Quick Questions Megathread

[fiery moat]

I can't fcking find it

[chilly fulcrum]

I’m a Jedi knight trying to get into the Valiant for the class mission, but every time, the loading screen sends me back to character select. Is there any fix, or is this a server thing?

[verbal palm]

if you're on SF it's having issues rn

[stable blaze]

Yes only rn not like this been a meme for months now lol

[past trellis]

So I'm a returning player. Played till onslaught then took 2 year break. Recently read swtorista solo level 80 gear guide. Is it possible to do those solo veteran FP without stealth? (Ie. Jedi Guardian)

[brittle rover]

Probably possible, but also probably not quick and easy. Would rather recommend you use groupfinder for random flashpoints or maybe specifically hammer station, it’s gonna be quicker and easier than doing stuff solo without stealth

[vagrant delta]

If you post in fleet chat that you're starting a hammer station or red reaper grinding party you'll often get a group going

[brave hollow]

veteran is possible and realistically doable with a rank 50 companion

maybe excluding the hardest few like Lost Island

[austere geode]

How can I transfer credits and items across characters?

[brave hollow]

the most convenient (and free) way is via your legacy cargo hold (yellow cargo bay) since every character can access it

alternatively, you can mail yourself stuff

[untold vault]

Just started my inq sorcerer playthrough, loving it so far, i found some nice cosmetics I'll get later on, but now first and foremost i want to find a good build to grind for

[formal roost]

This game doesn't have "builds to grind" until you hit max level

any and all gear you receive while levelling will become obsolete

however, some of the levelling gear sometimes looks amazing so nice to hold onto it

for outfitting releasing

[south sandal]

Yeah, just do what you like while leveling. Lightning is burst damage pew pew, madness is damage over time purple shlorp shlorp

[untold vault]

alright

[past trellis]

If I'm only doing story/levelling content, does picking a specific discipline matter?

[brittle rover]

No

It’s recommended to pick a dps discipline since having a companion as dps and you as tank/heal makes killing stuff significantly slower, but do whatever you wanna do

[brave hollow]

if your companion is a high ranked dps that does not necessarily make it slower than running a healing companion

damage/damage is always the fastest ofc

you on a sniper and your companion as dps shreds everything while levelling

[vapid portal]

Bit of a silly question but is it possible to get the Shatek gear from the spoils of war vendor at level 80? I’m trying to grab the lightsaber purely for the aesthetic.

[neon lagoon]

Would Rank 3 of the class mission xp boost in the Legacy panel be enough to stay on level with the story with a minumum of side questing?

[tranquil acorn]

Not on it's own, no. With other boosts (subscriber, guild, xp boost, etc.) maybe.

[hushed knoll]

My PvP weeklies are bugged; it immediately said "4/4 completed" after reset. They are tracking, but not giving any rewards.
Any way to fix this? Or am I just screwed for the week? (I have sent in a ticket)

[fiery moat]

Any easy way to get xp boosts ? I have completed the story and expsion upto end of eternal empire

[south sandal]

Via character perks in your legacy menu

You also get boost items sometimes from daily login rewards, or you can buy exp boosts from the cartel market

Subscribers also get more exp than f2p and preferred

[naive halo]

If you haven't done the intro to pve space missions in your ship's cockpit yet, that will reward one xp boost.

[dense karma]

Sounds like you were removed due to a bad wifi connection or you stood still too long

[hexed dome]

Been a while sinc I played, and was wondering is there an updated order for this? I can search here on discord. I was trying to find it but couldn't.

[brave hollow]

that is the order

top to bottom

[hexed dome]

Okay so go down

[brave hollow]

though once you have done Fallen Empire you will have sth else appear before Fractured Alliances

but that should automatically update in your mission log at the correct level

[hexed dome]

so i can do that first then continue to Fractured Alliances

[brave hollow]

either way it's base class story -> Ilum -> Makeb -> Oricon -> Shadow of Revan -> Ziost -> Fallen Empire -> Eternal Throne -> Fractured Alliances -> Jedi under Siege -> Onslaught -> Legacy of the Sith

[hexed dome]

Thank you so much for the help!

[untold vault]

At what tier does dark side corruption take effect? I believe I'm at 1 right now and my inq's eyes are still pure blue

[brave hollow]

Dark I

have you checked whether you maybe have "show dark side corruption" toggled off

[untold vault]

hmm let me see

its in the character menu right?

[brave hollow]

I.... have actually not checked since the UI update, sorry xD

should be though, yes

[untold vault]

lmao thats alright ill scroll through the UIs

yup got it

it was under outfitter

thanks

[north valley]

does anyone know if it's possible to reactivate a penthouse stronghold you bought with galactic tokens?

nvm i'm stupid ignore me

[smoky ledge]

do I need to click quick travel points, I knew it was a thing before but it seems to be I just need to "discover" the area and they become actrive

[shy coyote]

not anymore, now you discover them automatically when you discover the area, i saw only 1-2 points that i had to click manually but maybe they're already fixed

[last fog]

Hey guys

I bought cartel coins for head hide thingy

the cartel coins appeared, so I bought the thing for the character, and it took away my coins but it STILL tells me I need to pay for that

[shy coyote]

did you claim the item and use it? after you buy CM stuff it goes into a stash on the right of the CM menu and you can either claim it or get your money back

[last fog]

i love you

i was checking the mailbox

didn't know it was in cm

[hexed dome]

So let's say you marry ||Lana||. I haven't done much of the new content for a while. I left off when Malgus was ||prisoned||. But I wanted to know if I can romance Tau and leave ||Lana||? I don't think they haven't written a romance plot for her character yet. Cause I remember my character had flirt options with the new characters Tau, Arn, and even Ardinondu. So idk if they have updated this as of yet. Can anyone help.

[raw storm]

hey guys i'm seeing a lot of guides mentioning a dual saber throw skill (marauder carnage), but i can't seem to find this skill, was it removed?

[brittle rover]

no, but you only get it at lvl 56 and you cant see it before then

if you are above that level its probably just not in your quickbar, press P to see abilities to find it in that case

[hexed dome]

I made a new character, and I'm about to do the unthinkable. idk if this will effect other romances in the later patches. As said in my previous post.

[vagrant delta]

At the moment those newer characters don't have a romance. They have a few flirts but it doesn't count and isn't more than that. They could in the future, who knows. You can flirt with them without breaking up with your romance.

[hexed dome]

Okay thanks for the help. I'll keep flirting with them, and see how it turns out.

[wanton echo]

What are the options in the character creator for creating a clone trooper?

[formal roost]

like, the trooper class' customization?

or specifically making one to look like a clone

as the game takes place several thousand years before the movies, so the "Clones" from the movies don't exist

[wanton echo]

yes

[untold vault]

so im currently on alderran underleveled, which planetary story should i do to level up? (Im like 24-25 right now)

[wanton echo]

do veteran fp via group finder

especially if you're on the APAC server

[tidal knoll]

Is there still something to get from star fortress ?
I never done it I think, i farmed the alliance crate through heroics ( I think that's the gear that was given by the fortress before ?)
I did get more influence with the alliance that way.
IS there anything to farm in fortress for me ?

https://swtorista.com/articles/swtor-alliance-guide/
IS this whiole thing still relevant ?

I don't remember doing it on each planet at all

And I finish all the story and don't have anymore ocmpanion alert

[verbal palm]

certain achievements tied to star fortresses (SF) would need some farming
otherwise, once per character you can get a set of SF armor and get unique companions from each planet associated with those quests

[tidal knoll]

Armor and companion that are not unlocked in collecion at all ?

[verbal palm]

as of 7.0, the armor has been made available for collections; however, companions are still per-char

[tidal knoll]

The armor is not remannt then ? It's a different one than the crate ?

[verbal palm]

they're all "Remnant [specification] [origin] Armor", i.e "Remnant Arkanian Trooper Armor," but which ones you get will depend on the alliance crate(s) you open
Alien Research can give agent and inquisitor, Smuggled Goods gives BH and smuggler, Ancient Artifacts gives both jedi classes, Military Equipment gives trooper and warrior

[tidal knoll]

So doing the crate or fortress will net me the same armor, I only need to do fortress for companion/achievements then.

Awesome

Thanks alot for the info

[verbal palm]

heroics are the best source for alliance crates but yea during that story and SF's you'll get some alliance crates here and there

[south sandal]

There's also a mount you get from doing all the star fortresses

[tidal knoll]

I got a few mounts from the crates already

[brave hollow]

there are 4 exclusive armor sets for the star fortresses

[south sandal]

https://swtorista.com/mount/star-fortress-commander

[brave hollow]

you get to pick 1 piece every time you run a heroic mission for a star fortress the first time per character

so you need to do all star fortresses once on 4 characters to get all 4 armor sets in full

[tidal knoll]

What I found out as well is that you don't need to equip the armor from the crates, opening them is enough to unlock it in collection

[verbal palm]

i just realized i kinda put together the two types of armors you can get associated with SF's and heroics
the alliance crate sets, those are unlockable in collections
the ones exclusively from star fortresses, far as i know aren't unlockable via that

[brave hollow]

yea the star fortress exclusive ones are legacy bound

[tidal knoll]

There is 6 planets and you get a piece each, you do it on the 4 classes and you golden ?
That seems to easy and straighforward for being in Swtor

[brave hollow]

yup

the 7th piece drops from the paladins inside the fortresses

I think the drop is guaranteed tho

[tidal knoll]

Too bad it's not in collection, I won't farm them, it just feeling up my bank

[brave hollow]

not 100% sure

[verbal palm]

the bracers are like nonexistent in terms of drops

but bracers often give so little appearance-wise that they won't be missed

[brave hollow]

really?

I have at least 3 full sets

and I thought all 4

[verbal palm]

bracer included?

[brave hollow]

and I haven't suuuuper excessively run fortresses (ok maybe a bit for decos)

[verbal palm]

'cause whenever i search up stuff regarding them it's mentioned how they've been bugged for a while now

[brave hollow]

but not more than like.... 100

[verbal palm]

and don't drop

[brave hollow]

that sucks if it's bugged nowadays

I ran the fortresses in 2015-2016

yea doesnt seem like they were super rare initially. like 50%

https://forums.swtor.com/topic/794759-conquered-exarch-legacy-sets-wrists-drop-rate/

so if they're bugged now that's new-ish

[neon lagoon]

Can F2P trade/mail items from the cartel market?

[south sandal]

!faq f2p

uh oh

f2p can receive mail only

and they cannot trade

[neon lagoon]

What about preferred?

[south sandal]

Preferred can send mail but cannot mail credits, and preferred can trade after level 10

[neon lagoon]

Eh, moot point anyway. I have the five dollars to become preferred, but the only cartel pack I can afford is 4.99. Because of course it is.

[shy coyote]

how bad is to have this debuff? can i join Voss WB group again or it's better to wait till next time it'll be in the GS objectives list? (i need one more for aratech coral and groups are very rare outside GS)

[brave hollow]

should not be an issue if you run with 4 healers

if you have more than 16 players you already have +200% by default

if you run with exactly 16 players the debuff will double your damage taken

since 16 puts you at 200% by default

with the nightmare debuff

[shy coyote]

so it'll be 400% in a full group? o_O

[brave hollow]

yes

and if you have more than 16 players you get +200% by default again

which is why we so hilariously failed during swtorista's brithday stream a few years ago

when we teleported our full 24 player groups there at the end 😂

[shy coyote]

is it the pilgrim's attack or the dog's attack?

