
The Unofficial Star Wars the Old Republic Strategy Guide
increase in your travel speed. As long as
you're out of combat, you can jump on your
speeder and replace your walking boots
with a comfortable ride.
You'll be able to purchase an upgraded
speeder at level 40 and again at 50. Since
the speed boost between the level 40 and
50 speeders is minor and the cost can be
quite high, it's best if you skip it entirely
and wait until level 5o to upgrade.
Ships
Rather than a set level to get your ship,
you'll receive it when you reach your capital
planet and complete a quest, so around
level 15 for most players. These ships will
act not only as transport between planets,
they also allow you to participate in space
combat. This is an on-rails optional
shooting game that is available to you and
as you improve your ship through
purchased components, you improve your
overall power.
The ship can also act as a hub for all
your companions, setting them to various
crafting tasks. There are 6 ship models
which are linked to each individual class,
though Jedi Knights and Consular's share
one type and Sith Warriors and Inquisitors
share another.
Space Combat is an on-rails shooter type
of event, similar to the Rogue Squadron
games a few years ago. You can't move off
the path though, only around the limited
screen in front of you. In order to avoid
fire, you'll need to do barrel rolls. Still,
there are a dozen missions that increase in
difficulty as you increase in level and in
order to take on the tougher ones, you will
need to purchase ship upgrades. You can
find these on any planet past your capital
planet and it only costs credits to improve.
Completing a Space Combat mission
rewards some minor experience and some
Fleet Commendations, which can be
exchanged for some high quality ship
components.
Space Combat is completely optional
and you can complete the game without
ever upgrading your ship. Still, at level 50
it's quite a lot of fun to blow up some other
ships!
Combat
Combat in TOR is similar to other MMOs
in that you have a skill bar, a resource set
and auto-targetting of your attacks when
you have an enemy selected. It differs in
that nearly all combat is done against
groups of enemies and if you see a lone
one, you can bet that it's a lot tougher than
normal. You'll sometimes see Heroic and
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