Reverse Engineering is used to get upgraded versions of the schematics you learn from your Crew Skil trainer. In case of Armstech Barrels it means getting a blue and then purple from a green. To learn higher level schematics you need to go see the Crew Skill trainer, either on the fleet or any other big Planet. Learning new schematics has a base Crew Skill level requirements. So as an example, to learn Skill Barrel 7 you will need a specific level of Armstech. To level your Crew Skill you have to craft things that have Orange, Yellow or Green dot next to them. Orange is the best, as it gives more then one point of Crew Skill prowess. Be mindfull that higher level schematics will need higher level materials as well.

1. It will be a planet that both factions can access. 2. It will be an already existing planet. 3. It will be hilariously expensive and cost Cartel Coins. Why? Simple. I learned a long time ago that EA likes to cut expenses, so it will be a stronghold that will look similar to both factions, so placed on a planet that both factions can access. We are talking about Taris, Balmorra, Manaan, Voss, Rishi, Corellia and so on. Rishi is an interesting option, as it would force players to buy SoR to get the SH, which is like something EA might do. I don't think it will be Balmorra, Taris or Corellia, as those worlds are heavily damaged by raging war. As big as the group of players wanting a war torn SH might be, the majority of the community won't like it. It also puts Alderaan under question mark. Manaan is a tricky one, as it's just a FP planet. I can imagine a SH there, but developing it would be hard, as the ammount of models available for this planet is very low, which would result in a lot of work with the new SH. Makeb is plot related, so I won't write more about it. Voss and Yavin are both an oportunity, with the later having the upper hand due to SoR required. Although I cannot imagine the nature of a Yavin SH, an old jedi/sith temple perhaps? That would put Rishi and Voss on the top places for the upcomming SH. Both have an interesting art background as well as a reason for both Empire and Republic presence. Honestly I am curious where the new home will be. I jsut hope they won't make it overpriced the way Tatooine is.

I am wondering. Just recently started to decorate my Stronghold and some of the decorations are just hilariously huge. I preview things in the in game viewer, buy them. Then I drop a Luxury Highback Chair and discover it's made for some insane giants or Massassi warriors. Some of the potted plants are insanely huge as well, but those I can more or less try to understand. But why for example the cooking pot in the Refugee Camping Kit is so big? Is there no one that's checking those things in regard to the body size? It has been succesfully destroying any sort of balance I tried to create, forcing me to abandon many of my ideas due to lack of size consistency. On the other hand, some decorations are too small to use. I have yet to see a male character that can ist in the Jedi Temple Chairs. Is this intentional or will we be seeing changes to the in-game models?

Thank you for the help. We will try to do what you proposed. As for the guard, I am not sure how we got flagged. Te Battlemaster was still alive when we got a flag, also I was targeting the Battlemaster while getting flagged. There was no other enemy I might have wanted to target, so not sure what happened. A couple of players dropping skills, the Battlemaster throwing us around, got too messy to see what exactly ticked it. And doesn't tye Guard transfer a portion of the damage to the guardian? We use a Shadow tank, but we lack Sages and Vanguards for additional pulls. We do manage to get him away from the open PvP zone, yet still something ticked it. Will ask my guildies, maybe they will have some overall idea of what did that. As for the players behaviour. It will never stop to amaze me, how other people find it worth investing their time in ruining the game experience of others. They don't gain anything, no loot, no points, nothing.

The situation first. We are not a big guild, but we have some higher level players to do end game content. We have a guildship that we want to fully unlock, for which we decided to farm some Battlemasters for the materials. During one of the combats we get jumped by an assasin and operative. They were grouped together and stealthed, both level 60. The assasin droped a guard on the Battlemaster during our assult, marking our entire group for PvP. The operative stayed in range of the outpost guards, making him an impossible target. In the end, two players managed to stop a 10 man group. And my question is, any way of avoiding someone forcing a PvP flag on us?

Thanks for the reply, but I already got to that article. From what I understand, there is one focusing crystal per blade, with up to two colour crystals to support it. All three of them have the ability to influence the blades colour, but only the focusing crystal influences it's shape. From what I have read, a simple cyan blade can be obtained with a blue/green crystals combination for example. I have found myself a RPing guild and learned a lot since posting this topic, but I am grateful for you taking time to answer.

I understand you prefare the way it is now and praise the gods you do. But someone, somewhere, some time ahead might want something diferent. That's what I meant, diversity. It would be quite nice to see it. Other then what I already posted, I would like a new Stronghold all together. One available for both factions, smaller then Tatooine, with a new design and last but not least, it should be on Alderaan. This planet is just too beautiful to skip.

