Phasing and Story Areas

Advanced Gear

Once you've reached the level cap, power increases are primarily determined by your equipment. The best equipment can be acquired by taking on the toughest challenges: Flashpoints, Operations, and Warzones.

You can earn commendations by queuing up for difficult group content in Group Finder. These can be traded for gear that is best suitable in Flashpoints and Operations (PvE). Queuing up for Warzones will earn you commendations which can be traded for gear that is best suitable against other players (PvP). Gear vendors are located on the Fleet, in the Supplies and Combat Training wings.

For more information about how and where to obtain the best equipment at level 50 and beyond, visit:
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Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 50

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.advanced_gear

→ combat

Combat

Attacking Enemies: To engage enemies in battle, left-click on them to target them. Move into attack range. You will know you are in attack range when one or more of the abilities on your action bar lights up. Then left-click an ability or press the hotkey associated with one of your abilities on the action bar. The action bar is located at the bottom of your screen.

Viewing Abilities: Any time you want to view your abilities, left-click on the Abilities button in the upper part of your screen to open your Abilities panel. To move an ability to your action bar, left-click the ability and drag it to a location on the action bar.

Looting: When you defeat an enemy, its defeated body will glow if it has loot. Right-click your enemy's defeated body to open its Loot window. Then, right-click on any items in the Loot window to add them to your inventory.

Experience Points: Experience Points (or XP) are acquired by defeating enemies and completing missions. When you have acquired enough XP, you will gain another level. Leveling up allows you to become more powerful, acquire more abilities and take on greater challenges. You must find a trainer to learn new abilities.

Category: Game Rules

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.combat

→ conversations

Conversations

Mission givers are the primary Non-Player Characters (or NPCs) that you can engage in conversation. Right-click on mission givers to converse with them. In these cinematic conversations, you will be presented with response choices. To respond to an NPC, left-click on a response option or press the appropriate numbered key.

Light Side/Dark Side Points: Some conversation responses will reward you with light side or dark side points. Your conversation choices can change your light side/dark side levels. You can check your light side/dark side level by opening the Character Sheet panel. Some items you find in the world have level requirements (such as Light Side III) before they can be used. These items can often be purchased at vendors throughout the game.

Social Points: You can earn social points by joining missions and conversations with other players. You can win more social points by winning (and even losing) conversation rolls. You can view your social score on your Character Sheet. Some items you find in the world have level requirements (such as Social II) before they can be used. These items can often be purchased at vendors throughout the game.

Category: Game Rules

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.conversations

→ energy_agent

Energy

Your energy regenerates faster at higher energy levels. As your energy decreases, so does the rate at which it recovers. To maintain a high amount of energy, use Rifle Shot regularly to allow your energy to recover.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.energy_agent

→ energy_cells_trooper

Energy Cells

Your energy cells regenerate faster at higher energy levels. As your energy cells deplete, so does the rate at which they regenerate. To maintain a high level of energy cells, use Hammer Shot regularly to allow your energy cells to regenerate.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.energy_cells_trooper

→ energy_smuggler

Energy

Your energy regenerates faster at higher energy levels. As your energy decreases, so does the rate at which it recovers. To maintain a high amount of energy, use Flurry of Bolts regularly to allow your energy to recover.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.energy_smuggler

→ group_content

Group Content

Heroic Missions: Heroic missions are more challenging than one player can handle alone. You will need to call in a friend or two to help. Some heroic missions will need a full group of four players in order to succeed.

Flashpoints: Flashpoints are action-packed, story-driven adventures that test a group of players to their limits, putting them up against difficult foes in volatile situations. Flashpoint missions take place in private story areas and most are balanced for a full group of four players.

Category: Game Rules

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.group_content

→ heat_bounty_hunter

Heat

Your heat dissipates faster at lower heat levels. As your heat builds, so does the time it takes to dissipate that heat. To maintain a low heat level, use Rapid Shots regularly to allow your heat to dissipate.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.heat_bounty_hunter

→ item_modifications

Item Modifications

Throughout your adventures, you may find items that can be modified. By modifying an item, the player can upgrade the stats of an item and keep that item up-to-date. Items that are modifiable can be identified by having the text CTRL + right-click to modify at the bottom of their tooltip.

Many items are fully upgradeable, meaning that their stats can be fully upgraded. This means that if you find a gear appearance that you really like in the world, you can work to keep its stats up-to-date and relevant throughout most of your adventures. Some items will drop with most of their modification slots empty. Other items come preslotted - the benefits of modding these items will come later, when you decide to upgrade its internal components.

The common mod types, enhancements and mods, can fit in all items. However, 'Armoring' can only upgrade wearable equipment, 'Hilts' can only upgrade lightsabers and melee weapons, and 'Barrels' can only upgrade pistols. These special mods are also responsible for upgrading the core stats of the item (the armor rating of wearable gear, or the damage output of a weapon). Color crystals are another special kind of mod - these rarer modifications can be used to change the color of your lightsaber or blaster bolts.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.item_modifications

→ missions

Missions

Missions are the building blocks for story progression and character advancement in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The Map: Non-Player Characters (or NPCs) that give missions can be identified by the mission offer symbol. This symbol will appear over their heads in the game world, as well as on the world map and minimap. Access your world map from the planet icon on your minimap and move the mouse over any of the icons for additional details on the corresponding mission.

Mission Log: You can keep track of your mission objectives through the mission log accessed through the mission icon at the top of your screen. Your missions are also tracked on the right-hand side of the screen.

