Rise of the Hutt Cartel coming April 9th!

[Kokuei]

Gotta love Mharz. Finally answered my question.

[Tbone]

Looks like I'll be pulling an all nighter

[NoCry]

Ajjhhhh. My boss is coming in to town for a week - starting Tuesday.

[Mharz]

Do your talent trees.. don't forget.. tick tock..

http://pts.swtor-spy.com/skill-tree-calculator/

My tanking build for Mharz

My DPS build for Mharz

[Mharz]

For people that wanted to know about Comms:

Limits:

Please note that these have been updated and are not the same numbers that were on the PTS:

Planetary Commendations - Unlimited Weekly; 50 Maximum
Classic Commendations - 200 Weekly; 400 Maximum
Basic Commendations - 300 Weekly; 600 Maximum
Elite Commendations - 200 Weekly; 400 Maximum
Ultimate Commendations - 150 Weekly; 300 Maximum

Additionally, with Game Update 2.0 there will be a one-time "overflow" limit in place that will allow players to go above the maximum. Planetary Commendations will have an overflow limit of 100, and Classic Commendations will have an overflow limit of 800. Basic, Elite, and Ultimate Commendations do not have overflow limits. The overflow limits are not in addition to the maximums amounts above; they're the total number of Commendations of that type that players will be able to hold after Game Update 2.0. Anything converted above the overflow limit will be lost. Players who have used the overflow limit and have more than the maximum number of Commendations will not be able to gain new Commendations until they fall below the maximum amounts.

Conversion:

Commendations from individual planets have been converted into a single "Planetary Commendation" type. Vendors that previously traded items for specific planet commendations now trade the same items for Planetary Commendations.

Tionese Crystals have been converted to the new "Planetary Commendation" type and no longer drop from any content.
Daily, Tionese, Columi, and Black Hole Commendations have all been converted to Classic Commendations. Missions and loot that previously awarded these commendations will now award Classic Commendations instead.

Daily, Tionese, Columi, and Black Hole Commendations in your inventory will be converted to Classic Commendations at the following ratios:

Tionese Commendations - 6:1
Columi Commendations - 4:1
Daily Commendations - 4:1
Black Hole Commendations - 1:1

[Zooey]

So, extremely important.  IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RISK IT, GET RID OF YOUR SECTION X AND DO ANOTHER SET OF DAILIES!

The Section X is going to a level 52 Daily area and so they may be reset as a result.  It is unconfirmed on the reset, but there you have it.  The other dailies will remain 50.

I personally will take the risk.

[Tbone]

So, extremely important.  IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RISK IT, GET RID OF YOUR SECTION X AND DO ANOTHER SET OF DAILIES!

The Section X is going to a level 52 Daily area and so they may be reset as a result.  It is unconfirmed on the reset, but there you have it.  The other dailies will remain 50.

I personally will take the risk.

Sounds like Section X will give more XP than the other dailies, then. I feel like if they're resetting some quests, they'll reset all of them, which would really suck.

Or, more likely, everyone with Section X quests in their log will be bugged out and unable to login. You heard it here first, folks!

[Zooey]

Saber Reflect is Guardian only as per the 2.0 Patch notes...

[Zooey]

Terror From Beyond
Terror From Beyond is now available in Group Finder at level 55.
The missions New Frontiers and Ancient Allies are now level 55. Players are still eligible for these missions at level 50.
All difficulty modes have been rebalanced to provide proper challenge and reward to level 55 players.
Chests in this Operation have been replaced by enemies that drop special loot: Covert Observers and Brutal Invaders. Loot drops have been updated to level 55. Arkanian items will now drop in Story Mode, and Underworld items now drop in Hard Mode.

[Zooey]

World Missions
Added new Priority Transport Terminals the Fleet and several space garages, which provide transportation between high-level mission areas such as The Black Hole, Ilum, Section X, and Makeb. Planetary shuttles on Belsavis, Ilum, and Corellia have had these transport options removed for clarity.

[Zooey]

Not that this affects us, but:

Enemies of Elite toughness now have 5% Force and Tech defense, and enemies of Champion toughness have 10% Force and Tech defense. This gives greater chance of resisting Force and Tech attacks, and increases the importance of Accuracy when fighting Elite enemies.

[Zooey]

Gearing up at L55

• Running the four L55 hardmode flashpoints (Athiss, Hammer Station, Cademimu, and Mandalorian Raiders) will give you random Black Market pieces which have no set bonus but can be stripped for mods and enhancements.
• Running storymode TFB and Scum and Villainy will grant you most of the Arkanian pieces.
• Running hardmode TFB and Scum and Villainy will grant you Underworld pieces.
• Basic Commendations can be used to purchase Arkanian relics and some gear slightly better than the Dread Guard stuff.
• Elite Commendations can be used to purchase Black Market pieces (no set bonus)
• Ultimate Commendations can be used to purchase Verpine pieces (no set bonus).

Loot Tables
http://dulfy.net/2013/04/08/swtor-patch-2-0-operation-loot-tables/

[Zooey]

Makeb Datacrons: +10 Endurance and +10 Presence. Presence takes maybe 5-10 minutes to get but the endurance one can take an hour or more. Get them when you are L55.

[Zooey]

And for those of you who kept mentioning to do the daily weeklies and pick it back up after reset.  It is a current conjecture that you have 4 hours to wait before you can pick it up.

[Mharz]

And for those of you who kept mentioning to do the daily weeklies and pick it back up after reset.  It is a current conjecture that you have 4 hours to wait before you can pick it up.

Dumbest thing I've heard in days.  Why would I not be able to pick up a quest I haven't done in weeks?  What asshat made this up?

I'm patching RIGHT NOW at 9:20 EST.  Everyone should be as well.