[brave hollow]

I believe it's the DoT effect from the nightmare debuff

you should be fine as long as there arent too many people with the debuff in the group

and/or you ahve enough / sufficiently skilled healers

[shy coyote]

okay, thank you =) i'd rather not anger healers then, they already have a lot of work xD

[sand stirrup]

Pretty sure the over 16 man debuff is no longer a thing since they added tagging to all open world enemies

[shy coyote]

no group counts for seasons, but not for the aratech coral mission

[tidal knoll]

I bought the hk-55 chapter but shroud of memory didn't unlock in the chapter section

I didn't use the second item which create the alert.

I'm not sure how the whole thing is suppose to work but I'm affraid of skipping lore like they do for some companions offering you a skip with the second item

He how it appears still greyed out.

And the item left is arma rasa mission unlock

[brave hollow]

you need to complete arma rasa before you can start shroud :)

[tidal knoll]

I shouldn't have unlocked shroud first ?

[stable blaze]

does not matter do it before or after but to be allowed to the shroud mission you must first complete arma rasa

[tidal knoll]

Thanks everyone all good now, done it all 😄

[raw storm]

i see many ppl talking about moving to Shae Visla, why? what's the difference? shouldn't you play on servers geographically closer to you?

i'm not versed in MMORPG practices and since i've been playing for just a couple of days i don't know if I should start on the new server or keep playing where i am

[dapper moss]

I can’t speak for everyone but for me and a couple of folks in NA I play with, we checked out SV to experience that “fresh start” of not having a legacy, the economy isn’t in shambles, and people can’t transfer yet so everyone is starting from the ground up there.

[raw storm]

what is happening to the economy?

[brave hollow]

if you're worried about player numbers, it's not like everyone will move to SV

Star Forge and Darth Malgus will remain the largest servers for their respective regions

the people that move are either those that ouji mentioned who like starting over in general (me included)

or the people that are actually FROM those regions the server is for but never had their own server and played on mostly Satele Shan before

[raw storm]

not really worried, just trying to understand the WHYs

[dapper moss]

Massive inflation due to credit buyers or something like that, it has gotten a little better lately but still seeing the weirdest stuff selling for billions of credits, SV is unaffected by that (for now)

[brave hollow]

but yea, there aren't even that many people

e.g. republic fleet has 28 people atm

on Shae

this is prime time weekend for EU

and a good time weekend for NA

so you can see that most people who play on SV are actually from the itnended timezones

since for them it makes sense to not be on at 4-6am on a monday

[finite jasper]

can someone help me with my quest, "The Jedi Envoy" it says Board a shuttle to Coruscant but i cant find that

[white monolith]

Are you on Tython atm or Republic Fleet

Tython there is a shuttle in the temple upstairs.

[finite jasper]

i can get there

[white monolith]

Republic Fleet there is a elevator you take for shuttles.

This is to get to coruscant, For tython you go upstairs in the temple and you take this shuttle to the fleet

[finite jasper]

ty

[smoky ledge]

As someone that has never hit level cap / end game. What do I choose from here of the rewards. Currentl on a level 37 Imp Agent but story-wise im on Nar Shada

[stable blaze]

Does not matter what you choose here cause it's items that do not matter to you yet

[smoky ledge]

bless, ty

[livid girder]

with these rewards I would personally go for the crate if you want fast money and the ressources in it are sellable because they have some things that are in demand on the GTN but if you have nothing against grinding take one of the other 3 Encryptions and collect them until you have 50 of one of them then you can exchange them for a Framework they also give a good amount of credits and are in demand on the GTN

[brave hollow]

it's 30 now? wasn't it 50?

[shy coyote]

yep, still 50

[livid girder]

sorrymy bad, thought it was 30 thx

[brave hollow]

all good just making sure :D

[wanton echo]

Does the class story xp boost (the red one from 100K point conquest) only work on class story or does it also work on other main stories like planetary story line and expansions?

[shy coyote]

it doesn't work on planetary purple arcs
haven't checked expansions because i had too many yellow boosts to use

[raw storm]

im following the story guide, what is the bonus series for the planets?

[brave hollow]

an additional series of sidequests that appear after you finish your class story on a planet

most if not all of them are also repeatable weekly

[cedar oar]

Any reason why the female inquisitor doesn't have the chiss additional customisation options for hair colours? She has the skin tone options, but not hair colour. Every other class and gender have both, which is pretty weird.

[small timber]

For the Life Day event, will we also be able to work for all the items from the previous years, is it usually just the current year?

[brave hollow]

all items that can be earned

sometimes a few of the CM exclusives dont return every year

but the actual ones for the event vendor always return

[small timber]

Awesome, thank you!

[grizzled oak]

Is Conquest level 80 gear worth upgrading for a second character or am I better off trading the conquest commendations in for FP-1 to upgrade the gear on my main?

[simple wind]

If you have a character at max conquest gear, the second one would need the weapons done if they are not the same/mirror class using the same weapons but you can run weekly heroics and use the items from the chest you get to outfit the next one... to do it so you get max level gear take the gear off the first character, put it in your legacy storage, then wear it to do those weekly heroic missions on the other character when you open the crate it will give you the gear that your second character would have bought at max level so long as you have all max level on much cheaper to do that. Item in the crate will be random so before you get a full set you may get a second of something but you can deconstruct those or save them for another character.

[vapid portal]

Anyone know if there's a variant of this saber that doesn't have the hilt guard? I know the Raider's Cove one didn't, but I don't have that one on this character anymore.

[wanton echo]

idk about one without the hilt guard but if you want to get the same one again you can get the midlithe lightsaber (crafting or gtn) because they look the same

[wanton echo]

Is vanguard dps or tank?

[shy coyote]

both, it has 1 tank spec and 2 dps specs
all combat styles have 2-3 dps specs, some have +1 tank spec, some have +1 heal spec

[vapid portal]

Yeah, the midlithe one is the one I took a screenshot of. The Raider’s cove version didn’t have the weird hand-guard.

I’ve settled on Altuur’s as a close enough alternative for the moment though

[shy coyote]

does this thing really work? i tried it a few times at WBs and couldn't drop aggro, and i'm definitely not that good dps to get aggro much more than other ppl

[dapper moss]

the tanks could also just be not good at holding aggro

[brave hollow]

some bosses also just aggro completely randomly rather than based on threat for certain attacks in their rotation

[dapper moss]

the one that comes to mind is the droid on Ossus, sometimes starts randomly picking on other ppl in the group

[brisk shale]

Hey, does anyone know how to patch the Amazon Games version of KOTOR to 1.03? Got it for free through Prime Gaming and I'm trying to mod it but kinda hard to do most of the mods without 1.03, especially the widescreen resolution one that I'm trying to do

[stable blaze]

It does work however some bosses work on aggro from who is the closest too it, or some world bosses in specific drop aggro rather often, normally after a certain move, so the TS wont really do much there

it's best use is for operations bosses to slower intial aggro or to use it when slam spamming to reduce how many adds target you right away ]

[hexed dome]

so I have 7 days of subscription play time remaining. I canceled my sub, and wanted to upgrade to another plan. Will the plan start after those 7 days are up, or will they charge me today?

[brave hollow]

shouldn't charge you today for any of the recurring options, only for the 60 day prepaid

but even if it does it would just add the days and delay your next charge by the 7 days you have remaining

[hexed dome]

Okay thanks

appreciate the help

[shy coyote]

do you think it's safe to unlock 340 mods (tomorrow) from scratch on a char that didn't unlock previous mods? i'm kinda tired of scrolling all those 328-336 mods at the vendor but don't want to lose a piece of gear because of some bug xD

[stable blaze]

Really depends how well the update goes down and if you're lucky or not, I'd say fuck it try it

I know i'll be doing it on all my toons once the update drops but i'll be doing it from one character then sending it out to all my toons

[shy coyote]

haha okay i'll try with a blue piece, it's easy to get =)
i hoped people explored it on the pts =)

[stable blaze]

People were overall more interested in parsing and checking numbers over such things, However I did go straight ot 340 mods on PTS when I was on it

and it did work fine

[noble pasture]

How do I give one of my officers a gold key for my guild ship?

[sharp badge]

press U.. guild ship/hold select.. then keys on right.. sort thru list til u find em and click the key for the 3 tiers

[neon lagoon]

Does anyone know if I can dual-wield as a shadow, or if I'm stuck to a staff? Because if I can't I might just stick with Sentinel and call myself a shadow lol

[dire lake]

you mean dual-weild like marauder/sentinel?

if so, afaik - no, you cannot

[south sandal]

Yep. Shadow is strictly the double-bladed saberstaff/electrostaff/polesaber

Dual wield a saber/vibroblade in each hand? You have to be Sentinel or Marauder

[night nova]

Is it possible to move things about in the achievements page like shown? It's annoying having to scroll down all the way to get to the Locations tab which is the only one I care about at this point

Or at least lock them all to closed

[brave hollow]

not that I know of, sadly

[night nova]

Bugger

[night nova]

Another quick question because I was never quite sure of this

Datacrons, they give you small bonuses when you unlock them, and it says for the entire legacy.

Are these bonuses automatically across all in the legacy from the moment of a char's creation, or does that char also have to seek them out to get the bonus?

Like if I begin a character with a +2 Mastery Datacron unlocked, will they begin with 14 Mastery intead of 12? Or does it unlock at a later level?

[tulip hemlock]

It applies at character creation.

[night nova]

Sweet, time to get all of them so I can have the most OP apprentice ever made 😄

[night nova]

Okay I can't tell if it's changed or if I'm an idiot but how do I place stuff in my stronghold?

I'm going through every menu I can find and I dunno how to do it 😄

I can find a list of all of them, but it can't place anything

FINALLY FOUND IT

[hoary cave]

I just started playing and after about 12 hours most of my base stats are set at 0 and i cant do anything i have no idea what i did or how to fix it

and some of them are untouched

[dense karma]

They use to make a difference but now adays it makes little to no difference due to how much the game has scaled up

The best way to get more damsge is complete all base stories for one faction as to get the bonus

[night nova]

Oh I know, but even if I burn through the class story and ignore all other sidequests, it'll still take me easily 30 hours or so

So I'm having fun just collecting datacrons as I go, alongside all the lore and everything else I can get my hands on 😛

Collectibles are my life!

[shy coyote]

anyone knows new plain numbers for 110% accuracy and 7.2% (or 7.15%, i don't remember) alacrity?
my gear is a total mess now xD i just swapped all 336 mods with 340 ones of the same types and upgraded accessories, and my alac went from excessive 8% to even more excessive 8.4% xD

[dense karma]

When i fully got myself to 340 moddable i was 110.3% acc and 7.25% alc

[shy coyote]

i was looking for goal numbers without %% to know how many augments i should replace
gosh my english sucks xD
btw i'm reading Vulkk's guide and seems like 7.5% alac is recommended now? that do Theorycrafters say about that?

[brittle rover]

It’s still the same, 2694 acc and 2054 alac (but ideally you want more like 2100-2300). Sounds like you have 3 alac/green enchantments and 1 alac implant or 2 ench 2 implants. As you said it’s a bit excessive, but it’s not a huge problem tbf. You can remove 1 ench and use 3 alac augs instead

[brittle rover]

Theorycrafters agrees, 7.5% is roughly 2200 alac

For future reference, here’s a calculator for alac % to plain number and vice versa (among other things), very handy to have :) https://parsely.io/calculator

[shy coyote]

thank you =)

[stable blaze]

Really depends on the spec you play tbh

[brittle rover]

How so?

