Bandwidth management time again

We continue our adventure with GuybrushThreepwood informing the clan that Rocket Packs as well as early access to Chapter 10 of Knights of the Fallen Empire will be available to those that subscribe on or before February 1st. Plus the ever informative quest/adventure schedule as follows:

1/12 – 1/19: Relics of the Gree
1/19 – 1/26: Rakghoul Plague – Tatooine
1/26 – 2/2: Bounty Contract Week

Thank you GuybrushThreepwood as always.

The last topic chain can be found here.

January Producer Live Stream Wrap-up | 01.14.2016, 11:43 PM
Hey folks,

Thank you for tuning into our Producer Live Stream with Ben and myself. Here is a recap of the things we talked about, for those of you that couldn't tune in.

State of the Galaxy

Group content - We know that group content is something that is very important to you guys. Although we have no further updates at this time on the PvE side, we did talk a bit about the new Warzone which is coming (more on that shortly). Also, we will have even more detailed information on the new Warzone in next month's Producer Live Stream.
GTN Search - Thank you to all of you who helped us gather information on the issue. With that information in hand we were able to resolve the GTN search issues yesterday afternoon.
Events- As mentioned previously on the forums, due to the issues in December we are re-running all three recurring events in January.
Conquest Rewards - By the end of the day today (Austin time) everyone should be receiving their missing Conquest rewards.

Changes Since Last Stream

The Eternal Championship and Bowdaar Recruitment have been moved to coincide with Chapter XI (Update 4.2)
A Blizz Recruitment Mission has been added into Chapter X (Update 4.1)
Reminder that Chapter X is launching on February 11th. Be a subscriber by February 1 to get the HK-55 Jetpack and 2 days of early access.

New Information:
Crafting

Skill increase to 550
New Materials
New craftable Gear and Mods
Mission re-organization
*more details coming via forum posts towards the end of January

New Warzone

Located on Odessan
New Game Mode - King of the Hill
Multiple Hills
Hills randomly spawn
More details coming in the February Producer Live Stream

Eternal Championship

It is a solo challenge
Contains ten encounters
Weekly Missions reward progress
Rare drops from encounters
Recruitment Mission for Bowdaar


If you have any questions or comments about the things we talked about, feel free to post them in this thread! Thanks everyone.

-eric


Hurray Blizz

On The Harbinger, Koroshi has completed sith inquisitor chapter 3 gaining the title "Darth" and theoretically the new name Imperious (light side). Dark side inquisitor is "renamed" Darth Nox. The names will come up rarely in dialogue.

On Jedi Covenant, Antohn has reached level 65, first character on that server to do so.

Thanks, Guybrush

Plague tomorrow.

Oh dear

Haven't been posting because I haven't been playing, been binging on casual games.

Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter 10 sneak peek starts today, as soon as they're done updating. For those who didn't subscribe early enough the chapter begins the 11th.

Also the plague is back, on Corellia this time.

I probably won't actually get into chapter 9 until later this evening after work.

Among the changes in update:
Chapter X
Alert to get Blizz (may not start until 11th)
Alert to get HK-51
Alert to get Dr Lokin no longer requires Alert to get Qyzen before it appears,, instead requires completing chapter IX.

Full patch notes

Have fun!

Sorry - but it's actually chapter X we're getting.

Oops, you're right.

Apparently as we get new chapters the old ones fall off the official page.


Quest to reclaim HK-55 is funny. I wonder if those decisions on who he can terminate really matters later. Course my light side jedi knight had restrictions. My dark side sith won't. Blizz quest comes after chapter X. There's another "alert" that's currently broken.

I have 2 alerts broken after I got Blizz.
Very anoying.

I had one broken before Blizz and got the second after.

Interesting thing is, if you look under companions in legacy you'll see a jedi consular companion is coming soon. But neither of those broken alerts is his. So they're so broken even the achievements for unlocking the companions don't show up. Several people have said in swtor.com forum's that one of those alerts was disabled because it actually crashed the system.

Presumably though have to finish the two currently not working alerts to get this one.

Also although no acheivments currently visible for him, that "jedi man" in the Blizz quest had a very familiar voice, if you've played smuggler. Perhaps his alert is one of the broken ones.


Kaliyo has ran away. I can't find her anywhere on base. (Yes I can summon her as companion). Every other companion character is standing or sitting in the case of Niko, somewhere on the base. M14X (or Major Pierce on Imperial side) is alone by PVP and Operations terminals. Ship's droids near the cantina. All other companions are scattered around in the war room or the areas around it.

There are 3 achievements for HK55 quest. One is hidden.
1 you get for just completing the mission
2 you have to target 8 extra items he doesn't ask about, including himself and yourself
3 you have to go in with another player and have them have their hk55 target you, you will die and get achievement
I haven't done 2 or 3 yet but apparently 3 doesn't work if you're alone if your with someone else who's doing the quest then it works

getting them done.

