Hi, and welcome to SWTOR! One big advantage of the Trooper is that all your companions use Heavy Armour - that means that you can let your companions use the leftover armour that you yourself replace with better pieces as you level up. Now for a few tips on Orange/purple armour and the way you can modify it: Be aware that as you level up and move from planet to planet you wll earn planet specific Commendations - these you can use to buy equipment or modifications (Armorings / mods / enhancements / barrels). Modifications are used in Orange / Purple gear and let you design your stats and look as you please. Keep in mind that unless you want to repeat Heroic missions every day on the various panets, or kill trash randomly there is no other way to farm such planet commendations. I always check out the vendors when I arrive on a new planet and make a shopping list so that I know how many commendations I need to buy what I want. (You often have to choose between a commendation(s) reward and a gear reward when you complete missions. I always take the commendation if the item offered is not a modification.) The planet commendations earned on one planet (Like Ord Mantell), can only be used to buy equipment/modifications from that planet's commendation vendors either on the planet or on the Republic Fleet - you cannot buy Voss items with Balmorra commendations for instance. If you get a purple/orange piece you like the look of, don't throw it away even if you pillage it for modifications: Keep the empty shell in your cargo hold (bank) for possible future use. Oh, and a big one: If you want your squad to have a uniform look, i.e everyone in the same type of armour, be aware that you cannot use armour with class restriction "Troop", because even though all of them wear Heavy Armour, and are employed in the same army as you are, they are not considered "Troopers". I just realised I could keep writing for ever, but will stop now. May come back later with more Check out the class forums and the role forums for more info specific to your Trooper/(Commando/Vanguard) and I can also recommend this site: http://www.dulfy.net for general information about the game) Have fun and enjoy your Trooper!

I have come to terms with my choice. I also love seeing the responses to this thread, but would like to hear more about other situations in the game. Have only finished the Consular story before, and am soon done with Trooper now, but am looking forward to slowly experiencing the rest of them (It will probably take me years but so be it )

All opinions are welcome of course. It was a good experience for me. Please share one of yours in return to elaborate

It is not often that I actually care about characters in a computer game but last night I was in a cut scene conversation where I had to make a choice and I spent 10 mins pondering what to do because BW gave me such a difficult choice. It sucked bigtime, and that is why I loved it. How often do I care that much about what happens to a computer character? Please share your similar stories in this thread, but bear in mind that spoilers should be hidden. Here is what happened to me last night: I have been levelling my Trooper (Commando) alt, and he is at lvl 43. He is a pure Light sided kind of guy, he has romanced Elara, even though she is a bit uptight, but he has also always had a place in his heart for Sgt Jaxo, an NPC that pops into the story from time to time. While not on an RP server I decided that my Commando and her shared a special bond the first time they met and thus decided to Last night I was sent to an Imperial prison and eventually had to So thank you BW for making me care about my character and Sgt Jaxo the NPC; that does not happen too often in games I assure you. Good job! Now please share similar experiences, people

I played WoW and AoC for years and have to say SWTOR has been the smoothest experience so far. I think they are doing a good job to be honest.

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Kinetic Spec 1. I believe other players perceive the Shadows as undefined right now; the perceived nerf in 1.3 makes many think we are no longer viable tanks (PVE), and "everyone knows" that Balance and Infiltration Shadows have been looked upon as semi-meh since launch. 2. I solo a lot (PVE), and do group runs (FPS/Ops) but never PvP. I feel the survivablility as a Shadow tank is good when I solo, but think that it must be a bit hard for the healers in FPs / Ops since we are victims of spikey damage. It is kind of sad that most bosses are immune to our strengths (shield etc). I hope this will be balanced out in the future; I want to tank; both solo and wen in groups.

You keep on contributing to the community, Iwipe. Thanks again.

And keep contributing; we should all help them expand the database so that we can all benefit from it

While I respect your opinion, bluerobe, I do not agree with you. From the interview: "Austin: Philosophically, I want each tank to be competitive with the others but have a different feel." I think this is a refreshing thought, and I think it is very nice for us who want to tank to have several choices of how we want to do that, not just in terms og armour type, but also of melee vs ranged. I don't see any reason why a tank must be a heavily armoured player in a universe/realm with magic (like in WoW or AoC) or in our case; The Force. And to get back on topic; I think the interview is perhaps the most detailed and consice information we have received about tanking from BW since release. That alone gives me reason to hope this thread will survive as a good place for constructive discussion.