[stable blaze]

Well for certain specs the benifit of going over the required 1.4 gcd is more important than others where trying to get lil more crit makes more of a difference

[brittle rover]

Eh fair, at least there’s enough stats rn that ~2100 is worth it

[royal drum]

that's p much just virulence and ling right?

[stable blaze]

and carnage

[brittle rover]

None of those specs go for 2200, and there are plenty specs that go for ~2200 where it is more worth it with even 2300 than a little more crit. I misunderstood your earlier statement glasses, figured you meant smth like hatred where enough crits are needed for the rotation to work. For all other specs it’s most definitely better to get 1.4 gcd more consistently

Just to be clear, you don’t go for 2200 or 2300 to get lower gcd than 1.4, you go for that because gcds are not consistent around the threshold (2054), and you need more. How much varies on stuff like lag and spec and such, but 2200 is a healthy middle ground for most specs and players 🙂

[formal roost]

i mean, i run 2150 alacrity on madness, anni, carnage, lethality

but those are just the main 4 specs i play\

i think around 2150 - 2250 alacrity's just good for overall stuff

more alacrity for things like l-sorc or maybe arsenal

but like

eh

this game's gearing is not as important

as long as, for dps, your accuracy is the correct stat to be at 110%

(3 344 pieces & 4 gold accuracy augs + stim is ideal to minimimize the amount of waste)

then fluctuating alacrity vs crit

if you accidentally go with like 2400 alacrity and like 3400 crit instead of 2200 & 3600

it wont be as big of a diff

now some specs like lightning will definitely perform better for having more alacrity, but i still run l-sorc with the generic 2200 alacrity and im meeting dps checks so unless you're REALLY trying to squeeze the most amount of dps, then there's no real reason to try & prioritize exact statting

[shy coyote]

a hypothetical question, if i invite a new person in my guild and give them the rank of the guildmaster, will they have to wait 30 days to use the guildbank?

also when making a new guild, do all founding members have to wait 30 days for the bank access?

[smoky ledge]

is this mission supposed to reset daily?

its on tattoine, i think its part of the bonus series

[royal drum]

Yes

Even guildmaster has to wait 30 days before accessing bank

[royal drum]

Yes

[shy coyote]

lol my exploit plan failed xD
thanks for the info =)

[dense karma]

This is dependent on distance from the server and many other factors tho

For example my average is 86%+ for 1.4 gcd when others is closer to 70% depending on simply were you live

And overall you're gonna struggle not to be at 7.45% alc on 344 gear anyhow

[shy coyote]

i'm gonna struggle to get 344 gear at first =)
do you think they will add 344 mods in later updates?

[dense karma]

Most likely yes but at such a point the gear ceiling will also go up

But again you do not need 344 you don't even need 340

336 is fine for all content in this game

340 and 344 just make it easier and lil less stressfuk

[brittle rover]

Distance is precisely what I meant when mentioning the lag factor. And yes I agree it’s very easy to get 7.45% (same for 336 and 340), which is part of the reason I think it doesn’t depend on spec whether you should get 7.5%/2200, you get it practically for free

[night nova]

Can anyone explain why Hammer Station is given in the middle of the capital, and on many charts I've seen is something you're meant to do while doing the capital or just afterwards, when it's a goddamn level 80 flashpoint?

Maybe I just need better gear but I got my arse handed to me 😄

[shy coyote]

i think all flashpoints are 80 lvl and your lvl is sync'd with that, still it's difficult to solo because of low lvl gear/stats/not all abilities learned, and because some flashpoints (like hammer station) don't have a solo mode at all, only vet and master
you can queue it via the groupfinder and it's one of the easiest flashpoints, but it's better to tell the group you're new to this fp, and follow them (hug walls, skip mobs when possible) and spacebar 1 conversation
i recall once i did it by a group of two 30+ lvl players, but it took a lot of time =)

[neon lagoon]

For the quest Pilgrim's Medicine, I found the datapad, but every time I try to click on it, it says I'm not eligible for that conversation. I'm level 6, the quest is level 6; is there something else I'm supposed to do first?

[tranquil acorn]

Most quests on starter planets are story progress based. I think that one activates on your second trip into the flesh eater area where you go higher up in the mountains, but I'm not wildly familiar with the pub quests.

[flint pike]

For the Old Wounds storyline, where do I go to get the quest for it? tyia

[stable blaze]

You should get it from your ship or simply be given it, if you not then you have story left to do before you can do it

[flint pike]

Oh geez. I wonder where I left off? lol okay. thank you.

[flint pike]

The last thing I did was Rhunik (however you spell it). Was there something I needed to finish on that planet?

[stable blaze]

There is a new location of voss after that you need to do

[flint pike]

I did the Ruhnuk fp and all I seem to be doing now are dailies. What am I missing?

[stable blaze]

Once ruhnuk is done you should have a mission that eventually sends you to voss

[flint pike]

Do you know where it would be?

[stable blaze]

Not off the top of my head

[flint pike]

Thanks. Neither do I.

[glass hedge]

Ola all, new to SWTOR's end(ish)game. Columi Gear maxes out at 340, correct?

[stable blaze]

indeed

but it's green so not so good

[glass hedge]

I thought the Tionese was green and Columi was blue?

[stable blaze]

oh ya

sorry tired af lol

[glass hedge]

No worries, I know the feeling. Thanks much!

[stable blaze]

All good my man

feel free to drop me some dms if you need any specifics and i'll respond in the morning

[flint pike]

Thanks. I appreciate that. I'll check on my ship if the next one is available. Because right now, I don't see anyone to talk to progress the story line.

[raw storm]

One of the battle pass objectives is to defeat Republic or Imperial Guards (champion) on some planets including Tattooine, can anyone tell me where they may be located in Tattooine?

[verbal palm]

they'll be in the major areas that have quick travel points

so if yer imperial, you go to the areas where pubs have their major areas
vice versa

[raw storm]

i found some, but they have 78k health!??

in comparison, most strong mobs have around 4k

what

[verbal palm]

ya recommended to set up a group for it

normally there are folks tryna form groups for it on fleet
will depend on factors such as the time of day, how far into the week it is (more groups will form closer to beginning of reset week (Tuesday))

if you do LFG <Sparks of War> on fleet there's a chance someone got a group going
or, you can do a LFM by forming yer own

[glass hedge]

Is there a database that has all items at thier various item levels? Just equipped my first Adaptable gear and I'm trying to compare the Blue Ops chest (Columi) at 340 vs my adaptable chest to understand the difference. Just struggling to find such a database atm

[dense karma]

No such database exists

Adaptive 340 moddable is better

[night nova]

I thought that heroics refreshed daily, but I've been unable to do the Korriban heroics for days now, it keeps saying I'm not eligible for them, but I've seen folks higher than my level doing them

Anyone know what may be going on?

[shy coyote]

heroics on starting planets (Korriban, Hutta, Tython, Ord Mantell) are once per week
other planets are daily

[night nova]

Ahhhh well that explains it

[past trellis]

I came back after 2 years. So I'm just staring a new character completely from level 1. Are the 2 flashpoints after Illum mandatory? Can I just do Illum? And skip right to Rise of the Hutt cartel?

[brittle rover]

They are not mandatory, you can skip past to the hutt story if you're high enough level

[glass hedge]

I believe the skip will be available on your ship at the :Mission console", location is generally near the holoterminal for story missions

[glass hedge]

Gotcha, thanks. I'm just used to having that kind of data readily available. What's the difference in the gear, in terms of raw gain? I compared a 340 adaptive Chest to a 340 Green Commendations chest and it seemed fairly marginal.

[dense karma]

The overall values are the same the things id the stats go into different places

[glass hedge]

OHHHHH, so it's more about substat min-maxing?

Welp, I likely screwed up my first piece then. There a good resource for BIS lists or stat prioritization then?

[brittle rover]

best option is probably theorycrafters server if you wanna read for yourself, but its not newbie friendly so dont recommend asking basic questions there

stat prio is for dps: 110% accuracy, spec-specific amount of alacrity (probs 7.5%), then the rest is crit

[smoky ledge]

is the bonus series for tattoine broken?

[brittle rover]

gearing is just getting the best quality, highest ilvl gear you can that meets those thresholds

[formal roost]

besides, even at a minmaxxing/bis level, you'll be using 344 purple pieces for the increased tertiary stats (alacrity/crit/accuracy/absorb/etc)

[formal roost]

110% accuracy is like 2694 accuracy if i remember properly but the stat should say 110%

and then alacrity is usually around 2100 - 2300 depending on your own latency, if you have good ping then you can go around 2100 and if you have higher ping then 2300 - 2400 is probably better,

(this is only for dps, btw, healers & tanks dont need any accuracy stat)

[brittle rover]

also there is a database for this, but its not very usable and probs not what youre looking for if you want best gear. in the current version of game at least its very clear which gear pieces are best, so easier and better to just ask (or find some guide)

[formal roost]

Well, luckily i am best in slot & i can help with this

I'll go ahead and say that purple raid gear (Rakata) is the only gear in the game that can reach ilevel 344, all other gear gets to 340

you can get rakata gear by buying a piece from the operations vendor for OP catalysts or drops from nightmare (master mode) operation bosses (hardest raid difficulty in the game)

OP catalysts are only obtained via operations, or you can trade in Conquest commendations/FP catalysts for some of of them. (FP catalysts drop from flashpoints)

If you plan on raiding, then the best advise i can give is to do flashpoints to get 1 piece of blue flashpoint gear to it's max ilevel of 340. You will then pick up a quest from the NPCs Hyde & Zeek, pick up the quest that says: "prototype mods Item rating 340" which will require you to dismantle 1 piece of prototype gear at item level 340 or higher,

it will then allow you to buy a ton of mods for weapons & armor which you can then place inside shells

(shells are modifiable gear that dont have any stats tied to them, they're commonly found on the cartel market, reputation vendors, and the adaptive gear vendor)

you would make a full set of gear & weapons at 340, you can then work on either more flashpoints or step into storymode operations in hopes to get earpiece & relics

which you will have to upgrade yourself to 340 (or 344 if you decide to do a hardmode or nightmare operation, which have chance to drop rakata accessories)

While doing this, it's adviseable to grab the quest from the guy which is standing next to a droid, it'll have you score "100 points" which can vary from warzones, flashpoints, operations, conquest, etc,

this will allow you to buy the implants, which are strong buffs for your class and can really increase performance,

(theorycrafters will tell you which implants to invest in)

these implants easily can draink 30k+ tech fragments to get them up to full, but once you get 2 implants to 340, you get an achievement making all future implants way cheaper to rank up)

(goes from 6500 tech frags per upgrade per implant down to 2500)

@glass hedge Let me know if you have any further questions, this should keep ya busy for a good while

but 340 mods is reasonably the quickest way to get your armor up, as you only need to rank 1 piece up to 340, then you can realistically get armor & weapons up to 340

[brittle rover]

me questions? im fully geared

i was telling someone else about gear, not asking questions

[formal roost]

wait who was wanting information

hold on

lol

@glass hedge there's a big thing there for you in case you wanna prioritize your stuff

y'all both have red names

i got confused

[brittle rover]

xD

fair enough

[glass hedge]

Thanks! I think what has thrown me is I got a full set of greens to 340, THEN got a blue drop and unlocked Hyde & Zeek, so while everyone was saying the gear was notably better, it's only a marginal difference for me (Tank atm). But now it makes sense that what it seems most folks do is focus up one piece, unlock H&Z and then replace the rest with moddable gear. That's then a big jump for just Credits. So I think the next thing for me to do is get a purple piece up to 340, unlock H&Z Purple 340, and then I'm set until the Rakata, which I'll see if I want to go that deep.

