I played a healer in WoW, a priest to be exact. For the couple years that I played that game, stepping into a PvP arena or battle was a suicide run. Impaired movement, three hits, graveyard. I maybe got off 1-2 heals. So, I was never really expecting much out of myself in SWTOR, but I tried PvP anyway.

14 kills later (3rd place on my team of ten), I still suck, but I suck much less. Here’s what’s cool: SWTOR makes it so that every type of class has utility in a PvP match. One-on-one, as a Sith Sorcerer, I could pretty much take on anyone that came my way. If there were a few teammates, we pwned. It was really fun!

The matches I’ve played so far are objective based. One has a series of three turrets, and the game revolves around controlling those turrets. There was even a “story” to go along with it. It wasn’t just some “hey let’s go do some PvP”…they tried to connect it to the larger game.

Playing with DB members is a blast. A few of us grouped up and had a good time playing. It makes a difference when you have people you know playing with you; teamwork is easier when you give a crap about the other folks.

A couple tips I learned today/yesterday:

• If you are in a remote questing area and hate the idea of running back to that area from the spaceport, do not queue up for PvP while questing. At the end of the match, you end up back in the Imperial fleet in space. It took me a solid fifteen minutes to get back to my questing area.

  • There are PvP-specific consumables that are a bit more powerful and cheaper. They can only be used during PvP, but if you are planning on playing for a while, stock up.
    
  • PvP is a good way to earn creds. Each match that we won got us about 1100 credits. Not bad for 20 minutes play time.
    

Till next time.

Jaczor