There are actually some heavy consequences depending on your choice, so don't take it lightly. So my first advice is to make some room in your mission log, visit the terminal every day, but don't bother with actually doing the dailies every day . Ashara's a lifetime student of the Jedi and her comments are mirrored by others. I am not going to hang them out to dry now! These Walkers are in the open world, so any other player can see you piloting it :). Or did you just go what you feelt was easier or just becuse you were a trooper or a jedi and must go republic? This is the choice that will be remembered in future storylines. At the time of writing this Guide the requirements for the Walker are 14,000 Credits and 200 Iokath Shards. But why would you want to grind them? bw makes sure there up front and in your face. There are 2 emitters located right in the first area of the instance. Their brains are exhausted by doing this. How do we know its gonna work as intendeded? Republic. "Look! A major Republic figure, on the other hand, tried to assassinate my Commander and their leaders did not condemn that action (you get that email telling you that the Republic leaders are publicly bashing you for what you did to Saresh). * 3rd run with my Revanite Juggernaut (balanced light/dark choices) sides with the Empire, butchers Quinn in the most painful way. I too dislike Disney, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is to me extremely blunt and boring. Alzo, Czerka and Bounty Hunter once a month). Though if she did not do this and wait and tell the outlander later at some point then the allaiance would proably be several steps behind the republic that acted fastest than any faction on this information but by meeting unexpected resistance slowed them down. Well fair is fair, if Im hating Disney (although I would say that Im simply bitter about losing potential of the universe ) this site has lots of Bioware haters. SWTOR War for Iokath - Elara Dorne & Malcom Disappointed that Trooper Sided with the Sith Empire Play SWTOR for Free: http://www.swtor.com/r/BlQhmZ Follow . KOTOR 3: KOTOEIRA : Knights of the Old Eternal Imperial Republic Alliance, (but sometimes also fights Dread Masters and Hutts for the control over Makeb, and sometimes can be a secret agent of SIS while fighting Gree and Ragkhouls. I think you've brought up two more really good points here. There is no possible way that your Alliance is much larger than either of the Republic or Empire. I also find Malcom very off-putting. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1dc9e4486ab0e0adb6345d571cbf12cd887c4e36c8cc7726db4a2a38868ff568.gif. As we mentioned in our PvP post last week, and on our original 5.2 livestream, when you arrive on Iokath you will be able to choose which Faction you want to side with in the War . I wouldn't say Scourge "changes sides" at all. They are complacent, all while pretending there's no slavery. This mission takes place south from your Factions Base, in the Iokath Expanse area. Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR), Guild Wars 2 (GW2) and Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) are currently covered. At best, youd be entertaining the idea of working with both and not alienating one side or the other because it makes you look weaker given youre the leading power of the both of them. So if I side with acina and I'm not a sith warriorI end up with him tagging along . If you leave Iokath you are an imperial again and your friend is no longer able to do stuff with you. For the purposes of this guide, despite what you might read written in Aurebesh on top of the entrances to the Republic and Imperial bases, we will accept the 4 standard directions according to the map north is pointing up, south is pointing down on the map and minimap. Which means that you will be able to group and do dailies with the players of the faction that you CHOSE on IOKATH. They are all in the middle portion of the Iokath Expanse and you can find nodes both up on the ramps as well as on the ground floor, where all the spider droids are. It would be only logical to try and take your side, in order to destroy another faction. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4c48aa662624caa8fd92a8bc9e18057442a50c26b0cfaa554d89334199778fe5.jpg, Your boss looks like his parents emigrated from The Sims. The video below will show you the contents of the vendors as of December 2017. Looking at the Republic as the faction to support peacekeeping is a bit short-sighted IMHO. 2023 MMO Guides, Walkthroughs and News. I agree on the money, but I feel the story has been hurting since Ziost. So I wont be surprised if SW universe will soon turn into fairytale about good vs evil. Below is an in-depth look and guide to each one of the Daily Missions. Should've been a third option to stay neutral on it all and keep them both off the world under your territory really. Just thought I'd throw that in there on top of the stuff you already mentioned! SWTOR Choosing a Faction on Iokath. Yes loreman may be between death and prision but its same for saresh or even worse since either she gets killed by the outlander and we get **** from the republic or she spare her so she "lose" republic backing mostly becuse they used her as a scapegoat since she failed with her plan on taking over the allaince by any means. