Quick Questions Megathread

[safe shard]

i do want melee skills and i want force lightning also ;/

[light silo]

Asassin

[safe shard]

but its dual sided the blade ;//

[light silo]

They have lightning abilities as well

Its just melee

[safe shard]

i see

ty gyts

[light silo]

Youre just gonna have to suck up the double bladed sabers

[safe shard]

i just dislike double bladed sabers dont get me wrong i find it really cool but its not something that i find fitting for myself

Dual lightsabers i can accept

but double sided

[light silo]

Its unfortunately the only way to get melee, lightsaber, and force lightning all at once

[safe shard]

i see ty man btw last thing does the jedi consular get a padawan?

[light silo]

Kind of

[safe shard]

fk i think im gonna reset my character

its not a really a padawan all good im still kinda getting the grasp of the game

[light silo]

Consular gets an apprentice in chapter 3 of their story

Knight gets one after Coruscant

[safe shard]

and thats same for sith alternatives ?

[light silo]

No

They get their apprentices at different points

Stories are not 1 for 1 with each other like that

[safe shard]

gotchu

AW Mnann i juist wikied i legit hate the double bladed lightsbaer

[safe shard]

is there any like wars like republic vs sith wars?

[brave hollow]

of course, the game is set after one of them and during two more

the "Return", "Hope" and "Deceived" trailers (in that order) cover some of the important events of the war BEFORE the story

then towards the end of the base class story the 2nd war starts

and in the 2nd latest expansion the third

[safe shard]

i maen like pvp modes

where its good vs bad type thing

like massive player fights?

[brave hollow]

oooooh

well

the normal PvP gamemodes are 8v8 at most

Warzones

or 4v4 Arenas

there are occasionally big PvP world events

but those are community organized

doesnt happen randomly becuase there's simply not millions of players anymore

[safe shard]

i see

thank u!

im still stuck at the start deciding to go good or bad ;/

[safe shard]

btw i feel like theres alott more sith then jedi is there a way to check this?

[brave hollow]

there are more people on imperial side on most servers yea

you can use the social window (O) and search by class name ig

[safe shard]

Btw i deleted my account which i bought a speeder on is it gone forever ?

[brave hollow]

if you deleted the CHARATCRE, it can be restored

if you deleted the entire ACCOUNT its probably gone

[safe shard]

how can i restore it ?

i deleted my character like a fool

[brave hollow]

contact support

they will restore the last character you deleted once

[safe shard]

tysm

[solemn robin]

thats because blaster and sniper rifles share an animation set whereas single and double-bladed sabers dont

[surreal estuary]

How to sell cartel market armours because I claimed it but it says it’s bound to me for 2 days

[south sandal]

you wait the 2 days and then you can sell it

[surreal estuary]

So I just keep it in my storage

[brave hollow]

yes when the red timer is gone you can sell

[drowsy jay]

ah intresting

[upper path]

@fleet flume could I get the role to share content please?

[upbeat rampart]

I wanted to double check on my gearing for pve:

I farmed up 340 earpiece, deconstructed it for hyde&zeek,
and then I bought a full suit of adaptive gear

everything now has a purple 340 enhancement, and blue 340 hilt/armoring/mod

I'm at 110% accuracy (with stim active)
I have 6.5% alacrity and 30% crit/59% crit multi

and now i want to use my augments to get to 7.5% alacrity and then the rest of the augments in crit correct?

[drowsy jay]

ah intresting nice

[safe shard]

How can I get clone trooper armor?

[formal roost]

If you're on the Republic side: it's pretty simple, in the Supplies Section of the Republic Fleet (Level 10+) There's a vendor in the one of the side rooms called Adaptive Gear Vendor, and you can get some clone-inspired trooper armor from the game's launch, alternitavely there's some you can buy with Cartel Coins on the market, but if you're not wanting to spend real money then adaptive is your best bet.

If you're on the Empire it might be a bit more difficult, as most of the equivilant gear will be mandalorian-themed armor for the bounty hunter. If you want something to look like a clone on the empire side you'll need the artifact boxes which are Knights of the Fallen Empire & Knights of the Eternal Throne DLCs you can get from doing heroics.

[formal roost]

in the #resources channel there's a seperate discord called Theorycrafters. That discord will ensure you have the correct stats, augs, etc. Looking at what you listed: 110% w/ stim is correct. In terms of Alacrity I'm unsure of the exact number but you'll want your GCD to be around 1.4. According to the aforementioned discord: The exact number is 2054 alacrity to reach 1.4. But due to ping & weird ticks that can happen it's recommended to have an alacrity of 2200 - 2300. (Lower if you have guild perk, but if you're looking to do endgame content this perk is disabled most times.)

As a DPS once you have the Accuracy & Alacrity where it's needed, then the remainder of any & all stat you can pump it into crit

[upbeat rampart]

ty!

[drowsy jay]

np

[safe shard]

i see it thank you!

[formal roost]

I hope it’s what you were hoping for!

[drowsy jay]

np

[desert frigate]

can a decent player solo a story uprising?

[dapper moss]

Yep

https://todayintor.com/2023/03/24/uprising-conquest-farm-swtor/ this guide shows the ones easiest to solo

[south sandal]

Some of them can get a bit tricky with your comp standing in stupid but they're doable if you're crafty

and geared well

[drowsy jay]

ok

[dapper moss]

Helps having the heal stations for boss fights if you’re in a pinch as well

[drowsy jay]

nice

i wll try that

[sour wyvern]

Is it worth running the daily weeklies for conquest commendations? for reference only really have one character at 80 so I can't just do conquest on multiple chars.

[drowsy jay]

it is if your gonna use it on other chars evenally..

and you can use it to get op stuff for better gear

so it could help..

[daring swan]

I heard if you play something like a Guardian and you hit Dark V you get to switch to Juggernaut... So if I were to play Powertech, and hit Light V, do I get to swap to Vanguard?

[drowsy jay]

intresting i do not do that..

so idk..

[rain mauve]

Nope, that's only for force users

The swap is also only available if you couldn't do it at character creation

And tech classes have all styles available at creation anyway

[tulip raptor]

I have a problem with the flashpoint battle of rishi when I join the flashpoint my enemies are on level 80 and I'm only level 59

[chrome parrot]

Probably on veteran difficulty and not on story mode

[tulip raptor]

i couldnt even take the story mode

only refuse the mission

[south sandal]

iirc there's a point in SoR where you actually have to be level 61 or higher to do a fp on story mode, which is pretty weird

so if you're f2p you have to sub if you want to solo it

[tulip raptor]

is it after the sub possible to play it on story mode?

[south sandal]

yes, once you hit 61

[tulip raptor]

okay thank you

[safe shard]

hey anyone here rn?

if i pay for sub on the website and i cancel it right after will the sub stay for the month i paid

[south sandal]

yes

[brave hollow]

wait for it to actually appear / work before cancelling

but yes

[gaunt mortar]

is it possible to romance Lana just by playing KOTFE/KOTET or do i have to start flirting with her in Shadow of Revan?

also will she try to break up if i [spoilers]||kill Theron at the end of the Nathema flashpoint?||

[solemn robin]

just KotFE ||and no||

[gaunt mortar]

rad ty

[sour wyvern]

Is it worth converting noble upgrade caches up the chain to rakata?

[safe shard]

is like skywalkers island ingame?

[south sandal]

nope

Ahch-To is not

[rancid grove]

What would you say is the best class to do the expansions/eras with??? I was thinking Sith Inquisitor

[safe shard]

what is the master datacron and is this like an item ingame?

[south sandal]

It's a cartel market item called Master's Datacron and Equipment

it boosts a character to level 80 without skipping any story, so you can start from the beginning at max level

[gaunt perch]

Not if you can actually do the ops. That's taking the long long long way lol

[sour wyvern]

Yeah fair enough

The dread master arc story more ops aren't that hard right?

[gaunt perch]

honestly, there is only one difficult story mode op and that is R4 solely because it keeps mechanics in SM (I've never done it on a harder setting). (Note: maybe Gods is hard in SM too but I have yet to do it - it came out whilst I was away from the game and haven't yet had the opportunity).
The rest, and specifically dread fortress and dread palace are not difficult.

Join the endgame channel on your server (in Star Forge it is /cjoin Allies) and just look for the groups forming.

And hell, vet KP and EV are not difficult either - KP groups may expect you to be able to do the puzzle but just watch a video on YouTube, its easy as to do).

[sour wyvern]

Can you do colicoid war games with just 2 players?

[formal roost]

technically, but you need things like juggernaut's ability to jump to a friendly player, or baiting an enemy for something to jump to, the puzzle is infamous for needing 3 ppl minimum

unless u do said above with friendly jumps or sorc pulls

[brave hollow]

while the puzzle is designed for a group, you can solo it with any class (no jump needed) but it does require an enemy to push you up one pillar iirc since you can jump up and around most of them manually but one is too high

[safe dirge]

Is it normal for mounting to cause a brief stutter? Idk if it is a frame drop or something else, but I definitely notice a little "jump" when I mount or dismount

[rare meteor]

do ppl not queue sm ops? hit 80 and wondering if ops are only possible through finding groups instead of the in game queue

[formal roost]

No. You may need to lower settings or check background usage.

[formal roost]

People will preform on the fleet. Then queue together as a group. Just look for groups that are like “LFM (looking for more) dps/tank/heal (role), ev/kp/ec/tfb/snv/df/dp/ravagers/tos/gods/dxun/r4” usually you can go in blind and do fine on everything except gods, dxun, and r4. Id recommend checking the #resources channel and joining theorycrafters discord. It has guides on how to play each class, as well as what kind of stats you should use.

[rare meteor]

tyvm

[safe dirge]

Was happening on lowest settings with nothing else running on my PC. I just got a new PC though. Windows 11, 5070, R7 8700F. It definitely should not be dropping frames all over the place or stuttering much, especially at low settings

[formal roost]

check anti-aliasing & vsync they do weird stuff for no reason

[safe dirge]

Like drop AA completely? Vsync was always off for me in game

[formal roost]

Yea, like it can break sabers as well it's real weird

[safe dirge]

Yeah I am pretty sure i did that when I set everything to the lowest setting to see if it still happened

I think I get stutters when I move too, but tbh it is hard to tell because the ground is really uneven and sometimes going over a slightly uneven floor can make it look like it is dropping frames but instead it's just a very rapid and short elevation change

[rain mauve]

Is your game on an SSD? That sounds like an issue with assets being loaded from a HDD

[south sandal]

it's a pretty sizeable difference having just upgraded

[safe dirge]

It is, yes. m.2

[rain mauve]

Try seeing if there are any spikes in the resources in the task manager

Another blind shot, but do you run any anti-virus software?