It's nice to see you agree. I was also thinking of something else as well. The Strongholds as of now are quite borring in their desing. Everyone has the same layout of rooms to play with, the same hooks placement and possibilities. And as I was walking through Tatooine, the idea hit me. As of now, we start with a base set of rooms and buy additional to expand our Stronghold. But the choice we have is only in the order we buy those rooms out. How about something more? Here come the Modular Strongholds. The idea is simple. Each Stronghold is as of now divided into modules which you buy. Well let's add a choice of what you want in that place. An example? Here it goes. Tatooine Stronghold, Spaceship Hangar. It's huge, based on a circle, nice looking. But how about allowing us to put a huge, circular, towerlike building there? There are tons of such on Tatooine, so no new models needed. It would be accessed from the bottom, same as the shipdock, but would offer some rooms for various use. Dromund Kaas/Coruscant balcony. Now we have a simple "landing pad" without a spaceship hook on the balcony. How about allowing us to get something similar to Nar Shaddaa entrance area? Like the same shape it is now but instead of the circular balcony we would get a couple of taxi pads here and there. It would change the possible layout of the Stronghold totally. Or the other way round, a huge landing pad where we can place our actuall ships. Dromund Kaas/Coruscant garage. Instead of the huge shield-window, do a room with a simple windows like the other rooms. Or make one without any windows at all. Or take away half the floor and let us hang our ship there. Or lower the floor a little bit and add a catwalk around the walls for an OPS room kind of thing. This wouldn't change the overall usefullnes of a Stronghold, but would allow for much greater variety and personalization. Especially that you have all the models already in game. But as of the previous idea, this one is probably just a wishful thinking.

I did some more research into the saber techs. This is what I came up with. Canon wise, there is no info about lightsabers ever using crystals. Legend Lore wise, a lightsaber is using one focusing crystal and up to two other crystals. One of them is colour, the second one I am not sure. Theory crafting by myself. A saber would use up to two colour crystals. One for the outer colour, the second for the core colour. The focusing crystal would influence the outer colour of the blade. But it's just my thoughts about it, as I couldn't find any information on the subject.

Win-Button, that's a very helpful set of tips. I have started to RP with my trooper first, being a little afraid to include too much on my Shadow. It's going fun so far and I use my Legacy to create a background for my Trooper. I use the Shadow to throw IC Whispers as spooky holocoms at my guildies and it's working wonders. If you ever stumble on a fight in Dealer's Den between two troopers in black/blue armor, that's 80% of the time me and my friend doing... Let's say he tries to get close and I am shy and defend myself. As for the clothes, I somehow managed to buy the Jolee Bindo's set, which I have been hunting for at least two months I think. It's hood-down, tight fitting and more or less what I see as a compromise between what I wanted and what the guild wanted. Although I am no longer with them, I liked the appearance enought to stick with it. I missed the Shadow article on the wiki, but would definitely post it to my guildies. I try to catch up on things via the wookieepedia, but it's like reading Marvel lore. I start with Rubat and end up reading about Beskar or some other Cortosis. It's a lot of information to keep track of, especially when you try to learn about various Crystals and their effects on the blade. But all that reading made me arrive with a completely new set of questions. New 1. What's the technicals of a lightsaber? Wookieepedia states that it works best with 3 crystals, but only one is needed. Other sources, mostly swtor.com ones, state that a lightsaber has two or one crystals. The ammount is doubled for saberstaffs of course, but still. As I understand it, there is one Focusing rystal, which decides the effect's the blade has, as well as it's color. What are the other crystals? Some sort of prisms or something? New 2. How can I roll something else then a 100? I saw people doing rolls of 25 or 50. Are the commands simply /roll25 and /roll50?

That's an amazing list, as I was looking for something like this all the time. I will definitely give it a try, as reading is what I mostly do in my free time.

All of those above are very fine statements. I agree with most of what you say, but knowing BioWare and EA, it's not going to happen anytime soon. But that's another matter entirely. As for my ideas. It's simple really. Arrangements including NPCs. What does it mean? Simple examples: 1. Imagine yourself a bunch of Jawas standing around. One of them is welding some droid in the background, one is calling in new customers, one is digging in a pile of parts. We have a nice arrangement that includes 3 NPCs a droid (or at least parts of one) and a desh pile for example. 2. Imagine yourself a med-bay bed just after an attack on your stronghold. A medi-droid is standing above a wounded trooper, scanning him for any medical problems. This trooper is either sitting or lying on the bed. We have another smal droid with a tray of basic medical utensils, painkillers and such. 3. Imagine yourself a club entrance with a bouncer at the doors. A bunch of random people try to get in, but that big Zabrak guy is showing them off. Some struggling, minor shouting and they are back to pleading. Yet when someone important walks by (aka players), the bouncer would just nod and let them pass. 4. Imagine yourself a military operation center in the mids of an action. A huge screen showing some sort of super covert iformations, a trooper sitting in front of the controlls forwarding data for the CO standing behind him. Another one doing as a com with the team in the field. We have at least 3 troopers, a computer of sorts and a wall screen. 5. Imagine yourself a garden of peace and serenity. The best place for a jedi to go calm her or his mind. Yet it has to be upkept by someone. So there they are, a gentle Torguta girl is wattering the plants. A cathar gardner is checking them on his datapad if they hae all that's needed. We have two simple NPCs and a plant or two. That's all the examples you will need to get the idea of what I mean. This wil greatly add to the fiction of SH livingtheir lives, even when we are away from them. There are countless posibilities of arranging various NPCs in various situations. But appart from that. I want my companions to be visible even when I am out of the SH. The holos are just a joke. The only way of using them I think is to create a new character and use him or her just for that specific companion holo as a long range com imitation in one of the rooms.

