Preparing for SM and HM Operations
11/16/2019
EXPECT TO COMMIT TWO TO THREE HOURS PER RAID!!!
Before proceeding with the information below, FIRST get your character
"straightened out" gear-wise IF you haven't done so already:
SWTOR - Insane Force - Gear Templates
It also would not hurt to establish a Global Cooldown Tier for your character:
SWTOR - Insane Force - The Global Cooldown
Then continue on below . . .
Character Level, Abilities, Gear and Stats
A. Jugg, Powertech or Assassin Tanks:
- At least Level 55.
- Have all available abilities from your trainer.
- Have NON-DUPLICATE defense, shield and absorb relics.
- 10+ medpacs, 10+ Absorb Adrenals and 2/8 hour Fortitude Stims.
- Have Focus Target and Target of Target setup.
- Know your threat rotation: http://www.dulfy.net
- Juggernauts 6 : 3 : 2 ratio for Defense/Shield/Absorb stat points.
- Powertechs 6 : 3.5 : 1.5 ratio for Defense/Shield/Absorb stat points.
- Aassassins 6 : 2.6 : 2.4 ratio for Defense/Absorb/Shield stat points.
B. Healers:
- At least Level 55.
- Have all available abilities from your trainer.
- Have NON-DUPLICATE Focused Retribution and Serrendipitous Assault Relics.
- 10+ medpacs, 10+ Triage Adrendals and 2/8 hour Versatile Stims.
- Have Focus Target and Target of Target setup.
- Know your "procs": http://www.dulfy.net
- NO Accuracy Rating, and at least a 1.4 /s GCD.
- SWTOR Client > Interface Editor > Click Operations Frame
- Enable
- Set Debuff Scale to about 0.6
C. Damage:
- At least Level 55.
- Have all available abilities from your trainer.
- Have NON-DUPLICATE Focused Retribution and Serrendipitous Assault Relics.
- 10+ medpacs, 10+ Power Adrendals and 2/8 hour Versatile or Proficiency Stims.
- Know your rotation: http://www.dulfy.net
- 105% (50) to 110% (75) Accuracy Rating, and at least a 1.5 GCD but preferably a 1.4 GCD.
D. Additional Requirements for Hardmode:
- Level 75 with 286 to 288 Gear Rating
- 228 Augments
- Damage able to parse 10,500 DPS or more on the personal starship Test Dummy using the 10% armor reduction module and the 1,000,000 HP module.
- Know the Eternity Vault and Karagga Palace puzzles - or be willing to learn.
***Note***
While the above additional requirements "might" be good enough for Eternity Vault HM or
Karagga's Palace HM - expect to equip better gear and augments for the other operations.
Communications and Parsing
A. Install and Setup Discord:
- Discord
- Configure your earphones and microphone.
- You will be given a link for the Discord server "Apostles of Empire" in the SWTOR game chat.
- Join the "The Caravan" sub channel.
B. Install and Setup Starparse
- Starparse Client
- Install and then close the program.
- Open "Preferences" in your SWTOR game client and enable "Combat Logging to File".
- Close your SWTOR game client.
- Start the Starparse client.
- Click the "Raiding" menu item at the top center of the client.
- Click "Settings".
- Name = Insane Force
- Password = insanity
- Click "Join Group" button.
- (...at this point you are back to the main screen.)
- CLOSE the Starparse client.
- RESTART your SWTOR game client and log into a toon.
- RESTART the Starparse client.
- Click on the "Raiding" menu again, make sure there is a "checkmark" next to "Insane Force".
- Click on the "Raiding" button at the top right of the client.
- If all is well, the "Raid" button and the "Parse" button will go from yellow to green.
General Raid Rules and Loot Rules
General Rules
1. Operations leader calls the strategy. At times, the leader may delegate.
2. Tanks in general pull bosses after a "Ready Check".
3. Tanks in general pull mobs when health and resolve are stable.
4. Healers heal and cleanse "smart" people. (Hint!)
5. Damage simply do damage and protect the healers.
6. There will be occaisions where healers AND stealth classes will have
to do some stuns or crowd control and some damage as well..
Loot Rules
1. We do not loot until EVERYONE is up.
2. Tank does the looting.
3. ONLY tanks can roll "Need" on regular tank gear.
4. Damage and Heals can roll "Need" on regular Heals and DPS gear.
5. Decorations, mounts, pets, mats, etc., are open rolls.
6. Level 75 Bonus Set Gear Item Rolls:
- TBD by OPs lead at start of the operation.
This page will eventually link to simple guide pages for Karagga's Palace, Eternity Vault,
Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy.
Operations Cheat Sheets
Toborro's Courtyard SM and HM
Eternity Vault SM and HM
Karagga's Palace SM
Terror From Beyond SM ONLY!
Scum and Villainy SM ONLY!
Dread Fortress SM OP