A/V The Old Republic MMO: The New Official Thread

Well we know

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is humanoid with a touch of the melodramatic. Have we seen that skull before? (also when does this drop?)

 

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Cartel Market item released around the time of the Oricon update.

 

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interesting, does that mean a dread connection?

 

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I doubt. The helmet is called "Trophy Hunter's Mask" and it seems it has no connection to the Dread Masters. Most probably, it has been chosen for more aesthetic reasons.

 

...well.

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Rules out Jadus or Malgus both (wrong body type). Very interesting design.

 

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Could it be Kephess?

Also, are the Nathema Zealots Sith?

 

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Way too small to be Kephess.

And no, I don't think the Zealots are Sith; they're sort of their own "religion" founded by Valkorion and conditioned to be immune to the Force void on Nathema.

 

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Kephess was ordinary size before he was turned into a big lizard by the Dread Masters, maybe there are ways to reverse it.

Or maybe it's Darth Revan again?

 

About the traitor...

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The true traitor or triple agent, I am pretty sure that we will have an option to kill Theron at some point in the future. I also suspect that one day we will have such an option but with Satele. Huh, we will be able to wipe out Revan's line...

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It might be a brand new faction. They are calling themselves "the Order" and if their goals align with Theron's, they want to enforce some kind of galactic peace by removing all major forces in the galaxy. Oh, and they like to wear skulls as their masks.

Who knows, maybe HE is their leader.

Nope. They are Force Sensitives with no free will, totally bound to Valkorion. They are just a slaves to his will, unable to function beyond Nathema and its Void.

 

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OF COURSE!
It all makes sense now, the convoluted schemes, the stuff that makes no sense all of it.

We even got a magic sword recently

BY THE POWER OF THE GRAYFORCE! I HAVE THE POWER!


Is that all of Revan's line. I mean it was 300 years between games so I am sure his kid would have more then just one kid at a time

So wait is that Theron in the pic?

I hope all the powers decline (and you get to kill the Chancellor)

 

Okay.
I registered for a free trial again (I forgot my old login). If I like it I may buy a non recurring membership later.
But my new login is Saburniois. not Saburnios. But Saburniois with iois instead of ios. Because apparently every login name that makes sense is already taken. Someone else already took Darth_Mu, DarthMu, Mutryles, mutrylesm etc.

 

All of the simple and relatively simple and not that simple log-in names were taken long ago, especially once the game went free-to-play.

About that speculation-

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Did we ever find out what happened to Satele's mother? I think the SWTOR encyclopedia mentioned something cryptic about her disappearing or going off to some planet. Would be ironic if SWTOR started out with killing off Revan in a mere flashpoint, then killed him again in a expansion, and now post-KotET the MMO will wipe out Revan's entire line... only to have a scene with the line "There is another". ....

Unless Revan really is back again, so third time is the charm and this time Revan will finally shuffle off the mortal plane. Or be stuck in a holocron and kept on display in your stronghold. Either or.

Yeah, I expect we'll have a chance to kill Theron later, which means that even if we don't kill him, he'll just disappear, never to be heard from again. Which leaves Lana as pretty much the only continuous KotFE romance, unfortunately (not like any of the returning companions get much beyond a line or two, and every other option can be killed off so Bioware doesn't bother with them much).

The new content will be out tomorrow, but my sub's already expired and I'll probably wait until the next event to bother to resub. I just hope the story sounds more tolerable/interesting by then.

 

According to datamined info in update 5.6 we will visit the planet called...

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...Copero, which is the planet of the Chiss Ascendancy in the Unknown Regions.

 

TAKE MY MONEY!

 

Codex entries from Umbara:

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Umbara

Located in the Ghost Nebula, Umbara earned the name "Shadow World" for its eternal darkness and misty landscape. In isolation from the rest of the galaxy, Umbara's population developed engineering feats far outstripping those in known space. Most notable is Umbara's research into technological uses for Adegan crystals.

