Welcome back to another installment of SWTOR for all classes. While we’re not going to focus on the dailies or the story quest, we’re going to focus on the real elephant in the room. The PvP. 3d1e49
Ilum is a massive control point Players are awarded Valor for defeating other players. In addition to this there are daily and weekly quests for killing enemy players.
Now while on paper Ilum battle on Ilum. But there are a lot, and I mean a lot of problems with Ilum. Let’s begin with the capturing. It’s virtually useless. You gain no bonuses for capturing these points and you can still complete your dailies with out having control of Ilum. In fact there is no real reason to worry about capture points.
In addition to not having to worry about the overall objective, there is nothing to stop players from just ing Ilum. Meaning if one faction has a much larger population, there is probably a good chance Ilum will be more of a chore to both factions than fun. Trying to find a few stragglers because my faction is under populated is no fun. Nor is trying to hunt down the few players brave enough to enter the area.
So how do we fix the icy planet of Ilum? There are a few things you can do. I would begin by having the battle for Ilum take place only last for half an hour every few hours would be key.
Another major aspect is to restrict the number of players allowed into Ilum. Teams should be equal when queuing to enter Ilum. Even one or two more May the force be with you.
