Category: Star Wars: The Old Republic

SWTOR’s Official Stance on Using Macros

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More and more players have recently started using various automation tools in The Old Republic, mostly aimed at easier and quicker chat but also some more advanced ones for PvP, quick respecs, grabbing Hutballs etc. Not being able to use macros in SWTOR isn’t a dealbreaker for most people but for those who are familiar to the extent of their usage in other MMORPGs it can be a difficult transition. Phillip Holmes, SWTOR’s head of security has publised an informative forum post about text macros, color detection, evaluation and sequencing…

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Slicing After Nerfs – Is It Still Worth It?

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Anyone who picked up Slicing as their choice of crew skills, and many others who didn’t probably already know the credit income has been significantly reduced in the last The Old Republic patch. However, from what most players report the numbers are still high enough and this crew skills is still very profitable: Current Stats: Missions: 126 Total Mission Time: 42.6 Hours Overall Profit per Mission Minute: 23.76 Top Five Missions in order of ROI: Taking Back Control (37/min) (Rich Class 5, 27 samples) The Fly on the Wall (35/min)…

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SWTOR: Level Up Companion Skills on Your Smartphone

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What good is your smartphone if you don’t level up in online games, right? For players of Star Wars: The Old Republic, leveling up skills on their companions can be an annoying task. It doesn’t take much effort, but it does take time, so being able to do it from literally anywhere is definitely a significant advantage. We’re always talking about how you can gain an advantage over other players by using strategy and leveling guides, but this is something entirely different, and it works perfectly. Best part: it’s completely…

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How To Maximize Slicing Income

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SWTOR Slicing Missions

For many of you who picked up slicing as your choice of crew skill, you did the right thing! You’re probably on your way to your first million credits, or perhaps even better, but the following short guide will explain to you how you can maximize the credits gain from Slicing, just in case you’re still short on cash. If you have any of your own useful tips or secrets be sure to add them in the comments section below! 1. Try not to queue anything less than a Bountiful…

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Alacrity Stat – What Does It Do?

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There’s been a ton of questions lately surrounding the Alacrity attribute in SWTOR: what exactly is alacrity, and what does it do. I’ve posted about SWTOR character stats before, in which I’ve mentioned the following: Alacrity Rating – Decreases activation time for all abilities. This does NOT affect the global cooldown, and only reduces the time on casted abilities. Basically, if you’re familiar with the Haste attribute from WoW, Alacrity is pretty much the same. From the latest testing by players, Alacrity does in fact appear to be reducing the…

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Smuggler Newbies Guide

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Corso Riggs, Smuggler companion

Smugglers may not be the most popular class in The Old Republic, but they sure are fun to play. However, there is some skill involved and newbies sometimes have a tough time wrapping their head around some basics of this class. That’s why Torwars decided to publish a short yet useful beginners guide for Smuggler, teaching you everything you need to know about them. Well, almost everything. You can find the full guide below! We already have some of the information found in this guide posted previously, so I provided…

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SWTOR Jedi Consular Beginners Guide

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Jedi Consular Beginners Guide

You’ve chosen an exalted path—the Jedi Consular class. This is a great class to play in The Old Republic if you love Force powers, or if you are having a tough time deciding what role you want to play on a team—melee (or ‘tanking’), damage-dealing at range, or even some healing. This class can do all three, and you’ll get a chance to try the different skills out on Tython, your origin planet. Once you’ve loaded the game and chosen your server, the first thing you’ll see is your character…

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SWTOR Bounty Hunter Beginners Guide

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Bounty Hunter Beginners Guide

Bounty Hunters aren’t exactly known as one of the most played classes in Star Wars: The Old Republic. One reason being, they’re not as easy to play as some other classes are. That’s why having a newbies guide to help beginners figure out things in this game is helpful, and Torwars made sure to publish it. You can read the full Bounty Hunter newbies guide below. Contents: Advanced Classes Companions Species & Appearance Leveling Stats & Equipment Crew Skills Heat System Skill Rotation & Combat The Bounty Hunter brings a…

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WealthyHutts SWTOR Credits Guide

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WealthyHutts SWTOR Credits Guide

Note: since WealthyHutts is no longer available for download I recommend you take a look at my review of Killerguides (it’s even better anyway!). WealthyHutts is the name of the newest SWTOR guide specifically written on the topic of making credits. There are plenty of other strategy, leveling and mastery guides that include information on making credits as well, but this one doesn’t waste time on any of that and goes straight to the good stuff. As such, it includes the most detailed SWTOR credits making guide I’ve found to…

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SWTOR Stats & Attributes

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Star Wars: The Old Republic will begin early access next week (woo!), and as people begin to roll new characters in a new game they’ll be wondering exactly how they should be gearing up. This guide will explain the functions of all of the different stats in TOR (and there are a lot.) As far as what specs want what, that’s a bit murkier, but by reading through today’s post you should be able to get a basic handle on things. I’m not going to get too heavy into what…

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Which Crew Skills Are Most Profitable?

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SWTOR Crew Skills

Pretty much every SWTOR player I talked to is very excited by crew skills. More than often professions are just a needless grind in other games, but BioWare seems to have struck gold here and actually managed to make them fun. Everyone’s going to be picking up their favorite crew skills, and while some are recommended for particular classes, a lot of times players simply want to pick up the most profitable ones. So, if you’re interested in making credits rather than equipping your character with the best equipment, or…

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Killerguides SWTOR Credits Guide Review

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Killerguides is one of the most recommended guide publishers when it comes to various online games, not just Star Wars: The Old Republic. They have nearly twenty SWTOR guides in their arsenal covering many aspects of this game, but what we’re most interested in is of course the guide for making credits. Killerguides SWTOR Credit Guide is a pretty detailed compilation of information helping you earn your first few millions, and more. Most of the tips inside are aimed at beginners and low-level players, which is what most players are…

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Sith Inquisitor Newbies Guide

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Force Lightning ability

Torwars is responsible for publishing the following newbies guide aimed at beginner Sith Inquisitor players, which will answer most if not any questions you may have about this class. We do have some of this information on the site already so I provided some links in the post to the relevant content. Anyway, I hope you’ll find this guide as useful as I did! Introduction Advanced Classes Species Storyline Abilities Khem Val (First Companion) Equipment Conclusion Introduction If you are thinking about rolling a Sith Inquisitor, but need a little…

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Sith Warrior Beginners Guide

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Sith Warrior Beginners Guide

Torwars just published an excellent newbie guide for the Sith Warrior class. It includes many beginner questions and answers and for those of you still undecided on your class choice, hopefully this will help! Why pick a Sith Warrior? Sith Warrior as a character Species Appearance Primary stats Armors Let’s talk Rage Skill rotation Starting world: Korriban Leveling guide Summary Why Pick a Sith Warrior? The Sith Warrior has a number of cool things going for it. Among them: Force Charge enables the Sith Warrior to leap across a rather…

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Imperial Agent Character Progression

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The wait is over. Bioware finally revealed one of the last remaining class progression videos, of course for our beloved Imperial Agent class. The trailer features both Operative and Sniper advanced classes, showcases some of their armors and abilities, and of course the cover system. You can read the official video description and watch it below! Through cunning, stealth, and ruthless tactics, the Imperial Agent has no shortage of ways to complete his objectives. Even so, as the complexity and importance of his missions increase, the Agent will have to…

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