Though offworlders have no issue breathing the planet's dense atmosphere, native Umbarans' delicate systems require special helmets in order to breathe. Preferring solitude and secrecy, Umbarans rarely leave their dark homeworld, opting to isolate themselves from the rest of Republic space. This, alongside their stealth combat proficiency and natural preference for darkness, led offworlders to dub Umbarans "Shadow People."

State of the Galaxy - Resource War

Even before the Eternal Empire's reign, the war between the Republic and Sith Empire created a constant strain on resources. Vital raw materials from planets on both sides were often shipped to the military for use in the war, creating scarcity on Republic and Imperial worlds.

When both factions fell to the Eternal Empire, what little raw materials and supplies they'd managed to save were forfeited to the Eternal Fleet. Conquered worlds suffered a major resource crisis and resorted to heavy rationing. In extreme cases, like Tatooine, civilian vehicles were confiscated for scrap, and residents were limited to a single government-issued ration bar per day.

After the Eternal Empire's defeat, many hoped for an improvement in the availability of resources. However, what little the newly freed planets had left was needed to repair the damage caused by the devastating war. Those hit hardest by the Eternal Fleet, such as Voss, struggled to survive amidst the wreckage of their crops and manufacturing facilities. For both the Empire and Republic, hope lies in what little they can secure from neutral worlds discovered during the war.

Theron Shan - Evolution of a Traitor

During his time in the Republic SIS, Theron Shan threw himself into the eternal fight for peace. He placed his faith in the Republic to push back the Sith Empire and restore freedom to an oppressed galaxy. That faith was shattered when the Republic bowed to the Eternal Empire's conquest. His trust shaken, he instead turned to the Alliance and its commander to become the peaceful superpower the galaxy desperately needed.

When the Alliance Commander took the Eternal Throne, the wars didn't cease. New challengers rose to claim power for themselves. Desperate to heal the wounded galaxy, Shan realized the only way to stop the fighting was to eliminate the source: the Alliance, and its commander.

 

Question, since I'm just mildly following this for the story and not a player: how canon is TOR right now? Because that's different than the old EU explanation:

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In the old EU, the helmets contained gas that made them more aggressive. It wasn't a matter of environmental survival so much as for battle.

I double-checked it on the Wook just to make sure I wasn't misremembering that, and it seems that the TOR explanation is taking the Wook's explanation under the new canon tab, which could be an Occam's Razer explanation but isn't confirmed anywhere itself.

In other words, this almost looks like TOR took a Wookieepedia explanation that wasn't confirmed and made it canon.

 

I dunno but I think I've starting to lose interest on this game again due to the playerbase drop, need to take a long break after finish 5.4's new content.

 

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It is 3,000 years different, so Umbaran's can change (GM type stuff) in that time

 

I mean, I see your point, but on the other hand the Eternal Alliance basically pulled a Rebel Alliance, with Zakuul being the Galactic Empire. So on the one hand, the Alliance has the right to enforce peace within Wild Space, but yeah, on the other hand, trying to force their laws on the Republic and Sith Empire too is literally what Arcann did while the Outlander was in carbonite, so...yeah, not much changed. Which I'm honestly not a huge fan of, though I understand the purpose of taking over the Throne (if we hadn't, the Eternal Fleet would've continued a swath of destruction across the galaxy). Most of our characters (sans, perhaps, the Inquisitor) have never shown any kind of desire to rule...anything.

 

Counterpoint: The Republic and Sith MADE it their problem by making it clear they would attack them if the Alliance didn't choose a side.

 

True. Particularly since Iokath was in Alliance territory and both the Republic and Empire willfully invaded Iokath in an attempt to steal a super-weapon that nobody really even understood yet–and then sent a mediator (Quinn from the Empire and Dorne from the Republic) to negotiate with the Alliance Commander, but with at least one of the two (Quinn) ordered to assassinate said Commander if they chose the other side. So yeah. I'd say the Republic and Empire pretty much made it clear how they feel about the Alliance.

 

It's probably unintentional but the Outlander is basically Revan if he's a Jedi Knight OR a Sith.

He forms an army of soldiers to defeat a threat to their home nation, gets the loyalty of said soldiers, and then gets backstabbed by their governments so they go on to conquer it.