Small update to fix bugs removed the two alerts, which I guess validates the rumors that they were chapter 11 alerts sent too early. Legacy still shows two possible achievements for a companion there is currently no alert for. And the alert title is not one of the two that we got by mistake,

Developer post:


Kaliyo who returns in Chapter 10 is first female romancable companion to return. Male imperial agent could have married her.
Blizz who returns after chapter 10 is completed is first bounty hunter companion to return. Leaving smuggler only class to not have a companion return, yet. Although there is a teaser suggesting a return probably during or after chapter 11. Aric who returns in Chapter 11 is first male romanceable companion to return. Female republic trooper could have married him.

No spoilers but in chapter 10 choices finally matter. At least dark side ones finally catch up with you.

There's one former trooper companion early on who declines to join your alliance. My guess is because the original voice actor died. There are a couple former companions you can reject, both imperial. A future returning companion on the republic side actually has the option to reject you instead of you rejecting him. So choices will matter again.

It still bugs me that the first words out of my characters mouth when regaining a former companion isn't "where are the rest of my crew?"

Thanks, Guybrush!

How Bioware Created Class Stories part 1 The Republic - no spoilers

Did some searching for credits:

Player character voice actors:

Jedi Knight:
male voice: David Hayter
female voice: Kari Wahlgren
(both American)

Jedi Consular:
male voice: Nolan North
female voice: Athena Karkanis
(one American, one Canadian)

Trooper:
male voice: Brian Bloom
female voice: Jennifer Hale (also Satele Shan head of Jedi Order)
(one American, one Canadian)

Smuggler:
male voice: Maury Sterling
female voice: Kath Soucie
(both American)

Sith Warrior:
male voice: Mark Bazeley
female voice: Natasha Little
(both English)

Sith Inquisitor:
male voice: Euan Morton
female voice: Xanthe Elbrick
(both Scotish)

Bounty Hunter:
male voice: Tom Spackman
female voice: Grey DeLisle
(both American)

Imperial Agent:
male voice: Bertie Carvel
female voice: Jo Wyatt
(both English)

Imperial NPCs tend to sound like they came from the UK. Having bounty hunters voiced by Americans is an oddity. Guess its to show they're outsiders. Bounty Hunters don't consider themselves part of the empire, they just work for imperials because the republic doesn't usually put bounties on people

Thanks, Guybrush. Interesting about the bounty hunters

English language voice actors for important None Player Characters:
Note: if characters don't speak Basic (English) I have not been able to find voice actors for them.

Jedi Knight Companions:
T7-O1 (astromech droid)
voice: n/a
(speaks in bleeps and clicks)

Kira Carsen (Human):
romanceable by male jedi knight
voice: Laura Bailey

"Doc" (Archiban Frodrick Kimble) (Human)
romanceable by female jedi knight
voice: Andrew Bowen

Sergeant Fideltin Rusk (Chagrian)
voice: Ron Yuan

Lord Scourge (Pureblood Sith)
voice: Joseph Gatt


Jedi Consular Companions:
Qyzen Fess (Trandoshan)
voice: ????
(speaks Trandoshan)

Tharan Cedrax (Human)
voice: Jamie Elman

"Zenith" (Twi'lek) (real name unknown)
voice: Troy Baker

Lieutenant Felix Iresso (Human)
romanceable by female jedi consular
voice: Dion Graham

Nadia Grell (Sarkhain)
romanceable by male jedi consular
voice: Holly Fields


Trooper Companions:
Aric Jorgan (Cathar)
romanceable by female trooper
voice: Timothy Omundson

Elara Dorne (Human)
romanceable by male trooper
voice: Moira Quirk

M1-4X (male programmed combat droid)
voice: Tom Kane

Tanno Vik (Weequay)
voice: David Anthony Pizzuto (deceased)
voice: Fred Tatasciore (Rise of the Hutt Cartel, Knights of the Fallen Empire)

Yuun (Gand)
voice: ????
(speaks Gand)


Smuggler Companions:
Corso Riggs (human)
romanceable by female smuggler
voice: Troy Hall

Bowdaar (Wookie)
voice: ????
(speaks Wookie)

Risha Drayen (human)
romanceable by male smuggler
voice: Tara Strong

Akavi Spaar (Zabrak, Mandalorian)
romanceable by male smuggler
voice: Stacy Haiduk

Guss Tuno (Mon Calamari)
full name Languss Tuno
voice: Gary Schwartz

Vette (Twi'lek)
birth name: Ce'na, Vette is her slave name
romanceable by male sith warrior
voice: Catherine Taber

Malavi Quinn (Human)
romancable by female sith warrior
probably the most hated character at swtor.com (but not by me)
voice: Richard Teverson

Jaesa Willsaam (Human)
unique in the game, she takes on your warrior's alignment. if you're warrior is light side she stays light side and considers herself a jedi, and is not romanceable. If your warrior is dark side she turns dark to become your sith apprentice and if your warrior is male she becomes romanceable
voice: Rachel Leigh Cook

Lieutenant Pierce (human)
voice: Adam Leadbeater

Broonmark (Talz)
voice: ????
(speaks Talz)

Sith Warrior's original teacher Overseer Tremel is voiced by Paul Darrow, Kerr Avon in "Blakes 7. Because I couldn't bare killing him, my first sith warrior was light side.