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. I always side with the Empire. That wont happen anymore so the closest thing is joining the pubs. It involves killing a giant droid, located in the Iokath Expanse area. When it shields up and the 2 additional droids spawn, look around the area there are sphere nodes around the wall on the entrance side. Jace Malcom pretty much says he's in it for what the Republic can get. Sith Empire is not a peacekeeping type of government and never will be. . The entrance is at the north-east corner on the Alliance Base the same area where Disarm and Subverting the Tower Droids missions are. 4th run is my run, too! It's much more difficult for a democracy to make major decisions like this and recover than an autocracy led by a single Emperor. This is just ridiculous! SWTOR Solo Story Order Guide. New episodes will release every Wednesday. Your objective is to mount a turret and kill enemies of your faction. Lets start by talking about how the Faction choice works mechanically. Iokath is an ancient planet that is entirely run by droids, but has become a point of interest for both factions as they seek to shift the balance of power away from the eternal throne. They're worse than the Empire in every way. You are a neutral faction in the mix. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Stoners, so high and so lit, he could use the Force to influence the marijuana to createblunts. Yhea for me it feels like Malcolm didnt want to help out against the emperor just becuse he thought or even hoped both the allaiance and the empire would fail in thier quest. #4 skill is an immunity shield on a long cooldown. Just when Disney did ANYTHING for SW universe? was a fucking map so damn necesary? Were supposed to be neutral. Why is a good question and then come to appeal to the outlander that the republic deserve the super weapon and the empire would just use it to kill everyone, hell the rep would just do that if they got thier hands on it since they want to wipe the hole empire and the sith. "You can move a pebble and nothing more? Once you side with the Republic or the Empire, you cannot resign and join the other faction until the reset on the next day and you need to complete or abandon all missions you have picked up. And both Rebels and Rogue One are post Disney-acquisition. Ah come on, they cant think about everything. Just Hutt ones. That would be one of the stupidest written decision choices ever. Earlier, it sounded like we were choosing between three factions including the Alliance but now, only the Republic and Empire is being discussed. He had such a knowledge of the Lit Side, he could even keep the ones he cared aboutfrom being caught by the police. This mission can be completed anywhere in the Iokath Daily Area, including other instances. I think you missed the entire point of why you built this allaince. One of the first quests in Coruscant is helping a guy who thinks his wife has been kidnapped and sold into prostitution. It all will depend on how itll be made ( since it can be made reasonable, remember final choice of DA2?). 5. Its stupid that we have to make that choice at all. The K2-8 Droid is willing to exchange crafting materials for Power Shards. Id like to choose the alliance I created and not one of those other lesser factions please. and if we(players) have the choice to stay neutral and watch them fight, they would be too busy to fight each other than joining force to fight us(player). And Rebels has been bringing back some of the better parts. I hate Quinn, but for my Sith Warriors it's easy enough to make him go away. I'm retiring from this debate after this comment, because if one is inclined to believe the Jedi and Republic are as pure as driven snow and the Sith and Empire are somehow much worse, I guess one will. The Walker has a number of abilities for you to enjoy. I don't trust for a moment that the Republic would not screw me over, because they already have. Unless it's illegal and under the Rep's nose. Otherwise you cant survive. So I joined the republic to fight against the Sith learn Intel about the republic then stab them in the back when the time comes. The Republic also actively takes the stance that they will support and appease the Eternal Throne because it will benefit them (you get another email saying just that). Lorman may have an official title, but he's always been a deceptive little worm, going all the way back to "Annihilation" and his dealings with the Ascendant Spear. Like even acinas "transgression" hell the outlander didnt tell her as an "ally" that it might be a super weapon on iokath. The evacuation and destruction of Kamino at the end of The Bad Batch 's first season marked the tragic closing of a major chapter in the Clone Wars. Then it is proably better to stay with the faction that actually is willing to work with you from the start. Weeklies resets on Tuesday. So, you built a new, better and stronger faction. Iokath is a ZONE where your faction becomes the one you chose. Genre: Science-Fiction, Action-Adventure. The difference between both films is clearly seen, but sadly Rogue One is just a filler movie and its director wont be on EPVIII nor EP IX to fix fuking Abrams bullshit excuse of star wars. I say faction matters not. They also ran a prison on Belsavis that imprisoned the children and grandchildren of criminals - people who had done nothing wrong but were being kept in jail for life because of something their parents did. Your alliance created by exiles and defectors from the both sides. The Iokath Daily Area was introduced with SWTOR Game Update 5.2. Clone Wars was not in the Disney era (apart from the last season, which was still developed solely under Filoni and his crew) and that show, along with Rebels, were fully under the supervision of the awesome Dave Filoni. This will disable the shields on the 2 droids on the left and right. Good effort, but no amount of spin is going to make this a coherent story at this point. Disney should