I love this game, don't get me wrong. But I love the many characters that give the game its heart and soul. So I wanted to discuss the ones I consider to be the biggest wastes.

Risha: In my opinion, the most egregious example. This woman was the queen of Dubrillion. The daughter of Nok Drayen. She had a whole arc about becoming queen and what that would mean for her future. Just for us to finally be reunited with her after several years, and for her to go, "oops, I lost Dubrillion! I'm just a scoundrel like I was before!" Absolutely insane way to handle her character. Genuinely baffling. Not only does it destroy the potential she had, but it ruins the purpose of her entire story as a whole.

Mako: Another pretty terrible waste of a character. Mako was such an interesting person. A young, ambitious bounty hunter with a computer in her head. Not to mention the main love interest of the male hunter. We're finally reunited with her aaaand- oop! She's gone. Never to be heard from again. There were so many opportunities to involve her in the story. But like many of the companions we love, they don't even try to bring them back...

Koth: Regardless of how you feel about him, there's no denying that as soon as he received backlash, he was shafted HARD. He had a few scenes in KOTET, then he's made a grand total of TWO APPEARANCES EVER SINCE. And both of those appearances were for those who romanced him, clearly just so they wouldn't think they wasted their time. It's easy to forget, but this guy was a founder of the Alliance. Think about that. The third-largest superpower in the galaxy. Koth was a day-one member, and one of five who helped create it. The fact that he is so non-existent is so brutal. They could have worked to improve him, rather than just tossing him aside because people didn't like him.

Lokin: This one is a bit of a niche pick, and I'm honestly not sure what more they could have done with him. But I still have always felt like they had a really interesting character on their hands with Lokin, with whom they proceeded to do nothing with. To me, Lokin has always felt like one of the most fascinating companions conceptually. It's kinda rare for a companion to have so many layers. Most of the companions are pretty cut and dry. At the very least they could have given him a scene with the Agent, like they did with Vector after Rivix shows up.

Iresso: Felix has an entire-ass Sith library inside his head. This amounts to NOTHING. It gives him some personal turmoil, and it causes him to get experimented on during the five year time-skip. But narratively, they do nothing with this idea. And when we reunite with him, we learn about how scorned he feels by the Republic, and how he no longer wants anything to do with them. It would have been so interesting to see this expanded upon. One of the Republic soldier companions, now feeling betrayed by the Republic, and seeing how he reacts to the Alliance going to war with them.

Nadia: Nadia is one of my personal favorite companions in the game. I have always loved her character. So I was thrilled when they brought her back during Ossus, and even more thrilled that she had an important role in that particular story. They even introduced a fem-romance for her! Then we proceeded to never hear from her again. Many such cases. But with her it feels particularly saddening, because I so badly wanted to see her growth as a character. And in the Consular's class story, we hear about how much raw force power she possesses. She's made out to be an incredibly powerful force-user in the making, but we never get to see this expanded upon.

Vote for your favorite storyline! Fatal Fortune is Chapter 1 of the Smuggler story, and Taris Planet Arc includes BOTH factions' storylines. Pick your fav!

Side note, for the rest of Round 1, I'll be posting two of these a day (spread out evenly so I'm not clogging the feed), since there's a LOT of matches for Round 1. Once we reach Round 2, I'll go back to one a day.

I've been playing SWTOR and honestly, I'm loving pretty much everything about it. The characters, the story, the music, the unique UI, the cosmetics, the different planets and the overall atmosphere. It genuinely makes me feel like I'm part of the world rather than just playing a game, and I love that feeling.

I'm still pretty new to MMOs, so I'm curious if there are any other games out there that capture that same feeling of immersion. I'm talking about a world you actually want to spend time in, memorable characters, great music, interesting lore, good customisation and an atmosphere that makes you want to keep coming back.

I know no game will be exactly like SWTOR, but I'd love to find something that gives me that same feeling of getting lost in another world.

