? Keep reading to ponder with me. The title “We are the 5%” [...]
Point of View : SWTOR is like Disney World
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” These are mine. The vocal minority is making sure the interweb hears how upset they are about SWTOR’s Cartel Market and so called broken promises about subscriptions from the Devs. It all surrounds this [...]
Professional Tank : In Defense of Fortitude
Tanks are expected to know all content and push the group forward without hesitation. Great Tanks have to start somewhere, this is one of those places. Here we’ll examine the ins and outs of being a Professional Tank. Last week I tossed out an Endurance stat of ‘Over 40k’ in the Professional Tank column. This [...]
Front Line Medic: The life of a lowbie healer
I have four level 55 toons. Two are healers, the others are DPS. With the exception of my “main”, I leveled those almost entirely through PVP. Hell, I haven’t even finished my Imperial Agent storyline and he’s healing HM Scum & Villainy. The point is that I have pretty good experience with healing PVP. But [...]
Guild Guidance – My Guild is a Business
Players start or join a guild for many different reasons. Friends creating a guild together, an Elder Game player joins a progression guild or players band together for PvP. I’ve even seen one-player guilds just for the vault space. Whatever the reason, guilds can be the one thing that keeps a player coming back. This [...]
Professional Tank – Moonlighting
Tanks are expected to know all content and push the group forward without hesitation. Great Tanks have to start somewhere, this is one of those places. Here we’ll examine the ins and outs of being a Professional Tank. With my work scheduled skewed toward late nights I’ve found myself tanking in the early mornings. These [...]
Front Line Medic: Let’s go to the game film
I hoard raid footage. Prior to cleaning out my hard drive I found clips going back to the first Eternity Vault HM clear and some stuff from when we were running flashpoints every day for Columi drops. A look through my files revealed raid videos of every operation in SWTOR and multiple files of just [...]
Guild Guidance – Operations Execution
Players start or join a guild for many different reasons. Friends creating a guild together, an Elder Game player joins a progression guild or players band together for PvP. I’ve even seen one-player guilds just for the vault space. Whatever the reason, guilds can be the one thing that keeps a player coming back. Lately [...]
Guild Guidance – Contribution
Players start or join a guild for many different reasons. Friends creating a guild together, an Elder Game player joins a progression guild or players band together for PvP. I’ve even seen one-player guilds just for the vault space. Whatever the reason, guilds can be the one thing that keeps a player coming back. As [...]
Front Line Medic – Do you parse your heals?
To parse or not to parse. That is the question. I was trolling on fleet the other night when the guild’s best healer starting chatting with me in gchat about my heal parses. He wanted to me to start uploading my combat logs. I kind of paused because I never really gave it much thought. [...]
Crew Skills and Credits : MK-9 Augment Kit
Credits and the Economy is what really rules the Galaxy, at least that’s what the Star Cabal told me. There are many ways to earn a living in SWTOR, and many ways to go broke. I’ll look toward the former in this column. The MK-9 Augment Kit. All Elder Game players want you, many can [...]
Front Line Medic – Skill overcomes gear in 2.0
A good healer knows their abilities keeps the team pushing content. They also decide who watches the fight face down in the decking. Chosing to perform the role of Medic in SWTOR is reserved for a special mindset. If you desire to share that mindset, check out our Healing 101 guide here. The biggest thing [...]
Professional Tank – Cooldowns, not just for Bosses
Tanks are expected to know all content and push the group forward without hesitation. Great Tanks have to start somewhere, this is one of those places. Here we’ll examine the ins and outs of being a Professional Tank. Professionals at any level know that the right tools are key to a high quality job. Professional [...]
Crewskills and Credits – Ratios Rebalanced in 2.0.1!
Credits and the Economy is what really rules the Galaxy, at least that’s what the Star Cabal told me. There are many ways to earn a living in SWTOR, and many ways to go broke. I’ll look toward the former in this column. Tomorrow’s patch will help fix the issues our Crewskills have been having. [...]
Point of View – RotHC : Cheers and Jeers
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” These are mine. Our initial rush onto Makeb has washed over the masses. Players have consumed the story and are beginning to work on Elder game content. What worked and what didn’t? Keep reading [...]
