Hey everyone, I compiled some information I find pretty useful to help me with the pvp grind from various sources - Reddit, SWTOR forums, sithwarrior.com.
Hope you find it useful as well
This is a short TLR version of the guide I made here: http://dulfy.net/2012/02/20/useful-w...-statistics-3/
Expertise and PvP Bonus
Source: sithwarrior.com formula
Expertise granted Pvp Bonus caps out at 20%. Here is a table showing you how much PvP bonus you get per expertise.
This graph will help you to see the diminishing returns
Expertise and Gear
Centurion (tier 1.1), Champion (tier 1.2) and Battlemaster (tier 1.3) all grant various expertise bonuses - Centurion totals at 466 expertise, Columi totals at 650 and Battlemaster totals at 700.
To see the exact expertise distribution for each of the gear, please see
Warzone Medal List
Source: Reddit
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Medal Ranking:
The Gold ranking is awarded for earning 6 or more medals during a match
The Silver ranking is awarded for 3-5 medals
The Bronze ranking is awarded for 1-2 medals
Announcements
Unbeatable announcement is unlocked if you earn 4 medals since last death
Invincible announcement is unlocked if you earn 7 medals since last death
Immortal announcement is unlocked if you earn 9 medals since last death
Medals:
Medic – 2.5k healing from a single heal
Demolisher – 2.5k damage from a single attack
Trauma Surgeon – 5k healing from a single heal
Anihilator – 5K damage from a single attack
Quick Draw – Getting a killing blow on one player
Combatant – Dealing 75k damage
Destroyer – Dealing 300K damage
Healer – Healing 75K
Savior – Healing 300K
Defender – Earning 1k Defender Points
Warden – Earning 3k Defender Points
Assassin – Killing a player in a one-on-one fight
Shield – 5k Protection
Protector – 50K Protection (thanks meatballz/adlarn)
Guardian – 2k Protection since last death
Paladin – 10k Protection since last death
Commando – Killing 10 enemy players
Soldier – Killing 25 enemy players
Amount of Valor for next level
Source: Bubble_boy on SWTOR
forums
Assuming you get 1k valor per match and each match takes 15 minutes, you would need 136 hrs to reach rank 60 - that is 5.67 days at 24 hrs a day total ~ 545 warzone matches.
You can see rest of the valor data here, including valor difference between ranks, cumulative valor etc.
Here is a chart to help you see the big gaps in valor
Valor rank and titles
Source: Reddit
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Valor Titles: Every 10 ranks in valor will give you a new title -
Skirmisher – Valor Rank 10
Duelist – Valor Rank 20
Gladiator – Valor Rank 30
Centurion – Valor Rank 40
Champion – Valor Rank 50
Battlemaster – Valor Rank 60
War Hero – Valor Rank 70
Conqueror – Valor Rank 80
Warlord – Valor Rank 90
Elite Warlord – Valor Rank 100
Resolve system - mechanics
Source: Taugrim.com
Resolve is the circular bar to the left of your character’s portrait.
It fills to full at 800 but does not provide CC immunity until it reaches 1000 (bar turns white).
- Stun give 200 resolve to affected player per second of the stun
- Mez give 100 resolve to affected player per second of the mez
- Knockback/Pull (grapple) give 400 resolve
- Snare/Root do not give any resolve and still applicable to targets with CC immunity (>= 1000 resolve)
Stun/Mez/Knockback abilities applied to an enemy under 1000 resolve that will push the enemy to or over 1000 resolve will generate resolve at 150% (i.e. an 2 second stun applied to someone at 800 resolve will generate 2x 200 *1.5 = 600 resolve, pushing the target to 1400 resolve.
CC abilities applied to someone at or over the 1000 threshold do not add any additional resolve
Resolve drains at a certain rate
- For players under 1000 resolve, resolve start to drain once the CC effect ends at a rate of 25 resolve per second.
- For players with 1000 or higher resolve, resolve will drain as soon the 1000 mark is reached at a rate of 100 resolve per second.
Ilum Valor buffs
- War effort – this buff can be stacked upto 5 times depending on how many objectives your team control. It give you 200% valor bonus per player kill on Ilum and additional 200 valor per warzone completion at 5 stacks. Last 30 minutes.
- Defender – Defender buff is granted to players on Ilum who fight near an objective that their faction control. It give valor bonus per player kill
- 20 base valor is granted per player kill on Ilum – this is modified by the war effort and defender buff. If the enemy player was recently killed, you get 0 valor.
Warzone valor gain
- Valor gain in Warzones is affected by
- Win/Lose of the match
- How long the match lasts
- Number of medals obtained – 50 valor per medal + 5 commendations
- Number of MVP received – 50 valor per MVP vote + 1 commendation
- War Effort buff – 200 valor bonus if you have 5 stacks