The Lost Island was the best FP... then they nerfed the **** out of it. Before they nerfed LI, soooo many pubs would complain. They would say things like "its broken" "its not made for melee classes"... ***** ***** *****. Gamers today just do not like a challenge. Its sad.

Being that SWTOR was my first MMO I almost stopped playing after looking at Gen Chat and seeing LFM EV LFG LF2M KP RDPS LFG LF TANK EV G2G lf BH HM I thought to myself "I am gonna have to learn a whole new language to play an MMO"

So this is bad lol. I am sure I will get scorned for this, so let me start by giving a little back story. SWTOR was not only my first MMO, it was my first PC game, and not only was it my first PC game, it was my first RPG. K, so here it is... So I am in my first Flashpoint ever and I am playing my first toon ever. Then I get my first chance to roll on my first piece of gear. Of course I hit need on Strength gear as a Bounty Hunter. The conversation went as follows..... TANK: Damn, bro. Are you really trying to Ninja at such a low level. ME: I am not a Ninja, I am a Bounty Hunter. Bounty Hunters can be Ninjas? TANK: Anyone can be a Ninja. Why did you roll on gear you cannot use? ME: I can use it TANK: lol you are a BH ME: What is a BH? TANK: *********** noob ME: Sorry, I am new TANK: Do not roll on gear you cannot use ME: But it says the gear will upgrade my strength TANK: YOU DO NOT NEED STRENGTH ME: Why? TANK: **** this and then he left lol. Shortly after I googled everything I could about MMORPGs and learned many things. Things like main stat, need vs greed, the trinity, crafting, level appropriate content, rotations, min/max, and so on. Although the noob moments were far and few between after that, I still cringe when I think about my first truly noob moment.

Sorry, some RL happened lol. So it runs pretty well. The surprising thing was that there was little difference in fps between the settings. At med settings (bloom off, shade low, and med visibility) it ran at about 40-50 fps. On high settings (still with shade low) it ran at about 30-40, and only dipped below 30 with high traffic. On the ship and low pop areas it was 60fps on each setting. If you are going to be using the laptop for the screen as well, you will not see much difference in the graphics quality on such a small screen anyway. I guess its kind of like not being able to tell the difference between 1080 and 720 on TVs smaller than 32"

Yup, I have seen it for as low as $700. How much is an SSD for a laptop? Could you put it in aftermarket?

Ok, sorry for the double post, but this thought just occurred to me... Why should Bioware give us cool stuff just because we have played the game for so long? I mean I never viewed max legacy has an achievement. It is no more of an achievement than waiting in the dentist office. All it takes is time, right? Now some of those NiM drops and RPVP rewards are pretty bad ***. It seems Bioware put some time into making some sweet loot for actual achievements, right? I have played since launch, and since launch I have enjoyed my time playing the game. I feel that a good game (minus a few setbacks lol) is reward enough for me. Hell, if you breakdown the hours played vs dollars spent on this game.... I spend literally pocket change per hour to play. By far the cheapest entertainment I have seen. I have spent more on a single bar tab than I spend in a year playing SWTOR. Thanks Bioware!

Yeah, but I think you are going to have to sacrifice the SSD for the graphics, or the graphics for the SSD if you want to keep the price at $700. I know from experience that you do not want to play SWTOR with an Intell HD card running it. Maybe just save a bit and get both. Still waiting for the patch to DL on the laptop. I never actually played SWTOR on it yet. I will test it and let you know the exact fps on each setting. Internet sucks, so it may be tomorrow before I can test it out.

Laptop.. my fault. I thought you were looking for a new desktop. I should have taken more time to read your post lol. This desktop is the ASUS G20AJ http://www.asus.com/us/Desktops/ROG_G20AJ/ I have SWTOR installed on my ASUS laptop though... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-aluminum-black/3703007.p?id=1219093053506 You can find this for as low as $700... i7 and dedicated GeForce 745m. I am about to boot it up and see how well SWTOR runs. I have to DL the new patch though, so it will be a sec. I will post the results when I am done.

That graphics card is going to hurt you. I have two cards... Intel HD 4600 and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 760. Last week I moved my PC, and when I hooked everything back up I accidentally plugged the HDMI into the Intel HD port. I ran SWTOR and I had 15fps on high settings, 20-30fps on med, and 60fps on very low. It was terrible and I would not recommend playing this game with anything less than a quality dedicated graphics card. With the GTX 760, i7, and 16gb I can run SWTOR on custom settings with almost everything maxed out and keep 60fps. I paid just under $900 for this PC. I would wait and save a couple more hundred. There is such a big difference between $700 and $1,000 when it comes to gaming PCs.

So I would like to roll a Commando, but the thought of going through the traditional leveling process again sickens me lol. I would like to just finish the class story to where I get my ship, and then level via PvP and Flashpoints. The only thing that makes me second guess this idea is potentially being locked out of endgame content. Has anyone leveled without finishing their class story? If so, were you unable to pick up quests for endgame dailies, flashpoints, or raids? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks

So I have already posted in Customer Service and I have not gotten a response. I figure I might get some quicker feedback in General. Before 3.0 I was able to run the game on Very High setting with 60fps, but now it runs at 15fps on Very High, 30fps on low, and 60fps on very low. I have Windows 8, i7, 16GB of ram, and a Nvidia GTX 760. The fps shown at the bottom left flash green and red sometimes, but mostly stays green. I am about done with this game. This is *********** ridiculous.

I have been away from the game for a long time... long long time. Before I left I had a Jugg, but I am looking for something new. I have been reading up on the class changes, but being that I am not familiar with the Assassin or Marauder, I really do not know what it all means. I played enough of the two that I know that I like both play styles. I think I really just want to play the class that has the highest DPS ceiling at endgame. So... hows it looking for Maras and Sins? What do you think will be the better class after 3.0? I am at 47.89% downloaded.... 47.90.... 47.91

The stars have aligned.... Dragon Age Inquisition... Episode 7 trailer on Friday... New expansion coming soon... I am ready to come back to SWTOR. Yet I have sold my desktop and I do not know if I should get a new one. My laptop has a GeForce 745M dedicated and an i7. Do you think I could run SWTOR on high with those specs?

Sweet. Thanks!

You are probably preggers, son.