Quick Questions Megathread

[drifting quiver]

when you mouse over the item there's a line of red text near the bottom of the tooltip that tells you what level you need to be to equip the item

[tight cloud]

I already has the level but i didn't restart the game from steam after i subscribe it's maybe why i can't equip it

[drifting quiver]

does it say you need artefact authorisation

[tight cloud]

Yes

[drifting quiver]

if it does then you need to restart the game

be sure you're subscribed first, because unless you have artefact authorisation you won't be able to wear purple+ gear

[tight cloud]

It worked after i relaunch the game thank you ^^

[drifting quiver]

np

[dense karma]

For KP once you enter you get the story mission don't or shouldn't need to speak to anyone if memory serves

As for explosive conflict it is as mentioned before. Once you enter the gate you must first spesk to the npc next to the shuttle before taking it

[meager cloud]

Hey guys I just got back into the game and was thinking abt what second class to choose. I was playing a sith assassin before. I heard I should probably choose somthing with stealth but I already have that or something that can fill a diff role?

[wanton echo]

direct damage juggernaut/guardian is pretty fun

[lusty gulch]

does anyone know why when I leave a stronghold for Dromund Kaas it keeps dropping me in the space port? No other planet did this on my other character

[shy coyote]

1 - exit to SH directory (city market)
2 - return to your previous location from where you teleported to your SH (if you didn't log out) OR to the planet's spaceport (if you logged out)

[lusty gulch]

I didn't log out, but it still dropped me at spaceport. Weird. Thxs though 👍

[desert frigate]

the problem is EC jumps you to the shuttle's landing point in the op, rather than the shuttle bay

[bright hedge]

What's your best guess as to when the next XP event will be?

[drifting quiver]

Who knows

Maybe when the next expansion drops or a major update happens

[verbal palm]

typical points where DXP happens are may 4th and life day

any extras will kinda just depend on when they feel like it but far as we know next will be the first one

[drifting quiver]

Yar

[dense karma]

It shouldn't, never happend to be before or most people i know

[desert frigate]

it happened to me every single time i've zoned into that op

[dense karma]

Weird, again is not designed or suppost to

[desert frigate]

KP dumped me on Hutta every time, EC dumped me on Denova every time, if SnV had a hangar bay it was dumping me on Darvannis every time

and so on

unless this is a recent change i don't know what to tell you

[dense karma]

Not seen anyone have this problem before

[desert frigate]

I assumed it was working as intended

[dense karma]

Defo not

[desert frigate]

hmm

my experience with this is mostly from 6.x

maybe it was like that during that time frame?

[dense karma]

I mean never asked anyone

But i know for sure since 7.0 not seen it happen often if ever

[wanton echo]

how do I know if there is an EA account linked to my SWTOR account?

I've never made an EA account so im wondering if thats the problem with being unable to sub

[drifting quiver]

You don't need an ea account to sub to swtor

It might be an issue with your credit card itself

Or the region from which you're purchasing the subscription

[desert frigate]

everyone has one

i literally just had this same problem

go try to reset the password on your EA account, using the same email as the one you made your SWTOR account with

once you've done that try buying again

[drifting quiver]

Oh fkdhdkd in which case follow ^

[desert frigate]

like literally when i was buying some game time this happened to me, i had to call support to get told this

:)

[wanton echo]

but idk my ea account credentials

do i use the same ones from swtor?

[desert frigate]

yes

same email at least

password can diverge

[wanton echo]

so how do I know the password?

[desert frigate]

you don't

that's why you reset it

[wanton echo]

ohh I see

"We couldn’t find your EA Account."

bruh

imma try making one with the google option, see if that automatically links it

sooo i made an ea account, not sure how I would link it to the swtor one

they werent linked in the first place according to this page https://help.ea.com/en/help/star-wars/star-wars-the-old-republic/swtor-account-linked/ cuz I made my account after june 19 2019

[desert frigate]

ah mb

[wanton echo]

I play swtor through the steam client so imma try linking steam to my ea account, see if it links the swtor one too

wait how can I tell if the ea and swtor accounts did get linked? is there section for it in the swtor account settings page?

[worn zodiac]

So i just finished my Main Story with my Lv50 Sith Marauder and i can choose a second battle style now. Which one makes the most sense for later?

[wanton echo]

x2 lightsabers is the only thing fun about marauder, I hate the abilities otherwise

the speedboost is great but still

[tight cloud]

Hey, is there a way to know what the text choice will say before cliking ?

[wanton echo]

I'd recommend stealth (shadow/assassin) or ranged (sage/sorcerer)
Pros for stealth:

• invisibility (with some situational exceptions)
• 60 second sleep (one target at a time)
• a leap that doesn't put you into combat and can be used while stealthed so kinda like a 2nd speed boost
• simple rotations
• can be tank
• get out of jail free card (force stealth)
  Pros for ranged:
• ranged
• direct damage is mostly mobile
• you can pull teammates
• can be healer

if you like playing tank you could also try juggernaut/guardian but that one has no stealth at all and not much mobility that doesnt put u into combat iirc

[wanton echo]

wdym? like in cutscenes?

[tight cloud]

Yeah when you discut with a character, is your character gonna say something nice or is he going to be awful

[brave hollow]

well the general rule of thumb is that the top option is the nicest and the bottom the least nice

on average

I would recommend just picking what feels right and if you really hate the result you can Esc out of the dialogue and restart it

[wanton echo]

sometimes you think it will be kinda evil and then the character says something like " I shall watch them scream while burning", usually happens with sith characters

[tight cloud]

Ok thanks

[worn zodiac]

Thank you sir. I might go for an Sith Assasin then.

And with my Sith Sorcerer, i will choose Juggernaut as second class.

I think this should be fine.

[wanton echo]

I'd recommend checking out swtorista's websites for both of those combat styles, they have all the abilities and ability tree choice recommendations

[honest seal]

Why does the game launcher always keep asking me to agree to the terms of service every time I log into the client?

Is there a fix for that?

[night nova]

It's a known bug and no one is quite sure what's causing it

I do know it only happens to me when I launch through steam, launching the stand alone launcher has never had it, so that may be a contributing factor

[honest seal]

Ah okay yeah I use steam primarily too

[night nova]

Is there a way to make the achievement tracker character locked? Because I tired of swapping to a different character and having to swap all my tracked achievements about

[smoky ledge]

yea, drag and drop the eula file from the standalone installer. you can start the installation and after the eula acceptence just stop the download and go to the destination folder and just move that eula to the steam directory then uninstall the standalone

[wanton echo]

How do I link a swtor account to my EA account? both were made after 2019 so they're not automatically linked.

[lusty gulch]

Is there a guide for what the different stats mean on gear?

Right now I'm kinda operating under "the more +s the better", with no actual clue if thats helping

[wanton echo]

Just found out you cant link them :(

[tight cloud]

Do you need to upgrade your skills to a master of jobs ?

[shy coyote]

if you mean crew skills, then yes, after you reach 600 lvl you need to pay 250k to the respective skill trainer to be able to level them up to 700 lvl

[desert frigate]

mastery: more damage
endurance: more health
power: more damage

crit: more critical hit chance and greater multiplier from critting
alacrity: your GCDs and timers move faster
accuracy: chance to hit, must be at 110% to always hit through innate ops boss miss chance

if you're still leveling, just take the bigger +s

once you get to endgame you can start optimizing

[lusty gulch]

Thxs 🥳

Whats "endgame"?

[desert frigate]

when you hit level 80 and are using the level 80 gearing tracks to get set up

[dense karma]

I assume you're a dps? If so you care about

Crit
Accuracy
Alacrity
The most everything else is whatever

[lusty gulch]

ah ok thxs. It'll be a while before I get there as I'm F2P 👍

[lusty gulch]

As I said, right now I was just doing the "the more +s the better" strategy, not really focusing on any 1 thing.

I generally only do Story Solo Missions right now too, so I don't have to specialize for any specific events (I did try to solo run a Heroic last night. It did not go well XD)

[desert frigate]

that's mostly a question of having a good kit and a healer companion

get more levels and you'll have an easier time

[dense karma]

For story that's fine

Just meant in general

[shy coyote]

i forgot, do you get fleet teleport only after completing the origin story? because via legacy i got only vanguard vessel teleport, not the usual fleet location

[tight cloud]

I was talking about the skill of your caracter but it's good to know

[brave hollow]

pretty sure fleet is under General not Legacy

[shy coyote]

ah skills are learned automatically except for the speeder piloting skill

[shy coyote]

thank you, i didn't notice it there =)

[lunar juniper]

hey am new and wanted to ask if you can buy another companion later or will the one you get be there all the time? and if so is there such a thing as battle droids?

[wanton echo]

buying companions as in the ones from the CM?

[lunar juniper]

CM?

[wanton echo]

cartel market

[lunar juniper]

oh i meant in general i got one from the story and my question was can you have others later? and if so are there battle droids?

[wanton echo]

"my question was can you have others later?" if you mean companions from other character origins then yes, and for " are there battle droids?" the only battle droid companion I remember that from origin story is republic trooper

[lunar juniper]

okay thanks

[worn chasm]

there are 3 earpieces you get from veteren flashpoints, does it matter which one you upgrade?

[dense karma]

Yes depends on your class/sprc

[worn chasm]

mine is jedi guardian vigilance

[dense karma]

Well then you want a crit one till higher item rating

[worn chasm]

so which earpiece? red, yellow or green?

[dense karma]

Red and green? What level are you?

[worn chasm]

80

i'm talking about the earpiece for lvl 80 gearing

example the (supreme decurion quick savant device)

[dense karma]

But what have you seen as red before?

Or yellow

You want blue/ purple for gear at level 80

[shy coyote]

i assume red is adept (crit), yellow is initiative (acc), green is quick savant (alac)
usually people refer to the item's border color that represents its quality (green/blue/purple/gold), not the item's color itself

[worn chasm]

These ones

[dense karma]

Yes

[worn chasm]

so for mine, i need to upgrade the red one?

[dense karma]

That is not red it's blue

[worn chasm]

My original question was which of the 3 should I focus to upgrade? The red one, the green or the yellow?

