Scoundrel is my 2nd favorite Republic class behind JK. Would definately go with it over the consular with one exception. If you want to do all the datacrons, the Jedi shadow has some nice utility skills to help with those.I did a Jedi during a 12x boost but got too busy to do revan.
I've never seen the repub side planet stories. I'm thinking dark side smuggler or maybe light consular next to see them.
Haven't gotten to that point so what do you mean by "no buff no pack"?I did the no buff no pack solo achievement for a Heroic Star Fortress to get the title. Influence ranks are freakin' overpowered, my rank 50 can heal through practically anything and does decent off-dps. Extremely dislike how the fortresses are all copy+paste basically, they needed a real secondary content with story to hold us over but once you've seen it once that's it.
And you can't just crush you way through the low level quests anymore either. I'm not a big fan of the level adjustment they introduced for the planets.Okay, "an hour" was a serious underestimate. This bitch has me going to every planet twice
I'm finding the opposite, I'm still destroying low level quests because of how powerful both I and my companions are. I'm pretty much loving level sync.And you can't just crush you way through the low level quests anymore either. I'm not a big fan of the level adjustment they introduced for the planets.
I'm extremely casual in this game. I feel I'm part of their targeted audience with these changes. I always keep my sub running but I know many in my situation do not. What I can say about the changes so far:level sync seems broken. sure my hp goes down to level appropriate but my damage and tank doesn't so i just 1 hit everything and they still do no dmg to me.
seems like a whole lot of coding time wasted for no benefit, trying to add something nobody wanted.
Low level stuff is balanced around you having shitty gear, low influence/presence for your companions, and you being at the minimum level range for the planet. The sync scales you down to the MAX level range (usually higher than you would ever be there), with a full set of optimized gear for your spec and a super buffed out companion. The plus side is you can group with lower level friends, and you still get xp (sometimes a lot) for what should be grey quests.level sync seems broken. sure my hp goes down to level appropriate but my damage and tank doesn't so i just 1 hit everything and they still do no dmg to me.
seems like a whole lot of coding time wasted for no benefit, trying to add something nobody wanted.
Basically this. It's really not much different than if you leveled up using purple gear/mods. I did that once, shit just melted.Low level stuff is balanced around you having shitty gear, low influence/presence for your companions, and you being at the minimum level range for the planet. The sync scales you down to the MAX level range (usually higher than you would ever be there), with a full set of optimized gear for your spec and a super buffed out companion. The plus side is you can group with lower level friends, and you still get xp (sometimes a lot) for what should be grey quests.