leaving wmp on then launching swtor works like a charm for me. i had horrid fps issues b4. in fact tor runs better and the computer is less hot..... something is seriously wrong with tor... w/o wmp my lappy runs real hot w/ crappy performance and on the lowest settings. now i can run w/o almost any lag, on some high settings in 1080 w/o burning my finger if put it on the heat sink.

ikr? my rig (see sig) is low end.

Thanks for the well written and informative post

I believe he's actually referring to Ability Delay. There is a huge thread on it in the CSR forums. EDIT: GalacticKegger posted the link to the thread above. And while the OP does bring up some valid points, the way its delivered and underlying tone does not help his contentions at all.

"We're very happy in the review scores; we've been getting basically 90s and 80s - the lowest score we have is an 80, on average we have a 90. It's been coming in about where we expected," Ohlen said. Ohlen can't even do MATHS. If you are basically getting 90's and 80's, how is the average a 90!?!?!?!?!?

Ohlen blames customers for their unreasonable expectations for TOR. He clearly does not understand how the business-to-consumer relationship works. The main fuction any marketing department / program is to provide information to the consumer on what the product is and the features the product offers as well as to help shape consumer expectations to promote sales. Thus, the fault lies with BW and not the customer. WTG for blaming the customer again~!

"I don't know why the MMORPG genre is not considered to be a genre," Ohlen shrugged. Aside from the 5% ASSumption followed by the "I dont know" in the same statement, I can imagine James Ohlen has completely lost credibility as game designer to many gamers.

it's called Class Mirrors......

Yet the Jedi code and the Sith code are opposite of what you yourself just described. The Sith are the free thinkers - do w/e the hell you want but you better back it up. Jedi are the ones that conform. What I hate about the Jedi order is that it's too preachy and it reminds me too much of religion - e.g. Christianity, Buddhism.

The FPS overlay number is in upper left corner is just FRAPS running in the background......

The MMO genre will continue to exist as long as there is market. Unfortunately for you and others including myself who have been playing mmo's since EQ1 what we view as an mmo and the experience it brings will never be the same. The current mmo biz model (pioneered by blizzard) is tailored to the casual gamer. Thus we see the implementation of heavy instancing and quicker means of instant gratifications. This has virtually eliminated the need to be reliant on others. TOR is a prime example - leveling to cap and gearing oneself with with top of the line or near top of the line gear can be accomplished easily without the need to even form a group. Cap can be easy reached by solo questing within a week of played game time and gear can be obtained by solo queueing wz and/or by illum dailies. The worst part for me is the social impact of the tailored-for-the-casual-gamer mmo has brought about. There is no sense of community in mmo's anymore. Reputation means little or next to nothing. People are constantly disrespecting others because it has no effect on their character progression. TOR has been my worst experience in a MMO community to date since EQ1 and I have played numerous titles. Every time I decide to delve back into a MMO I futility hope to relive the days of old but long gone are those glorious days.

You cared enough to answer and that by definition is caring.

Esauru is referring to killing Zash at the end of Act 1 when you are bestowed the title of Lord. Zash states in a cutscene before the mission that you should bring Khem only, which excludes the option to bring Andronikos (sp) - Khem was the most geared companion I had anyways at this level so I did never attempted to summon Andonikos for the Zash fight.

I always run-by buff others because it's just the nice thing to do especially when you meet others in the open-world who are solo questing like yourself. Back in the days of EQ1 this wasn't a common practice because buffs were channeled and had a mana cost. I definitely remember the days of EQ1 buffing because I played a druid and SOW was the most requested buff. Buff trading back then was common. I might be wrong in my recollections but iirc the game that people would just run by and buff was DAoC.

Thanks for making my night! EDIT: From Jawa to Jawa *high-five* (or is it three fingers?)