Accuracy in SWTOR

You've made it! All the way to level cap in Star Wars: the Old Republic. If you want to participate in group content, this is where the gear labyrinth starts. One thing that used to puzzle me is why I was told I needed 110% accuracy: surely hitting everything always (100%) is good enough?! Accuracy is an example of know-how information that oldtime players take for granted, but that is less logical to new players. After all, the finesses of the combat system are rarely explained in-game, and not everyone enjoys digging through game fora to track down what other players have discovered.

This motivated me to write a brief overview of how accuracy in SWTOR works and what implications it has on gearing. The goal is to not only let you look up how much accuracy you need for your character, but also to understand why. For this, I will briefly touch the underlying mechanics of how damage is dealt and received in the game. Special thanks goes to Conrad for helping me with the part about accuracy in PvP.

Fashion Friday: consular in classic brown

Look around on the fleet and you'll soon notice that brown is not a popular colour for player characters. Bright colours rule: the more fluorescent, the better. In the movies, jedi wear brown robes, though, and I wanted to stick to that theme for my sage, Ravanel. The brown radiates simplicity and humility: ideals shared by the jedi that I felt resonated with my character. I use this outfit when specced for DPS.

Six times black

It's time for another 6 on 6, or errr.... 10. Oops, I better not make a habit of this! The past weeks have been crazy, resulting in a long blogging silence of a month. Having already missed out on the white edition of 6 on 6 last month, I decided to post this anyway. I will write more about my analogue adventures later this week.

The day on which virtual people made me cry

Heather of Pretty Little Sith wrote about her recent traumatizing experience in Star Wars: The Old Republic:

 "A few weeks ago, several members of my guild (...) quit the guild. I was unreasonably upset about it! I cried a few times, which is absolutely a ridiculous thing to do over something that happens in a game." 

It reminded me of how I once felt the same in Lord of the Rings Online, after an event that was at least as, if not even more, silly. Now I think back at it, the reason feels ridiculous, but back in the day I felt so involved with the game that it was all very real to me.

SWTOR 2015 in review

As the odd days in between Life Day and New Year's eve were passing by, I found myself thinking about what has happened the past year in my favourite MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion is the first thing that came to my mind, but when you think about it, is was released only recently in November. Surely more has been going on this year... But wait, I have a blog! 

Browsing through the almost 100 articles I've written this year, I've collected the highlights of SWTOR 2015 for you in a month-by-month review. Enjoy!

Life Day greetings from Nar Shaddaa

A belated merry Christmas! Err... I mean, happy Life Day of course! In SWTOR, Christmas is celebrated in true Star Wars style and that means a Life Day celebration. This is what Wookieepedia says about Life Day, or "Wookiee Christmas":

"Life Day was a Wookiee holiday celebrated by the inhabitants of Kashyyyk every three years. It was a celebration of the planet's diverse ecosystem and the many forms of life it encompassed. It also was a time to remember family members who had died, and the young ones who continued to bring new life to a family. Life Day was a sacred holiday, and many Wookiees considered it their duty to return to Kashyyyk in order to celebrate it. Life Day was held once every three local years for many generations, but during the Galactic Civil War, its importance to the Wookiees became more pronounced. Wookiees were spread across the galaxy, either because they had been enslaved by the Galactic Empire or for personal reasons, and they began celebrating Life Day each year as a way to remain in touch with their history. Over time, the holiday found its way into various other cultures." (source: Wookieepedia)

The Female Geek Blogger community is die-hard: what do you mean, Christmas? It's a Friday, so there's 5 Fandom Fridays to be written! This one was themed "favourite holiday decorations".

A Christmas wishlist - Star Wars edition

This week's 5 Fandom Friday topic was "5 things on your Christmas wishlist". Now I don't usually see the point of wishlists since 1) they just make me want things I cannot afford and 2) Christmas is not celebrated with presents in the Netherlands (we have Sinterklaas for that) so a wishlist at the end of December doesn't make much sense to me, but I made an exception for this one, because of the upcoming The Force Awakens movie. There's just so much cool Star Wars stuff around, it's insane! So here are some Star Wars things I wouldn't mind finding underneath the Christmas tree (if I had one).