I find myself venturing back into the world of Star Wars: the Old Republic.
A year or so ago, they released an Asian/Pacific server. Which was very nice of them. I miss my old Oceanic server when I first started playing back when the game first released. I was SO SAD when they removed our servers. And now we have one again. Thank the Force! 😜
Unfortunately it's too little too late; the server is practically empty. Somehow I managed to find a guild of 93 members!!!!! Want to know how many of those members were online? 2.
Either way: the ping is nice and the game is responsive. The auction house sucks and chat is non-existent, but I'm not really a social person anyway. I play for the story and my own headcanon. And credit making... which I won't be doing this time 'round with such a small population.
I transferred over my main character — a Light Side Sith Inquisitor, Aethya — then decided I wanted to make a new Inquisitor and experience the whole story all over again.
After a week of playing, I have officially finished my class story and am entering the Expansion of Revan and His Revanites.
For my Sithy Story, I wanted my character to be pretty neutral and try to maintain that fine line between light and dark. For the most part I did it pretty well! Until the moment it mattered.
For those who don't know, when it comes to the Sith Inquisitor, when you complete the story and join the Dark Council and become a Darth, your title is based on your alignment.
Lightside is Darth Imperius. Neutral Darth Occlus. And Darkside Darth Nox.
When I fought my character's antagonist and gained his seat in the Council... I had a whole whopping 350 more Lightside Points than Darkside Points... and became Darth Imperius.
Bah.
At least Imperius sounds cool, but I was trying so hard to retain my neutrality. 😅
Now that I've completed the main class story, I'm eager to get into the expansions and see what new content has been added!
I need to go through Revan and the Emperor first, and the Emperor's children in another galaxy, but after that... I'll be in new territory.
Now I'm trying to work out the most pressing of story issues - who to romance. Very important. Republic, Imperial, New Empire, who cares? Arcann or Theron, that's the question.
My Republic-siding Imperial Agent is with Theron, but from what I remember, he gets really angry at the things she does for the Republic in her role as double-agent. So I recall not really enjoying their relationship.
On the other hand, he and my Lightside Sithy got on splendidly as friends as she focussed on the Empire. So maybe if I'm not a traitor to my own people, it'll be better?
Who knows.
I'll need to make a decision soon enough though.
A lovely lady Sith with Theron, son of a Jedi Grandmaster? Or enemies-to-lovers with Arcann, son of the Emperor?
I've done some preliminary googling to see who has more content for these new expansions I haven't yet played - Onslaught and Legacy of the Sith. And apparently Arcann has "a surprising amount!" and even more surprising is Torian from the Bounty Hunter storyline.
Almost makes me want to jump back to that character too. I rather liked my ~~Mandalorian~~ Bounty Hunter.
But that's not now. That's later. Now is my new Inquisitor and her future.
Now we're off to Rishi to work with an undercover sith and republic agent to find out just what Revan is planning.
I, of course, am well aware of what he's planning. I've played this a bazillion times. XD But I'm enjoying experiencing the story again and am really looking forward getting to the new content.
It'll just take me a while to get there. XD
Until next time! ⚔️😄
All screenshots in this post are courtesy of me, @kaelci and are from the game: Star Wars the Old Republic.