So with Jaesa, even if I go LS on my SW and make her turn to the dark side, can i still romance her even though i'm techincally LS?

Ok so I had one more question. Do Ops use cover at all? I can see it being used after opening up with BS (for now until I get HS) and doing the rotation but I usually either burn the guy down or am dead by that time, so idk if cover is really even useful just to launch explosive probe or something. Do you use it or cover for anything as a op?

Just made a new Op, and just wanted a little advice on the general build to use for leveling Concealment and maybe dabbling into the medicine tree for some off-heals. Also, do Ops use cover at all? My guy is only 15 but I've not really ever needed to drop into cover once, so I just took it off my key bindings....not sure if that's advised or not but I think I'm doing it right since I do well enough in Low tier PvP and in PvE...But mostly a general build would be helpful since I'm just going with what I think right now, which would be this: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#401MccZGfzrdrorhGoZb.3 Not sure the viability of the build as I just threw it together based on what I thought was good. I also know about the upcoming changes in 2.7, but I don't care very much since I'm not using BS as it is anyways now since its a later ability. Any help is welcome! Thanks!

So I just got back into my PT recently (he's level 31 atm). and I have him tank specced but have been messing around with AP and Pyro....I can't really figure a good spec to work with. I like the tank spec since I enjoy tanking but have never really tanked for endgame FPs or anything....that and I heard it wasn't viable as of a few patches ago (the IronFist build I believe it was?). So my basic question is, which build would the best for a fledging PT who wants to do endgame stuff and do pvp stuff a lot? Thanks!

Updated my drivers Tried to reinstall the game (had to use the online download from SWTOR site since my comp has no CD drive) Already have DirectX 11 Tried to tweak the NVIDIA settings Still no real help...it got better but FPS is still in the low-mid 20s....Is there something special with the online client download perhaps? For a little more reference, I'm running Darksiders 2 at medium...

So I just purchased a nice new laptop for a fair price and decided to put SWTOR through the paces and see how it runs. Here are my laptop's specs for reference. i5 1.8GHz (usually runs at around 2.5GHz while running in high performance mode and while running intensive apps such as games) NVIDIA GeForce 720M 2GB Dedicated 500GB HDD 8GB RAM Windows 8.1 Yesterday, I was running on Windows 8 and the game seemed to be running just fine on High (averaged around 30FPS with dips into the 20s sometimes but on average 30). I upgraded to Windows 8.1 (since I abhor regular 8 and 8.1 is at least an improvement) and now the game seems to be running poorly, I can barley stay around 22FPS and usually its closer around 18-20FPS...I can't seem to figure out the problem. I went into my NVIDIA control panel and set it so that the NVIDIA GPU is the "main" GPU running for all intents and purposes. It automatically changed a few things in the panel to give the best quality...which it was doing yesterday. Is the problem Windows 8.1? For reference, I can run Skyrim on High averaging around 30FPS+ and Medium around 50-60FPS+....I can't figure out what the problem with SWOTR is! I did just upgrade my RAM to 8GB (previously 6GB) but that only helped my computer run faster...can Windows 8.1 be the culprit? Or am I not doing something right here? I also tried to download SWOTR unleashed but honestly it only made the problem worse even though I followed the instructions to the letter.... A quick answer would be most appreciated! Thanks!

Thank you sir! As soon as I get around to it i'll post my sniper

What is the headgear called and where do you get it? I've been looking for it for a while to complete my look...

Found this off Newegg, most likely going to be buying it soon since everyone I've talked to about it has agreed for the price, its among the best laptops spec wise for a $600 price tag. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CPjD07ST8LsCFUho7Aod8FsAkQ&Item=N82E16834314178&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Gaming+Notebooks-_-N82E16834314178&ef_id=UsoEMgAAARBICh39:20140109032912:s Specs: i5-3337U 1.8GHz (people are saying putting the laptop into High Performance mode kicks clock speed to 2.5GHz-ish) 500 GB HDD 6GB RAM (Which I will upgrade to 8-10GB soon since max supported is 12GB) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, 2GB Dedicated For $600, my friends have said its the best for the price and are telling me I should be able to run SWTOR on Medium-High settings with no issues.

