I'm hoping the story is as good as the trailer. I'm all for the story aspect of SWTOR. I initially thought it was going to be a repeat of a previous cinematic, but The shiny/matt dye option looks good - I'm wondering how it will work. Will there be an additional dye slot, or will it be an "apply colouration to your armour" type button/option? I appeared as a finalist in the "Best View in SWTOR" competition. I thought everyone would have submitted same the shot I chose! I'm really surprised 😊 (and pleased). The video of all the finalists' pictures was superb. I'm ready for the PTS. I'm hoping it opens this Friday. Also Ord Mantell! I hope Aric Jorgan has some lines for trooper and those of us who use him as our main companion.

Indeed - the improvements look great.

I lol!! 😂 I'd be happy to see some decent story. The current storyline has been dragging on for nearly 2 years...or is it more than 2 years now?

Here, here. I'm one of those getting sick of companions - I have nearly all of them on my main and for what? I have a handful of favourites and those I use for crafting and that's it. An aside: have Devs done that thing where we can reorganise our companions for crafting to the ones we like best yet (rather than in alphabetical order)?

Been asking this since the end of KotET 😆

I know, but for some of us that storyline is ancient history. It would be nice to see them in something new.

Please tell me this means Kai Zykken will be part of a future storyline. Or a companion. Or both. He and his buddy Tamota were wasted standing around the fleet selling stuff.

My dark side characters ARE ridiculously powerful megalomaniacs! That's my point. My non-force users are not, nor will they ever be, dark or light megalomaniacs as it just doesn't fit who they are. In my dark force users, it does. Also, have you played a dark side Sorcerer class story? So many conversation options let your character act as if they are all powerful against anyone they see as weak (robes of gold anyone?). Besides, it's fiction; you seem to be implying/reacting as if I/we are wanting this due to some kind of real-life fantasy which is wrong. I'm saying that the storylines after the class story do not fit the characters we've "powered up". Our characters always return to being subservient and/or weaker than they should be and have their decisions overridden by advisors we never chose. A good example of this is in the last story (Empire side) when we speak to Malgus:

I think this affects countries in the European Union only. Countries in Europe that aren't part of the EU can access Threads - us Brits can, and we're still subject to the GDPR.

Announced yesterday that desktop access is coming.

I like & agree with this.

I'm a her! 😝😂 I did help with the run-through, so all is good. It would be nice to know what caused the bug though as we're not supposed to be able to modify or remove a companion's gear in a chapter.

@Adekaj - I'm logged in on Darth Malgus Server now if you need help (19:00 BST). My character is Mahiri. If not DM me with times you're free.

Is that Lunafox, our Great Quinn Love Leader I see liking comments in the best thread on these forums??? 👋

This is really odd. how were you able to remove Gault's weapon? They altered chapter companions so their gear could not be altered when they returned through the chapter, even if you claimed them from the terminal before their story return. Can you reset the chapter? It sounds like a bug to me. Let us know what the response is to your ticket. Depending on when you're online, I'm on DM, so I can group with you to help.

Devs - will SWTOR join Threads? Everyone I know left the bird app for it this week. And the other games I play are already there. It would be nice to follow you and get updates on Threads now.

The forum won't let you post if your post contains something flagged as a swear or offensive word or phrase. This new forum DOESN'T automatically censor these words, so you'll need to remove them before you post.

Oi!!! 😝 It bugs me so much that the stories are so messed up. Yes my Jedi/Sith/LS/DS characters will make different decisions BUT make the story make sense. Makeb is the best example of this - the Empire did its thing; Republic did something different. Both stories made sense and didn't create alternate or parallel realities that put NPCs in a weird place in the swtor galaxy. After the class stories, Makeb is my favourite because the stories for both sides are so good. If I only played Empire I probably wouldn't give a toss what the Republic side is doing and vice versa. Because I have many characters on both sides, storylines in which my Republic and Empire characters do exactly the same thing irritates me. Both sides can't have Malgus in jail dammit! Ima go have some camomile tea 😆

