SWTOR - Insane Force - General Information

12/21/2023

Who And What We Are

Insane Force is a no demands, no pressure do your own thing guild that plays the online game known as Star Wars - The Old Republic. Specifically we are located on the Imperial side of the East Coast server known as Satale Shan.

Our guild is an open guild for all players:

PVE Story Only Players
PVP Oriented Players - Solo and Group Regular Warzones and Galactic Starfighter
PVE Oriented Players - Story and Flashpoints
PVE Storymode and Hardmode Operations Players

We are a guild that is proud to promote PUGs (Pick Up Groups) for all group activities that we put together on Satele Shan. If you are looking to do Storymode and Hardmode Operations at Satale Shan without any guild membership requirements consider yourself invited! =8-)

How We Advertise On Satele Shan

When we advertise we advertise in the General Chat of each planetary instance AND in the form of private "whispers" to players that do not appear to have a guild.

On Hutta and Korriban:

PSA: Insane Force is a no demands, no pressure do your own thing guild. 10% XP bonus, flagship with GTN, mail, cargo, guild bank w/ freebies, etc. If interested, msg me for an invite. If F2P, send a group invite. =8-)

On Dromund Kaas, Other Worlds and the Imperial Fleet:

PSA: Insane Force is a no demands, no pressure do your own thing guild. 10% XP bonus, flagship with GTN, mail, cargo, guild bank w/ freebies, etc. If interested, msg me for an invite. =8-)

We typically wait until YOU whisper us back requesting an invite.

Fringe Benefits As An Insane Force Member

Generous field repair funds via the guild bank.
Leveling freebies after Level 16 via the guild bank.
Assistance with Conquests during crafting oriented Conquest weeks.
Frequent flashpoint queue pops courtesy of fellow Insane Force members.
Gear and weapons item crafting favors courtesy of fellow Insane Force members.

Insane Force Rules, Guidelines, Etc.

Guild Ranking System:

Level 0-19 = Initiate
Level 20-29 = Acolyte
Level 30-39 = Adept
Level 40-49 = Warrior
Level 50-59 = Master
Level 60-70 = Lord

*** Members ranked "Adept" or higher have invite privileges. ***

Guild Discussions:

All guild chat is done in the default Guild chat channel. The current General Manager (**rabbit) does not use guild officer chat. If he has something to say, everyone in the guild is included in the discussion.

Behavioral Guidelines:

We are a pretty laid back and tolerant guild. So long as you do not insist on the following:

Harassing other members.
Robbing the guild bank.
Habitual Rated "R" and any Rated "X" topics for discussions in Guild chat.

You're probably okay with us! =8-)

Insane Force Gearing Guide - Beginner to Storymode Operations

If you don't care too much about how your character looks while leveling to end game, then we suggest the following:

Level 10+ Fresh Character

Fleet > Supplies > Outer Window Section > Left Side > Adaptive Gear Vendor

Grab yourself a basic gear set from that vendor - adaptive gear for which the armorings, mods and enhancements can be stripped and replaced every 4-8 levels. Every 4-8 levels, do exactly that - replace the mods via the vendors on fleet. As you level, you will receive boxes of gear - specifically from heroics - equip the earpieces, implants and relics from those.

Level 75 Non-Geared Character or with Story 268 Gear

Treasure Hunting > Grade 10 and Grade 11 Lockbox Missions

Run these missions about 20-30 times. Put on as much Blue 276 gear as you can get and the least amount of Green 274 gear as is possible. Then run a few storymode flashpoints and a bunch of heroics as well as the latest storyline until you hit Level 80.

Level 80 Speed Gearing

Treasure Hunting > Grade 11 Lockbox Missions

If you haven't already, put on whatever 320+ gear you receive or already have from earlier.

Fleet > Supplies > Outer Window Section > Right Side > Conquest Gear Vendor

If you are fortunate to have enough Conquest Commendations - you can straight up buy a full set of 324 Green Noble Decurion Gear.

Fleet > Supplies > Outer Window Section > Right Side > Lonndar Eadwinn (Fat Twi'lek)

Pick up the mission "Wait a Minute".

Turn in mission - you'll find out what you need to do.

Then, do the following:

Veteran Mode Flashpoints
Veteran Mode Eternity Vault and Karagga's Palace Operations
Nightmare Mode Nefra and Dashroode

Your goal is to get one each of the following:

1 x Blue Columni or Supreme Decurion Body Gear Drop (324 or Higher)
1 x Purple Rakata Body Gear Drop (324 or Higher)
1 x Purple Rakata Earpiece (324 or Higher)
1 x Purple Rakata Implant (324 or HIgher)
1 x Purple Rakata Relic (324 or HIgher)

Use the correct tokens or currency to upgrade ONE blue body piece to 340 and ONE purple body OR accessory piece to 340.

Fleet > Supplies > Outer Window Section > Middle Right > Hyde & Zeek (Right Wall)

Pick up the correct missions from Hyde & Zeek on Fleet. Deconstruct those pieces. Report back to Hyde & Zeek.

Once you have done this, you now have access to 340 BLUE armorings and mods and 340 PURPLE enhancements from Hyde & Zeek.

Fill up an adaptive gear set with those 340 mods and get right back to running Veteran Mode flashpoints and operations for Earpieces and Relics. Upgrade those Earpieces and Relics to Level 344 as soon as you can. All the while keep grinding away at getting your first two BiS implants to 340 using your tech fragments.

Whatever gearing avenue you choose . . .

Use the following gearing templates as a guide while leveling your character and upgrading your gear.:

SWTOR - Insane Force - Gear Templates

Following the above templates will keep your character properly geared for his or her specification.

Level 80 - Fine Tuning Your Character - The Global Cooldown

If you want to maximize your DPS or EHPS per your rotation for PVP, veteran and master mode flashpoints or for storymode and hardmode operations, you need to commit your character to a global cooldown tier. There are no graduations - you have to commit your character to a desired tier and for that you have to commit a certain amount of alacrity points for each tier - there are no in-betweens. Either your character is at a targeted tier, or it is not.

See the following page and included chart for further explanations, how to test and some character examples:

SWTOR - Insane Force - The Global Cooldown

Level 80 - Getting A Return On Investment For Your Character

Finally, if you are in the current endgame gear, which is currently 344 gear and 300 augments, and you are frustrated that someone in much lower gear and using older augments is putting out the same DPS or HPS as you OR you just don't feel like you are getting the numbers you should be getting, the following is comprehensive guide offering a combination of tips to bring about a considerable improvement in your character's performance. You put a considerable investment into your character. Why settle for less when just a few minor changes, minimal effort and a few habits can easily result in an increase of 2000-7000 DPS or HPS?

SWTOR - Insane Force - Return On Investment

Insane Force PUG SM and HM Operations Participation Guide

Firstly, a friendly reminder . . .

*** Our Operations are PUG Operations - All Are Invited!!! ***

Secondly, do the following:

"/cjoin gops"
"/cjoin endgame"
"/cjoin opschan"

Those commands will put YOUR toon into /GOPS, /Endgame and /Opschan, the server-wide chat channels used for for communicating group activity and formation and requesting group content help.

If YOU are NOT in the GOPS, Endgame and Opschan chat channels:

YOU will not hear group communications from others outside YOUR instance.
YOU will not be heard by OTHERS when you are asking for help outside your instance.

Finally, you can move on to the meat of preparing for Insane Force hosted PUG Operations by taking the time to read the following:

SWTOR - Insane Force - Raid Preparation

Note: Discord is OPTIONAL for Legacy, Ravagers and Temple of Sacrifice storymode operations.

SrRabbit - GM - Insane Force