I am married and have a little daughter and a boy on the way. I work full time and am studying on the side. I actively spend as much time as I can with family and friends. But I love good games, be it computer games, board games, role playing games etc. The little time I have for gaming these days is spent on SWTOR, as it has been since early access. I have postponed other games like Mass Effect 3, Diablo III, The Secret World (as I had Beta access) and many more. While I love my life and would not change anything I wish I had more time for SWTOR, because I keep wanting to log in to run flashpoints, do Operations, level an alt or four, do some crafting, try to get the Datachrons, heck - maybe try some PvP (I have never PvPed in any game previously.) All in all; I can't get enough of SWTOR.

Not very constructive in my opinion. Care to elaborate?

Yes. Nothing is saved.

This is very true actually. It is a very hands on post with detailed infformation - exactly what people keep asking for.

Loved that interview. Good going Tanking TOR. Edit: Have to say I am a bit amazed it was moved from the Classes-Roles-Tanking thread though. I have never seen a more tanking specific post.

Read about it in the Codex as well, and keep visiting your trainer to learn new patterns. (Many people progress to about 60-65 in skill and stop because they have never gone back to the trainer to learn new patterns) You can also get patterns from the GTN since they drop from the mission skills Underworld Trading and from Investigation. Some also drop random in the game world or in Flashpoints or Operations.

Not sure if this has been asked already ... Do you have more screenshots? Is there a reason there is a glitch in the background image? (The same building twice - looks like the same image is copied into the screenshot 2 times - I doubt that is a normal background in the game?) Just asking for clarification ...

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This. In the modern western world where more and more gamers are grown ups this is nothing. I would gladly pay more. I pay my monthly fee with a smile. The day I am not happy anymore I will stop paying. Simple as that. $15 a month. No problem.

Some important things to consider about the sensors: You can buy the repair droid for 1 million credits at Legacy level 7, but to buy the sensors for 100 000 credits (each), you need Legacy level 12. I bought my droid at level 7 thinking I could use the sensors right away, but am now levelling my Legacy to get it to lvl 12 ... You can accompany someone to their ship and buy sensors from their repair droid if you do not want to spend 1 million on the droid itself .

While the thread has wavered abit and some emotions have flared I think the discussion has been going well so far! Please continue to contribute Thank you Fuzzytoad for presenting your case in a clear way, and judging on your tale it seems that some players are bugged in this matter. I will change the original post accordingly. I hope those of you who are affected continue to post in the Customer Service section on these forums, and continue to raise tickets ingame. Be sure to explain it as clearly as you have now in order to avoid the CS representatives dismissing this as a player misunderstanding. However, based on my own experiences and the posts of others this bug does not affect everyone, so maybe that should be stated clearly as well so that it is easier for BW to look into this. Those of you who are experiencing this bug; please continue to post in the CS section, and continue raising tickets! Hope this will get sorted! To those who think you may be experiencing this bug; please be sure to read this entire thread and actually test things before contacting CS and raising tickets. That way you make it easier for the ones affected when it comes to being believed, and listened to

That would be a better solution; absolutely. Like Brutalos said also: I do not think such a solution would be met with much protest from the player base.

Just tested this and you are absolutely right. Am leaving my other post unedited so that this will make sense for others who read it. However - if you target the bridge first then this should not be a problem - then you can use the remaining torpedoes for the shield generators and pick the last off with missiles. Until we get missions where we can target several bridges/arrays and need all our torpedoes for that this is a minor nuisance and not a big issue I think. Thanks for pointing that out, Brutalos.

I don't see how this "screws up" missile launches. Also - I do not see this as being broken - I see it as you think it is a bit messy to have to mouse over several targets and risk hitting a shield generator insted of the bridge. If you want to use torpedoes - do so (very handy in the Zosha Advance mission as the shield generators take more than 4 missiles to destroy.) If you want to use missiles - just tap your right mousebutton in order to fire missiles instead of torpedoes. (Edit: this is not correct as long as you still have torpedoes left and are targeting a Shield Generator, Array or Bridge - see original post or next page for clarification) Besides - what else will you use the torpedoes for? I always take out the bridge with my first torpedo though - that way I know I have destroyed the hardest target first.

Thank you. I may add more to it - maybe incorporate some links to other good Space Combat posts and add more tips. Am open to suggestions of course.