[dense karma]

Ohhhhhh that's what you meant

[wanton echo]

Just got back up to 200 cc, I need to pick something to unlock before the sale is over, which one of these should I unlock?
Mounts: Overlord's command throne or koensayr revolution (green monobike)
Armor: Arcann's mask, resilient warden (primarily for chest piece and mask), or enigmatic operative (primarily for chest piece)
I'll probably unlock all of them eventually but I gotta pick one before Jan 9

[worn chasm]

uu can get the command throne for free in the underworld vendor

[dense karma]

No one denotes them by those colours you need to mention there stats not colours

They're all blue earpieces just give different stats. You currently want the crit or acc one

[wanton echo]

but I dont wanna buy it for every character tho, also it would become available for other legacies too

[worn chasm]

alright thanks

[worn chasm]

thanks

[lusty gulch]

Is it just my imagination/brain going crazy, or can certain armor pieces alter the voice of your character speaking in different cutscenes (depending on if their wearing it or not)

[brave hollow]

yes, some headpieces, especially full masks or rebreathers, do that

[lusty gulch]

Sweet

🥳

[drifting quiver]

the best helmet is zildrog helmet

its all you need

[lusty gulch]

I'm currently obsessed with the free pilot gear, especially for my sith inquistor

[worn chasm]

what's the best relics for vigilance (jedi guardian)?

should i start off with conquest and gradually upgrade or start off with flashpoint blue relics?

[tight cloud]

Can you upgrade the equipment for your companion ?

[worn chasm]

no. stats have no affect on companions

[tight cloud]

Also is there a way to fast travel to your ship or do you need to go to a spaceport everytime ?

[worn chasm]

you can fast travel. it's part of your legacy

it's in the section "character perks"

[tight cloud]

I found it thanks for your answers

[desert frigate]

the one you're gonna deconstruct for hyde and zeek doesn't matter

but you will eventually want an earpiece to wear, and you'll have to upgrade it the hard way as well

[pastel osprey]

Is there a way to change your character's appearance after creation?

[south sandal]

Yes, at an appearance designer on Fleet/your capital world. It costs cartel coins

[pastel osprey]

Darn, ok tyvm!

[wanton echo]

you can also use the icon on the left side under your character (near the - + signs) in the character sheet

[summer mauve]

is there an account wide artifact equipment authorization in cm? i only see one worth 1200cc and i think its only for one character

[brave hollow]

when you clcik buy on the single character one it should give you a popup with both options

I believe the account-wide one costs 2700

[summer mauve]

ooo i see

ty ty

[lusty gulch]

Are all CM things (cargo hold, etc) different per character and per account? I thought they were all account by default

[worn chasm]

before i do hide and zeek, should i use flashpoint gear instead of conquest gear to upgrade to lvl 330?

[worn chasm]

you buy cartel market items for that charater then u need to pay a little more cartel coins to have them available for all characters on all servers

[lusty gulch]

Rip

[worn chasm]

right now the unlock is on a discount so i suggest u go do them if you want

[lusty gulch]

I don't have enough 😅

Oh well, will just save extra 👍

[worn chasm]

how much u got?

don't forget the security key that gets u 100 cc per month

[lusty gulch]

120 last time I looked. I only started playing 3 weeks ago, so I only got 1 security gift of 100cc.

Will just keep saving 😁

[worn chasm]

ahh

[lusty gulch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/201593481863364609/1192842762203181087/image.png?ex=65aa8c64&is=65981764&hm=47dbc296acc26be778e980bb02a9b192e55ef9d004746a175c8466f7d699f523&

[worn chasm]

new server new cc u can get

[worn chasm]

i see

i got quite alot since i barely spend cc

[lusty gulch]

Yeah I bought 1 decor for my stronghold but nothing else yet

[worn chasm]

what did u buy?

[lusty gulch]

The cantina shelf for my dining room

[worn chasm]

ahh i see

[lusty gulch]

Wait

According to the wiki

Preferred Status players can purchase additional bays with Cartel Coins. FTP players cannot access the cargo hold, but can receive complimentary access by purchasing anything from the Cartel Market which will upgrade their account to Preferred Status.

Is this still true, or is outdated?

Because if its true I unintentionally upgraded to preferred without even realizing

But it sounds too good to still be true

[shy coyote]

you can check your subscription status on the character selection screen
to become pref via buying CM stuff you need to buy CC, getting them from security key or achievements doesn't count
that's why 1-2 months sub is better because it also unlocks all story content

[lusty gulch]

Ahhh it meant buying CC

Thay make sense now

It said "buying anything from the Cartel Market", which I thought meant decor, but that seemed way too easy

Thxs 👍

[dense karma]

You can not use conquest green gear. Does not do anything. Must be blue or purple

[worn chasm]

Oh wait I was talking about relics

[wanton echo]

Is this bug in preview only or are these cosmetics not compatible (steadfast master gloves and marka ragnos chest piece)?

also, do pref players keep the 80 personal cargo slots after their sub ends?

[shy coyote]

you keep the access to the cargo hold but can't buy additional bays for credits
all my new chars have only 1 cargo bay

[wanton echo]

oh ok, what about the bug?

[lusty gulch]

Can different companions have different roles (tabk/heal/etc)

[brave hollow]

every companion can either be a healer, tank or dps. You can switch their role by right-clicking their portrait

companions used to be locked to one specific role but that hasn't been a thing since October 2015

[lusty gulch]

Ah ok, just a RP thing 👍

Also does switching companions affect story at all?

[brave hollow]

before 4.0, every class had one healer, two tanks and two dps

e.g. the Sith Warrior had

Vette -> Ranged DPS
Quinn -> Healer
Jaesa -> Melee DPS
Pierce -> Ranged Tank
Broonmark -> Melee Tank

[lusty gulch]

Neat

[brave hollow]

not really, they have some specific dialogue interactions during your missions

but it doesn't change any outcomes

[lusty gulch]

Noted

[wanton echo]

Alderaan stronghold or rishi stronghold?

[drifting quiver]

Rishi

[lunar juniper]

i have now completed the great hunt what is the point of joining the mandalorians? Is it bad if I don't do it?

[brave hollow]

just do whatever feels right

it's an RPG :)

there is no "wrong" decision

[wise ore]

yo i got a question, i just started learning to make creds in the GTN, but i am a preferred player and have a credit cap of 1 mill. how do i claim the 50 mill i have waiting for me in the GTN.

[south sandal]

If you claim it now it will go into escrow

and stay there until you subscribe

[wise ore]

whats escrow?

and will i be able to use the credit while there in there?

[south sandal]

No

[wise ore]

😦

so i gotta sub

[south sandal]

You need to be subscribed to hold and use more than 1 mil credits on a character at a time

[wise ore]

damn

[brave hollow]

is it from one transaction or multiple?

if it's multiple you can claim one at a time

and then deposit the money into your legacy bank

which even as f2p has a cap of 104 billion

you can only keep 1 million from each claimed sale tho

[south sandal]

Yeah, as f2p/preferred you have to dump credits into your legacy bank as you approach 1 mil and you can accrue wealth that way, albeit slowly, to store it until you sub

[wise ore]

its from multiple

but its making me claim all three

[wanton echo]

ok ty, btw are f2p limited to how many decorations they can put down? I was working on my nar shaddaa stronghold and it capped at 250 decorations (rooms that cost over 1 mil havent been unlocked yet) but I went back as a sub and I could place more decos, how?

and one last question, is there a limit to how many strongholds a legacy can have? if so, does it change with being a sub, pref, and f2p?

[drifting quiver]

i don't actually know if there is a deco cap for f2p, but your sh count is limited to how many strongholds there are in the game

you can't have 2 of the same stronghold on the same legacy

[wanton echo]

other than that there isnt any restriction with status right?

aside from the credit limit for f2p and pref

[drifting quiver]

as far as i know no there isn't

idk about the deco cap though

[wanton echo]

ok ty for the info :)

[lusty gulch]

afaik there is no F2P limit to how many decorations you can place. However all players have a limit, due to how the game is made (to avoid performance issues I assume). However I believe this limit differs depending on which stronghold it is, and it also increases the more rooms you unlock

[night nova]

Which is better for DPS, Mercenary or Powertech?

[wanton echo]

NEW LVL 81+ MODS!!!!!
seriously tho what is this?

[dense karma]

Can not compare classes

But in terms of the specs
Pyro
IO
Ap
Arsenal

[shy coyote]

can someone please remind me the trick to go to the fleet at lvl 1? (iirc it worked for subscribers but i don't remember how)

[brave hollow]

idk if it still works, but the 2nd combat style mission used to drop you off on fleet

[shy coyote]

interesting, is it active at lvl 1? i thought it was something after the origin story or lvl 50

[wanton echo]

I dont think you need a trick, pretty sure you can use the shuttle or emergency fleet transport, if you use the shuttle it will play the cutscene but wont give the achievement if you dont have it yet

[wanton echo]

Is there a way to take the hood down in the left image (while keeping arcann's mask on or no head item) or to make the hood touch the head so my character doesn't turn bald (like the malgus reborn one)

[night nova]

Ouch, Arsenal was the one I liked. I adore just constant missile spam

I've noticed the Direct Damage specs are usually the worse performing ones DPS wise. Why is that? Is it just DOT putting out more damage or having less cooldowns?

[dense karma]

Arsenal is among the worst dps specs in the game, the missle spam use to be stupid op in pvp so they destroyed the spec and it never got back on its feet

[dense karma]

DoT is better for pve cause it lets you tick damage across all close by adds and bosses without actually having to manually attack them

And burst specs require the fight to be shorter and focused on one target to truly shine.

How the game is anything is fine to play, but meta will always be DoT or hybrid of PvE

And a lean to burst in PvP

[nova lintel]

Yo just curious, Star Forge is still the most populated server, right? Also whats the best way to subscribe for now?

[verbal palm]

for NA servers, yeh SF has more players
for EU servers, DM is the most populated
ig you can say the safest way to subscribe is through the website

if you've set everything up correctly on steam for swtor it should, in theory, be fine

[nova lintel]

Currently on Tulak and it feels kinda half dead at times. Appreciate it!

[verbal palm]

gotchu

[lusty gulch]

are there any extra steps if I were to sub through the website versus Steam? (not subbing now, just asking for future. Can't afford to rn 😦 )

[stable blaze]

The most important thing is making sure you're on a server that is close or matches your time zone over other things

so for example do not recommend EU servers for americans or amercian servers for EU people etc

[wanton echo]

does scoundrel/operative get good at lvl 80?

[worn chasm]

Is the flashpoint relics better?

[dense karma]

Depends on which spec but yes

[wanton echo]

scrapper scoundrel, lvl 60 vs lvl 80

force user stealth is stronger than tech user stealth at lvl 60 (both), and force user stealth gets way better near 80 (I havent gotten to 80 yet) so im wondering if tech user stealth will also get to that level of damage

[worn chasm]

So should I commit to working on flashpoint relics or focus on the earpiece and implants first?