Currently working on my Legendary Implants, have One to 338, other is... 326, I think.

Is that achievement per character or global to reduce the cost?

[formal roost]

it's a global achievement, it'll decrease all implants of all characters on the same server (if you go to a diff server w/o transferring then you'll need to re-get achievement)

[glass hedge]

THAT is awesome

[formal roost]

also, rakata is definitely not necessary, nightmare can be cleared in 336 & 340 gear....assuming your stats are correct & you know how to play your class

But yea, if you choose not to do rakata, 340 is perfectly fine

[glass hedge]

Gotcha, so I'm pretty close to BIS then outside of the Rakata. Good to know.

Thanks!

[formal roost]

yea

340 is a nice threshhold

as 4 pieces of accuracy + accuracy stim is going to be bis

if you want to do some bis, then use the accuracy stim

@glass hedge what spec do you play/main?

[glass hedge]

Main, probably Immortal Juggernaught. I also have a Shieldtech at 80, still figuring that out.

[timber coral]

so its been a long time since i played. Since i got a new phone my security key reset on my phone. And I don't remember my password. I cant reset my password without my security key, and it seems like I cant get my security key without my password...do i need to contact EA support to fix this?

[shadow furnace]

Why is the memory curtain blocked? I know that if I was a subscriber, it is given to me,

[snow thistle]

the chapter needs to be purchased in the cartel market

[dense karma]

Likely you'll have to call up yes

[solemn sequoia]

Guys i have reach “f2p” main story limit, i think? My last cutscene is getting interview by journalist (i pick rep) and after that there is no more purple quest

I take it i need to sub to continue? Is it worth it? I only care with the main story

[shy coyote]

f2p limit is after ziost, i think the interview happens much further in the story, you're probably preferred with more story access. it's definitely worth to subscribe for the story, if you sub even once it will unlock access to all currently released expansions forever (including next parts of LotS like 7.5 and all 7.X, but not 8.X)

also check the mission terminal on your ship, in case you already have access to the story

[ruby barn]

Hii, i have this thing where on one character (jedi knight), i always receive 2 locked crates during heroics instead of one (it doesnt work on millitary equipment though), and i want to know if thats a game feature or some bugged blessing from god

[dapper moss]

Up until a certain level you will start getting 1, for some reason some levels will give you 2

[atomic pewter]

Are there any up to date guides for medicine operative? There seems to only be guides up to date for 7.0, 7.1

[brave hollow]

I don't believe there were any significant changes for medicine since 7.0

[atomic pewter]

Ah gotcha, thanks

[dense karma]

All you need to worry about is that at 344 gear you want to consider trying to get 1.3 gcd

[glass hedge]

So, a little confused. I got a 340 Purple drop during an Op. I did Hyde and Zeek to unlock 340 Artifact Mods.

I only seem to have Enhnacements unlocked, not Mods or Armoring, and the Enhancement seems... pretty much the same as the blue? Slightly more endurance, slightly less defense rating. Is that... correct?

[shy coyote]

yep it's correct, blue mods have all types (hilt, armoring etc) but purple mods have only enhancements, so you need to unlock blue mods anyway in addition to purple mods

[stable blaze]

If you're looking at the endurance and the defense rating I assume you're a tank which means you want blue enhancements over purple ones as it gives more of the stats you want

[glass hedge]

... :: Facepalms :: Well then, I just wasted a LOT of Credits

At this point the gearing system has me COMPLETELY confused

[stable blaze]

What do you need explaining too you?

[glass hedge]

So, I had 340 Comms gear "Noble Decurion". I was given to understand the next step was Hyde and Zeek gear, unlock the Blue and Purple 340 mods, set of that, then Rakata... whenever, basically. THat's the bonus

So I just unlocked the H&Z mods/enhancements and I have no idea what I should be kitting now.

[stable blaze]

noble decurion was a waste of your time sorry to say, you could've simply stook too 324 gear and upgraded a blue and purple piece to 340 to be deconstructed for the mods and skipped all the way there

After you have done that then it's the grind too 344. For those who had not prepared ahead of time this will be a big grind for you, You'll want to run as many nim bosses as possible to get more rakata 340 drops, then take them to the vendors and upgrade them to 344 and begin replacing modded armor with this

I can send you my full rating 0 to 344 gearing guide if you want

[glass hedge]

That'd be great. I guess I'm just still not understanding the specific combo of H&Z items for a tank.

To give some background, I'm primarily a FFXIV player and I'm used to having a BIS guide from the Balance. This six slots from here, this five slots from there. These specific mods on the gear. Boom, there's your exact breakdown. Maybe there's one variant that's for people with ping issues who need slightly more speed.

Whereas I'm looking at How many lethal mods vs Ward mods to buy for this set and I have no idea what's optimal

[stable blaze]

you don't want any lethal mods as a tank

what tank class do you play?

[glass hedge]

Immortal Jugg

Technically I also have a shield tech, but that's an alt, that can wait until I have my head wrapped around this

[stable blaze]

there we go

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JcInqQf-YyNM1I5Q87zNTiPSf1nD1n8VaPnkEzN8cmY/edit#gid=1387889890

I wrote up a guide for the Immortal Juggernaut, it also have some general tips
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AtfpLv8kPo1khEsIeOBbHGTV9XkL3Z57IqNR54oBP-I/edit

TLDR:
Stats: 1.5x shield rating, 1x absorption rating, no dps stats (have a shield rating about 50% higher then absorbtion rating)
Legendary implants: Force resistance package and Retaliator package.
Tactical: Girth Teeth

Use Saber ward often and early.

Use rage for:
Retaliate -> Crushing blow -> (Vicious Throw) -> Force Scream -> Ravage -> Smash -> Backhand

Build rage with:
Aegis Assault -> Saber Throw -> Threatening Rage -> Force choke

Last Resort Fillers:
Force Push -> Vicious slash -> Assault

Juggernauts are awesome.

credit to kaseer of my guild

[glass hedge]

Thanks, I'll read through this. Apologies if I came across somewhat cross imsonia plus just having tossed about a million credits down the drain has left me SLIGHTLY perturbed.

[stable blaze]

All good hope it helps, and if you think 1m credits is alot then you probs need to make some more credits

cause when you get to vet and nim ops you gonna be spending easily 200k each boss when progging if not close to a mill in repairs

[glass hedge]

Ahhh, that should be fun. One last question:

Since the Mods and such for H&Z are BoL... now that I've unlocked them on one toon, I can basically gear the rest of my toons now just by buying them on the unlocked toon and throwing it in the Legacy Hold?

[stable blaze]

Yes you can buy all the mods and enhancements on that one toon then transfer them to any other character via the legacy hold. However there is a bound time to that toon of 2 hours.

You can overcome it by prebinding it to gear or mailing it to yourself

[glass hedge]

So I'd have to grab it and flip it immediately, can't store it

[stable blaze]

Can only store it straight away in the personal hold not legacy hold

[glass hedge]

Okay, then I'm not following you at all

[stable blaze]

Do you know what your personal and legacy holds are?

[glass hedge]

Yes

[stable blaze]

Ok so when you buy the mods ans enhancements from the vendor they will be bound to your character for 2 hours. This bind time means they can not be traded across your legacy to other characters during this 2 hours.

However if you put the mods and enhancements into armor it gets rid of this bind time instantly or you can mail them to your other characters to the same effect. This means once you have unlocked 340 mods on one character you do not need to do it on any other

[glass hedge]

Ohhhh, so they UNbind after two hours, not they bind after two hours, that makes sense then

[stable blaze]

yeee

[glass hedge]

Thanks.

God, this takes me back to the EQ Forsaken Expac days, just... miles more complicated than it needs to be.

[stable blaze]

Suppose when you first learn it, it's a little confusing but once you know it you realise it's rather simple

[shy coyote]

(it's a refund timer when you still can sell it back to the vendor for the full price)

[glass hedge]

I'm starting to get it. I think part of it is I was expecting the green/blue solo/FP and green/blue Ops gear to have a more significant gap. Seems to me Green 340 Comm / Blue 340 FP / Green ops / Blue Ops gear is so marginally different, it almost doesn't matter.

[stable blaze]

Well the thing is getting ops gear is far faster than flashpoint gear

and with the new purples they outrank everything and have their own track so the other gear becomes irrelivent when looking at things from the perspective of someone doing ops

[stable blaze]

All bound times effectively are the same so the difference between them typically does not matter if a perma one or a sales based one

[atomic pewter]

Is there a recommended item level for master mode flash points?

[stable blaze]

324?

maybw 336 if you don't play well

[atomic pewter]

Thanks

I was told by a guildie that 276 was fine . Learned the hard way that is very not so the case

[stable blaze]

Really depends on your skill level

if you at level 80 there is no excuse not to be at 324

[atomic pewter]

Yeah am looking at gearing guides now. Just got the game a week ago and hit level 80 for the first time

[stable blaze]

I can send you mine if you want

depending if you subbed/ do ops

[glass hedge]

Is there a way to change the default sorting for Crafting Skills to "Rating" instead of Difficulty? When I open the window, it's got my current green crafted materials (266) at the bottom of the list with random other junk

[peak crescent]

yes there is

there's a dropdown in the crafting menu towards the top

[glass hedge]

Right, but I want to change the default. So when I open it it starts on rating. As it is, it always starts on Difficulty and I have to switch it

[stable blaze]

can not change that

[glass hedge]

Ahhh, thanks

[wanton echo]

First time playing during a life day event so I have a few questions:

• Does the 50% off on collection unlocks start tomorrow on the 13th?
• How long is the event?
• Is there a way to get the snow ball rocket launcher other than CM?

[brave hollow]

collection sale is Dec 20th to Jan 9th

Life day ends Jan 9th

snowball cannon is CM exclusive so the only other way is buying it from another player who spent cartel coins via the GTN

the "normal" alternative is the simple snow ball throw from the event vendor

[wanton echo]

whats the average price for it on the gtn?

[brave hollow]

no idea

since it's not around for most of the year

might not even be any available atm

[wanton echo]

ok ty for the info :)

[brave hollow]

but I would expect a high price

at least a few hundred million most likely

since there will be a high demand

[wanton echo]

im hoping someone lists it on the new server for cheap

[night nova]

Dumb question, but why can't I be a Twilek trooper?

Like that makes no goddamn sense

[verbal palm]

🤔 but you can be one

i may not be understanding what you mean when you say that

[night nova]

If I unlock it, but I'm not refering to that

[south sandal]

Interesting, I forgot that Twi'lek starts locked to Knight/Consular/Smuggler/Inq only

[verbal palm]

oh for that okay icic

[night nova]

Why 😦

[south sandal]

Gotta get a Twi'lek to level 50 and then you can do Twi'lek Trooper

[night nova]

I also learned that the cyborg implants I used on my other trooper aren't available since they're also an unlock due to legacy

I'm not having a good day with char gen 😄

[verbal palm]

😭

[south sandal]

https://swtorista.com/articles/choosing-a-species-in-swtor/

nice big chart of what's locked to what here

[night nova]

I know most of it off by heart just due to constant char genning 😄

[south sandal]

Ah ok

[night nova]

I literally spend hours in char gen sometimes crafting the perfect character with a short backstory and such so I know how to act or justify the route I wanna take 😄

[south sandal]

Character creation is an odyssey in itself

[verbal palm]

important question how often does the game kick you for inactivity in character creation

😭

[south sandal]

UGHHHH yes, that

rip

[verbal palm]

can only imagine the amount of times considering your mention of fine-tuning the character

[night nova]

Anyone know a way to keep the fucking keybindings consistent through characters?