Sith Inquistior Companions:
Khem Val (Dashade)
voice: ????
(speaks Dashade)

Andronikos Revel (Humna)
romanceable by female sith inquisitor
voice: Steve Blum (also voices in Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 and many others)

Ashara Zavros (Togruta)
romanceable by male sith inquisitor
voice: Azura Skye

Talos Drellik (Human)
voice: Edward Hibbard

Xalek (Kaleesh)
voice: Tony Armatrading


Imperial Agent Companions:
Kaliyo D’jannis (Rattaki)
romanceble by male imperial agent
voice: Tasia Valenza

Vector Hyllis (Human, Killik Joiner)
romanceable by female imperial agent
voice: Ifran Meredith

Doctor Eckard Lokin (Human, Rakghoul)
unfortunantly KOTFE removed his ability to transform into a rakghoul when in DPS mode
voice: Anthony Cochrane

Ensign Raina Temple (Human)
romanceble by male imperial agent, more likely to be faithful spouse than Kaliyo D’jannis
voice: Georgia Van Cuylenburg

Scorpio (female programmed droid)
probably agent's least trustworthy companion
voice: Deborah Unger


Bounthy Hunter Companions:
Mako (Human Cyborg, Clone)
romanceble by male bounty hunter
voice: Lacey Chabert

Gault Rennow (Devaronian)
real name: Tyresius Lokai
voice: Daran Norris

Torian Cadera (Human, Mandalorian)
romanceable by female bounty hunter
voice: Johnny Yong Bosch

"Blizz" (Jawa)
real name unknown
one of the most popular companions
voice: ????
(speaks Jawa)

Skadge (Houk)
one of the lest popular companions
voice: Neil Kaplan


I swear I've heard "Nancy Drew" in Knights of the Fallen Empire though there is no entry for SWTOR for Lani Minella on imdb.

Knights of the Fallen Empire: Chapter XI Disavowed

Disavowed teaser

It's amazing where graphics have gone!

I still haven't seen the movie. I've put if off so long its no longer showing in my neighborhood. I'd have to go downtown. So I'll probably just wait for it to eventually show up on Netflix.

Guybrush, are you talking about The Force Awakens?

Yeah. I just heard its coming out April 1st, If I can believe that.

Wow, that was pretty quick. Hope you enjoy it when you get to see it.

Digitally April 1st, Blue Ray and DVD April 5th. Have to reactivate DVD option on Netflix.

They should call early access "beta testing". Chapter XI:Disavowed is currently bugged. Minor glitch: Aric Jorgan appears in his underwear and rifle he's supposed to be firing is invisible. Major glitch: after talking two him a second time, he's supposed to replace Theron as your active companion but instead both characters vanish. Jorgan does not appear in your companion list so you cannot summon him. You can only leave the phase and reset mission, staring ovwr and hoping second time works.

I know what you mean, Guybrush. Hope they get it straight soon.

Visions in the Dark teaser - seems Vitiate aka Valkorian doesn't like the way your character is handling the problem of the Eternal Empire and decided to bother you with more visions

I hope there is something for non-force users. The web page talks ahout making a weapon designed by forcer users. And the video teaser shows jedi player. Most of the classes are no in fact force sensative. Imperial Agent, Bounty Hunter, Trooper and Smuggler have no use for a lightsaber.

OFF TOPIC:
Remember that Wildstar game I beta tested and decided it was too difficult, well seems its dying. Apparently they let go most of their staff and have canceled plans for taking the game into China.

Thanks, Guybrush. Hope there is something for everyone.

Sorry to hear Wildstar is dying. There are so many games out there.

Haven't been playing lately so missed early access to next chapter. It goes public tomorrow. It includes new PVP arenas, not my thing.
In May Chapter XIII: Profit and Plunder with feature Vette (Sith Warrior companion) and Gault (Bounty Hunter companion) who have apparently become a team after their respective bosses vanished. Vette could be romanced by male sith warriors before starting Knights.

I'm in the process of downloading previous update which is good because tomorrow there will be another one, while listening to Merle Haggard songs.

Thanks for the update! Have fun!

Played Visions in the Dark on jedi knight. The entire Knights of the Fallen Empire story really only makes sense for jedi and sith. This espcially true of Visions in the Dark. Agents, Bounty Hunters, Smugglers and Troopers are not force sensitive and all the talk about the Force in this chapter doesn't apply to them. Most of my non force users haven't even finished chapter X yet. I do have an agent who is up to chapter XI. It will interesting to see her reaction to chapter XII, all that Force talk would bore her.

