Knights of the Fallen Empire at TwichCon I'm going to skip it I don't want story spoilers.

There will be an update next Tuesday. I don't have any details about it.

Still waiting for changes to trooper and bounty hunter to be posted.

Guybrush

Game Update 4.0 Class Changes: Bounty Hunter + Trooper

Ramei has completed Rise of the Emperor

I suppose it depends on perspective and one's definition of corruption.

If as in the Empire, gaining personal power through exerted attrition, killing, marshal punishment and maintaining social stability by fear of force and slavery is followed as a common way of life, then yes, the Republic would seem wholly corrupted by definition since their overarching philosophy is allegedly peace and freedom through ethical self-motivation for the benefit of the Republic as a whole.

It seems the social and ethical breakdown of the Republic is due in part to the aftermath of the war. Similarly, the war and a precipitated loosening of tradition in the Empire opened the door for more Sith in-fighting and power leveling using less than accepted means.

I think the message they get across is that there is no "black and white" or true good and evil due to the shades of grey that emerge in politics and associated power struggles.

Sith in fighting mostly effects the sith. The majority of imperials live out their lives never meeting a sith.

The Republic is a lot like real life, democratically elected senators become corrupted by power they, forget they are supposed to be public servants, not masters. The Sith are like real world dictators, they look bad until they're removed from power and then it turns out they were actually holding back something worse.

Well, my Trooper is doing a pretty good job cleaning up crime and corruption in the Republic *Trail assumes hero stance as a glint of light bounces off his smile* The Trooper is kind of fun to play, but depressing too because of the stuff we were talking about earlier.

So far while I liked the Sith Warrior's game play, I enjoyed the way they handled the Sith Assassin's story line a little better because it felt more D&D, more strategy. You had to think a bit more before acting. The go kill this, go retrieve that quests can get a little wearing at times.

The Trooper story line is playing out somewhat like the Sith warriors, although some of the choices have been a little more intriguing. I forgot how that Bioware technique of presenting a 3-4 word summary of your response can be really confusing. Seems more so on this quest arc than the last two. I've picked dialogue choices that turned out completely different than I interpreted them and some of the Dark Side vs. Light Side choices took a little thought to figure out why they planned it that way.

Trail, that must be a bit disconcerting

I recall coming across the same issue in either Mass Effect or Dragon age. The option for your character's dialogue response would be something like "Tomorrow is a new day" so you pick that option and your character would say, "We have no choice, but to attack. We'll use the same strategy from the bridge" I'm just making this up, but you get the drift, what you thought would be the response and what your character said had nothing to do with each other, so you just stare at the screen with a blank expression and move on.

General Garza seems to like darkside choices better than lightside ones, since lightside choices often mean reinterpreting her orders.

Emissary Of The Rift Alliance - Jedi Consular story summary, may contain spoilers

Tomorrow the final class, Sith Inquisitor,
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Thanks, Guybrush

Ascension To Power - Sith Inquisitor story summary, may contain spoilers

I noticed something, the titles these summaries give are not necessarily the same chapter titles as used in the game. Probably written before the game was released and changed along the way.

Tomorrow the changes in Jedi Consular and SIth Inquisitor.

I wonder why they are changing?

That's a really weird switch to go from something that's defined as an award or recognition for accomplishment (commendation) to something that sounds like a storage device (data crystal)?

I don't now why they're changing.

Game Update 4.0 Class Changes: Jedi Consular + Sith Inquisitor

Sneakier sounds better

Intersting, well as with rogue/stealthy characters in many games there is also the potential of leveling slower due to the lack of xp earned while sneaking rather than battling/killing opponents. I wonder if they will do anything to counter that or if it will remain the same as it is.

During quests where I was stealthy, I made it a point to attack at least one group of foes to see if there was a bonus quest task associate with killing a certain number of them, which seems fairly common in SWTOR. In most cases there was and if I were to have stayed stealthed through that part of the quest, I wouldn't have known about the potential bonuses. Not as much of an impact right now with the subscriber xp% bump, but once that goes away or if I choose to go Free-to-Play at some point it would make a difference.

Tomorrow is last day to get Nico's Duster Coat.

Cartel Market Changes Coming in Fallen Empire!

Combat Changes in Fallen Empire

Reminder have until October 19th to subscribe to get the new mount. Knights of the Fallen Empire will be here soon.

Sounds like some good changes

The market changes sound good as long as we don't get a ton of people running around on giant mounts like the Rancors. I know it's somewhat of a PVP status symbol, but it's really annoying when you're in the market or checking something out and the next thing you know your field of view is filled with the hind end of a Rancor. I'm willing to bet those giant mounts don't do much for lag on the fleets either.

Some of the larger mounts make it impossible to use the elevators on the fleet, you're told you're too far away and have to dismount.

Core World Changes

Answers HQ - replaces old customer service forum

Those sound like well thought out changes