[safe dirge]

Just Defender

[rain mauve]

That's fine then

[safe dirge]

I wonder if I can record it. but that would probably just affect the quality anyway and may make the problem worse

[rain mauve]

You could try

Maybe with shadowplay, to not induce any new overhead?

[safe dirge]

Hmm. yeah, let me see about that. I didn't notice any resource spikes in TM. CPU fluctuated between like 16-25% with SWTOR open and discord in the background

The stutter is mainly noticeable on dismount. Less so on mounting. The discmount frame drop even shows in my Steam FPS counter. It drops like ~10 FPS

A video on youtube mentioned doanloading a program that lets you change CPU core priority, but I feel like my system is powerful enough to not need that, right? It also mentioned downloading DirectX 9, but I feel like that would only help if I actually wasn't able to run the game at all, right?

[rain mauve]

The first one could technically help, but would indicate some weirdness with your system. The second one I doubt would help

Have you updated your GPU drivers recently?

[safe dirge]

Just did that when I was going in to try and enable shadowplay. I usually use OBS to record stuff. I remember Shadowplay not being great, but I haven't used it in like 5 years or something

The update just came out yesterday, idk when though

@rain mauve Should be able to tell. That is with AA and Vsync off. Even with AA on, the same frame drop happens

[south sandal]

part of it is just the game is not designed for modern CPUs

I have a fairly beefy rig but still have the frame rate dips on Fleet and certain other areas

[safe dirge]

I guess that makes me feel better in some ways. As long as other people with beefy rigs also have some issues, then it isn't a problem on my end, which was my fear

[south sandal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZl6sI8FGV8

been meaning to try this

[safe dirge]

I'm gonna give this a shot

[south sandal]

haven't messed with the CPU like that before so I'm a little hesitant but we'll see

[safe dirge]

Sounds like it only works when the Process Lasso program is running. Since it's at the application level and not the hardware level, I think it is much safer

[south sandal]

Yeah, seems to be

just don't run the program if it's giving issues and you won't bork anything, hopefully

[safe dirge]

Also seems like an easy fix if it does break something when active. Just re-enable the cores it disabled

[safe dirge]

Actually seemed to make my stutters worse tbh. I grabbed Afterburner for the CPU monitoring like he has and I was perming better without his fixes. I tried capping the FPS to 60 in SWTOR via the NVIDIA Control Panel and that actually helped a bit beluieve it or not. But there was still a but of stutter when dismounting/mounting, although it was reduced compared to uncapped frames. Not sure what the deal is, but I don't really want to play on 60 FPS just to slighty reduce the stutter. If it eliminated it completely, I might consider it

[south sandal]

oof

Well, there's disabling name plates and shadows take up a good bit of power too

[safe dirge]

Disabled nameplates might have helped a bit with overall stutters, but not really with the motuning/dismount. Sucks because I like having them on, but I will keep them off. Shadows actually didn't affect any stutters. Neither did AA. So I am keeping both of those at max. might as well if I am gonna get the same stutters regardless

It has something to do with mounts. Because it isn't just when I mount either. Almost every frame drop I see in my monitor coincides with someone mounting/dismounting near me. Super weird

[wooden falcon]

how do I unlock Master mode for star fortress

[solemn robin]

they dont have a master mode

[desert frigate]

So with respect to the gear crates that Heroics drop below level 60, can those crates drop mainhands?

[desert frigate]

there's only two modes -- story, where you go after the EPHEMERIS, and veteran, where you go after the Exarch

[solemn robin]

only for dualwield classes

[outer scarab]

i’ve been trying to get the unlucky for like 10 years now and still no success 😢 is it really just rng and hours of chips or is there anything that can increase the chances of blowing a machine up? i dont grind everyday but most of the time i pretty much spin as much as i can in between queues

[naive halo]

I don't think there's anything you can do for that but more grinding. I'd advise you to put on a show on another screen, or window them, and then you can just keep grinding without going brain dead.

[sour wyvern]

For the HK-51 quest line what are the approximate areas on Coruscant, Dromund Kaas and Hoth? Did the three other static parts and got lucky on Taris with an random but still need the other three

[silver idol]

i cant complete catching up with watcher one

[fervent island]

Dk it is the complete Temple area
Coruscant it is the Old Temple werde the h2 area Are

And the hoth Location is was back in the ship graveyard at a very smalltalk ship
If you want to Look the exakt positions you will find it on the swtorista Website If u Look up the hk-51 Guide ist a complete Guide Not only the Mission 😄
Hope i could help

[sour wyvern]

Funnily enough Hoth ended up being the easiest as I got it on the first couple scans, DK took scouring half the map and Coruscant was basically the whole temple grounds but it only took a couple hours overall

[fervent island]

Why what exactly is the Problem ?

[silver idol]

i figured it out thanks

[dusk bane]

Hello, im a new player and have a quick question. im playing as a jedi knight shadow and recently got a nice piece of heavy armor but it says i cannot use it ( as well as medium armor) is there anyway i can upgrade my skill to be able to use it?? please @ me if you respond! Thank you

[fervent island]

No there is no way u need adaptive armor or light armor but there are very beautiful peaces too but if you want to try I think you can out it in the Designer but I dont make a Promise for that it Works u will find the Designer of you press c and Look up and Chose Designer

[dusk bane]

ahhh okay i figured i couldn't use it. Its unfortunate because almost every drop i get is medium/heavy. Thank you for taking the time to respond i appreciate it!!!

[fervent island]

No Problem we all begann somewhere

[half sand]

Any idea if they will make a reduce sub cost event soon? I once saw it for the 6 month version

[solemn robin]

you mean the bundles?

the last one was released in april and was available until june, so might be another month before the next one is available going off their current release rate

[half sand]

I mean when you go to the sub page, you have 1 month, 3 and 6 months. One time i saw a reduction for the 6 month package.

I think the april one contained more stuff that i didnt want. Just wanted the sub.

[solemn robin]

the base multi-month bundles are cheaper per month but i cant think of any discounts beyond that that have ever been applied

[desert frigate]

In order: Jedi Temple, Dark Temple Approach, and the Ambria’s Fury crash on the northeast side of the Glacial Fissure

The Coruscant and DK ones come in a wrapper that can be shared across your legacy

[sour wyvern]

Much obliged, did manage to finish the quest eventually

How hard is Lost Island, Colicoid War games and Kuat Drive Yards? As their the last group content I need to complete at least once before I can keep pressing down the dread master arc operations

[fervent island]

lost island not hard if u are 75-80 you can do it alone otherwise i would say like u and a friend, Colicoid wargames is a flashpoint that was layed out for 4 people not less means u need a full squad, for Kuat drive Yards i would say the same as with lost island ^^

[sour wyvern]

Doable with a deception assassin with blue 340 for lost and kuat?

[fervent island]

sure

and i think u can get out a companion

with that it should be no problem

[sour wyvern]

I do have a couple of 50 affinity ones so I think I can just stealth through the trash and eat the damage of the bosses

[fervent island]

jup but there are some hidden adds that you have to make in lost island ( for me it was so)

[sour wyvern]

As in the encounters that jump you even through stealth?

[fervent island]

last time it was so for me but try could work 😄

[sour wyvern]

Hmm alright I'll give it a shot

[sour wyvern]

Yep you were right, the boss for kuat was tedious and lost island took a few tries on the second and third boss but I managed to solo them both

[fervent island]

Nice Congrats

[thorny barn]

How exactly does the Upgrade Crates exactly work?

[fervent island]

I think with op chests
U need to get 3 green op chest for 1 blue one (the 3 u need to trade in at the vendor) the same it is for blue chest to upgrade them to purple

At least as far as I know please correct me if I’m incorrect

[thorny barn]

It is, but my question is at the end, like what exactly do you tend to get when you open the Rakata (purple) chest.

I'm assuming Rakata gear, but is it 324, or based on your item level? And is it Rakata gear that you don't have already?

[sour wyvern]

From what I've heard

It targets your lowest item rating and grade item equipped

But for accessories specifically sans implants as it doesn't drop those it also upgrades you by one grade

So from say a Columi box you can actually get a purple earpiece or relics

[solemn robin]

thats a quirk of columi (hm ops) and supreme decurion (vet fps)

since its essentially pulling from the same loot tables, in vet fps you get elite decurion accessories and in hm ops you get rakata accessories

dont ask me why they did this

[thorny barn]

So I have 342 Item level, and I have my Offhand, Ear, Relics, Head, Belt, all at max, and I have the Legendary Implants at max. I am just concerned that if I do the crate, it might not get me what I want, so asking questions about it to quell my fears.

[solemn robin]

all of 7.x's loot distributions that i'm aware of use per-slot checks so your average rating is really only good for at-a-glance gear checking
i think you said something about modded gear so i'm gonna assume the other slots you didnt mention are at 340, a rakata upgrade cache should pick one of those slots and give a 342 piece

[vapid vapor]

A complete newbie here. Is there a good up-to-date resource for crew skills ect? All the stuff I found is very old (like5+ years).

[rare meteor]

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[vapid vapor]

Cheers!

[desert frigate]

So does Dantooine event stop dropping rep tokens if you’re at rep cap?

[fervent island]

i don´t think so why ?

[desert frigate]

I just did a full set of dailies earlier today and all I got was currency

and the currency tokens

[fervent island]

ah this rep tokens i thoght u meant the currency yeah i think they stop because your at limit and i dont think u can sell them

[solemn robin]

yeah i think they did make the dantooine stuff have dynamic rep token assignment

its implemented for some reps but not others and rep tokens at legend status are functionally vendor junk

[gaunt perch]

You are better off farming the OP-1s then using the upgrade chests to get Rakata gear. You need 3 Columi ugrade boxes which each require 3 Tionese boxes. So you will run 9 SM ops to get a random piece of gear. In 9 SM ops (excluding DF/DP which reward fewer OPS-1s) you will get 945 OP-1s - 90 from the quest, plus 15 from deconning the 5 Tionese grops at 3 OP-1s per decon. The large pieces of gear require ~814 OP-1s to buy at level 324 and upgrade to 344 (~610 for the smaller pieces). 814/105 = 7.75 SM runs. So it is faster - and you get the pieces you want - by running SM ops

Vet KP and EV - which are a joke - will reward more OP-1s but you can only run them once a week per toon. You can do all SM ops once daily per toon. Follow your server's endgame channel and join as many as you like

[sour wyvern]

For endgame gearing does which earpiece you have matter?

