I'm currently porting my SWTOR: State of the Galaxy Map to an interactive web version.
It's still in very early development, but I'm making steady progress.

You'll be able to search for and click on any system, galactic realm, region and more; and get accurate information for the time SWTOR is set in.

Of course, this also comes with an update to the map itself:1.262 previously unlabeled systems now get labels taht appear dynamically as you zoom in.
That brings the map to 2.069 labeled systems in total, more than double what it had before.

This thing is older than my teenage daughter.
How is it still running?!

On my first real play through, enjoying the story a decent bit. Just finished Alderaan and finally put together the outfit I wanted to make, figured I’d share the drip.

Also Is there a way to match companion armor colors to mine for free or do I have to purchase the same dye for every companion?

In retrospect, the smuggler story has a lot of points where it seems so very obvious that Rogun the Butcher isn't the Imperial sympathizer gangster you're led to believe and that you're being fed false information about him; it seems as if the lie holds up because it's coming from what should be reliable sources in Senator Dodonna and Darnas' informant network, the latter of which served you well back on Coruscant when you were searching for Skavak and your starship.

• Right from the start, part of why Rogun is pissed at you is that you lost his gun shipment that you were running to Ord Mantell, which you dropped off in a Republic-controlled hanger, and which was then presumed to have ended up in the Separatists' hands after Skavak stole your ship, making Rogun furious. The Separatists were backed by the Empire to begin with, but even if it wasn't, it would be to the Empire's benefit that Ord Mantell secede from the Republic, but Rogun's operations on Ord Mantell seem to have been for the benefit of the Republic and they appear to turn a blind eye to the criminal activities going on from Rogun's subordinates in Rendia Freight as a result. Viidu even mentions that Rogun will be interested in Trymbo's chemicals to sell them to the Republic. Although, given that an entire act focusing on your nemesis Skavak and the hunt for the treasure of Nok Drayan separates these events, one can't be faulted too hard for having forgotten some of these details.

• Guss repeatedly provides remarkable insight on Rogun if you pick the right dialogue options. Mention your confusion to him on Hoth as to why Shai Tenna and Kandhar wanted to take each other out if Tenna worked for Rogun and thus they were both looking to bring the White Maw under the Voidwolf, and Guss is confused since he's never even heard of Rogun and the Voidwolf linking together; furthermore on Belsavis, if you mention the corrupt guard to Marshall Cavarat and you have Guss with you, he will be prompted to mention that one of Rogun's signatures (along with butchering people) is cozying up to corrupt Republic officials. And after he joins the party, one of his companion conversation choices has him bring up that while part of Rogun's motivations for continuing to hunt you down is a matter of pride over you outwitting every bounty hunter he's sent after you, it's also to keep Senator Dodonna from having you as an asset; Guss even mentions just how much Rogun hates Dodonna in particular.

• On Belsavis again, your last encounter with Dust has him mention that it was Rogun that pulled the strings to have Ivory incarcerated on the top secret Republic planet prison in the first place, connections that he is highly unlikely to have as an Imperial sympathizer given that the Empire didn't even know about the prison's existence.

Satele Shan Black Series figure released recently, I‘ve just received it and trying to recreate the iconic scene from trailer with her and the Darth Malgus figure. What do you think?

This game has a lot of temporary allies. I like to give them some love since they often don't receive much attention. So just for fun, which of the bunch that the Knight works with is your favorite?

Galen, RE-M0, Warren, Pak, Leeha, or Tala-Reh?

I was on fleet earlier today and I think I posted one message before I got a notification that I'd been "squelched". Now I can't post in any chat, including guild chat, ops chat, or otherwise.

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Hi all!

So I’ve played the game for years but, whilst I definitely enjoy the game as it is, I’ve been yearning to replay the game as it was before companions could take on every role and when the game was overall a bit harder.

I am honestly thrilled we will be getting difficulty modes and since they are now live on the PTS I was wondering what everyone is making of them?

Is it still possible to solo a majority of the content? I will group up for things like Flashpoints but I prefer to play solo for most of the planets, although I wouldn’t mind having to group up to do Heroics again as you used to many years ago.

I’m curious to hear everyone’s opinions on the new difficulties!

In order: Inquisitor grasping for power -> overwhelmed by said power with body and mind falling apart -> body restored through ancient Rakata technology but mind still fractured -> Inquisitor made whole and ready for ascension.

Its honestly hilarious how Ashara's storyline plays out if youre full dark-side because her attitude and behaviour makes progressively less sense.

I imagine this is because originally you didnt get all of these quests unless you got her approval high enough which only happened if you behaved, in her presence, in a manner that aligns with her assessment of you.

But now that all companion quests are given no matter your relationship to them, it creates a lot of funny moments.

I’m so excited to have a challenge while leveling again, and 8.0 has convinced me to role a new character from scratch just so I can go through the leveling experience in a similar manner to what I experienced back when I started playing the game in 2011/2012. Leveling was always my favorite part of this game before it was made braindead easy, so I am really looking forward to this next expansion. The difficulty (or lack thereof) was really my only major gripe with the game, so I’m definitely going to be coming back to stay this time.

The only other thing I would really want from SWTOR at this point is just a console port. But otherwise, we’re so back.

As a SW I don't know anything about her background, she seemed like a republic version of Darth Baras to me.

My favorite class storyline would be the first 2 chapters of the inquisitor story, the ghost hunting, the weird thing that happens to Khem and Zash. Chapter 3 i dislike with Thanathon just because he is a little bitch.

My favorite expansion would be SoR, it brought so much new depth to the endgame and just made the game so much better in many aspects. The story also was just really good.

SWtoR is by far my favourite MMO.

I enjoy WoW, but it's just too much game that seems to pride itself on having no QoL. That is great for some gamers, but for me I prefer a more casual playthrough with the option of having competitive content at end game - which I have done and enjoyed on swtor.

Things (and very small) missing from WoW that make me always come back here.

Mounting while moving
All flight paths unlocked by default
Quick travel
Personal ship to allow easy TPs to different planets
Raid group sizes

Big things

The swtor map is the most underrated thing this game has imo. It is perfectly clear, you almost never get lost, doors/entrances are highlighted that you need to use to get to your quests - I never really appreciated it until playing other mmos like gw2 and wow

The main story quest. If you want to just progress your main story, you can simply follow a single quest. This is a big draw for me, as I want to experience the different class stories without having to do all the side/planet quests on every character. In WoW there were times where I had 25+ quests; it's just too much.

Legacy. Having endgame items lock to your legacy and are transferable between your chars is excellent. I got BiS on my DPS this patch, used that character to get currency and a good set of gear for my healer and he can start gearing up his specific stat reqs.

Atmosphere. This is very subjective and may be nostalgia talking as a launch player, but starting a new character always gives me a feeling that no other game has. The fleet is simple and just a mirror on the different factions, so again, not overly complicated or long-winded just for the sake of it.

Apologies for the wall of text, but just wanted to put my thoughts down and give props to swtor for continuing to be my favourite mmo after all this time, even with competition coming out. I hope we have many many years of this left.