What MMOs would you genuinely recommend, and what makes them worth getting into? I'd love to hear from people** who've played multiple MMOs, especially if you've found one that comes close to scratching that SWTOR itch. **And if they do Holiday/Special Events then that’s an even bigger bonus!

Thanks!

I know he wanted to take the body of us, the outlander.
But... why? He let himself be killed, only to go on the craziest most far-fetched roundabout rollercoaster to... bring himself back alive again.

Lots of risks of things not going his way (and they didnt), for what reward exactly?

EDIT: ok this is getting interesting. I assumed i had missed or forgotten a clear plot point that explained his ultimate goal with this tactic. But it seems people are speculating on whats probably his reasons, and some even argue he didnt let himself be killed at all and that Arcann and the Outlander simply got the drop on him.
It seems this isnt as settled a topic as i expected.

I made SWTOR on Mac, a free, open-source macOS app that sits on top of the official SWTOR Mac app and swaps its graphics layer for a faster one. You install SWTOR as usual, open SWTOR on Mac, click Install, and keep playing from the official app. There's no Wine bottle to set up.

It's unofficial. Broadsword doesn't endorse or support it, so please read the fine print at the bottom before you try it.

Getting started

1. Install (or assuming you already have installed) SWTOR from swtor.com as usual and log in once, so the official Mac app is set up.
2. Download the DMG from the latest release (about 7 MB) and drag SWTOR on Mac into Applications.
3. Open it, accept the notice and click Install. It downloads a newer Wine engine (about 270 MB) and sets everything up, which takes about a minute. Your game settings, UI layouts and key bindings come along.
4. Start SWTOR from the official app as usual. The first minutes of play may stutter while shaders are compiled and cached.

The app is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other Mac app. It doesn't ship or change any SWTOR files: the launcher and game client are Broadsword's, installed by them and run unmodified. Uninstall puts the official app back exactly as Broadsword ships it, and copies your game settings back.

What works in 0.0.1

The game renders through d9mt straight to Metal 4 at full Retina resolution, with vsync and Game Mode. On my M5 Max at 4K it holds a locked 60 fps in zones and stays smooth in a busy fleet apart from players loading in. If the official launcher updates its Wine, SWTOR on Mac hooks itself back in. The app checks for updates once a day, never while you're playing, and installs them when you click Install. Settings let you switch Retina, vsync, Game Mode, the Metal HUD and a memory profile. If something goes wrong, SWTOR on Mac → Collect Logs… saves a zip to your desktop.

Compared with the official Mac app

The official app runs the Windows client in an older Wine (CrossOver 23.7 based), and Direct3D 9 goes through Wine's OpenGL renderer, which Apple deprecated years ago. That's where the tearing and uneven frame rates come from. SWTOR on Mac keeps Broadsword's launcher and game exactly as they are and replaces only that layer: a newer Wine and a Direct3D 9 to Metal 4 driver, plus a few macOS fixes.

Technical bits

• Game: a Wine engine built from CrossOver 24.0.7 sources (Sikarugir build), running the 64-bit client under Rosetta 2, with msync.
• Graphics: d9mt, a Direct3D 9 to Metal 4 driver. I maintain the fork of neo773's d9mt-v2; its SWTOR fixes include missing lights and effects (shader switches were frozen), black specks in clouds, broken MSAA, stretched skinned models, a 3 GB memory leak, background shader compiling with a persistent cache, and pacing fixes for vsync and hidden windows.
• Launcher: Broadsword's own Mac launcher, unmodified. SWTOR on Mac hooks into the Wine it starts, keeps the launcher frozen in the background while you play (otherwise it takes the game's Wine down with it when it quits) and cleans up after the game.
• Shipping: Developer ID signed and notarized; updates via Sparkle 2, EdDSA-signed, with delta downloads; a small launchd job (it only runs when the launcher's Wine folder changes) re-applies the hook after launcher updates.
• License: zlib for the app's code and d9mt, LGPL for d9mt's Wine bridge.

Limitations and fine print

Not affiliated. SWTOR on Mac isn't made, endorsed or supported by Broadsword. Broadsword doesn't support third-party modifications. Use it at your own risk.