Got my relics to 344 rakata and augmented and working on my legendary implants so it's my last accessory to go before working on main gear

[fervent island]

i would say not really but it should fit your stats for the class u are playing

[sour wyvern]

I'm an Deception Assassin

[sour wyvern]

Also how hard is Terror from Beyond on Story Mode?

[fervent island]

not that hard but its still an op which means for this like 1t 1h and 6dd

[sour wyvern]

That seems about the standard from what I've seen

Done EV, KP & EC so that's the next one on my list

[fervent island]

have fun

[sour wyvern]

Yeah the story is pretty neat

[gaunt perch]

You need to hit certain stats. Specifically, accuracy to 110% (i.e., 2694) and alacrity to 7.4% somewhere around ~2100. You can see these stats here on your character screen

Now, you will do that via the stats on your gear and the augments. How many pieces of what stas and what augments will depend on your gear level (344 gear has a bit more stats than 340 obviously) and what level augments you have (i.e., can make yourself or afford).

Plenty of guides online

[sour wyvern]

I think I'm fine for the moment be?

[gaunt perch]

Yeah. Your alacrity is probably high but your accuracy is on track. Once you hit those goals for accuracy and alacrity everything else is crit

[sour wyvern]

Yeah it's mainly because I'm using two alacrity mods for the bulk of it and the rest is accuracy and cirt augs

[gaunt perch]

That is a cheat sheet on what piece gives what stat

[sour wyvern]

Good to know yeah

As modded gear let's me tweak the stats on the fly

That goes poof as I work on rakata stuff

[gaunt perch]

The first time I went from 340 to 344 I just held on to 340 stuff until I had the right and enough 344 pieces to make the leap

I did the accuracy ones first too

Well, no, actually I did weapons first then accuracy ones

[sour wyvern]

I think the ratio currently is 5 accuracy mods to 2 alacrity ones plus force training, dynamic force and an adept earpiece and 83 blue crit augs on everything sans earpiece and implants so far

plus the red armor mods and lethal mods across the board as I'm an deception assassin

[gaunt perch]

I use 2 accuracy pieces, an accuracy earpiece and 4 blue 86 augments to hit 2716. 1 alacrity piece and 2 alacrity 83s and the rest are all crit.

[sour wyvern]

Oh and the proficient stim on top to make up the shortfall in accuracy

The gold version

[gaunt perch]

Seems you are on track. So accuracy earpiece or crit or even alacrity - you'll just use different body pieces

As someone who recently returned - I am not affording any augs past the blue 86s and 83s I can craft myself

But I don't do NiM ops so whatever

[sour wyvern]

Yeah that's what I'd heard before but good to know

Thanks for the cheat sheet btw

Godsend for working this sort of stuff out

Their isn't a table anywhere of what the max stats look like for each rakata piece is their?

As I think if I'm careful I could upgrade one piece at a time

[gaunt perch]

No worries. In the resources channel here there is a link to the SWTOR theorycrafters discord which is where I pilfered that

[gaunt perch]

I actually have a set of unauged 344 gear waiting for my new alt lol

[sour wyvern]

Ah good to know

[south sandal]

7.14, not 7.4

[desert frigate]

Either way, alacrity breakpoint is just above 2k, but you tend to add 1-200 more because of ping

[sour wyvern]

For Shadow of Revan what actually happens if you pick the operation instead of the daily option?

Been getting into ops this time round and I'm curious how it plays out narratively

[south sandal]

I haven't played it tbh

but operations can only be done at level 80, so don't pick it if you're below that

[sour wyvern]

Oh I am 80, made sure to hit that before I finished the class story exactly because I wanted to play the ops in tandem with the story in chronological order.

So far done EV, KP, EC & TFB so it's S&V next with Oricon and DF + DP although I'll probably double back for TC and the macrobinocular finale

[south sandal]

Ah ok

[sour wyvern]

So I plan on getting round to Ravagers and ToS once I've cleared the above and the dlc itself

[solemn robin]

so where you enter the op is essentially the outer temple, its full of massassi that the Revanites have convinced to play guard for them, including the first boss
after then you start running into the Revanites proper, in scattered sections of ruins leading up to a bunker guarded by the second boss, a pair of combat walkers
once you beat them you divert into a cave section mostly populated by Yavin wildlife though the third boss is a dark side abomination and Revan's light side spirit chips in with some bits of narration
the cave leads into a collapsed part of the walls leading into the second temple, more Revanites and their commanders, the fourth bossfight, its also at this point that people will usually just run through the trash to the boss room because of pathing issues that the trash mobs have, they dont follow players into the boss room
after the commanders are down there's the last few packs of Revanite trash mobs, most runs will have someone stealth through these and into the final boss room with Revan's dark half
before 7.0 changed how combat stealth works, the stealther would pull the boss, wait a few seconds then drop out of combat with it and reset the fight, and that triggers a group-wide teleport up to the final area so that you don't actually have to clear the trash mobs; now that thats not an option the stealther will usually just jump off the edge or let Revan kill them
this is also the part where you actually see the ritual machine that the story talks about, Revan's fight takes place over several levels of the temple's summit and the last phase after he retreats at low hp is destroying the machine's power core

[sour wyvern]

Huh good to know

Always wondered where their machine they were hyping up went

[desert frigate]

You just do the op and then it proceeds to the Revan solo fight

[sour wyvern]

How does NiM Nefra/Dash actually work?

I've heard the term a few times before but I'm not sure what it means entirely

[solemn robin]

nefra's the first boss in dread fortress and dash is the first boss in SnV

[thorny barn]

I have a color crystal that is +41 Endurance (it's a Cartel Market Item). Which would work best for a Sith Sorcerer, Power, Critical Strike, Mastery, or Endurance?

[south sandal]

it's crit for dps and heals

[thorny barn]

Also follow up, I've been told two different things. What should the Alacrity be for the same class?

What I have been following is 8% but been told roughly 7.5% is totally fine.

[south sandal]

Are you in Theorycrafters? The link to there is in #resources

they have all the stat requirements and BiS/builds pinned in separate channels for discussion for each combat style and discipline

[thorny barn]

Nah I am not, thanks for the input there.

[south sandal]

7.14 alac is what you wanna hit for dps or heals

[thorny barn]

Ah k, thanks 🙂

[south sandal]

lightning gets a boost though so that one's a little different

2.14 it looks like

[thorny barn]

Sadly, I'm Madness

[surreal estuary]

I’m stuck on the chapter loading screen how do I fix?

[upper atlas]

If you abandon a planetary arc, because the reset doesn’t take you back fag enough, can you re-do it?

[fervent island]

I think yes go back to the point where you got it

[fervent island]

If that happens to me I always do alt+f4 and start the game new

[brave hollow]

if Lea's recommendation of a game restart and other usual avenues don't work, you can report your character as stuck via an ingame /bug ticket. Support will teleport you to the fleet, then.

[surreal estuary]

It seems the only problem is the last part of the smuggler story

The game just completely bugs out and all my inputs are very delayed

[upper atlas]

Any clue what it does with LS/DS alignment?

[fervent island]

It does nothing I think

If you mean reset of all those point then no I don’t think so at least never did anything like that for my ds/ls points

[upper atlas]

So if you abandon a mission, your LS/DS balance doesn‘t shift, points aren‘t subtracted and you can basically earn them again for choices with alignment consequences that have already been counted?

[fervent island]

I guess so because I once had a friend that only played to an exact moment in a flashpoint an reset it and done it again

But please anyone who read this please correct me if I’m wrong

Or if that was a bug

But even if you get them subtracted it wouldn’t make that much difference in the end because you will do lots of story and gameplay where you earn it 🙂

I don’t look at my points that often anymore because of that please correct me if I’m wrong

[sour wyvern]

How difficult is Ravagers and Temple of Sacrifice on Story Mode?

[final merlin]

I could've sworn I was subscribed to SWTOR back in 2016. At least one of my old characters has HK-55. And on my new character, I got the notification/quest for rebuilding HK-55! When I descended down the elevator, the cutscene played where he was utterly destroying the lab, but for some reason, when I actually load into the lab, HK-55 isn't there!

Has anyone ever had this happen before? Do I have to purchase his quest pack for him to appear, or is this just a strange glitch?

[naive halo]

Have you done "to find a findsman" yet on that character?

[final merlin]

yep!

I have! I'm going through all the contacts that showed up now.

Well, while I was gone, HK-55 showed up. So, I'm good! I think.

[naive halo]

Oh nice

[final merlin]

I have HK-55! Strange glitch, though

[forest moat]

not difficult, just tell your pug that youre first time, most likely they will explain mechanics

[fervent island]

Not that hard but still operations they will likely explain it if u say u don’t know the op

[surreal estuary]

my holoterminal aint even here

and when i logged in it says safe login immunity

[desert frigate]

Any LS/DS points are awarded alongside other mission completion rewards

[upper atlas]

Thanks!

[daring swan]

Is it possible to play the gunslinger / sniper class without using the cover thing at all ? It's pretty annoying, are there any abilities that you can only cast after crouching?

[sand stirrup]

You can switch the behavior to crouch in place rather than roll behind some random object. And no, you don't have to crouch, but it is one of the more powerful abilities for gunslinger/sniper, especially combined with HunkerDown/Entrench. It helps with energy management, healing, dps buff, prevention from being leapt to and other stuff.

Actually, it is required for sweeping gunfire and pulse detonator

[dapper moss]

Is one of the buffs being unable to be interrupted, out of curiosity?

[sand stirrup]

Only in the sense that some classes interrupt as part of leap and entrench prevents that

[dapper moss]

Ahh that makes sense, ty ty

[solemn robin]

pretty sure one of the cover passives gives interrupt immunity while in cover and then entrench is stun immunity

oh, lotta stuff

[dapper moss]

Explains why sniper/slingers are even more of a nuisance in PvP than I thought hah

[quiet nova]

the only abilities you can use only while crouching are entrench and cover pulse (knock back). So yes in theory you could play without using any of those abilities as long as you stay in solo content (if you don't mind running out of energy on bosses because crouch gives energy regen). But why would you do that ?

