DataBeaver Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 You can travel to any contact for free, and there are plenty of contacts on Odessen. It doesn't seem worth 200k credits per character to travel to a slightly different point on the planet.
Dbohrius Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Yeah, I was wondering that myself... after hitting Chapter IX and establishing the Alliance's base on Odessen I almost bought the perk -- then I noticed I could just travel to any contact I wanted for free. Maybe it's for characters you level up to 65 without doing the Outlander story.
DataBeaver Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 Do non-KotFE players have anything useful to do on Odessen though? Can they access the Star Fortress flashpoint? If I'm not mistaken, access to the player ship on Odessen is inside a phase which you can only access after reaching the planet through the story. Were a player to enter the planet before reaching that part, they could potentially be stranded there until their emergency fleet pass comes off cooldown.
Asroha Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Do non-KotFE players have anything useful to do on Odessen though? Can they access the Star Fortress flashpoint? If I'm not mistaken, access to the player ship on Odessen is inside a phase which you can only access after reaching the planet through the story. Were a player to enter the planet before reaching that part, they could potentially be stranded there until their emergency fleet pass comes off cooldown. I don't plan on playing the KotFE content, so I guess I'll never see Odessen. Hope they don't gate other planets like that in future content releases...
Ketinvik Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 If I'm not mistaken, access to the player ship on Odessen is inside a phase which you can only access after reaching the planet through the story. Were a player to enter the planet before reaching that part, they could potentially be stranded there until their emergency fleet pass comes off cooldown. Or they could zone to their stronghold, or to any heroic quest. Even assuming that you don't plan to do the KotFE missions, there are vendors in the common area there that people may want to access.
Shwarzchild Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I use my legacy travel perks heavily so having a QT to Odessen is great. To be honest, all of the new travel options I love. Traveling to contact is basically my favorite thing since betty white. The QT to heroics is great. Makes live easier with traveling.
Ketinvik Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I use my legacy travel perks heavily so having a QT to Odessen is great. To be honest, all of the new travel options I love. Traveling to contact is basically my favorite thing since betty white. The QT to heroics is great. Makes live easier with traveling. So, this is a stupid question...how do the legacy travel perks work? Where can you use them?
Eldarion_Velator Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Not a stupid question if you've never used it before. Legacy priority transport works anywhere quick travel does (and works just like the priority transport terminal in the hangar section of fleet), and takes you to the "landing point," as it were, of each priority area, i.e. your spawn point. Mostly the priority transports are to endgame/daily quest areas like the Black Hole and Oricon, and they are rather handy if you do a lot of dailies grinding/planning like I do (for instance, I can pre-do the Yavin IV dailies on Monday, turn them in with the weekly on Tuesday, and priority transit to Oricon or CZ-198 from the last daily turn-in, which for me is that Republic sargeant just outside of the Yavin Temple Grounds, instead of having to QT back to the main base and use the terminal there). Edited October 29, 2015 by Eldarion_Velator more details
GeneralTiphis Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 So basically you can either pay 200k or 0 for the exact same thing except that the 0 cost way has no cd, so basically they expect you to pay more for less.
Stevenmagnet Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 So basically you can either pay 200k or 0 for the exact same thing except that the 0 cost way has no cd, so basically they expect you to pay more for less. My Priority Transports all have no cooldown, so I don't see the problem.
branmakmuffin Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Do non-KotFE players have anything useful to do on Odessen though? Buying rank 6 companion gifts with Commons.
darkov Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I use it to go back and get the H2's. Otherwise I stay in my Stronghold.
