Thanks a lot for the detailed reply - very much appreciated

First - let me thank you again for the guide. Just a little suggestion (don't know if it's possible). The rotation isn't the easiest (nothing wrong with that) and a single mistake can easily throw one out because - well, it flows if you execute everything right but for a beginner that is easier said than done especially in the heat of a real fight away from the benign combat dummy So - are there any general guidelines that can help one to get back into the rotation once one has messed up somehow? Or is it more or less "massacre/assault" until battering assault comes off CD again and one starts from the opener minus force leap (with hopefully the other abilites off CD as well? In the end it's probably real experience with the spec but - well, should there be something if that experience isn't there yet, I'd appreciate any help And how does one transition from single target phases to AOE phases and back again?

Thanks a lot for the guide. Going to start reading now, but it *looks* very nice

Yesterday I decided to try a system restore to the point before the Windows update that happened on the 18th, to see if that was the culprit. While the system restore failed because Windows couldn't restore some SWTOR files (forgot to note down the exact location), the game now runs as it did before the trouble started. So, no idea what caused it really, but I'm happy that I can play again.

Thanks, that helped a bit and got rid of most of the stuttering but the game still feels very sluggish and unresponsive.

Update - problem definitely not solved, had to stop playing because the game constantly drops down to 10 fps or so when moving or turning the camera.

Tbf - I don't know if using an old driver is exactly "solving the issue" (in retrospect I kind of regret clicking the "issue solved") FWIW, I have the impression - which of course might me fueled by the experience of the drops before - that the game still does run very sluggish and stutters more than before.

Will do.

AMD - windowed fullscreen has no effect

Since someone else mentioned having the same problem on chat I think I'll post it here: since the last patch the framerate periodically drops to around 10 fps or so, to recover a little time later. This happens regardless of graphics settings (problem persists with shaders set to "very low").

And it would of course be an insurmountable challenge to suspend server transfers between the US and Europe during the patch window...

Me

They put the skills in slot 1-5 of quickbar 1 and they are locked there.

I'm baffled that I cannot seem to drag the walker abilities around to fit it with my keybinding scheme. The default might work if you use the number keys, but as a left-handed player I have my keybinds set up on and around the numpad and I don't see why I should remap the keys in quickbar 1 just for walker sequences, when they could simply allow me to drag the abilities in the (for me) appropriate quickbar slots. Or am I missing something?

But how on earth is that an issue? It's not as if more skills are automatically better. Why would they owe us a new skill because they took away a skill they never should have granted in the first place?

Yeah, the same damage output that was previously distributed over 2 gcd's now over just 1. That would be sweet I for one welcome the change. It sucked that you had to stand still while casting the ability, it sucked that you weren't allowed to move during the channel and it sucked that you had to spend an utility point just to get your target rooted so it doesn't run away during the channel. During fights that required a lot of mobility, ravage/blade dance was a major PITA

"after the quick maintenance we just had" - it was yesterday Edit: apologies, you might be referring to Friday's maintenance.

Several threads already My solution: wait - It probably downloads a large file at the end, after 20 minutes or so it jumped from the 98.5 to playable.

As long as you keep playing solo, do whatever you like. But if you group with other people it should be common courtesy to play to the best of one's abilities...

Thank you very much, I'm going to try it!

Already posted it on the general forum: it keeps downloading in the background while the progress bar stays at 98.56%. Guess it's a large file. After a time - depending on the speed of your internet up to 20 minutes it finishes and you can launch the game. But yes, a progress bar that displays just a percentage and not how much you are actually downloading sucks, especially when it's more than 14 GB as in my case.

If you are using the streaming launcher and your internet is not the fastest: just wait. I noticed mine stuck at 98.56 as well but saw on the router that it was still downloading. After 15 minutes or so it finished and the game launched. Might be the cinematic that is downloading at the end...

Thanks, that would spare me a lot of trouble in the future

Could you please explain how you get rid of bitraider without redownloading the entire game. It seems I have to download 14 GB with the streaming client and that'll take the whole day and the only thing stopping me from ditching bitraider is the prospect of downloading 35 GB.

Can all the people who are going to ban ravage from their quickbars for aesthetic reasons that play on Red eclipse post their character names? I want to put them on ignore so that I won't get grouped with them On a serious note, I don't really care how it looks, but being rooted for 3 seconds and/or getting the message "you cannot use this ability while moving" sucked big time for a class that has to be mobile. Yay for no more channels