Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG developed by Bioware that is set approximately 300 years after the events of the Knights of the Old Republic, more than 3,500 years before the movies.
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Do you ever need to revisit gathering or mission skill trainers?
Crafting trainers provide you with new patterns for gear or other items as you level up, but do you ever need to revisit gathering or mission crew skill trainers?
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Who are the supporting characters in the game's intro cinematics?
In the three intro cinematics, there are a couple of recurring characters. Satele Shan, the female Jedi, for instance, and Darth Malgus.
A couple of the other characters show up in official art, and ...
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Does level difference affect agro radius?
Does a level 30 player, for instance, have the ability to get closer to a level 10 mob than a level 10 player before it will attack them?
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What is the Rakghoul plague?
Recently while roaming the imperial fleet, there came a warning message saying that Tatooine has been hit by the Rakghoul plague, and visitors shouldn't go. Now i've seen med droids sell antidotes. ...
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Do your damage effects last after your death?
So, now that I've been playing a lot of pvp, I am starting to find my in the occasional position of being out of place and about to go down with no hope of healing. In these situations, I really want ...
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How is the default price of an item in GTM determined?
When I try to sell an item through the Galactic Trade Market, some price is automatically assigned to the item. I can then change the price, but I think many players will keep the default one.
How is ...
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Are the quests/storyline optional?
I do not really like quests.
In SWTOR how much of the storylines/quests do I need to do?
I understand from the beta I had to do a long quest line to unlock the space ship and first companion.
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What is the most common method to find a group for a Flashpoint?
So I just got my first empire Flashpoint, a 2 player job. Since it starts from the fleet, I don't really want to just ask in fleet general chat if anyone wants to do the quest with me. Is there a ...
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Is there PvP gear for characters under the level cap?
I've been rockin' some Huttball matches, accruing a fat stack of Warzone Commendations.
Now, I want to spend them -- but the only vendors I've been able to find exclusively cater to max level items.
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In space combat, how do you disable shielded targets?
I'm playing the space battles and I can't seem to disable shielded targets. When I shoot at them (I assume it's them as they're yellow outlined reticules) they flash blue.
I'm guessing you need a ...
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What determines which crew missions are available?
Obviously your level in the relevant crew skill plays a factor, but I see different missions all the times, and sometimes no higher level missions at all (that I had previously had available.
I can't ...
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How do I beat the Taspan Ambush space combat mission?
I have Blue (crafted) Grade 2 Upgrades in every slot. I have the Power Conversion module, and I'm using it to increase my firepower, since my own ship isn't taking any damage on this run.
I cannot ...
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How does Artificing work?
So I've played around with Artificing a bit, but can't seem to make anything useful.
I've looked around a bit, and found some neat schematic guides, but I don't know how to learn these schematics, and ...
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Applying companion customizations
Just before leaving the starting area, I got a "Vette Customization 2" as one of the quest rewards. Right-clicking it just tells me I can't equip it.
How do I apply it to Vette?
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How can I tell if I'm in a rest area?
I must be missing something obvious, but I can't figure out how to tell if I'm actually in a rest area or not. Is there some buff or tooltip I'm missing?
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Can the pre-order bonus color stones be traded? Can I get more?
I got the black/yellow color stone for pre-ordering The Old Republic, but I look a little unbalanced as a Jedi Sentinel with two lightsabers — the other is blue. As such I was hoping I could ...
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How can I get into the large area in the bottom-right of the Sundari Flatlands?
I've been eyeing this area on the map:
How can I get up there? What's in that area?
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Can I move the map and other UI elements? [duplicate]
I noticed you can move the chat frame around in The Old Republic, however I can't figure out how to move other elements around such as the local map, party frames and the like. Is it possible to ...
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What's the best way to solo elites?
I'm playing a Powertech spec'd bounty hunter which is currently at level 13. My problem lies in the fact that whenever elites enemies close, my guy drops immediately (3 or four hits max). And not ...
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What does a “Full” server mean?
I have a friend who played Star Wars: The Old Republic during the prerelease window. His characters are on one of the really early servers.
Now that the game has been released and other people are ...
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When do I get my first companion?
I know you can get a companion in Star Wars: The Old Republic, but when do you get said companion?
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How do I change my ship's pilot?
So my companion Andronikos Revel had a quick chat with me via a quest, and I told him he could fly my ship.
Okay I guess, now I hear his voice from time to time while doing space missions. Is there ...
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What causes you to become Unbeatable in PvP?
Today I was "Unbeatable" in PvP for the first time, accompanied by the normal "An ally is unbeatable!" announcement. Upon Googling it I found that this is awarded when you get 4 medals in a single ...
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If I reverse engineer a stack of items, what happens?
I had three Compact Medpacs in a stack. If I reverse engineer and right-click the whole stack is reverse engineered and I get some resources. I did this once by accident and wasn't paying attention to ...
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Do I need to do crew skill missions to use my trade skills?
The crafting skills in Star Wars: The Old Republic require components earned from Crew Skills missions:
Pay 97c, send Khem Val away for 3 minutes, and poof, 2 Rubat Crystals (or whatever).
Do I have ...
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Will I only gain/lose companion affection if that companion is present for the conversation?
I notice that if I don't have a companion with me, I don't tend to gain any affection for them. For example, I've never gained/lost any affection from my ship droid, because I've never had him with me ...
