2012年3月26日星期一

SWTOR Imperial Agent Companion Guide

Here, as promised, is my SWTOR Imperial Agent Companion Guide, which will inform you on everything you need to know about the companion’s you will receive whilst playing as an Imperial Agent.

Regardless of which class you choose to play as, you will always get 5 companions and a ship droid. Imperial Agents are very similar to the Smuggler class in the Republic allegiance. They use the same sorts of moves and both can specialize I either DPS or Healing when choosing your advanced class at level 10.

Kaliyo D’jannis

Kaliyo Djannis prizes her freedom and will lie, murder and blackmail in order to ensure that she is in control of a situation and able to indulge her vices. Known to pursue lengthy vendettas to redress grievances. Possess a track record of expertly manipulating employers, swtor credits lovers and associates (agents should not be fooled by attempts at seduction).

As with many mercenaries, her loyalty cannot be purchased, but her services can be -if only temporarily. You will find Kaliyo on Hutta, the starter planet for Imperial Agents, at around level 8. She prefers the use of Blaster Pistols or Blaster Rifles, and uses a Shield Generator off-hand. She specializes in being a ranged DPS, therefore her main attributes are Aim and Endurance.

2V-R8

When you receive your ship at the end of Dromund Kaas, you will notice there is a new companion on board called 2V-R8. As you will soon find out, he isn’t much use what so ever, as he isn’t designed for combat. If, for some obscure reason you choose to use him in battle, his buy swtor credits stances can be changed to either punch with his fists or heal.

He is not very strong in either stance though, so I would recommend using a different companion. You can also equip him with new parts that may be offered to you upon completing quests. You cannot gain affection with 2V-R8, and although he doesn’t have a specific proficiency in crew skills, this is all I ever use ship droids for, as to not use a companion you will require in combat.

Vector Hyllis

Vector is a male human who specializes in melee DPS. You will be able to recruit him to your crew at around level 27, once you finish your class quests on Alderaan. He prefers use of an Electrostaff and a generator due to being melee in combat. Vector Hyllus has repeatedly expressed admiration for Imperial swtor gold accomplishments while indicating a desire to spread Imperial influence through diplomatic channels.

Although he is an Imperial character, he has a light personality, meaning if you wish to play as a female character and romance him, or even just gain his affection as a male, he prefers light conversation options.

Doctor Eckard Lokin

Doctor Lokin is the only healing companion you will receive as an Imperial Agent. You can find him on Taris at around level 32. His age and surname suggest Lokin was born on Dromund Kaas during the pre-war years.

Files acquired during Operation: Freefall reference a “Dr. E. Lokin” working as Science and Medical Advisor to Kaas City military police during this period, but no visual is provided. If this is your first ever character to reach wow gold this level on SWTOR, you will unlock your legacy title, giving your character a surname, plus lots of other cool things to be announced in March. Doctor Lokin, unfortunately, is not romance-able.

Ensign Raina Temple

Enign Raina Temple is a human female companion who is available to recruit once you’ve completed your class quests on Hoth. This will probably be at around level 41, though this can vary dependent upon how fast or slow you choose to complete them. She is an Imperial agent herself, working on Hoth for the Chiss Ascendancy.

She works with the Chiss and avoids direct contact with the empire as she fears her innate force sensitivity might be discovered. Although she loves the empire and the Sith, she has a light personality, and therefore can be romanced by a male who gains enough affection with her.

Scorpio

Scorpio is different to most SWTOR companions as it doesn’t have a gender, though it identifies as female. She is a droid, who joins your crew after completion of the planet Belsavis. This should be at around level 45 dependent on your progression speed. Scorpio specializes in being a melee Tank, and therefore prefers the use of an Electrostaff and Shield Generator. She is definitely more useful than 2V-R8, the ship droid, though she still isn’t romance-able.

So there we have it, my SWTOR Imperial Agent Companion Guide. I hope it provided you with all the information you needed, though if it didn’t, I have in depth articles on each individual companion available, so feel free to check them out. I have also created the same guides for each class playable in SWTOR, so I hope you find them useful!