It's getting really annoying having to find and redo them every time I start a new toon

[brittle rover]

open up preferences, down at the bottom there is "export/import keybindings", make a save of your keybindings on some toon and reimport them whenever you create a new one

[night nova]

Thank Christ there's a way that was aggravating as shit

Thanks man

[brittle rover]

yeah it wouldve been really stupid if that wasnt possible

[night nova]

The really stupid thing is no wishlist for CC items 😦

[glass hedge]

For getting into Ops as a rando, is there an etiquette besides standing in fleet occasionally putting out the LFG in General?

Not that there's any truly riveting discussion in general, it's mostly mudslinging and edge lording, but still

[wanton echo]

from when to when is the x2 xp event this time?

[shy coyote]

December 24, 2023 - January 4, 2024

[glass hedge]

Do you have to be 80 to do Ops, or if the Ops were originally released at lower end content will it scale you up? (E.g. Eternity Vault)

[shy coyote]

have to be 80 lvl and subscribed for any ops

[glass hedge]

Danke

[dense karma]

Don't sit saying you're looking for a group that often gets you ignored

If there is a group being formed whisper as fast as you can with your role

If there is no groups going make your own there is nothing stopping anyone doing it and will get you people much faster

[small timber]

I just want to confirm that my assumption on the Snowball Bomb (and Cannon? *edit and Tinsel Bomb) are correct:
We can use these all year long, but the only time we'll get SCPs is during the yearly Life Day Event?

[peak crescent]

keep an eye on fleet and allies chat and x with role when you see someone say anything, that's about it

[glass hedge]

What is Allies chat? Meaning my guild chat or is there a separate global chat I should be in?

[peak crescent]

put "/cjoin Allies" in the chatbox in swtor to join the allies chat channel

it's another channel that's used for groupfinding

https://swtorista.com/articles/swtor-chat-guide/#Custom_Chat_Channels

[glass hedge]

Interesting, thanks much!

[glass hedge]

Is there an achievement, buff, or process to raise the chances of learning a higher level schematic when deconstructing an item, or is the base percentage just it?

[stable blaze]

Just base percentage to my knowledge but I don't know alot about it so don't quote me on it

[glass hedge]

I think you're right as I haven't found anything else searching so far to suggest there is, but i figured I'd toss it out there to see

I'm currently in the "20% chance my ACHIN' ***" mindset as I keep getting XCOM rolls

[peak crescent]

I have crafted multiple 100+ stacks of purple adrenals trying to get the gold ones, with a 5% chance of getting the schematic, and I still don't have it

it's really frustrating

but i'll get it one of these days

[shy coyote]

i've never heard of ways to improve the chance except for advice to deconstruct bigger stacks (but not exceeding theoretical "100%" or it will be bugged and won't learn anything)
i tried with small stacks and it took me from 32 to 540 stims/adrenals to learn gold ones (dunno why everyone says 5%, the description says 2%)

[peak crescent]

(but not exceeding theoretical "100%" or it will be bugged and won't learn anything)

THIS EXPLAINS WHY I DIDN'T GET MY PURPLE TRIAGE ADRENALS

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS

https://tenor.com/view/pulling-hair-out-crazy-chris-farley-gif-4965243616997303002

[shy coyote]

oh oops >.<

[peak crescent]

so much time wasted

at least it won't happen again now

[glass hedge]

Yeah, I'm making a stack, attempting, making another, etc. Basically got one crew member making stuff, the other 4 farmin (toon hasnt finished class story yet)

[smoky ledge]

is there a way to track if you completed a planets bonus series?

[formal roost]

I'd have to log in, there might be a planetary achievement for it, however due to planet bonus series are repeatable, you could always start it up, and if ya recognize it then ya probably already done it

[night nova]

I've not noticed anything tbh, done a couple of them and got nothing from them that'd mark it as "done"

Balmorra's one is marked as a Heroic Mission, but doesn't count towards the weekly thing for that planet

The only wya to track would be to use that google doc sheet that lists all the quests

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sWpjVbfPw8SD4wQgAmXVAHdTcp9W8-xdzsv3LnZuVaE/edit#gid=1279677859

[analog violet]

@night nova what are your character bios?

i'm interested

[night nova]

I don't really do fully in depth bios, mostly things to remind me how they are meant to act

Like Ta'sha, my pureblood Inqui. She's a former slave, so I liked the idea of her rising above her former status, but having a lot more compassion in her because of what she's been through. She picks mostly light side choices but she's also an ardent supporter of the empire, though believes it needs to change how it treats it's citizens and especially non humans before it can become great. She'll 100% support Malgus when the time comes for that whole deal

But then you have Corahley, my ratataki bounty hunter. She just wants fame, glory and money in order to buy the biggest weapons and armour around so she can take on the biggest threats to get more fame glory and money. As such she's almost ruthlessly pragmatic, but has a soft spot for young Mako so tries not to upset her unless she smells a big payday at the end of it.

Not full bios, but enough that I know what to pick when story options come up. More fun that way and you get to actually see the character be brought to life a bit 🙂

Only problem with doing bios is that for two spots (Smuggler and Trooper) I actually need to fully unlock the Twilek species to be able to be a Leshan (as she's an expoy of a character from a Star Wars TTRPG game I'm in) and I need the Cyborg unlock to get the specific implant I wanna give my trooper

The bio sometimes also includes specific armours too. Like my BH will be getting a specific set of armour when I get the chance, and my Trooper will get Havoc Squad armour from the CM

Dunno what to give Ta'sha, all the cool armour fits more with a dark side user than her more compassionate views

[glass hedge]

Anyone have any experience getting Discord overlay to work with SWTOR?

[dense karma]

It's hit and miss

[wanton echo]

what is the oricon event??

[brave hollow]

you can improve your chances by running discord as admin and swtor not

but it's still inconsistent

[ember lintel]

You know the season 1 comp Altuur I’ve got him on max level and all but he won’t unlock in my collections so I can’t transfer him to other toons does anyone know a fix?

[brave hollow]

pretty sure you unlock the season companions via your legacy menu not collections

[boreal inlet]

@brave hollow has become a Hero of the Gree Enclave for reaching rank 10.

[brave hollow]

[ember lintel]

:0

[shy coyote]

iirc it costs 10 CC, when you try to claim him from collections it offers to buy the unlock

[ember lintel]

Yeah I did see that on forums but there’s no pop up there for that

I think it got removed or something

[ember lintel]

I did see that it says “available to all characters when unlocked” but I’ve looked around and can’t find anything

[shy coyote]

weird, it should look like this (sorry i already unlocked Altuur)

[ember lintel]

Yeah that doesn’t appear specifically on Atuur for some ungodly reason

[shy coyote]

how does it look in collections? maybe it's worth to submit a ticket
i'm sure i unlocked him after season1 ended so it doesn't matter

[shy coyote]

btw max lvl unlocks only the option to use gifts from GS vendor

[ember lintel]

Yeah I did notice that the message before that said “available to all toons” was the main thing I was looking at

But I have no idea what’s going on xD

[shy coyote]

could you please make a screenshot of him in collections?

[ember lintel]

👍

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2271567091973544311/69003000CB51D1DA36426D976345F7B145C6727F/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

although this is what would show up if you didn't have him what confuses me is that I do have him and have done the alliance alert

way back in season 1

[shy coyote]

huh i don't understand that
recently a few people here, on DM discord and on the forums wrote that they lost some unlocked items in collections (pets, armor), maybe it's a similar bug o_O

[ember lintel]

maybe should I submit a ticket?

[shy coyote]

yeah i think so, a ticket or a forum topic
because there's no other way to get Altuur back unlike a pet that was bought and unlocked again

[ember lintel]

yeah

[shy coyote]

can i install the security key app and uninstall it later if i get bored with typing the code? will it allow me launch the game as before in a simple way of will it start sending one-time codes by mail on every launch?

[brittle rover]

Without having checked I bet you can deactivate security key for your account and then uninstall the app if or when you get bored of it

[brave hollow]

I know that you can deactivate it quite easily

but idk if it will send one-time codes after

never seen a reason to remove i

except when changing device

so I always had it back immediately

[wanton echo]

did the oricon event happen?

[brave hollow]

what Oricon event

[wanton echo]

I heard about a pvp event yesterday, apparently it was gonna happen some time today

[shy coyote]

i assume it's an event on Shae Vizla mentioned in #content-share

[stone bay]

If I don't log in for a day, is my daily login progress reset to 0? I'm going out of state and won't be able to login for 8 days.

[wanton echo]

nah, i'm pretty sure it keeps progressing and caps at the weekly czerka box

[brave hollow]

daily logins for thecalendar don't reset

and the weekly stuff resets only with the weekly reset

so it doesnt matter which 4 of the 7 days you log in

[shadow furnace]

how to get jawa junk?

[brave hollow]

login rewards, grade 11 slicing lockboxes, failing grade 11 crew skill missions, trying to harvest grade 11 material nodes in the open world while your gathering skill is too low

or I guess you can deconstruct level 75-79 gear

[shy coyote]

how do you get 3 temporary abilities on Manaan? i did the mission and had them on the 1st day, but after return to the planet they don't appear
i spoke to this lady but she only offers to change them
so i selected to change something but after that an empty buff appeared >_<

[stone bay]

Thank you both!

[short ridge]

Quick question: anyone know what might be the most sustainable healer class for helping low levels that don’t want a monster high level coming in and just carrying them? As well as a healer for end game just absolutely haha you can’t damage us heals for life

[formal roost]

if you are ONLY wanting to be a healer, sorc & merc both have good burst healing & self sustain, operatives are better for aoe healing, and heal over times, their stuff is more group oriented and lacks in burst. Mercs are the best at solo target healing, sorcs are a good middle ground along with a straightforward healing, at endgame Sorcs & Mercs defo perform better on most fights, but the fights that operatives do well on, they do incredibly on.

Otherwise an unconventional method i would also propose would be a Juggernaut, they have an ability called "Enraged Defense" it has (if i remember properly) a 1 min 30s cooldown, you hit it when under 70% hp, and everytime you get hit it'll heal you a bit, you get like 10 - 15 charges, and it only takes like 3 or 4 to go from 70% to full, so it's very good for self-healing if you dont wanna help others

Also you have another ability which just gives you fake health (like 30% increase to max HP and heals you up 30%)

(juggernauts dont heal other players, btw)

[glass hedge]

Think its 2 minutes base, 1.5 with a tree election. Which I always take because its worth it. Juggs are really difficult to kill solo as you just have to mitigate until Enraged Defense is back up.

You can also used Endure Pain as a minor "heal" because you get the HP increase and as long as youre below your normal cap HP you loae nothing when the buff expires.

