#swtor 6.3

[swtorpadawan]

Aryn Leneer & Teeseven

Some of you needed a reminder of how wonderful Teeseven is. 🥰

[thebreadtree]

Does this make sense?

[rainofaugustsith]

SWTOR 7.0 predictions

Time for another round of SWTOR predictions. Obviously, spoilers for everything up to Secrets of the Enclave. My original three for 7.0 and onward still stand: 1. On both sides there's going to be a choice between a more moderate, inclusive path (Satele Shan or Darth Krovos) vs. a more zealous, fanatical and intolerant path (Gnost-Dural or Darth Rivix). 2. The Commander has a canon ability to resist Force influences and shuts themselves off from feeling things through the Force, which in turn conceals their own intentions, emotions and thoughts very completely - which in turn is one reason both factions consider them very dangerous. In fact, I would wonder if the comments on both sides about "don't you feel it, Commander?" were Arn/Rivix's way of testing out how much that suspicion about the Commander was true. 3. Heta Kol is related to Torian in some way - mother, aunt, allied clan, but someone who has a personal relationship to Clan Cadera. New predictions: The saboteurs are in for it.

I've seen this one hypothesized, and i agree. I don't think either faction truly intends to let a saboteur join up. Neither faction's saboteur contact seems particularly concerned about their well-being. I feel this is a lot like the Sith Warrior's apprenticeship with Darth Baras: they're going to be used for all they're worth. If they die in battle, great - it saves the faction the trouble of knocking them off later. Once they've met their purpose, they will be discarded. The faction contact might let it drop that they're a saboteur. They might send them into a suicide mission. But it has the potential to end badly or send the saboteur through yet another betrayal story arc. Having said that I think there will still be room for the saboteur to join the other faction, since I think there WILL be people on both sides who will welcome them - just that it's not what their contacts have intended for them. Both factions are going to continue to try to take over Odessen as their base. We've already seen both factions cheerfully showing up on Odessen with lots of troops and ships. They're obviously occupying. That's going to increase. Onslaught gave a preview of this, Imperial-side. Mek-Sha is an independent entity. No matter what you do, the Empire moves in on it. If you let Darth Shaar and Vowrawn live, they calmly say they're going to keep a warship or two there and expect Mek-Sha to provide fuel. If you kill them, you get an email from another Darth thanking you for getting them out of the way so they can move in. It's not a stretch to think they're planning to take over Odessen the same way. And I don't let the Republic off the hook either. The Republic has shown numerous times that they're cool with forcing planets and moons to remain in, or join, the Republic when they don't want to. They've parked their warships and Gnost-Dural on Odessen too. They're going to move in the same way. I also think both factions will continue to try to bleed the Alliance of its resources and will take them by force if the Alliance hesitates. It could be military Force, or it could be taxes to the Republic/Empire. The Republic is going to try to conscript and forcibly convert the Force users on Odessen and elsewhere. The entire point of Task Force Nova is to hunt down Jedi and force them to return to the Republic's war. There are Jedi on Odessen. It's not a stretch to think that Task Force Nova is going to try to conscript them. It's also not a stretch they would demand the expulsion of Sith, Voss and Zakuulan Force users if they don't convert. I can also envision Task Force Nova trying to force conversion on the Order of Shasa on Manaan, or demanding their Force users to fight in the war as a condition of help - as well as hunting down and trying to conscript any Jedi hiding out on Manaan. Theron will be with Satele. If you asked Theron to leave the Alliance, my guess is that he will be discovered to be working with Satele Shan's enclave on Coruscant. In Echoes, Satele knows if you asked him to leave and complains about it. I don't think that Theron would want to go back to the SIS or fight directly against the Alliance in the Republic military. Given that Satele Shan is very noticeably NOT a part of Task Force Nova, not a part of the Jedi Council and has NO involvement in the Republic military or politics now, her enclave may be a good match for him. This brings up something interesting with Syl. Theron's been up close and personal with Syl's...former physical form. Will he recognize her? Will he tell the Alliance or Satele? What will happen? Could that be a way for those who regret booting Theron to welcome him back? Or not? Things will come to a head with Zakuul. There have been a lot of opportunities to help Zakuul - or not - since KOTET. Zakuul ditches the Alliance after Nathema, but the Alliance can still offer assistance in the form of Koth and his crew. I think this is going to culminate in some sort of conflict or alliance, depending on how the Commander has treated Zakuul and how much Koth, if alive,

is willing to speak for the Alliance. Syl. I hate the term redeemed. Fucking hate it with a burning fury and I will never apply it to a Star Wars character. I do wonder, though, if Syl might be compelled to fight for Zakuul. If she might possibly be able to return as its leader. And the bit above might factor in to how that goes with the Alliance. Also - I think Syl's function in the story will change depending on what happened to Senya and Arcann. In Echoes, Vaylin actually helps you out by zapping Tenebrae as he advances to attack you - but ONLY if you killed off Senya and Arcann.

[greyias]

Dashpocalypse 2021 - Dantooine Edition

All right! The patch is done, the puppy has been entertained (for now), and I have made probably the first of very questionable decisions today:

Drinking a Starbucks Refresher at 1pm. My first prediction for the day: Future!Me will be cursing this decision around midnight.

No matter! Sacrifices must be made! For the Enclave! Or something.

