I think others have mentioned that due to the mechanics of many quests, they often only update for one person in the group. Years ago when I played with friends, I made a table of which ones did this (in dailies/heroics) so we'd just avoided them. I don't mind that there aren't any forced "guides" in game as I prefer the challenge of working stuff out, HOWEVER, as there are so many new players (who missed out on in-game chat help when we were all doing the new releases together), it might be an idea to have game hints as an option that can be switched on. The other issue new players have is that the best guide outside the game (DULFY's) is no longer active and there are few helpful guides remaining (for those who kept/keep asking me to do a new player story guide - the answer is still NOPE). As for KotFE/KotET, whilst you can enter them as pair, (if one of you invites the other to join their story), it's like class quests; you're only there as an observer; the main player gets any progress. Yes the game has a lot of REAL broken aspects but what you're describing OP is intended gameplay. At this point, after a decade of playing swtor, it would be a shock to the system if something ran smoothly. We're just not used to it!

KotFE launched in 2015. We've been complaining since the first companions returned back then. They were completely different (some companions returned in the cut scenes without their player preferred customisations ruining it so badly that many quit the game). That's nearly 7 years and not one acknowledgement, response or explanation from the developers. Hasn't stopped us from asking for more content with them though. The only time they did give more content for an original class love interest companion was Take a look at the various companion love threads. Many of us weren't and still aren't happy with what was done to our class companions. Many of us think they were hoping that all players would ditch their characters' original love interests and take up with Lana/Theron/Koth. Yeah, NOPE. Maybe now someone else is in charge of companion stories, (after the previous person's departure), we'll get something. I hope so.

You realise if the "love threads" disappear there will be riots!! For the love of all that is holy, PLEASE preserve the QUINN thread! It is a 903 page thing of beauty

I like that too. Either way, I'm encouraged by the quick Dev response in that thread. I'm hopeful this means they have a number of "plans" being considered to improve or overhaul the whole flashpoint experience.

Remove those from group finder completely and make them solo-story only? I saw Eric Musco replied to the thread (that I linked above) in general so I'm hoping they are considering some changes.

OMG I thought this was just me this was happening too! Years ago I set my UI similar to how I had my WoW UI set up so my brain didn't have to learn a new layout. Any link I click in swtor gen chat frequently pops up off the screen below and to the right of chat, which is bottom left on my UI. Sometimes I can drag the link box up because I generally know where it is off screen but this doesn't always work. I shall try your "escape" plan

Indeed! This is correct. I got quite a few Emperor's Grace tokens from doing the Manaan dailies & farming syndicate plans and I was lucky enough to get every single new jackpot item from the normal Emperor's Grace slot machines plus the glasses without having any FL buff. I used the slots in the VIP area on the fleet; I don't know if this makes the jackpots more likely or if I was just very lucky. The new max bet machines imo are a waste of time; I got way more failures/losses from the King Pin's Max bet machines with the FL buff then I did from the standard King Pin slots.

Following on from this thread, please give all current group finder flashpoints a solo story mode for players who want to experience the story & watch all the cut scenes. And please remove the cut scenes from ALL flashpoints in the group finder.

+1,000,000,000 infinity zeros for this please! There are so many new players and I can understand them wanting to run the flashpoints that are only available via the group finder for their story content, HOWEVER, for the players who just want to get through the FP for the weekly, it does become a bit tedious waiting for the one person who wants to see it all. To solve this ALL flashpoints should have a a solo story version and all groupfinder flashpoints should have cut scenes removed. If they can do it during PTS for the story flashpoints to avoid spoilers, surely it can be done in the live game. I space bar the cut scene conversations for group finder FPs even though I'd really like to watch them, so a solo version would be fantastic - it would add something new to the game for those of us who have never viewed some of these cut scenes. EDITED TO ADD: I've made this a thread in the suggestions forums. Please click this link to sign it if you want cut scenes removed from group finder FPs and/or a solo story mode for all flashpoints in the group finder (for those who want to see the cut scenes). The more people who comment for it in that suggestion post, the more likely the Devs may take it as a serious request for consideration, especially as this thread refers to just one flashpoint in the title.

