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Berke Negri
Feb 15, 2012

Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao


Berke Negri posted:

Welp now the game just doesnt launch when I hit play in the launcher

edit: somehow missed this

Medullah posted:

Delete the .xfr files in the program files\electronic arts\star wars-the old republic\bitraider folder.

and it worked. Thanks Medullah, the swtor tech support forums were awful and pointed at just about everything but this fix.

edit: quote isnt edit geez

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ZypherIM
Nov 8, 2010

"I want to see what she's in love with."

I like that companion gifts seem to be dropping at a much higher rate than before. That or I'm getting impressively lucky.

For some reason, there are some quest weapon rewards, and weapons out of the blue crates on heroic missions that require the hutt cartel expansion, which seems a bit odd. I guess it doesn't matter for me in a week or so, but it is a bit jarring.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Berke Negri posted:

Welp now the game just doesnt launch when I hit play in the launcher

Look at what I posted earlier.

Delete the .xfr files in the SWTOR bitraider folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Bioware\Star Wars-The Old Republic\bitraider

For me.

Catsworth
Sep 30, 2009

Who doesn't wanna be Johnny Cat?

Was busy for a couple hours and the game seems to launch again, otherwise I would have tried that. Thanks for the answer though!

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Been looking through the official forums while at work, and two notes for those interested in same-sex romance stuff in KOTFE: the new male companion you meet early on can be flirted with by either gender, as can the second female companion you pick up. Though I'll be surprised if the latter can potentially lead anywhere due to the nature of the character in question.

DrunkenGarbageCan
Nov 4, 2009
43 mail messages on new characters...you'd think the titles, pets, and comms could be automated at this point.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Annnnd I've now officially reached the point where some obviously superior mainhands (albeit green ones) are dropping off the KOTFE chapters but I wanna keep using my totally-awesome Kingpin's Pistol. The laser sight is SO COOL in cutscenes where I point my gun at things.

Also hah, I'm pretty sure I just found Bioware's method of accommodating new Level 60 players who may not have had the funds to buy a speeder; it's a exploration quest where you backtrack a short ways through a swamp, collecting speeder parts until you're able to salvage together the basic Taxi speeder bike, which you get as a quest reward. It's a good QoL addition.

vanbags
Dec 6, 2003

An ape.
Trying to enjoy all of these new and exciting changes, but the newly centered subtitles just irritate me.

Zotix
Aug 14, 2011



I tried looking in the OP, how do I join the guild and what voice comm is used?

Noirex
May 30, 2006

Why are my Agent companions pantless.

Edit : ALL of them, all of them are pantless.

Oh god pantless Skadge :byodood:

Noirex fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Oct 21, 2015

Stan S. Stanman
Nov 18, 2009
So far I'm pretty bored with the new method of playing this game. I'm only a few chapters in but every one of them so far felt like I was just confined to a hallway and forced to kill trash until I got to watch another cutscene. Just felt like busy work, especially given the enemies were of no challenge at all.

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
I've spent most of my time putting pants back on my companions.

I can accept the weapons changes, but what annoys me is that I'm left with companions who have no weapon until I go to the fleet and buy one. Should've at least stuck a basic boring one in inventory to replace the one that's no longer usable.

Also I can finally make Aric Jorgan useful by appointing him as my tank, and my knight can stash T7 in the drat cargo hold.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Zotix posted:

I tried looking in the OP, how do I join the guild and what voice comm is used?

From the 2nd post -

Guild Information - Goons are currently most active on the Jedi Covenant server. We have two guilds - the primary guild is That's No Goon, on Imperial side. Our Republic guild is Goon Squad. Our guild leader is Nipponophile, who plays Final Fantasy XIV a lot but occasionally logs on to send us all words of encouragement or to steal Crate-O-Matics.

We currently do mostly "Fun raids" but will likely try to form a "regular" raid group when Knights of the Fallen Empire launches.

To get invited, do a search in game for “That's No Goon”, and filter by guild name. Contact whoever shows up and ask them to invite you, if they can't, they'll let someone who can know. There is an old Enjin site for That’s No Goon – don’t bother applying on it because it’s no longer monitored.

Here are some helpful images:

ZypherIM
Nov 8, 2010

"I want to see what she's in love with."

It is a party and you are definitely invited.

Interestingly they changed the leveling commendation mods to green rarity and removed all the equipment sellers. On the other hand, stronger buddies so far have let me go to the 2-man weekly heroic things for the gear/comms. Might be saving up a larger pile of them for hitting max level, while upgrading equipment only when I can't find a replacement after a while.

Empress Theonora
Feb 19, 2001

She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.
I just realized what I can do while I wait for early access to end— find cool outfits for all my companions.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Stan S. Stanman posted:

So far I'm pretty bored with the new method of playing this game. I'm only a few chapters in but every one of them so far felt like I was just confined to a hallway and forced to kill trash until I got to watch another cutscene. Just felt like busy work, especially given the enemies were of no challenge at all.

I don't really see the difference between this and 12x speed leveling.

Back Hack
Jan 17, 2010


Anyone know what happened to the none lvl.61 equipment commendations vendors, did they remove them or are they glitched out?

DrunkenGarbageCan
Nov 4, 2009

Stan S. Stanman posted:

So far I'm pretty bored with the new method of playing this game. I'm only a few chapters in but every one of them so far felt like I was just confined to a hallway and forced to kill trash until I got to watch another cutscene. Just felt like busy work, especially given the enemies were of no challenge at all.