Oh after completing Chapter XII you get an alert, side quest. Its funny after all the talk in the main quest about having to adapt to the new reality, jedi maybe having to accept sith tactics, sith maybe having to adopt jedi attitudes, the side quest depends on your knowledge of the sith code. Anyway, my jedi knight rejected the new possible companion, not a returning one a new one. Had to it was only light side option and despite main quests trying to turn jedi and sith into gray force users, he's a jedi not going to make darkside choices.

Before the chapter 12 update there was am acheivment for completing this alert under jedi consular companion Zenith. The update removed it. So it would seam that they had originally planned to bring Zenith back in this quest instead of a new character. Now achievements for the new character, including rejecting him. Rejecting a character is always worth more points than keeping him/her. But of course accepting new characters improves your alliance, rejecting them doesn't.

Annoys me, if you're a male trooper doing chapter X, Aric Jorgan mentions Elera who you might have married, but you don't ask him what happened to her after you were declared KIA (killed in action) and he was made CO of Havoc Squad over her.

Chapter XIII: Profit and Plunder - Vette (sith warrior companion, possible wife to male) and Gault (bounty hunter companion) have a plan to steal the Eternal Empire's wealth. First time to old companions return together.

So far none of my characters doing Knights of the Fallen Empire have been reunited with spouse.

Ohhhh, if you steal it all, will you share?

Profit and Plunder is available for those subscribed by May 1st, comes 5th for everybody subscribed after.
New Alert: Freedom Fight: recuirt wookie Bowdaar (former smuggler companion) by doing new Eternal Championship Arena
Subscribers receive companion mods for ship's droid which make them resemble HK-55.

Relics of the Gree event is also running

Tomorrow May the 4th be with you: subscribers receive a new droid mini pet

Next chapter will feature another bounty hunter companion Torian Cadera, possible husband to female bounty hunters.

Sounds like an interesting addition Guybrush!

Ana

I'm having internet issues. Tuesday it was a bug on SWTOR servers that kept the game from updating for some people, including me. They fixed it but now I'm having problems with my ISP. I keep getting dropped from the internet.

Its also double experience week which would be a good time to take my level 50s characters to Makeb (even though I don't like it) to level them up, but I wouldn't get far before being dropped out of the game.

I hope you can keep your internet up!

Ana

Guybrush, dropping is so aggravating. I hope the problem is solved soon!

All my Imperial characters are now in mourning for the future of the Empire. I've finally seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The once mighty Empire, now calling itself the First Order, is run by a bunch of petulant children.

I managed to complete chapter 1 of the sith inquisitor storyline on my lightside sorcer.

Last week a man from Windstream spent 2 hours tinkering with inside wiring. Internet still kept dropping off. Today a different man from Windstream took one look at the outside wiring, and replaced the cable the squirrels had chewed through. He told me he didn't know why the other guy was wasting so much time inside when the problem was easy to spot outside.


Revenge of the Mandlorians - next chapter preview
The blond guy in armor and firing a blaster is Torian, former bounty hunter companion.

Ironically my first character a bounty hunter hasn't even started KOTFE.

Play Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter I for Free (good through June 30th)

Broonmark former Sith Warrior companion returns June 1st.

Glad they got it fixed, Guybrush! Sounds like our experiences with Brighthouse.

Thanks for the heads up on the free play

Characters created at level 1 and played through rest of game into Knights of the Fallen Empire will receive their old companions back during Knights with the Influence level they were at when they lost them. Companions from other classes will join at either level 1 or 10. The ones which join as part of a chapter will be at level 1, the ones you have to earn by completing some task (10 rounds of pvp, beating world bosses, fighting champions in arena) will be at level 10.

Characters created at level 60 just for Knights of the Fallen Empire will receive all companions including their class ones at level 1 or 10.

The companions that require completing special tasks, 10 rounds pvp, kill world bosses, kill champions in arena, for characters played through the whole game will if at Influence 10 when you lost them will be at level 10 when you meet them again and will automatically follow you. So for example if you have a trooper that had M1-4X at 10 Influence or higher then M1-4X will follow your trooper without you having to play PVP. Same for sith warriors and Major Pierce (formerly Lt.). A trooper or sith warrior created at level 60 will have to play PVP. Same rules apply to jedi consular and Qyzen Fees with world bosses and smuggler with Bowder and fighting champions.



Subscribe by June 1 receive a free mount.

After you gotten both Kaliyo and Aric Jorgan depending on your reaction to a mission they go on together and fail they may be forgiven no punishment, or both assigned to maintenance as punishment or you can banish Jorgan or you can banish Kaliyo or you can if darkside execute one of them. Jorgan's death is particularly sad if you married him. Kaliyo doesn't even pretend she ever loved you. All the options are viewable on Youtube. I would think banishing Kaliyo would be a bad move, she's the vengeance seeking type. Jorgan is honorable and wouldn't betray you.