be proud! My Jedi consular LS was siding with Acina . Its EA and Bioware behind SW: TOR, if you didnt already know, lol. Why Alliance even forced to ally with Imps or pubs? She also seems much more reasonable and thoughtful than Malcom. SWTOR Patch 5.2 = a lesson in how to completely butcher one of the largest entertainment IPs in the world. The real question is, what type of Alliance does the PC run and which side fits it closer. Actually they have aliens working everywhere from the military to the Imperial Science Service, very actively. So Acina is more valubale than Malcom also if the outlander get the choise to be able to change the empire ways then maybe there will be improvment and even a better peace treaty that benefits both side alot. By Frankly, about 85% of the EU is no big loss. [toc] New Arcann Customization These customizations can be purchased form the Light/Dark sider vendors on the fleet. The Republic suffered a period of political stagnation and corruption due to one person, who is now gone. She has actually run away, but the premise is that she was captured and taken as a slave, and the local law enforcement shrugs about it. Also, the betrayal of the Commander was done by both the Republic ex-Official (Saresh was out of office) and a current Empire Official (Lowman is a Minister of the Empire). Which is about how I feel in this game anymore. https://xaeus.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/epic-you-have-been-deceived-the-jedi-are-evil/, https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af02b27a942c8f13583c906d22843b8019bb5054599dbb3fc62471a6a8847263.gif. SWTOR Iokath Story and Dailies Guide. Book of the Jedi, for one thing. Sorry, I dont see it. Also, as for how the Jedi operate, lets notice a few things with that. Well, you're still going, you just won't last long.". People still blame Disney? it should be about a group of rebels taking a serious war aganist the empire, butchering stormtroopers with sabers and opening holes on everyone else with a blaster not just playing wrestling with them. Yes. But from my Commanders' perspectives, the Empire stuck their neck out and very actively supported the Alliance during their battle with Vaylin's forces, and that means something. I feel you may be giving them to much credit, would be nice, hopefully you are right. I dont give them too much credit, and I am well aware of why alliance was built. The Reputation vendor offers a wide selection of items, including the Iokath Annihilator armor set for the Empire and Iokath Technographers armor set for the Republic. and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Disney, LucasArts, BioWare, or Electronic Arts. These materials are often very valuable, as they can craft valuable items or high-level equipment. There was a teaser of you and Theron returning to Iokath and the Eternal Fleet resets again. Deactivated your entire fleet from the planets surface. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Background Thousands of years before the events of Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massive sphere - later dubbed Iokath - was constructed around an undersized and unremarkable star for maximizing solar energy across the "planet". Minimal problems with continuity, which were to be expected. Your alliances only duty was to bring down arcann and vaylin. You need 50 of those. What book is this in? My Agent sided with Republic because even though she is loyal to the Empire, during her Story line given my options I felt that the Sith wanted to take her out of the picture. Urgh. Just where did you find that? "You've got the force ability! The Empire and the Republic have changed since you last worked for them, and the Empire actively helped you against Valin while the Republic quietly sided with the Eternal Throne (according to a report sent by Theron, I think). Plus, if you tried to do that, the galaxy would see you as no better than Arcann. * 5th and probably the last run, my I dont care anything but the money Gunslinger goes in, she sides with the Empire, because she heard that the Empire pays better than the Republic. It's not that Jedi were trained to kill Sith on sight, it's that some of them said "I don't trust sith and **** em all." You have to navigate over to the other factions area, just outside of their base, find a Walker and Self-Destruct on it to complete the mission. Romances Quinn, romances Acina, romances the guy at the corner, romances that badass Pureblood Sith lord in the cantina and his Twilek slave too gets her credits and moves the hell out of Iokath. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together. They put the retarded JJAbrams in charge of the movies and lets not start with the stupid movies cuz theres a whole lot of shit to talk about them. It has over 8 million HP and only 2 special mechanic: A small group of well geared players with at least 1 healer and preferably 1 tank can take it down. All my characters will side with the Republic simply because they hate Sith Ideology, even my warrior who I play as a guy with a more maverick sense of Jedi morals. Thats Eaware consistency for you, and lets better not talk about non-force users. My characters tend to side with the Empire, even Jedifor the reasons that you already mentioned. As for Scourge, he helps the Jedi Knight because it furthers his goal of defeating the Emperor. Star Wars has had numerous multimedia projects over the years, with 10 being the most important in the franchise's history. Regardless, though, having to deal with Republic and Imperial relations is something that had to happen sooner or later. Of course we can already tell that someone is