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Finally completed all of the Macrobinocular quests on Jedi Issie with mostly just my smuggler buddy Taskar.
NEVER. AGAIN.
At least if we try to get the imp version done we have Mama Tilera (Issie's mom in her toon form anyway) to help us weasel our way around our 1 stumbling block that took us 3 hours and a 1 billion credit bounty to finish.
Remind me why Bioware decided to put up invisible walls rather than balance/fix the mission??
#swtor talks#swtor#swtor ocs mention#oc: isadola ardeen#oc: tilera colet#friend's oc#oc: taskar tendoora#macrobinocular missions#bioware critical#small vent post#but to anyone that has done/finished this quest chain they know why#might post Issie's version of how it all ended when turning in the quest#not sure yet- if anything the drama in cutscene was so worth it... kinda
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Ranking the Dark Council:
hi! I was writing some notes for a piece of SWTOR fiction I am working on, and decided to create this list as a fun way to share that information.
Dark Council Pre-Shadow of Revan:
12. Darth Aruk - we know nothing about this character, other than that they were head of the Sphere of Sith Philosophy. According to the Wiki, rooting out Revanites was supposed to be their job. What a failure, hopefully they still have a job after Shadow of Revan?
11. Darth Rictus - Also kind of a mystery, which is ironic since he was head of the Sphere of Mysteries. Rictus does appear in a novel called 'Annihilation', but that book is mostly about Theron Shan. All we really know about Rictus is that he's (A) old, (B) dislikes aliens, unless they're murderous enough, and (C) founded the Dread Executioners to take down the Dread Masters. Not enough information to rank any higher.
10. Darth Acharon - at least this guy appears in the game. He's kind of a nothing character though. He defended the imperial occupation of Corellia unsuccessfully. He was head of the Sphere of Biotics. Since he died on Corellia, he would presumably have been replaced by Shadow of Revan, but we don't know who by.
9. Darth Arkous - hate this guy, but he's still technically head of the Sphere of Military Offense after the Hutt Cartel plotline. God, what a bag of dicks he is though. The one good thing about this character is that he's technically Lana Beniko's master? Although she's an advisor rather than an apprentice, so he gets no credit for the existence of awesome Sith wife.
8. Darth Decimus - Also found in game on Corellia! Decimus is actually present in the imperial quests, so you get a lot more interaction with him than Acharon. Canonically, he also trained Krovos! Krovos is really cool, so decimus should get a few points by association. Not enough to bump him up the list though. For the head of Military Strategy, he's not a very good commander.
7. Darth Ravage - You can meet Ravage at the end of the Inquisitor and Warrior storylines, and for all imperials he is present during the cutscenes preceding the Emperor Malgus flashpoints (although does nothing to help?). The main reason I'm putting Ravage so low is that he's a little bit inconsistently written. He'll gladly say "good riddance" to Darth Thanaton's death in the inquisitor plotline, but if you kill Baras in the Warrior plotline, he'll show up at Nathema and be all offended that you claimed power by murdering your master... does he know what a Sith is?
6. Darth Mortis - I have a bit of a soft spot for Mortis. He's got a no-nonsense demeanour which is rare amongst Sith, and he's clearly serious enough about their philosophy to join a secret conspiracy against the alliance if you "squander" the power of the Eternal Throne - a petty move, this man is a bitch after my own heart. He also is the one who snaps Darth Thanaton's silly little neck, which definitely earns him a few points in my eyes. As a point, he's involved in the Macrobinocular missions, which I did not enjoy, but he was a highlight of the questline.
5. Darth Acina - WOMEN IN POWER!!! Empress Acina is better than Emperor Vitiate. Unfortunately Acina is kind of bland, I really don't feel strongly about her either way. I've killed her on Iokath in most of my playthroughs, even if I don't intend to defect to the republic later. I might be lesbian but I just don't like her that much. Her reforms to the Empire are interesting though, I do have to give her credit for making the Empire slightly less racist and Sith dominated.
4. Darth Vowrawn - Silly guy!! This man is genuinely quite funny. He's a blast to spend time with at the end of the Warrior story, after dealing with Baras' grumpy ass for close to fifty levels. His choice to help the Wrath with the Hand on Rishi says... something. He's genuinely an interesting character to me, especially since he maintains that joviality when he becomes Emperor. It's tempered, to be sure, but I think it does show it wasn't entirely an act. Vowrawn could be a genuine friend to the Wrath.