Crouch gives leap immunity, interrupt immunity, abilities pusback immunity, +1 energy regen per second, enhance stealth detection, +20% ranged defense chance, off-heals (with talent), 3 stacks of 30% absorb (with talent).

And entrench is one of the best dcd in the game it's a full immunity against any type of CC for 20s and gives 60% aoe dr for all its duration.

So in the end if you don't want to crouch just play merc instead of gunslinger.

[daring swan]

Oh, interesting, didnt know about all the positive effects.... I might be mistaken but I got CC'd previously behind cover, so thats why I figured its not working like that... Must be remembering incorrectly then

[solemn robin]

its entrench specifically that provides CC immunity

i think the only defensive plain cover has is like a 20% increased defense rate

[quiet nova]

ranged*

[desert frigate]

Isn’t a covered sniper immune to leaps?

or is that a trait

[quiet nova]

👆

[sour wyvern]

When are you meant to do Shroud of Memory chronologically?

Just done Chapter IX of KOTFE plus Arma Rasa so it's available to run now but just checking I won't be missing some context

[final merlin]

does anyone have that thing where your mouse goes out of control when you're holding down the right mouse button? It's caused me to fall to my death more than a few times. And if so, how do I fix it?

[boreal inlet]

@final merlin has become a Rising Star of the Galactic Republic for reaching rank 5.

[gaunt perch]

If we are thinking the same thing - where all of a sudden you are going a completely different direction because the camera shat itself - I don't think there is a fix.

[boreal inlet]

@gaunt perch has become a Rising Star of the Sith Empire for reaching rank 5.

[gaunt perch]

What's a deco to put in my SH for a permanent repair bot?

[south sandal]

any vendor NPC will do

[gaunt perch]

Cool. Ta

[sour wyvern]

Anyone know what the respawn timer on the worthy jagganath target mobs on Hoth are?

Doing the alert to get Qyzen

[solemn robin]

somewhere in the region of 10 minutes, theres a plateau in highmount ridge that has a bunch of them

[raw wolf]

Do operative or Scoundrels use there pistol/rifle much or is it similar to the PT where its more gadget orientated?

[formal roost]

I have played an operative in the past, I don't recall the animations for the burst-dps spec, however I know the dot-spec has poison knives and ammo, and you do shoot your gun semi-regularly,

[visual quartz]

Depends on how you play them really but they use them often enough

does anyone know a chestpiece for the trooper tha looks like this one (backpack and no shoulder paldron); the image is from the republic heavy gunner npc on Voss

https://swtor.jedipedia.net/en/npc/republic-heavy-gunner-5

[sour wyvern]

How'd you get bonus objectives to pop on star fortresses?

[desert frigate]

they just kinda show up in heroic mode

you're making progress and boom, theron or the sullustan start talking and a bonus pops up

also, fyi, star fort bonuses give a small influence boost to the companion whose fort it is, and to your current companion

[sour wyvern]

Is it one per map as I've done two heroic versions so far and I've only ever gotten one

[brave hollow]

yea pretty sure it's only 1

[sour wyvern]

How many heroic missions are their in total? Need to farm out 224 Alliance Crates to max my specialists to get the speeders and title.

[brave hollow]

lots. at least 120

and you can do most of them daily, some weekly

and even that is per character

[sour wyvern]

Skimmed the board and pulled looked up how much influence I'll need, my numbers look about right?

[brave hollow]

for Empire side? yea

[sour wyvern]

Yep I'm Empire side

[brave hollow]

depending on how fast you need it

here's my go-tos

for super fast completion

#cantina-general message

5-7 missions per crate type

[sour wyvern]

Main issue is while I technically have 5 chars ready to go it's been years since I've played the other classes so I only really can use the 2 SI's so that's going to take an eternity.

[brave hollow]

yea makes sense

that is just a way to get 20 missions done in 30ish minutes :D

maximum efficiency

[sour wyvern]

Hmm fair point

So the rest aren't really worth it?

[brave hollow]

of course, if you like variety

just not for efficiency

not like it takes ages

[sour wyvern]

Nah I don't mind being efficient

Wanna get back to the main story anyhow so this works

[foggy mica]

Can I not queue for Boarding Party because I have the quest to do it?Was hoping to do it with players

[forest moat]

Yes

[foggy mica]

Bummer. Thanks

[forest moat]

Your quest setting phase for story mode, group finder sets phase for vet

Thats why you cant q

[velvet compass]

I am looking for the terminal that gives you the "Weekly Heroic Mission" on Republic side, for Balmorra

[past sand]

Where or how can I get this armor set?

[south sandal]

The Remnant sets you get from crates that heroics start giving you at level 61. You have to be far enough into KOTFE (chapter 9 I believe) to turn in the crates and the rewards are RNG armor pieces. For warrior specifically it has to be military crates that you give to Bey'wan

[past sand]

okie, I'll check it
Thank you ❤️

[verbal palm]

can confirm it's ch9 of KotFE

[sour wyvern]

Do you have to actually equip them for it to show up in collections or is just pulling thr armor from the crate fine?

Asking as I have an unholy amount of armor pieces stockpiled as is and theirs more on the way with the current crate grind, being able to destroy them while retaining access via collections would be ideal

[south sandal]

I think you just need the whole set in your inventory but I'm not 100%

[sour wyvern]

So you need all 7 pieces for it to unlock?

[south sandal]

yes

[sour wyvern]

Oof

That's gonna be a pain

Still I've got 1 and a half full cargo bays so surely their is a full set in their somewhere

[torn dome]

Is max level gear for f2p found via heroics? Also, what’s the best way to find weapons as f2p? (since heroics don’t give them)

[south sandal]

Heroics, mission rewards, world drops

if you're having trouble getting a weapon or a particular piece of gear you can buy adaptive armor and mods on Fleet

[sour wyvern]

From what I dimly recall you couod try your luck at ziost if you've gotten that far as their stuff is at the tail end of SoR and so about the best you can get as a pure f2p as I think they can't even get to 80 right?

Also for the UI customising thing which bit is the element that displays the effects on enemies?

Was moving things around a bit and I appear to have lost that part.

[raw sleet]

":Preferred status players are now able to use equipped gear that requires Artifact Authorization.

Note: If this gear is ever unequipped, players will need to either purchase Artifact Authorization (for character or account) or renew their subscription in order to re-equip that gear.

"

Does this include if I pay to upgrade the item? I.e go to the Ops vendor and give them OP-1s to turn it from a 328 into a 330?

[solemn robin]

yeah because level 80 gear upgrades are actually trading in the lower-rating piece for a higher-rating one

so it wont be authorized by prior sub

[surreal estuary]

What crew skills can make a lot of credits? I heard about them making some good credits I was told biochem wasn’t really all that good

[livid girder]

Well you could grind Slicing and get variable amounts of Creds for every knot you scan on the planets or you could sell Biochem Mats of Tier 11 in bulk

[surreal estuary]

Which one is the most profitable

[south sandal]

Biochem is crafting, not gathering. Bioanalysis is gathering

if all you want is profit, bioanalysis and archaeology and slicing mats sell pretty well

scavenging to some extent as well

If you plan to raid, biochem is useful because you can eventually make reusable stims adrenals and medpacs

[proud island]

I was wondering if there are lightsaber pikes that cost a maximum of 1 million credits. If so where can i buy them?

[brave hollow]

there are exactly 4 lightsaber pikes in the game (I think)

• Senya's Lightsaber Pike
• Tythian Lightsaber Pike
• Onderon Guardian's Pike
• Tarnux's Battlestaff

search for all 4 of those on the GTN regularly

maybe you'll be lucky with a low listing eventually

[tough grove]

I can't seem to log onto Tulak Hord but every other server works.

[indigo jetty]

Will ranking up to {gathering skill (150)} Provide sufficient resources to rank to {crafting skill (150)}?

[rain mauve]

You usually need a gathering skill and a mission skill, but if you level them both I'd say "almost". Usually there's one vendor ingredient per tier that is easiest to buy, but it's not too expensive. Other than that you might have enough, or very close to enough of other resources

[indigo jetty]

I’ll probably go to 170 to be safe

[wraith echo]

someone know why cinematic dont want to launch? i'm stuck

[half sand]

Is there any online info of what the sub only event track gives ?

[upper atlas]

https://www.swtor.com/info/news/[news-category]/20250818

Have to scroll down a bit

[unkempt robin]

For my first toon what professions should i go? I plan on raiding in the future if that helps

[forest moat]

Biochem for crafting one and other two irrelevant, you can pick slicing/treasure hunting for money or diplomacy and bio analysis for easier biochem progression

[unkempt robin]

awesome ty mate 😄

[past sand]

how can I get this armor set?

[solemn robin]

its a CM set so if its not directly available for purchase, its either a drop from packs or buy it from another player via the GTN

[mighty rapids]

Okay; so I am in a guild that has "Professional Training" (increased Critical Rate by 5% for 1hour). I have a few questions about how it works because it seems to persist on log-out. So, how is the critical applied - is it applied when the mission is started? Is it applied when the mission ends? Can it be gamed?

For example:

I start crit, it lasts 1hr of logged in time. I start a mission, I log out. Mission completes while i'm logged out, does the crit apply or does the crit not apply because I wasn't logged in?

If I log in 1 min before it goes off, does the crit apply or does the crit not apply?

[rain mauve]

Iirc it checks the buff at timer end

And AFAIK it can be gamed, if you log out between crafts you can have 100% uptime

And it should still apply if the craft ends when you're offline, but don't quote me on this

[mighty rapids]

That is very good to know, thank you

[sour wyvern]

How hard are uprisings?

Been burning through KOTFE & KOTET so I'm chronologically up to taking a crack at gods from the machine

[hidden moth]

Daily quests get deleted automaticaly if you don't do them? I had something with +2 HEROIC

[fervent island]

Daily quests Like h2+ get abandoned at the daily reset if you didn’t complete them in time

[hidden moth]

ok ty

[iron brook]

Question regarding the HK-55 Quest Unlock?

Does it apply to your account, or just the server you bought it on?

[sour wyvern]

Can you solo uprisings?

