was wondering if anyone has been leveling as this spec. at the moment i am playing pyrotech but find it hard to get groups for heroics as a dps, so was wondering what its like leveling as a healer class in SWTOR

I just made it to level 50 last night, only the last few talents were off bodyguard, and those to enhance healing etc from the other trees.

I didn't have any major issues, although I was destroyed in world PVP. Unsure if this is the spec or just that I'm a dumbshit at world PVP.

You'll have no problems until your late 30s / 40s as Mako is an excellent companion and wearing heavy armour you can tank well through most of the levelling game.

I found that around 40 things were getting tough and I was a having to heal myself a lot which got dicey with interrupts and was generally a bit shit. As soon as I got Blizz and and Skadge I switched from tanking myself to letting them do it. Skadge was the best fit for me because I choose a lot of dark side stuff.

Once I got a tank companion it was pretty cruisy. Remember to upgrade their gear, but with Skadge its easy as your Aim Heavy gear is usually pretty good for him. If you want to make him an uber tank get some tank specific gear (+defense etc) but I found my hand me downs were adequate.

You will find a few things with the UI clunky though, but they are the problems you need to work around as a healer anyway so you may as well get onto them now :)

This is out? How is it?

yeah i was wondering what is it like soling missions? do you find you often need help or can you do all your missions without help?

I did quite a few HEROIC 2 missions on my own. You need to have good companion control and CC awareness but its doable. I found it easier to just tag peole for heroics though, if you stick your head up in /1 as a healer you will get them done easily.

I only had one normal boss where I called in help, and lots of people have trouble with the end boss in Voss.

oh also as a bodyguard is Aim still primary stat?

Yes, aim is primary for all Bounty Hunters.

You also want Power and Crit.

34 merc at the moment. surprisingly, I found it easier to get into a flashpoint as arsenal :P Really fun spec though. The idea of shooting at players to heal them is awesome. i'll probably end up doing that spec end game.
You can solo a fair few heroics and even then, getting a group for heroic as a healer is stupidly quick. it's a shame they don't give BH the range tank a bit earlier (is it blizz? the jawa)

lots of people have trouble with the end boss in Voss.

Yeah, that boss was fucked, I needed help with that too on my huggernaut

Whats the tank/heals action like?

I'll be checking this game out soon and I have pretty much played all roles into raiding back in my WoW days.

MORE DOTS MORE DOTS

if you're interested in good companions... never play an inquisitor... by 40 your best companion is an incredibly fruity archaeologist (healer) that just consistently throws out the punsiest remarks non stop...

'Are we dead? OMG!!! YAY!!! WE WON!'

Thx Khel, when are you guys gonna re roll on Anchorhead? :P
yeah loving the story line for Vette, thow I have gone light as thats what sh likes and by not killing everyone (Like i did on my sniper) they send you money for sparing them.

so say i was thinking of buying this... is it as much of a time sink as wow is? would i have to do stupid things like play 28 hours a day just to get somewhere? (wrt grinding) or can i play it without giving up /all/ of my spare time?

also would my 4gig ram
core 2 e8400 3ghz and radeon hd 4800 series have much trouble running it? or is it finally time to upgrade?

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so say i was thinking of buying this... is it as much of a time sink as wow is? would i have to do stupid things like play 28 hours a day just to get somewhere? (wrt grinding) or can i play it without giving up /all/ of my spare time?

the grinding really doesn't start until 50 when you're trying to get pvp and pve gear.


i've bloody got 4 pvp relic gear tokens in a row. i can only use 2 ffs. wish we could turn duplicate tokens into commendations.