3. Darth Jadus - Sue me, I like unapologetically evil characters. Jadus is not just an evil clown, he's an evil circus. Schemer to the core and melodramatic as fuck. I chose to serve him without a second thought in my agent playthrough. I appreciated the name drop on Iokath and I have 1% chance 99% cope that he will return at some point in the story.
2. Darth Occlus/Nox/Imperius - OCs are fun. No further notes. I should probably drop the lore for my verison of this character, huh... maybe in another post.
Darth Marr - Everyone's favourite tired Dad just trying to keep his society from collapsing as his colleagues bicker about inane bullshit. I reckon he drinks coffee straight outta the pot in the Dark Council's break room. I really wish he hadn't died, but his force ghost shenanigans were neat and I liked seeing him find a measure of redemption. Again, I am on a high dose of copium but if Malgus can return after being killed and abandonded on an exploding space station why can't someone scrape Marr off the floor of Zakuul and rebuild him. I do also low-key ship Marr with Satele Shan?
anyway, that's my totally subjective ranking of Dark Council members.
#swtor#Dark Council#Sith#sith warrior#sith inquisitor#darth mortis#darth Marr#darth acharon#darth acina#darth decimus#darth arkous#darth jadus#darth ravage
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SWTOR sent out a "since you've been gone we've made updates" email about a week ago. Unfortunately, it had nothing in it that was in any way motivating to even peek at the game again as a free player.
Now that I'm out of SWTOR and in a game where the devs don't treat the players like complete shit and try to emulate Game of Thrones - I'm far happier. From what I know of the complete clusterfuck that is now the story, even more so.
As much as I miss Viri and Lana running around and some of the planets, I don't miss most of what SWTOR was or is.
Here's the letter I would have loved to have seen, though.
*** Note - this is a satire/wishlist written by me, NOT an actual email from SWTOR ***
Dear Former SWTOR Player,
We miss you! Since you've been gone, we've been making major changes. Most importantly, we're now committed to the best player experience we can give you! Check out the changes we've made:
The Return of Play Your Way!
Solo player? Small groups? Love to raid? Don't worry, we've got you all covered! No matter how you want to play, you'll have full access to everything SWTOR has to offer. In line with the Play Your Way philosophy, we are also introducing easy, normal and nightmare modes for all content. Play as you wish!
Expanded Accessibility
In line with our enhanced Play Your Way philosophy and our commitment to inclusive gaming, we are now introducing more features to make your experience accessible, such as a toggle to disable flashing/strobing lights, several caption size/font choices and color contrast options for colorblind players and migraineurs.
Find Out What Happened!
Did you miss part of the story? The three raids on Oricon and Iokath and the final mission of the Macrobinoculars quest chain will now have tourist mode. You will not get XP or any mission rewards from tourist mode, but you'll be able to watch the story cut scenes associated with these raids to complete your Oricon, Macrobinoculars and Iokath adventures.
Dedicated Story Updates!
Tired of waiting months and months for the tiniest story updates? So are we! We've invited back some of SWTOR's best writers to update the story far more regularly. We will also be introducing the Alliance Fork, to allow Alliance Commanders who have chosen to remain independent or act as saboteurs to strike out on their own.
Companion Packs!
Want more time with Vette, Lana, Torian or Quinn? We've got you! Companion Packs contain hours of stories, quests and features with your companions of choice, whether they're romantically involved with your Commander or platonic friends. Earn access to Companion Packs by getting your companion's influence to level 50 and completing their combat achievements.
Gearing for All!
Whether you raid or solo, you'll be able to earn moddable gear again with a simplified gear system.
Rolling Back Prices!
Travel costs for quick travel have been rescinded. Costs for augmenting gear and removing mods have been significantly lowered.
Toxicity Not Welcome!
We will be actively working to create an in-game environment that is welcoming to all players, including increased monitoring and action against griefing and bigotry in chat channels.
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I don’t know how I feel about murderous Ortolans. I mean, they really are too cute to kill when they look like tiny two-legged elephants. RIP Peej.
