Tips for Free-to-Play SWTOR Players
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- One of the nice things about Star Wars: The Old Republic is that you can try out the game as a free-to-play player without investing any money in to the game, and play all 8 class stories from levels 1- 50. Unfortunately, in return for the ability to play for free, SWTOR F2P players are penalized with restrictions in the game. This video is specifically for free-to-play players, and I’ll be going over tips and tricks on how to mitigate the effects of the free-to-play restrictions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:58 F2P Story & Quests
06:11 Credit Cap
09:26 Fashion on a Budget
10:22 Mounts on a Budget
10:34 Decorations on a Budget
11:06 Cartel Coins
12:00 Unlocks
15:44 Gearing at Level 50
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F2P Story & Quests - 00:58
Free-to-Play players only have a limited amount of story quests available to them - they basically have all the quests and storylines that were released with the launch of the game, but they don’t have access to the expansion storylines. While you play your class storyline from levdel 1-50 though, you’ll have the exact same amount of quests available as a subscriber would.
• Main Questline
• Exploratory Quests
• Repeatable Heroics
• Black Hole
• Solo Flashpoints
• Group Flashpoints
• 8 Class Stories, 2 Factions
• Achievements
• Warzones
• Galactic Starfigher
• Space Missions
• Roleplay
• Expansions (not F2P)
Credit Cap - 06:11
One of the biggest restrictions free-to-play players face are the Credits Restrictions. Free-to-play players are limited to only being able to hold a maximum of 200,000 credit - and credits they earn over that amount go into escrow, and won’t become available until they subscribe. A large majority of cosmetic armors, mounts, pets and decorations on the GTN are going to be out of reach for Free-to-play players.
• GTN Searching (limiting price and sorting by price)
• Legacy Bank
• Trade with other trustworthy players/friends
• Have friends buy you items
Fashion on a Budget - 09:26
Due to the free-to-play credit cap, it can be hard to buy good-looking armor for your characters.
• Adaptive Vendor
• Crafted Armor
• Low-level Armor
• Social Gear
Mounts on a Budget - 10:22
The mounts vendor in the Galactic Trade Market section of the fleet has mounts for as long as 8,000 credits, and there are 5 mounts within a free-to-play player’s credit limit,and htere's more on:
• Voss
• Tatooine
• Quesh
• Social Vendors
Decorations on a Budget - 10:34
Although most cartel market decorations will be outside of your 200,000 credit limit, there are many decorations that can be earned from other sources.
• Groupfinder Solo Decos
• Crafted Prefab Decorations
11:06 - Cartel Coins
Cartel Coins are normally earned by subscribing or can be purchased with real money, but can be earned for free.
• Security Key
• Achievements
Unlocks - 12:00
Some of the free-to-play restrictions can be removed with unlocks, while others are permanent. Here’s the unlocks I recommend saving up for.
• Referral Code (if you don't have a SWTOR account yet)
• Quickbar
• Personal Bank Unlock
• Inventory space, Legacy Bank tabs and personal bank tabs
• Unify Colors
• Hide Head Slot
• “Going Places” bundle for Rocket Boost
Gearing at Level 50
Gearing up as a free-to-play player is pretty tough - but there’s very little content in the game you will need “great gear” for. Players who want to gear up as free-to-play do it mostly for fun and personal prestige.
• Companions
• How to Gear Up
• Color Crystals
• Cheap Gren Mods
• Blue Mods
• Augments
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The maximum Credit Lvl is now 1 000 000
That's exactly what I need to get the damn Balcony in the Kaas city apartment. XD
@@christofferhougaard same
@@christofferhougaard but i ll never reach it caus i throw it out for other stuff 😅
@@Overload1312 Same! 😅
Dumb question : Is that limit for free to play or for preferred?
@@christofferhougaard uff i think free
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UPDATES FOR F2P GEAR
* Heroics: Heroic quests should give you unmoddable blue gear from lockboxes. These gear pieces can include the unbuyable relics, earpieces and implants, and even the armor pieces may be stronger than the moddable green gear listed above, with a gear rating of 132. (Untested)
* Fractured Armor: "I used to be a level 50 F2P player, and the highest rated gear available was the rating 148 blue prototype unmoddable gear, called the Fractured set. It's a big upgrade from the 122 rated green level 48 mods and the 132 rated level 48. They are usually very affordable (well under 200k creds)." - Michael Xu
You also mentioned in the video that there is "20" servers to play on. As we know that is no longer the case as we have merged servers now.
I think she may have meant 20 'characters' - 5 servers, 4 characters on each, so 20 altogether
Zen Potato Oh no, you just heard it wrong - 4:36
My apologise @swtorista - I did indeed hear it wrong. Thanks The Master Gaming Dude for correcting me.
