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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Does alacrity affect GCD in swtor?
Does the alactrity or "activation speed" stat decrease GCD in swtor?
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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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What are the stats of the Razer green/black color crystal?
I have seen the green/black saber crystals from the Razer peripheral promotion, and I was wondering what the stats are. Are they like the yellow/black color crystal? Can you improve its stats, or are ...
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Is there any use for the new HK-51 gear that was mailed if yours already came with gear?
I understand that some people got a "naked" HK due to a bug, but mine came wearing a full set of Orange gear with blue 51 mods. Does the "HK-51's Combat Outfit" that was mailed today with patch 1.5.2 ...
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Strategies to avoid being underleveled as a F2P in SW:TOR?
First, definitions, just to be clear:
Underleveled: The state of being substantially lower level than the lowest level quest you have. This situation makes it difficult to complete your quests ...
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Where did my characters go? [closed]
So I got error code 16 on Level 16, I did what it told me. No fix, still an error. So I went to the website and it said download game, did that, logged in and both my characters were gone and it was ...
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What can I do with leftover commendations?
So I made it to Dromond Kass, and I took with me a handful of unused Planetary Commendations from Korriban.
Is there any use for these (now outdated) commendations, or will I be lugging them around ...
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Is Kiting a Valid Strategy in Star Wars: The Old Republic (PvE) [closed]
Before quickly answering "of course it is", I am defining "valid strategy" as a tactic for which the developers accounted in creating the enemies and balancing the classes.
(With my Vanguard Trooper, ...
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Is it only subscribers that get certain mission rewards?
I've just started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic and noticed that certain mission rewards seem to be locked and dissapear when I 'Accept' the mission end dialog. There's a tooltip that mentions ...
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What colors of lightsaber are there (and where can I get them)?
Seeing this question How do I get a Magenta Lightsaber Crystal?, I see that there are more lightsaber colors than I thought.
I know there are:
Red
Yellow
Purple
Green
Blue
Yellow + Dark center ...
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Which is better for healing, power or crit?
When making a healer, is it better to focus on power or crit in early/mid/late games? Can someone provide some concrete examples with numbers on which is better in what situations?
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What is the easiest way to defeat Lord Rathari?
I'm struggling to defeat Lord Rathari on Nar Shaddaa. Can someone please let me know if there is a specific strategy or prerequisite equipment needed for defeating him?
I'm a Sith Juggernaut (Level ...
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How can I make my companion focus on healing another player?
So, I'm a Vanguard in the level 30s and a friend has just got the game and started playing. I've run through a few Flashpoints and Heroics with him for fun, and and to help him through until we're an ...
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How do I reset my password? [closed]
I can't seem to get my password to reset for my SWTOR account. When I click on the forgot password link no email is sent to my specified email address. What can I do?
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How do you get a ship?
Supposedly you can get your own spaceship, but how do I go about doing that?
I am level 13, and have left the beginner area ages ago.
I have checked the hangar, at republic fleet, but it just said ...
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Is it possible to get Cartel Coins from any other source?
Various items can be purchased in-game using Cartel Coins from the in-game Black Market.
I have noticed that it is possible to get certain items marked as 'Cartel Items' (for example a minor ...
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Is there a way to dodge the one-time passwords?
I find it quite annoying that every now and then, when I log in to my SWTOR account, Bioware asks me to enter a one-time password sent to my e-mail address. I find that quite annoying.
I doubt there ...
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Which companions have romance options?
SWTOR seems to have many romance options, and many opportunities to flirt with NPCs.
Listing all of the NPCs you can sleep with seems to be a unexpectedly large list outside the scope of this site, ...
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Test SWTOR latency before I buy
Is there some way for me to test out what kind of latency I'd get in SWTOR without actually buying the game? E.g., pinging the game server IPs? (anyone has those IPs?)
I'm asking b/c I currently live ...
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What is the legacy system?
I finished act 1, and it gave me an option to choose a surname as part of the legacy system. I guess this is shared by all my alts?
What other benefits are there for this (or have they mentioned any ...
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Can I acquire both Republic and Imperial datacrons?
There are some datacrons like the +Cunning datacron on Tatooine that are in major towns. For example, there is a Republic datacron in Anchorhead and a matching Imperial datacron in Mos Ila.
Is it ...
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Why can't I gather some archaeology nodes?
My Sith Sorcerer is an archaeologist and fairly frequently, I'll see a crystal formation on my minimap, head over to it, but I am unable to use it. My cursor does not change to the "gather" icon, and ...
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Does armor weight matter with custom (orange) gear?
As a quest reward, my Jedi Guardian was offered the choice of two orange robes, one heavy armor, the other medium. They appeared cosmetically identical in the gear preview window. Since the stat ...
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Help, my robot is naked!
Where can I find gear for C2-N2? Is there any point? So far it seems like he just sits around in my ship making annoying comments and helps w/ Crew Skill Missions. Is there gear that can help him do ...
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How can I force my companion to focus on healing instead of attacking enemies?
