Thanks for the responses everyone. I wont bother with the CPU affinity thing after all. Cheers

Thank you very much for your reply. Some great info there and some nice changes it seems with companions.

I am back after a long absence. This game used to be a bit gimped with multi-core CPUs due to the game engine. I dont have an amazing system to game on so looking at ways to eek out as much performance as possible. Setting CPU affinity used to be a thing, due to the multi-core issues. Is this still a recommended tweak? Cheers

Hi All, Have decided to sub as I need to scratch my SWTOR itch once again. I played game on/off since launch. For some reason I have no characters so will be proper starting from scratch. This is okay as I plan to do the class stories as I never did them all before. So, with that said. Can anyone point me to somewhere which covers the big changes this game has gone through? I know about the expansions but anything else such as professions (are they still viable to make money on GTN) and that kind of thing would be appreciated. Many thanks.

I have decided to un-sub (again) but not for purely negative reasons. Shadow of Revan was outstanding and I think it is among the best content / story BW has ever done. Sadly it was very short but it felt intense all the way through and I commend BW for a masterpiece. I also really enjoyed doing other class stories via the 12x XP boost and would definitely come back for more of that. However, now that I have played through SoR, I don't have much to play for as the story is the biggest part for me. I liked the solo Flashpoints which allowed me to experience the Forged Alliances story and the SoR content, it was executed very well. I planned going through all of the old worlds and complete planet missions I missed 3 years ago when levelling my marauder and to also do as many achievements as possible but the game still feels very choppy and it is affecting my enjoyment of the game. Lag, frame skipping and ability delay seem as bad as ever. I tried playing through it as best I could but without something like a good storyline to keep me engaged, I am not having as much fun. The technicial issues are the biggest reason for me leaving though, it feels like I am constantly fighting with the game and I cannot justify the monthly fee for that kind of experience. I really hope BW can come to resolve this and I hope EA give you the funds to make it happen because this game is amazing. I am also very keen to see where the story goes from here so I will definitely be back. For now though, the money for the sub can't justify what I am doing in-game atm with the added issues. I wish you all the best. Cheers

Nobody having the same problem?

I pre-ordered SoR and have finished the story but under my account info, my game level only shows as having Rise of the Hutt Cartel. Is anyone else seeing this? I have not checked to see if I have the Revan statue yet but I do not recall receiving anything in an email. I am a little worried that this might cause some sort of problem at some point in the future.

I just finished the story on my Marauder and have to say, I have been completely blown away. The quality of the story was top drawer. This was as good as any class storyline, it was amazing. I have a fondness for Revan due to my KOTOR roots but I have to say, bravo BW, bravo. I cannot wait to see the next instalment, that was just amazing.

I too am really enjoying the expansion, Rishi was amazing, I really did love it and I am feeling excited about finishing work so i can go home and play SWTOR. The class mission was also very exciting, as soon as the holo call came through I dropped everything and ran to complete it, it was just so very fast, that it left me feeling dissapointed that they couldnt have made it a little longer. I hope this means there will be more, regular class missions in future.

That was like half a mission. Surely it cant be: Talk to a guy, kill some stuff, talk to a guy, done! I wasn't expcting it to be as long or detailed as vanilla SWTOR but I was expecting more than that. Very dissapointing BW. Revan+Class Mission+XP boost were all of the reasons I returned. I am still enjoying the expansion so far but we really do need that mission flehsed out a little bit more.

Simply awesome. Loved every bit of it. The missions, the theme, the story, all of it was class. I wish we had more interaction with the natives though, and possibly a companion. I hope my class mission continues on Yavin 4 because if not, i'd say the Sith Warrior class mission was very intriguing and id be very disappointed if that is all it was.

Not the case for me. Still an issue.

Excellent post Gronzi, I feel much the same.

You can do that? I'm getting one!

That's exciting, I hope to see more. I was also hoping they would allow us to swim. When i fIrst went to Manaan I jumped into the water to see what would happen and fell to my death, through the world. Kind of breaks the illusion a bit...lol

12x XP was the reason I came back, well, that and Revan expansion but the 12x XP definitely sealed the deal for me. I don't have a lot of time to play and CBA going through all of the side missions again to level up. The XP boost allows me to experience one of the best thigns about this game, class story.

As the title suggests, it would be very helpful with UI placement if things could be centered automatically. I can't see this being tricky to impliment. For OCD folk like myself, this would be like a Christmas gift...lol Please Please Please.

Ya know I thought that but wasn't sure if it just looked similar. I can remember force persuading Zaalbar to kill Mission at that very spot, and Carth run away up the hill and around the corner Was amazing to see it all again, they did an outstanding job. Sometimes I think level design in SWTOR can be quite biased to one types of colour/tone, for example Nar Shadda feels permananetly blue/purple and starts to feel bland after a while, and other areas had the same sort of feeling to me but Rakata Prime is bursting with colours that contrast really well. It looks gorgeous.

Finished it last night to begin Revan. Rakata Prime looks amazing, I noticed they kept the original background music for Mannaan and Rakata Prime, brought back so many good memories from KOTOR. Awesome job guys.

So you came back to see how bad the new skill tree was? Thats umm...interesting.

Subscribers automatically get Hutt Cartel expansion. Although pre-ordering Revan stated you get RotHC as a perk, this was alreayd the case for subsribers and was misleading IMO.

Yeah, I was kind of putting this out to the ones who have left and came back.

I came back a couple of months ago, specifically for the Revan expansion. I have been away from the game for a couple of years but this game has always been about Revan for me and I am really excited that BW are bringing him back. The 12x XP to class missions was the cherry on the cake, it allowed me to blast through several stories, including the amazing Imperial Agent story. Alexander Freed is a master at SW storytelling. I am interested in hearing from others who came back purely because of this and how you think the game is doing atm. I am really glad I came back, I am loving it. Still see some old bugs though, such as ability delay and lag but it is manageable. The game is still immense IMO.

The thing with me is the ability doesnt catch up. When you do Vicious Slash, the animation, as you may know shows the sabers swinging overhead. What happens with me is that the animation gets about 50% of the way through (so the sabers are overhead) and then the whole thing resets and starts over. Sometimes it can reset like this 2-3 times before it exectutes.

This was never an issue in early Beta, it was introducted in either the second last, or last beta client and it has never gone away. So whatever they changed in those beta clients has caused this.