So, I stopped playing SWTOR about 2 years ago and decided to come back. The game has changed a lot while I was gone - so much so that I don't really recognize a lot of it. Is there anything you'd recommend for quickly brushing up on new game mechanics? I don't really care about PvP or Starfighting, what I mainly want to know about is how Flashpoints have changed, what the raids are like (One of the main reasons I left was due to how bugged out Soa's raid was), and how crafting has changed (I logged onto my character, went to make some Biochem stims and saw some recipes calling for level 9 mats?) Legacy I vaguely remember, but what's the reputation stuff all about? Also...I kind of sort of forgot the class stories for my Sith Warrior, Imperial Agent and Sith Sorcerer, so...yeah, I ought to refresh myself on that. Anyways, any help pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated.

Yeah, the Sith Warrior storyline was my favorite - and it ends pretty awesomely, too. I enjoyed it - all except one part that really irritated me, but that's better than most of the stories...

It's on the launcher and Bioware sent me an email today. Not sure what else you'd like them to do.

My sub is up on Saturday. I'll be back when I can put my characters from my old, dead server onto my reroll server (or vice-versa since my old server is being transferred) - for free. If this was a F2P game, I'd pay for it. But it isn't, and I'm not going to reward BioEA's poor choices they made with more money. Considering how seriously they take the Legacy system, forcing people to pay to unite all of their characters seems to be paradoxical - especially since they would more than likely face another round of people quitting the game in disgust.

Whatever. This clearly wasn't the answer. Account is up on the 16th, I'll wait until they get it right to resubscribe. If I still care at that point.

My Sith Marauder runs around in the RD-06 Eliminator's Jacket - I just stripped the mods out and put in Marauder mods. Definitely makes him look different than all of the other level 50 Marauders running around. However, I don't remember where I found it - that was back in January. It drops on Corellia, right? But where? I'd like to find it for my sniper.

Agreed. I remember when this idea was starting to get kicked around in late February/early March, I was quite fine with the idea of paying for a transfer. Of course, back then I had a lot of optimism about the game. A few months of disillusionment takes its toll, I suppose. In any case, Bioware spent its last reserves of goodwill with me when 1.2 was released and turned out to be a huge disappointment. At this point, I'd rather not bother resubbing ever again before paying to transfer the only character I care about off my dead server.

Endgame. I pretty much enjoyed getting my first character to the end of his class story, barring a couple of minor irritating parts. Although, I have to say that I enjoyed the endgame with my 50 Marauder (when I still had a populated server) FAR more than levelling up multiple alts. The class story lines are alright, but having to do the same side quests gets old fast.

Absolutely not. I've unsubbed until transfers come around - if I have to pay for their mistake, no way am I going to resub, much less pay for the transfer.

I have characters of both genders - all that really matters to me is the aesthetics. For SWTOR, if I like a female voice actor for a class more than the male, that's who I'll go with (Like the Inquisitor and Trooper). In other games without voice acting, it has depended on what just seemed to fit best for the character I was trying to create. My wife, on the other hand, always plays the EXACT SAME female character in every RPG. It's a running joke at this point since it has been going on since KOTOR 1 and has crossed into ME, DA, Fallout, and the Elder Scrolls - and even into our tabletop D&D game .

Agreed. I rerolled onto the Harbinger - which is a perfectly fine server - but I just lost the will to go through the whole process again. Same quests, same trash mobs, etc. I just want my 50 Marauder and his legacy back. So, to the OP, I'd recommend what I'm doing - I unsubbed, my free month runs out on June 18th. I'll resub once they have the server transfers in if I can bring my 50 Mara to the Harbinger or another populated server (and no, I will not pay for Bioware's mistake). If not, I'll just wait until I forget about it entirely.

That part is certainly true. I rerolled on the Fatman initially, but being a west coast player, the lag was a bit too much.

If you're in the mood to reroll as opposed to wait for transfers, I'd try the Harbinger. I'm a west coast player and I rerolled there after my server died, it's generally pretty active during prime time. Edit: Not sure about the Republic side of things, though. Maybe roll a character there and see what the starting planet looks like at prime time?