[brittle rover]

I would add that merc has goated aoe heals in addition to the st

Dunno how it compares to sorc overall regarding st/aoe cuz I don’t play sorc, but in fights with almost only aoe healing (for example hateful), merc will confidently beat sorc

[formal roost]

hateful is one of the fights that benefit from operatives, did it like 2 nights ago had like 3 operatives & a merc

didnt really struggle w/ heals at all

[brittle rover]

I know, wasn’t talking about oper tho. Just sayin merc has better aoe than sorc in pure aoe situations like that

[formal roost]

I know sorc has tacticals for burst healing during Force Puddle, and the ability to spread hots to players, and extra roaming mend jumps

so i know it does have decent area as well

[brittle rover]

Yeah

In heavy st + some aoe healing sorc might be better, dunno

Merc is much more fun anwyays xD

[desert frigate]

Used to effectively be 30s with a 6.0 tactical

once a gcd if you got hit it shortened the cooldown by two gcds

[formal roost]

grit teeth i know, but now it affects saber ward instead of ED

[glass hedge]

Two Questions:

1. How do folks typically measure thier Deeps in SWTOR?
2. What do folks do with the FP-1 currency if they have access to H&Z gear?

[brave hollow]

(1) parsec or starparse
someone else is gonna have to answer 2, I'm not actively doing endgame this expansion

[dapper moss]

You can turn your FP-1s into tech frags, to either continue upgrading purple gear/relics, craft gold augments, buy cosmetic armor

[dense karma]

1.) It use to be starparse however this is now outdated since 7.0 as it's no longer being worked on and orbs is the new big thing. Can link the download if you want it

2.) I mean if you doing flashpoints constantly you can convert them into ops catalysts or tech frags but overall once you at max i'd just leave it as such till next gear expansion

[glass hedge]

Would appreciate a DL link, aye.

[dense karma]

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/old-republic-battle-parser/9P63T6ZQMHBZ?hl=en-us&gl=us

[glass hedge]

Thanks!

[short ridge]

Quick question: is there a Mando armor that has a jet pack customization with a rocket in it something that would complement the fusion missile ability they use???

[past trellis]

If I'm on the republic faction. Am I able to recruit ashara zavros through alliance alerts?

[shy coyote]

nope, unfortunately only inquisitors can get her alert

[dusty rivet]

Are there any sites with basic PvP builds and that explains which is the better PvP discipline in each class?

[dense karma]

No such thing exists anymore unfortunally there is a discord with such information on it a little but it's not a place for fresh players

If you got any specific questions i can hopefully answer them

[dusty rivet]

Alrighty, right now I main a Jedi Guardian, I assume for PvP I either want to be Defense or Focus, but then how do I build the ability tree for these and would the rotation be the same as PvE?

[dense karma]

First things first
What type of PvP you want to play either arena or warzone?

Second do you know that the rotation for vigi has changed from 7.31 to 7.4 now?

[dusty rivet]

Just Warzone for now anyway

and yeah, I'm using the 7.3 Vigilance rotation since the patch, got that on patch day in the cantina-general chat. Playing Vigilance in PvE.

[dense karma]

Ok cool then jedi guardian is very good for warzone all three are good for it.

Really depends on your playstyle you want to go for and your expected role

[dense karma]

The 7.3 rotation is big dps drop now you will want to do the 7.4 rotation

[dusty rivet]

sorry, I meant I'm doing the old 6.x rotation

now that the 7.4 patch is out

[dense karma]

Ah right okays then

[dusty rivet]

the one that's basically lots of fillers in-between

I believe it's from Vulkk

[dense karma]

Well vigil is very good for pvp
You just want to build your stats differently if you want to mid max for pvp

There is no real "correct" ability tree for pvp more on personal feels. Best to choose things that free you from stun or stuns others

[dense karma]

Don't read bulkk guides they often miss alot in the details

[dusty rivet]

Focus is direct burst damage vs Vigilence dot, figured we'd want immediate damage in PvP rather than trying to build dots

[dense karma]

That is more of a factor in arena

Less so in warzone, because people live alot longer than you'd expect

So you'll do more overall damage with dot in warzone

Though there is nothing wrong with chooseing either of them or going skank tank

[dusty rivet]

Alright, that makes sense, I guess especially on the ones where you're holding a point or attacking / defending the door, you can spread dots quite a lot. Also -> no idea what a skank tank is

[dense karma]

It's a name for a tank who wears dps geaf

Gear*

[dusty rivet]

ahh okay

[dense karma]

For pvp it's been meta for ages for jugg

[dusty rivet]

It works well?

[dense karma]

Yes very well but people will expected you to guards others etc

[dusty rivet]

well yeah, sure I get that, but you can actually do reasonable damage as a skank tank? and not wet noodle?

[dense karma]

Yes you'd be suprised the dps you will do

[dusty rivet]

interesting

[dense karma]

And you got better natural suriviability

But you'll get faster queue time as dps rather than tank, depending on time of day

[dusty rivet]

There is a limit to how many tanks you can get in a match I assume then? okay, so I guess it's better to just stay dps, where can I see how you build the stats for pvp?

[dense karma]

You can only have 1

Per tesm

[dusty rivet]

Yikes :/

[dense karma]

For pvp you want 7.4% alc, no acc and pour all other stats into crit

[dusty rivet]

alrighty, thank you

[dense karma]

Np

[untold notch]

Curious; Does anyone know if you skip partway through KotET, if it will ignore your choices already made and use the default choices in stead? or do like a half n' half?

[desert frigate]

anything you did yourself is locked in

anything you skipped is defaulted

[shy coyote]

i didn't try but saw on the forums that there are a few checkpoints
seems complicated
https://forums.swtor.com/topic/875685-i-sacrificed-my-character-so-you-don’t-have-toor-how-autocomplete-really-works/

[night nova]

Is it worth it to go through the ReShade install? Like does it actually make the look better and more realistic/dynamic?

[night nova]

Every time I switch between these two the stats remain the same and I don't get the +hundreds of damage if says I should get

This has happened on every char with a lot of different weapons so what's up? This just a glitch?

[dense karma]

These are the same just presenting stats differently

[night nova]

I get that, but why the constant "Yeah this is doing hundreds of kinetic damage" only to turn to "best we can do is an average of a hundred" the moment it's equipped 😄

[dense karma]

Cause games a little old and special

[acoustic vessel]

How do I change my character's name? Got flagged for an inappropriate name and it'd said it'd force a change on login, but I logged in and there's nothing forcing a change

[brittle rover]

Normally that can only be done with the cartel market item, but since you should be forced to change it I’m guessing you can send a ticket in game or similar so they can change it

Or just go on like nothing happened since they don’t force you to change it 🧐

[brave hollow]

if a name change is forced, it will happen when you click play on the character, same as if you transferred and a name was taken

if the prompt isn't there.... I geuss you don't have to change

[acoustic vessel]

I don't want the account to get warned again and then banned, is the thing

[open light]

if i buy armor will it level up when i do

[verbal palm]

no; if they have set stats then they'll stay that way no matter what
if they have mods, you can switch them out for better ones as you level up but they won't automatically do so

[open light]

screw it drip over stat

[verbal palm]

discord doesn't like my screenshots
but either way if you're just wanting it for drip purposes you can go to your Outfitter (press C) and put it in, it'll stamp over your stat armor

how to tell if it's unmoddable (l, has nothing else below) vs. moddable (r)

took it long enough 😭

[open light]

oh ok thankyou

[verbal palm]

gotchu

[open light]

wait how do you stamP?

[verbal palm]

you'll stamp the pieces in the slots that are on the right-hand side of this section
weapons are stampable too
and then you can have multiple outfits on one character, up to 32; they'll have different unlock prices as you get more
'n then you can name 'em to however you wanna acknowledge them as; will have a character limit

oh and after you put the pieces in, there'll be a popup at the middle, bottom area to stamp for a small credit fee

[open light]

okay will do

[neon lagoon]

I feel like I'm missing something. If I use Jolt to interrupt a boss mid-attack, it should interrupt their attack, right? Because both the jedie and bonus robot on black talon completely ignored every jolt I sent at them.

Not that it matters much, their cool downs are so short I can only stop 1/4 attacks at best.

[south sandal]

Some bosses/some attacks are immune to it

some to a stun, some to an interrupt, some to both

[acoustic vessel]

how do I dye my armor? for some reason I can't seem to do it by dragging the dye to my armor panel

can I only dye non-augmented armor?

[shy coyote]

probably this one doesn't have a dye slot and dyes can't be applied
it doesn't depend on augments, they use different slots (for augments you usually need to make a slot with mk-11 kit while a dye slot exists initially, like modifications slots)

[acoustic vessel]

ah that's lame, guess I can't color my own armor then lol

is there a way to put on armor "cosmetically" over the top of my current stuff and color that instead?

[low iris]

this may be of some help, @acoustic vessel: https://swtorista.com/articles/swtor-outfitter-guide/#The_Outfitter

there's a subsection on how dyes work as well: https://swtorista.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dye-module-768x620.jpg

[acoustic vessel]

armor like this can't be colored though correct? have to outfit with something else?

[low iris]

i would've thought so, but guess dyes are only applicable to mostly adaptive gear

Swtorista can explain it much better detail than myself tho'

it's pvp lvl 80 gear right?

[acoustic vessel]

so I just need to go pick out a bunch of armor pieces from the vendor person in fleet Supplies (forgot the name of him) and ensure there is a dye-able tooltip present

[low iris]

would've thought it allowed dye stamps, never checked for myself

[acoustic vessel]

I think so yeah

[low iris]

oh, there's a ton of vendors in fleet that sell adaptive/cosmetic gear, in the PVP Wing, and the Supplies Wing

amung others

just checked for myself, @acoustic vessel, guess lvl 80 gear doesn't have dye slots: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2283952543831696126/B7A55E1B1BEC8847A00D22832E6FD07164A1F8CD/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

i didn't know either, never bothered looking, lol

[acoustic vessel]

bummer 😦

[night nova]

Is there a way of making the achievement tracker per character? Getting annoying having to redo it every time I change

[errant pier]

I’m finishing KotFE and going to go through KotET. I saw that in Chapter 5 of KotET you can kill ||Scorpio || I know there’s a terminal for getting companions back, will that mean I can kill ||Scorpio || in the story and use the terminal to get her as a companion after the expansion?

[acoustic vessel]

super random q but anyone know how to get that thing that makes everyone dance near you

[night nova]

Are you ever able to change your starship? Cause I think it would be kinda cool, especially as a Sith or Smuggler, to eventualyl be able to buy one that's a lot more luxurious

[low iris]

https://swtorista.com/toy/party-instigator

there's other versions of the toy too i believe

[acoustic vessel]

oh I need to level some kind of social thing up?

[low iris]

social ranks for that toy in particular, yes

not sure about the others

might be one or two in the CM

[night nova]

What are these things I've been getting from Heroics?

They're used for an alliance thing, but I have no idea what it means or who it's talking about

[verbal palm]

those are alliance crates, obtainable on characters that are lvl61 and above
they can contain armor, companion gifts, 2 types of mounts, and decor
the difference between those four are what armors would be inside; from L to R Ancient Artifacts can give armor for the jedi origins, Alien Research is for inq/agent, Military Equipment warrior/trooper, Smuggled Goods BH/smuggler
will be based on RNGesus regarding what you get
you'll be able to open them on characters that have, at minimum, reached ch9 of KotFE

[low iris]

^

really great for farming those comp gifts

[verbal palm]

fun faaact as of 7.0 the alliance crate armor sets are now collections-unlockable; here's some examples of how they can look
each origin has 5 armor sets, so 10 unique sets per crate

[low iris]

i saw those!

meanwhile, all of mine are unsorted and mix-matched in like 3 of my legacy cargo tabs

[verbal palm]

unsorted and mix-matched
how could you

nah but yea now you don't need to clog 3 legacy bays with 'em, which is so nice

[low iris]

i mean, i was getting so many, i eventually gave up trying to keep the sets sorted

very much so

[verbal palm]

jazz hands that's why you throw away dupes

[low iris]

also that

now the fun part will be trying to sort them all, so i can unlock them in Collections

by fun, i mean fml

[verbal palm]

kekek

honestly ain't that bad
,,then again i just enjoy sorting things out

[night nova]

Sweet, guess I better start progressing to get there

I've been just trying to actually compelte planets, but I suppose I left it all too late

[verbal palm]

may you be blessed by RNGesus, when you get to the point of being able to open those, to get unique armor pieces for collections

[assuming you care about the armor]

[verbal palm]

nah tbf never too late on exploring planets 'n such

🤠 👍

[night nova]

Honestly the worst part of them are the friggin "kill several hundred/thousand" of a thing, quests are easy, and datacrons and other exploring ones are annoying but doable, but those ones are hell

[acoustic vessel]

is it possible to dye the mount at all?