I haven't finished kotfe yet. Just got to chapter 14.

[dense karma]

Implant and earpiece way more important

[worn chasm]

So will this skip the Alliance alert or will I get it for Darth hexid?

[dense karma]

Not sure

[worn chasm]

My earpiece is lvl 330. Should I do hide and zeek now?

[dense karma]

No go to 340 or minium 336

[worn chasm]

Alright

[wanton echo]

no, use it, it will pop up a mission page, read the text, it explains how it will work
TL;DR she will become unavailable during the recruitment mission

[worn chasm]

This is for my Jedi Knight character.

So if I want the alliance alert,.I still need to claim via the galactic vendor?

[desert frigate]

get your first earpiece up to 340 to give to hyde and zeek, work on your legendaries in parallel

once you have 340 weapons and armor, you can start building up another earpiece and relics along with continuing with your legendaries

in the meantime if you have a full set of 324 you'll live for the first bit

buy your spec's tactical before buying any legendaries, buy both your legendaries before upgrading either

[worn chasm]

@desert frigate wow. Thanks for the mini guide. I'll get on it

So it says it's unlocked but I can't see the alliance alert

I've done at least 14 chapters of kotfe so far

[desert frigate]

Oh her alert doesn’t show until you’ve cleared KotET 9

[worn chasm]

ohhh i see no wonder

is it better to unlock the companions before you encounter them in the story? i hear master ranos and shae visla for eg are the best dmg companions

[lusty gulch]

so I was doing the quest "wiping the slate". I accidentally left the area though, and now it won't let me back in to finish the quest (the barrier is red). What do I do?

I really don't want to restart ;-;

but its a story quest

nvm

I was doing the wrong thing

I figured out what to do

sorry

[radiant verge]

mastery and power both kinda increase damage but which stat should be prioritized?

like if i have a mod which does +20 mastery and +7 power, but another thats +16 mastery and +13 power, which ones better?

obviously in this case its probably whatever one has the higher total stat points, but im sure people know what i mean

[brave light]

Does anyone know since they removed some craftable Tacticals and their Schematics do people still have it in Crew Skills if they learned it before removal?

[dense karma]

Neither of them are very important if at all
Best is mastery as it improves healing also

[dense karma]

Not for taticals i don't believe so

[worn chasm]

is it better to unlock the companions before you encounter them in the story? i hear master ranos and shae visla for eg are the best dmg companions

[lusty gulch]

personally I'd wait until you encounter, just for story reasons. also I thought companions only got damage changes from influence

[dense karma]

The difference between companions only matters in like trying to solo flashpoints or veteran/ master mode chapters

Otherwise it's completely irrelivent which one you use

[dense karma]

No some do more healing/ dps than others

[lusty gulch]

0-0

[dense karma]

Typically anything that duel weilds does more damage

[lusty gulch]

neat

different topic question: do tunings exist for armor? Or something similar?

[dense karma]

Only weapons

[lusty gulch]

aw

[dense karma]

Though some armors have there own effects

[lusty gulch]

0-0

[ivory pivot]

What is the best planet to gather crystals?

[desert frigate]

Depends on what color you want, but if you're talking current highest level stuff, i'd use Onderon

[lusty gulch]

2 (I think short. I can move to a thread if needed though) question):

1: I just got this helmet. Is there a specifc dye I should get so that it can match the rest of the pilot gear better?

2: It has very poor stats compared to my lvl 54 helmet. Is there a way to improve it, or should I just leave it as cosmetic only? (I am just doing solo content right now)

the helmet is Kallig's Countenance

rn I just use it on the outfitter as a stamp, due to low stats

[worn chasm]

you can use unify colours but u need to sub at least once for that

or buy the perk on the cartel market

[lusty gulch]

neat 👍

thxs

[desert frigate]

I think it’s moddable, but I usually just stick it in an outfit

[lusty gulch]

thx

I haven't used mods yet, will look at them to see if their worth it 😁

[ivory pivot]

I’m mainly looking for purple/yellow is it still the same planet?

[lunar juniper]

you can choose another specialization later, can i choose one of all of them? for example, i am a Gunslinger, can i then also do Powertech?

[desert frigate]

i don't remember yellow, but purple you can't make anymore

[wise ore]

whenever i queue up for a flashpoint i get the same one, with toggle all selections on

[brave hollow]

is it Spammer Station

[stable blaze]

Just cause you have toggle all on does not mean others do, if everyone else has a certain few on there select that's all you will see

[acoustic nimbus]

What story missions i should do after i finish sith warrios class missions

[wanton echo]

do you mean like the order of expansions?

[acoustic nimbus]

Yea

[valid wedge]

Thx, very useful. I though Shrine of Silence FP was solo, cause I did it solo with np...

[wanton echo]

idk, im playing through KotFE for the first time

[valid wedge]

enjoy it, I will start it again today for the second time

[dense karma]

You can do all flashpoints solo
But it's not required for the vast amount

[valid wedge]

I am interested to see them for the story and locations, although I understood that some of them are very hard to do solo thus I have never tried them really

[night nova]

That's where servers like this or guilds can come in handy. Definitely helps run you through FPs and even some OPs for the first time

[night nova]

How do I reset a phase?

[shy coyote]

right click on your character portrait -> additional commands

[night nova]

Sweet, means I won't have to reset the quest if I mess up the puzzle 😄

[meager cloud]

Light side class that has the most force abilities besides sage?

[wise ore]

yeah i keep getting it

[dense karma]

As i said earlier, will be because everyone else is queueing only for that so it drags you into the same one even if you queuing for all

[dense karma]

Guardian

But sage does have way more

[wise ore]

mb thank you

[meager cloud]

thanks, can I ask which subclass?

[lusty gulch]

is this worth opening or should I sell it? I got it for free from galactic rewards

I have no clue what a "Cartel Market Weapon of Bronze quality" is

[brave hollow]

it's bound

you can't sell the pack

only the item you get

[lusty gulch]

ah

ok 👍

I thought it could go to a vendor

thxs 🙂

plasma canon I can't use 😦

will just go in storage for now

incase I make the appropriate character

how long can items stay in Cartel Market stash?

[brave hollow]

infinitely

just gotta pay attention to the item cap

it will eventually fill up if you don't claim

[lusty gulch]

👍

last Q for now:
Does it matter as F2P is I don't pick up a crew skill right away?

[worn chasm]

.

Quick question. How much u think I can make from this stack? Hahaha.

[verbal palm]

2 bucks

[wanton echo]

no not really, having one like scavenging, slicing, and/or archeology is useful if you're farming xp from vet flashpoints (especially hammer stations and athiss)

[lusty gulch]

👍

I keep forgetting to swap my old character over to a proper skill he could use, and I never gave my new character one at all, so just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing out anything

😁

will probably do both next time I play

[wanton echo]

you're fully f2p, not preffered right?

[lusty gulch]

correct

so 1 skill per character

and I know which ones I want based off another question I asked ( #1191400133653442653)

I just...forgot to do it after asking 😅

[wanton echo]

I'd suggest getting a sub at some point if you're planning to play this game long time, especially if you enjoy the story

[lusty gulch]

I plan to at some point, just can't rn (no job and strict self enforced spending rules so I don't develop bad habits. I only graduated HS in 2022) 🙂

[formal roost]

if/when you do, and u make a good budget, i'd recommend the $30 sub, it's 2 months but non-recurring, that way you dont need to worry about auto-recurring payments

[lusty gulch]

👍

[smoky ledge]

what is this purple bar?

[night nova]

My first instinct is either XP, Mana or a cast bar

[smoky ledge]

for context i was riding past an enemy and got close enough for them to start firing on me

[brave hollow]

that's your resolve bar

it fills up when you're hit by any form of crowd control abilities, in the case of random NPCs it will mostly be slows

once the bar fills completely it will turn white

and as long as it's white, you are immune to any form of CC including stuns

[smoky ledge]

interesting

ty

[brave hollow]

it's mainly relevant for PvP

works the same in PvE but in PvP it's way more likely to be hit by lots and lots of slows, roots, stuns etc back to back

[wanton echo]

Why is acid lash not working (tactical for scrapper scoundrel)?

[night nova]

Why is this name considered invalid when it does the same thing as many other names I have and many names the game suggests?

It let through Mara Lighthelm, but wouldn't let through Maria Lighthelm

Who the fuck took the name of a character I made 😄

[brave hollow]

try replacing "Lighthelm" with anything else

just to verify

I think the issue is "Maria"

being flagged as something religious 💀

dont ask why, there are just some sus banned words

that nobody understands

[night nova]

I'm not taking the name of the Holy Mother in vain or anything?!

Maria is a normal ass name 😄

Also she wasn't even "Maria" she was "Mary"!

Weird

[brave hollow]

maybe in english

[valid wedge]

I had problems with the names even when putting some stupid ones...

[tight cloud]

I started an imperial agent good story but i don't like sniping what class is good or fun for an agent ?

[brave hollow]

well the other "default" class for agent is operative, which fights at low-melee range

depending on discipline

has stealth, a rifle and vibro knife

[snow thistle]

an option to be a healer too, unlike sniper

[radiant verge]

quick question about gear stat scaling, how extreme does it get? will a gear piece with 1000 mastery actually count as 1000 extra mastery points or is it scaled by the game

just i noticed at higher levels the gear usually has insane amounts of stat points compared to level 1-50, wondering if that actually does anything meaningful or if its just "big number"

[brave hollow]

it actually is 1000 as long as you are in an appropriate zone

due to level scaling, you won't get nearly as much if you are on a lower level planet

but in a raid, master mode flashpoint or sth like that it will count, yes

[radiant verge]

gotcha, ty :D looking forward to reaching the higher levels then for my alacrity stat to be meaningful lol

[stable blaze]

It does still make a difference still

it scales you but not perfectly

[tight cloud]

Ok thanks

[lusty gulch]

does reputation with groups like T.H.O.R.N. carry over legacy?

[tulip hemlock]

Reputations are Legacy/Server wide.

That includes your weekly limit you can gain, too.

[lusty gulch]

👍

then I have to wait to get T.H.O.R.N gear, thxs. 2 days of quests apparently wasn't enough XD (I didn't know about the event until it was almost over)

[brave hollow]

event rotation is currently 10 weeks long

so you can calculate when the next one will happen

[lusty gulch]

👍

thxs 🙂

[tight cloud]

Hey i wanted to make a tank on the empire side which class do you think is the most fun

[brave hollow]

that's completely up to personal preference

[tight cloud]

I was thinking of a shield specialist since i already have a guardian on rep side

[brave hollow]

yea powertech is pretty much as chill as juggernaut in my opinion

also nice to have the pull

meanwhile shadow/Assassin is much more active and you need to be more focused

[worn chasm]

@desert frigate item is at 340. So now I should go to hide and zeek now?