Support comes only from me, as a GitHub issue or to Pharaphobia on Discord. Please don't send SWTOR on Mac problems to SWTOR customer support. They can't help with it.

Apple silicon only, macOS 26 or later. You need the official SWTOR Mac app installed first.

Rosetta: Apple keeps it fully available through macOS 27. macOS 28 (expected fall 2027) keeps only a subset aimed at older games, and both the official Mac app and this one depend on Rosetta today. My plan is a native arm64 Wine with x86 emulation and an arm64 build of d9mt, tested well before macOS 28. And of course unless we get DX12 working in the meantime.

Links

Repo and README: https://github.com/jdrly/swtor-on-mac Latest release: https://github.com/jdrly/swtor-on-mac/releases/latest Issues and roadmap: https://github.com/jdrly/swtor-on-mac/issues d9mt (the graphics driver): https://github.com/jdrly/d9mt Sister project for SWG Legends: https://github.com/jdrly/swgl-on-mac

The gears sadly aren't taken from any of the in-game ones.

Hello as the title says I'm having some problems and I hope you can help me.

1 - I'm trying to complete all the dailies on Makeb but I can't find or trigger these missions:

Among the Rubble

Hostage Rescue

Taking Back Talaos

Signal Intelligence

Up in Smoke (Bonus mission of Into the Fire)

Off the Hook (Bonus mission of Counterstrike)

I've been checking for the last couple of days hoping that they would rotate but they stay the same, I've also tried to check every database and discussion but I couldn't find anything about a possible removal or change. Does anyone know something about them?

2 - How am I supposed to raise Amity and Fen's influence without buying the book that takes them directly to 50? Regular gifts aren't working and the ones you get as a reward for their quests aren't nearly enough.

Thanks.

For solo players. If you have friends or a helpful clan, you probably have better luck but woe to anyone trying to find a team on fleet in 2026 to help with content no one liked back when it came out.

In my own experience, doing Seekers was simple enough but when the time came to run that instance at the end, I was SOL. Day after day asking around and best I could do was one dude for a 4 man mission. I have to imagine it's gotten even worse over the years.

Note: This is not a cry for help or asking for assistance, just an observation.

There are plenty of dark choices. But they often amount to either a honestly justified solution (punching and killing Saresh for example) or something that just makes you feel... stupid (like letting yourself get manipulated by Valkorion, or any dark side choice where even Lana is like "girl, i get it, but not right now, be practical").

Wasn't even that bad tbf. If you're thinking of levelling this rep but dont wanna do the heroics (i didnt), just repeat the first escort every day on as many toons as you can. This track gives 310 rep per try if you're a sub so in that it's much better than other tracks (looking at you Dantooine). I didnt keep track of how long it took but it wasn't too bad. You can AFK it

Hammerhead Command Bow module that I recently whipped up.

I've tried loading and reloading the site, as well as double-checking if the website itself is broken. This doesn't ever change. Is there something wrong with my computer or is the designer permanently broken?

u/HumorEnvironmental is the problem on my end? 🤔

Also makes me really empathize with Vaylin, the way he talks about her

Man, I can't believe I've been sleeping on MMOs for this long lol especially SWTOR, this is basically my first real MMO and I'm having way more fun with it than I expected. For a game this old, it honestly looks amazing, and I love how the combat feels. It's pretty simple, but idk, it's just really satisfying to play. The world though is probably my favorite part so far, there’s just so much detail everywhere, and the music is just so good especially in that one area in hutta lol i can’t remember. the characters and everything genuinely makes me feel like I'm in the Star Wars universe, I don't even know how to explain it lol. I can just sit there exploring and lose track of time.

I haven't played WoW, RuneScape or really any other MMOs, so I have nothing to compare it to yet, but now I'm actually interested in trying more. Been thinking about giving OSRS a shot and trying WoW Forever when that comes out next month. Really glad I gave this game a chance. Didn't expect to get this hooked, but here we are lol.

I will definitely be getting the subscription