Also, when I said the puppy was entertained, he begs to differ:

“Why is mother so cruel? Why does mother not let me pounce her endlessly and throw toys at her face when she is on the computar? All I want is to love you, Mother. And climb up on your shoulders and drape my paws around your neck so we become one giant Griffobot who will raze destruction across the cityscape with our super sonic shrieks. Is that so much to ask for?”

I digress. Patch time!

I’m going in!

[synoxshots]

and a new teaser!

[transcendencism]

[astralflows]

Secrets of the Enclave.

[vihola]

How does Merkara feel about Darth Rivix?

But how does Rivix feel about Merkara? Here’s my guess

[theniveanlegacy]

Just the Wrath losing the minuscule amount of patience she has.

Rivix looks like he’s regretting taking the job.

[a-master-procrastinator]

[Vinyor Tesh: Before we begin, I must speak plainly. I don't believe we should include anyone in this meeting who is no longer a part of the Jedi Order (referring to Aryn)]

I'm screaming

For the context: because the game doesn't count my personal headcanons (which is a problem I'd love to talk about with devs one day, but I digress), Airistan accepted the offer for the Alliance to become a part of the Republic (wonder who she'd approve as a senator), and since that deal had rejoining the Jedi Order, Vinyor's statement does not apply to Airistan in game. However, no way she would be a Jedi again, so hearing this line made me laugh like sure, if you think you can handle Malgus all by yourself, be my guest.

If there's anyone who kept the Alliance separate on a Jedi character, can you tell me if Vinyor also refers to your character? (because if not it's even funnier)

[thebreadtree]

6.3 story in summary

This is all I'm currently concerned about

[rainofaugustsith]

After reading some of the datamining for 6.3 I have one thing to say: we reap what we sow. Spoilers for who is (and who is not) datamined to be in 6.3; nothing about story.

None of the KOTFE companions or class companions appear to be involved in any way in 6.3. We reap what we sow. 

*slow clap* I guess the devs listened to those who were crying because Lana Beniko had OMG SCREEN TIME in Echoes of Vengeance that was comparable in terms of length and number of lines to roughly six other characters, depending on who you left alive. Everyone had to deal with Arcann and Senya regardless if they were alive or dead; everyone had to deal with Kira and Scourge; everyone had to either deal with Theron or listen to Satele bellyache about him. But obviously Lana OH NOES. 

Let's not forget all of those wailing that Lana and Theron should have exactly the same screen time. And those gnashing their teeth because KOTFE-era companions in general have still been in the game. 

Well, the devs have made everything equal for you. All of the KOTFE-era companions and class companions have equal screen time in 6.3: zero. 

And since so many people clamored for kill options for so many characters and the devs don't have a lot left to work with, our quest about Force-related matters and the factions is now apparently being given by Hylo - the smuggler running the underworld department of the Alliance. Which makes absolutely perfect sense, right?

We reap what we sow. 

I'm guessing that Echoes was the last hurrah for any and all of the class story or KOTFE companions having any actual stake in anything happening in the story. Unless they're going to come back momentarily to potentially be killed off, like Theran Cedrax was, and like Zenith is shaping up to be. If we're lucky, maybe they'll give small scenes with the older companions now and then. Maybe one will show up for a second in content if they are still alive. Maybe a hug or kiss at the end of a mission, which of course people will still find a reason to howl endlessly about. But I'm guessing they are all pretty much done.

You didn't want to deal with certain companions? Cool. They'll just give you an endless succession of unfamiliar NPCs to work with now. Have fun trying to do all those level 75 flashpoints with a level 1 companion you don't even recognize. You screamed because God forbid anyone other than your fantasy husband got some romance content? Bam, nobody gets it now. I'm sure we all agree that's better. 

Oh, I'm sure some people will be happy because Darth Rivix and Arn will be there, but it's only a matter of time before they're on the chopping block too. That's now the status quo. Hell, they're already setting the table for Arn to do a Vader and flip to some unhinged DS villain that both Republic and Imperial players may wish to neutralize; they already gave him his Tusken Village Massacre. 

We reap what we sow. I sure hope that eliminating all the companions that had any deep connection to the player character was worth it. Enjoy. 

[moontheoretist]

Darth Malgus: I am descending into the darkness!

SI: Hm, hm.

Darth Malgus: Of archeology! *cackles*

SI: The bastard is stealing my job!

[synoxshots]

HOOOO BOY 

a bit of datamining off of reddit, this isn’t story spoilers but it’s 6.3 related things so I’m gonna put the picture under a cut

things to come, possibly galactic seasons + vendor related?

[greyias]

There’s a new short story tie-in over on the dev blog teeing up the upcoming story content, and it features some familiar faces!

[astralflows]

more (non spoilery) thoughts about Secrets of the Enclave

it's really beautiful inside the Enclave but it's also very dark so you might want to toggle off the shadows in your graphic settings

the mobs don't have a lot of hp (silver mobs only have 130k)

the kath hounds nearly killed my companion because i wasn't paying attention lol

as a sorc healer, killing the bosses took a lot of time but i'm sure they will have less hp in story mode so it should be fine.

the decorations are amazing!!

and finally, people like this are annoying af, story mode isn't meant to be difficult, i didn't like sov because of this. it was long and tedious, especially as a healer.