My implants are at 328

[desert frigate]

yep

pick up the quest from them for 340 Prototype

follow its instructions

[worn chasm]

What's the max item rating atm?

[desert frigate]

344 i think, but you're not getting that without grinding hard on raid gear

340 is the best you can get with blues

[worn chasm]

Does maxing the earpiece at 344 better for the hide and zeek or doing it now?

[desert frigate]

you can't get that earpiece past 340

[worn chasm]

Ahhh I seee

Atm should my implants be the flashpoint ones?

[desert frigate]

nah

always legendary implants at this point

setbonus covers the slower ilvl gain

[worn chasm]

Oh I mean relics

[desert frigate]

ah!

once you've got your 340 blue armor/weapon setup, you can swap your relics (and new ear) over to flashpoint blues and grind them up

be sure to build your substats on the enhancements and earpiece around the stats your legendary implants give

[worn chasm]

For vigilance, what's the best tactical?

[desert frigate]

Hemophilic Slash for single target situations; Cut to Pieces for AoE-heavy scenarios

[worn chasm]

Ahh thanks

[pastel osprey]

New(ish) player question, I've reached 60 and from what I know one month sub will unlock most of the rest of the bells and whistles to a degree even once I am preferred status. I have several questions. 1) When the one month sub ends will I be able to choose to keep the secondary combat style over my initial choice or will I just be baselined back to my initial choice? 2) To unlock races I just need to create a character of that race during sub and level it to like 50 to get it legacy wide right?

[snow thistle]

1. the one you currently have when sub ends will be kept, other one will be locked till resub

2. yes

[pastel osprey]

Alright tyvm!

[night nova]

"Weak and standard enemies", I assume standard ones have no symbol

But I don't think I've encountered any weak enemies whatsoever? Except for the mongrel dogs of the Republic

[tulip hemlock]

Weak and standard don't have a symbol, no. Think of womp rats, critters, the first to die droids in a pack of 6. Those are classified as weak.

Weak and standard are basically the same classification.

[night nova]

How do I take control of a mouse droids

[night nova]

Also I thought I responded to you, sorry

Thanks for the info, I was very confused since I've never seen a weak opponent before

[tulip hemlock]

It's not a particularly noticeable difference, imo.

No symbol = weak/standard.
Silver = Strong
Gold = Elite
Gold/Silver = Champion

That's all you need to know.

[shy coyote]

what is this for?

[brave hollow]

used to be needed as F2P to equip armor or weapons from event reputation vendors

was discontinued..... very fast after F2P launch

pretty sure it was on the Cm less than a year

so it's been unavailable for like 10 years

... and does nothing

[shy coyote]

what a curious vestige =) thank you =)

[brave hollow]

pretty cool find

[gloomy steeple]

For my second combatstyle i need act 3 in class story. Does it take long to get there?🙈

[stable blaze]

Depends if you decide to do all planet and side missions or not but you probs looking 30+ hours complete minium

[gloomy steeple]

Is act 3 the last chapter?

I just want the unlock of second combatstyle 🙈

[stable blaze]

For base story yes does not count expansions

[stable blaze]

If you sub you get it instantly I believe

[gloomy steeple]

Sadly I does't.. i subscribed yesterday😐

It says still finish act 3

[stable blaze]

Well best get too it lol

[gloomy steeple]

😐

Thanks for answering!

[lusty gulch]

can Sith Inquisitors wield any melee weapon like vibroswords? Or just double bladed sabers?

[stable blaze]

Sith inquisitor is the story not a class
Double bladed sabre or staffs/pikes is only for assassin
Sorc and jugg can only use vibro and single bladed weapons
mara holds two single bladed weapons of any time

[lusty gulch]

aw ok 👍

I assume even double bladed vibro swords fall under sorc and jugg? (despite the name, I assume they fall under the same weapon class)

[desert frigate]

No, double-blade vibro is also assassin

[lusty gulch]

oh cool

thx

[night nova]

So there's a seasons thing to control a mouse droid in cantina, I imagine like one of the quests from that astromech droid

How do I trigger actually controlling the mouse droid, is it just a case of searching about a bit or do I need a specific item?

[naive halo]

There is a small blue glowing clicky panel on a wall in the cantina or on an exterior wall of the cantina. Then once you're in mouse droid mode your abilities are changed and one of them is to return to normal.

[lusty gulch]

do you need to visit ALL the cantinas, or can I just pick the ones I do have? I don't have all of them unlocked yet I don't think

[tulip hemlock]

Just one.

[verbal palm]

just gotta pick 'n wreak havoc 20 times in one cantina

hi six

[tulip hemlock]

Hi runEd

[honest seal]

Can I spam dungeons (FPs) to get fast lvls? Or would it be faster to do story?

[night nova]

Sweet, cause that was going to be my next question

I'll pick Hoth, those boys need warming up anyway

[wise ore]

how can i sell a cartel pack without it being bound and i cant sell it? is it just a cooldown timer?

[south sandal]

You have to claim it first

once you do, the item(s) will have timers and you can trade them to other players in a few days after they run out

[wise ore]

thank you

[south sandal]

But do not use/equip any of the items. If you do, they'll become bound to that character and no longer tradeable to others

[dense karma]

Depends what level you are and how much story you have done

[night nova]

Well these weren't there when I came through here before. Anyone know what they're meant to be?

I remember some in the Kubaz section on Dromund Kass too now I think about it

[shy coyote]

they are on a few planets, it's for the mission you can pick inside Gray Secant to get a pet
https://swtorista.com/articles/relics-of-the-gree-event-guide/#Ancient_Gree_Relays

[night nova]

Grey Secant? Never even heard of that before 😄

[shy coyote]

it's a location on Ilum (i guess a kind of starship? i dunno anything about Gree), after you reach newcomer rank in Gree reputation track, you can buy access to this location from the reputation vendor

[night nova]

Is there any way to forcibly remove or put down a hood so my poor girl doesn't look bald?

[snow thistle]

a discreet head armor that cancels the hood should work

[night nova]

Guss I better look through some shops then

[night nova]

The only thing I can find is the Resolute Guardiant Armour set on the CM as it's the literal exact same as the Stormguard one that I'm currently wearing 😄

And it's 500K on the marketplace. Yeah no, not spending that much

[honest seal]

I’m like below the 20s still on my new toon. And I’m like only on chapter 2 still

[dense karma]

Then do the story

[lusty gulch]

story+side quests (not FP, just yellow triangle quests)+XP boosts (if you have any) are a super fast way of lvling up in my experience, even on F2P with the reduced lvling

atleast for Act 1

[honest seal]

Ah okay

Thanks

I think my main only did story pretty much but it was just a linear grind trying to do it again on a new char even tho it’s same class and stuff. So I wanted to try a different method

Maybe the side quests could be useful

[night nova]

So I know if you buy a thing off the CM it goes into your collections, where you can pay a smaller CC fee to unlock it for all your toons in the legacy

Is the same true for CM gear you get off the GTN?

[shy coyote]

yes, it doesn't matter if you buy the gear directly from CM or someone buys it from CM and sells on the GTN and you buy it there
firstly you need to equip all armor parts on 1 character to unlock the set in collections for 1 character and then it allows you to unlock it for account for additional CC

[night nova]

Well, guess I'm going to be 500K poorer then XD

Resolute Guardian just looks too good, and I know I'm gonna use it on other jedi toons as well so might as well buy it now

Looks so much better without that fucking hood 😄

[shy coyote]

are my game files damaged or does everyone have this weird thing with various turrets names? (they were above turrets before 7.4)

[dapper moss]

It’s been doing that for me too so I think it’s the game itself

[shy coyote]

thank you for the confirmation
i hope devs know about that, can't submit a ticket anyway without sub =(

[hexed dome]

so i bought the name change and i misclicked and said no after typing the new name and now my item isn't there

where did it go

[hexed dome]

found it

it was under character window

[tired holly]

Anyone lose their audio when switching playback devices? It's annoying having to log back in again every time I want to switch to my DAC and speakers

[lusty gulch]

Happens whenever I use Bluetooth headset

No clue why either

[lusty gulch]

does over completing a personal conquest net anything extra? I'm up to 244,885/100,000 personal conquest

[verbal palm]

only if yer in a guild that provides rewards for [x] amount (or [x] place on the guild conquest leaderboard)

otherwise, personal conquest rewards are only provided at the 100k mark, no further until reset or switching characters to complete more conquests

[lusty gulch]

👍

can I redo part of a quest? I want to pick different dialogue

nvm just found how to check and it seems impossible 😦

[desert frigate]

If you’re still on the quest, resetting it will work. If not, you’re SOL

[valid wedge]

For Aurora Cannon H4+ Belsavis mission

do I nned to stand in some specifc place to throw a grenade?

I cannot use it as I have seen in one YT

ok i am stupid🤣

[worn zodiac]

Best Damage Spec for an Sith Assassin? (pve flashpoints)

[dense karma]

For flashpoints it does not matter which you play, play whatever you enjoy more

[desert frigate]

the speed strat for that heroic is, run all the way down, throw the grenade, die, win

[balmy tendon]

is there a way to make text larger in-game? it’s so tiny!

[balmy tendon]

I figured out 🫡

[ebon valley]

I just started playing the game and I've completed the part where you get your lightsaber however, my inventory was full and I didn't get it. Is there another way to get a lightsaber as a sith?

[night nova]

Take something out of your inventory to free a slot and then clikc the "Pending" button above your quest list

[ebon valley]

I've already tried that and it didn't work

What else can I do?

[dense karma]

If the mission progressed then don't worry about it having the lightsaber is mainly a visual thing and some mobs later on will drop one for you likely

If the mission wont progress. You need to clear your inventory incase the mission wishes to give you multipule items and in the future don't let yourself get to max inventory space being filled

Try restarting the mission

If none of that works then given how early in the story you can also just make a new character and not repeat the mistake

[silk cosmos]

hi guys, so I am extremely new to SWTOR, and I am not sure which class to pick. Which is beginner friendly, but is not too easy as I want to gain strength, instead of starting with it.

[snow thistle]

do you mean story or combat style?

