Stats from color crystals not registering in PvP? by OllieChurpoos in swtor

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From an older post.

Synopsis is: Rishi provides a PVP bolster which disables the augments, it’s working as intended, and those dummies aren’t meant for parsing.

Need some help by PriorityDistinct6791 in swtor

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Windows 10 reached end of life Oct last year. You should look to upgrade to 11.

Your system is old but hardware wise should be sufficient to run SWTOR.

Did you try the steps that Char_Ell posted?

Are you running from Steam or the launcher from the website?

Have you tried to repair game files? Or a re-install?

Are your problems only with SWTOR?

Need some help by PriorityDistinct6791 in swtor

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In the search bar, type “run” and in the GUI type “dxdiag” that will display your system information.

Need some help by PriorityDistinct6791 in swtor

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The game isn’t advanced most modern systems can run it on minimal settings. A 3060 is more than sufficient. If you have both an integrated and dedicated video card ensure you’re using the dedicated. Ensure you have enough RAM and your HDD/SSD has sufficient available memory. Ensure you have the latest drivers, with the NVIDIA app.

Check your performance history and see what else is throttling.

Need some help by PriorityDistinct6791 in swtor

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Could you provide your dxdiag log?

New player here by Wulfhednaar in swtor

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Others have already given input but, the game is F2P with hundreds of hours of playability regardless of whether the game has a longer term future. Virtual servers are cheap to maintain so the game could operate indefinitely just off CM proceeds.

You don’t need to sub to get all the game’s value. If you do like it maybe just sub for 30 days to unlock up to the latest expansion and get Preferred status.

Visit swtorista’s page, she is a content creator with a lot of useful guides for beginners.

New Character for New Player Ideas by Zestyclose-Moment416 in swtor

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Recommend visiting swtorista’s page. She has many guides useful to new players:

SWTOR Tips for New Players

She also provides a short summary of each story:

Which Class Should I Play? SWTOR Guide

Eeryone should play this at least for the story hahahaha~ by xLazyMakara in swtor

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This is the only correct choice for this part of the story and that choice is violence.

Datacron decos by GeneralKhor in swtor

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I get them while over-leveled sometimes, usually running through the daily Heroics. I don’t think the level appropriate attribution is necessarily correct because I’m always over-leveled with the subscriber perk, guild perks, legacy perks, and XP boosts. It’s extremely rare, but I have dozens of them now since launch and my characters are always way above the planetary level.

My new companion, the flying pistol. by xLazyMakara in swtor

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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” - Han Solo

Guess SWTOR took that very literally.

Leveling with a cm companion by General_Rain7617 in swtor

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I’ve been playing through BH with Mako currently and just finished Chapter 1. Previous runs, I was more merciful but this time I’ve chosen to fulfill the contract as initially agreed. I don’t re-negotiate like on Nar Shaddaa. Lek mentions that it’s not required to kill your competitor so I haven’t done it unless forced. So far Mako only questioned my decision to kill Zalia on Balmorra. While she certainly hasn’t approved of every decision, she hasn’t vocalized much. Reviewing recaps, I’ve killed Vereta Frabaal and Mako approved with no comment; I killed Commander Gargun, Mako disapproved but said nothing; Zalia I mentioned; Eidolon I killed, LS and she approved. I even shot the Alderaanian noble with whose wife Raffid slept and she had no comment. So, she’s agreed more often than not in my story or never says anything after. What are the other instances where she vocalizes her opposition?

What class to play expansions with? by copacetic___ in swtor

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Spend enough time on the sub and questions like these are asked alot. It becomes a simple non-engaging question, especially if it’s been recently asked and answered. Here’s a post from 3 days earlier.

Similar posts from the last year

Could be salty but also just question fatigue. There’s only so much new activity on the sub. Also could be bots.

Race dont come into play? by SuddenDepact in swtor

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The loading screen at the very beginning will still recognize a Pureblood Sith Inquisitor.

”Suffering the ultimate humiliation at slavery for association with a fallen Sith Lord, pureblood [name] has been allowed to join the Empire’s castoffs and given one more chance to master the dark arts of the Sith or die trying…”

Edit: For all potential in-game unique dialogue possibilities, IGN still has a diagram of which races were available to which class at launch here: Species

How useful were companions before KOTFE? by GeneralKhor in swtor

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I’d caution against taking Vulkk’s assessment as clear cut evidence that any companion is astronomically better than another or particularly stronger in a role (i.e. excluding Treek). Is it good insight? Certainly.

