Brand new setup with Windows 11 here, and I play SWTOR perfectly, no problems so far, with the following: Intel® Core i9-10900KF CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz 32GB RAM Windows 11 home Version 21H2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Eeeeh, no. MMO does not mean you have to play with others, or that the focus should be exclusively, or even mostly on group content. You are quite wrong there, my dude. In fact, as of right now I only play one other MMO, Albion. It is tremendously focused on group content and pvp (much more than SWTOR, by far) and yet i play it solo. Granted it is much harder, and more unforgiving, but it can be played solo and not only that, the devs are catering more and more to solo players with new updates, which shows that solo players can possibly be the future of these games. Any MMO that doesnt focus or at least strongly pays attention to solo players is doomed.

/Signed As a returning player, i'm having lots of fun leveling my new Sorcerer-Assassin with the warrior story, but side quests are sometimes a chore. If this was extended for a couple weeks more, it would be really nice.

Agreed, it could have been worse. It can always be worse. Still, I would have taken the in game models any day over the ones we have now, even if we couldnt modify the braids, or hair (tentacles?), in game models are way nicer to look at than the allergic swollen faces we have now, imo.

So, i got the Nautolan species long ago as a sub reward. I never checked it out, usually i make Humans, Cyborgs or Twileks (Sith Eyes for Twileks, it's about time ffs...) but today i thought i would take a look at Nautolans. I felt a mix of dissapointment and amusement. Seriously, i dont know how to make it sound constructive, it's just... they couldnt have been made worse even if they tried lol. For reference, this is a proper Nautolan: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leeha_Narezz But the Nautolans that us players get seem to have been stung by a whole colony of bees or wasps, or be suffering from a severe seafood allergic reaction. Anyone feel the same? I mean, Leeha Narez and other Nautolans in game are just beautiful, but this...

Absolutely agreed on this, and it worries me quite a lot. GS seems a nice addition, the problem is, i wanna play whatever i wanna play, and that usually involves questing, and it almost never or never involves fps, ops and pvp. Therefore for the casual player like me who plays on and off, and who has real life stuff going on and cant be playing 24/7, GS may turn out a totally useless addition. Still, that wouldnt make it different from 90% of the stuff they added since the game launched, so i guess i'll keep playing my space barbie simulator.

Hey there op, I understand if not all, some of the points you make, like the economy-related rant. I've also had an on-off relationship with the game throughout its history, and for players like us who dont play every day for years, but instead play for a few months here and there, it's impossible to keep up with the economy. I've just come back from a break that lasted more than a year and a half. Some well-known items were 60-80 million credits in the GTN when i left, now those same items are worth hundreds of millions. Honestly i dont know what happened while i was away, but the game's economy is definitely not looking good, and for casual players like us it's simply unaffordable to the point that you can (and should) completely ignore the GTN altogether and buy stuff directly off the CM if you wish to. Still, the game offers a lot of content for the sub i pay, even if it has evolved into space barbie, which it has, actually. I also agree on the quality of the content drastically dropping after the vanilla stories (and i mean absolutely plummeting), yet i've finished 5 out of the 8 vanilla stories, currently playing the 6th one, and i feel like there still a metric ton of content ahead of me to play. It all boils down to whether or not you enjoy the game as it is: it's a single player space-barbie game that may or may not include roleplaying, and may or may not include group content such as pvp, depending on your preferences. In my case, i truly enjoy dressing my toons up the exact way i want to (and i mean the whole thing, 3-4 outfits for different weather and contexts, proper pets and weapons, other customization options like flairs and titles, and properly dressed companions too), playing the missions and stories, listening to the conversations and voice-acting, and generally exploring and getting lost in the forests, swamps, deserts and city suburbs in this huge galaxy while i cross paths with other players. That's what the game is right now. It's up to you to decide if you take it as is or not. Reflect on what the game offers and decide if it suits you, if the answer is no, well then you best leave, yes.

Just now i encountered another very, very dubious choice. I carried on with my Sage story, and in a class mission I faced a chocie as follows: Needless to say i went for the DS one, bc i truly think that is the absolute "greater good" option. Im planning on doing this and i think im gonna switch off the DS/LS hints. It will be interesting to compare my own moral compass to that of the game's.

An example i've just encountered. Right now i'm playing a Sage, i never played the consular story before so i thought ok, let's go for it. Here i am on Taris, and i happen to come across a batallion of soldiers who are actually deserters. Now, the LS option is to let them get away with it, while the DS option is to force them to go back and keep fighting. I took the LS option, allowed them to escape, only to find out that all their partners in arms will now have a way harder time bc some of their mates are deserters, cowards, and were dissatisfied with their military destination. I feel like these actual dilemmas happen to appear every so often, maybe even more in Imperial stories. On the one hand i enjoy thinking about it over and over, and actually deciding something somewhat "meaningful", with a deeper substance to it even if it doesnt affect the story. However, as opposed to that, i feel like many of these options are labeled wrong, and in fact probably such labels should be removed altogether, otherwise some of these options absolutely make no sense.

I totally would appreciate this, yes, and i've suggested it a few times over the years. Particularly the yellow sith eyes. But npthing so far. /signed.

If the game were more accurate, nobody would play non- force sensitive classes. Why? Because they would all be trash. This is the simple truth. In the SW universe, force users are the apex predators, and nobody can ever face them. Only in very far fetched and seldom cases can a non force user, with all the technology, cheats and exploits they can get, fight a force user and survive the encounter. The conclusion is, as stated before, play whatever you want. A single saber strike, a single force lightning should be enough to cut any merc, operative, commando or scoundrel in half. A single force push or force choke would tear any non force user apart, simple as that. This isnt true in this game, so play whatever floats your boat, whatever is the fanciest for you, and if you enjoy glowsticks, by all means play with glowsticks.

