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BenSkywalker said:
http://torguild.net/calculator/sith...000000030212022122102010003202320111221000000

That is along the lines of the top spec for PVP and the top charting build that always tops the battlegrounds. That is what you are calling a healer?

HumblePie-

By the amount of stuns you are listing off, you are not talking about a healer. At the levels you were playing at the people needed to be pretty much pure DPS spec in order to have that many stuns at their disposal. At level 30 a SS has two, both only last for a couple of seconds and are on long CD, one of them is close range AoE with the other being a ranged single target.

The classes may have heals, but that doesn't make them a healer, not even close. Noone calls a ret pally a healer, nor does anyone call a feral druid a healer. The class archetype may have heals that they can do, but that certainly doesn't make them a healer.
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and how exactly would we know what spec the average person is using? your point is moot. most testers are not sharing their specs..
 
and how exactly would we know what spec the average person is using?
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The abilities they use. It's very easy in TOR particularly as the amount of stuns and insta casts your opponent has tells you their spec rather quickly. That is the normal way to tell what spec a person is in a MMO so you can figure out how to deal with them.

your point is moot.
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No, my point isn't moot. A pure dps is never considered a healer in a MMO because they have heals available to them. That would be the same as calling a SS a tank. They can pull a mob, they can hold agro, and they can get hit. Does that make them a tank? Absolutely not. The madness/lightning build in TOR is seeming to be OP in PVP atm, that is a pure dps build and nothing approaching a healer.
 
Magusigne said:
Still debating if I should keep the CE or downgrade to deluxe....

Ugh..hard decision.
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I'm waiting until release. By that point, all of the digital items will have been revealed by players who own the CE. And I still get early access, because the code for that is separate from the CD key. So worst case scenario, I just take the CE back to the store, buy the regular version, and register it instead.
 
I don't get it. Why even consider not buying the CE? If you don't want it, flip it. You'll make enough to keep a sub for a while...
 
Well I never got into the beta. I sure do hope this game has a two week trial or something. I'm quite leery of spending any money on an MMO until I know for sure that I'll like it.
 
My main issue, in general, is the $60 price tag. I mean, cmon. I know they put a lot of work into it, possibly more than any other launch MMO, but $60 for a subscription based game is highway robbery for me. I'm going to unfortunately have to wait for that price to come down.
 
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gothamhunter said:
My main issue, in general, is the $60 price tag. I mean, cmon. I know they put a lot of work into it, possibly more than any other launch MMO, but $60 for a sub-based game is highway robbery for me. I'm going to unfortunately have to wait for that price to come down.
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How much would you pay for Skyrim?
 
Specop 007 said:
Did you make note of the comment about this being subscription based? Skyrim is not, completely different comparison.
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A lot of what I've read seems to suggest you can play through the storyline areas of TOR with just your NPC companion...is that true, and if so, that's little different than a single player game, if people decide to do that and then quit.

This reminds me...I assume that guilds farming high level areas/mobs is still present...meaning that farming is still present. ie, let's say there was a level 60(if the max level of PCs is 50) Sith Grand Inquisitor that spawns somewhere, and has a chance to drop good robes/breastplates whatever. If this was a non-instanced raid mob, what kind of respawn times are there in TOR, and if instanced, what kind of lockout timers on the raid instance are we seeing?
 
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