I've seen a number of AMD A6-A10 Quad cores, all of which had a discrete/dedicated Radeon 7000/8000 series since then locally...but your post was the first positive thing I've heard about AMD processors, so I'm still a bit skeptical...going to go down to my local Microcenter tomorrow and test a few out... Are there any issues with AMDs? I've heard they overheat, or that they struggle with higher power ops (such as games like SWTOR) and are noisy (which I can circumvent), and I'd like to avoid taking a cooling pad or something with me when I'm at school. Not trying to say they suck, just need a little more info on them since, like I said, your post was the first positive thing I've heard about AMDs in a while...shame to since I found a lot of good ones (some A8 Quad-Cores+7000/8000 series Radeon discrete graphics for $500 or less) but if they are as good as you say I'll gladly get one. These are 3 of them I found with quad core processors... http://www.microcenter.com/product/422619/Satellite_C55D-A5392_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Satin_Black_in_Trax_Horizon [$279] http://www.microcenter.com/product/415224/G505s_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black [$500] http://www.microcenter.com/product/415221/G505_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black (similar to one above but lesser processor/graphics/hdd space) [$429] Could you tell me which are good? I'm assuming the $500 (second link) is best but still....and $500 I can do budget wise but saving money is always nice.

Has anyone here heard if the AMD A-series CPUs function well? I've found a lot of A6 Quad Core-A10 Quad Core processor comps with Radeon 8000 series graphics cards with anywhere between 1GB-3GB of video memory (most are dedicated) but some people I've talked to have told me to stay away from AMD processors in general due to myriad problems....does anyone have any knowledge here to the power of AMD processors?

Thanks for the input all...I have since found a few more laptops. Some are a little further out of my budget range (one is out quite a bit) but I could afford it if it meant I wouldn't need a new laptop for a while. HP Pavilion 15t-n200 15.6" for $519.99 PRICE EDIT: using a coupon 4th generation Intel® Core™ i3-4005U Processor 1GB AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Discrete 4GB RAM (Will be upgrading this to 8GB with the memory from my old laptop) 500GB HDD HP ENVY 15t-j100 15.6" for $574.99 AMD Quad-Core A8-5550M Accelerated Processor 2GB AMD Radeon™ HD 8750M Discrete 6GB RAM (Would also be upgraded to 8GB but not immediately) 750GB HDD HP Pavilion 15z-n200 Notebook PC 15.6" for $489.99 AMD Quad-Core A4-5000 Processor (could upgrade to an A6 for $35 more...but meh.) 1GB AMD Radeon™ HD 8670M Discrete 4GB RAM (to be upgraded to 8GB immediately) 500GB HDD HP ENVY 15t-j100 15.6" for $684.99 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5-4200M Processor NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M Graphics with 2048MB of dedicated video memory 6GB RAM (to be upgraded to 8GB later) 750GB HDD The last one I'd really rather avoid, but if buying it meant I'd not need a new laptop for a while, then I'd be happy with it. Also, keep in mind I wish to run this game on AT LEAST medium settings getting around 30-40+ FPS, with the maximum settings being high at 30 FPS...If I can at least run it on medium getting 30-40FPS + I'll be content for now. Don't know if that'll change any answers about the first computer I posted about...but I'd still like an idea of what to get.

Hey all, I've been thinking about investing in a new laptop for school since my old one died on me, and I figured why not get a decent one now that I can actually afford to buy one myself. I found one that is of interest to me, here are the specs: Lenevo IdeaPad U410 14" (I'll be using a 22" monitor so screen size matters little for games) 6GB RAM 750 GB HDD + 24GB SSD Intel Core i5-3317U Processor 1.7GHz (Dual Core obviously), can be overclocked to ~2.7GHz NVIDIA GeForce 610M 1GB (I believe it is a dedicated card, still checking on that) Windows 8 It'll run me about $479.99, which is in my $500 budget. How well could I run SWTOR with this machine? Also, if anyone has suggestions about other laptops that may be just as good (preferably with an intel processor) for $500 or less (prefer less) feel free to list them and any links that may go with them. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

I was thinking of running something similar to this with the off heals and all. And I may use Temple just because she seems cool and probably the only real romance option for me since I really dislike Kaliyo

Awesome, thanks a ton.