[brave hollow]

account

[brave hollow]

yes, not sure whether all Master Modes are doable though

Story definitely, Veteran should also be feasible

[fervent island]

No not all Most of them that I played in Master Mode have a group Mechanik that needs at least 2 ppl

[rain mauve]

How do upgrade caches work exactly? I'm finding a lot of conflicting information. For example, if I have 338 Earring and 340 everything else, what will I receive? 340 earring, 340 random piece, something completely else? If it's random, is it weighed?

It feels like unless it'd give me a 340 earring (or at least have a high chance for it) it's a bit useless

[gaunt perch]

I think it'll be random but in your case weighed towards an accessory. It is quicker (i.e. fewer ops needed) to get the OP-1s to buy and level a piece to 344 than to do all the SM ops required to get a rakata cache

[rain mauve]

Oh, I'm not thinking of Rakata cache, but Columi ones, which supposedly also give purple accessories

And I'd get green 338s to convert them to purple 340s with those caches

[gaunt perch]

Columi seems like a needless halfstep TBH

[rain mauve]

The plan was that the green 338s could be also used to get a blue 340 accessory through a FP drop and one upgrade

And then to use the saved caches I gained from FP runs to convert the accessories to purple after getting the H&Z mods

[gaunt perch]

Honestly if u have green 338 you are overgeared for SM ops - just skip H&Z

[forest moat]

To get 340 blue piece you literally buy it from vendor, run fps for 2 hrs, upgrade it with fp-1 => profit

I dont understand why would you ever take crates at fps

[rain mauve]

To save on currency that could go towards implants

For the cost of 1200 conquest currency

[gaunt perch]

Dude, green 338 is plenty for SM ops just skip H&Z

[forest moat]

What? What currency do you save for implants in fps?

[rain mauve]

FP-1

[gaunt perch]

You want tech frags for legendary implants

[forest moat]

Bro thats crazy

[rain mauve]

But they can be converted, right?

[gaunt perch]

you are doing this the hard way it seems

[forest moat]

You do you, but you hindering your progression by a lot

[gaunt perch]

If you have 324 gear and a pulse you are good for SM ops. Run those. Takes about 7 to earn enough OP-1s to buy and level to 344 a piece of rakata gear. save the frags and buy legendary implants

[rain mauve]

Sorry, had to go for a while. Main reason why I want to do FPs for now instead of SM OPs is that I still haven't touched the expansions (I am level 80 though) and I don't want any spoilers that might come with those

And I will be running FPs (which are also relevant for the current Galactic Season), I will get the Columi boxes anyway and I'd like to know how they work

Also, I already have Conquest currency, I don't have almost any FP-1s or OP-1s

So upgrading the gear with the conquest currency and then converting it sounds desirable

[forest moat]

All of the operations contains little to no story/dialogue, and no dialogue choices at all, no operation related to the story of any of the expansions(besides maybe one, 2 if you really stretch).

[rain mauve]

That's good to know

But also I'd still want to know how gearing system works and caches are part of it, I'd like to know my options

[forest moat]

If you ran fps for an hour or two(6-7 fps) with weekly quests there will be no shortage of fp-1 currency, sure you can continue gather pieces of gear one by one, but far more efficient is to get one to 340 , get h&z quest for 340 blue/purple gear and get 340 modded gear, because you can actually adjust your stars in these.

[rain mauve]

I think my plan is not clear, wait, I have it written down in a different server

1. Get 324 Conquest gear
2. Upgrade Ear and Relics to 338
3. Do some VM FPs to get a blue accessory with a 3/14 chance from each boss
4. Upgrade the piece, give it to Hyde & Zeek and upgrade weapon and armor
5. Get a purple accessory from a Columi box (which supposedly ignores implants)
6. Give the purple accessory to Hyde & Zeek, upgrade armor
7. Get good purple Ear and Relics from Columi boxes and VM OPs, upgrade them to 344
8. (Probably won't get that far) Get remaining purple pieces from combination of NiM OPs and OP currency

Simultaneously I'd work on getting and upgrading legendary implants, as they should be completely independent from the process above

I just don't know how reliable step 5 (and kinda 7) would be

And step 7 could be combined with buying the pieces outright if I have trouble getting them

[forest moat]

1 and 2 are completely irrelevant , for step 3 i already stated my better(imo) option just buy one piece get it to 340 via upgrading and deconstruct for h&z. 340 modded gear will absolutely be fine for nim ops. Yes, you have to drop your accessories if fps/ops, but i straight up bought purple rakata ones right away and later upgraded them with op-1s.
For step 5. You can just go to a high lvl planet(odessen iirc) buy a purple weapon from a planetary gear vendor, stuff it with 340 mods that you previously get from h&z and deconstruct it for purple mods.
Remaining purple pieces you can get, again, doing sm ops for op-1 currency, buy pieces from op gear vendor and upgrade it, no need to do nims for it, it sure is fastest way, but skill ceiling for nim ops is relatively high

[rain mauve]

Step 5 option is good to know, I'll keep it in mind

And then 338 green accessories would be used only for getting the first blue 340 and possibly for converting from boxes / VM OPs

But if the converting part is unreliable, then it might make sense to not bother with them at all

[solemn robin]

yeah i still think the columi issue is it going "oh lets give you a 340, oh 340 is the rating cap here i'll give you a random item" when it sees your lowest slot is 338

[gaunt perch]

The thing I am trying to advise you is, relying on the columi cache upgrades is relying on RNG. You cannot 100% guarantee that you will get the piece you want by just spoofing it with a lower ranked green piece. You might get lucky, you might get 10 bracers in a row. Using the OP-1s to directly buy and upgrade the piece is a FAR more efficient use of your time.

[rain mauve]

Yeah, that makes sense, I decided to take the direct route

Getting the right slots probably wouldn't be that bad, but then I realized how many different relics and earrings there are

[past sand]

Is there any way to turn off the hood on chestguard (if it has any) without wearing smth on head?

[mighty rapids]

Not that I am aware of 🙁

Covert Helm should work though IIRC?

[past sand]

I'm asking cause I have a face mask, which I don't wanna unwear to use different headwear for offed hood

well, that's sad

[past sand]

Can I somehow get an inventory item version of armor piece from my Outfiter?

if it's not a part of Cartel Collection?

[buoyant swan]

Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but does every Story Mode Operation give 2k tech frags, or is it more/less depending on the Op/number of bosses? Like SNV with 7 bosses? Most websites I've looked at say "approximately 2k" for each SM op. If it is more, I'd be curious how much an op like SNV gives for SM

[south sandal]

If you destroyed the item? No. If you sold the item to a vendor recently you can get it back from the buy back tab

You can try to put in a support ticket to see if CS will restore an item that you didn’t mean to get rid of, but it’s not a guarantee they’ll do it for you

[solemn robin]

its boss-dependent, so 4-boss ops will give less than 2k and 6/7 will give more

[manic sleet]

Does the power techs pistols animation change? E.g. can you get other pistols that aren’t burst fire like default?

[light silo]

Nope

PT also doesnt really use their gun, they just punch stuff and use rockets and shit

[limber rose]

Hi. I'm a preferred player. Used to subscribe many moons ago. Anyway, I got the 1 mill credit cap and excess went into escrow which is fine. However, when I logged in today, I now have no credits at all in my inventory. Only the excess in escrow can be seen in the currency tab. My question is.....where did almy 1 mill credits go?

[brave hollow]

maybe that specific character had their money in the legacy bank?

have you checked that

have you checked your other characters

I believe the escrow balance is per legacy (server) not per character

[limber rose]

How do I check the legacy bank? Plus, I only logged in with this character 2 days ago.

[brave hollow]

you know how your eprsonal storage looks?

same thing but yellow instead of green

shared across your characters

and comes with an option to store money

but ig that means that's not where you put your credits, then

[limber rose]

Is that the one you can access via the fleet or on your ship?

[brave hollow]

yup

there's green (per character), yellow (per legacy / all your chars on one server) and purple (guild)

[eager panther]

this may have been asked before, but what is Execute?

(this is sith marauder)

I'm aware that "execute" normally refers to abilities that hit below 30% hp, but how can i consume an ability with a separate one?

[rain mauve]

Isn't Execute one of the buffs that other abilities give?

Maybe the one that makes Force Scream free?

[eager panther]

ooooh yes it is. i got confused cuz the name fits other abilities

thanks

[swift flare]

Returning player who hasn't really played since the Revan expansions. Is there anything that is a "must" buy in the cartel market since I have quite a few coins?

[south sandal]

Shroud of Memory is a good buy

Gives you some extra story and the best healer comp in the game

[full walrus]

how do i fix this and why is it a thing?

[rain mauve]

I think more context might be needed, do you have an idea of what requirements are those?

[south sandal]

I think that's a bug, relog/restart the game

[eager panther]

I have another question about sith maurader 😭

Do the stacks of the Swiftness passive add to Rush Down?

Or is it a single 10% add-on?

I was trying to test the damage myself. It SEEMS like a 50% buff on Massacre, but I'm not too sure

[desert frigate]

depends how it works on the backend

[hidden moth]

I like SWTOR’s gameplay design because it’s easy and accessible, but I get bored of it quickly and start feeling tired. I really enjoy the music, though, and I still want to continue playing.

[hidden moth]

I am lvl 29 and I only have one flashpoint available on solo. I am doing something wrong?

[rain mauve]

No, most early FPs don't have a Story Mode, which is the expected way to run them solo

[wanton echo]

there is this onderonian looking chestpiece with an eagle head as shoulder pad, but I cant findbit in onderon reputation vendors or on cartel market, where do i get it?

[desert frigate]

That’s the high-ilvl spoils of war chestpiecr

Keep buying chest lootboxes from the SoW vendor while your ilvl is at least in the 300s

[dapper moss]

I managed to get it to drop while spamming flashpoints between lvl 70-79 iirc, I feel it will be up to RNG because there is a chance the version without the eagle also drops

[wanton echo]

what does the chest cost?

[desert frigate]

Few hundred tech frags per attempt

[thorny barn]

So trying to figure this out. For a Madness Sorcerer, I want around 110% in Accuracy, and 7.5% -ish for Alacrity, am I reading SWTORISTA right?