Apparently to kill one you have to at start of chapter 12 send the one you want to keep alive on the mission. Then tell the other one to stay put. That sets them up to disobey you and earn your wrath. You can only banish or kill the one who disobeys you. You can of course forgive both or punish both with maintenance duty.

You can also find Gault's reaction to bounty hunter, him mentioning Mako and if your bh is female and romanced Torian you cn ask about him.
If youre a sith warrior and romanced Vettte she will be glad to see you, if you didn't or you're female she may not be happy to see you.

I just found out the letter you get from romanced companion depends on wether you told them to flee or defend Marr's ship. So to see them all you'll have to do KOFE on each class twice and make both choices. Plus two characters who romance Theron and two who romanced Lana but not class companions.

Violanthe has completed jedi consular chapter 1.
Sapphirre has completed imperial agents chapters 1 and 2.
Casami (LS Bounty Hunter) has completed Shadow of Revan and Rise of the Emperor
Straker completed sith warrior chapter 2.

Sounds like lots of choices. Thanks, Guybrush

Hakai'da has completed jedi knight chapter 3.

Grats there

Since I started playing this game its gone through lots of changes. I think the biggest is the way companions function. Before Knights of the Fallen Empire there were only two companions which shared the same skills, Republic ship's droid C2-N2 and Empire ship's droid 2V-R8, had the same skills. They were okay but not great healers. Forty-two other companions had unique skill sets. Each of the 8 player classes had 5 class companions + 1 of the ship's droids. There were two optional companions HK-51 and Treek. Hk-51 was unique in that he had two primary attributes (Aim and Cunning) other other companions and player characters had 1 primary attribute each (Aim or Cunning, or Strength or Wisdom). Knights of the Fallen Empire replaced Aim, Cunning, Strength and Wisdom with Mastery, one attribute for all player classes and all companions. So HK-51 lost his unique attribute system. Treek was unique in that she was Tank/Healer no dps only mode. And she was best at both.

Before Knights each class had 1 healer/dps companion, 1 melee tank/dps, 1 ranged tank/dps, 1 melee dps only, 1 ranged dps + the healer ship's droid. Optional companion HK-51 was dps with two modes. Knights gave all companions the ability to be set to tank or healer, or dps. The default is healer. And the unique skills are gone. Vector still talks about releasing kilik pheromones but doesn't actually do it. Dr. Lokin no longer becomes a raghoul for dps mode. Now all melee companions have the same tank, healing and dps skills. All ranged companions have same tank, healing and dps skills. Comanions are now just different skins since they all do the same things the same way.

Before Knights each companion was better at different gathering and crafting skills. Knights changed it so companions skill at gathering and crafting is determined by their influence level.

Before Knights companion's tanking, healing and damage dealing skills were improved by improving their armor and weapons. Now armor and weapons are purely cosmetic for companions. Pre-Knights companions still have changeable armor pieces so you can change their appearance by changing their armor. This not apply to droids. Droids used to have droid parts in place of armor but changing the droid parts had no effect on appearance. Droid parts no longer exist. Now companion skills increase as your character levels and as you influence increases. The new companions introduced in Kights of the Fallen Empire do not even have armor slots, so you cannot change their appearance that way. You have to have a companion appearance modifier and as yet I haven't seen any for the new companions, though the characters do have a slot for them.

Influence used to be Affection and if companions disapproved of your words or actions your affection could decrees, some times dramatically. Now if a companion is disappointed in you instead of getting negative affection reducing the total your companion just gets a smaller increase in influence than if they approved of your words and deeds.

You class companions, HK-51 and Treek will as you progress through the game want to talk with you, sometimes in cantina or stronghold and sometimes in your starship. So far new companions do not do that. Makes them less interesting.


Romanceable companions (so far):

male jedi knight: Kira Carsen
female Jedi knight "Doc"

male jedi consular: Nadia Grell
female jedi consular: Tharan Cedrax (but breaks it off)
female jedi consular: Lieutenant Felix Iresso

male trooper: Elara Dorne
female trooper: Aric Jorgan

male smuggler: Risha
male smuggler: Akaavi Spar
female smuggler Corso Riggs

male sith warrior: Vette
male sith warrior: Jaesa Willsaam (dark side character)
female sith warrior: Malavai Quinn
female sith warrior: Lieutenant Pierce (one night stand)

male sith inquisitor: Ashara Zavros
female sith inquisitor: Andronikos Revel
female sith inquisitor: Talos Drellik (once, thinks you're joking)

male imperial agent: Kaliyo D'jannis
male imperial agent: Ensign Raina Temple
female imperial agent: Vector Hyllus

male bounty hunter: Mako
female bounty hunter: Torian Cadera

all classes, both genders:
Lana Beniko (Shadow of Revan, Knights of Fallen Empire)
Theron Shan (Shadow of Revan, Knights of Fallen Empire)
Koth Vortena (Knights of Fallen Empire)

Characters that can romance more than one companion will be forced to to chose one at some point.

Knights of the Fallen Empire allows for abandoing a romance when you reunite with old companions.


