Swordsman Archive

Aiwu - Swordsman and Rifleman

Cry more...

Jeez, they finally fix some things so that everything isnt so dang solo-able and people just cry about it? Guess what? The high end content was made to be difficult, no to be soloable by anyone with a brain, a set of composite, and a bunch of buffs. Get a group, some tactics, and get over it...

Move along...

Cornelioso Jones (Bloodfin)
Noble- Thayer (Bria)

Sorry Lefty, I apologize...Dont take that as a direct attack on you....Just dont like the mentality of a lot of players....Massively Multiplayer game, yet everyone wants to do everything alone...

Cornelioso Jones (Bloodfin)
Noble- Thayer (Bria)

"I don't know about other people, but I have a life outside of my computer and the games. I can't wait up for 10 year olds who need buffs, or spend an hour to go sell something on another planet for 10 credits. I solo w/e I can, because for 1) I find it more fun, 2) I would rather not put up with the 10 year olds, and their pre-puberty maturity, 3) I log in for short periods of time, where if I could solo things, I could get them done, and not have to spend the whole time sitting in town looking for a bunch of people to do it with me."

/totallyagree

Negeu-Master Spy-Corbantis
Brittin-Elder Jedi-Bloodfin

I think the problem is not that everyone wants to solo everything but it is that in order to get any worthwhile loot you almost have to solo. I've spent hour after hour hunting NS / SMC / Krayt / etc.. and I have to admit that it sometimes bothers me that I can solo these things but the fact of the matter is that having played since launch, the drop rate of decent loot has declined more and more. I don't have a huge guild to go on massive organized hunts with. All I have is my small group of friends.

So let us imagine a game where there is nothing anyone can solo (it's not just Swordsman ya know) and the only things worth killing require a group of 5 or more to kill. That leaves half the server population in the dirt. Granted that these mobs will become easier to find. I know I won't be able to compete with the big groups. And everyone knows that even in the unlikely event that you get there and a big group invites you, You ain't gettin any piece of that loot. How is a group of 5 supposed to split a +25 speed attachment, let alone a group of 10 or 20? And the things that can be split , krayt tissue, shards, geo, etc. decrease in value when the set is split. A rifleman does most of the damage to a krayt dragon but the melee guys who tanked it surely will loot when it dies. Not to say that the melee guys didn't earn it but they can't use the tissue. The rifleman on the other hand needs 11 identical tissue to make that gun. What is he gonna do after splitting the loot with the team?

Again, if I am in my group of friends this is not such a big problem (thougheven then it can be) but what about the other 75% of the time when we aren't all online at the same time. I've been here since launch and have tried about every profession I was interested in.For me loot hunting is my content 80% of the time. If I have no chance at looting against another group or just get raped trying to go it alone, there goes 80% of my content. I agree that we as players are overpowered in PvE, Armor and Doctor buffs are out of control. I am not whining or crying about it either. I look forward to change and balance and even miss the days when a single dragon would slay a group of 20 in a few short minutes. I am merely pointing out that in a game where after you've capped in skills, and the GCW is now a higher end form of Jedi wars. For some, Soloing is the only other option. Therefor I think it is wrong to flame the original poster and call him a cry baby or whatever. He wasn't crying, I think he and everyone else knows that they should not be able to solo everything. We are all just looking for some way to make our own content which is more than I can say for most people on these boards.

You can still solo Nighsister Protectors. Just gotta be patient. Be ready to run. Know their aggro range.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=102144&poll_id=0&warned=y Taunting the runner back.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=102145&poll_id=0&warned=y Force powers are back.

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=102146&poll_id=0&warned=yThis one gave up a quality crystal. (Crappy tune)

http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=102147&poll_id=0&warned=y Protector w/ Scythe (the one I killed above)

If you get the protectors 1-on-1...they are not a problem. (I didn't fight one that had a stun baton.....).

They use force powers.....WHICH MEANS......they get to use LIGHTSABER SPECIALS when they attack. If they use something like "Cascade of Hatred"....(picking this one cause I know I got hit with it more than once...and I havea Jedi who has1-Handed)...you are going to get hit with Stun/Blind/Dizzy.

And for my char... Master Brawler, Master Swords, 4/0/0/4 TKA, Medic 4/4/4/1 and some scout. Off-the-shelf Speed sliced PH. No powerups. 4-piece 80% Comp...unsliced. (only helm, chest, boots, and gloves). Absolutely nothing special. No tapes. Nothing.

I did get killed my 1st time out when I aggroed 2 sentinels and a protector....and the sentinel had a stun baton....and I screwed up.

My 2nd time out I was out there a full 3 hours.

I did learn their AoE range is around 30 meters. They can blow your bike from that distance. Learned that lesson twice actually.

Aiwu - Swordsman and Rifleman