Force Sensitive Archive
Thread: nades' versus the normal way
Message Edited by IonControl on 02-28-2005 11:41 AM
What I find interesting is I've had more fun throwing grenades at stuff than BH'ing in the past couple months.
btw, this FS grind is sooooo easy compared to other games I've played. I've played games where you got "skills" to increase your toon, but they were random...like a slot machine. Can you imagine the time it took to get a 99 skill? it took forever.
So believe me...there are LOTS of things worse than FS or the bordom of nades.
Let me put the record straight:
sexwax wrote:
I find it amusing that people claim that RL is important to them .. yet they play SWG.
This wins the "Trying to Sound Wise and Failing Miserably" award for 2005.
B1MMER wrote:
1. you can't pvp with commando template. you will suck big time - Comment: Yes, I agree with you on this. The worst thing about Commando is the fact that it's borked for high-end PvP. Depending upon your individual template though, you still *can* PvP, you just might not be as effective. I actually managed to get ina good deal of PvP during my grenade grind, and although I didn't feel up to "full strength", I really wasn't as handicapped as one might think.
2. you can't solo krayt with commando template - Comment: Yes, you can. Very well, in fact. One of my better in-game friends has a pearl-hunter template to support his Jedi, and he solos krayts all the time with his Commando/melee' stack. Get a few high speed flamers to stack your bleeds, and then switch to melee' if tanking is necessary. Granted, he is not grenade grinding (anymore) but if you build your template right, you can very easily use Commando to krayt hunt.
3. I have time for PVP, Krayts and dungeons and guess what. I will unlock as soon as next phase starts so I can get my 6th branch filled with stored fs exp. oh. And I never had novice marksman nor used a single grenade. Comment: That's great and all,but PvP and dungeons were something I chose to sacrifice for the grenade grind. Not all of us have the same schedules, so for me the grenade grind was the way to go. I'm going to elaborate more on why Ichose the grenade grind below.
btw. I work and have family. I play after my son goes to bed so my play hours are limited.
so basicaly I was having fun (pvp, pve, dungeons, etc) all along FS grind.
The primary "con" of the grenade grind is the money and resources involved. You're going to be dishing out a couple million for your grenades unless you somehow already have the resources. If you're a combat-only player like I am though, you likely won't have the resources lying around. The other cost-issue involved here is armor. Expect to break at least two suits of composite armor (chest plates and boots especially). Now I have some cheap armor vendors on my server, so this is no big deal, but, it is something to be figured in.
Will you have to sacrifice your current template? Yes, unless you're already Commando of course. Is the sacrifice worth it? To me, it was, and here's why.
Using Thermal Detonataors (Imho, these are infinitely better than Imperials) I was able to hunt giant baz nitches and pull in no less than 500K Force Sensitive XP in any given buff session. Sometimes I got very lucky and pulled in 600 or 700K, but those were rare occcasions (wild spawns popped and stuff like that). Even at 500K, that's almost HALF of an entire FS-branch in one buff session.
I had fallen behind in the FS grind, because real life was simply too important to allow me to steadily grind in the normal fashion. By the time I got back in the game, I needed to play catch up. The grenade grind was the obvious choice.
I don't care what anyone says, but there is NOTHING faster than a Thermal Detonator grind. Will you be bored to tears? Yes. Will you have a smaller bank account? More than likely. Will you have to drop your current template?Most likely, but bigdeal,because when you're done, you just GRIND IT BACK. Will you have to isolate yourself from other activities? Yup. But guess what, when you'rea padawan...you're gonna be lonely anyway, so get used to it. If anything, the grenade grind is a warm up to having your Jedi, imho.
As far as I'm concerned, all of you Swordsman junkies can go do your melee' grind. That is your choice, and I respect that. But seriously, stop talking down on the *efficiency* of the grenade grind. I STOPPED doing the melee grind because I found it more boring than the grenade grind in terms of repetition. Your grind may be more fun to YOU...but it's not faster...and that's what this post is about.
Once I was done with the grenade grind, I redid my PvP template into something new, and now I enjoy loot hunting, PvP, and roleplay without having to worry about FS-xp anymore. My method of getting my FS stuff was to bite the bullet, grind it hard, and get it out of the way. Now, I basically just sit back and wait, because all the XP is backlogged.
At any rate, do the grind your own way. I chose my way because I didn't want to have the FS be a concern anymore, and I managed to very quickly put that behind me. So, if you want it done fast, albeit, expensively, then choke on your pride, drop your template, get some funds together and get some grenades.
Message Edited by HarlequinMK19 on 02-28-2005 05:58 PM