I want my companion(Mako) to focus on only healing me but she keeps attacking people. How can I get her to only heal me and not attack? If she focused on healing I would be a lot better off. Does ...
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How does the Bolster effect in Warzones work?
In SWTOR, if you enter a PvP Warzone and are below level 50, your character is automatically "Scaled" to level 50 with a buff called Bolster - but how does that work numbers wise? Are you base stats ...
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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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Can Sith use lightsabers of any other colour than red or yellow?
In Star Wars the Old Republic, can a lightsaber-wielding Sith use a saber with a colour other than red or yellow?
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How does hard mode work?
From what I heard, flashpoints have a "hard mode".
How do I activate it? How much harder is it? Do all flashpoints have it? Are there other differences between normal mode and hard mode I should know ...
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How can I sell all my vendor trash easily?
Vendor trash, the fun flavor-text filled spice of MMOs, is filling up my bags all too often. It is usually mixed in with items I want to keep. Is there an easy way to sell all my worthless grey junk ...
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Where are the profession trainers in TOR?
I've been running around Korriban for a while now, and noticed that some of the beasties that I've been force choking to death have "Bioanalysis Required" popping up on their corpse.
I'm aware this ...
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Telekinetics: When buffs are up, why use Disturbance over Telekinetic Throw?
I just hit 50 on my Sage and am trying to improve my Telekinetics DPS rotation. The guides I've found all say only to use Telekinetic Throw when you get the Psychic Projection proc from Weaken Mind. ...
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Does completing quests at different levels actually give you different XP?
In Star Wars: The Old Republic, doing quests up to six levels below yours yields a chunk of experience points (XP). Across the SW:TOR forums, people say to maximize experience, do orange level quests ...
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Swtor class questing help [duplicate]
I am about 4 levels lower than I should be. I keep dying and can't find a quest that's the same or lower level than me. I'm a level 8 consular on a level 12 consular class quest. Nothing has seemed to ...
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How does the alignment system work?
I currently have 1150 dark side points, and 900 light side points. How long will it take me to reach dark side tier 1?
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Which crew skills should I pick as a F2P player limited to 2 of 3?
I am a newbie to The Old Republic. Right now I am a Preferred Status player, so I have a total of 2 crew skills for selection.
I am wondering what should I learn. I heard that for crafting skills, ...
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How can I run the launcher without administrator privileges?
This is pretty much a similar case to How do I stop the launcher bringing up the UAC prompt every time? but under Windows 8.
I tried to go through the steps and install the shims for the launcher, ...
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What is in the VIP area in the main fleet cantina?
I know you need the wrist band from the Digital Deluxe or Collector's Edition to access it, but what is up there in that exclusive VIP area?
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What is the quickest way to get to the Fleet?
Once you get your starship in SWTOR to go from a planet to the Fleet (or another planet) you have to:
go to the spaceport,
up to the planet's orbital platform,
run to your hanger,
to your ship ...
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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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Why did Zash ask for Khem to be present during the ritual?
At the end of Chapter 1 of Sith Inquisitor's class quest line, before Zash (the blond Sith) tries to perform the ritual on Dromund Kass, she says she doesn't want Andronikos Revel to be present, but ...
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How do pets work?
Now that the game has been released, those with the Deluxe Edition of The Old Republic get a Training Droid pet and those with the Collector's Edition additionally get a Mouse Droid. How do these ...
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What are augments?
I told my minion Khem Val to synth me some pants, and three minutes later, I am notified that he has been "extremely successful", and has synth'd me a pair of "exceptional" pants.
The item now has an ...
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Will I lose my escape pod if I use it?
I've now got a ship and it's TOTALLY AWESOME, ahem.
It's got an escape pod that I can interact with. For some reason I'm not sure why you can interact with it, what it does or why it's intractable.
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Armour ratings and armour values [duplicate]
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What is the difference between armor and rating?
Can anyone tell me why an item with 25 armour (rating 54) is better than 228 armour (rating 48)?
I've put in some mods ...
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Where is the advanced class trainer for smugglers?
Where is the advanced class trainer for smugglers? I can't find where I am supposed to choose my specialization.
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Is it possible to get a mount/speeder before lvl 25?
I am currently lvl 16 in my first play through of Star Wars the Old Republic. In visiting the trainer, I see that when I reach lvl 25, I can buy the speeder skill and then purchase a speeder. On the ...
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How can play back combat logs in real time?
I'm trying squeeze the last ounce of DPS from my spec and a guildie helpfully provided a video of his rotation on the combat dummy. However, I'm finding it pretty hard to follow just from watching ...
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Are any crew skills profitable on their own without the GTN in SW:TOR?
Are any crew skills profitable on their own without the GTN in SW:TOR?
I am speaking of both crafting and missions. Are any of the crew skills (in any combination) generally profitable (making more ...
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8 weeks for Guild Leader transfer in SW:TOR? [closed]
I submitted an in-game support ticket to Bioware on 1/16 requesting guild leader transfer for our guild. Is it really necessary to wait the full 8 weeks for the system to automatically transfer guild ...
