What to expect in Update 7.5 Desperate Defiance in SWTOR! 

imagine being a VA who made first recordings of the same character in like 2008 and still doing it in 2024 oof

Lots of love to all the SWTOR players out there!

The new companion system looks really fun! One of the reasons I love HK-51 as a companion is that he feels earned, and I can only think B3-S1 is going to feel even more so

I was always wondering why Trooper, Smuggler, Agent, Bounty hunter didn't introduced a protege or Jedi or Sith classes didn't introduced a new padawan for player. It seems Sahar will fill that gap.

I called it! I knew we would get a mini basilisk war droid as a companion. My mando characters will love our new little buddy!

Be cool to see Major Anri Return

Unrelated but I just learned that the Jedi guardian is voiced by David Hayter so that’s pretty sweet.

Many thanx for the updates.. As a long time swtor player who 'fell to the darkside' for a few years I recently returned and was feeling a little lost in anything except story (which is and has always been my main content anyway) But watching this and your other videos has helped me to fill in the blanks knowledge wise.. I dropped off the story a little after the start of the 'Return of Malgus' arc as felt burned out from non stop playing and fell into things like ESO during that time instead but it never had that one thing i craved from SWTOR which was the feeling you were in a story.. needless to say coming back to swtor older and now wiser is quite refreshing, even if a little like playing catch up sometimes on the various classes.. Needless to say after doing the 4th full run of the same story regardless of Imperial or Republic it has slowed things But it actually feels good to be back in this universe again despite what troubles the makers have had and despite a few questionable game choices like the removal of voice acting at places in place of those dialogue pickers.. I missed the reason they did that when looking what was new.. Not sure why so many have said that swtor is over, doomed etc etc because as far as i can tell from this video and from my own return experiences, The game feels very much alive and as enjoyable as ever even if a slight step down from what we had during KOTFE which i dont think will ever be beaten..

Finally jumped back in after 8yr hiatus to the Shae Viz APAC server. I feel like a newbie, so much has been changed since I last played.

Wonderful!! Can't wait for all this cool new stuff to do! I have been speeding through reputations and datacrons so this was perfect timing!

Just redownloaded an hour ago, thanks for the info!

The new companion pet looks cool. I need to get to that part of the story to so I can start it.

1 year between each update is crazy tho, not even expansion but story update. by the time each update comes, i've forgotten what happened in the last one.

'Rista: As always, your videos (and guides) are great. Thank you for this succinct breakdown.

you're awesome Swtorita! i love you dedication and your love for the game. its contagious! =) from just a casual player.....all the best! cheers

Looks like I'll be returning for the summer once more! I just wish they wouldn't ALWAYS butcher CM items based on concept art.

9:25 is that new hair too? If so, it looks good. We need more character customization.

Thanks for the video. I don't use social media much, but If I could suggest any easy changes to SWTOR that could mean a world of difference I would recommend two things. 1) Let us drag companion summoning onto our toolbar or choose a "favorites" "summon random favorite" with an ability for that in our legacy we can put on our toolbar. Looking through the 500 companions we have is awful. 2) This is a graphical addition WoW has. When in raids or pvp have a separate graphic settings available. I turn shadows off when I pvp to get much higher performance and others with more limited setups even have to turn shaders down, vegetation etc. I think both these easy to implement options would be a huge quality of life increase.

This is cute and all, but if they really want to do something for pvp: 1. New warzone 2. New arena 3. Bring back the leaderbord!!!! You basically have to beg people to enter pvp anymore (outside of some very dedicated guilds).

Daaaamn I get to have a Basilik Doggie, I'll have to save up again for subscription

thank you for the video

After seeing all the cool Mandalorian armours from the cartel market I am back to the game. Need to make a Twi Lek mando now xD

After 7.3, Voss became super laggy for me, as well as looking worse. If that happens to Hutta too then I'm done.

My Mandalore The Ultimate costume and Basilisk droid companion combo bout to go crazy

Headwear / robes should have options to toggle their positions. Cannot wait to tempt the wayward Twilek just like I did with Jaesa 😜

after the inital origin stories do those events have any effect on the future releases in dlc content or what not or are they just self contain story? also could be the same question the post origin story the only thing that matters is light side/dark side or does empire/republic side matter?

Can someone helped me with the launcher problem it says “ an error has occurred “

Time for me to come back to this game since stopping in 2014.