Yeah, in one Heroic I left the Golds to swap aggro when the DPS refused to cooperate. It was fun to watch them die again and again. Still it was sad to listen their acusations. But I think I will not pay attention anymore. As for the rotation. Single target and some AoE? So I guess swapping one Ion Pulse for Explosive Surge should do it. Not that I follow rotations right now, not much to keep track of. I assume once I hit 20 and 26 I will want to add Pulse Cannon and Energy Blast when they proc. As for gear, I am looking for some higher lvl Enhancements and Color Crystals to know what to look for. But from what I read, it's better to stack Defence, Absorption and Resistance rather then pure End, to up the mitigation instead of damage taken. Will have to look at in some closer.

Hi there, I decided to try my luck at tanking and after reading a little about diferent tanks, I went the Vanguard road. So right now I am learning the ropes of the class, like managing the Resource Poll, keeping track of High Impact Bolt castability, trying to remember all the ranges of diferent skills. As I am really low lvl, real tanking was not an issue so far. But once I hit 16 I was asked to tank in Hammer Station. And there my flaws became crystal clear. I was strugling to keep aggro on some pulls. We had a Sentinel and Shadow as DPS and a Scoundrel as Healer. The DPS guys kept stealing the gold mobs from me, resulting in split healing and tension on our Smuggler. So I decided to read in deeper into all the passives, so many of them, available to me right now. I decided to tweak my rotations, adjust a couple of things. It made me realise I have a couple of things I don't fully grasp. So here they come: 1. I usually start with Storm, then do Stockstrike to proc Ion Cell, then Explosive Surge once the mobs gather and High Impact Bolt. Then I take a look around to see if I have all the important guys on me and try to hold them there. I will use the defence boosting skill if needed, to ease the preasure on healer. It all sounds nice and clear, but the ammount of threat I generate is too low to keep the golds on me. I end up strugling to keep their aggro, leaving the weaker enemies to soon swarm either the DPS or Healer. I still lack AoE Taunt. I asked the players I queue with to take the weaker as a priority, but they don't always listen. 2. What's the stat priority for such low lvls? Just stacking on Comm Mods, Enhancements and Armorings is enought? I have a biochemist so I have access to Prototype Field Tech Fortitude Stim, but that's the only Defence boosting I was capable to find so far. No Color Crystals or other item modifications I am capable of getting offers any defence stats so far. Stacking Endurance is the only way to go? 3. What about Cybertech Grenades? They could help with controlling groups of enemies, but the 3 min cooldown makes them very situational. Also the choice is dificult. Root, Stun or a DoT. The last one would help creating aggro, but making it a long cooldown, a stun might be preferable.

So there is no sure source to easily catch up on the lore?

Ohh... I didn't mind the current game's lore. That one I get more or less. I was thinking about all the events that led to the current situation. Like major battles, fights, historical facts. Why the Empire signed the ToC. For example I am not sure what nature are the connections between the sith and the empire. Or how much does the republic military answer to the jedi. Such facts interest me and I have no clue where to look.

Some Jedi robes that are not loose. Just that. Would really love if they came with a hoodie down as well. We had Jolee Bindo's set, but I managed to miss it and it's unbuyable right now. The only parts I have seen were boots and pants. And the tunic, the tunic is priceless design wise. It's unique and therefore something in a similar fashion would be much appreciated.

6. Where can I catch up on lore? I have never played neither of the Knights, so am a little behind in the story. I don't know who the Shan family, Revan, Bindo or other names in the game were. But I am willing to have a go at it in terms of reading. So is there any source of information? A story to read? A site to browse? I found wookiepedia to be mostly ok, but it's hard to read about someone when you have no reference to all the mentioned characters.

