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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

EdEddnEddy posted:

Also what happens if you throw your companion under the bus in a dialog choice? I saw that last night as I was talking to the Senate and while my first guy was a hardass at the start, I couldn't do that even to a MMO npc, but I am curious. Just Influence drop or would he just go Screw You and leave forever?

Also I had bit of a LOL in my first Flashpoint, I got the superbot companion killed and I have no idea how. I thought that thing was supposed to be nigh invulnerable for Solo Flashpoints?

1) In the class stories, just an influence drop and maybe some changed dialogue later on. In KOTFE (and presumably Eternal Throne), leaving is definitely a possibility with some companions.

2) I've definitely seen GodBot go down from time to time, usually from taking too much damage and not having time to self-heal.

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Mar 18, 2009

Medullah posted:

Ironically, for raising your influence with companions it's better to choose a choice they disapprove of than something they don't have any opinion of.

Shades of Dragon Age II's Friendship/Rivalry system there. *shudders*

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Mar 18, 2009

Canemacar posted:

So is there a firm date when the 5.0 patch is going out? I think I'm gonna wait till it's out to get back into the game.

Based upon how previous big patches have gone out, probably when Early Access for KOFET starts up on November 29th.

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Mar 18, 2009

M_Sinistrari posted:

Going from some of the recent posts in the "When are the rest of the companions returning?" threads, there's a growing sentiment that they probably aren't so whoever's come back already, that's it. Only evidence to back this is Bioware's not saying anything when asked, even a vague "you'll see some familiar faces returning", that KotFT credits aren't listed in the assorted voice actors IMDB pages, apparently nothing's shown up on any of the datamining done and the nine chapters coming out are all that's left of the storyline, and anything said before about companions returning in general could be pointed at that terminal on Odessen with that technically counting.

I can't see it happening if only with how what happened with SCORPIO went over like a lead balloon, I can only imagine the forums rioting if it happened again with several companions all at once.

Granted that the SWTOR forums do tend to the "we're all doooOOOooooomed" sentiment and when nothing official's said everyone starts assuming the worst, but if it is the case, it's pretty sucky.

There is one item of interest regarding the datamined content, however: You can apparently ask Master Ranos, the DvL Chiss Jedi about some of the Jedi/Sith companions who haven't shown up yet (Jaesa, Nadia, Scourge, etc.). Her answers do support the "some companions aren't coming back" sentiment because they all essentially amount to "Yeah they disappeared, idk :shrug:"

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Legendary isn't worth it, folks! Just glide to Eternal; get a bunch of sweet swag you can either use or GTN, an XP armor set, and a cool Chiss lady companion.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Nov 1, 2016

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Mar 18, 2009

Oh right, I kind of just lumped all of the Item Stash stuff together there. On the bright side, Kreia's Lower Robes for all your alts! :dance:

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Mar 18, 2009

Yeah, like Sombrerotron, I was referring to the fact that I have a bunch of dupes for that item. Also tons of Desert Green War Hero crystals. (soon to be Mastery crystals, but still)

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Mar 18, 2009

Medullah posted:

New trailer from KOTET. Valykorian gets me wet, not gonna lie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkHg7rqwKFw

oh no, not the voss :geno:

Also, in response to HiveCommander's post, Senya's Pike is the current hotness, but is rare enough that you probably won't find it in a single hypercrate. Frontier Hunter's Dualsaber looks pretty fly though, as does the Defiant Vented Dualsaber (but is, understandably, super duper rare)

kingpin's dualsaber secret best dualsaber 2016

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Nov 5, 2016

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Mar 18, 2009

HiveCommander posted:

Well uh, I got the saber pike :v:

Congrats, now sell it for hundreds of millions of credits on the GTN and then buy whatever dualsaber looks coolest to you from there! :D

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Mar 18, 2009

Medullah posted:

My Juggernaut was originally an evil Disney queen.



One day, I will summon up the patience and willpower required to sit on my rear end all day and grind the Acolyte of Fear so I can get that drat freaky hat. One day.

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Mar 18, 2009

Fojar38 posted:

And so concludes one Smuggler's journey from lowly gunrunner on Ord Mantell to literal Empress of the goddamn Galaxy

:hf:

There's something incredibly satisfying about being confronted with Vaylin's awesome, devastatingly-destructive show of power and just going "nah lol" while sticking your blaster through her force shield thingie and shooting her dead

e: And then basically doing the same thing to Valkorian (but in your mind :catdrugs:) in the next chapter.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Dec 1, 2016

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Yes, and it caps at 300, though afterwards you still technically "level" and get loot boxes every time you hit an XP threshold.

edit: Also I finally decided to knock out the warzones for the Booming Vocoder quest today, which turns out was good timing because the CXP bonus is currently set to those. Huttball and Voidstar are fun. Arenas and Novare, decidedly less so. Hypergate is p. cool specifically because it borrows from the Death Star briefing animation in ANH for the overload phase.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Dec 5, 2016

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Mar 18, 2009

DrunkenGarbageCan posted:

Well to be fair she gets a little bit of characterization once you learn that Valkorian gave her the Rose Kennedy to block some of her Force power since he knew she'd become more powerful than him some day.

Not to mention that (final chapter spoilers)it feels pretty good siccing spirit-Vaylin on Valkorian at the end there.

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Mar 18, 2009

sassassin posted:

Is the male or female voice acting better?

Male is Budget Harrison Ford

Female is Space Trucker

Both are pretty fun!

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Mar 18, 2009

Medullah posted:

This includes a Senya holo trainer that you can unlock in collections for 400 cartel coins - quite a bit for a free statue, but that way you can have a portable trainer for every alt you make.

At times I forget that a great many people weren't around for the Rise of the Hutt Cartel launch and didn't get the guffawing Dr. Oggurobb trainer. :cool:

Shame that Senya costs 400 and not 1 cartel coin like most of the promo items in collections, but still, it's nice to have a choice now.

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Mar 18, 2009

Jazzy Jones posted:

What the hell, where is old raid gear? Rakata n stuff from release days ? Where are all old tier sets ... . Only legacy vendor on fleet but that is just uh... :(. Game changed a lot for sure in last uhm 4 years?

In the Alliance crates you get from doing Heroics + other KOTFE/ET related things. It's RNG and empty orange gear, but they're there.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Dec 15, 2016

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Found my guy (center pic), surrounded by a veritable... menagerie, let's call it:

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

I got lucky, I only spent about 5 :blush:

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

But instead is healed (well, ghost-healed) by the power of gently caress YOU DAD :argh:

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

And that's why you use the usually-deserted slots on the Promenade barges instead of traveling to the lag-ridden cesspools that are the actual casinos.

also I got the speeder off them after only spending about a mil, shh don't tell anyone

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Mar 18, 2009

Never underestimate the appeal of the PEW PEW flourish

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