[south sandal]

No, you can't dye mounts

[low iris]

that being said, some mounts actually do have a nifty effect where part of the mounts will light up the same color as the color crystal of your primary weapon

one example being the Covert Stalker mount, which has a sort of neon light-up effect mirroring your color crystal

https://swtorista.com/mount/covert-stalker

[south sandal]

[low iris]

starts prepping the blood ritual to the RNGods

also any mount with "Dynamic Mount Colors" in it's description

[night nova]

Okay I've been everywhere, I have one more part on this map and none of the empty points are them since they're all mountains

Anyone have any idea where it is? 😄

Found it! For anyone else trying to get it, it's down here

[dense karma]

That's just one segment of the map no?

[night nova]

Yep, that tiny ass corner actually counts towards the completion of this map segment

Fucking aggravating as shit

[smoky ledge]

what content stops level scaling? the most recent expansion?

[stable blaze]

Nothing stops level scaling

[smoky ledge]

interesting

did legeacy of the sith add more levels and scaled you down?

[stable blaze]

If you're on about scaling in terms of when do enemies get to the same level as you

then it's sometime around mannan I believe

[neon lagoon]

Do the expansions have a lot of replayability, or is it more like, "You have to play Knight for the full story/experience"?

[south sandal]

I'd say they have a little replayability

KOTFE/KOTET are fairly uniform for everyone

Hutt Cartel differs between Pub and Impside, as does Onslaught

but you can make different decisions, get different comps, get different flavor dialogue based on your origin and such

every origin gets a pretty full experience, nobody misses out because they're not a Knight

[wanton echo]

I've never subbed to a game before so this is new to me, does it matter which region I sub from and which currency it is in? I know its all online but I just wanna be sure

[stable blaze]

It's does not matter no

[wanton echo]

Ty, also why is swtor bugged all of a sudden? I used to play on fullscreen (dont remember if it was fullscreen, or fullscreen windowed) then switched to windowed, and now I switch to fullscreen windowed and the game bugs out, it doesnt update it to the new setting, the screen just goes black, I can still hear the game and it somehow stays up even after I close steam (I play on the steam client), only way to close it is to restart or shutdown my pc, why??

[hexed dome]

what's the required gear score for story content up to the latest patch? I want to upgrade my weapon since I bought it from the cartel market, and usually before I used to go to the vendor, and just buy the upgrades for my weapon. Now that I'm lvl 80 I have to do a quest to deconstruct gear pieces to get upgrades unlocked. I was going to use the gear given to me from story quests, but for my weapon I want to stick with the cartel weapon I bought, and upgrade that. Sorry for the long post.

[stable blaze]

There is no gear requirement for story content it can be done in any gear, The only thing I recommend is once at level 80 to go get 324 conquest gear on fleet

after that anything else you want is not needed for story content and only a requirement for pvp or raiding

[hexed dome]

I have that, but I want to upgrade my weapon to 324. It's 220 now

my focus is the weapon

[stable blaze]

All gear is important no one piece is that much more important than another

You do know there is the outfitter also? you equip weapon does not need to be the same as your cosmetic one

Just get the 324 conquest blade

[hexed dome]

wait let me try that

Wow that worked I was using the blade all this time.

thanks for the help

now i can just enjoy the story

[wanton echo]

Are there gift cards for swtor subs?

[dense karma]

No you need a credit card

[past trellis]

Are the single 200cc cartel packs removed? Can't find them on the cm

[dense karma]

The cm market works on a cycle
So will come back someweek

[hollow moth]

what to buy with cartel coin if im on preferred status (880 coins budget) and im a returning player starting a new character in a new server

[dense karma]

You wont get much for 880 best off saving it

[hollow moth]

what to save for?

[dense karma]

Anything you find later you like

When it comes to cartel market it's all cosmetics so you have to decide what you want no one can pick for you

Sit and have a look through it

[hollow moth]

i meant like the unlocks

not the cosmetics

[dense karma]

Oh well then that just depends what you use most

[wanton echo]

Is there a page that includes all xp sources, how much they give, and amount of xp needed for each level?

[dense karma]

Not that i'm aware off

[hexed dome]

I kept seeing her in the new loading screen, and the previous one too. Who is she? Is she part of a specific class' story or is she someone you meet in an expansion. Also can you romance her?

[stable blaze]

She is found in the expansions

[shy coyote]

first time you can see her in kuat drive yards flashpoint
and she's one of people who send you mails after you buy a stronghold =)

iirc i saw a few flirt options in expansions (didn't try) but not a full romance

[hexed dome]

Thanks guys I can't wait to meet her in my sith warrior playthrough.

[hexed dome]

I'm gonna try flirting with her

[ionic mango]

I followed a video guide to get Ilvl 340 mods from Hyde and zeek, so my weapon/offhand, armor are all lvl 340, however I have just purchased my legendary implants so they are at 326, I just got a 328 earpiece and my relics are 326/328. Do I just focus on getting gear upgrade boxes from weekly’s or should I farm fps to get the stabilizers to upgrade the relics and earpiece? Or do I focus on the legendary implants and upgrade the others as I get drops/currency

[stable blaze]

Depends on what content you do the most, I recommend do it through operations as having purple relics and earpiece is useful and overall will be a faster way to gear over flashpoint loot

you should focus on getting your legendaries to 340 also

if you do operations you can do both of these at the same time

[night nova]

Okay what the fuck is a Frenzied Plaguebearer, why is it on Alderaan, why did it kill me in two shots and what the fuck is going on?

[worn chasm]

what are the best disciplines for jedi knight guardian and sentinal?
I'm asking asking for both master flashpoints and story missions (like kotfe and kotet) and for pvp

[dense karma]

For flashpoints ans story missions it does not matter what you choose, play whichever you enjoy more

For pvp, jedi vigil and sentinal combat

[livid girder]

1. it's a "Gold"-Enemie that schows up randomly at certain places on the surface of the planets who have an active Rakghoul-Event
2. Alderaan is the current planet for the Rakghoul-Event
3. were you undergeared or didn't have your companion out?

[night nova]

I completely forgot about the Rakghoul event, I was so damn confused

And no, I might be undergeared for my current level, but my current level is low 70s so it's definitely not that. They smacked me halfway across the plaza they spawned in and it tanked my health then they smacked me again before I could work out my heal buttons 😄

[livid girder]

the "Smack" is prbly Standard, my comp was also launched backwards this week a few times from it because of course they go for the healer first 😄

[sinful wadi]

can somone help two servie login i want two login

[worn chasm]

what 2 implants should i pick for my jedi guardian vigilance?

[shy coyote]

Fearless Victor + Champion's Precision

[dense karma]

Well done

[surreal estuary]

help

[dense karma]

What is the problem...*

[neon lagoon]

Does anyone know how to deal with the spots in the Black Talon and Esseles FPs where your companion and droid refuse to follow you into a murderzone? I can't even lure enemies out to them to make them fight.

Specifically

[dense karma]

I wouldn't recommend doing these flashpoints at low level on your own if you not rather expercienced

[neon lagoon]

I'm definitely experienced. I just tend to expect my companions to follow me into combat instead of watching plasma pour into me while they sit at the doorway.

[dense karma]

How often is this happening? If it's a certain spot even after resetting or relogging wont fix then you just gotta learn to manage certain fights without them

Most story fightings unless it's about 10+ adds should be manageable without a companion

[neon lagoon]

Same spot everytime, attacking one enemy triggers about 8-10 others, running back to companions resets the fight.

"Managing" it means killing one mob, rushing back to heal myself, killing one mob, rinse and repeat for a good 2-3 minutes

[dapper moss]

The way I’ve sorta found a fix to companions just standing at a doorway is to use your rocket boost for a sec as you pass the door and when it runs out, they should be standing next to you again.

[subtle willow]

On my lv80 Inquisitor I still have my original Ashara from vanilla because I never bothered with the Alliane alerts on that character. Does the influence carry over between the vanilla version of a companion and their KOTXX counterpart? I don't wanna waste a compendium item for the influence boost to lv50

[verbal palm]

they're the same character so yeh they'll retain their influence levels

[worn chasm]

everytime i try to stream the swtor application on discord, swtor immediately crashes. any fixes? also, is anyone here using the og launder and able to stream on discord no problem?

[brave hollow]

only thing I can think of rn is running Discord as Admin and swtor not. That fixes some streaming issues but idk if it helps at all with full on crashing

[keen mist]

I've seen this issue on a screenshot before, but how do I fix it? Updated my drivers, so it's not that

[keen mist]

--nvm, apparently it's not just my PC but a bug swtor moment

[dense karma]

You have to stream swtor with no sound.

When you begin stream it should give you the option to stream with or without sound . If it does not you may need to run discord in admin first.

No matter what you do streaming with sound will result in instant crash. This was only not the case in 7.2-7.3

Streaming without sound will solve the issue

Or sharing your screen not the application

[swift vector]

Hi guys, is this correct?
My Sorcerer would unlock the upper right class for the Legendary player achievement?
This is super confusing for me D:

[shy coyote]

yes, warrior (red lightsaber icon) is the origin story (upper right icon for legendary status)
sorc is a combat style (character's skills)

it was easier before they changed icons

[swift vector]

Thank you, I'll save this image for later 😄

[vast hornet]

hey, does anyone know what i should do regarding 324 gear if i dont have enough conquest commendations to get the gear set?

[dense karma]

You need to get 100k conquest per week on 1 or several characters (done simply by playing acouple hours a week)

Or complete daily area's

You imp side or rep?

[vast hornet]

imperial, already got my 100k conquest but before reaching lvl 80

[dense karma]

Ah right

How much story you done.

?*

[vast hornet]

chapter 3 of my class

now doing flashpoints, to gear up to 336

[vast hornet]

and ilum

[dense karma]

Mhm so not done much story
Got any toons you done alot of story on?

[vast hornet]

nope, first character

but regarding my inital question i, just did flashpoints for 324 gear

[dense karma]

Mhm not many daily area's you got access to then i suggest doing more story before worrying about ger

Gear*

[vast hornet]

what do those dailies give me?

[dense karma]

Conquest commendations

40-80 per weekly in that daily area

With the weeklies can do them 3 times a week for the most part

[vast hornet]

ight, thanks

[shy coyote]

(how) can i check if guild names are already picked? don't want to make a random group wait while i try different names

[ionic mango]

Of the big three dps hatred,ani,pyro which is the easiest to learn?

[dense karma]

In actual combat hatred is not considered one of the big three

But it is stupidly easy to play. Espically on the hungering rotation

[ionic mango]

Really? All the tier lists I’ve seen say hatred is super good. What are the top dps in actual combat?