Sounds reasonable to me - I'm all for a X-Server LFG, but I see no reason to force people to use it who don't want to.

In short? It won't work on a dead server. You have to take BW at their word that they'll (successfully) pull off server transfers or mergers first. At this point, I'll only believe it when I see it.

Couldn't agree more. I still have not seen any argument that makes sense against the VOLUNTARY use of a x-server LFD tool. Clearly it is better to let subs bleed away as people stand around the Fleet in frustration than to let them find a group to run FPs. I'm sorry, but with my level 50, I'd be more than willing to take the chance of grouping with the occasional jerk as opposed to not running any FPs at all because there is no one to run them with.

Maybe when transfers are in - no way am I going to reroll again! 3 different servers is enough.

After I rerolled onto a populated PvE server from my dead RP server, I quickly shut off general chat. Not that I had intended to initially - but one can only put up with so many poorly spelled misogynistic, homophobic, and generally ignorant rants before one wants absolutely nothing to do with general chat. I definitely miss my RP server for that reason - even if people weren't RPing, at least the discussion was usually civil.

You actually expect someone to read that? My eyes hurt after looking at that giant block of text for two seconds.

Named my Operative Robespierre and my sniper Gavrilo. It's all about the terror and assassination!

Yeah. In the Sith Warrior class line, I was really irritated that I couldn't jettison a certain traitorous companion out of the airlock after stabbing me in the back. Couldn't kill him or even kick him off the ship! Just slap him around some, and business as usual back on board! I think that's when the disappointment in the actual freedom of choice in class stories really kicked in for me.

Spot on. I bought SWTOR because I loved KOTOR and KOTOR II. This game doesn't feel like KOTOR. The choices ring hollow, the stories are weak, and your decisions have no real impact on the world at large. I enjoy the game more when I try to ignore the fact that this was supposed to be the heir to KOTOR.

True. But I know that in my case, if transfers work and Legacy transfers as well, I'd be willing to resub and see what happens. Honestly, for me, that's the real game breaker. I'm just tired of levelling up yet another character after rerolling twice. I hate the fact that I have two level 50 characters on two dead servers that I can't do anything with (except grind dailies, over and over, forever). Trying to take a third character to 50 on a more populated server is just boring as hell. Same quests over and over are dull. So for me, I know that a server merge or a transfer system that works would be enough to bring me back to wait and see what happened next.

No, unsubbing might not help the population, but Bioware is providing me with no reason to play, much less pay, for SWTOR. If that changes, great. But just as I wouldn't continue to shop at a store that consistently sold me subpar products and hoping that changed if I just kept giving them more money, I shall not continue to give Bioware my money for something that is not worth paying for. As far as blaming CUSTOMERS for the problem - given the amount of hype over the game, and releasing it during the holidays, having server capacity to deal with the massive influx of players is logical. Do you think people would have stuck around to play if they had to wait 4 hours to log in? Do you think EA and its shareholders would have been happy about it? I seriously doubt it. Bioware's failure was a failure of not knowing history. As with all MMOs, they should have expected a contraction in numbers after people tried it and decided it wasn't for them/didn't have time to play when the holidays were over/whatever other reasons they might have had. At that point, they should have had a feasible plan on how to consolidate the population and close down servers. Instead, they worked on the Legacy system - a feature that would have been suited for a stable game without major issues. The fact that they're still flailing around on this (and ironically, that the ill-timed Legacy system is what is probably taking so long) shows that Bioware really didn't do their homework on what to expect. But this is the fault of the players, apparently.

Yes. Instead, they kept messing with the Legacy system. Mind you, I have nothing against Legacy. I like it. I think it would have been a neat addition - for a game in far better shape than SWTOR. Instead, they're rearranging chairs on the deck while the TORtanic slips below the waves. I stopped caring about Legacy when I had to abandon my level 27 legacy when my server died and I rerolled. I would guess that a large number of people who are still around probably feel the same way.