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A few days ago I was lucky enough to find a group where 3/4 of us needed to finish both the Macrobinocular and Seeker Droid H4 missions. We tore through the Ilum temple and - after a few techincal glitches - dealt with The Shroud. (For now...)
Added bonus: I FINALLY got the cheevo for finishing the Seeker Droid H4 on a Republic character!!! Still working on the digging-up-stuff cheevos, though.
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ngl I’m only just past the intro conversation in the macrobinocular questline but the shroud already sounds like they’re a surviving remnant of the star cabal tbh
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A Miraluka interface? How exactly does that work? Doubleblind over here is curious.
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Surprise Sith soup 8)
(I HONESTLY forgot that this console still works after completing the puzzle -- I was possessed by the compulsion to click a blue)
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Mysterious Observers
(Yes it’s two different oc, please ignore that, I couldn’t get the right face screens with the same one)
#swtor#star wars the old republic#odessen#if you want to get that#get out your macrobinocular#and look at the space between the two glass globes#you can even sort of see it without them from afar#then it asks you to go higher#and when you get there#it's all mysteriously gone#Zoshana#Quruka
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She’s beauty, she’s grace...
#she's my favorite girl in space!!!#i didn't finish the macrobinoculars heroic bc lazy/hate jumping but the little cutscene was fun!#swtor#swtor smuggler#twi'lek#avei
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i am faced with the unfortunate truth that if i want to do everything i want to in this game, im gonna have to bite the bullet and do group stuff
#for now im just gonna do val's class story#but man one day id rly like to do the dread masters end operation#and i want to do the hk droid on at LEAST one character and THAT requires hardmode fps#AND i want to finally do the seeker doid/ macrobinocular missions#playing solo means i dont need to worry abt like actually BEING GOOD at the game#playing with strangers means i actually need to know what im doing#and i DONT#sirotras speaks#meredith plays swtor
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Any swtor players who have never done ops/raid content before, want to do ops/raid content, but don’t want the judgement that might come with it? Are you a Solo player that wants to do Ops for the sake of the story (and to finish up those forsaken Oricon and Iokath quest lines)? Do you *still* have to finish your macrobinoculars/seeker droid quests?
Well, then you’re in luck. I’m creating a group for primarily story/solo players who want to mess around and figure out ops and group content together without any pressure. The goal is to gather enough people who want to do the content but don’t want to worry about messing up on a raid, and we’ll use guides and whatever little experience we might have to play through that harder content that, let’s be real, none of us really want to go into group finder for.
Please REACT TO THIS POST in some way (liking/reblogging/replying) if you’re interested, and if we get at least 8 people interested, I’ll message everyone with a discord invite.
Just a note: this group is not for “serious gamers” or experienced raiders. This group is for those with little to no raiding experience, who just want to get all the story or try things out, without having to worry about the intimidation of being one of, or the only person in a group who doesn’t know what they’re doing.
Feel free to send me an ask with any questions you might have!
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It's been a year
It has been about a year since I tucked Viri and my other characters into their favorite strongholds in SWTOR and turned off the lights.
I don't miss the lack of content. I don't miss the devs' obvious contempt for most of the playerbase. I don't miss the playerbase that was so toxic. I don't miss the bugs. I don't miss the "story" that was inconsistent, sad and to quote Eddie Izzard, "collapsing on itself like a flan in a cupboard." I don't miss the nasty little group of misogynistic, lesbophobic "fans" who tried so desperately to get the only wlw main character excised from the story and shrilly screamed like Veruca Salt when said wlw character had a line or dared to appear on screen. Definitely don't miss them.
But I put a lot of time and money and effort into SWTOR, and letting that all go - has been a lesson in letting things go for me. I worked on getting as many achievements and datacrons with Viri as I could, and getting the strongholds and such. I'm still very proud that I soloed several things that aren't easy to solo, such as the Fleet datacrons and the Seeker Droid finale. I'm proud that I made it through the Macrobinoculars speeder jumping puzzle, since those were the bane of my existence. I'm proud that the speeder I wanted came up in the Uprising I wanted.
I've always said that Viri in FFXIV - who goes by Rigel in my stories for sake of not confusing things- is who Viri is in that universe. And frankly if you've been through Shadowbringers, it's entirely plausible for me to even think Viri - STWOR and Viri - FFXIV coexist, given shards of souls and such.
