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How come we have to do all of Forged Alliances to get to SOR?


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Oh? I mean I know you can do the new OPs without doing Forged Alliances, but I wasn't aware the SOR story would start without Forged Alliances. Perhaps you could explain this?

 

Go to Rishi and you can manually start SoR without playing FA first.

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As far as I know, you miss out on the 300 commendations--so if they come in the same reward as the weapons, I'd have to say most likely. But there's more than one thing that gives out 192 rating weapon for your companions in SoR, so as long as you only want to gear one it won't be an issue.
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Fair enough, it'd just be nice to know, because running the FA stuff for a few hours seems like cheating if you're doing it solo cause of the droid, but I figure at this point, getting team members for it is kinda pointless.
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Well, that I did not know! Now, do you miss out on the companion weapon if you haven't completed the FA quests, or do you automatically get it anyway when you go to Rishi?

 

The Enemy Within gives a companion mainhand. (and tis repeatable)

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Fair enough, it'd just be nice to know, because running the FA stuff for a few hours seems like cheating if you're doing it solo cause of the droid, but I figure at this point, getting team members for it is kinda pointless.

If you don't want to do it because you think it's "cheating," that's your problem. If you think it's boring, that's a bit more understandable (because it is a bit mindless with the droid, although it is actually a better way to see the story, since no one is there posting "spacebar plz!").

 

People do still run the FA FPs on tactical, you know. You don't have to solo them.

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If you skip FA:

- You lose free 162 gear for your character

- You have never met Lana and Theron before when you get to Rishi. Dialogue will change.

 

Not sure about:

- 297 Basic commendations

- Companion mainhand

These are probably linked to SoR Prelude quest (FA). Haven't tested this.

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If you skip FA:

- You lose free 162 gear for your character

- You have never met Lana and Theron before when you get to Rishi. Dialogue will change.

 

Not sure about:

- 297 Basic commendations

- Companion mainhand

These are probably linked to SoR Prelude quest (FA). Haven't tested this.

 

The dialogue actually changes if you don't meet them beforehand?

 

That's interesting. I'm gonna have to skip it on one of my chars just for that.

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If you skip FA:

- You lose free 162 gear for your character

- You have never met Lana and Theron before when you get to Rishi. Dialogue will change.

 

Not sure about:

- 297 Basic commendations

- Companion mainhand

These are probably linked to SoR Prelude quest (FA). Haven't tested this.

 

I didn't know that either but I guess it makes sense since you haven't met them if you don't do FA.

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The dialogue actually changes if you don't meet them beforehand?

 

That's interesting. I'm gonna have to skip it on one of my chars just for that.

 

I didn't know that either but I guess it makes sense since you haven't met them if you don't do FA.

 

Preview of sorts here, from an official TOR Twitch stream, featuring Courtney Woods, Charles Boyd and Hillary "Pocket" Nicole.

< Player Character >: Am I supposed to know you?

 

Lana Beniko: My name is Lana Beniko. I am a Sith Lord, though I have no interest in the title.

 

Lana Beniko: I used to serve as advisor to Darth Arkous of the Dark Council--until he was revealed as a traitor and consequently executed.

 

Also, while talking with Qaarah the first time around on Rishi, provided one chose to skip Forged Alliances, the following happens:

Please note that by continuing this conversation, you are missing out on the Shadow of Revan prelude.

 

The Prelude introduces you to new allies, sends you on exciting story missions, and includes a cutscene with companions aboard your ship.

 

OPTION ONE: Start Shadow of Revan Prelude

OPTION TWO: Continue This Conversation

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Not to forget you gain 2.5 levels of XP for doing them.

 

I do them for this alone, and the comms pretty much pay for half the Basic Level 60 gear. And the Companion weapon is pretty handy. And I quite like the story behind the Forged Alliance story arc. I've only seen it 3 times (twice on Imp side and once on Pub side) so I can imagine it could get tedious 5-6 times.

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Yeah I mean who wants 300 coms to get things out? Or who wants to actually know what's going on.

 

As someone else said if you are playing a video game, especially an MMO approaching endgame...you are already wasting your time...doing forged alliances takes no time...unless you have clinical ADHD and are off your meds.

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