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Has anyone else experienced a bug in the Lord Vartonis quest that keeps your damage in the "normal" range? (i.e., same damage you would deal without the special buff crystal Obi-Wan tells you to use)

Everyone says that the buff crystal increases your health to 90k hp and your damage by something like 300%. Other Jedi report dealing between 2.5k and 5k per hit. When I use it, my health increases but my damage remains practically unchanged, I am still dealing about the same damage as under normal circumstances.

(Just to state the obvious, yes, I have also been using all of the food, drink, buffs, force feedback/force absorb/force shield etc. that have been mentioned in other threads. And, no, I did not have FR2 or FR3 on when I did the quest)

I don't know if this is some kind of bug that I've not read about yet, or if there is something else that I could possibly have missed after reading nearly every thread about the Vartonis quest that I've seen in the forums. Needless to say, you need the "special" damage to successfully complete the mission... and it's frustrating as heck.

Message Edited by pussycat on 11-01-2005 11:02 AM

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SWGHottie wrote:

Was working fine by me... my choke was ticking for about 2700+ damage per tick... sweet!

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Yes, a lot of Jedi report being able to deal several times normal damage... but for some reason I can't. I just do about the same damage per hit as I would without the crystal buff...

Anyone know if this is a bug, and if so, is there a workaround for this bug?

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emovamalla wrote:
The first FIVE times I did the quest I was doing "normal" damage and could kill him once but I was totally drained and would get owned when he came back for round 2. The Sixth time I did the quest, I slaughtered him and had more than half force and more than half health left. There is CLEAR difference IMHO of whether or not you get a damage buff out of it.

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I am not sure if I understand what you're trying to say. Are you saying that the crystal won't ALWAYS give you a damage buff, even if it buffs your health to 90k?

I don't think there's any way to defeat this guy if you don't get a damage buff out of the crystal, if you're doing an average dmg of 1k - 1.2k you'd have to him him 40 or 50 times just to incap him the first time. Those who do get a damage buff can hit for 5k or so, they have no trouble killing him.

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pussycat wrote:

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emovamalla wrote:
The first FIVE times I did the quest I was doing "normal" damage and could kill him once but I was totally drained and would get owned when he came back for round 2. The Sixth time I did the quest, I slaughtered him and had more than half force and more than half health left. There is CLEAR difference IMHO of whether or not you get a damage buff out of it.

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I am not sure if I understand what you're trying to say. Are you saying that the crystal won't ALWAYS give you a damage buff, even if it buffs your health to 90k?

I don't think there's any way to defeat this guy if you don't get a damage buff out of the crystal, if you're doing an average dmg of 1k - 1.2k you'd have to him him 40 or 50 times just to incap him the first time. Those who do get a damage buff can hit for 5k or so, they have no trouble killing him.

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The first 5 times I did the quest, I got 90K+ Health but my damage output was weak. The Sixth time I had a significally large increase in my damage output on top of the health buff.

same here. my damage is extremely sub par...

Forgot fr2/3 on by chance ?

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felipz wrote:
Forgot fr2/3 on by chance ?

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Read my original post again.

Yes, obviously I made sure I didn't have FR3 on, it's always the first thing I check whenever I seem to be doing less dmg than expected. I've also used all the food/buffs mentioned in other threads; force shield, force feedback and force absorb. (Feedback seems to be the most important one).


So, I ask once again. Can anybody explain why the Crystal Buff Obi-Wan tells you to use seems to be multiplying the damage ability of some Jedi toons but not others? I don't see how anyone could defeat Vartonis when you're doing 1.2k dmg per hit or less, no matter how buffed you are.

seems like a bug

Send a ticket under "I'm stuck" outside. When / if a csr talks to you get in and make him watch.

The first FIVE times I did the quest I was doing "normal" damage and could kill him once but I was totally drained and would get owned when he came back for round 2. The Sixth time I did the quest, I slaughtered him and had more than half force and more than half health left. There is CLEAR difference IMHO of whether or not you get a damage buff out of it.

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emovamalla wrote:

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pussycat wrote:

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emovamalla wrote:
The first FIVE times I did the quest I was doing "normal" damage and could kill him once but I was totally drained and would get owned when he came back for round 2. The Sixth time I did the quest, I slaughtered him and had more than half force and more than half health left. There is CLEAR difference IMHO of whether or not you get a damage buff out of it.

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I am not sure if I understand what you're trying to say. Are you saying that the crystal won't ALWAYS give you a damage buff, even if it buffs your health to 90k?

I don't think there's any way to defeat this guy if you don't get a damage buff out of the crystal, if you're doing an average dmg of 1k - 1.2k you'd have to him him 40 or 50 times just to incap him the first time. Those who do get a damage buff can hit for 5k or so, they have no trouble killing him.

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The first 5 times I did the quest, I got 90K+ Health but my damage output was weak. The Sixth time I had a significally large increase in my damage output on top of the health buff.

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Thanks for the update

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