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  1. Are you talking about the website? If so, then there should be a "Log In" button in the top right of the homepage. That's where you log into the website. If you're already logged into the website, then that button will not be there and instead you will see your account name in small letters. To view your subscription details and to download the game, click your account name and go to "My Account". You should then be able to see your subscription details on the left hand side under "Subscription". To download the game (if you need to) there's also "Games (Download)" on the left hand side as well.
  2. If you can't find another solution then, as was mentioned above, you might want to try removing Bitraider. I found an old guide here on how to do that, I think it should still work: Bitraider is a streaming / downloading service that EA throws in with a lot of their games that tends to cause a lot of problems for the user. Be warned, removing Bitraider will redownload the game. It should also be noted that uninstalling Bitraider and actually configuring the patcher to not use Bitraider are two different things. Simply uninstalling Bitraider and nothing else will cause the patcher to download Bitraider again. You need to edit the settings file to not use Bitraider which is explained in the guide above.
  3. The "Camera Rotation Speed" slider is located in "Interface Controls" and then "Controls". But the slider itself is bugged for many people. I had the same problem when coming back to the game recently. If you can't work with the slider in-game then you have to change the setting in a text file located here: Replace "YourUserName" with your user name C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\SWTOR\swtor\settings This is the file you want to change (just open with notepad): UserName_Account.ini And then change the following setting to something between 0 and 1 (mine is set to 0.25 I think): Controls_CameraRotationSpeed = XXX.yyy Make sure you try the slider in-game before trying this and make sure to exit the game before editing the settings file.
  4. I usually set my companions to DPS to make things quicker. For tougher fights, setting them to Tank is often preferable over Healing for me. When companions Tank, they still spend time attacking and dealing damage in addition to tanking damage. This way you get the benefit of taking less damage yourself while also having a companion that deals damage. When a companion is set to Heal, they often spend most of their time healing rather than doing anything else. This is still the best option for very tough fights, but I personally prioritize setting a companion to DPS, then Tank, and then Heal based on how tough fights are.
  5. You can find mod vendors that sell cheap mods for every 4-6 levels on the outer ring of the Supplies section of the fleet. As was mentioned before, stats don't matter than much until you hit endgame. You can generally outlevel most things and then you will be level scaled back down to the level of the planet you are on. On a side note, you don't need to do every mission you come across. You can level by doing only purple missions, these are your class / main stories. Focusing only on those will help avoid consistently overleveling things. For class information, you can generally find up to date info on classes (including stat priorities) in Vulkk's guides: https://vulkk.com/category/swtor/swtor-guides/swtor-5-0-guides/
  6. If you're serious about not caring about the story then I would say go ahead and make a boosted character. However, I would warn you that this is a very story-driven MMO and that is a big reason why many people play this game. I would normally highly recommend new players to play at least their first character from level 1. A few notes about boosted characters for new players: A boosted character has their class story, companion conversations, and previous expansion content autocompleted. This is done though default dialog options. All of the content is completed as if you actually played through but with preset choices. You can never go back and do any of this content, including companion conversations. You can never romance class companions with boosted characters and you do not receive any titles you'd normally get from the story. Again, I'd highly recommend that any new players start at level 1 and play though all the relevant content at their own pace. To speed things along, you can level doing only purple missions. These are your class story and planet story arcs. You can choose to skip the planet story arcs if you want to, but you will probably have to fill that in with something else like Heroics or Flashpoints.
  7. When you subscribe for at least 1 month you get free permanent access to all of the expansions. Even when you revert back to F2P / Preferred you'll still have access to them. For a full list of differences between F2P, Preferred, and Subscription, see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/wiki/f2p#wiki_differences_quickview
  8. Anything that is only sold temporarily is usually a good seller. Things like the Distant Worlds Decoration Bundle and the recent direct purchase sales that only last a few days like the Unstable Arbiter saber and black on black dye as well as the mount and tuning that appeared today on the CM. Other things to check prices on are command boosts and armor / weapons like the Heirloom saber. Any of those things in addition to the one's you mentioned usually provide a good CC to credit conversion ratio. In general, if you can get 10 mil out of 1k CC then that's a pretty good deal. Depending on your server, there might be a few things you can do that with consistently.