orchestrating all of this from the shadows. Once again, like with the Walker mission, you can do other missions in the open world while piloting the Monitor. Well I wish that EA wouldnt just grabbing money or at least let Bioware have more time on experimenting with methods, simply doing their job, but I think BW still make wonderful story. Imperial victory. it's a standard part of Jedi lore. Bondite. Unfortunately, he taught his friend everything he knew. Empire Item: Republic Item: Reputation Requirement: Cost: Iokath Z1 Speeder . This is just one case of it and worth the complaint. As for Acina, I hope I get to betray her just like she tried to do the alliance. Star Wars:. MMO guide writer and blogger. Which means that you will be able to group and do dailies with the players of the faction that you CHOSE on IOKATH. You have to disarm the laser 4 emitters. Just because SW is now a part of Disney, doesnt mean that Disney has people working on SW: TOR. Musco makes it clear that you cannot cross faction outside Iokath.Warzone queves are not part of the Iokath Faction thingy. Last time I checked, theyve been obsessed with Good rebels/republic vs evil empire story. So. Also diffrence between him and saresh is that he do not have support, no one respect him they only put him there becuse they thought he would be to scared to go against acina or betray her also he have no real power over the empire he is just a face. Point being, again, the Empire and Republic aren't different. Be careful, though, as you would need to purchase another one at the terminal again to finish the mission if you havent. I want my waifu back. Using this terminal does not override your story choice, but it does allow you to join your friends and play the opposite sides daily missions if you so choose. Even if the rep side look all shine and glam it have way to many skeletons in the closet at least the empire is open with thiers. A better, stronger alliance that could get the job done and they sided with you doing the story. Thats it, with all your precious fleet, you dont have required manpower to oppose both Republic and Empire at the same time. 1. Could anyone had asked some questions that would really matter like: Your choice determines which companion sides with you as well? Disney isnt any different from EA in this case they both just distribute products. Yhea rakghouls are not good but there will be good casulties from a group that might prove to be good allies and that the evolved form, the neckghouls that have become its own race intellegent and have as much peronality as any other race, also most of them can use the force. So you are saying she is really a Skywalker? Ironic. When you arrive at Iokath, you are FORCED to take sides, because whatever or whoever 1-3 were lacking any emotion, subtlety, nuance, good writing, continuityetc. Both of the old factions would do all they can to butter you up at this point and there is no reason you would side with just one of them when both have members in your faction. Cham Syndulla is another not good guy. You dont just stay neutral. Youre on a world of common interest. Beat them both and control them both. Well, what if its a Friday and I was kind of tired but really wanted ice cream so I ran out to get some while wearing my wifes Crocs? Tyth and the rest of the Operation are just a part of normal play, so your standard faction is what dictates your group as normal. Also, if you dont complete a mission on the day you have picked it up, you may not be able to do so until the next time it becomes available on the terminal. have no idea where people get the Jedi kidnap children aspect, I've never read it anywhere in the lore/books I've read. The 5th location is far to the south. But i still think nither side is dark or light since both are corrupted in thier own way and have thier own structure that make everything work. Iokath is a ZONE where your faction becomes the one you chose. Yeah, history has heard that before. Also, whatever the faults of the Sith Empire are -corruption, cruelty, slavery - all those things exist in the Republic too. So yhea the empire have the abillity to change that proably what they want but most of them just do not know how and they need the push from someone to show them a way to that goal. There are dozens of Datacrons spread across both the Republic and Empire factions in SWTOR. A conceptual clusterfuck really. Aslo you cant deny the humor on the comments they give if a sith joins the republic and a jedi join the empire its kinda fun in it own way. I'm playing a LS smuggler (my main, and my first run through Iokath) and I chose the Empire because at *first* i was thinking that since they'd came to our aid during Voss, and become the Alliance's ally, they were the right choice . His passion for video games as well as his love for all things Star Wars are reflected in his news and in-depth guides available here! Hello I have a question and other people opinion on this, there are proably a bunch of these threads already so sorry for this in andvance and on my spelling/grammar. Which, let's be fair, is a well deserved first thought to go with when it comes to Sith. . Insulating Flux. Okay, why exactly I am wrong? The writing could have been better when it comes to dialogue, but the story was complex and interesting, containing many hidden allusions to our own reality. I don't recall slavery being active in Republic controlled worlds. They then . Does he kill Empire soldiers in service to the Knight? We respect your privacy. Sure, they retained their own individuality but sided with you because your alliance is now the top. The Republic on the other hand just seems to