Lord_Iurus Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) I don't plan on playing the KotFE content, so I guess I'll never see Odessen. Hope they don't gate other planets like that in future content releases... It's a "gated planet" in the way Asation is a "gated planet" to people who don't do Ops. If you're not doing KotFE content, it's entirely useless to you - a med droid and a bunch of people you can't talk to unless you've completed KotFE Chapter IX. (And some mission terminals, I suppose.) Edited October 29, 2015 by Lord_Iurus
DataBeaver Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) I don't plan on playing the KotFE content, so I guess I'll never see Odessen. Hope they don't gate other planets like that in future content releases... You won't be missing much with regards to Odessen. As a general purpose planet it's comparable to Manaan, although the vendors make it somewhat more useful. The (inaccessible) outdoor scenery resembles other forest-type planets; Alderaan may be the closest match. Or they could zone to their stronghold, or to any heroic quest. I was imagining a scenario where the player has no accessible strongholds and their priority transport abilities are on cooldown. It's unlikely, I know, and adding the condition of having already completed all heroics that week makes it even more so. Still, it's a theoretical possibility which BioWare seems to be trying to avoid with other planets. Even assuming that you don't plan to do the KotFE missions, there are vendors in the common area there that people may want to access. The smuggled goods vendor selling grade 6 companion gifts (and a few other things useful only in KotFE) indeed seems to be unique to Odessen, so the benefit of gaining access to it is nonzero. My Priority Transports all have no cooldown, so I don't see the problem. Okay, so it's not worse than traveling to a contact, but is it any better? What's the benefit of forking over 200k credits? I suppose being able to put it on a quickbar might count for some people. Personally, I'm fine with taking the few extra clicks to go through the contacts window since traveling there is not an everyday thing for me. I use it to go back and get the H2's. Otherwise I stay in my Stronghold. The H2 terminal also exists on the fleet, so access to Odessen is not required for that. Edited October 29, 2015 by DataBeaver
Gidrea Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Where do you spawn if you use Priority Transport? I'm curious, because "travel to contact" puts you downstairs in the war room, not the most convenient place.
JWagner Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Travel to contact is nice. But it's so much quicker, if I simply want to spawn at my alliance headquarters, to hit my quickbar and poof, off I go. Instead I gotta pop open my companions window, find the nearest companion, click them, then click transport to contact.
Avalyssia Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Or they could zone to their stronghold, or to any heroic quest. Even assuming that you don't plan to do the KotFE missions, there are vendors in the common area there that people may want to access. This is exactly what I do on my level 64 smuggler who hasn't started KotFE - I use my ship to get to Odessen (3000 creds) to pick up the heroic quests/hang out with the big kids then I either use the heroic transport or teleport to my stronghold. The 'door' to the alliance base is not accessible though.
Jeweledleah Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Travel to contact is nice. But it's so much quicker, if I simply want to spawn at my alliance headquarters, to hit my quickbar and poof, off I go. Instead I gotta pop open my companions window, find the nearest companion, click them, then click transport to contact. its only a few seconds extra. but... its free, so. personally I plan on opening up Odissen on all my high levels if only to change quest rewards for H2. without finishing Kotfe, its just crystals, but after finishing Odissen, you also get supplies. but.... other then that. everything other then entrance to fortress that is available there - is also available on fleet. so...
Pscyon Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Most of the Priority Transports don't serve much purpose since strongholds arrived. Jump into stronghold, then right back out onto fleet (which has the daily area teleporter) or your ship. Depending on which planet your stronghold is, that's potentially also a "priority transport" to that planet.
cambogiax Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 Hello guys, Do you have any idea why when i'm trying to activate the transport to Odessen i receive the following error? "A priority transport shuttle cannot be dispatched to this location" PS: I'm a noob! so please don't throw with stones in me
dr_mike Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 PS: I'm a noob! so please don't throw with stones in me Where specifically are you trying to do this from? There are places where transports are not allowed. Usually I note those by looking at my quick travel icon which is on my quickbar. if it's grayed out, you can't do any teleporting.
IanArgent Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 Odessen isn't on the priority transit terminal (neither is Rishi, for that matter, or Ziost). As for the original question: it's only useful if you haven't reached Chapter 9, KotFE. But it's reasonably useful prior to that point. Is it worth the cost? I dunno, that depends.
dr_mike Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 Odessen isn't on the priority transit terminal (neither is Rishi, for that matter, or Ziost). It's one of the character perks you can buy.
TUXs Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 Odessen isn't on the priority transit terminal (neither is Rishi, for that matter, or Ziost). As for the original question: it's only useful if you haven't reached Chapter 9, KotFE. But it's reasonably useful prior to that point. Is it worth the cost? I dunno, that depends. I think it's worth it. I bought it early on most of my pre-DvL 65's who haven't done KOTFE so I could do Ops, FPs and Heroics on them, and buy items (other than gear) with their comms.
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