[silk cosmos]

combat

wait whats the difference

(i also would prefer sith allegiance)

[shy coyote]

all story content is casual friendly, and even for endgame each combat style has at least 1 good spec, so don't worry about choosing a combat style
what do you prefer, melee/ranged, stealthy or nor, force users or tech classes?

[silk cosmos]

probably melee

and force user

whats the difference between sith warrior and inquisitor?

[shy coyote]

warrior and inquisitor are different stories (with different titles, voices, companions)
juggernaut and assassin are melee force classes, jugg is very beginner friendly and it fits perfectly the role of sith warrior
assassin is also fun if you like stealth and saberstaffs

[brave hollow]

if you don't want your game to be "way too easy", the main way you can try toa ccomplish that is by changing the role of your companion as soon as you obtain one from healer to damage or tank

healer companions completely trivialize all story content up until at least level 60

I'll also leave this here

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

[stable blaze]

How swtor works is like this

You have your stories 2 for each catagory. so sith have 2, empire has 2, jedi have 2, republic have 2

Then you can choose from a collection of classes, be it jugg, mara, sorc etc

Each class then has 3 specs which determine the kind of combat you'll have be it dot or direct damage

The difference between the warrior and inq story is the warrior story is the hero story. You're a god among men for most of it completely being overpowered as all hell

With the inq being more about being a slave who rises to having power however possible so you no longer are weak and break your bonds

For friendly classes that have something to learn lategame. I recommend veng jugg. It'll provide you with plenty to learn but also not make content too hard on your first run

[normal pilot]

hi guys not receiving my one time password via email

[balmy tendon]

my pink astromech droid has disappeared after a cutscene! where has she gone?

[balmy tendon]

I have recovered her 🫡

[gloomy steeple]

should i dismantle green gear from sm op if i already have higher gearscore from fp?

[tight cloud]

Hey i'm a bit (lot) overlevel for the zone where i'm at and i got a purple box from a heroic quest which i need to give to Sana-Rae. Is this a pnj i unlock later in story ? ( i didn't finish the main story of my class yet)

[dense karma]

Yes

[desert frigate]

yeah that'll be relevant later

hang onto it

[elder pasture]

Are all these 3 keywords just baked into "defense"

or what's the difference?

[stable blaze]

Don't worry about it cause no spec uses this tatical

do not get it

[elder pasture]

yea i figured unless it counted blocks as "deflection" itd be unusable

[lusty gulch]

is the fathers of taris heroic soloable for lvl 39?

nvm the answer is "not without dieing a lot". oh well

actually not as much as I thought. I was playing wrong, nvm

and it glitched out anyway. bleh

[wanton echo]

im working on getting an ear piece to 340 rating to deconstruct it for hyde and zeek, once I do that I'd get access to 340 rating mods from zeek, problem is that gearing all of your armor + main hand + off hand would cost like 2.5 mil per character, and im tryna gear 8 characters so thats like 20 mil, I only have 7 mil rn and idk a way to get creds fast, I'd heard that there are ways to get like 1 mil in an hour but idk how

[stable blaze]

For such a small amount of credits you're after then I suggest buying a cartel item and selling it

[wanton echo]

cant, any other methods?

[stable blaze]

Then no you're gonna need to sell crafting mats

litterally the only other and tbh mainly only way to make money atm

[wanton echo]

what type of crafting mats?

[desert frigate]

current stuff

[lusty gulch]

I forget if I've asked this before

is jawa scrap useful for F2P player? I have a bunch of it piling up across 2 characters, and no clue what to use it for/if anything

[desert frigate]

go to the cartel bazaar, you can buy companion gifts for your ship droid and crafting materials for anything

[lusty gulch]

👍

[desert frigate]

for the ship droid gifts, use greens until they hit level 25, then blues until they hit 40, then purples

[lusty gulch]

👍

[desert frigate]

and you want the, uh, technology ones

i forget the exact category ingame

[desert frigate]

right, okay, ingame category is "maintenance"

sort by price as they always cost 2 of the appropriate colored scrap

[lusty gulch]

thx

[valid wedge]

Fast question.
yesterday I have bought 3rd Skill Unlock for mu account
I have started using Artifice again which I had at 160. But after crafting 30+ items, the skills did not improve at all. Could it be some kind of bug? Or I cant improve if I am only with Preferred status even with unlock?

[shy coyote]

both ship droids (imp and pub) accept cultural artifacts, it's not worth buying maintenance gifts for them
you need gifts bought for jawa junk only for cartel market companions (droids and creatures), otherwise buying materials to sell is more profitable

[shy coyote]

you need to learn new schematics from the crew skill trainer
for leveling craft items with orange/yellow/green little circle next to their name in the schematic list

[lusty gulch]

how much CC can someone get if they have 1 month of subscription and the security key?

[brave hollow]

600 to 700 depending on your sub plan

[lusty gulch]

neat

[brave hollow]

600 on 1-month recurring, 625 on 60-day prepaid or recurring, 650 on 90-day recurring, 700 on 6-month recurring

100 of that being the key respectively

[lusty gulch]

cool

thx

[desert frigate]

also keep in mind if you leave the key set while you take a break from the game, the 100 coins from it will keep being awarded

[lusty gulch]

neat

[lusty gulch]

before starting Act 2, is it worth going back to the bonus series quests I skipped? I know their not "necessary" but they were on the flowchart

[lusty gulch]

nvm just gonna do em, no real reason not to

[valid wedge]

Alliance Alert: Reclaimed Treasure still bugged as I see and look for solutions...

Reseting did not help

Going on PvP world neither...

aaaa

[lusty gulch]

doing the tavin bonus quests gave me better armor, worth it 🥳

[knotty shuttle]

What dye do I need to make a bastila shan fallen armor set?

[lusty gulch]

probably any of the black matte ones would be best based off the 1 image I found (I have no clue what bastila shan fallen is personally)

[knotty shuttle]

Will keep an eye out for it. Thx

[lusty gulch]

there are multiple different variants on CM, and atleast a few on the GTN when I lasted looked. the GTN is extremely expensive though, so I personally was just going to save up my CCs (even if it takes months)

[knotty shuttle]

Any chance you remember the price?

[lusty gulch]

couple million+

[knotty shuttle]

I have 700m rn. Shouldnt hurt me too much

[lusty gulch]

possibly higher, I only glanced quick and wen't "nope" because I am a brand new player 😂

[knotty shuttle]

Fair enough

[lusty gulch]

and I'm stingy so even if I had the cash I'd still may have waited lol

[knotty shuttle]

Will look at the price on my server tomorrow. If its below 5m I will buy it

[lusty gulch]

😁

[knotty shuttle]

Thx for the help

[smoky ledge]

hello, a group of friends and I finally beat illum and the two illum FPs. We all have Prelude to the hutt cartel expansion, however on the story order chart it says The Black Hole and Section X are next before Cartel. Where would be the bread crumb for those two zones if they have any story elements

the chart im referencing https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/swtor_gamepedia/images/c/c5/StoryProgress.png/revision/latest?cb=20220218194620

[brittle rover]

Iirc there’s not much guiding you towards those places, and there’s not really much story there either. I think all the story is just: go to the places and do one set of daily missions on each planet for some fun tidbits of lore and shit

Storywise they are just unimportant extra fun the same way bonus series are

[smoky ledge]

okay cool, ty for the response

[desert frigate]

oh!

there is one cool thing you can do on section x

when you get pointed toward the icy crater, follow that quest chain for a surprise

[lusty gulch]

does ship requisition apply to all characters on a server?

[tulip hemlock]

No. Just that specific character.

[lusty gulch]

👍

and I go to ship hangar to do star fighter stuff? (the only ship missions I have done are from my class' shuttle)

[tulip hemlock]

You would use the starfighter hanger for Galactic Starfighter, yes.

[desert frigate]

those two are completely different

your starfighter hangar and the ships you manage there are for galactic starfighter

your personal ship and any gear you find for that are for the pve space missions, which have a rep track

[naive halo]

You pick up the daily and weekly missions from the pvp terminal in Combat Training on the fleet. The weekly mission can be completed 3 times per week per character.

[lusty gulch]

thxs everyone 🙂

[lusty gulch]

does flirting with other NPCs damage relations with companion if you're not in a romantic relationship with any yet? (only just started Act 2)

[drifting quiver]

nop

flirting with npcs doesnt even affect your romance if you have one locked in lmao

[valid wedge]

What is the highest rating of an item modification? I have two at 306 which I have got on some FP(?) I think. Can I find them only in FP or is there a way to craft items mods at such high level?

[shy coyote]

currently 340, at 80 lvl pick a mission from Hyde&Zeek at the fleet supplies section, outer ring (behind the 70 lvl mods vendor), i suggest start from 340 prototype (blue), you'll need to get a blue piece and deconstruct it to complete the mission and then it unlocks 340 blue mods at the vendor

[clever yew]

344 is highest item rating tho, if you wanna be stronger

[lusty gulch]

Oh I'm still not doing that 😅

Thxs

[shy coyote]

how do you force vet flashpoints to drop a blue ear instead of green armor? i recall guides said to put on a low lvl ear, but how low? 306-?

[desert frigate]

Anything lower than your level 80 greens

306 works

and ofc below but use the best you can get

[shy coyote]

thank you =)

[desert frigate]

yw

[stable blaze]

at that point it's cheaper to buy 324 blue pieces tho no?

[shy coyote]

i don't know what's cheaper
i'm not sure how to grind all FP-1 to upgrade a blue piece to 340, so maybe it's easier to save some FP-1 and get an ear from drop
it's weird that half of my inventory is filled with blue accessories but my groupmate got only green armor, random is unpredictable

[tired holly]

Are you referring to this https://swtorista.com/articles/level-80-solo-gearing-in-swtor-7-1/#4_Get_a_Low-Level_Earpiece ? I haven't tested it yet so I can't say, but I figured I'd drop the link in case you've forgotten.
The easiest place to get a low-level earpiece is on the planet of Ossus from the gear vendor, then equip it. Whatever earpiece you get, it must not be for level 80 characters

[desert frigate]

actually

if you have level 80 gear on and a few spare tech frags

you can just go to SoW vendor and buy a 306 earpiece from the lootboxes

[tired holly]

I forget, to create a guild does everyone have to be lvl 10 and be at the Fleet or only the group leader?
^ No, only the group leader.

[wanton echo]

um how do I lift a curse off of my character?

for context, I have a BH character, I've been leveling the character on and off for the past 2 weeks and everytime this happens: after a few vet fp runs through group finder, i get hammer station back to back a few times and in one of those runs it starts to freeze, its not lag, its not the hardware cuz this has never happened before outside of this character, the game client just keeps freezing every 2-3 seconds and the freeze durations are like 10-30 seconds, how do I fix it?

also I use steam client but I doubt thats the cause

[lusty gulch]

surrender yourself to the dark side have you tried rebooting the game/device?

