#playing swtor

[venndaai]

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[lyrishadow]

2020 in a nutshell

Just a reminder: I am in Australia so this is what was happening here: also personal stuff does not really wait til the end of a world crisis.. this is long, but bear with me :) 

  So Jan/Feb was a bit of a challenge down here, the bush fires burnt through half the state and the smoke was crazy. I started looking into getting a mask because of walking outside and having the air almost burning in my lungs. It was hot and horrible, but things usually settle down by March... March rolls around with a Pandemic. or at least news of one. Here we had very few cases, and most of those were coming in from overseas. Returned Aussies, Quarantine was established for them and all seemed good. March was not kind on anyone else though and we sort of watched as different gov bungled/handled the situation.  April and suddenly we have some community transmission. Most people  behaved and things seemed to be working to keep the curve down. We were ready for a NY style curve - where we had a lot of cases very quickly. It went well, extra resources did not end up being used and we sailed through wave one of the pandemic with less than 100 deaths. I  ended up with bursitis in April, I thought it would be like the previous and go away quickly but it steadily got worse. I had a cortisone shot and then I was OK for two hours from the anesthetic..  fun times. The following week was agony. Finally that Friday I woke up after 10 min sleep (all id managed) in agony, and tears. The pain had reached breaking point and I was done. This was not normal.  Hubby called an ambulance (because neither of us could drive at this point) and they came and took me back to the hospital. Not entirely happy with the experience, as I don’t think went well since I walked in with a lot of pain, and walked out with a lot of pain (and no med in between) but the ER doc was not sure it was bursitis. Called in the physio to check it and the physio looks at me, does a few tests and says: “I think this might be your back or neck rather than your shoulder.” 

GREAT! Saw my GP (Who finally gave me some pain med) and he ordered a scan. Scan showed I have degenerative disc disease in my upper back. Once again informed I was too young for this crap... but it is what it is. In all of it, my arm, shoulder, neck and upper back were agony - a 10 on the pain scale, where I normally sit at an 8 (chronic pain, chronic fatigue crap) so I have not been able to play. May... June... we have more cases now. I am still spending 90% of my day in bed. Ended up playing a game called “Utipia: Origins” on Android, cute little game and a bit of fun to explore a world.  We got mask mandate: here i am very tired but wearing my mask like a good person:

The pandemic has not really hit me until now, my nerves are frayed from the pain and fatigue has been nasty. I am wanting to play games but not able to sit up at my pc for long - wanting to draw, write etc and having the same issue.   We are now back in stage 3 lock-down, with the city 2hrs from us in stage 4 - not to belabor the point but it is for our own good, and we will get through this and reopen again, but we need to stop the virus or the thing that reopens first is the funeral homes :/

I am back on SWTOR. Still trying to figure out my way between servers and people but so far so good :)  Even dusting off old characters. Might get back to writing as well since I actually feel like it.  What a year... still waiting for the end of it, pain is still a thing and i am not well enough to stay awake for a whole day. Well, here is to the year improving.

[villainship]

[Increasing Difficulty]

SO I was thinking about Master Mode flashpoints in SWTOR, and at what point a player (or character) “graduates” from Veteran to MM (not including the expansion FPs, where things can get more challenging).

When I reach lvl 70, my general guideline would be not to jump a character into MM until I have enough Tier 1 command crate gear to get the set bonus. (Should be less of a problem when I get legacy sets put together.) BUT. It would depend what kind of character, and how well I have that class figured out.

In my (biased) opinion:

Tanks have the least need for gear. More importantly you want to know what you’re doing. (Or having @koltowave heal you can make up for any issues!! That’s my personal experience!)

DPS have the least need for knowing exactly what you’re doing (LOL), since there’s 2 on the team. You mostly need to keep alive (which is a skill across all classes)--but that can often be somebody else’s problem! Better gear has a direct effect on straight-up damage-dealing, regardless of if you sometimes mess up on your rotation or w/e.

Healers, uh, need 2 know what you’re doing. AND I think it’s generally important to gear-up. (But healing is my Worst skill, personally, so maybe other ppl don’t even feel a difference in item rating.)

[THE REASON I had been Contemplating was thoughts I was having about helping other people get through the Aratech Ice mission.]

[oolathurman]

so i DON’T remember putting darth marr in a stasis chamber and yet here we are

[rhaegina]

My favorite SWTOR Imperial OCs.

[captain-rex]

Playing SWTOR if anyone wants to join sent me a pm

[afolksongs]

Just finished the flashpoint, I'm almost convinced Theron is infiltrated and this is why he had to betray you. I enjoyed the fp maybe mostly because I remember 'Umbara Arc' from TCW <3 Also, I'm not so mad about all the Theron thing, I liked the way it happened (although I was angry when I read the spoilers). Someone did Vector alert, already? I need to finish KOTFE with Yoria (only two chapters to finish) but this will be tomorrow if I can survive the new Taylor's single xD

[moghedien]

Zash wants me to meet her on Dromund Kaas immediately. Something about a ritual. I'm sure it'll be fun!