*shrug* Point taken, though SWTOR is also 5 years old and has only become better running in the mean time.
Well that's fucking fantastic and if you have a top end gaming rig I'm sure it really shows. I wasn't being sarcastic with my question though - I have no idea what upgrades I should look into.
What I meant is that they've actually fixed some of the huge loading issues with the game in the meantime. I remember when it would take me 2-3 minutes to travel between planets only a year or two ago, but then they did the huge 3.0 conversion and suddenly everything started loading in like 20-30 seconds. I'm not ENTIRELY sure what changed this. I also wouldn't have said ANYTHING if I had realized you were on a laptop.
As for upgrades... You might want to use their system scanning tool to see what you parts you are actually compatible with. I'm not comfortable enough with upgrading laptops yet to suggest anything, especially without knowing your motherboard.
Assuming your motherboard can accept PCI-E 3.0 boards, the GTX 960 is a good choice.
Okay, that's worth looking into.
So did you finish the Dark vs Light event already? I basically just need to complete chapters XIII-XVI of KOTFE, do Depths of Manaan again, and beat Lanos in the arena, and I'll have up to Eternal Level (which is really all I'm after).
Yeah, I finished up to Eternal... 3 weeks ago? Subbed for a month and ground it out for the DvL chests. Actually got something GOOD from those chests (one of the Jetpack mounts) so I'm happy about that. Right now I'm just maxing out my alliance levels and getting the Star Fortress companions. Already have everyone else.
You need a pretty strong companion to do the heroic modes (min 25, but 40+ is better). However, there are ways to make the Star Fortresses easier. You can get a buff from each of the 4 Odessan contacts (Military, Science, Force, Smuggling) from a console at the start of the Star Fortress if your Rep is high enough. If you have at least Rank 10 with them, each of them can unlock a special crate inside the Star Fortress that will give you temp powers (like a turret that tanks for you or a strong healing stim) that can make the fights a lot easier.
You get a couple things from doing Star Fortresses:
- Completing Star Fortresses on Normal Mode get you rep with the contact associated with that planet's Star Fortress. This lets you gain rep with them without giving them supply crates but supply crates give you rep MUCH faster.
- Once you've gotten enough rep, you can assault the shield generator for that planet and unlock Heroic mode. You also get a supply crate for doing this.
- The Paladins (elite bosses), the Sky Trooper Praetorian (mid-boss), and EPHERMIS (Normal Mode Boss) in each Star Fortress drop exclusive Zakuulan decoration pieces for your Stronghold.
- Completing the Heroic Mode of a Star Fortress unlocks the contact associated with that planet's Star Fortress as a companion. You also get a piece of Legacy Exarch Armor from each boss, with a chance for the Zakuulan Walker mount to drop instead. There are 4 types of Exarch Armor so you'll need to beat each Exarch with each class to get all the sets. The bracers randomly drop of the Paladins in Heroic Mode.
- Clearing each Star Fortress on Heroic Mode gets you a special mount.
- Defeating the Exarch in each Star Fortress gives you 6 Sun Reactors, a HUGE decoration for your Stronghold. These are those power plants from the early chapters of KOTFE.
- A bunch of normal and legacy titles for doing all this.
- Defeating the Exarch while still under the effects of the Alliance buffs from the start of the Star Fortress also gets you a mess of decorations.
So yes, they are worth doing at least once.
This is what's listed under expansion slots: DIMM 240-pin, PCIe Half Mini Card, PCIe x1, PCIe x16
I guess after I get a new car I should save up for a new gaming rig, since they don't even really support an Inspiron 660 anymore.
Now make Spaceball-1.
That was my fear. You basically need an all new motherboard at this point to even upgrade to anything you'd want. Sorry to hear it.
Can you tell us what CPU-Z shows as your CPU and Mainboard -> Chipset? That'd give us all we need to know about how much more your system can take. I mean, Intel has been using the "Core i5" name since the middle of 2009, so that's really not enough info to go on any more. I mean, it's probably Sandy/Ivy bridge, but there's no guarantee.
--Patrick
Inspiron 660 has a Sandy Bridge.
But save first. >.>
Started Danganranpa today, looks really cool. I'd play more... but my brain was fried yesterday from the con and my friend's children doing children stuff and I can not HANDLE absorbing a straight up novel right now.
It's the WoW problem: Once you've level someone on both sides, there really isn't any reason to level anyone else unless you missed some zones. But SWTOR has it worse because you really only get one planet for a certain level range until you hit 50 and even then it's just "Oh, so I have some grindy options now too. Okay, I guess." At least WoW has dozens of zones so you could, conceivably, be able to run 4 or more characters through the leveling experience and not repeat a whole lot of content.
Yeah, that is one of the worst things about Star Wars in general. You're dealing with a galaxy-spanning civilization with thousands of inhabited worlds (supposedly), and you visit, like, 20 of them, between all the classes. I mean, Tatooine and Hoth are supposed to be galactic backwaters, and yet you visit them multiple times for "vital reasons".
I mean, why no visits to Mandalore itself? Or nearby Roche, the asteroid colonies where the Verpine live and manufacture their advanced technologies? Surely with all those Sith plots and secret weapons programs, someone tried to buy an army from Kamino? The Corporate Sector? Kessel? The Maw? The Chiss Ascendancy? Felucia? Smuggler's Run? Kashyyyk? Trandosha? Sullust? Kuat? (the flashpoint that takes place entirely on the space station doesn't count) Moraband? Dantooine?
The Chiss Ascendancy one does get an explanation: because the Chiss were willing to negotiate an alliance right out of the gate and had things to offer the Empire that they would share freely, they were given very favorable terms... one of which is that Imperial Personnel don't step foot on Csilla without Ascendancy approval, under threat of death. The Chiss are also notoriously xenophobic and even into the New Republic basically keep to themselves. There really isn't any excuse to make it a zone when the Chiss would be willing to divert their entire fleet to carpet bomb anyone dumb enough to try to walk on Csilla.
Okay, that's fair enough.
Still leaves a lot of other options, though.
One thing: I like that when you re-recruit Torian in KOTFE, he finally uses his fucking sniper rifle instead of going back to the staff.