  9. I would say sell them about 1-2 months after they are no longer available. That would be at least several months from now. If you don't want to wait that long then, depending on your server, there might be other things on the CM to sell for credits at a similar CC to credit conversion rate as Hypercrates. I'd recommend looking up some of the items from the CM on the GTN and see what various things sell for. Hypercrates aren't necessarily the best things to use to convert CC to credits, even when you wait until they're no longer available.
  10. I believe they have separate teams for game content and the cartel market. Expansions and actual game content obviously take a lot more work than just creating new armor and mount designs to throw on the CM so I think its safe to say that they put more resources towards creating game content. And with the recent low effort additions to the cartel market, maybe they are moving even more resources over to focus on game content.
  11. Did the game actually finish installing? Did you try repairing the client? You can repair by exiting the game and clicking the lower left button on the launcher. If the game is actually fully installed, then try repairing first. If that doesn't work, then check out the official post on this issue here: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=729911 If nothing works, I'd advise you to remove Bitraider. You may even want to remove Bitraider anyway. Bitraider is a streaming and downloading service that EA throws in with a lot of their games that tends to cause a lot of problems for the user. Here's a guide to removing Bitraider: Be warned, removing Bitraider will redownload the game. It should also be noted that uninstalling Bitraider and actually configuring the patcher to not use Bitraider are two different things. Simply uninstalling Bitraider and nothing else will cause the patcher to simply download Bitraider again. You need to edit the settings file to not use Bitraider which is explained in the guide above.
  12. Replaying chapters has no effect on your actual progress with the story. The decisions you make during your first playthrough are the only ones that matter. The bug with Lana is likely unrelated to replaying chapters. If you're certain that your romance with Lana was broken off, I recommend opening an in-game ticket. Although, I don't know how much they can do to fix your situation. I know there are a lot of people that have had romance bugs with their companions in the recent expansions which never been fixed (as far as I'm aware).
  13. You should be able to view the DvL status on your server by opening your Galactic Command window. Default key is Ctrl+G. You should always see the DvL bar there with the current light or dark rank.
  14. Every pack has specific items. The Unstable Peacemaker Lightsabers / Dualsabers have been in the past three packs which are all part of Shipment 9, they've never been up for direct sale. Shipments are a series of thematically related packs. You can view what packs are in what shipments and what items are from what packs by going to your Collections and then the Packs section up top. You can see and preview all items from any specific pack there.
  15. The game has a built-in interface editor under the "System" section of your menu bar. You can move your quickbars and change their sizes as well as the number of buttons on them. There's lots of other stuff you can do with it. I would also recommend looking through your rotation and the abilities you're using regularly. Many of the abilities for each class are very situational, you may be using some abilities regularly that you really don't need to use which can contribute to the ability bloat on your bars. Here are some class guides for 5.0 to help with that: http://dulfy.net/2016/12/22/swtor-5-0-class-guides-master-list/ I personally use a 12 programmable button mouse with the buttons in a 3x4 grid. My main quickbar is towards the lower middle of the screen and formatted 3x4 to match the keys on my mouse. They're keybined accordingly. That bar has my main rotation (plus a few misc abilities I use a lot) and then to either side of it there are two other bars with situational and misc abilities. I don't have any issues identifying when abilities are off CD and when I can use them.
  16. If anyone is having issues with reorganizing data, slow launcher downloads, or other patching problems, they should consider removing Bitraider. Bitraider is a streaming and downloading service that EA throws in with a lot of their games that tends to cause a lot of problems for the user. Here's a guide to removing Bitraider: Be warned, removing Bitraider will redownload the game. It should also be noted that uninstalling Bitraider and actually configuring the patcher to not use Bitraider are two different things. Simply uninstalling Bitraider and nothing else will cause the patcher to simply download Bitraider again. You need to edit the settings file to not use Bitraider which is explained in the guide above.
  17. If anyone is having issues with reorganizing data, slow launcher downloads, or other patching problems, they should consider removing Bitraider. Bitraider is a streaming and downloading service that EA throws in with a lot of their games that tends to cause a lot of problems for the user. Here's a guide to removing Bitraider: Be warned, removing Bitraider will redownload the game. It should also be noted that uninstalling Bitraider and actually configuring the patcher to not use Bitraider are two different things. Simply uninstalling Bitraider and nothing else will cause the patcher to simply download Bitraider again. You need to edit the settings file to not use Bitraider which is explained in the guide above.