I think FFXIV is a far superior game. In FFXIV you get the distinct feeling that the devs genuinely give a fuck about the playerbase, that they actually play the game (Yoshi apparently is a black mage…respect, man. Respect for getting that to 90), and that when problems arise, they try to solve them. Even though there is some unavoidable group content like the trials, they do seem to go out of their way to make it as painless as they can.
Story wise, in FFXIV Viri can be who she wants to be, without the backdrop of a story that doesn't know what the hell it's doing anymore and a very rigid, black and white THIS SIDE BAD!! THIS SIDE GOOD!! mentality coming in from every angle. She's in a far more nuanced, far larger, far more interesting place with a lot more to do. And while I originally was like "oh Lord, don't give me medieval dragons and elves, ugh," she's very ironically running around with a dragon familiar now and considers the medieval-styled city populated by elves to be home (also the Crystarium).
Romance wise, I also think that FFXIV does things better even though they have no official romances. They certainly leave a lot of open doors, but they also structure things in such a way that characters can plausibly never walk through those doors. Your character has dinner or a heartfelt talk with an NPC? Hey, that could be romance or could be two platonic friends, and both work. They set up things like All Hallows Eve where players can do photo shoots with NPCs they like. And it's more or less accepted that everyone in FFXIV's lands could have fluid orientations and fancy your female or male player character. They are incredibly LGBT+ inclusive and have non binary characters that use they/them pronouns too.
It's better here, I think.
Having said that…I miss running around with Lana and Viri. Not doing anything in particular, just running around with them. I was able to finish The Eternal Wrath but it's been rough trying to write about them since then.
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Scratch one item off the bucket list.
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Rain Plays SWTOR: Full Index
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Player Guides and Tips
New Player Tips
Surviving Toxic Players
Avoiding the Fleet
Tatooine Shortcut to Avoid Outlaws Den
Rest Up
Avoiding Shared Tagging
Tech Fragment Suggestions
Decos on a Budget Part 1
Decos on a Budget Part 2
Contending with Bugs
Light It Up: Illuminated Armor
Avoiding GTN Gouging
Preparing for Preferred
Preparing for Preferred Pt. 2
Unlocks Worth Considering
Reputation 101
Curing Womp Rat Fever!
Flashpoints
A Traitor Among the Chiss
Athiss (solo)
Hammer Station (solo)
Call to Arms #1: Boarding Party
Call to Arms #2: The Foundry
Spirit of Vengeance
Directive 7
The Nathema Conspiracy
Crisis on Umbara
False Emperor
Other missions
Dread Seeds/Seeker Droids Solo
Macrobinoculars Solo (most of it) Pt. 1
Macrobinoculars Solo (most of it) Pt. 2
Macrobinoculars - Video of Maki'Voro fight solo
Veteran Star Fortresses
Veteran Star Fortresses Revisited
Veteran Star Fortresses: Exarch Fight Video
Veteran Star Fortresses: Exarch Fight 2 Video
Mek-Sha Explorer
Mek-Sha Tradehouse Missions
Saboteur Quests
Echoes of Oblivion
Galactic Seasons Help
Galactic Seasons Help 2
Where to Find Instanced Mobs
HK-51 Quest Chain
Flirron Friend - Onderon
Loyalist and Saboteur Locations
More Loyalist and Saboteur Locations
Swoop Bike Rally
Extra Area on Ziost
KOTET
Voss Walker, KOTET Chapter 1
How to Save Bergola and her friends, KOTET chapter 6
Uprisings
Part 1: Firefrost, Fractured, Crimson Fang
Part 2: Inferno, Divided We Fall, Trench Runner
Part 3: Landing Party, Destroyer of Worlds
Pt 4: Trial and Error
Uprising Achievements and Finding the Inferno Agent
Bosses
Defeating Revan (solo, Shadow of Revan fight)
HK-47: The Foundry
Vaylin: KOTET
Daily areas/Events
Oricon
Black Hole: End of Torvix Puzzle
Rakghoul Tunnels Sensors
Matrix Shards
Section X: Aurora Cannon
Easy/Fun/Pointless Quests
Harlow Ricks
The DvL Holocrons
Yavin 4 Sensors
Companions
Optional Companions: Reviews
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Grayson has dealt with The Shroud - for now.
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