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Geldarion Plays: Gunslinger in Novare Coast SWTOR PvP

August 14, 2012 Comments off

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Geldarion Plays: Sentinel in Alderaan Civil War SWTOR PvP

August 13, 2012 1 comment

Originally posted on Corellian Run Radio

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Geldarion Plays: Gunslinger in Huttball and Voidstar SWTOR PvP

August 12, 2012 1 comment

Originally posted on TORWars.com

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Crew Skills Guide

August 1, 2012 5 comments

Welcome to the official Crew Skill guide of The Fanatical Swordsman. This constantly updated guide will be the compendium for our site on crafting in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

LAST UPDATED: 8/1/12 for 1.3.4

For those familiar with crafting in other games, Crew Skills in SWTOR are very similar to other games in some ways and different in others. Crafting is not done by the player directly, but by the player’s companions. Up to five companions may be sent out at a time (the maximum increases as you go: roughly, one during Prologue, two during Chapter 1, three during Chapter 2, four during Chapter 3, and five after completing Chapter 3).

There are three types of Crew Skills: Crafting, Gathering, and Mission. You may have three skills in total and only one Crafting skill at a time, but any combination of Gathering and Mission skills are allowed, though there are some definite advantages to pairing certain ones together.
 

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Gunslinger Rotation Thoughts

June 18, 2012 1 comment

LAST UPDATED: 6/18/12 for Patch 1.2.7

Up front – I will be honest – I am not a huge fan of set-in-stone rotations, as I primarily PvP, and that does not usually allow for rotations with no room for change. That being said, in PvE, I have discovered long fights can use a good rotation, so I usually do the following for each of the three specs. Read more…