Yeah i assumed this would be the case, im taking it slow and enjoying every mission and every bit of story and lore that i can find everywhere, so actually i have enough content for quite a while, but still, the issue worried me. Anyway yes, it will prolly be fixed before i get there, hopefully. Thanks for the answers though.

It's not properly phrased, it's ambiguous, therefore we cant know for sure if the emote spammer/harasser is the first toxic person, or the second one who actually got angry after being bullied during the fp. Still, im assuming the op refers all the time to the first player who committed offense against the others and displayed toxicity during the fp.

Even though i get your point, i think you are mistaken if you believe they didnt consider all aspects, pros and cons, before doing this. In fact, i'd say it's because they considered them that they will do it, probably bc it's highly requested and/or a tremendously QoL in every way to have a fleet apartment. Therefore, this would mean satisfying a large portion of the plauerbase, and i truly think you cant go against that. Trying to force people to use something they dont wanna use will do no good. More options are always welcome, we should all be able to choose how we want to play this game. My 2 cents.

CS prolly didnt make Ranos available for you bc that would imply making it available for everyone for whatever problem they had that prevented them from completing DvL, or for no reason at all. That being said, i do think unavailable stuff should come back. Talking about exclusives in this and other games means opening Pandora's box, but BW made their stance clear by bringing back the HK chapter, among others, and im all for it. Also, you strike me as a nice person. I wish i could give you my Ranos, and i hope you get what you pursue, here you have a supporter for your cause. No reason why we shouldnt all enjoy the game the way we want to, i've always felt my enjoyment shouldnt be based on having stuff others dont. Good luck here's hoping you get Ranos soon.

Hi all, so i've returned to the game after more than a year away. Im getting the hang of the game and everything, yet i see complaints everywhere about SOV. Im gonna level a jugg doing aaaaalllll the story and everything again, so, is the bugged SOV something i should be worried about? Will it prevent me from progressing in the story, and what are the possible solutions or workarounds once i get to that point? Thanks all. PS: What happened to the gtn, like, seriously?? The prices seem way, way overinflated, what's this sorcery...

Yes we pay for the game, and yes we want to enjoy it. But your enjoyment cant kill the enjoyment of others, and viceversa. The problems comes when i que pvp, and then right before the wz starts there are 1-3 quitters, and we end up losing. Then what, i just suck it and move on? I'ts not forcing people, there are rules in the game mode. You abide them, and play according to them. I can right now que pvp and quit later without penalty, so i assume it and move on, even though i'd prefer if it was done differently. Same with fps, there are rules, so when you que, you must keep them in mind and assume the consequences, otherwise dont que. No im not one of those brats, that's why i said i very rarely run fps, im simply not in the mood to deal with jerks. And yes they should grow up, but the point still stands, when you go into group finder, you know the drill. You can keep dropping groups, and you'll keep getting the penalty, is all. If you wanna group with other people, you must be ready for all the possible consequences of taking part in that activity.

As others said, if there was no lockout time, ppl would just reque infinitely until they get what they want. In fact, the lockout time should ALSO be in pvp, to prevent rage quitters. So many times i've had complete teams in a wz or arena, only for 1-2 ppl to leave right when it starts, so in the end we were 6vs8 or 3vs4 and obviously you lose. I'd be totally in favor of pvp 20min lockout to prevent that. If you que, then you que, deal with the result as a mentally mature person. Otherwise, dont que. And the rewards cannot be given all the same for the one who uses random gf and the one who only ticks HS, because the former is potentially taking the risk of a longer, more difficult fp and should be rewarded accordingly, it's simple as that. I get the op's point, i get it. It happened to me too, so i can understand the feeling. Therefore, i always think it twice before queing, hence why most of the time i prefer to do solo activities.

Thanks for the answers

Hey there guys, I have a few questions about renown and gearing. 1- I've been toying around with one of my toons, he's full 276 gear rating, and yet when i opened a renown crate, i got 274 stuff. Supposedly, i should get 278+ amirite? I gotta say, he didnt have a tactical equipped, but the rest ofthe gear was 276 minimum. 2- I've almost decided on giving up pvp, but still i'm trying it out a bit here and there. Now, i go into matches with the 276 gear, and all my teammates are full 306 gear, im often the only one who's not. A few even whisper to me that my gear sucks. Am i supposed to grind full 306 gear only to be able to compete in pvp? So, in conclusion, do i need a full 306 gear set in order to remotely play any pvp or endgame activity? I'm a solo player, i just play story and a few pvp matches to spice things up, but pvp is a stunfest and it sucks already as it is, only arenas and huttball, so totally not worth it if i also need a full 306 gear set. Btw my numbers in wzs are just, ok i guess.

Been trying out pvp in the last week or so, and yes, it's either arenas (good luck if you are in a pug group vs a premade, yea) or Huttball pretty much all of the time. I've seen Voidstar twice, and NC once, and i played a good bunch of wzs. Boring. Huttball is ok, too much Huttball sucks. Personally i dislike arenas a lot, they should be a ranked-only scenario. So yea, i'm out of pvp again, and for good.

I'd have to go with Jaesa Dark Side. After that, Lana.

Yea i also have some classes which i always go male, or female, depending. But for some classes i really struggle to decide. Warrior: All my warriors are male, only 1 is female, but BW almost always teases warrior as female in their trailers, and somehow i'm led to believe this class is meant to be female, even though male looks and voice fit better, imo. Agent: I like both so, so much. I'm always in a problem when i reroll an agent, really, i never now if i prefer going melae or female. Smuggler: same as agent, i think male fits better for the voice and funny bits, but still female is quite good too. Hard choice.

I gotta add another one that comes close as second. Extremely vicious and malevolent, imo.

Male or female. Seriously.