Well, I don't think I have the patience to level the specialists up to level 20. I'll go run another character through FE I guess, one with a Dark Side take on events.

So I’ve finished chapter 9 of Fallen Empire with my agent. I’ve also recruited all companions except Pierce (I’m not going to humiliate myself in PVP just for that), blown up 2 star fortresses and got all the Alliance specialists up to level 8. I plan on getting the specialists to 10 to get the final rewards there. But after that what next? Or to put it another way – do we suspect in future chapters it will actually matter what companions have, what their influence level is, and whether the specialist influence will have any importance? Is there any point destroying all the star fortresses? Is this all just busywork to keep us occupied or will it ever actually matter?

Each heroic at 65 nets you about 15-20,000 credits. There's usually a bonus quest which nets 15-20,000 as well. Each planet has on average 4-6 of these so you can make a good amount for minimal work. With all the planets added up you can easily get a million credits for just a few hour's work.

I can understand that having recorded voice overs for the NPCs they don’t want to do 8 more voice overs, one for each class. This presumably(?) allows them to provide more alliance missions without having to assemble the Avengers. Having said that, it is very disappointing to go back 10 years to KOTOR 2 and have a silent protagonist again. The recruitment missions would have much more weight if you could hear your character interacting, especially Consular with Qyzen, Inquisitor with Talos etc. But it is what it is, I’ve made peace with it.

So I’ve been in and enjoyed Fallen Empire a lot. I do have some questions I was hoping the more knowledgeable here could enlighten me on. I’m a PVE player, and I’ve acquired the companions with my Agent except two which require additional PVP and other quests. • Where can I get an updated sniper rifle with a 208/216 rating? I’ve looked in the stores in the Alliance base but see only armour and offhand items there. • Aside from Heroic missions is there any way to acquire supply crates? Due to timezones etc I can’t ever find anyone to team with. • Can I go back and do old flashpoints in solo mode? Is there any reason to do so? • At this point what’s the best way to get data crystals? Are there solo/PVE missions which provides them? Thank you in advance.

I am a little disappointed by having to be either in this companion’s class or doing PVP. I wish there was an option to do just about anything else instead. I’ve never done PVP in TOR, and I suspect I’ll be instantly massacred repeatedly. That’s only going to annoy me and people on my side. So yeah, I’ll just avoid getting this companion I guess. It’s a shame.

Thanks guys. New question related, is it worth doing the resistance missions or should I just keep funnelling the supply crates back to the 4 people at the main base? What's more profitable as far as what you get?

So I've started recruiting resistance members for destroying Star Fortresses. If I have to provide 5 supply crates, where can I get them? I can do a heroic to acquire them, but what are my other options? Do they drop? Are they given as rewards for quests on that planet?

...I'm not whining at all. I like it how it is now. I just found it amusing how things are different for the class and faction stories. For the Agent, Zhorrid's the only one you kill without a cutscene in your class story. The best you can do is beat up Jadus three times so you can trap him, and with Koethe you may defeat him, but it's a random pair of turrets who kills him. Anyway, that's all, was just interested by the differences.

There’s nothing profoundly new or revolutionary here, just an observation on what I’ve seen. As we are all aware, the Star Wars universe is, story-wise, biased towards Force users. To varying degrees they are the big fish of the setting, and only very skilled non-Force users (NFUs) can take them down. In TOR we have both a subversion and an honouring of this trend for different reasons. Gameplay wise the classes all have to be at least on an equal level for PVP and PVE balance. My easiest runthrough of the game so far has been my Imperial Agent sniper who mowed down all in her path. Yet amusingly, the few times a NFU encounters a rival Force user in the class story missions it’s a rare opportunity. In the entire Agent story there were only two such occurrences, in the Smuggler only one I can remember. Trooper had none I remember, and I’ve not played the Bounty Hunter yet. Amusingly, in all the cases mentioned above, the Force User has movie level plot armour, deflecting all your shots, snatching your weapons, proclaiming how they will crush you. And then in the actual ensuing battle you defeat them easily, but in cutscenes they are usually offed by someone else or contained/imprisoned. None of this is surprising, but I find it amusing that your sniper or trooper in the faction stories mows down masters and lords in large numbers, but in your class mission it’s a rare and cataclysmic event. I guess that’s the balancing act that one has to pay for gameplay balance on one side and narrative consistency on the other.

Thanks for the suggestion!

LOL, that's the problem! I really enjoyed Warrior, Knight and Agent (so far) and didn't like Inquisitor much. But yes, I seem to have done the best ones. Almost tempted to do a fem!Trooper to see if it really is Mass Effect in Star Wars or a smuggler for a more light-hearted story. Alternatively playing a dark side Jedi Consular could be fun. Hmm, hence this thread.

Just recently came back to TOR after a year’s absence, finishing off my Agent story, and wondering who to play next. Previously I had finished Warrior, Inquisitor and Knight. That leaves the stories for: • Smuggler • Trooper • Consular • Bounty Hunter Which would be suggested for the standard 1-50 storyline? My main criteria on this is mainly story quality, voice acting and companions. I’ve heard all the stories are decent but not sure which is best to do next. I don’t have any preference on Republic or Empire. Thanks!