[south sandal]

7.14 alac

Her class guides are kind of the basic ones; for more advanced ones you should check Vulkk, TakesCooosh on Youtube, or check out the Theorycrafting Server which is linked in #resources

Theorycrafters they assume you mostly know what you're doing already so that's not the place for basic questions, but they do have BiS, best stats, best builds and rotations in a separate channel for each discipline

like this one, for madness

[thorny barn]

So I got all the 344 gear, but my Alacrity (without augments) is 8.5%. Is there a way to decrease that in a positive outcome?

[wanton echo]

do yall think I can manage to trade my crimson talon set for cyber agent set?
like is that an unrealistic trade?

[rain mauve]

If you use any alacrity augments, you can just change those to crit

If you don't, you'll need to replace one of your 344 pieces to something with crit

You can also try to get more accuracy instead of crit, but I assume you're already at 110%

[thorny barn]

Yea, I'm slightly over 110 (I think it's like 110.8% for accuracy) but I have already replaced the alacrity augments

[rain mauve]

Then you need to change one of the pieces, you might end up in a "mismatched" set, but it's BiS

[thorny barn]

That's what I was afraid of.

[rain mauve]

For example if you wear all "Pummeler's", you might need to change one of them to " Force Lord's"

[thorny barn]

Would a modded set work?

[rain mauve]

Modded is limited to 340

[thorny barn]

Isn't only the Purple Rakatan gear go up to 344?

[rain mauve]

Yes

[thorny barn]

So what's the difference if I may ask in what your suggesting, to what I am asking? (Not trying to sound arguementative, just confused)

[rain mauve]

Each Rakata Gear has stats based on the slot and set, here's a chart showing which gives which

You probably have 2 alacrity pieces, I'm suggesting you replace one of them with a 344 piece from another set

[thorny barn]

I think i get what your saying now

[thorny barn]

So I accidentally screwed up, and messed up my talents, but as I look at SWTORISTA's guide to Madness Sorcerer, I notice one of the talents does not correlate to what is actually in game.

So I guess my question is, is there a more up to date guide for Madness Sorcerer?

[thorny barn]

It's not about basic or advanced. Two of the talents are wrong, and I think they maybe out of date. The one on the left is SWTORISTA, the one on the right is ingame

It's about levels 27 and 43

[south sandal]

Yeah, but looking at a different guide should help

I would think

[thorny barn]

Possibly, hopefully the other ones are more up to date (if that is what is happening here)

[solemn robin]

TC is pretty regularly updated

[south sandal]

Yeah, they're pretty much the gold standard

afaik

[thorny barn]

Slightly different question. But goes about the overarching theme here with accidentally resetting my action bars and what not. Is there a way to either A) Delete a loadout or B) Override a loadout?

[gaunt perch]

You cannot delete a loadout - but you can just 'zero' it out by making it empty and then renaming it to whatever

And yeah, what others said, your optimum gearing will NOT be a complete set of Pummeler or Force-Lord, etc

Rather, you can see that each of those sets puts a different tertiary stat on each piece allowing you to more easily pick and choose

[gaunt perch]

Theorycrafters (their discord can be found here in the #resources channel)

Vulk, as someone mentioned here: https://vulkk.com/2022/02/19/swtor-7-0-madness-sorcerer-pve-guide-and-best-builds/

And my favourite, Coosh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS-9WyBjp30&list=WL&index=11

The Coosh guides that he has done are really, really good. Yes, they are long, but he breaks them down into chapters so you can piece it together on your own time

[formal roost]

I love madness, it's a fun spec.

[velvet compass]

Hello.
I am leveling a jedi knight for the first and going through the planet story arcs.
Years ago I leveled Imperial character of all class, and I vividly remember the dreadlords being brought up during the Imp planet story arc.
That doesn't seem to be the case on the Pub side.
However there is an access to "Section X" that seem to deal with the dreadlords.
Looking at the chronological diagram of planets, flashpoints and op, it seems that this story is supposed to happen after the content of all the class story arcs.
Yet my jedi knight has been greeted by that one Twi'lek Chancellor ... that I am damn sure gets ousted at the end of the Bounty Hunter story arc.
So I am confused.
When am I supposed to do the dreadlords content ?
Also while leveling I've seen "dreadseeded" zone on some planets, seemingly indicating that the dreadlords are already active ?

[brave hollow]

Section X doesnt have a huge story arc

it's a repeatable Daily / Weekly area

I wouldn't put too much effort into figuring otu where exactly it should be done

as for the little dread seeded areas on planets

those are permanent

only instanced areas (when you walk through a rgeen or purple light door) are affected by your personal world state related to the story

the open world areas are permanent

and those small areas are tied to the dread corruption, yes, but are once again without story significance

and are used for the Seeker Droid questline which is basically gathering missions with a probe

[velvet compass]

Were planet maps altered once the dreadlord content was added ?

[brave hollow]

those areas are where you dig up specific rare drops

yes

those areas were added with the addition of the first expansion

but that was 12 years ago atp :p

the dread master storyline is something that does reappear multiple times throughout the game but always in interestingly different circumstances

there is one planet that heavily features them

but the majority of their content lies in raids

which sets them apart from basically anything else lore wise

[velvet compass]

Okay, thanks

[sour wyvern]

It's because the vast majority of the Dread Masters Arc is told via ops.

To be specific Eternity Vault, Karagga's Palace, Explosive Conflict, Terror From Beyond, Scum & Villainy, Dread Fortress and Dread Palace. Each one has an associated story quest a la the one you snagged for taral v/maelstorm prison.

If you want to do it all chronologically you finish your class story and then do Ilum plus the dual FP'S, Then EV-EC and a short stop at the Black hole, then TFB and section x/hk-51, finish rise of the hutt cartel and maybe omit seeker/macrobinoculars if you don't have some friends to help, S&V then a pit stop at cz-198 plus it's dual fps then it's oricon and DF & DP and your done ready for forged alliances.

Their fairly regularly ran on fleet and aren't too hard on story, long as your 80 and have your 324 green conquest gear you'll be fine.

[charred bear]

Do they update gear textures/graphics that much? If they do have they ever updated the texture on the Outlander Observer helmet? I just want an eyepatch that coves my eye completely and doesn't have pixelation. (Unless their is a dye that makes the pixelation unnoticeable)

[brave hollow]

they do not update individual item textures

they update the overall graphics of the game

and sometimes that affects gear as well

the last few updates were centered about lighting and shading, character skin and eyes

[hidden moth]

I am lvl 30 and story quest is on lvl 16-20 planet. Can I skip the story quest or it's necessary?

[forest moat]

story quests are unskippable, if you wanna just lvl to endgame, quests dont matter, you can lvlup to 80 doing flashpoints

[hidden moth]

ok ty

[sour wyvern]

For bessie how many training modules can you use per day and is the only way to use an new memory chip to wait out the hour in full?

[snow blaze]

Do preferred players now collect some rested xp?

[forest moat]

yes

[brave hollow]

Rest XP, companion customizations, legacy titles, hide headslot and cargo bay access are all now F2P

everyone also got access to all 6 quickbars now

lastly, purple and gold gear below level 76 will no longer require an artifact auth

[snow blaze]

Why is this, is the game losing support soon?

[brave hollow]

how would that be related

it's not like they made all cartel market items free and gave everyone all sub benefits :p

they're just removing a few restrictions for quality of life

F2P still have the credit limit and no access to raids

[rain mauve]

Why is doomposting the favourite pastime of half of the playerbase of this game

[south sandal]

Seems like social media conditions people to be outraged

[charred bear]

What's the best spec for Jedi Shadow while leveling with just a companion? Like if I want to do all the heroics and quests by myself.

[south sandal]

Probably serenity because a bit better aoe early on

but infiltration works too

[sour wyvern]

Anyone know how many op-1's you need to take a rakata mainhand from 324 to 344?

[gaunt perch]

814

[sour wyvern]

Is that including the price of buying the original piece from the vendor?

[gaunt perch]

Yes

Its 814 for the MH and OH, and the larger armour pieces I believe. 640 for the rest

[sour wyvern]

Got it, thanks for the figure as I've been looking for the exact number for a while now

[gaunt perch]

No worries. Yeah, I too couldn't find it when I returned and began gearing

[sour wyvern]

Actually any chance you have the table for all the pieces?

[gaunt perch]

If you are a subscriber, you get those subscriber tokens and those can be used to buy a random piece of 340 rakata. If you get lucky there, you can cut the OP1s needed greatly

[sour wyvern]

Got my earpiece, both relics and implants set plus offhand, wrist, chestpiece and helmet so far.

Yeah I did that already to snag the helmet, chestplate and wrists

[gaunt perch]

Sorry no. I think its helm, chest and pants that have the higher cost

Along with MH and OH

[sour wyvern]

Alas the one piece it doesn't have is mainhandd

The sub vendor that is

It's tailored to the current discipline of your character right but the currency is legacy bound no?

[gaunt perch]

It does. Its a visual bug. Look for the one whose icon says main hand in the description when you mouse over it

And not sure - havent used it yet

But I read about the bug on reddit

[sour wyvern]

Ah you sure? they both say off hand for me

[gaunt perch]

So I would suspect the one that is a gun is a MH and the one that is a knife is an OH since that would check with the operative's vibrokife OH

[sour wyvern]

Hmm

Yeah I was wondering about that

Does refunding an base rakata item give you the currency back or just the credits?

[solemn robin]

im going to assume just the credits

[gaunt perch]

The gun gives a MH

Just got a Pummeler MH lightsaber

[solemn robin]

because you arent buying the rakata item, you're buying the box that gives the rakata item, and that looks like they aren't opened automatically

[sour wyvern]

Huh

[sour wyvern]

Pummeler is warrior and Targeter is agent/trooper right?

[gaunt perch]

Both - or at least refunding a improvement one does so why wouldnt the base 324

[sour wyvern]

Need a few pieces from both to not mess with my tertiary stat split too much

[gaunt perch]

Yeah, you'll always need to mix and match, but yeah, pummeler is warrior

[sour wyvern]

Thinking I just hoard some OP-1's to take them from 340-344 and then just snag another 3 pieces next week.

[gaunt perch]

That is absolutely what I would do

[sour wyvern]

As I only need mainhand, belt, boots, gloves and pants now and then I'll finally have full 344 rakata plus 340 gold implants.

[gaunt perch]

Nice. I am not chasing gold auggies though. Happy with 296 blue

[sour wyvern]

Eh think I had a guildie who offered to make them if I cover the hassle of getting the necessary OEM's/RPM's.