There are many other characters that can be temporarily romanced, no marriages with them.

I actually like this new system better.
It was a HUGE tedious task to keep companions geared with you.
The cost of gearing up was always 5 doubled, bc of the numbers of comps on each character!

The only thing I miss on Knights - is being able to dress the new companions.

When I got new armor I used to pass my old armor to a companion with the same attribute. Now I just sell it to merchants.

Sapphirre has completed imperial agent chapter 3.

My light side sith waarrios Straker just married Vette

Congrats there

Mandalore's Revenge (June 3rd) will introduce the new planet Darvannis.

There's a new weapon's slot Tuning. Its purely cosmetic. Not every weapon has the slot. If your weapon does you still have to get a Weapon Tuning object. Right now the only one known to exist is Lightning Weapon Tuning from Cartel Plunder Pack. Presumable more will follow. I just noticed my agents who carry bowcasters have a Tuning slot. I do not have the Lighting Tunning. Most items from cartel packs can be sold in the Galactic Trade Network (after the bound to buyer wears off). Lowest price on galactic trade network (on The Harbinger server) is 14,499,999. If I added all my characters credits together I still wouldn't any anything near that.

New planet

Straker just completed sith warrior chapter 3. Now I have to leave for work.

Humans (Straker) and Twi'lek (Vette) are not genetically compatible. She talks about adopting children. Well, should be plenty of war orphans.

Hope work is fun!

I miss companions wanting to chat in private, As you play your class story your 5 class companions and the two optinal ones, HK-51 and Treek, will want to talk to you in private from time to time. If they just say in private then they will talk in cantinas, the fleet, strongholds and your space ship. If they say on ship then they will only chat on the ship. The new companions starting with Nico Okarr that subscribers who subscribed before Knights of the Fallen empire got, only talk during cut scenes. They never ask to talk in private or on your ship. They're like the ship's droids in that regard. So far even the new romanceable companions Lana Beniko, Theron Shan, Koth Vortena don't ask to chat outside of cut scenes.

I wonder why they changed it?

Hakai'da (from Japanese for "to destroy"), darkside jedi sentinel has completed Shadow of Revan and Rise of the Empire. He reached level 65 (max level for now, my guess is some future update will make it 70).

Alert: to project your life and citzenship, avoid the plague ridden planet of Tatooine.

I'm working on getting Dr Lokin to influence 10 so he;ll give me his quest which needs the event going to complete.

Poor Tatooine

On The Shadowland light side smugger got Dr. Lokin to join her alliance.
On The Harbinger dark side jedi knightg rejected Dr. Lokin.

The first time you gain Dr. Lokin you get a 10 point achievement.
The first time you reject Dr. Lokin you get a hidden 50 point achievement.

To reject him you have to do all the same things you do to gain in, except your make the darkside choice to threaten him when you first meet and after you collected all the medical stuff he wants and do the quest you can only do doring raghoul event when asked where he should go instead of pikcing "To Odessen" (which would have him join your alliance_ you choose "To hell" (didn't know they believed in that in this galaxy) and he leaves threatening you if you meet again.

For at least another hour, the servers will be offline as chapter 14 early release is implemented. Chapter 16 will apparently end Knights of the Fallen Empire but more undisclosed content is to come.

Star Wars: The Old Rebulic producer Ben Irving says Knights of the Fallen Empire is not only their largest expansion but most successful. Apparently BioWare, AE, LucasArts and Disney are all pleased with its success and supporting its continued expansion.

I'm glad they have plans.

This update nerfs sage and sorcerer healing and sorcerer aoe damage. There goes my sorcerer healer. Bounty hunter pyrotech attacks have had ranges reduced to make them the short range fighers they were supposed to be. Mercanries with the same skills get the range back as they're supposed to be long range fighters.

First part of Chapte XIV has a bonus to collect mandalorian supplies, if you do it you gain 3 extra skills, one to summon a mandalorian warrior to fight along with your and Torian (former bounty hunter companion, possible husband to female bh), one to fire a missile at walkers and one to launch a emp grenade. Last has a limited use but can be recharged back at the mandalorian base. The missle used for bonus to destroy 3 walkers.

Part two has a bonus to collect data from various terminals.

Part three bonus is to destroy droids or shut down factory lines, I couldn't find the the way to shut down lines and only certain droids couned, but I eventually got the required 10.

After Chapter XIV there is one alert, "The Last of His Kind", which takes you to Alderaan looking for a missing republic senator, a wookie.
What you find is

Thanks, Guybrush

Once upon a time there were 40 class companions (5 for 8 classes) +2 ship droids, for a total of 42 companions. Back then max level was 50. To give level 50 characters something to shot for a new companion HK-51 (Hunter Killer droid #51) was added, obtained through a series of quests, two flash points and a multiple planet scavenger hut. Bringing the totel number of companions to 43. Then they added Treek a companion unlocked through purchase with Cartel Coins. Bringing the total number of companions to 44. Next came an Akk Dog companion available in in the Underworld Alliance Pack, which cost Cartel Coins to purchase. This was only the first of the pack companions. The packs would alternate, one having animal companion, one having droid. As of now there are 4 animal companions: Akk Dog, Nexu (SW version of a tiger), Ginx (sort of a giant frog), K'lorslug Soldier (an insect) and 4 droid companions: Probe Droid, Personal Warbot, QQ7 (armed with 2 blaster pistols), Annilator T4-1D. There are 3 more packs coming in the future, so there could be another animal and another droid companion.