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What are Daily Commendations?
On Belsavis, I found a "Mission Support Vendor" who sells level 50 modifications (and speeders) for Daily Commendations.
What are they? How can I get them? Are they only for level 50 characters?
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Is there a way to undo a Mailbox message deletion?
If you accidentally sell something you didn't mean to, you can use the vendor Buy Back tab to recover the item without any more cost than what it was sold to you for.
But what can you do if you ...
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Why is SWTOR not downloading through EA's Origin service?
So, I'm about to download SWTOR as written here http://www.swtor.com/early-access.
But it seems like I have to download the client by itself, not via the Origin program by EA, even if the game shows ...
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Attack Vs Triage Adrenals; (Force Power + Debuff vs Raw Power)
When looking at questions like Power vs. Force Power and What effect do the lesser character stats have?, everyone seems to indicate that Power and Force Power have the exact same effect. If that's ...
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What are the Galactic Trade Network costs?
How are the costs of using the Galactic Trade Network (GTN) calculated?
I know that the length of the auction changes the cost on the Sell interface. But you get credits back if the item doesn't ...
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What are Mercenary Commendations?
One of the PvP vendors in the Imperial Fleet accepts both Warzone Commendations, that you get for participating in warzone matches, and Mercenary Commendations.
What are those Mercenary ...
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How do I stop C2-N2 from attacking?
As a Smuggler/Gunslinger, I have no healing ability but my ship droid C2-N2. I do cybertech, so he's very well equipped. Trouble is, C2-N2 will run in and punch opponents drawing aggro to himself. ...
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Relic effect end affecting current action
If I activate a relic, which has crit chance on it, and, at the end of it's 20 second duration, I am in the middle of an ability, is the chance of the ability to crit taken from when the ability was ...
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Guild Description on SWTOR
Is the guild description in SWTOR public or private (to guild members only)? I want to put some teamspeak info in game and can't find a good place, this seems like a good place IF its private to guild ...
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Power vs. Force Power
For a sith inquisitor focusing on PvP healing, what stat should I focus on and why? Power or Force Power?
Both seem to push my force abilities, but what's the better choice when faced with a ...
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Is it more profitable to put crafted items onto Auction?
I've now got my crew skills and I am crafting items to level it up. Now that I have access to the Galactic Market, would I be better off putting the items on there than selling them to a merchant?
I ...
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Game time card - how does it work?
When I buy a SWTOR Game Time Card, what exactly does 60 days of game time mean, and how it is tied to the real world time? I have read all FAQs and subscriptions, but I am still none the wiser.
Does ...
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In what areas will being on a PvP server make a difference?
In Star Wars: The Old Republic, while characters from both sides will visit the same planets, they generally do so at different level brackets and visit different areas in those worlds. For example, ...
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Does the Operative talent “Flash Powder” work on bosses that are immune to the incapacitate from Flash Bang?
Specifically raid bosses - are they affected by the accuracy debuff?
I know a number of other similar effects (i.e. from Snipers and Marauders) do work on raid bosses. Wondering if this would be a ...
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Can my companions equip Alignment Restricted items that I can't equip?
Seeing as I'm playing an Imperial, there's a lot of Red Color Crystals floating around. But I'm a pretty tolerant dude, and have hit a rank of Light IV.
All well and good, but I've recently started ...
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In the old republic, is the better long term strategy commendations or gear?
When you complete missions many times you are offered a choice between the current worlds commendation and either some companion gear or personal gear. With crafting and the galactic market, how much ...
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What is the bar below the XP bar when I'm in a party?
I've noticed that when I'm in a party, a new bar appears below the XP bar. Hovering over this bar does not explain what it is.
What is this bar, and when does it appear?
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If I don't kill Syreena will she show up later?
So in the smuggler storyline, right before you leave Ord Mantell, you have the option to kill or not kill Syreena. If you choose not to, will she show up later in the storyline?
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Ways to earn experience-points
Besides the obvious ways to earn experience like:
killing mobs
completing quest
which other ways exist get earn XP in SWTOR? I've only played about 30 minutes till now and wanted to know if i will ...
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What are the best practices in theory crafting around generating an optimal spell/ability rotation in an MMO?
When SWTOR rolls out, I'd like to have a firm grip on how to approach the theory crafting of working out my DPS rotation during encounters.
How do I determine and model things like spell ...
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What am I doing wrong while battling a Sith NPC as a Trooper Vanguard?
Whenever I have to fight a Sith (Elites) even 2 levels lower than me (at 4 level lower, I can defeat them with few HP to spare), I tend to die. I play a 32 Trooper Vanguard and have level appropriate ...
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What should I do with schematics for the opposite faction?
I just had a lockbox come back with a schematic inside that is for a Jedi Consular (or other Republic side class).
Being Sith, I have no use for this and presume selling it to be pointless, again, ...
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How can I handle inappropriate behaviour?
Lately, I've been running into a lot of distasteful language and behaviour. I'd like to take part of /General chat and submit it with my ticket. Is there a way to do so?
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How can I toughen Qyzen Fess?
I play as a Jedi Sage using the Telekinesis tree (damage and a little crowd control).
My character cannot take much damage because of the light armor and the endurance values.
So I'm using Qyzen as ...