think they're awesome and toe the old status quo. Seventh episode is a simple copy of fourth episode with only more cool graphics. As for the Empire's more aliens in poweryeahif they have force powers. Episode 1 "Spoils of War". You say it wont have any impact beyond Iokath, but it will impact future story contentis that future content still restricted only to Iokath or could it spread beyond that? F bw is getting worse and worse at this by the day. It could be Jace Malcom, but it could also be Empress Acina. So faction switchers are stuck on the wrong gen chat, brilliant. Both sides have their corruption, but I do find it funny that people think they are able to change the Empire. So if you do queve for a warzone in a cross F group on Iokath, you will most likely get a warning, or you will be unable to queve, or it will delete your character and sacrifice it to the deleted gods. There should have been a third option the obvious option: side with Zakuul and blast BOTH the Republic and Empire. My Characters respect people like Marr, Acina, Overseer Trenwell, etc. It sucked that we had to make a choice , it sucked that we had to deal with it at all . Each Datacron you collect permanently boosts the stats of every character you have, including new characters. While saresh she was respected, have support from diffrent important ppl and she had/have alot of power. So then , I'm given a choice to side with Mr Buttfugly Malcolm that I'm supposed to know and care who he is..Yurk..no thanx . Episode 3 had so much sadness in it, Padme died of it. bs if the eternal fleet is not strong enough why would both rep and imp surrender at the first place when the ghost emperor started the war Even before the release of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, Star Wars was already expanding through tie-in media, starting with Alan Dean Foster's 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye.After the original trilogy's conclusion, Star Wars expanded to full-scale multimedia . The mission is in an instance, which stats at he Docking Ring area. The starting point is right in the Republic Iokath Base, a little to the north from the Daily Missions Terminal. As we mentioned in our PvP post last week, and on our original 5.2 livestream, when you arrive on Iokath you will be able to choose which Faction you want to side with in the War for Iokath. Just like todays world oppressors do with political parties while giving meatbags the illusion of choice. Their parents have no rights to ever see or contact them again, and the kids know nothing other than what they've been brainwashed by the Jedi to believe. If any of your abilities are not functioning properly during or after this mission, reset your UI (default: CTRL+U). First one is a Droid that offers consumables for Credits + Iokath Power Shards (the ones that drop from mobs and as mission rewards). Actually I think you missed the point of the entire reason you built your own alliance. PS, that was sincere. They dumped the entire expanded universe, 30 years of stories and carefully structured material that used to make star wars an actual universe, just so they could replace anything they wanted with their shitty concepts and explanations about everything that already had one and was well recieved. The terminals that you need to interact with are many, spread all over the place and re-spawn quite fast. If you are just beginning your adventure in Star Wars: The Old Republic, you may realize that there is an incredible amount of quests available in the game, and a vast range of story and lore for you to explore. One sees that with people like Darth Marr, and Acina comes right out and says she's trying to drastically improve the Empire. When then later the outlander shows him the opposite result he was believing would happen he goes like yhea dude hey join the republic?thus I do not like how he littrely left the outlander certainly if the outlander was of republic origin to die by the will of zaakhul. Izax, the Ultimate Devourer, was the chief deity of the pantheon, while the other members were his wife, Scyva, and their four children: Tyth, Aivela, Esne, and Nahut. * 2nd run, my main (Guardian) goes in, sides with the Republic of course, nothing extraordinary cuz hes your typical how can I help you? kind of guy, so yeah move along. Clicking on the big blue terminal will transform you into a Factory Remote Obelisk. At no point is he ever "Hoo-ah I'm a 'Pub now!". This time it's a post on choosing your faction on Iokath with patch 5.2. Each faction has their own Reputation for you to grind, so even if you have only one character, you will eventually have to do the missions for the other side if you want that Reputation. so what makes u think our toon with the same military power as arcann before cant take on both faction Cuz theres people who will want their traitor back or would want Elara back (or both) and still be able to sign for the oposite faction. They support the Eternal Throne, let's say that again. My SW chose the Republic. only some can overcome it but not all of them)) and that he should stop trying to kill everyone in the empire with a super weapon. The Jedi sprung him from Malestrom Prisom and the Republic and Jedi actively supported and protected the Foundry, which planned to kill 98% of Imperial citizens (the amount with any Sith heritage). But when I look at Acina she do not give me the impression that she wants to wipe out the hole republic but is open for a peace treaty as long she gains something from it just be it knowledge or resources that they will split evenly or exchange for something the republic want while Malcolm is like die die die empire.