[gaunt perch]

Very generous

[sour wyvern]

Yeah we'll see if it pans out, tbh not sure if I want to do that much tech frag grinding

As it's like what 5 of each per gold aug?

That's 30k tech frags per one if I recall right

[gaunt perch]

Would be more. I think its 5 each for a CM1337 so that would be 15 OEM and 15 RPM per auggie

If its 1800 frags per OEM/RPM then its 54000 total frags per auggie

https://tenor.com/view/no-randy-jackson-dawg-gif-12730917

[sour wyvern]

Yikes

14 aug slots total so that's... 756k tech frags

[gaunt perch]

Yeah, no way I'm chasing that for such a small boost

[sour wyvern]

That is patently absurd.

[gaunt perch]

But imagine how much those OEM/RPM sold for on the GTN when those dropped lol

[forest moat]

its always profitable to craft them if you cover the cost of the oem/rpms, if you craft 2 and you crit once you already profited

[sour wyvern]

Tbh my wallet took a fair dent getting this far so I'll probably just flip them on the GTN until I'm back up to 400-500 mil ish

[gaunt perch]

If the crafter crits - and you get to keep the crit result - yes

[sour wyvern]

Is it even worth going for the 86 blues or purples?

[gaunt perch]

I think the 86 blue is the sweet spot

I run more than enough ops that the frags needed to get the OEM/RPM is quick. Plus I got all the implants/tacticals I need at the moment

[sour wyvern]

Huh alright then

[forest moat]

why would you pay 80-90 mil for 86 blue if you can buy 86 gold for 110-140?

[sour wyvern]

Yeah might thoughts exsclrt6

378 SM ops then?

[gaunt perch]

Like you said if I can craft them myself. Far easier and what real gain is there for the gold?

But, hey, whatever makes you happy

My opinion - the 86 blue is an easy sweet spot

[forest moat]

i mean why settle for less if gain is small its better to hoard creds/resources and get bis than spend a bit less resources and get minor gain

also dps gain from golds is class dependant eg sorc that invest a lot in alacrity in exchange for crit get immense boost from golds

[gaunt perch]

Well, 'a bit less resources' is perhaps a bit there, yeah? lol
Its a lot of resources - particularly for a returning player. For 29 tertiary stat difference (162-133) over 14 augs is 406 total of a tertiary stat.
I am not arguing its not BiS, but, for the investment required, yeah, nah

[forest moat]

its tertiary stat difference matters a lot tho

because it affects how many augs you need to fix your accuracy/alacrity, for eg im using full rakata pummeler and in order to get past 2694 accuracy i need 3 blue + gold augment, if i didnt have that gold augment i would have to use 2 blues instead. and one blue is already 123 crit

and that a lot of difference

[forest moat]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1dRJtCFnTBb8BnaRT4mTN1U5GyVsezdBQ-KZuSRxVpCQ/htmlview

[surreal estuary]

What 2nd combat style do I get? I have gunslinger and I’m really Indecisive

[brave hollow]

well you have a few factors to think about

if you wanna be able to flex to a tank role in group content, pick Vanguard or Powertech

if you wanna be able to flex into a healer role in group content, pick Mercenary / commando / scoundrel / operative

Mercenary would let you use the same weapons you use for gunslinger

since it also uses dual pistols

easier to gear up ig

powertech and scoundrel could also use the single pistol

operative and scoundrel have stealth

[thorny barn]

Is there a way to get rid of the menu on the character selection screen if I wanted to take a screenshot?

[brave hollow]

ctrl+u hides the interface

[thorny barn]

Ok thanks

[sour wyvern]

How'd you get the spreading infection daily?

[desert frigate]

Become infected and detonate near a player

[gaunt perch]

Could a sub-80 buy a 340 rakata piece off this new subscriber vendor?

I don't have any 80 tech users at the moment. Would be a super easy way to get some of their gear

[forest moat]

i dont think so

[gaunt perch]

I was hoping that would mean to equip but ... shit. oh well

[sour wyvern]

For the rakghoul event is the weekly quest for completing several dailies once per event?

[brave hollow]

considering the event lasts one week, yes

but you can do it on every one of your characters

[sour wyvern]

Ah I'm daft

Keep forgetting about that

[mighty rapids]

Hey folks - i've been doing the slow process to unlock Copero with Galactic Season tokens. But I cannot seem to find a way to buy tokens to unlock the east or west wings, only the West Exterior, East Exterior, and Outdoor Terrace. I know that East and West wings were unlocked during Galactic Season 6 via quest, but I can't seem to get the quest anywhere?

[timid oar]

@brave hollow are you here? I'd like to ask you something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29M8nWXN9qk - Guys I have a question - If anyone can accurately solve this for me I've been wondering about this for a few days . At 7:41 for three seconds (look at the video carefully), where you see the main player with the red lightsaber - compared to the players around him others dont have such a high graphic sabers they look old but the main players light saber looks visually, aesthetically and graphically better, more in line with current games as I think the graphics enhanced are part of the 7.6 update I believe, is this true? New sabers have higher graphics? If yes, which saber would he be using? Do I need to buy Color Crystals or a Saber for this if I want one just like that player's saber which is graphically enhanced/updated?

[timid oar]

Do color crystals enhance the visual of the lightsaber or only change the color, or is the visual of the saber only dependent on the lightsaber itself ?

@brave hollow @split vault @proven schooner

[brave hollow]

there is only one player

they have the orangeish.... amber coloured lightsbaer

the red lightsaber is used by the player's NPC companion

the colour crystal only affects the colour

[boreal inlet]

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

[brave hollow]

there are three party to a colour crystal

the core colour

the edge colour

and the glow colour

if you look at the simpler crystals they only have two different ones

usually a white core

and a single coloured outline + glow

this is the standard red for example

then there's some crystals with inverted colours

to give the blade a bit more contrast, they have a coloured core and white outline

this makes the entire saber a bit more dimm

[timid oar]

First thing, is this a player?

[brave hollow]

yes

[timid oar]

Yes, this is the saber I'm looking for, same glow, same texture, blue in color.

[timid oar]

this is the player im talking about

[brave hollow]

ok let me continue explaining, I didnt think you meant that since it is not red

and you said red

[timid oar]

I mean this same saber, glow, texture, graphic but in a blue color. You can tell me which one this is first?

[brave hollow]

and lastly, there are some more complex crystals that have different colours in all 3 slots like this crafted White-Blue-Purple

white core, blue outline, purple glow

[timid oar]

Okay we'll stick to red.

[brave hollow]

I am just explaining this all so you know what part of the visuals is affected by which cosmetic

[timid oar]

Which saber, crystal and tuning is he using, because around that same moment in the frame all sabers are looking outdated but this one looks so " next-gen "

Okay, go on

[brave hollow]

the next part of the visual is the blade length and thickness

[timid oar]

Okay

[brave hollow]

that is affected by the lightsaber hilt

there is also a LITTLE bit of influence from the crystal because when you have a dark outline and glow it looks thinner

even though ti technically isnt

compare this

to this

same saber

and technically same thickness of the blade

but the bottom one looks more thin

since the glow around the edge isnt so bright

[timid oar]

Which, saber, crystal, hilt and tuning is he using to be specific? lets say I want the exact saber he has

[brave hollow]

I have absolutely 0 idea since it is so tiny

[timid oar]

The frame I gave you is too small?

[brave hollow]

the person that made the video, delta, is using recorded liestream footage of a different player

since it is livestream footage, the quality is lower

there are a LOT of lightsabre hilts in the game

hundreds

so ti is very hard to specifically narrow down which exact one is being used

[timid oar]

Why do all of these images look so outdated and that one so new? The visual movement has such a high definition

Hmm

I see

[brave hollow]

wait

[timid oar]

Ok

[brave hollow]

what sabers are you comparing it to

maybe that is a better angle to start from

I can tell you the differences between that saber and the others

[timid oar]

I'm so confused x_x

Let me go in game and see some maybe I'll have a better question for you

[brave hollow]

well you say "all of these images look outdated"

what are you referring to exactly

[timid oar]

The images you sent me

[brave hollow]

which images and what about them is outdated

oooh

those are heavily zoomed in to show the colour of the crystal cosmetics. They specifically use a simple lightsaber hilt with average blade length / thickness and no added special effects and the character holding them has no passive or active abilities active that might alter the appearance

meanwhile the assassin in the video clip is actively fighting and has multiple ability effects applied to the saber

[timid oar]

The glow, texture, visual aesthetic is higher definition in the frame I sent you from the video point at 7:41 to 7:43 compared to any other sabers you see around the guy using the red one all look old execpt the one in red. Even in other parts of the any video they dont have as much of a high definiton then the guy I showed you.

I'll probably just ask you later because I'm all confused now.

Let me the Cartel market and see what I come across first.

One question : the cartel market has newer lightsabers, how do I differentiate which are new and which are old. I'm looking for a lightsaber after update 7.6., which has the newer art direction for weapons, equipment, etc.

[brave hollow]

7.6 aded the Fearless Buccaneer weapons

[timid oar]

Let me see what I find, maybe you'll be able to advise me better.

Thanks for your time!

[brave hollow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pWTUo_ZUcw

this is one of if not the newest double-bladed saber

this is another pretty new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbvkz02S4bI

so is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcanv9wb52o

[brave hollow]

sure, good luck finding what you're looking for

I'm still not quite sure what exactly that "newer art direction for lightsabers" you are looking for is

sorry

I linked some of the newest ones above

here is one from 2018 for comparison for example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td9u4OQk9Wg

and here is one from 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1POay-hgy5c

here's one from 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoMvyFXFo74

here's one from 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuZqxWQWlaU

[timid oar]

Thanks for the info tho!

[surreal estuary]

Without the sub token event how do I get 344 gear for other characters? Do I just have to do the whole upgrading process again

[forest moat]

Yes, or farm NiM’s

[gaunt perch]

They are also legacy bound so they can be shared that way. Might only need weapons, off hand, and implants. Maybe a single piece here and there if you throw in a class combo that uses say two alacrity augments

[rain mauve]

Can implants be shared in any capacity?

[gaunt perch]

Yes

I have level 15 alts with their fully leveled implants waiting for them in the bank lol

[rain mauve]

Heh

[sour wyvern]

What's the recommended composition for 16 man Eyeless SM? Want the cheevo and more chances to roll the symbiote rakling

[rain mauve]

I don't think composition matters at all in SM?