Category: Game Rules

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.missions

→ other_players

Other Players

The top left of your screen is called the Social Center. From here, you can see the number of players on your planet and how many of your friends and guild members are online. You can click on these numbers to bring up either the Who list, Friends list or Guild list.

Chatting: To chat, you just have to press the ENTER key. Then you can start typing and your text will appear in the chat box in the top left of your screen. When finished, press ENTER and your message will appear in a bubble visible to anyone within visible distance. There is a button to the left of the chat box that allows you to switch between General and Group chat. General chat can be seen by anyone on a world. Group chat can be seen by anyone in your group.

Grouping: To group, all you need to do is to right-click on another player. You will be given the option to send them a group invite. If they accept, their portrait will appear on the left side of your screen. You will be able to chat with them using Group chat.

Friends: You can befriend other players. They will be added to a Friends list accessed through your Social Center. Whenever a friend is online, you will be informed. To add a friend, right-click on another player's portrait and select the option to friend them.

Guilds: You can join a guild. Guilds are groups of players that can use a private chat channel (Guild chat). Guilds are great to be a part of as they allow you to communicate with larger groups of people in order to form groups.

Category: Game Rules

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.other_players

→ resolve

Resolve

The Resolve system protects individual players from having their character repeatedly controlled by enemy players inside Player vs Player combat.

Each character possesses a Resolve resource bar, visible above the character in his or her nameplate, next to the portrait on the targeting window, and in the group window. When a character is the target of an enemy stun, sleep, knockdown, blind, or ballistic effect, that character gains an amount of resolve points. This value is based on the type of effect and its duration, with stronger effects like stun and knockdown generating more resolve than weaker effects like sleeps and blinds. Additionally, if there are control effects currently active on the target, subsequent control effects add a smaller amount of resolve based on the strength and remaining duration of those effects.

Gaining resolve points fills up the character's resolve with a purple bar. Once the resolve bar fills completely up the bar turns white and the character becomes immune to further control effects. When all current control effects expire the resolve bar begins to decay to zero resolve, at which point the character once again can be controlled and the building process starts anew.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.resolve

→ social_points

Social Points

When you adventure with other players, you earn social points. Social points are earned primarily by talking to NPCs while in a group with other players. You will earn points faster by being in larger groups and by winning rolls in conversations. However, any social points you accrue will not actually be awarded to you until you turn in the mission.

As you earn more social points, your status in the social tiers will also advance. Open your character sheet ('C' by default) to view your current social tier. Mousing over the progress bar will show you your progress towards the next tier.

Advancing in social tiers will allow you to purchase and use social items found throughout the world. These will most frequently be found on vendors marked as 'social vendors' throughout your adventures. Most of what they will sell are unique outfits appropriate to the planet you are on, but in some cases, they may also have a few surprises!

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.social_points

→ status_effect_special

Special Conditions Glossary

Special Conditions are effects that can be applied by specific combat styles that give special advantages or disadvantages to the target. In Group Content, apply as many Special Conditions as possible to the enemy to gain the largest advantage! Remember to try to refresh them when their time runs out.

Negative Conditions
Overwhelmed: Takes more damage from area-of-effect attacks.
Vulnerable: Takes more damage from Force attacks.
Susceptible: Takes more damage from tech attacks.
Marked: Takes more damage from ranged attacks.
Beat Down: Takes more damage from melee attacks.
Assailable: Takes more damage from elemental and internal attacks.
Sundered: Reduces armor rating.
Impair: Deals reduced Force and tech damage.
Weaken: Deals reduced melee and ranged damage.
Unsteady: Accuracy reduced.

Positive Conditions
Invigorated: Healing received increased.
Protected: Armor increased.
Resistant: Elemental and internal damage reduction increased.

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.status_effect_special

→ status_effects

Status Effects Glossary

Status Effects are negative short-term effects that are applied in combat by enemies and allies alike. They can range from impairing or limiting movement or ability usage to doing damage over time. Status Effects can be Cleansed or Purged using certain abilities.

Stun: Cannot act.
Knockdown: Prone and partial stun.
Root: Cannot move.
Snare: Movement speed slowed.
Knockback: Moved back and partial stun.
Sleep: Prolonged incapacitation and cannot act. Damage breaks this effect.
Blind: Prolonged incapacitation and cannot act. Damage breaks this effect.
Lifted: Prolonged incapacitation and cannot act. Damage breaks this effect.
Trauma: Healing received reduced.
Hindered: Cannot use movement abilities.
Bleed: Internal bleed damage over time.
Poison: Internal poison damage over time.
Burn: Elemental damage over time.
Shock: Energy damage over time.
Taunted: Must attack taunting character.

Cleanses remove a certain number of negative Status Effects, specified by application type (Force, Tech, Physical or Mental).
Purges remove all Status Effects of a certain category (incapacitating and movement-impairing, for example).

Category: Game Rules

XP Level: 1

FQN: cdx.game_rules.tutorials.status_effects

Category:	Game Rules
Unlockable by:	all classes
Faction:	Both

Added with:	Patch 1.0.0
Global ID:	16141144314576940797
Codex ID:	1998
FQN:	cdx.game_rules.tutorials.phasing_and_story_areas
Star Wars name:	Phasing and Story Areas
Other languages:	Phasen und Story-Bereiche Phase et zones d'histoire
Other sites:	TORCommunity

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