[shy coyote]

a different problem, i was often getting stuck at loading screen or my UI crashed after a few spammer stations, so i started to switch to my alts to deploy them for crew skills missions, and then back to spammer station, and it worked

[lusty gulch]

how long does the boarding party Story Flashpoint usually take?

[wise ore]

I've been doing a couple of fp to get my gear rating up. I've done 5 flashpoints and cant get past item rating 324, why?

[sand stirrup]

You have to buy upgrades. The only upgrades that will come from doing fps is from the box that comes out of doing the weekly

[wise ore]

ah okay thanks

[low dock]

So, I fell into the trap of subscribing by clicking on a "subscribe" link in-game, which brought me to the steam store where I purchased 30 days of gametime. I am genuinely astonished and infuriated that the method the game tells you to use to subscribe to the game simply ends up stealing your money and giving you nothing in return, and that it's been this way for a year without anyone doing anything about it. If this game isn't dead yet, it absolutely deserves to be, and i'm frankly surprised nobody has sued bioware for this yet.

So I emailed them the 3 screenshots and hopefully they'll get to me on monday. But I sorta was supposed to play with friends tonight. So if I subscribe on the actual SWTOR website, will I be able to get a refund for the $20 i spent on steam?

basically, is there any way for me to be a subscriber tonight without paying twice for one month?

:/ guess i'm not playing with the boys tonight then. i'm just gonna ask support for a refund and uninstall this nonsense.

[knotty shuttle]

If you bought it on steam, then you dont have to buy it on the website. I always subscribe through stream.

[low dock]

oh it actually works for some people?

[knotty shuttle]

You are linked to swtor website?

[low dock]

yes

[knotty shuttle]

And simetimes it can take some time to see it ingame

3months ago it time took me 4-5h.

Last week it was instant

[low dock]

the money vanished. there are literally thousands of threads on the forums about this, it's a known problem and the solution is to email swtor support with screenshots of your steam purchase.

it's def not just a delay

[knotty shuttle]

...

If you think so, I cant help you

[south sandal]

Some people have no problems at all and some people have to contact support

it's a roll of the dice

[low dock]

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/bd-p/star-wars-the-old-republic-en just like... flip through the pages... this is definitely not my imagination lol

it goes all the way back to early 2023

[knotty shuttle]

From a technical perspective I cant see an issue on their end tho

[south sandal]

It's a known issue, that's why many Steam reviews are negative

We always tell people in here DON'T BUY THROUGH STEAM, BUY THROUGH SWTOR.COM

[low dock]

or look at the reviews for the steam gametime purchase option: https://i.imgur.com/hXxaNza.png lol

[knotty shuttle]

I mean..simple solution: buy it on swtor.com lol

[low dock]

yeah

it's pretty dumb, then, that when you click on one of the millions of "subscribe!" ads in the game itself, that it takes you to the steam store page (if you're playing on steam)

[knotty shuttle]

And if I see the rewievs, I know why I dont read any steamreviews

[low dock]

i imagine that's why there's like 30 new threads complaining about this on the support forums every day, and has been for a year

[south sandal]

Every other day we get people in here going "I bought on Steam but didn't get my purchase"

[low dock]

...i kinda wish i had read them before i donated $20 to EA in exchange for nothing

it feels like you are kinda defending an unreasonable practice

[south sandal]

we tell them to contact support to get your purchase or your refund, buy from swtor.com in the future, rinse, repeat

so it goes

[low dock]

the game itself is currently 90% "very positive", the subscription gametime is <20% "mostly negative" lol

game itself is great, i just wish they would sort this out

[knotty shuttle]

I was looking for the error on their side, but from programming perspective it should work. Either its a thing between steam and EA or Usererror or wasnt there something, where your EA email == Swtor Email?

[low dock]

from the extensive research i did today, here is what happens

your swtor account "links" to your steam account the first time you play, but it doesn't actually become a verified account capable of purchasing things until you log into swtor.com for the first time (and click on the verification email, etc)

and if you haven't logged into swtor.com in 6 months, your account becomes deactivated and therefore unverified

and if you purchase on steam while your account is unverified (either because you're a brand new player who didn't know they had to login to swtor.com first, or because you're a returning player) then the money vanishes

[knotty shuttle]

Ok, if that is the case, its dumb

[low dock]

i might not have all the details right, but this sounds very plausible to me as a system admin, i haven't done much actual development but it sounds like exactly the kind of bug i deal with all the time

it's just surprising that they haven't fixed it over a year... it's still the same single guy responding to all the threads in the support forums, too, he's been replying almost instantly to every thread for a year

[knotty shuttle]

Why would they have such system lol

[low dock]

honestly having designed SSO systems before, and knowing how much of a mess EA's whole system is... i'm pretty sure it made me a new EA account for each of swtor, mass effect, dragon age origins, shadow of mordor, etc, and that they're all linked to my steam account while being different in EA's system lol

and apparently something changed about a year ago... maybe when broadsword came into the picture?

either way it seems plausible that they would make an account not able to purchase stuff if it's considered 'unverified', and that steam wouldn't check to see if your EA account is unverified before "purchasing" things, and that if a purchase order came in for an unverified account it would just cause an error but since the order is coming from steam it's too late and the money is already spent

apparently their solution was to hire a single guy to spend 8 hours on the forum replying to each new thread telling people to email [email protected] with screenshots of their steam transaction receipt

forever

lol

[knotty shuttle]

Tbh..would do it

Easy money

[low dock]

also looking at some of his replies... it seems like it can be even worse and more complicated. look at this guy's problem! not only did he have this issue, but also he's got multiple EA accounts and is logged into the wrong one... i feel like the chances of him getting what he paid for is close to nil lol https://i.imgur.com/OQwavaa.png

he's literally telling him to use incognito mode on chrome to purchase on swtor just in case he's still got a cookie for the wrong account

what a nightmare

it's like a case study in the concept of technology debt

[knotty shuttle]

Lmao

[low dock]

if i were you, i'd move my subscription off of steam and onto the swtor website just in case 😄

the fact that they've gone a year without fixing this tells me that the user db is so convoluted and confusing that there's no hope of ever fixing it, which probably means the system is pretty fragile and buggy and who knows what might happen

[knotty shuttle]

Did it the whole time. never had problems

[brave hollow]

that part is not necessary

if you sub through steam without issues once it will continue to work

the problems are all with first-time subscribers

at least the ones I am aware of

[fiery moat]

So, I was looking to sell an account wide Artifact Equipment Authorization on the GTN and was wondering what a reasonable price would be?

[verbal palm]

may get a better chance at answers in #trader-chat (accessible via #become-a-trader )

[fiery moat]

Okay, thanks,.

[low dock]

well hm. they gave me 60 days of gametime for my $20 as an apology for not being able to give me a refund.

poor proxos666

so if you guys ever get scammed by your steam subscription, if you just send them the screenshot they'll give you 30 days

but if you send them a screenshot and ask for a refund they'll give you 60 days. just a helpful tip!

[worn chasm]

does it matter if my prototype earpiece is 336 or should i get to 340? like if i have 340, does the mission get me higher mods? this is the for the hyde and zeek mission tha needs "336 and higher"

[desert frigate]

go to 340, you get 340

which is the best you can get from H&Z right now

[worn chasm]

alright

thanks

[low dock]

what does this little wrench icon mean? https://i.imgur.com/iFqqcaX.png i don't remember it

my first thought is "i need to repair my gear" but i don't?

[south sandal]

That's a dual-bladed saber. It's the symbol for your combat style, Assassin

[low dock]

ahh okay

i guess now that we can swap on the fly it's important to have an indicator

got another question: i don't remember the minimap being this hard to find good settings for... at present i've got it looking like this https://i.imgur.com/wo8fs4e.png, which worked great while doing quests in a big building complex, but now out in the open it's pretty bad, i can't see the icons for resources for instance

but last time i zoomed way in, and changed the scale around, and such, it made it really bad the next time i walked into a building

is there some way to make the minimap overlay work well

oh nvm, world map overlay != minimap

[pastel osprey]

So I started KotFE and from what I understand I will eventually get most of my original companions back, everything I find says you need to complete chapter 9 to get Mako back but I'm on 12 and haven't seen anything. Also there was a character that kinda looked like Mako in the cutscene in chapter 9, did helping Kaliyo effect anything? Trying to keep it not spoilery for anyone going in fresh like me so please excuse the vagueness.

[knotty shuttle]

You can use the interface editor

[low dock]

yeah. i saw 'world map overlay' and assumed it was the minimap, i didn't realize there were two different windows

the interface editor kinda throws a lot of overlapping stuff at you lol

[knotty shuttle]

You have to do the alliance alert missions

[knotty shuttle]

Indeed. I have many disabled or on more details

[pastel osprey]

Alright ty, anywhere I should look for those?

[knotty shuttle]

You have to conplete the first one (recruiting yuun iirc). After that you get them all.

[pastel osprey]

Ah ok tyvm!

[knotty shuttle]

The mission should be somewhere on odessen.

[knotty shuttle]

Did you completed: to find a findsman?

[pastel osprey]

That's what I was missing, I picked it up and just let it sit in the log lol. Tyvm for the help.

[knotty shuttle]

Glad I could help

[lilac void]

Sorry to be a nuisance, I hope I'm not bothering anyone. Do I need a special role to receive help on a post I made? Or should I just ask my question here instead? I did already make a post for it, as I didn't think it would fit under the "less than two sentences" guideline, as I did type quite the wall to try and be as precise as possible.

[pastel osprey]

I have yet to have a question go unanswered here so this might be the place you want

[knotty shuttle]

Sometimes it takes some time, until we can answer

[pastel osprey]

Are the companion alliance alerts on any particular rotation? or is it just kind of random, got all my Bounty Hunter's companions but Mako and Skadge who I don't think is coming back anyways

[shy coyote]

companions alerts become available after certain chapters
Skadge is in the same alert as ||Rusk (knight's companion)||, available for all classes
sometimes it's not clear from an alert's name and description what companion does it give
Mako returns, too, though not for all classes (BH and maybe smuggler? iirc she shares an alert with ||Akaavi||, but i'm not sure)

[pastel osprey]

Yeah from what I know they require chapter 9 which I am past, their alerts are called Bonds of Duty and Tatooine Rundown. Neither of which I have. Will grind through a few tomorrow and see if one takes the place of a completed alert ig

[wanton echo]

what does darth nul's dualsaber sound like?