2012年3月13日星期二

GOP Consultants Would Love To Help (Themselves To) Rick Santorum('s Money)

Rick Santorum's path to the nomination remains stuck somewhere on the spectrum between improbable and implausible. But at the moment, the candidate has got a better-than-even chance to steal back some of the momentum that the media narrative can provide, should he manage to win this week's contests in Alabama and Mississippi. With so much hanging in the balance, Santorum's social conservative patrons have picked this moment to step up their support -- to the tune of $1.78 million, perhaps more. So with the campaign still alive and kicking and its bank accounts about to get refreshed, wow gold it's as good a time as any for vulture consultants to swoop in and offer to carry off some of the scraps, in return for some dubious promises! That's the under-the-radar takeaway from Alexander Burns' piece in Politico today about Santorum's reliance on a tight "team of pals" to run his campaign. See, while the candidate's "shoestring, seat of the pants-style campaigning" may have been "charming and even admirable" for a while, it's time for Santorum to face facts and bring in "a more expansive, professional political operation," composed of consultants buy wow gold and strategists who've thus far spent the entire campaign not believing in Santorum's candidacy. To a certain extent, there's a good point to be made about how Santorum's low-budget campaign team has caused some unnecessary setbacks. The candidate's failure to get on the ballot in Virginia looms large, as does his failure to get all of his delegates in place in Ohio. Those are the sorts of problems that occur when your campaign lacks basic amenities in staffing and infrastructure. Of course, everyone has known that Santorum's been in this pickle for some time. Back cheap wow gold in mid-February, Jonathan Chait made mention of the fact that Santorum had "no pollster, no campaign headquarters, and no paid advance staff." And I've mentioned previously that Santorum's operation in Michigan, for a long while, was a guy with a Facebook fan page. All of which suggests that what Santorum could really use is a heavy investment in the basics. But the anonymous helper who shows up in Burns' piece has something different in mind: Santorum's campaign, said one Republican familiar with his operation, has "never shown an ability to drop a bomb and drive a story." "I wow gold eu almost feel like with [Santorum], he's their only messenger. ... They need to add more brains to the operation and more high-level people -- people that have run a U.S. Senate campaign, people who have worked at one of the party committees," the Republican said. "Feb. 7 [when Santorum won three primaries and caucuses] provided them an opportunity to address some of these problems. Right now, this period in the race does the same thing." Yeah, Rick! Ol' anonymous consultant has some "high-level brains" that are prepared to sell you a monorail some "story-driving bombs" that will really GAME CHANGE -- for the right price. Magical narrative bombs are the last thing Santorum needs to be investing in at the moment. What he could really use are more boots at ground level, doing the unsexy campaign work, like helping to turn out the vote in the coming contests and to wrangle as many delegates he can from those that have past. (By the way, he's already done the latter.) He should be very leery of "GOP consultants" who approach him bearing gifts now, after spending the better part of the past year pointedly not getting involved in his campaign. Unless he wants to be in debt to campaign carrion-eaters for the next few years.

2012年3月11日星期日

Newt Gingrich Cancels Kansas Campaign Stops

After wining only one state on Super Tuesday, Newt Gingrich is refocusing his campaign efforts, and they don't include Kansas.

According swtor credits to Politico, the former House speaker canceled two days' worth of planned campaign buy swtor credits stops in the Sunflower State ahead of its caucuses Saturday.

Mitt Romney is also skipping Kansas. According swtor gold to the Dodge Globe, only Ron Paul and Rick Santorum will visit the state.

The former Pennsylvania senator made it clear during a campaign stop Wednesday in Lenexa, Kan., that he is setting high expectations for Saturday.

"We have to do well in Kansas -- no, we have to WIN in Kansas, and win big," Santorum said, according to a tweet from MSNBC's Mike O'Brien.

In 2008, Mike Huckabee won Kansas and Mitt Romney came in a distant fourth.