Thank you very much for the video, Swtorista: it`s informative, interesting, and on the personal note - I really like your voice. ) Okay, now I have a few thoughts on the future of our favorite game, please let me know what you think as well. As I see it, the 'hints' the devs said they`d been leaving clearly lead us towards the life support SWTOR is going to get put on. But, it might actually be a good thing, if what I think comes true: you see, all the talks about Darth Nul and her ability to see the Force and all the hidden potential in everyone, combined with that cathar girl we`ve met on Ord Manetel, who could all of a sudden use the Force as well as fire a gun... I`d think, that story-wise, Heta will be able to build this machine of hers, and it will most likely work as the Mass Effect 3 Crucible: the mighty wave across the galaxy, that 'unlocks' everyone`s hidden Force Powers or other skills. Thus it may give us actual ability to make cross-classes, using both Tech and Force powers, different weapons, eventually and ultimately making our on unique characters and builds. It all fits in their early statements on 'playing the way you want'. That said, I believe the devs will still leave 'pure' classes as they are - for PVP and other content, hence they will surely be stronger than the mixed ones, simply by having rotations and built-in bonuses. So you could chose to create the old-style character, or the 'awakened' one. And all the imbalance it might bring will easily be smoothed out by the facts that as I`ve said pure classes would still be better or the new, mixed ones, or would simply not be alllowed into PVP. To my mind, that would be very good idea and it will hook more players to the game, be it not having new content, but letting us almost endlessly create our own unique builds everyone`s been asking for a decade: like a Jedi with a gun, or a melee Tech class and whatnot. Anyways, I sure hope I`m right - and I`m already gathering cool armor and weapons for my (possible) future chars. Let me know, what you think, and once again - thank you for all your wonderful content. Youar Academy series is really well done and is pure joy to watch. )

I'm still dying for them to FINALLY add some new Zabrak character customization options... x-x

Cant wait

Thank you for the in-depth update. I don't know if I'm dreading or looking forward to training my basilisk, and especially doing it over multiple characters.

Finally they update the story.

so malgus flashpoint is finally fixed ?

Hey, question for you guy when it comes to gearing or making credits, is crafting worth it in this game? I’m a new player basically, have not played in years.

Thank you so much for your work and dedication to a game we all love.

still no new customizations for twi'leks or zabraks 💀

This story isn't new if you played the og version years ago on pc, since this is just a remastered version of that game

The dark side calls

Is everything meant to be green?

Dam I miss this game not played for like a year and half cuz my PC can’t run it anymore.

Few years ago I’ve finished with great effort a Makeb’s story on my main. I have no way to avoid story spoilers in this game. 😂

what is it going to take to finally kill that roach Malgus!?

I just want an legacy title for Imperial AND Republic Squad Commander...I had to play for hours with that Houk who's name doesn't deserve to be remembered.

And when do i come in all of this?

I hope the Hidden Chain storyline ends soon.

at 9:47 does anyone know what this chest piece is? from that distance it reminds me a lot of Anakin's clone wars gear!

I have been away from the game for quiet some time. I am a founder if that tells you how long Ive been with the community but sadly I dont keep up as much as I should. Is the lore that is going on in game is it considered canon or are the things that happen in game considered legends?

these main storylines aren’t FOMO’d for each update like Destiny, i hope?

As a pvper adding adrenals and medpacs to the pvp reward track is a huge "F U we dont care about adding actual rewards". Like really? I have 3000 adrenals and medpacs in my inventory.

Here's hoping Broadsword are working towards a big graphical update. The vanilla character models are looking way out of date and inconsistent against the new story npc characters. It's been happening since KotET with newer characters looking a lot more detailed in realism. And now with Sa'har, compare her to Vette and they look like they're from different universes. If say Update 8.0 gives us character models update Broadsword will have put they own stamp on the game in a big way.

Can you make me a live-action version of the Old Republic Trooper?

"will include additional Medpak and Adrenals; gross" lol

how short is it gonna be? lol

Sounds like the game is going strong. Very nice to hear. Recently lost a large chunk of my characters in Rift when they merged older servers, but didn't forcibly move characters. If you didn't transfer them manually, they weren't moved. Learned about the mergers a few weeks after they actually concluded. RIP my Rift experience. Gamigo did something similar with Archeage, and again lost my characters there. I suppose it's the inevitable end of all MMOs, but still feels incredibly bad when it happens.

can I make her a sith? Always like sith warrior and inquisitor story line

Can we PLEASE, for the love of the Force have more STORAGE!! Just saying 😊

Got to love swtor's idea of spring, which is at best late spring/early summer. Also not blown away by anything we're getting, the only thing I was interested in requires getting a character through the really boring recent game story (i kind of checked out after slogging through manan and the awful gameplay of fighting the same enemy over and over and over again with zero variety). And then having to do things on the new dailies. I'll probably try the new event but I doubt it's something I'll come back to much. Although if it's not a nightsister themed Halloween event I doubt I'll be that interested. It also doesn't help that the current dantooine event is the only one I've never completed and thus just seems like more of the same rewards wise. New pvp rewards are disappointing yet again, guess I'll just stick to the old ranked ones, cause the new rewards are just boring (especially in comparison). I don't think I've ever finished a pvp season cause it's just not worth the effort. Nightlife wise, meh, I guess the 9ne new reward is cool but we'll probably just keep getting that mountbwe all have 100 of again (I literally throw them away now and i wish they'd either remove them or lower the drop rate). Story wise I'm glad that it's kind of moving forward I guess. I just wished that they had done one or the other, what we have just feels like a m8x of three completely different ideas ands as such none of them have been properly explored or focused on. I guess the graphics thing is good but I always put graphics last over gameplay, story and features. Not the worst update but since 7.0 I've found everything disappointing and I'm starting to no longer hopebthe game will get back to it's good updates and just feel meh about every new update and just keep doing the stuff I normally do 8n the game.

