Hello! Welcome to the community! If you are on Star Forge, feel free to friend me. On Republic side I am Culurien in-game and on Empire side I am Mirusch in-game. Mention that you're someone from the forums. I love to help out new players! Hope you're really enjoying your first time in swtor!!

Hello there! If you are on Star Forge server, friend me on Republic side. My name is Culurien in-game and I love to help and welcome new players. Best wishes on your journey and may the Force be with you! ~ Culurien

Compared to an existing server, how is the performance? It felt very smooth. I had no issues at all with loading on either the starting planet or the end game content I did. Any specific areas or planets where you feel the performance has lessened? No, actually I did not notice any lessening of performance. What region/country do you reside in? I reside in Atlanta (Lawrenceville to be specific), Georgia, USA. Provide a comparison of ping from existing servers to Shae Vizla. My apologies I wasn't sure how to test the ping. Is grouped content working properly? Yes, I did Hammer Station with 3 other players. We selected it from the Group Finder and it popped perfectly. No issues during the playing of it either. How quickly can you get into a match or Flashpoint you’ve accepted? Once I hit the enter flashpoint button, the load time to get in was very minimal. It took less than 10 seconds. Might have been less than 5 seconds. It did seem faster than on regular servers currently. Is travel to any location (planet, Stronghold, Fleet, etc…) hindered? I have not noticed any difficulty traveling. However, I only traveled to Tython, the fleet, Hammer Station, GSF and PVP match. Are there any issues with the UI such as missing assets or loss of functionality? No, I was happy to find that the UI I had saved from my original character loaded here perfectly along with my gear. Are there any issues with visuals or sounds with the cinematics? I could not find any flaw here. Please report anything that differs from your experience in the live servers as well! I am really looking forward to the cloud server change. From what I've seen and playtested, there are no draw back and a lot of passive advantages. Thank you for your hard work. ~ Culurien

P.S. I am absolutely obsessed with Zenith as well. I've been waiting for him to be romanceable for 10 years. The most recent cut scene with his recruitment blew me away - it was perfect imo. If there is anyone out there who'd like to fangirl with me about him, pls do. My discord DMs are always open ( Culurien#9228 ). <3

I love playing Republic and light side, so yes, all my Sith-side characters have stories and reasons for defecting and want to undermine the Empire. I really would like to see at least a defection option added to the LS story Sith-side, not that it would change factions, but it could be acknowledge in story and with a title. I think it makes a lot more sense that way. I have an Imperial Chiss agent, who is actually a spy for the Chiss to determine the trustworthiness of the Empire. And my Inquisitor has a vendetta against the Empire for enslaving her and for their treatment of aliens.

Keep playing - things explode in Act III.

Perhaps a bit off topic, but I can tell you a romance I'd really like to see added -- Zenith for Consular/Sage. He is amazing. Admittedly, his story is great as is and a romance doesn't make sense until 50, but.... Bioware, can you add this later? Please?

Hi guys, I would like to play LS Sith at some point, but it concerns me that a Sith could remain a 'Sith' and still be light side. I feel this weakens Star Wars lore. For a satisfying ending, I would hope that you could at least have the option of betraying the Empire, the Sith and even joining the Order. In my mind, my LS Sith character would have this in mind from the beginning. I understand that not everyone would want to play that way, going all DS, and and that joining the Order would create faction imbalances. However, for LS to be viable Sith-side, the option should be there and at least acknowledged in the LS story and with a title, without changing game faction. Some feel as if Jedi/Sith are really just 'different pts of view.' That is a discussion for another place. But, the 'dark side' is called such for a reason. I hope Bioware is paying attention to this fact, and giving story content that matches and does not weaken current Star Wars lore. It very well may be that there is more story content not yet added that will address these things in the future. If anyone has more information to offer concerning LS/DS on Sith-side (not rants), I'd appreciate it. Thanks! ~Culurien

Yes! I'd love it if he were romanceable! Definitely my favorite character in the game and it does make me extremely sad that he is not. Bioware, please add this in the future!

I agree - I really wish Zenith was a romance option. His personality is amazing! He's exactly the kind of character I like. It would be nice if Tharan was too, but Zenith is a far bigger loss. Plus, Iresso is human. It's just more fun to romance aliens than humans. Maybe, they will make him a romance option in the future. If they do, I will replay the entire Consular class. LOL