Ataru Form Bugged & Rakata Weapon Fix

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Heya guys!!  So I came across a post over at the SWTOR forums by Project Awesome (how cool is that name?!) which also received an official Dev reply.  Long story short Ataru Form procs are not affected by the increased hit box size of a mob.  So if you are not 4 meters from the standard base size hit box your Ataru Form procs will not hit because you are out of range.

I “felt” a massive DPS gain moving from Carnage over to Annihilation, but without a log could never point to why.  And I also could not explain why I’d see some Carnage Marauders do exceedingly well in PvP, but it still felt weaker in PvE.  Well low and behold here is at least one major reason why.

Also the Dev’s FINALLY responded to the Rakata Weapon bug:

This issue will be fixed in an upcoming patch. (Not 1.1.1)  Items already acquired by players will be upgraded automatically to the fixed versions when that happens.

The answer in underwhelming to say the least, but at least they will fix it in the future.  Hopefully before 1.2 releases new content…

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

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Logs, Meters, and Devs – Oh My!!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Heya guys!!  My second editorial is up: Logs, Meters, and Devs – Oh My!!  If you’d like to show me your support, if you go to the bottom of that article over at Force Junkies please use the social sharing options on *that* page to share the article!!  I’d like to build a strong following and community over at FJ and it’d be much appreciated!

Logs, Meters, and Devs – Oh My!! is about BioWare’s stance and stated plans for Damage Meters and Logs.

I am now sitting down for some finalized research on Crew Skills before putting together my SWOTR Mechanics 103 article.  Once that’s finally done I’ll be getting back to work on the highest DPS priorities for Marauders and Sentinels.  I’ve been talking to Ezmode who wrote that great spreadsheet over at Sith Warrior.  So I’ve scrubbed all of my previous research so I can base everything off of the work he’s been doing.  It’s good stuff.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

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Growing Pains – My first editorial!!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

Heya guys!!  So my first editorial has been published over at Force Junkies: Growing Pains.  It’s about the 1.1 release, BioWare, bugs, etc…  Head on over there to check it out!!  And if you love me (you know you do) use the options at the bottom of the post to Tweet it, Share it, Like it, the works!!

Seeing if they’re down for me to start a series on Developer posts regarding class bugs, going to revamp my crew skills guide for Mechanics 103, and then I will also be working on the damage per rage/gcd posts soon.

Tonight and tomorrow I will be raiding 8man Hard/Nightmare modes.  You can catch me on my stream at:  http://www.twitch.tv/skeleton_jack

We usually run around 0300 CST (GMT-6) till about 0700.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

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SWTOR Mechanics 102: Game Mechanics

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Heya guys!!  My new article SWTOR Mechanics 102: Game Mechanics is up over at Force Junkies!!  You should go check it out, share it, comment on it, twitter it, you know the drill (over on FJ site, not here)!!

I’ve also got an unofficial column starting up tomorrow at FJ as well.  I got vetoed on the name for it though…sigh.  I’ll be working on some serious theory crafting after we’re done raiding this week and I’ve gotten my “upgrades” that I will get. More on that later.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

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Taking on too much?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Heya guys!!  So at this point I’ve taken on too many projects at the same time.  I still work 40 hours a week doing the blue/white collar deal.  And I still like to take some personal time as well working out, talking to friends, watching TV, etc…  Add in the blog, writing for Force Junkies, Streaming, making highlight videos, raiding, pvp’ing, researching post material, theory crafting…  You get the idea.

I’ve done the burn out thing before and it’s a pretty miserable place in life to hit.  So we’re dodging that bullet.  As such, that means that something somewhere is going to take a hit.  My first instinct is to make that this website.  Not to say I’m dropping it, but that it won’t get the same level of detail or attention that you may be used to.

This will be the place I drop articles that Force Junkies isn’t interested in posting.  Personal posts, highlighted videos of both successes and failures, and perhaps some day to day thoughts like this.  With me talking to you guys.  Soon I’m going to be working on some posts over at Force Junkies all about Sentinels and Marauders.  And if I can do a good enough job to get a column going then you will have something to look forward to still.  And I’ll tell you guys all about it.

For now, we’ll take it how it comes.  I’m going to be trying to work on my next article for FJ, and get some highlights done from the past week of playing.

For now, how about I leave you with and epic 1v3 fight?! :)

1vs3 Killed 2 of them and lived!

Had a blast in this fight pulling off a 1v3 and killing 2 of them before I was forced to run!!


Watch live video from Skeleton_Jack on Justin.tv

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

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