As long as you have some tanks and healers

[sour wyvern]

Would one healer and tank be fine then?

As finding dps isn't too hard it's lots of healers and tanks that are a pain to get.

[solemn robin]

the cheesy tactic is 2 tanks/DWTs tauntswapping and kiting the boss so that it doesnt actually cast either of its abilities that do a shitton of damage

[forest moat]

Did hm and sm with 8dps, so i dont think its matters, if you wanna pug just 1t 2h, if you wanna have fun 16 maras

[sour wyvern]

Doing it with pugs so probably 13d including me and then that 1t & 2h

[supple urchin]

what should I be buying from the sub token vendor?

[rain mauve]

The robot companion customization is the only unique thing there, but be aware that currently it doesn't have a collection entry

[gaunt perch]

Are you level 80? Then the 340 Rakata pieces that cost the most - mainhand and offhand to start

[rain mauve]

Yeah, gear is the second biggest thing there I'd say

The corrupted processors are also a good deal, currencies are okay-ish

Then there are toys, emotes and minions - I'd say get them only if you want a specific one and there aren't any cheap listings on the GTN

[surreal estuary]

Force lord gear might be amazing on a sniper character? 🫡

[rain mauve]

Yeah, it doesn't really matter as long as the stats match

[gaunt perch]

It may sound funny but it doesn't matter. its adaptive gear and the stats are the same spread across the sets

[rain mauve]

And actually for BiS you don't want all pieces to be from the same set

[gaunt perch]

I don't know the tech user set names off my head but it will be the same as force-lord, force-healer and pummeler

[rain mauve]

All the sets actually differ in little ways

But the singular pieces are the same if they give the same substat

[surreal estuary]

Yooo this is legendary

Ty

[rain mauve]

(Not my work, got it from the Theorycrafters server)

[sour wyvern]

Yep thanks to those tokens I'll be full rakata once I've done a few more weeklies today

[velvet compass]

Can someone tell me what I am suppose to do with xp boost once I am at max level ?

[rain mauve]

If it's legacy bound, use on alts

If it's character bound, stash in case they increase the level cap

[rain mauve]

I heard that on some planet it's possible to buy artifact grade moddable gear, does anyone knows which planet it is and where's the vendor?

[rain mauve]

It was Ossus

[velvet compass]

I just started a Consular for the first time (no spoiler plz).
I am looking for a non-cartel vibrosword, nothing really fancy, that looks like an actual space-sword and not an electric stick, for my Qynzen.
Where can I buy that ?

[south sandal]

The ones that look like actual swords tend to be pricey/cartel market

you can search vibroswords on the GTN and see if there's a cheap one that you like the look of

[rain mauve]

With the Coruscant Stronghold, there's this thing that imperial characters have to pay 2k Cr to visit it. Is it the same with the Carrick Station SH?

[limpid plinth]

Yes, although ops can sneak in for less money but yes

[rain mauve]

Damn, that's annoying

[limpid plinth]

My osp only pays 250 credits i believe

[rain mauve]

Like I know it's mostly pocket change, but feels bad to spend 8 tokens for something with a penalty for one faction

[limpid plinth]

I think they tried to adhere to a little lore, also sh's are a convenience too, i use mine to go to fleet etc

[rain mauve]

Yeah, but neutral SHs have that convenience for free

Anyway, thanks for the answer

[limpid plinth]

Anytime!

[sour wyvern]

What's the quickest way to get the 25k conquest points for the daily GS objective?

[velvet compass]

Thanks

I remember Khem Val having an acceptable sword

And I see some enemies wielding ones

[brave cedar]

facing a login issue

apparently login service is unavailable

[brave hollow]

there is no planned downtime today and I just now was able to log in without issues

https://todayintor.com/2024/11/24/swtor-how-to-fix-login-service-unavailable-bug/

[royal lily]

So now that there are no cutscenes, how am I supposed to kill Sergeant Boran in Black Talon? We don't have cutscene to choose light side option anymore. Or is it random now?

[forest moat]

you can enter fp manually without GF and kill him

[royal lily]

on master mode?

[forest moat]

yes

[royal lily]

ok will try, thanks

[sage brook]

What's up chat, took a break for a bit and had a quick q. The event for sub login tokens, the relic drops specifically. Is it the SAME class specific drop or ANY of the class specific drops?

[forest moat]

same class specific

[sage brook]

Gotcha! Thanks friend!

[sour wyvern]

Does the ancient Gree defender still spawn in all the spots on the south side of the map on Ilum?

[torpid fern]

how did this literally happen again?? what is going on? has this ever happened to any of y'all? hopefully the fix is as easy as it was last time... will call support in the AM.

[gaunt perch]

I am reading conflicting things. Can we still - as of today - skip Makeb and Ilum and get the prelude quests from Rishi?

[surreal estuary]

If I refund the rakata piece I upgraded will it give it back

[dawn fog]

I got a quick question!

So returning to the game after years away, rolled a bounty hunter... where is my charge ability?

Huffing as I run up to enemies whilst my partner AOEs them down with her sniper is boring XD

[desert frigate]

Should be doable. And in any case, nothing’s stopping you from going to Rishi and talking to the bird

[south sandal]

Bounty hunter can be many things, you have to be more specific. What is your combat style?

[desert frigate]

powertech gets theirs a bit later

[dawn fog]

Powertech, yeah that's the one. Okay, well I guess I'll just hoof it until that happens XD

Thanks! ❤️

[fervent river]

so, as heal roles go, which is easiest to use, mainly f2p here, so not really needed for ops, main vet fp, mm's periodically

[brave hollow]

whatever appeals most to you tbh, all of them are pretty manageable in Flashpoints

Operative probably has the most to do with keeping probes up on everyone

Merc gets some nice passive healing on the whole group via kolto shells so you dont need to worry about small amounts of damage as people will heal that automatically

I would try all of them tbh and figure out what you like most

I am personally aprtial to Bodyguard

but that's because I've been maining it for 11 years now ig

[fervent river]

ty @brave hollow i just want something that i can do as heals but isn't busy, hand issues here

[brave hollow]

Merc or Sorc then, operative is definitely the most busy imo

[fervent river]

ty kindly

[velvet compass]

What does it means if the count down of dynamic event is red (there's 20+ minutes left) ?

[fervent river]

argh, how'd that get so big? something in my ui settings? Oo yeah, someone edited mine and went to liek 1.0 scale XD

[fervent river]

is a full set of H&Z mobs about the best someone that's f2p can get? w/o arti unlock?

[desert frigate]

full blue 340s, pretty much

[marsh lintel]

roughly how long does it take to get a character to level 60 w/ preferred?

[brave hollow]

that vastly varies absed on your playstyle

if you do story, probably around 30 hours

if you throw in sidequests, probably 50 hours

if you grind PvP or Flashpoints, probably 20 hours

[marsh lintel]

in my legacy storage i have a lot of credits, if i server transfer every character of my legacy to another server, will those credits transfer over to the new server?

(i looked this up and i saw 'legacy stronghold credits don't transfer' and wanted to make absolutely sure, because i don't think those things are the same thing)

[solemn robin]

they dont transfer

if you want to move credits they have to be on the character you're transferring

[fervent river]

legacy banks and gather materials are server specific

[marsh lintel]

so the only way to transfer my credits to the new server is to subscribe, i'm guessing

[fervent river]

if you have more than 1 mil, yes, w/e is above that won't be withdrawn i think

https://help.ea.com/en/articles/star-wars/star-wars-the-old-republic/character-transfer/

[marsh lintel]

yeah, i have that one pulled up atm

i guess that Legacy Stronghold Storage is Legacy Storage?

that they're the same thing

[fervent river]

per server only tho

so, if you're on one, it stays there when the char moves

[marsh lintel]

kk, so i have to break the credit cap by subscribing, move my 200m to the character i am transferring and then leave the old server behind

[fervent river]

yes

and w/e crafting mats you want to keep

[formal roost]

Yes! before transferring check your mats, legacy bank, unbound items on other characters, and (i think) the cartel stash, i dont remember if the stash is server or account

[marsh lintel]

got it. tysm. i will be asking a lot of dumb questions while i play (that aren't fully clear to me after searching on my own)

been gone for a looong time

my pot5 is gone :(

[fervent river]

nw, you're good

asking helps you understand, right?

[marsh lintel]

for sure. chatGPT is actually pretty good at sorting through a lot of the posts and giving me sources, but some of them are from years ago (specifically around 7.0 launch) and on something as big of a risk as a server transfer, i definitely want to ask real people before doing anything that has consequences

[fervent river]

yeah, the various AI's have helped dumb down a lot of stuff so i can understand it better lol

[south sandal]

don't worry about questions, that's what these threads are here for

[marsh lintel]

i'm very used to bigger servers with people who are going to talk down to you hardcore for not spending 10 minutes researching before daring to type a singular question in the server

but, conversely, i enjoy searching out the answer on my own. but it's sometimes reassuring to ask people who actually are invested in the thing i'm trying to learn about

so thank you all for responding! lol

[brave hollow]

that's what this channel is for

and yea, this server is extremely chill for having 40k people

[marsh lintel]

can i just focus solely on the main story and not get EXP gated to finish the main class story? i remember having issues waaaay back (2013) where i had to grind to meet level requirements for the main story.

[fervent river]

class is needed for a number things, so always do class, as well as main story

according to duckduck ai when asked

[rain mauve]

You should be fine with class story + planetary arcs

Without planetary arcs you might need to do something on the side to get some additional xp

[sour wyvern]

Alternatively if you want even more xp you can enable exploration quests and do them in tandem with side quests and the above content and with the odd FP as they come up chronologically plus the xp boosters near to 80 should be doable by the end of the class story

[odd geyser]

what crew skills should i get im around lvl 30

also my m1s feel very weak

is there a way to do more dmg with m1s?

im a jedi knight

[fervent river]

biochem is always a good one, you can use the consumables for yourself and sell extra's on the gtn

ideally you need 3 crewskill slots to work it effectively tho

or 3 alts 1 that crafts, one that gathers, and one to run diplomacy missions on

[odd geyser]

can i get cartel credits without buying em or no?

[odd geyser]

sadly im not an alt person, i have 1 acc and thats it

[fervent river]

if they're on the gtn, they're more than 1mil creds for sure

[south sandal]

you can grind Galactic Seasons for CC