So did I

Played since beta (and no mob is as stink as they were back when swtor first launched) BUT AS I POINTED OUT, I MOSTLY SOLO, so it may be the type of game play I like that means nothing is different FOR ME. I'm still one hitting trash mobs and strong/gold elites don't seem to be taking any longer to me. But I do tend to gear up my main and alts quickly, so maybe that's the difference? If anything, I'd say many are dying quicker for me especially on my lightning main (which may be why lightning is getting nerfed come to think of it). The only thing I have noticed is my survivability is terrible now on my casters; I can't run around with my companions on damage like I used to before 7.0.

Thanks for the reply. I can only comment: really? I've not noticed anything. I didn't think crystals had much of an effect after level 10. I recently made more new lowbie alts to level and other than having to wait forever for new skills (which I knew was happening from PTS), as a soloer doing missions/quests (rather than FPs), I haven't seen any changes in how long it's taking my characters to level.

Am I the only player that has not noticed the new level synch issues? Can someone TL;DR the issues for me please?

There was a very obvious lack of attention to LIGHTNING NERFED-STICKED SORCERERS! /cry. None of us can understand why you need to nerf. We are not even remotely overpowered. The only thing excellent about our damage is that the affects look awesome Please cancel or at the very least reduce some of those nerfs and increase/improve our defensives/heals.

Go away. This thread is not for you and as someone said, all the dev tracker does is show their most recent posts. In addition (taps the post below): Agreed. In a world where [points at everything] light-hearted/fun escapism/relief like this is needed.

That was me!!! I always thought Sanju would make a great addition to the female agent's team especially as an alternate LI to Vector.

Where in Makeb and on which faction? I was thinking of trying mass lightning slaughter there next.

I'm disappointed that no-one replied "...84 years" to this thread (I'll get my coat).

I'm in 100% agreement. Ever since that

This is exactly where I was farming on my main and got just 13 in 2 hours of farming with the Jawa boosts. During GS2, I got significantly more than that in the same place. I'm guessing the drop rates have been significantly reduced. The previous week I got a few from vet FPs whilst I was doing them for gear to disintegrate for the new augment quest, but I don't know if I got the plans from rewards or from mobs.

Dear Sir May I suggest DANTOOINE as the location in a similar layout/size to the Nar Shaddaa SH. I have a stash of money waiting. Sincerely, Mad Stronghold Lover.

I too would like this answered. Lightning is both my main's spec and favourite spec and it seems like they've been failing it for the decade. It's so long ago since lightning was perfect that I can't remember (might have been just after the furore with KotFE). The nerfs to lightning make absolutely no sense at all for any style of gameplay - I'm glad you added the Ops/Raid perspective WoRei as I don't do Ops so I was wondering if lightning was so overpowered in raids it was making the other classes look like lowbie area trash mobs so a nerf on that basis would make sense. Not that thought. Our most powerful abilities are long casts or channelled. Stormwatch tactical offers a little extra damage but it's not that brilliant. Our defensive capabilities in PvP are pretty poor (which me and others fed back in 7.0 PTS) - we still get stun-locked in PvP during which we're killed in 2 shots by ranged shooters or burst melee because our long cooldowns are still cooling down. If you want to nerf, fine; now remove the debuff from static barriers we place on ourselves and reduce the cooldown of force barrier to 60/90 seconds.

I've been trying to farm syndicate plans from mobs on the planets suggested by the hand-in npc without much success. In 2 hours I got only 13 plans and yes I was using the drop boost you get from the Jawa & all the rep boosts. I need just under 9k rep to reach legendary. Since 7.1.1 with GS3 is likely reasonably soon, I'm trying to max my rep before then. What is the best way to get these plans now? Anyone any ideas? Does anyone know if doing FPs gets any plans? If so, do solo FPs mobs or rewards give any plans or does it have to be vet group fps via the finder? I'm farming on an Empire character. (Re-posting in gen as I originally and accidentally posted in response to a newbie thread which was never going to get seen)

Resurrecting this thread because I've been trying to farm syndicate plans from mobs on the planets suggested by the hand-in npc without much success. In 2 hours I got only 13 plans and yes I was using the boosts you get from the Jawa which was about 350 rep with all the rep boosts I have (including the rep buff item). I need just under 9k rep to reach legendary. Since 7.1.1 with GS3 is likely reasonably soon, I'm trying to max my rep before then. What is the best way to get these plans now? Anyone any ideas? Does anyone know if doing FPs gets any plans? Do solo FPs mobs or rewards give any plans or does it have to be vet group fps via the finder? I'm farming on an Empire character.

Probably Khem Val. He's ancient. To play along: - Sanju Pyne - Malavai Quinn - Aric Jorgan