I like it really much, that you even answer to all the Comments! Please never stop UA-cam, and always keep that gorgeous Voice :)
It just occured to me. Non-subscribers have a 25% surcharge from most vendors, so the cheap 8000 credit mounts are actually 10000 credits.
Aw, yeah, they probably do.
:(
You've been most helpful
*Vette aproves*
*T7 aproves*
**shock Vette**
@@lukepetzny6682 Lmfao!
@@lukepetzny6682 wouldn't have it any other way.
While a little outdated, this guide is an amazing tool and I genuinely love you for making it, since I am a very broke boy. I understand that it's to encourage people to support the game, but I almost feel like I'm being punished for not forking over money. Thank you so much for all of the information and the guide!
cheers!! Hoping to redo this one after we see what changes the next expansion brings! The biggest change in this vid so far is the credit cap is now 1 mill. Have fun in f2p!
@@Swtorista and the fact f2p players get rise of the hutt cartel and shadow of revan for free.
@@arthurpendragon8192 I want to give SWTOR a try for the story only since I enjoyed other Bioware games like Mass Effect or Dragon Age. Do you think I would be fine playing it as a free to play player if the story is all I care about and I have no plans to do PVP content
@@MarkoVuckovic32 Yes!
Heads up, Mako (the first bounty hunter companion) is OP. I tried to duel a player, but neither of us could out dps Mako’s healing (we both had her equipped) so we had to give up.
Haha! Mako vs Mako seems like a good duel.
Wow this video is 2 years before and you still reply to comments!
I’m new to this game and I’m a free to play player
Loving this game so far
Haha! Welcome to the game!
is free to play restricting to the point where you feel suffocated or is it actually pretty free reign?
@@GamerSix66 It's a Free reign until you reach higher levels...
I have a suggestion for the F2P level 50 gearing. When you complete heroic missions, you are rewarded with lock boxes, which contain gear for your character. These lockboxes go all the way to about level 60, from there you should be working towards picking up legendary gear etc. At level 50, the heroics drop Crystalline Lock Boxes, which has gear with a rating of 132. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it probably has higher stats than level 48 modded gear. Also, blue borderded heroic gear is much better over green bordered gear because it increases the bolster of your stats in PvP and Flashpoints (correct me if I'm wrong). So I would advise F2P players who have hit level 50 to do heroics and pick up this gear.
NB The lockboxes also drop relics, earpieces and implants
Awesome tip! I have added heroic gear to a pinned comment at the top of this video :)
Great, I hope the F2P players find it useful!
I just played for about 30 minutes and when, "Screw this, Take my money!"
Haha!
It was well worth it.
Haha i completet all my 4 Charakters (i'm not sure if you write this like that) before i subscribed for a month
@@Overload1312 Characters*
Subscribing's a great deal and even after you finish it you get privileges as Preferred Player.
Excellent overview for free to play players. I am a long time subscriber but I found this video well made and well written.
I played SWTOR a bit back in 2017, but never really got into it. Now I'm joining again with the intent of doing this seriously, and your videos have majorly helped me. May the Force bless you
Cheers have fun!
I played swtor some x years ago and saw it on steam today so i will dive back in and start from the beginning. Your Videos are super helpfull, defeinetly the go to Channel for Tips.
Thank you I’ve been playing for a couple years often on and still learned new stuff
Every time I do research for a video I learn something new too :D
Excellent video! Some have mentioned that F2P players now have a credit cap of 1000000.
A major correction is with the number of active characters available for F2P.
Old SWTOR: 2 characters per server, 4 max overall.
New SWTOR: 4 Active characters per server, 4 max overall. To use more characters, 1 or more existing characters have to be deactivated.
Note also: Characters on other servers do not sync with your Legacy.
Not included: There’s 1 slot to create a boosted L60 character. I have not used this option yet.
Keep the videos coming!
Yes some awesome updates since this video! :)
When I subbed to your channel you had just 20k subscribers, now I see that you have 30k subscibers.
I love to see a good channel reaching more popularity.
Keep up with the good work!
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It's been a crazy couple of months! Thank you! :)
Fantastic new video! Sweet to see a new upload and good timing because I'm having some friends try out this game! Awesome! :D
im sure this has already been posted somewhere. But the new cap for both sub players and free to play players, has been changed to 1,000,000 credits.
Yep! Awesome update!
Word? That's what's up!
I'm going to have to watch this all the way through, and that money cap struggle is real 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️.
I started playing 2 weeks ago and I have about 150 hours on the game at the moment and to anyone who's still quite new, don't worry if it doesn't feel like you're progressing a ton, just take in the story and enjoy yourself :))
Awesome! A new video! I'm glad to see that you're back! (:
Your channel is the best for information about all the stuff in Swtor. Love Your Videos!!!
Get the unlocks first. Like the artifact unlock, quickbar unlocks, inventory extensions. Also you should fill up ur escrow with credits and then carefully use the escrow withdraw cards when u have 200.000 in your inventory. They let you have more then 200k credits available at a time.