Warzone Combat Log – lol bolster
PvP isn’t pretty, easy or forgiving. This facet of SWTOR is for players who relish taking on live oppenents rather than scripted events. It’s not for everyone, but this Combat Log serves a ramp up for SWTOR PvP. If I was a fly on the wall, what would I hear in the Dev conference room [...]
Point of View – General Chat Education
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” These are mine. What goes on in the minds of players typing the drivel in General Chat Channels? Exactly what part of their brain allows the atrocities that smear a public communication space? Keep [...]
Dealing Damage – 2.0 Sorc / Sage Hybrid Build
Many players consider the Damage Dealing role an easy one. I have a different point of view about it. The Damage Dealing role is easily picked up, and slowly mastered. On Thursdays I’ll muse over how to master the art of Damage. By popular request, here’s my updated version of the Sorc / Sage Hybrid [...]
Dealing Damage – Are you dealing enough?
Many players consider the Damage Dealing role an easy one. I have a different point of view about it. The Damage Dealing role is easily picked up, and slowly mastered. On Thursdays I’ll muse over how to master the art of Damage. We are 48 hours into the early access of Patch 2.0, and I’m [...]
Professional Tank – Your time is now
Tanks are expected to know the content, and push the group forward without hesitation. Great Tanks have to start somewhere, this is one of those places. On Tuesdays I’ll examine the ins and outs of being a Professional Tank. RotHC is live. With the launch of SWTOR’s first expansion pack comes a universal truth. It’s [...]
Point of View – 10 things when RotHC goes live
Tonight at 6 PM Pacific, that’s right, 6 PM Pacific the servers are coming down for scheduled maintenance. That maintenance will include patch 2.0 going live. There are several things to expect when the servers come back up at around Midnight Pacific (/crossesfingers). Most of the players will have know idea what’s going on. This [...]
Guild Guidance – Guild Identity
Players start or join a guild for many different reasons. Friends creating a guild together, an Elder Game player joining a progression guild or players banding together for PvP reasons. I’ve even seen one-player guilds just for the vault space. Whatever the reason, guilds can be the one thing that keeps a player coming back. [...]
Warzone Combat Log – RotHC Warzone Brackets
PvP isn’t pretty, easy or forgiving. This facet of SWTOR is for players who relish taking on live oppenents rather than scripted events. It’s not for everyone, but this Combat Log serves a ramp up for SWTOR PvP. A new frontier is rapidly approaching for the PvP community in SWTOR. There is ‘Naked’ PvP and [...]
FORCE Junkies – Star Wars The Old Republic 2013-04-04 12:32:06
Many players consider the Damage Dealing role an easy one. I have a different point of view about it. The Damage Dealing role is easily picked up, and slowly mastered. On Thursdays I’ll muse over how to master the art of Damage. Are you feeling burned out? Are you feeling burned out and fill the [...]
Warzone Combat Log – Improving Your Game
PvP isn’t pretty, easy or forgiving. This facet of SWTOR is for players who relish taking on live oppenents rather than scripted events. It’s not for everyone, but this Combat Log serves a ramp up for SWTOR PvP. Last week I wrote about banding together when venturing into PvP Warzones. This week I’ll go over [...]
Professional Tank – Aim Tank
Tanks are expected to know the content, and push the group forward without hesitation. Great Tanks have to start somewhere, this is one of those places. On Tuesdays I’ll examine the ins and outs of being a Professional Tank. All three Tank classes appeal for different reasons, which one is right for you? This week [...]
Point of View – Full Clear Comrades
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” Sundays seem to be a good day to give mine. Flash Points are for fun. Burning down lightsaber fodder is why I pay my subscription every month. If the Flash Point is max level, [...]
Warzone Combat Log – Army of Two
PvP isn’t pretty, easy or forgiving. This facet of SWTOR is for players who relish taking on live oppenents rather than scripted events. It’s not for everyone, but this Combat Log serves a ramp up for SWTOR PvP. I touched on a point in my last Combat Log, “Don’t go Alone.” This article will focus [...]
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