ASSUME SPOILERS Memorable for me after KotET: Darth Malora - a wasted opportunity. Offered her a place in my Alliance...still waiting Indigo - I'd have much preferred a storyline with/about his group of Dar'manda than Shae-constantly-angry-and-annoying Vizla Darth Rivix - we know nothing about his background, where his allegiances [really] are, how much he's using his racial ability to manipulate people or whether he'll be a permanent romanced companion or not. Ri'Kan Kateen - I'm already far more interested in his story than his sister's. Darth Hexid - another wasted opportunity. I'd have liked to have had a choice between her and Lana for the main Sith in my Alliance. Darth Krovos - how was she able to speak to Malgus via a "force echo" (or something) after he had left the area? What is her story? Bask Sunn - why story writers? Just why? 😭 I mentioned something similar a while back and got masses of hate for it, mostly from people who never played the class stories or only played one side. When we had class stories, they all made sense from a galaxy point of view, whichever character or side you played. The same with Ilum and Makeb. Aric mentions what the character has done in the past in KotFE but that's about it. The current and recent stories having completely different outcomes, depending on whether you're empire or republic, annoys me. How does it make sense that both sides are holding Malgus? Same with Gnost-Dural in the Ossus story. It still bothers me that in one galaxy, Gnost-Dural can be either injured, dead or imprisoned. Another thing that bothers me is how they treat force users in the story. I cannot make decisions that a Sith or Jedi would make. There is no way my force characters would have agreed to have comms between her and Vizla when questioning Malgus. It would be obvious to them that Malgus would sense the deception, yet as force users, we are overridden by Lana (who should also know Malgus would sense it) and Theron - RIDICULOUS. A DS Sith should not have tolerated Vizla's obsession with Heta Kol - she should have been force-choked and dropped down the elevator shaft or lightninged through the wall for bringing her attitude to my force-user business and I'm pretty sure my light-side Jedi would not have been having it either. A dark-side Sith would not capitulate to her "advisors" in that scenario. Also, Vizla assuming she knows Malgus more than someone who wields the force? Hell, no. If they need to have one-story-fits-all for "reasons", that's fine, however, I suggest they relook at the Ilum and Makeb stories and take some lessons from those on player character development and stories making sense.

They gave us Vaylin in KotFE with hair down and a hood up but gave her a full cover hood in KotET after we pointed out that it could be done. There's a thread on it somewhere.

I hope this is an option for a dark-side Sith, especially given the conversation between my force character and Malgus in the latest story. This story option, however, would not make sense for non-force users, which was the major problem with KotFE/KotET (non-force users should have had Lana play a bigger role in their version of the story as the only other non-killable main character companion force user in the alliance. If they allow Sith characters to align with Malgus, a separate story option for non-force characters should be added akin to class stories.

Agreed, TrixxieTriss, the game feels much better/nicer since the staff changed. I also have my thoughts (rather than criticisms) about what should be changed in the game and hope the move will help: premades in PvP need to be restricted to 4 man arena. 8 medals are impossible during 8-man when there's a premade, which is often. better story, rather than dragging out a tiny story over two years - I'm hoping the move to a different studio will allow this. inclusion of class companions with roles in future stories acknowledgement that over the years our companions should be extremely powerful instead of each new story making us weak again worthwhile daily areas that don't take all day like Rhunuk (ugh) romances - I love them - more please (by more I mean Quinn and Rivix) quicker bug fixes. Some of them have taken years to achieve. Others have never been fixed.

Thanks Jackie! 🙂

Before I posted about my issue, I checked/searched General, Bug and Dev Tracker and found nothing from the Devs, just this thread. Dasty is right; net nannying is not appreciated - your post comes across as very patronising, BUT people would have appreciated ONE link from you with the quote that the Devs know about this issue. The reason people continue to post is to make the Devs aware that the issue continues to cause a problem with the gameplay. For us story players who have waited months for something, I don't see an issue with posting our own experiences. It helps to reduce some of the frustration and prevents rage-quitting.

Ooooo! I've not got round to watching that yet - looking forward to it. I have sooooo many series to catch up on.