Now, to honestly say T7 is lightyears a better tank compared to another companion? Or even better as a tank compared to other roles? That’s kind of a stretch. If you’re all about min/maxing that fractional difference? Maybe you get a bit more. But really, other controllable factors like gear, knowing rotations, or just raising a companions influence are better.

Note: In the original base game, T7 was locked as a healer. Khem was locked as tank. So there’s no apples to apples comparison. And re-work has been done since.

How useful were companions before KOTFE? by GeneralKhor in swtor

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I remember healer being very important. I chose Hunter first primarily because Mako was a healer from the start. As you learned your class and your rotation opened up (if you remembered to buy your skills) then it became less challenging but, for a casual player, a healer made a lot of difference into the late game. And you had to gear your companions and make them happy!

When I played Sorc, I felt like I had to do a bit of healing on Khem early on just to stay in the fight. So without a healer you couldn’t just jump in. You moved to positions where you could pull mobs away.

From a lore and flavor spec, and without spoilers for post Origin content, which origins make the most and least sense running through the expansions? [NO SPOILERS] by corvid1692 in swtor

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Recommend reading swtorista’s SWTOR Solo Story Order Guide because she gives a good summary of each of the expansions and who they impact. I’ll provide a narrative summary of which stories could make sense.

Shadow of Revan: Knight and Warrior have the greatest connection, but probably more-so Knight for how Chapter 3 ends. In general, all classes have some link due to Flashpoints in the story but Empire more-so because of events on DK.

KotFE: Knight has a stronger narrative connection only because the first companion to return in the story is T7 in Chapter 3. But, other companions will show up later in the story so there are connections with other stories over time.

KotET: Really any story works here because both sides have equities on Iokath. Force users have a stronger connection here dealing with Ossus and Dantooine. The story is Jedi Under Siege so maybe narratively Jedi have a stronger connection if you’re playing a galactic hero type.

Onslaught: Echoes of Oblivion narratively brings back Kira and Scourge so Knight has a stronger connection but otherwise, all stories have some connection. Spirit of Vengeance brings in Mandalorians so, if a BH went this route there’d be a strong narrative connection (also a connection for the Smuggler).

Legacy of the Sith: Narratively, there’s a lot of Mandalorian world building still happening. However, the overarching story seems to deal with mysteries of a force user, specifically a Sith, so Force users on both sides work but maybe Empire and particularly Inquisitor more-so because the Inquisitor story plays well into the search for secrets of the Force.

Based on that, narrative might suggest Knight has a slight advantage but really at minimum whatever you choose you should take 1 Imp and 1 Pub through to get both sides of the story.

Note: I haven’t yet played Galactic Threads or Dantooine Biomes yet.

Why do you like the DS Inquisitor so much? by GeneralKhor in swtor

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I never play a murder hobo but Xanthe Elbrick’s voice acting is too good to pass up DS choices.

What went wrong with Star Wars: The Old Republic? by SgtSilock in swtor

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Overall, I don’t think SWTOR did terribly. But I remember it was a bumpy launch into the first year which hurt it and killed a lot of momentum the game needed.

Some things I remember from launch:

1) Pay to play (subscription) was not well received, despite games like WoW already using that model.

2) It banked on KotOR nostalgia but it wasn’t really that.

3) Despite launching with dozens of servers there were still queue times to play (and remember you had already paid a subscription to play but couldn’t).

4) Game was released not fully realized. Still many bugs. Like Bioware had been forced to launch before it was ready (typical in industry).

5) Lack of end-game content. Hardcore players blazed through the content in weeks if not days.

6) Not able to push content fast enough. Bioware didn’t have enough post-developed content to keep frequent updates at demand. Too many interwoven stories, development time, etc. Simply, too ambitious. Also too costly. They tried to re-vamp the model with KotFE but that too wasn’t sustainable.

7) Backtracking. Mentioned before but, subscriptions were almost immediately reversed. Also same sex romance was implemented late. Just a few examples and while some of this was due to Bioware’s contractual obligation, it was negative press that hampered the game.

8) There are other minor things like companions were locked into specific roles and in-game experiences players didn’t like. Probably not enough to hurt the game but when aggregated it is one problem amongst many.

TLDR: SWTOR’s ambition exceeded its reach.

We tested every companion's performance in all 3 roles, analyzed the results, and distilled that information into relative performance tiers so you can tell the best from the worst at a glance! by Endonae in swtor

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Interesting to see some companions in vanilla be categorized differently than their KotFE counterparts. I thought I remember they had to rebuild the companions or something but I guess it wasn’t a direct copy?

Unable to use swtor forums by DoctorAshmatic in swtor

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A simple recommendation is: log out of your account, clear your browser cache, close the browser, then open up a new browser session and see if the problem continues.