Pokket gives us all the run down on the Hardmode Kaon Under Siege Flashpoint and how to survive the nightmarish place. Check out Game Face: Pokket's Guide to SWTOR: Hardmode Kaon Under Siege Flashpoint and then let us know what you think in the comments.

First!  Good guide!

for the turrent stage instead of fighting the mobs in the circle by the turrent we found that if you have the party stand out on the fallen ledge to the left of the turrent (out in front of it). It made dpsing everything down SOOO much easier. We just had the entire party minus the turrent op, stand there and as the waves came in the turrent op only had to fire in one direction making it much easier to keep the turrent dps at max since swinging the turrent around results in down time as the turrent takes a short bit to spin back up and start fireing.

Also with everyone standing there AOE healing was super easy and even if the healer does / did pickup agro the turrent was already in position to dps down the mobs. Not to mention aoe dps with everything in one area is way easy.

Thanks for the guide Pok!

Off-topic - but I haven't kept up on this game at all.... though, looking at the vid, it seems it has a universal cooldown ala Warhammer? Is that so?

Originally posted by GTwander

Off-topic - but I haven't kept up on this game at all.... though, looking at the vid, it seems it has a universal cooldown ala Warhammer? Is that so?

 

Correct, Everything is on a universal cooldown on everyskill.

Originally posted by GTwander

Off-topic - but I haven't kept up on this game at all.... though, looking at the vid, it seems it has a universal cooldown ala Warhammer? Is that so?

theres a global cooldown ala world of warcraft  some abilities arent on the gcd though for some classes, but those are very few

WoW has a global cooldown now too?! Seriously?!

I'm not shocked that I'm out of the loop, I haven't kept up on either game in ages, but it's use in Warhammer turned me off forever. I have to assume it works well enough? Without marginalizing the vast majority of skills, should one be the best at what it does (damage, heals, etc)?

WoW always had a global CD.

Originally posted by GTwander

WoW has a global cooldown now too?! Seriously?!

I'm not shocked that I'm out of the loop, I haven't kept up on either game in ages, but it's use in Warhammer turned me off forever. I have to assume it works well enough? Without marginalizing the vast majority of skills, should one be the best at what it does (damage, heals, etc)?

It is like War from the perspective that the cooldown exist.  Unlike War however the game pretty much requires(at least the classes I have played) to use most all of your ablities although some are situational.

Originally posted by 43%burnt

WoW always had a global CD.

 

No it didn't, at least when I played (06'). All skills were on their own timers.

Originally posted by GTwander

Originally posted by 43%burnt

WoW always had a global CD.

 

No it didn't, at least when I played (06'). All skills were on their own timers.

 

 

The overwhelming majority of WoW skills are and have always been on a global cooldown (played in Beta & release). There are some skills that are not on the gcd in WoW (http://www.wowwiki.com/Cooldown ). Star Wars is the same way except with just a very few abilities not on the gcd. Interrupts in both games tend not to be on the gcd. 

Originally posted by GTwander

Originally posted by 43%burnt

WoW always had a global CD.

No it didn't, at least when I played (06'). All skills were on their own timers.

 

It has had a GCD since inception.   There are two ways to limit the amount of abilities you can use within a given frame of time in an MMO.  One is animations (Aion), the other is a GCD.  WoW has never been animation limited.

Skills being on individual timers has nothing to do with the purpose of a GCD.

I'm surprised that Pokket even exists, since... you know, there are no women on the interwebs... just a moment there... is that an Adams apple I see under that garish makeup?

haha! I was thinkiing she is just reading this crap. Who really writes this? Pretty face does not equal gamer.

They call THIS a raid nowadays? I remember when raids were ACTUALLY difficult, ala: EQ, EQII, and DAOC.

What is this nonsense? It most certainly is NOT a "raid".

I'm pretty sure this is a Flashpoint and not a raid. It even says flashpoint in the title.

Originally posted by Fadedbomb

They call THIS a raid nowadays? I remember when raids were ACTUALLY difficult, ala: EQ, EQII, and DAOC.

 

What is this nonsense? It most certainly is NOT a "raid".

 

ARRRGHGGHG  Back in my day we used to walk 20 miles in the snow with bags on our feet for shoes UGHGHGHGHGHHG  Get off my lawn!  Eat werther's originals and fall asleep uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Originally posted by NameWasTaken

I'm surprised that Pokket even exists, since... you know, there are no women on the interwebs... just a moment there... is that an Adams apple I see under that garish makeup?

 

Or it just proves that SWTOR is a game even chicks can handle :P