The same three Skytroopers that can't drop your char below 98% health does get real old real fast.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

You stop being invincible when you have a companion, but there are no challenging pulls or anything.

Of course I'm in former companion 192 gear so who knows what it's like in lesser stuff.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Aphrodite posted:

You stop being invincible when you have a companion, but there are no challenging pulls or anything.

Of course I'm in former companion 192 gear so who knows what it's like in lesser stuff.

There was one fight in chapter 7 that made me blow all my cooldowns as a marauder, you're up against a strong and two normals with no companion.

Baron Porkface
Jan 22, 2007


Do companions need a weapon equipped?

Wombo
Dec 19, 2005
Fro Extraordinaire
Serious post, this game is good and fun now.

That's all.

Namaste.

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


Baron Porkface posted:

Do companions need a weapon equipped?

Yes but the stats don't matter.

Baron Porkface
Jan 22, 2007


Update: Corso can't use Torchy :kingsley:

Jedi
Feb 27, 2002


Defiance Industries posted:

Yes but the stats don't matter.

To expand - you can use a level 3 green or even an unmodded orange shell. As long as they have *something* appropriate equipped in the weapon slot, they're good to go.

Bait and Swatch
Sep 5, 2012

Join me, Comrades
In the Star Citizen D&D thread
I bought two of those crates and got the duelist leathers which look pretty good, and a crashed speeder. What do I do with the crashed speeder? Can I sell it?

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


I hope we can recruit Guss in KotFE and in the intervening five years, he has actually become a mean Jedi, and by that I mean a Darth. Darth Guss, Dark Lord of the Sith.

Kinger
Sep 30, 2003

I'm sick of my head doing things.
Voss heroic missions no longer grant Voss reputation trophies as a reward. :suicide:

edit: and the weekly quest seems to have been removed from the game!

What the gently caress, Bioware.

Kinger fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Oct 21, 2015

Nipponophile
Apr 8, 2009
Having played through all nine story chapters, my review for KOTFE follows:

As a Star Wars game... KOTFE is a pretty decent Mass Effect game.

pezzie
Apr 11, 2003

everytime someone says a seasonal anime is GOAT

Just watch the best anime ever
Class quest exp seems to be way lower than 6x.

TheCrushinator
May 19, 2008
In regards to sub rewards:

I havent got the swoop bike, but I was subbed from beginning of October onwards. Is there some bug at the moment? or do i need to bitch at Bioware to get them to mail it to me? Or am I being really dumb and I need to claim it from the cartel market or its already on my account hidden in a menu somewhere?

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


Are you in early access? Rewards don't unlock until you get into KotFE. If you've only been subbed since October you're gonna have to wait a week.

Kinger
Sep 30, 2003

I'm sick of my head doing things.

TheCrushinator posted:

In regards to sub rewards:

I havent got the swoop bike, but I was subbed from beginning of October onwards. Is there some bug at the moment? or do i need to bitch at Bioware to get them to mail it to me? Or am I being really dumb and I need to claim it from the cartel market or its already on my account hidden in a menu somewhere?

If you have early access, you should probably bitch at Bioware.

If you don't have early access, you get your rewards next week when KOTFE launches.

Givin
Jan 24, 2008
Givin of the Internet Hates You
Are the companion changes really good? Like I could actually use somebody other than Treek or HK and not feel like a shitheel?

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


Yeah Treek is no longer stupidly good, which is nice if you're sick of hearing Ewok noises.

Giant Ethicist
Jun 9, 2013

Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...
Time to get started on ship droid kill count achievements!

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Some observations while messing around on not-60 alts.

1) Commendation data crystal vendors only sell green mods now, so this is probably a net (if minor) decrease in leveling player power. I guess they wanted people to use blue drop upgrades while they last? There's also no commendation equipment vendors on the fleet anymore, but I haven't checked the planets yet.
2) The Shadow of Revan intro quests don't actually give moddable gear anymore, and it's all green as well. You still get the pick of devoted allies weapons for finishing the prelude, and since the captain can equip those directly now that at least solves one gear concern.

I'm kind of curious about how leveling from scratch is now looking at those changes, but hopefully it's not too crippling.

Defiance Industries posted:

Yeah Treek is no longer stupidly good, which is nice if you're sick of hearing Ewok noises.
Treek still keeps most of her unique skills (or at least has the generic ones reskinned to them) but yeah she has to pick a role like all the other companions rather than being all three at once so she's no longer a big standout.

ZypherIM
Nov 8, 2010

"I want to see what she's in love with."

arisu posted:

Class quest exp seems to be way lower than 6x.

Based on what the previous guy was observing, and what I seem to be getting on my sword-man, is that doing the class quest and main planet quest gets you enough xp to keep up with what you're expected to be at. I don't know if they adjusted required xp, or xp from quests, or what all, but I haven't had to do any side quests, which is pretty much what they said.

@asimo: so far it has been pretty painless. Companions have a pretty big power boost, I'm fairly sure that 0 affection has to be at least equivalent to all green gear, while before you probably didn't have all slots filled or gear up to date. I'm running my buddy in dps most of the time, I've swapped him to heals for some bosses or hard pulls in the heroic(2)s I've been solo'ing.

ZypherIM fucked around with this message at 09:02 on Oct 21, 2015

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Oh yeah! Another nice QOL change I don't think I've seen anyone mention: ground targeted AoE guides are actually the same size as the AoE radius now rather than a generic-sized circle. This is really noticeable for large AoEs like Suppressing Fire or Force Quake. :toot:

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Baron Porkface
Jan 22, 2007


Ok why can't Kira equip lightsabers or T3 blasters?

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