Star Wars: The Old Republic Discussion

Euan Morton as the Male Sith Inquisitor is by far my favourite performance in the game.

What makes that class fun for me is that even if you go full Light Side, the character never loses their acerbic wit, deadpan snark and casual indifference towards everyone else around you. You're not a hero, you're just very good for a bad guy.

Playing LS also makes for a nice contrast with Darth Marr later on in the game and into the expansions. The two of you end up being the Only (Reasonably) Sane people left keeping the Empire afloat after everything starts to fall apart, as you're both pragmatic villains who only differ on how ruthless your methods are.

Pros and cons to each I think. Yes GW2 is more fluid in combat but on the other hand I do miss straight up healing in that game. And no, one or two AOEs don't count. But story is definitely TOR's strength.

As for guilds, you're not joining the right ones. Don't go for the tryhard or pro ones if you're a casual.  When joining/getting recruited be straight up about what you're looking to do. If they kick you, who cares? Join another one. That 10% XP does help. If you're at max level for everything then yeah it doesn't really matter- though a guild that actually suits your playstyle can come in handy if you're in a pinch and need an extra group member.

You mean you don't have a female agent to experience the auditory excellence of Jo Wyatt? demion pls

My recommendation is Female Agent, Male Merc, Male SW, more or less in that order.


Otherwise, Kaidan Fan, saberchic jilinna, Thursday night seems to work best in teh immediate future? Say 8-8:30ish EST? We can coordinate more tomorrow.

CrutchCricket Thursday around 8:30 est is good for me and think jilinna should be able to make it around'ish then too. Give us a holler tomorrow then!

Again, the mega guilds aren't the only ones on the scene and unless you're hardcore grinding Conquest for some reason, they have no real use anyway. Most hardcore OPs/PVP guilds aren't active anymore or if they are, they're certainly not overflowing to such an extent that they need to constantly delete people. Mega guilds like what you're describing are pretty much only for Conquest now and that blows anyway.

Point is, if you ask around on fleet, or even starter planets or capital worlds, you'll get plenty of invites. Hell you'll get recruiters putting out calls for guilds without you even asking. You can find everything from nearly full guilds to barebones ones and from super active to nearly dead. And if you don't want a guild for the social stuff, doing events or OPs/FPs/PVP/whatever, the XP and Rep boosts are still worth it if you're leveling.

This is meant as a general comment/helpful info by the way. I'm not telling you or anyone else how to play. But if you're starting out or leveling alts, joining a guild for the mechanical benefits alone still makes a tangible difference. And depending on what, or rather who you find you may get some other perks as well. With my cycles of leaving the game for months at a time and returning, I've either found myself kicked out of guilds (which is fine, doesn't matter, if I still need the boosts on that character I'll join another) or the only one online in a dead guild. But when I joined I always got some perks in addition to the boosts.

My first guild, the one I joined with all my characters ran raffles every couple of weeks. I never won anything major just some toys and dyes, but it was still kinda cool. When I left and came back I found myself out. I joined random guilds again, for the XP boost. The one on my main helped me get a hoverthrone and a jetpack, something I probably would never have gotten on my own, even though I bought a hypercrate. And more recently I switched my agent from a dead guild to a new one that recruited me out of an FP because they liked my healing- and I got a 400k signing bonus on top of it. I only run FPs for the healing now and it's kinda nice to get a couple of people from there as opposed to pure PUGs.

tl;dr Guilds do provide tangible benefits and it doesn't cost a thing to join one. If it does cost anything over what you're willing to put in, just leave and find another.

I'm not in any guild because the mere presence of people would lead me to spend time with them... time I don't really have. I treat SW:TOR mostly as a single player game where I can log in and out whenever I want, without taking care of other people.

In other news, I made a male Juggernaut. Mostly because I want my Vette and LS Jaesa is practically a new companion (who can wear Kreia's outfit!). Going full LS with this one.
Female Agent was tempting but I'd have to play as healer to experience something different and that sucks for solo leveling. Storywise I'd do the same stuff all over again, ending up as a free agent. It's the ending that most appeals to me. No one I'd romance on my crew either (too bad Kaliyo is only bi on paper).

HK 55's story is really fun. I love the destiny bit. That one had me rolling.

Just did the Scorpio bit. *shakes fist* Now I'm down to the last bit for chapter 16. But I've two side quests alerts from the alliance, I guess I better do them before finishing up 16.

Btw, are all the companions released? I still don't have the four for JK.   Also, did they add in another higher grade craftable items? I don't supposed they pushed up weapon hilts, etc.

For JC you only get Qyzen.

Nadia, Tharan, Felix, Zenith, Kira, Doc, Scourge, Corso, Risha, Akaavi, Elara, Ashara, Khem Val, Andronikos, Malavai, Jaesa, Vector, Raina and Mako are still missing.

I still haven't gotten the alert for Guss, one of my favorite characters in the game. In fact, the Smuggler's entire crew are my favorite party members in the game.

ok, I'm not amused to find a crafting mat is listed as only obtainable via hardmode HP.

CrutchCricket

And I'm on my gunslinger atm-- Khuinn

have you checked GTN?

out of curiosity: how much is 1 Strategic Resource Matrix on the Red Eclipse? and E.I.S. for that matter?