So that's 52 companions. But they're not done. Those of us who were subscribed before Knights of the Fallen Empire came out received an additional free companion, Nico Okaar (53). Those of us who got Nico can summon him before playing Knights or wait and complete an Alert to gain him as part of Knights. Not counting Nick, So far, Knights adds 11 new companions, 12 if you count Darth Marr but he's temporary.
If I've done the math right that's 64 or 65 possible companions total at this point.

Of the 40 original class companions there (if I counted right) 15 are currently recrutitable to your alliance. One, Tanno Vik, former trooper companion will not join you. You can either leave him alone or kill him. 6 class companions join you as a result of completing chapters. Depending on your actions you may later banish or execute one of them. 9 class companions are gained through secondary quests called Alerts. There are actually so far 16 former companions showing up in Knights, but Major Pierce only appears to Empire characters and M1-4X only appears for Republic characters, so its 15 an individual character can gain. So 24 companions are still lost. There are two more chapters so a few more will probably be found yet. But i doubt all 24 will be found this year.

Of the romanceable class companions only 4 are currently returned during Knights: 1 for male agent, 1 for female trooper, 1 for male sith warrior and 1 for female bounty hunter. Of those trooper and agent have the potential to end the romance by executing their spouse (ouch).

So female agent, male trooper, female warrior, male bounty hunter, both jedi knights, both jedi consulars, both sith inquisitors, both smugglers are still missing their potential spouses.

Three new companions are currently romanceble: Lana Beniko, Theron Shan, Koth Vortena. Senya Tirall for story reasons is not currently romancable.

Supposedly a former romanced companion will know if you romance a new companion and react accordingly.

Too many dark side actions will actually cause Koth Vortena to get mad and leave your alliance.
Some of the former class companions can be rejected either by arrest or execution. You can just tell Dr. Lokin to "go to hell". Rejecting a companion gives more achievement points but cost you alliance points.

Ach, sounds complicated

June Producer Livestream Wrap-up | 06.03.2016, 09:57 PM
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Guss is former smuggler companion.

Ohhh, I like the name for Chapter 14.

From the picture posted on Facebook looks like Guss Turno, jedi dropout, spent the 5 years smuggler was missing training again. Guss was smuggler's comic relief character, can't image him as an actual jedi.

The GEMINI Deception video teaser

Amazing!

Uh oh: read this summary of The GEMINI Deception:

We were told not everyone in our alliance was really with us, so I guess the traitor(s) will be revealed. Makes senses since Knights of the Fallen Empire is near the end.

Another quote about the comming chapter:

During chapter 2 of Knights of the Fallen Empire you'll get mail from the class companion you romanced. They send it not knowing if you'll ever receive it because they don't know whats happened to you. If you did not romance a class companion but romanced Theron Shan during Shadow of Revan and Rise of the Emperor instead then you'll get a message from him in which he states that he knows what happened to you because Lana Beniko told him. So far it appears if you romanced Lana Beniko she does not send you mail, probably because she knows your frozen in carbonite and couldn't read it.

Took female trooper to Knights. Noticed her voice sometimes sounds like its supposed to and sometimes sounds like Satele Shan, head of the Jedi Order. Turns out same voice actress. My guess is the recorded the dialogue at different times and mixed up which character she was supposed to be. Which makes trooper romancing Theran Shan very strange. Since same person is playing his mother and the trooper.

Jedi Consular companion Zenith apparently has same voice actor as Theran Shan because they sound the same. Might be interesting when they eventually meet. Zenith not in Knights yet.

Yep, sounds a bit awkward, that does!

Now two Tuning items, the original Lightning which gives your weapon with tunnng slot a lightning effect. And the new Damage tuning which makes your weapon look like its over heating and malfunctioning.

Interesting choices.

I have the Lightning one but haven't decided which character to give it to. Its in storage.

I always hate having to make those decisions.

Oh no, the Dark vs Light event which begins June 28th requires creating a new level one character and playing its chapters, shadow of revan and knights. I wish I had known that before, I just took 2 new characters to Knights. Had I known I would have waited. (1 romanced Lana, 1 Theron).

