So I just today finished up the missions on Ziost, I like the Revan expansion so wanted to play it again, even though I could have skipped it pretty much halfway through the Prelude. But tomorrow the new Expansion drops, and I'm wondering now if I should even bother starting the KOTFE questline or not. I'm level 70, so I think I could jump right into the new one tomorrow. But: a) Will I be able to get all the KOTFE/KOTET companions if I do that? b) Can I later go back and do KOTFE then? (even though it's chronologically impossible of course - Makeb is still available even though its refered to as "in the past" too)

Is there any way to start pre-loading the patch already? My internet isn't the greatest and I'd rather let it run through the night already downloading it.

Alright thank you. I had not expected Veteran to be such a step up, the patchnotes also mentioned a Master mode, so I assumed Veteran is something in between.

I came back after a little break, and play KotET or whatever the acronym for the new one is. Since with all the old story I never had any difficulty at all, I decided to start the new Chapter right in Veteran mode. I've been dying for the fourth or fifth time now. So yes, it's hard, but it feels like Lana is barely healing me at all anymore. I remember with a Healer companion I rarely fell below 80% health, their heals were that good. Now? Not so much. So is it the difficulty of Veteran here, or are the companions a little more crappy than they used to be?

I'm talking about the 4 guys on Odessen: Bey'wan Aygo Hylo Visz Doctor Oggurobb Sana-Rae I can give them those locked crates and get influence for it. Cool. But what does that do? For normal companions, it makes them do more damage, heal more, craft faster, etc. But I have no idea what increasing those guys' influence will do.

Well pretty sure that if you get one of your companions back via the Terminal, and they're then a major part of the main story, like say Kaliyo, that story still happens as normal. So I might get Kira back via Terminal, hope when she finally comes as part of the main story, I can still play that part without problem. If she'd only come back via alliance alert... Oh well, I got other characters I can play that part then. I wouldn't mind using Lana, tbh, but I really hate I can't customize her at all. (except lightsaber color, but I don't count that)

Oh wasn't even aware there will be a Season 2. Any word yet on when it will be released?

First: Yes, I know you can get her from the Terminal on Oddessen. I'm wondering however if she's part of the main story or has her own little side-quest via the Alliance Recruitment thing, or if the only way to get her is via that terminal? If she comes back in the story/quest I'll wait for that, otherwise I see no reason not to get her back ASAP. I really found no list yet of which companions return and which don't, at least nothing past Chapter 9.

I've just returned, and looking for a way to earn/farm Common Data Crystals. I'm 65. What would you say is the fastest way to get those, and approximately how much can I get per hour?

Hi It's been a long while that I seriously played my Marauder, I think it was even prior to Shadows of Revan. I'm level 57, so I must have dabbled a bit at some time, but nothing serious. Anyway, I'm not sure what Spec to pick now? Obviously "best spec" is subjective as always, but could someone give me a quick rundown and comparision between the three specs, how they play and what they focus on, so I might better decide?

I found out that I can actually sell the Arch items for a nice profit, so I'm not sure I'll even bother with crafting too much longer, when I can just sell the mats for the same price, and far less hassle. But ok, I'll wait for 4.2 maybe they fix stuff and it works better again

Let's hope so. It's somewhat embarassing that the same mistake happens two patches in a row, and still isn't completely fixed. It's kinda silly that Archeology and Treasure Hunting are supposed to be the supporting crew skills for Artifice, but in reality I need Scavanging and Slicing and Armstech, while Archeology and TH is nearly absolutely worthless. Funny enough the decription for the Bonded Attachment says "This material is used in nearly all Grade 9 Artifice Schematics" ... It's used in Color Crystals. Hilts, Relics and Dyes need the Armstech stuff...

I just came back from a 2 month break. And really, I do have to ask myself the question if the Devs just hate Artifice, or if they just don't give a damn? In 4.0, the high end Hilts (they were pretty crap compared to drops, but still) suddenly needed Slicing materials. I figured, "Ok, it's a bug, they'll fix that". Now I come back, we have 4.1b or something, and first, that is still not fixed. But even more annoyingly, suddenly almost all the new 500+ recipes need Armorcraft components? And our Artifice Components are useless, aside from building a few color crystals. So, what the heck is going on there? From what I gathered no other craft has similar problems.

Ok, that's what I figured somewhat. Since Kaliyo is essential to Chapter X, she needs to be there. I'm just not sure if I should risk getting one or two of them back, or rather not... if we knew when and how we'd get them, that be a major help

Ok, and seriously?