i applaud Bio for putting in SSR's, can't wait! Thats all Ihave to say. Kudos for the inclusion.

Not just for this patch, but for all patches between the announce of 1.2 and the launch of 1.2...

I want an official count of how many people ask "is it 1.2?"

My universal reply to "servers down" threads: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=361319

I started this thread in another thread about downtimes, and it vanished. SO here is to new starts. Things To Do While OFFLINE: (1) Call your parents. Yes, they're probably worried about you. At least they'll be able to take your age-modified baby picture off the quart-sized milk cartons. (2) Throw away your house plants. It was a good idea six months ago, but you knew it was a losing battle then and it isn't gonna get any better when the machine comes back up. (3) Eat some citrus fruit. There's a reason that your left toe has turned black. Hint: it's not a shadow. (4) Exercise. Sure, with a little exertion and some petroleum jelly to separate you from your vinyl swivel chair, you'll be tottering down the hallway in no time flat. Not only will you feel better, but you'll be able to complete item #5. (5) Shower. No human was designed to go without a good soak every few weeks. Even our remote ancestors feel into a water-filled tar pit once in awhile. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (6) Call Your Employer. If you had a job, they've probably already filled your position by now, unless you're in IT, in which case, they've erected an altar, contacted a medium, and are praying for your safe return. Hey, it isn't your fault that they're still trying to use that heritage COBOL data entry system, is it? (7) Call the Impound Lot. Your car wasn't stolen, dummy. It just got towed when the sweeper came by last month. Best to get this done as soon as possible as your '81 Pacer won't survive long in the Yard. (8) Contact the Other Utility Companies. Oh sure, you've remembered to pay your electric bill, but there's a reason why your toe is black. If you've had a lemon in the past few weeks, maybe it's frostbite. (9) Shave your beard. According to my pals at QE, long wispy beards look good on Santa, muslim holy men, and elves, but not on twenty-two-year-old fantasy role-playing shut-ins. And if you're female, for god's sake take off that Renaissance Faire get-up and run into town for a wax. (10) Practice kissing on your hand. You never know when the opportunity for live human contact will present itself.

THINGS YOU NEED TO DO WHILE OFFLINE: (1) Call your parents. Yes, they're probably worried about you. At least they'll be able to take your age-modified baby picture off the quart-sized milk cartons. (2) Throw away your house plants. It was a good idea six months ago, but you knew it was a losing battle then and it isn't gonna get any better when the machine comes back up. (3) Eat some citrus fruit. There's a reason that your left toe has turned black. Hint: it's not a shadow. (4) Exercise. Sure, with a little exertion and some petroleum jelly to separate you from your vinyl swivel chair, you'll be tottering down the hallway in no time flat. Not only will you feel better, but you'll be able to complete item #5. (5) Shower. No human was designed to go without a good soak every few weeks. Even our remote ancestors feel into a water-filled tar pit once in awhile. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (6) Call Your Employer. If you had a job, they've probably already filled your position by now, unless you're in IT, in which case, they've erected an altar, contacted a medium, and are praying for your safe return. Hey, it isn't your fault that they're still trying to use that heritage COBOL data entry system, is it? (7) Call the Impound Lot. Your car wasn't stolen, dummy. It just got towed when the sweeper came by last month. Best to get this done as soon as possible as your '81 Pacer won't survive long in the Yard. (8) Contact the Other Utility Companies. Oh sure, you've remembered to pay your electric bill, but there's a reason why your toe is black. If you've had a lemon in the past few weeks, maybe it's frostbite. (9) Shave your beard. According to my pals at QE, long wispy beards look good on Santa, muslim holy men, and elves, but not on twenty-two-year-old MMO shut-ins. And if you're female, for god's sake take off that Renaissance Faire get-up and run into town for a wax. (10) Practice kissing on your hand. You never know when the opportunity for live human contact will present itself.

Fifty Things You Can Do While SWtOR Is Offline 1. Draw the Pirate 2. Participate in an EBAY auction 3. Fling the cat 4. Dig a tunnel 5. Buy groceries 6. De-populate a planet 7. Tune in to channel 127 8. Buy one cent stamps 9. Order DSL 10. Recycle your embarrassing Nintendo carts 11. Finish your high school degree 12. Join the reserve 13. Check out the new iMAC 14. Shampoo your hair 15. Expletive deleted 16. Read Shakespeare 17. Paint the fence 18. Travel to London 19. Get a job 20. Call your girlfriend 21. Fingerpaint 22. Read Genesis 23. Draw Puff 24. Fortify the castle with a moat 25. Fix the transmission 26. Google "De Quattro" 27. Eat 28. Download music 29. Take digital photos at the beach 30. Ski 31. Bake a chocolate cake 32. Surf without a wet suit 33. Discover an aboriginal tribe 34. Wonder aloud 35. Rent a sub-titled film 36. Paint your self-portrait 37. Bend iron 38. Wax your back 39. Base jump 40. Tear a phone book in half 41. Learn basic electronics 42. Pilot a plane 43. Fall in love with an older woman 44. Rig a ship 45. Win at poker 46. Laminate a 2D sibling 47. Buy a weighted bowling ball 48. Watch the clouds 49. Play YAHTZEE! 50. Buy an Ant Farm

As a US student who works graveyards, this is my peak time ... work 12-8, play 8-12, school 12-5, sleep 6-12, repeat.

My BH was able to level from 12-21 doing Affection/Lightside runs with Mako. It is relatively easy with BH. I did the same with my Inquisitors. Sorcerer becomes very viable once you have Jolt (15 as I recall) so you can interrupt. Just put pet to passive so it walk towards you to get it out any pool o' death (the Mon Calamari's fire droid probes for instance). Use Jolt every time the Jedi pulls you in to interrupt her knock back and she is easy as pie. With Assassin/Operative it is super fast and easy, go in to stealth and sneak past anything you dont have to do for story to progress. Tip for EVERYONE: Getting to the bridge is fast and simple. Also, the game tracks every conversation you have regardless of how many times you have had the conversation until you complete BT. Short version, they stack until you complete BT. So... Run the flashpoint up until after the conversation with the captain. Complete that conversation. Step 1: Enter flashpoint, proceed to the Captain. Along the way, you will earn 15 affection from the Lieutennent, 30 from the droid, 30 from the guard, and 120 affection from the captain (along with 100 light side points.) Step 2: Log out. Step 3: Log in. You are now standing right outside the flash point. Step 4: Reset flashpoint. Step 5: Repeat from Step 1. Each itteration earns you 195 affection, and 100 Light Side points. It takes approximately 51 itterations. If you did all 51 itterations before Completing BT, you will gain all 10k affection, and 5.1k Light Side points in one fell swoop. I did this process in burts of about 10 "To The Captain" runs, then I would sell off all the grey/white gear I got along the way, mail all the gear to which ever alt could reverse engineer it, and then repeat. I have used the same process on 5 toons (Sith Sorcerer, Sith Inquisitor x2, BH x2, and my Operative). I figure the 4 hours will return fast with the mission time savings (15% faster on missions) in no time. . .