The old mmo joke is “Aggro means the healer is dead.” But understanding aggro is a key part of fulfilling your part in a flashpoint or operations group. I want to start off by giving proper credit to the folks … Continue reading
Category Archives: General SWTOR
One of the cultural touchstones of the Church of Alvis back in Star Wars Galaxies was our Church Picnics. These were large romps where 20-40 people grouped up and did a scorched march across Yavin or Dathomir. The game allowed … Continue reading
Meet Devo. The player behind Devo is by all accounts a stand up guy. Devo however is the worst of the worst. Well that may not be accurate. The Emperor in the Revan novel was pretty awful. Regardless Devo is … Continue reading
With the Legacy system unrolling with 1.2 there are plenty of perks that people can now get. These range from social emotes to unarmed combat attacks to items you can get for your ship. As I’ve been working hard on … Continue reading
The Case for Operation Players Alvis jokes that I’m either fresh off Ord Mantell, the Pajama Tank or an extra from Logan’s Run because I wear crafted gear that looks much like low level trooper gear. But I do … Continue reading
As Alvis approached the first raid I knew that I would be one of the two tanks for the instance. The other was my dear friend Cuspar. Both of us are Vanguard Shield specs with pretty much the same spec. … Continue reading
I wanted to take a few moments to summarize some of the activities the Church has been up to lately. The March to 50 Jeezbus was the first Alvian to 50 and since he hit that milestone in late december … Continue reading
“You have taken your first step into a larger world.” -Obi-wan, Episode IV – A New Hope Of late, my toon has been racing across the galaxy, conversing with thousands of citizens of the Republic approaching him for help. … Continue reading
This is not about healing in SWTOR, this is a very very broad overview of healing in MMO’s in general. Healing is all about “just enough.” With DPS, you want to do as much as possible, period. With tanking, if … Continue reading
In recent conversation with a guildmate who hasn’t played an MMO in earnest since Galaxies, he confessed he was afraid that his lack of Warcraft experience would hinder him as he went higher in level. This prompted me to want … Continue reading