[shy coyote]

it's definitely later than chapter 9, sometimes guides about alerts are inaccurate

[pastel osprey]

Ok, I'm onto Eternal Empire so shouldn't be too long then lol. I did the one to get Blizz first as Gault and Torian just come back on their own in the story and looks like a new alert took it's place so it's probably just shuffled in there somewhere. Tyvm for the help

[meager cloud]

is this set easy to sell? Im not sure if I like it so if I dont I want to be able to sell it easily

[knotty shuttle]

Some companions also return in a later expansion

[onyx forge]

I believe I have just finished act 3 of my class quests, do I have to continue on with Ilum before I get access to the second combat style quest? Everywhere I'm looking says it should just be added to my quest log but it's not there

(I have a sub)

[stable blaze]

No you should have access to it now

[onyx forge]

oh it showed up when I logged out and logged back in

[iron needle]

do enemies in uprisings scale based on number of players in a group?

[knotty shuttle]

Depends on your price

[knotty shuttle]

Not as far as I know

[iron needle]

i didn't think so either

[drifting quiver]

check the GTN for number of listings

if there are more than 5 sets i wouldnt suggest buying it solely to sell unless you have like a ton of cc and youre willing to hold it for a while

it's a great set though if you like it

fits well for generic jedi or sith starter characters

[wanton echo]

Which tech combat style has the highest damage per second?

not necessarily biggest numbers, just fastest kills

[dense karma]

No one looks at burst damage that closely so hard to give a definsitive answer

But probs pyro, ap or engi

Though all of them can do decent burst depending how you use them

[wanton echo]

what about easiest resource management, primarily their energy bar?

[dense karma]

See that changes thing

Engi is by far one of the most braindead specs and you never run out of energy if you play correctly

Pyro is one off if not thee hardest spec in the game to play

[wanton echo]

after engi whats next? cuz im tryna incorporate blasters (im a scrapper main in terms of tech rn)

[dense karma]

You should've said you were mainly into blasters. It helps if you give me the full list of what you looking for

Just go gunslinger then the mirror class of sniper, 2 pistols

If you want a blaster rifle then eh you gonna struggle for easy and good burst

[low dock]

if i'm just looking for a random cheap stim i can purchase from vendors or on the GTN (hopefully from people selling super low because they're just leveling biochem), specifically to use while i'm leveling alts just because having no stim makes me feel gross, is there any like... level-independent stim or anything like that? or should i just keep a stack of crit stims of each rank

[wanton echo]

• Uses blaster pistols (1 or 2)
• Rotation isn't complicated
• Energy pool management isnt too difficult
• I would've liked stealth too but scrapper scoundrel dps isnt high
  I'm pretty much just tryna get deception assassin but tech

[shy coyote]

what's the basics of playing a skank tank? i'm not planning to play pvp or any difficult stuff, just to survive ossus heroics4 (please let's skip "skill issue" and other truths i already know xD)
i heard about shield instead of focus, what about other gear, tactical, implants, %acc?

[dense karma]

You do not need stims at all while leveing alts it be a complete waste of money, you're far better off not using stims until level 80 and only really when you're raiding

[dense karma]

Sorry but there is nothing that fits this to the letter.

Howecee gunslinger does fit all of them expect the stealth

[low dock]

yeah i mean... obviously it's a waste of money, but i also assume it's not much of a waste because they can't possibly be that expensive... i mostly just want to stop feeling that naked feeling i feel when my buff bar doesn't have the right number of buffs on it lol

speaking of leveling characters, when does marksman sniper unlock followthrough? it feels really weird trying to find an energy positive rotation without it

[dense karma]

The stim wont make you feel any less naked it makes little to no differece, it's a midmaxing thing and only a late worry at that

[low dock]

well yeah it will...

when i look down at my buff bar and think "oh crap! my stim wore off! oh wait... i'm a low level character and i don't use stims"

that's very specifically the feeling i want to prevent lol

[dense karma]

Seems like a weird thing but ok it's your credits

Then you're better off just buying them from the gtn, or from low level vendors if they sell them. Not sure which do or do not sell them cause i don't know anyone who uses stims below level 80 so i'd have to say check the gtn

[dense karma]

That be an easy one to google

Though i do not recommend playing marksmanship given it's one of the worst performing dps classes in the game

[low dock]

i actually googled it really hard and found nothing, best i got was the fandom wiki saying it's a "tier 5 ability" even though it's definitely not on the 5th row, the vulkk guide doesn't list anything for leveling, the third result was an unfinished page that sorted ability by origin instead of style for some reason

and that's when i decided to just ask lol

re: stims, i know that much, i asked if there was any special pre-maxlevel stim or anything like that, like how WoW had elixirs that were custom designed for solo characters doing questing for that one expansion

[low dock]

i think they gave a small xp boost, some movespeed, and a spattering of stats or something like that? i was just wondering if there was anything like that in swtor, i've never maxed out biochem so i've never taken a look at the full stim list

ah cool ty

[dense karma]

All a stim does is increase 2 stats very slightly. It's used by healers to increase mastery and power a little

Used by dps to get bang on 110% acc at level 80

Used by tanks to be lil more tanky

[low dock]

so there aren't any stims other than the main 3 that i'm already very familiar with and have 100% uptime on my max level chars?

[proper grove]

Tanks get 110% acc by default so the main focus would be getting to 1.4 gcd and then balance crit and defensive stats to your preference. I use the fearless victor implant on jugg insted of resitance as well. Lastly there are some skill tree options that give more crit chance or damge rather than a defense boost on jugg, havent tried skanking on sin or pt so don't know the specifics for those

[dense karma]

Yup, even the golden stims for max biochem have to be reapplied

You simply just can use the same stim over and over

[dense karma]

Thanks was focusing on this guy and completely forgot about yarrows post

[low dock]

i... didn't ask about permanent stims? i'm asking if there's any variety of stim, some consumable item that uses up the "only one stim" slot, that does anything other than give me 2 stats

it seems like the answer is no but i still feel a bit confused by what you're saying

[dense karma]

The answer is no then yes

Unless you're asking about adrenals but they're very different

[dense karma]

What's confusing you?

[low dock]

just that you kept answering questions that weren't actually the one that i asked lol, so i was worried i still hadn't made myself clear

[shy coyote]

got it, thanks a lot =)

[low dock]

in particular when i started doing group content at max level i just bought the stims the guides told me to buy, but i always figured there must be like, a whole world out there of other stims with interesting effects that just happened not to be optimal for parse pumping

stuff i'd learn about if i ever got around to leveling biochem

but if it's just the same 5 stims over and over at different tiers that's honestly kinda disappointing

i want like... movespeed and stealth bonuses and crazy fireworks effect stims lol

[dense karma]

That is indeed how it works

[low dock]

i guess that stuff is more for adrenals

[dense karma]

Adrenals do much the same thing as stims, simply give a stronger stat bonus but for very short amounts of time

[low dock]

😦 feels like a lost opportunity, potion systems are usually full of cool little effects and fun toys

[dense karma]

Would likely be abused by players would be my answer to why they do not exist

[proper grove]

There are low level command stims that siply increase presence by 8 for a short time, don't think ive ever seen a use for them, nor know if they are in the game still, but they should be cheap and might give the buff symbol if nothing else

[proper grove]

Closest to this would be the swoop racing event tacticals, i think there is both a speed increasing and some explosion ones, for use with a mount tho

[obtuse wraith]

is there an armor set that looks like orgus din's that lower level toons can wear? I used to have the apprentice pummeler's mk-2, but i've since lost that character, and the only set I can find is the culling blade, but can't use it in outfitter since it requires level 75

[lusty gulch]

can Ashara wear any helmet?

[wanton echo]

which gunslinger spec?

also, I assume I wont have much mobility, in or out of combat?

[wanton echo]

also, if I do stay as scoundrel, would switching from scapper to ruffian improve my dps?

[formal roost]

Personally, I like dirty fighting, i think the spec has a lot of synergy with itself & it's dots, however Saboteur is significantly more popular & is at a very good spec atm, so if you go gunslinger, Saboteur will be good levelling & endgame content. Sharpshooter is just underwhelming spec atm, you can do it in most content except maybe endgame raid content

[formal roost]

none of the sniper specs will have much mobility, but part of it is maximizing uptime while minimizing movement

[formal roost]

for scoundrel: Scrapper's VERY good for pvp & burst/levelling, so if you are just being casual, scrapper's just good. However if you're looking to do endgame content & you're trying to min/max damage, Ruffian is one of the highest dps specs in raids atm, behind maybe annihilation mara and powertechs

[wanton echo]

you're saying that scrapper is very good rn but the max I've hit with deception is 60k and the highest I've hit with scrapper is like 40k ish so what am I doing wrong?

[formal roost]

Well first: I’m unsure how you’re measuring your numbers but those seem a bit high for dps numbers

Secondly, deception is straightforward spec. The others may have interactions you may need to go through and read your skills and passives.

Also go to #resources and I’d recommend looking at the theorycrafters discord. They’ll help with gearing, rotation, etc

[formal roost]

Assuming you are trying to prep for raid I recommend ship operations dummy with operation debuffs and 10mil hp. If you have a parsing software, hm raids are around 23k-26k. Nightmare is around 28k-30k and even hitting a number on the dummy is just to help practice rotation. Gotta also perform during mechanics

[dense karma]

Yes

[dense karma]

Dirty fighting

[wanton echo]

by how much? highest I've got with scrapper rn is about 40k

[dense karma]

Really depends,
Depends how well you doing your rotation, how good your gear is, how good your apm is

Can not give you values without context

And 40k? Sounds like burst damage measurements which no one really cares about espically if not in an operation sense

[wanton echo]

this has me even more confused than before, firstly, what is apm?
also, wdym by that last sentence?

[dense karma]

Apm stands for actions per minute. The faster you do your abilities the better. If you not doing it fast enough you gonna be lossing out on alot of dps

As for my final sentence. 40k is not real single target damage. Either you're measuring it in flashpoints in which case it's meaningless or you're measure burst damage in a pvp fight. In also case it means very little cause you didn't ask about pvp.