Dark vs Light Even
Dark vs Light Rewards Blog

Great even for new people but not us old timers. I've already done most of the stuff on the lists, and when asked developers said its NOT retroactive, not counting past achievements. So no way I would reach Legendary, I'm not making 8 more new characters. Plus I don't like PVP. I could MAYBE reach Valiant Level which requires only 1 new character and no PVP but thats only half the way and doesn't get the new companion. That requires lots of PVP, winning 5 rounds of Eternal Championship and getting two characters from level 1 to 65, one republic and one empire. I can't even win 2 rounds of the championship and I have no desire to play 50 rounds of PVP.

And the end of the event those who completed at lest Eternal Level will receive one of two new companions. depending on wether more players in the event went darkside or lightside. The merciless Darth Hexid Companion or the courageous Master Ranos Companion. Based on the picture, one is a blue skinned, blue haired female chiss dressed in white the other is a red skinned female zabrak dressed in dark armor. A chiss jedi is unusual as chiss usually allied with the empire.

Tuesdays update, adding chapter 15 of Knights of the Fallen Empire and Dark vs Light event will not be adding the Guss alert after all. Testing it they found it needs more bug fixing, so Guss is delayed.

Sorry it is delayed, but much better it is delayed than released buggy!

Downloading update now. According to notes it adds portable cargo holds.

That sounds helpful!

Turns out getting Valor 5 only requires two rounds of PVP and if you get the intro to pvp quest and the daily pvp quest you'll gain 5-6 levels. Got to level 19 and still haven't finished first planet, Have to ooto work now when I get back I'll finish first plant sith warrior quests to get Vette companion.

You don't have to wait until you complete the first levels of the vent to work on later levels. You can get Valor 5 which is needed for Champion without having completed the previous levels. I did and I haven't even got first level of the event yet. That's reaching level 25.

Getting Dipolomacy companion mission will add to your ds or ls for gainting titles but does not count toward the event. Only conversation choices count.

Took a break from Dark vs Light to do Knights of the Fallen Empire chapter 15, unfortunately the ending was just what I expected. I just hope that now that we have a second foe we don't actually team up with Arcaan. That would be so disappointing.

There is one point in chapter 15 where you make a lightside, neutral or darkside choice. Near the end you will make another two choice which no matter which you make will result in one of your companions being unhappy. Your choice determines whether its republic member, sith empire member or eternal empire companion who is mad. I upset Senya who accused me of saving the people from the world's I knew at the cost of people from her's. Which is actually true on my part.


No official word as to what follows the end of Knights of the Fallen Empire although some MMORPG sites claim the next title is "Knights of the Eternal Throne". All developers have said is that more is to come.

Tai'kou pink skinned male twi'lek lightside sith warrior made it to Dark vs Light Heroic last night. That just means he got to level 25. Might have gotten to 50 if I hadn't had to work or spent time after work doing Knights on jedi knight Yosomono. Tai'kou without the ' is Japanese for "light pink". Twi'lek names often but not always have the ' in the middle.

Tai'kou has completed Dark vs. Light Legacy (reaching level 50, complete 3 specific flash points).

Chapter XVI: The Battle of Odessen
Early Access on July 26th
Face Arcann in deadly combat as he launches an all-out assault against the Alliance base on Odessen!

The event armor reward which grants bonuses to xp is unusual in that does not have an armoring slot but does have slots for mod and enhancements. Its built in armor rating, mystery and edurance is very good but still not as good as armor Tai'kou has gotten from flashpoints. So he passed the 3 pieces he's gotten so far to another lower level character and even with out mod or enhancement it will be better than what they have because its built in armor, mastery and endurance is so high.I think thats the point. Its to help your next event character give it a head start, not so much your first one which is level 50 when you start gettng the armor. Once you put a mod or enhancement on that only a character at the level of the mod or enhancement can use the armor piece.

For some parts of the event acheivments I need a republic character so Egreess the smuggler is handling that. Egreess is a misspelling of Egress meaning exit. Once she's accomplished her side of the achievements she will exit the game, ie be deleted. If I was going for Legendary I would have to make 7 more disposable characters. But I'll be happy if I can complete Eternal and get which ever companion is availble at end of the event. They still haven't given an end date, but mu guess is December 31st.


The Dark Vs Light packs randomly give armor pieces, weapons, crystals. I was annoyed at getting a commando blaster cannon until I found out weapons your character cant use automatically added to your collection so you can transfer a copy to a character that can use it. Crystals you have to equip on a weapon then the crystal is added to collection. Armor you have to get the complete set. I'm just the belt away from a particular sith armor set. What the odds of getting it are I don't known. I've gotten half of another set and bits and pieces of several more.

I hope you get your sets completed

When I used to play Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 I tried to figure out what songs would make good theme songs for my characters. Last night at work, bored out of my skull, it suddenly came to me what the perfect theme song is for a lightside sith is.

Wow!

Turns out every new character I summon Nico on counts as an Alert. So even without having started KOTFE I have two Alerts counted because Tai'kou and Egreess both summoned him. I'll still do five real alerts eventually.

Doing all the tactical flash points and two rounds of PVP got Tai'kou to level 54 without even completing the first sith warrior chapter.

It's great it's working out for you!