  18. They really need to improve the state of packs right now. Spending $40 on packs should have some sort of minimum guarantee attached to it so you don't end up wasting your money (which, on average, is what happens). This minimum guarantee could come in the form of a guaranteed number of gold items from a Hypercrate, or if they bring back cartel certificates, a minimum number of certificates. As it stands, you should never buy Hypercrates as they are never worth the CC price they go for on the CM. You can always convert CC to credits and then use those credits to buy 99% (if not 100%) of the items from the GTN from any Hypercrates currently being sold for far less CC (usually less than half) than what they go for on the CM, even when they're on sale for 50% off. This is why, along with many others, I've stopped buying packs and never will again unless packs are drastically improved. The whole system is designed to benefit cartel whales over everyone else.
  19. Collections are an account wide collection of cartel items that you've acquired. Once a cartel item is bound to a character it gets added to your Collections, you can then make as many copies of that item you want for that specific character. If you want to use that item on other characters, you have to pay a one time fee of cartel coins to "unlock" that item (this can be up to 400 coins for rare items). Once you do, you can make as many copies as you want on any other characters. Exceptions are Dyes and Tunings, which are not saved in collections at all. And armor sets, which you have to collect the entire set and bind it to a single character before it gets added to Collections.
  20. As was mentioned, Heroics and gathering crafting mats to sell are both reliable ways to make credits. You can also find a niche on the GTN or craft and sell end game gear. For making hundreds of millions of credits, the main method people use is probably flipping items on the GTN. This isn't something anyone can do though as it requires lots of knowledge on what items are valuable and what you can potentially sell them for. However, if you want a hundred million or more credits easily, then buying items from the cartel market (CM) for cartel coins (CC) and then selling them for credits on the GTN may be the best route to go. If this is what you want to do then character and Legacy rename items, command boosts, Hypercrates (don't open them.. ever), and/or the Distant Worlds Decoration Bundle are good examples of items to buy with CC. Before you buy anything to sell on the GTN, I recommend looking everything up on the GTN to see how much this stuff is going for on your server. Ideally, I'd check a couple times a day for several days before buying anything in order to get a good idea of the average prices of this stuff. Generally, if you can convert 1k CC to about 10 million credits, that's a pretty good deal. Depending on your server, there might be a few things from the market that you can do this with. Again, just be sure to check prices beforehand. Also, whenever you claim something from the CM, there's a day and a half bind timer where the item is temporarily bound to the character you claimed it on. You have to wait for the bind timer to expire before mailing, trading, or selling the item. A couple notes about Hypercrates: You can always sell Hypercrates for much more than they might be going for now by sitting on them a few months. If you sell them when they are no longer available you can make a decent chunk of credits. This also applies to any items from the market that aren't always available. Hypercrates are also never worth the CC price they go for on the CM. You can always convert CC to credits and then use those credits to buy 99% of the items from any Hypercrates currently being sold for far less CC (usually less than half) than they go for on the CM, even when they're on sale. EDIT: About Heroics, here's a list of the fastest ones for each faction: Just click the link to the spreadsheet in the first comment.
  21. I would suggest looking at some other threads in the new player forums for useful information for new / returning players. Threads like these have a lot of useful information: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=912857 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9207195 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9243819 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=915207
  22. I believe Imperial Agent is typically the highest rated among the community (based on various polls in the past). Other highly rated stories (in no particular order) are Jedi Knight, Smuggler, Bounty Hunter, and Sith Warrior. With both companions and story in mind, I'd say my favorites are Smuggler, Bounty Hunter, and Jedi Knight. They all seem to have a nice combination of interesting and enjoyable companions with a decent story.
  23. The primary way to get end game gear is through the Galactic Command system. GC is meant to be a unified way for everyone to work towards end game gear by doing the activities you want to do. At level 70 you'll start gaining command XP (CXP) and gain command levels from doing various things similar to how you gain normal XP to level. Each command level you gain gives you a command crate with gear and other items. Ctrl + G is the default key to open the GC window. Here's a guide on Galactic Command: http://dulfy.net/2016/11/29/swtor-galactic-command-guide/
  24. If you subscribe for at least 1 month you will have free permanent access to all expansions even when your subscription time expires and you revert back to F2P / Preferred. Here's a table with the full list of F2P, Preferred, and Subscriber benefits: https://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/wiki/f2p#wiki_differences_quickview
  25. You will be able to play as a sub through your remaining sub time that you've already payed for. And to cancel your subscription, go to "My Account" and then "Subscription". There's an option at the bottom to cancel it.
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