[dense karma]

Never read tier lists they only general and often don't take into account real combat but just look at dummy parses or word of mouth

I'd say veng/ viru in the top 3 really

Because hatred is very squishy and is terrible on target swaps

[ionic mango]

I’m vengeance right now, I seem to do ok in ops, I’m still gearing though so my dps sits around 20k on single target fights and peaks around 37k in ad fights if stuff is grouped properly. I thing I might try out viru bc I want to have a ranged dps as well. Ty for the info.

[dense karma]

Veng is very good still remember tree choices and rotation has changed since 7.3

[ionic mango]

Where can I find up to date build info?

[dense karma]

I can dm you it or join theory crafters server

[ionic mango]

If you could send me a server inv that would be great

[dense karma]

There is a link somewhere on the server

Can not send people personal invites to the server

[shy coyote]

#resources
2nd message, learning resources, advanced

[gleaming rapids]

is it possible to beat commander jorland solo?

[dense karma]

Yes

[winged hawk]

ello, anybody with an ultrawide have this game nuke their moniter? I had to plug in a HDMI casble to get it working, the displayport only outputs black after i launched and closed the game, even after a system reset

This game has actually stopped my moniter from functioning properly with Windows, how tf did they manage that

[night nova]

So the login rewards thing is called Aggressive Negotiations, and I completed all 28 days getting the big gold chest at the end

So why is this still not unlocked? Is there more to the calender they don't show?

[night nova]

Where do I get Golden Certificates, and what's the fastest way to get...11 of them?

[dapper moss]

those drop from the nightlife event which takes place in the summer. Your best bet is to keep an eye out for when it's live and then go play the slot machines.

[night nova]

I was hype as shit for the ten seconds it took for my brain to remind me it'll be summer NA time and I live in the southern hemisphere

I wonder if I can find the clothing on the GTN

[dapper moss]

Oops sry I should have specified, but yeah some pieces do exist elsewhere, hopefully you can find em!

[night nova]

Nope, bound to legacy and not yet on the GTN probably because SV hasn't had a nightlife event yet 😦

Pity

[acoustic nimbus]

If i sub once do i unlock every expansion for every class? Even if i dont have a character with every class

[shy coyote]

yes you unlock access to all currently released expansions (including future parts of the Legacy of the Sith, 7.X) and max lvl (80) forever for all you current and future characters
it doesn't depend on classes/stories
mind that if you don't plan to renew your sub after it expires, you'll probably want to buy all possible unlocks before it expires (species, speeder piloting, rocket boost, storage expansions etc)

[acoustic nimbus]

Oh ty

[shy coyote]

okay i got a weirdest bug: joined a hammer station in progress, 3 players were on instance 2, but it teleported me on instance 3, and it said i couldn't switch instances inside a flashpoint
i tried to exit and re-enter multiple times but always on separate instance >_<
what was that and how do you fix it? T_T

oh that's just great

[acoustic nimbus]

How do i make sure nothing fucks up if i want to subscribe via steam

[south sandal]

You have to make sure your Steam and SWTOR accounts are properly linked, but even then some people have issues

[acoustic nimbus]

Like the same email?

[south sandal]

https://help.ea.com/en/help/star-wars/star-wars-the-old-republic/swtor-on-steam/

[dense karma]

You can try to make sure it does not fuck up but no 100% way to stop it from happening. I strongly recommend doing it through the website

[acoustic nimbus]

The only way i can sub is through steam with gift cards

[acoustic nimbus]

I downloaded the game in steam from the beginning

[worn chasm]

is there a way to make model assets to load quicker?it's very distracting when cutscenes suddenly quick loads stuff like ships or character models

[night nova]

So I know that subs are generally a no go on Steam but what about Cartel Coins?

Because Steam's localised prices has the biggest CC bundle as AUD$120, however since the actual site is in USD, the 99.99USD bundle would cost me nearly thirty bucks more + foreign currency conversion fees from the bank

Anyone had much in the way of issues buying CCs off Steam?

[lusty gulch]

do I need to complete either of these 2 quests for Story? There is a purple triangle over the ship console, but both quests state their Chapter 3 and 4 respectively, yet I've never gone to their planets once, which confuses me

I just finished Alderaan and its the first time the console has ever lit up with quests

[stable burrow]

do you have artifact authorization as a preferred player?

[south sandal]

No

It's subscription only, otherwise you have to purchase the unlock

[gleaming rapids]

Are the armor sets you can buy for cartel coins only visual or does it effect armor stats? Cause if I’m low level and the armor stays low level i can’t wear it anymore at some point right?

[south sandal]

Cartel market armor is mostly used for the look, yeah, though some armor sets you can put mods in and wear them for stats

[dense karma]

No unfortunally not if you having such issues not much if anything can be done about it

[dense karma]

There has been issues noted about it before, again as i have said in the past. Downloading the game is ok from stream but i still recommend from the website. And espically for getting cc do it through website

[dense karma]

Thess can be skipped if you so wish

[dense karma]

As legbeard said

All cartel market armor is only for looks you must get your own actual armor for combat through playing the game.

Cc armor is for use in the outfitter section

[night nova]

Fuck I was dreading that answer. 30 bucks is a big difference. Ah well, you're probably right, I'll look into finances tomorrow and see if I can get it next week

[shy coyote]

ilum and makeb happen after corellia (chapter 3), you can check story order by planets on the picture in #general-tips
they appear on the console because you have sufficient level

[pastel osprey]

New palyer question, is there any way to have several action bars out at once as oppose to shift+scrolling through them?

[night nova]

Either press this little cross and select "extended hotbars" I think it's called, or Press ESC, go into your Interface Editor, and click on any quickbar and then press Enable in the options

\

You can also edit their size and direction in the interface Editor too, as well as the position of every damn thing in the entire interface 😛

[pastel osprey]

Ah ok so it's like WoW's edit mode but probably existed first, neat. Ty!

[gleaming rapids]

Do i get the 2nd bar for abilities later in the story or do i get it when i buy the membership?

[night nova]

I think you get it no matter what, membership gives you 6 quickbars, and I think f2ps get 4

[gleaming rapids]

Oh that’s good to know thanks 🙂

[gaunt perch]

Is there a way to stop the camera from going to max zoom after exiting a speeder?

[dense karma]

You playing in first person?

[gaunt perch]

Nope! 3rd. But whatever my camera is set at, often when exiting a speeder it reverts to max zoom.

Just weird and it takes me 'out of the game' to have to zoom back in

[lusty gulch]

weird non issue question: Why does the launcher require me to accept TOS/etc every time I log in? Its literally only wasting me 2~ seconds so I'm not annoyed, just curious as I've never seen this in any other game

[brave hollow]

it's a bug they've been trying to get rid of for years

they pushed numerous fixes but it's always returned / not gone away for some people

most don't have that

[lusty gulch]

👍

[lusty gulch]

is there a way to pause a flashpoint without resetting it? Am doing malestorm prison but have to go eat

[brave hollow]

not if you're alone afaik

but as long as you don't get afk-kicked you can just stand there

would have to go back to your PC and move the mouse a bit before the 15 minute timer is over if you're gonna take longer

[lusty gulch]

f

will try to finish fast then

[hollow widget]

It says in #1008630384549961758 that I can bump my post every 5 days don't have to repost it how do I bump it?

[dense karma]

Just post a message in it. That'll bump it above others

[lusty gulch]

is there anyway to check when your next Free Cartel Coin thing that you get with a security key is? I forget when I added mine so I'm just curious (I know it hasn't been 30 days yet though)

[brave hollow]

yes

go to swtor.com

my swtor

my account

you can find a cartel coin ledger there

detailing every single transaction

even automated ones like the sub and key grants

[lusty gulch]

thxs

[acoustic nimbus]

Does anyone know the chest piece and pant piece for this vette look?

[lusty gulch]

the top looks like one of these that I circled

https://swtorista.com/armor/category.php?search=true&style=revealing&page=3

not sure about pants. Don't have time to go through the entire website list right now sorry

[acoustic nimbus]

Thanks i dont really need the pants part

[lusty gulch]

😁

[glass hedge]

Weird question: I'm getting some missions for Ops. the NPC to speak with is behind the Ops wall... but I can't go pastt he wall except in an Ops group... but if I'm in an ops group and go through the wall, it ports me right into the Op, no chance to talk to the story NPC... am I missing something?

[honest seal]

So I can change my character’s entire appearance without needing to create them all over again right? Like at the bazaar place?

[south sandal]

Yes, at an appearance designer. It costs cartel coins

[dense karma]

Which operation is it you're trying to enter? Cause it's different for all of them were the npc id

Is*

[smoky ledge]

I deleted a planet story arc quest for Voss republic side and I can't find how to start it anymore

[radiant verge]

Anyone know how deleting characters works? I'm assuming I need to go into them and grab any important stuff from their inventories as everything is wiped? Wanting to kinda start over as it's been a while (:

[dense karma]

Planet story? If so simply go back to the first person you speak to the planet and re pick it up

[dense karma]

Move all items from your inventory and move them to your legacy storage

[smoky ledge]

I tried, the guy just has default lines when right clicking him, scouted all the other quest givers too up to the point i was at. found a reddit post saying that if someone is on the same part they can share it so I'm gonna hope that works when my friend catches up

[lusty gulch]

My troopers name has first and last name (Shade Sivfin)

However, Legacies also have a last name

If I make a legacy, will my trooper gain 3 names?

[dense karma]

You can hide your legacy

[lusty gulch]

Oh ok thxs

[lusty gulch]

Should I create my legacy before I start my new character? I've just entirely ignored that feature up until now since I only had 1 character on a server

[brave hollow]

if you can think of a name you like, do it asap

you have to level your legacy up and that's done automatically as you earn xp for your characters

so the sooner you start, the sooner you're done

[lusty gulch]

Ah well I'm already lvl 56 on my first character, so I have missed out on some free lvling unfortunately

but I will make the Legacy before I start my 2nd character 😁

thx

[brave hollow]

dw about it

not like you absolutely need it NOW

there's just no advantage to waiting other than giving you more time to think of a name

[lusty gulch]

👍

oh hey it did carry over XP 🥳

my legacy is instantly lvl 6, thxs

[brave hollow]

oh interesting, I did not know that

[lusty gulch]

😁

an item that is "unlocked for character in collections" can safely be removed from my inventory and gotten back later, right?

[wanton echo]

Need help ASAP, I keep getting a "We're sorry, but we can't perform transactions to this credit card. Please load a different one." message when I try to sub, I tried to do the 15 dollar monthly plan and the one time 60 day one and I got the same message, what do I do?

[desert frigate]

Oh is this the Explosive Conflict one?

Immediately take the shuttle back up while within the instance

it’ll put you in a shuttle bay with the NPC and the phase gate

[glass hedge]

That and Karaggas palace.

So it's a known issue? I'm guessing they changes the process to put you right in the OP and never moved the story NPC?

[desert frigate]

shrug

[smoky ledge]

as a tank tanking many enemies that are melee, they like to creep around to my sides / rear. do I still mitigate damage if they are hitting me from those angles or is it like WoW where I have to keep enemies in my frontal cone?

[drifting quiver]

yep, as long as enemies are attacking you

[tight cloud]

Ok thanks, i just did a quick dungeon (i don't know how to name it yet) and i dropped purple equipement that i can't equip yet how can i equip it ?

[drifting quiver]

are you subscribed?

[tight cloud]

Yes i take the subscription

[drifting quiver]

ok cool as long as you reach the level needed for the gear you should be able to wear it