Do yourself a favor and play Mass Effect ASAP. It's so good. Dragon Age is also good, but less my cup of tea. The only one with presidium-like music I can think of is maybe Manaan? But that has Manaan music (a la KotOR) that has a similar feel or tone to it as the Presidium, if I recall correctly.

I noticed a number of cloned animations from SWTOR that can be found in SW Galaxy of Heroes. Specifically, the taunt that grunts (or GoH trooper characters) do. 1) Widen stance, stepping to the side with one foot. 2) Raise blaster over your head, left hand by your side. 3) Fire three shots into the air. 4) Taunt.

OMG, Seriously. I have been wanting to complete this quest for years! About Me: Nick: Izzun Class: Gunslinger Realm: Prophecy of the Five Side: Republic Available: Extremely flexible for the next 2 weeks or so (starting a new job around mid-March) Helpful: Yes/No

I think these are great suggestions, especially Weapon Tunings. You could even make them very expensive to keep them rare, but I think it would be wonderful to have another possible avenue to get a tuning.

The Livestream is wrapping up now, but I have a question that I think might be on many people's minds. Between Story Mode, Hard Mode, and Nightmare Mode of Flashpoints and, in particular, Operations, there were major differences to mechanics. When Master Mode for Uprisings and Chapters launches, will they include new mechanics or will the increased difficulty come from the increase in health and damage of enemies?

I'm gonna do likewise. My first effort was something like 1490 characters... <50 Character Version: Legacy CXP Class Content Endgame Direction >50 Character Version: Command XP is extremely grind-y and goes counter to the previous emphasis on creating Alts. Events like Dark v Light and many achievements throw a large emphasis on repeated play. The addition of repeatable chapters and the solitary nature of CXP make me less likely to complete content on my alts. I, as I'm sure many people are, miss my un-returned companions. I also wish there was more class-specific content, even in the vein of the class-specific missions from SoR. Even if there were class-specific bonus missions within Story Chapters, implemented similar to the bonus mission that could be completed by Rokuss if you'd destroyed the Voss Star Fortress, that would be a great nod to who our characters "are" beyond simply "The Outlander." The end game currently feels both aimless and like there are no loose threads pulling the story along. When I finished KotET, there was a strong feeling of "Now what?" The decline in new Operations and Flashpoints contributes to this as they were a source of self-contained story arcs. I think the Dread Masters were a perfect example of a strong end-game story that picked up a few threads from the earlier story and putting them to use in high-level operations. Perhaps Uprisings can segue into the next-big-thing, but it remains to be seen for now and the main storylines feel "wrapped up," which does not inspire me to continue my main character's story as it's not clear that there is anything left for him to "do".

Guessing from the screen cap that shows the thumbnail for the Oppressor Pack that it's the Orange Gold - Silver Crystal from the Oppressor Pack. Try looking for that?

I agree with most of this,

If you ought to have him then there are two ways to get him: 1) You'll get a mail with an "Encrypted Holocommunicator" that just lets you summon and have him. 2) After completing the quest "To Find a Findsman" you will be able to pick up other Alliance Alerts, including Niko's. This is all post KotFE Chapter IX. Hope that helps!

I haven't watched it myself (trying to avoid spoiling it!) but I figured some people here might be interested in watching the first 15 minutes of KotET, which are showing on IGN right now!

A lot of the Nar Shadda Nightlife things are kinda gangsterish. I recall the rifle is a tommy-gun style and the mounts are pretty classic-car.

Haha, awesome! Whenever I get an "awesome" item from my quests but it actually sucks or is outgrown quickly, I throw it in the cargo hold. My sage still has the robes that a jawa gave him back on Tatooine. My smuggler's keeping Sparky safe for Corso. All of Kallig's gear is locked safely aboard my inquisitor's ship. Now I have an idea what I can do with some of those mementos from quests gone by, thanks!

The upshot is that they said in the stream it is designed to have you ping another Command Level every thirty minutes to start, and eventually every hour or two at the top end (Provided you're doing harder content). Should ease the pain a bit? If you get a pack like several times a day, that could be at least as good as raiding and having to roll for gear against your ops group? Or essentially potentially the same as the problem you are describing with tactical flashpoints dropping duplicate gear.

What about the rewards for class missions? Will the 12 comms received be replaced by gobs of credits? Mods? Better gear?

I agree that for taxis it was odd. For the warp points, I think it makes sense to have to unlock, but what's the point of a taxi that only takes you places you've already been?

Except Balmorra is one of the split planets where you don't encounter enemy players. What people have been talking about is player bases where you pick up quests, visit merchants, taxi in and out, etc. The base on Balmorra is an NPC base filled with little badguys to attack and missions to complete. Similar to the Republic base on Imperial Taris.

Every time they do a Blur Trailer it's like 2-3 minutes. Except for the introduction of HK-51, but another expansion is bigger news than that. I imagine it will be of similar quality and duration to the one with Arcann and Thexin. Thematically, that actually supports the Vaylin theory. Then again, the tease is that the family is growing...

Follow up, it seems that the next CM pack after the "Manipulator" pack is the "Scavenger" Pack. I wonder if we'll be visiting the ruins of Nathema to find some clues about Vitiate...?

Woah, so there's some new info on Dulfy that gives some clues, I think! "New direct sold armor set – Nathema Zealot’s Robes (The distinctive garb worn by the mysterious Force-sensitives that oversee the Sanitarium on Nathema)" Nathema seems a likely candidate for the setting of the trailer teaser. Still, the Nathema Sanitarium could be a post-Vitiate-eating location OR it could be the location of Vitiate's ceremony. So maybe a recent past scene of Vaylin or a distant past scene of Vitiate? Thoughts?

Also, keep in mind, after Chapter XII, all the most powerful force users (besides potentially your Outlander) traveled off to deal with something else. and Valkorion only came back finally at the end of XVI. This child could be related. My money is on Vaylin or possibly a flashback to the Emperor's childhood. We'll know in a week!

My guess is it's an uber-powerful child Vaylin, but my hope is that it's someone's secret child?

Did everyone see it yet? https://www.facebook.com/starwarstheoldrepublic/videos/10154141051673860/ Looks like a wunderkind is coming!

Just yesterday after leveing a DvL character to 50, I got the Revan's Supplementary Armor (Mask and Sash). Overall, the DvL packs have been pretty good to me! Got a nice array of crystals (including the white one), a nice jetpack mount, and a whole bunch of flashpoint experience boosts (that last one is not my favorite).

Yeah, you can do everything to get Bowdaar up to the point where he says that he'll come back with you, but the final step of the whole questchain is to talk to Hylo Visz, and if she's in the hangar you can't talk to her about Bowdaar.

The problem is, once you start Chapter 13 (aka once you enter your Alliance Base), Hylo has moved to the hangar for her dialogue launching the mission. And, it's traditional SWTOR story, not "Classic" KotOR letterboxed, unvoiced dialogue. Therefore, I think you have to wait until you complete Chapter XIII to finish Bowdaar's recruitment. That's what I did anyway. A pity, but it's not like you can bring Bowdaar on the heist anyway.