Hello there, I have this little weapon for sale or trade. I am interested in either raw creds or Jolee Bindo's Tunic. If anyone is interested, please leave an offer

I was thinking about something else. How much can I include my legacy characters in my RP. But from what I get so far, it's up to me. I would never add more then one character to a guild, as it would break any full guild event. Still it's nice to play one of my characters and be asked if I am somehow related to my other char.

Well, I said them I am human, but blind. So they would not assume anything. Also if I do a casual RP, people usually mention my race somehow and I can easily talk them straight. It's just that my ex-guild said no to using other species for playing human.

Hi there, I am looking for a guild based on a jedi order. It does not matter to me if it will be a starting one or already established. I just want it to be based on the master/student relationship or simply to mimic the Jedi Order as it is. On a side note, I am rather new to RPing online, so any initial advice would be much appreciated. I have played P&P RPGs so am not totally noobie in the matter. Now a couple of words about my character. Name: Tlali Sizara Origin: Dromund Kaas Age: 16+ (not sure yet) Gender: female Race: human Background Story Scetch: She was born to a Bounty Huntress on the empire's capital world. Due to her mother's job, she was kept hidden on Corelia, where she was raised by the Huntress friend. But being a weak spot of her mother's, she was captured and used as a mean of influence by a Sith Lord. For two years she was jailed, allowed to leave her cell only twice. Once so her mother would see her captured, the second time to force the raving Huntress into submission. But after two years something in her mother's mind snapped. She barged into the sith's mansion, gunning everyone in sight. It was the third time Tlali left her cell, in a last attempt to force controll on the mad warrior. The plan failed. Two apprentices were killed nearly instantly and the sith lord was injured. In his fury he did the last thing one would expect. Instead of striking the Huntress, he used his force on the child. No one knows for sure what he did, but he managed to completely turn the girl blind. There are no scars, no marks, nothing at all, yet her eyes are dead and beyond healing. Seeing no way to win this battle he fled. With the blindness came the force sensitivity. Not imidietly, no. It took almost six years for Tlali to realise something was diferent and start asking questions. Her mother refusing to hand her over to the sith, arranged for a meeting with a smuggler she once let loose. Calling on the debts, she made him transport Tlali to either Coruscant or Tythoon to enlist for the Jedi training. That allowed her to focus purely on chasing the kidnapper and pursuit justice.

1. Does my character class transfer to the RP? I created the character having in mind the story I have for her, but I was told that there were never any Jedi Shadows. So I am a little puzzled how to solve this. 2. Will there be any issues with playing a blind character? Two guilds refused to play with me due to this. My character is blind and is therefore using the Miraluka race for the blindfolds. She is fully human thou. I am considering turning her human and making her eyes white, to show they are not working, but would like to avoid it. 3. Does a Jedi need to wear robes? I had a nice set of clothes planned out, but a third guild I joined refused to play with a force user who is not wearing like one. I had to recreate the outfit, but it just made the character not the person she is supposed to be and I quit. 4. Any random RP-ing is possible on the servers, or do I have to stick to the guilds? All I have seen so far are random cantina talks. Which are so filled with bedding attempts and flirts I have no way of joining casually. I once managed to lure some players into a spontanous Heroic roleplay, but it was just simple dialogues between combats. 5. How much does my legacy influence my RP-ing? My entire family tree is my characters actuall family. I have a minor story for each of them. But some are Jedi or Sith, which would mean any Jedi Order guild would have to take them as members as well. I don't want to spam a guild with alts. That should do it for now. Would be grateful for any advice you can give.

As for the skill guide: http://www.swtor-holo.net/swtor-crafting-skills/swtor-synthweaving-leveling-guide.html As for the outfit, it's a good question. I recently wanted to create a unique look for my Shadow, but ended up too "smugglerish" for my guild likings. Had to redo it to be able to RP with them. So I asked myself, what would my character wear. As a jedi, she would stick to robes, as a "formal version" of her looks. As a daughter of a Bounty Hunter, she would stick to tighter clothes, which do not make moving dificult. As a blind person, she would avoid any hoods, to not disturb her hearing. So this is the set I hope to assamble soon: chest: Jolee Bindo Tunic (balck-deep orange) legs: any orange rly - some leather texture waist: Canderus Ordo's Belt hands: Exar Kun's Gauntlets wrists: Convert Wrist Energy Armor feet: Mira's Combat Boots head: hidden - Miraluka nr 5 mask I think This turned out great in the preview, but... Most pieces are either super expensive or not available. I have to farm some cash before I can complete it. Everything will be matched to the chest of course. EDIT: Got some shots in the preview. Sadly they are small http://s13.postimg.org/xfpzet0c7/front.jpg http://s13.postimg.org/ouwnnmq5z/back.jpg

Answer yourself, what she values most. Showing off her independency or showing off the ability to pursuit rare artifacts? Think what will give her the feeling of power. Then use what you came up with.