[wanton echo]

the 40k happened during an op on sm, either way I think I've found the combat style I've been looking for, ruffian seems to fit everything I was looking for, has stealth, uses blaster, simple rotation, easy energy management, and has mobility in and out of a fight, I think I'm gonna stick to that, tysm for the help tho :)

only thing thats annoying me is not seeing massive numbers on screen but the amount of numbers instead of it should suffice I guess

[dense karma]

Then the 40k is based on add damage no single target damage. I assume you're using star parse? It does not distinquish between damage done on boss and any damage done to none boss targets which makes it very ineffective

[clever yew]

Remind me again is ruffian the leth mirror class?

[brave hollow]

yes

Ruffian is Lethality, Scrapper is Concealment

[formal roost]

As mentioned above the best way to test numbers is your ship operation dummy with the operations debuff module and 10 million hp

[mystic locust]

Hi, is there any option (maybe in the config files) to reduce npc\objects pop-in?

[noble pasture]

Am I correct in thinking shadow tanks should be using shield adrenals?

[lusty gulch]

I just landed on Hoth for the first time and there does not appear to be any Purple Planetary mission? did I miss it somewhere?

All I have is the Class Mission and the yellow triangle ones

[snow thistle]

what faction are you?

[lusty gulch]

Imp, SI

[snow thistle]

it’ll be on the hoth orbital station

[lusty gulch]

RIP

will go back up

thx

[hexed dome]

Playing as an evil Sith toon, and I've been shocking Vette non stop and I'm in Balmorra right now. My question is can I shock her until the expansion starts, and if I keep shocking her can I still romance her? 👀

[desert frigate]

short answer: at a certain point her companion story locks up until you take her collar off, so you can't romance her while its on

[hexed dome]

okay i reached that point now, and i'm about to find Nomen Karr. I'll keep her shock collar on for a bit more and see what happens, but thanks for the answer appreaciate the help

[lusty gulch]

does anyone know how I'm supposed to finish the hoth temple quests? It tells me to destroy relic containers but 3/4 of them are already broken and I'm missing just 1

nvm

[shy coyote]

seems like i can't login on the swtor website because my password is longer than 16 characters o_O how long has it been an issue and what am i supposed to do?..

[clever yew]

I have no answers only questions

How the fuck yarrow

[shy coyote]

oh nvm i was able to change it
i like long passwords xD

[brittle rover]

Long passwords are based

[formal roost]

it's always the blue right-click on the blue ice

every time

[lusty gulch]

can Ashara wear any helmet? None seem to appear and I dunno if its a glitch on my end or not

[tulip hemlock]

Togruta can't wear most helmets when it comes to cosmetics.

[lusty gulch]

aw

[daring swan]

Is the repside as populated endgame wise as the imperial one? On Malgus?

[dense karma]

No imp side far more populated for raiding

[shy coyote]

is the difference between these two only in the 2nd one gives additional gear? (is it worth it for cosmetic purposes? i don't think i need any gear after unlocking Hyde&Zeek)
if i use a datacron on a lvl 1 char, how does it give me a ship without autocompleting the story? do i get a ship instantly + the same ship later during the story?

[brave hollow]

yes, only gear

yes, same ship

[shy coyote]

nice, thanks =)

[valid wedge]

how do you ppl have 900,000,000 free to spend? xD

[stable blaze]

Cause they played the game before the recent inforcement of major tax on most trade so made alot of money in inflated system

[valid wedge]

I feel robbed

[honest seal]

Does the lvl boost to 70 include like all story done up to that point? Or can I go back and do them and one shot stuff?

[dense karma]

You can not the level 70 boost skips all story up to past the chapter expansions and can not go back

Make sure to use level 80 skip if you wish to still do story

[honest seal]

Ah okay. Which is usually cheaper?

[south sandal]

For the level 80 boost that doesn't skip story, you need to buy a Master's Datacron and Equipment

https://swtorista.com/articles/swtor-masters-datacron-guide/

You get one free level 70 boost when you sub for the first time so that's cheaper overall, but like Glasses said the level 70 token skips over all story prior to Onslaught and makes default decisions for your character based on your faction. Republic it defaults to all light side decisions, and Empire all dark side

[honest seal]

Ah okay thanks

Honestly I was going to put all dark side anyway for my imp character so I guess it wouldn’t bother me for now

But that said, I’d rather be 80 than 70 in hindsight

[safe dirge]

So when it comes to Legendary Implants, will it really cost me 52,000 Tech Fragments to buy and fully upgrade a single implant? That seems insane. Especially considering I have to do that twice

If that is the case, how should I prioritize the implants? I have 2 lvl 80s that can share the one I currently have, but idk if I should just upgrade that one first, or buy the 2nd for 1 character, or the 2nd for the other. Or buy the 2nd for each

Alternatively, since I play multiple characters, should I buy tacticals for each character first?

[shy coyote]

yeah the price is huge
if you want to buy them for your alt characters, best way is to upgrade and equip 2 different implants to 330 first (then you get an achievement and can buy implants for your alts with a discount), then to 334, and to 340 (3 achievements total to reduce the upgrade cost to 2500)

tacticals cost less and i think worth buying before implants

shortly, i'd suggest buy tacticals, then 2 implants for 1st character, upgrade them to 330, then buy 2nd implant for 2nd character with a discount

[dense karma]

Make sure before you follow yarrows instructions you actually have the correct implants needed for your spec

You don't want to begin upgrading to find out the ones you using are not the correct ones

[safe dirge]

Perfect, this is exactly the answer I was looking for. Thank you so much

[dense karma]

I'd suggest taking the first pair of implants all the way to 340 first then do alts

[shy coyote]

yeah it's more convenient, though if you like playing alts you can get cheaper implants right after the 1st achievement and farm more tech frags on 2 characters (can you do that? is daily ops limit per character or per legacy?)

[dense karma]

Operation lockouts are based per difficulty and per character

[lilac orchid]

Any general advice for a new player??

[brave hollow]

take your time

don't feel like you have to rush only purple story missions

turn on exploration missions by checking the box labelled as that on your world map (M)

don't worry about whether you chose the right class or not, just play what you feel like

if you end up not enjoying it, start a new character

all 8 origin stories are made very well so I recommend eventually getting more than one character anyways :)

as soon as you leave your starting planet (Korriban/Tython/Hutta/Ord Mantell)

you will reach your faction's fleet

stop by the "supplies" section and check out the "Adaptive Gear Vendor" in the leftmost outer room in that section

they sell a handful of super cheap modifiable armor sets for each class

you can get item modifications for them via the other vendors in that area

when you proceed from the fleet to the 2nd planet, your faction's capital (Dromund Kaas / Coruscant), use the option presented to you on your way to the shuttle hangar to do a so-called "Flashpoint"

choose the "solo/story" difficulty for your first attempt. It's basicallly the scenic route to the 2nd planet

and will introduce you to the format of the main 4-player group content

but all in all I would just say play however you like, don't worry too much about optimizations immedaitely and ask questions here whenever they come up

enjoy your time! c:

[safe dirge]

In terms of gear requirements, what is a good baseline for MM FPs/Uprisings and Operations? Like ilvl/gear required or recommended for each level of activity

[dense karma]

It depends tbh on the level of difficulty you're doing

For mm flashpoints you probs want 324 gear complete minium but best aim for 330 at least to be useful to the team

For uprisings it depends who else you're doing it with and level of difficulty you wanna do it at

For operations 324 is fine for story mode
For vet mode you want 336
And for master mode you'd likely need to be accepted to a prog team and have 340 or 344 gear

[shy coyote]

a few guilds related questions

1. if i swap guilds, i know the new guild doesn't receive my CQ points until the tuesday's reset, but do previously farmed points still count for my former guild, or are they completely erased after leaving? (i mean if i leave my "solo" guild on 1 character do i risk losing already farmed CQ and losing invasion rewards on other characters?)

2. is there a way to purchase decorations for my guild when i'm aboard the flagship? it's really inconvenient to go to my personal SH each time i need a deco

3. can i purchase decos for my guild in stacks? bying 100 imperial banners separately is a pure mazochism >_<

[brittle rover]

2. if you’re buying from those vendors you place down, you could move them to the flagship if only momentarily

[shy coyote]

Felusia Stato's decos are bound on pickup, i can't put them in the guildbank =(

[dense karma]

1.) If you switch guild then all conquest that week is lost to both guilds

2.) If the guild flagship has a gtn and guild bank present om board then yes otherwise mo

3.) Only of gtn can you buy them in stacks

[shy coyote]

thanks

[dense karma]

Np

[meager cloud]

Can someone tell me where to begin Subject 13 quest on Belsavis? There is literally nothing in the coordinates on swotorista site. Ive seen someone say its in the tomb but where in there? The whole area is huge

[white monolith]

The conquest points leave when you get kicked. If you leave the guild on your own it remains. https://forums.swtor.com/topic/905318-upcoming-guild-conquest-updates/#comment-9584422

This was put in to help avoid big guilds inviting people and then kicking them after earning x amount of conquest. Same with the grace period.

[shy coyote]

very interesting, thank you =)

[pastel osprey]

How do I get out of combat with the Kaas City training dummies? Nvm fixed by death

[fiery moat]

How can you figure out what has demand in the GTN?

[dense karma]

Watch the gtn for several days/ weeks and see which items sell the most often and the prices they go for

[brave hollow]

a good indicator is usally that there is a lot of supply (listings) and the price still stays consistent

that means that the constant undercutting by new sellers is compensated for by ample buyers

[lusty gulch]

if I do a solo story Flashpoint, does it count towards this?

[high compass]

How is Sniper as the game gets toward endgame? Enjoying it so far, especially marks sniper.

[dense karma]

No must be queued for as it says

[dense karma]

Marksman sniper is one of if not the worse dps spec in the game

Engi and viru on the other hand are very good endgame wise. Engi easier to play but less respected. Viru harder to play so better respected

[high compass]

expresso depresso. Whats making it such a bad dps spec right now? Matches up poorly to fight design, or the spec itself not functioning well?

[dense karma]

It just has terrible damage output compared to the others espically hurts how bad it is compared to engi and viru

[high compass]

Rip. Guess I'l stick to the other class im enjoying, Assassin.

[dense karma]

Hatred seems good but struggles on target swap and deception is nice and easy

Well both are

Got to be good with dcds as they squisht

[high compass]

How's Sorc? Kinda wanna balance the melee with a ranged combat style later on.

Also, tyvm for answering so much!

[dense karma]

All good no worries

[dense karma]

Madness one of the most consistantly used engame classes as it's easy and does well in almost all fights

Ling is little more dependent but been seen better

[lusty gulch]

👍

[cerulean field]

when do sales in the cm reset? like for example where the stuff like the two new gold and white dyes that are there for now

[stable blaze]

Once a week every tuesday