The old hutta looked way better lol

Swtorista do you think that new classes/storylines will be added on top of the eight we have?

Wish they’ll just add this game on console man

Ty Ty Tyvm for all you do...😇

It's been a bit since I played ALL the early game for the different factions/classes, is Nemro still around? SPOILERS- I know Fathra is killed during Chapter 3 of the Agent Story.

Long gone are the days of good class, even shared, stories. Long gone are the days people gave a shit.

the constantly need to redo our gear again and again, it'll happen again in the future, killed the game for me after last years update with the mandalorians. i just cant do it anymore.

Hello there lol

It hurts me to see how little content we get compared to an mmo like ESO. I know swtor doesn’t have as big of a player count as other mmo’s but cmon

As long as we don’t end up on Voss again. Imagine defeating the Emperor, just to have 3 Voss mystics tell you to sweep a cantina so that they can tell you about a threat to the galaxy…and then they still tell you nothing.

Great video! Now my only question is - Can we romance Sahar?

i really like the new companions Rivix,Arn, Anri. Sa'har is so cute she is so little ☺️ i think she is even shorter than Lana... whatever my Jedi will be a great master for her and my BH is kinda exited to know her better and if she is a good girl she can joyn the alliance what i hope so.

I can't help but continuously making smuggler characters, and playing them till they get their ship but. And just keep play multi player missions.

So SWTOR has turned into a kind of The Sims and Farmville...

The story element to the game was the initial draw. Your story was different depending upon your role, so your replays in different roles gave you a bigger story. When they dumped that in the Revan Resurrected storyline, it diminished the scope of the game. The Eternal Throne campaigns are almost impossible to get through more than once. When they brought back Malgus, it was a mess. This current one is all over the place. There needs to be a return to giving better endgame content. The OPS need to be completely redone in terms of level and difficulty options and balance that with the rewards (gear) to make it more accessible to more people. My guilds have DIED and I cannot run OPs anymore because more often than not, pick-up groups and/or the matchmaker is a mess.

this might be the best update in the history of swtor.

listening all these updates I regret every cent I put to the game :)

they need to return the focus to the player character and the galactic war not these terrible side characters.

I'm 4th

Ty, Swtorista, for blocking me on X for my first comment ever and that i did only to answer what you asked. 👍

I would have loved to watch this on a sunday

I'm still here begging for an Eopie. I'm tired of their modern show/story stuff with nothing from the classics. So tired that I'm considered unsubbing after the update. Never thought I'd want to do that. 😞You'd think TPM anniversary would've inspired them but noooo. I do like the basilk though. And I hope those dailies are finally available to all characters, not just end game.

Legacy of the Who TF Knows

????? this is the game in 2024????? Looks like it did back in 2012.

They made the Hutta skybox worse

still waiting for the day where a cool sith armor releases, that has a non buggy cape , a hood and some actual armor instead of just robes.

Game died after killing owpvp

Everything still looks like plastic. Why is is so hard after 13+ years to work on the engine and make everything look better?

I found that the content that our character doesn't voice act is very boring honestly. I wish they wouldn't have done that.

Sigh, just imagine this in unreal 5, I have to admit after playing Warframe for now 13 years has spoiled me when it comes to graphics so it's basically the yardstick I use when I choose a game to play. I really did try to play SWTOR and it does have an amazing story but the saying "lipstick on a pig" kept drilling into my head and the 1990 graphics just overrode everything else, but that's just my personal taste. I'm hoping someday there will be a Star Wars game that has a story as good as SWTOR and graphics as good as Warframe or Dragons Dogma 2.

So let me get this straight Still no CO-OP enhancement for the entire game's story Still no graphic engine upgrades, just useless "modernisation" AKA lazy, turtle pace remake of visuals in very specific areas neglected for a decade Still no increase in story content per release which has become nothing more than a handful of short and annoying missions with a few new sets and new raid per "major update" Lame as hell looks like the game is still shit for now That new studio handling business seems to not have changed anything at all

Im looking the video in background and i cant stop thinking... Why they made a 3d model like Sa'har, and then not reworking the shit modeling of a 20 years old game of the player character XD. Its like have two games in one, one old and the other new XD

If I wanted to play WoW, I will play WoW. StarWars fans are story driven. Easter egg hunts and seasonal "missions" (Minus Life Day) do not interest us. I'm not attacking you. I just hope we do not continue on this path. This is my opinion, I do not speak for everyone.

Bored, bored, bored and bored. Oh look another companion like we don't have far to meny already. No new fp's and no new ops at point the games just not worth the sub.

These graphics are sooooo dated..

What to expect? More disappointment.

Pies. farming. comp training....ALL to cover lack of real content. How long will the story update be? Im guessin less than an hour. Gettin harder and harder to justifiy continuing a sub. Is this SWTOR or WOW??

I hope they get more intense and less cringe. This video game stuff has been going downhill. Please make badasses again.

10 mins of story… no new ops in 2 years game is a glorified cash shop now. Sad Hope they close the servers and put me out of my misery.

One of the worst patches in this game