That was the way i was able to get full darth nihilus gear set as a free to play player years ago, which costed me a few millions and weeks of credits farming. And with the artifact unlock u can pretty much mod those cosmetic items with the mods from purple gear.
Btw, i stumbled upon this video just now, haven't played the game in years. Maybe some things have changed :)
I don't know why, but Swtorista sounds sorta like Vette at times. It's nice -- lots of character in her voice!
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Always appreciate your videos.... Thank You
Returning player and I just found your videos. You do a great job and they have been a great help. Well done!
Cheers!
Missed you swotorista! Please keep providing content!!!
As a new player this was extremely helpful! Thank you!
Finally ran into one of your videos again. It's good to hear your tutorials again. Ive been sub'd just fyi.
nice video, I played in Beta but never made it to 50, finally coming back to finish the class stories
Welcome back!
So helpful and informative! Amazing video!
Excellent video! I will be watching more of them this weekend :-)
Regarding f2p characters: I would recommend keeping them all on the same server.
This means that once you have used all 4 slots, delete a character to make a new one. Just choose the one you've had enough of.
Sell everything on your old toon before you delete it and buy gear you want your new toon to use, then put it to stronghold Legacy Bank.
Be sure to buy a 'Speeder piloting' from GTN so your new toon can start getting around faster from L10. Use remaining scraps for comp gifts and such.
If you pvp, make sure to spend all pvp currency at proper vendors, and put everything in Legacy Bank.
This way you get your legacy to max quick and can get a jumpstart with every new character. Also, if you're interested in completing achievements (I was a diehard achievement hunter..) you'll get a higher completion % if you keep all toons on same server.
I used to play this game for years, never subbed, did 99.99% of what you can do as f2p, and had a lot of fun.
There are some guides floating around for f2p, take a look at those (even if they're a bit dated). If you need any tips, ask away.
+Hendrick Lamar I had a really rough time finding F2P guides that are least up to date from 2 years ago, if you know of any I'd love to link them in the description. Thanks for sharing your personal f2p wisdom!
I think the one in swtor reddit is fine, your videos are the best though :)
LONG TIME NO VIDEO SWTORISTA! Missed all the tips and wonder of swtor!
This was so helpful, your voice is really soothing
I did not know about the 'Adaptive Armor' vendor on Fleet - that was major for me! (After all these years... and I'm still learning SWTOR.)
Great vid, I personally am a free to play player and I’ve been looking for a guide on what to do and how to gear myself, this video really helped
Cheers! Make sure to also check out Heroics, it was left out of this video guide :)
Thank you for making this video 🙏🏻
cheers!
Thank you for this, I totally forgot about the adaptive gear vendor
Very helpful thanks!!
Free to play players like myself can get a Stronghold. I recommend the Nar Shadda one as you can play Republic or Empire. The legacy bank can be used like a 'deposit' of sorts. Deposit extra credits into the bank but you DO have a withdraw limit. You can keep making credits and kind of circumvent the credit cap.
I'm a free-to-play player and I'm enjoying the heck out of the game so far! I'm already at level 19 and I just started playing 2 days ago :) I love your channel btw! And this video is super helpful
Welcome to the game Proud!
The og swtor grandmaster I started playing because of your videos so thank you swtorista
Yay your back I subbed to you while you were on your on your holiday break
HAPPY NEW YEAR HUN!!! Welcome back!!! I have missed you bunches!!! Hugsz!!
Happy 2018 Steven!
Thanks for this. I was really bummed out when I saw all the restriction I'm getting as a FTP player and almost decided to cancel my download of the game until I saw this vid. You really showed that FTP life can work, it's just much, much, MUCH harder to live with. Thanks for this tho. I'm really happy to see that it's not a absolute must to be subscribed forever
Awesome! Glad it helped you. I've been playing on a free to play account about an hour a week and I'm on hour 40 without too many issues :)
@@Swtorista Do you know if it's possible to remove the credit limit as a f2p?
Great video. As a new player, i want to thank you for sharing your knowlege :)
Welcome to the game! :)
I love this game so much. And your videos are super helpful
Hi its been a long time since you posted or am I being left out by youtube notifications . Your tip are helpful as always. Have Fun :D
I was away for work for a couple months :) Cheers!
more Inventory space:
1. you can deconstruct non-needed green or better items, and sell all non-needed items.
2. you can put your materials into the new crafts material inventory (patch 6.0)
3. you can mail your non-bound to you items to your other characters and back.
4. you can access Cargo Hold at Fleet, later on your spaceship
5. to access your Legacy Storage you need access to a stronghold/guildship, cheapest if you join any guild. No matter how you access it, your Legacy Storage is yours only.
6. It is possible to unlock items as a "collection", see your inventory's collection or hover over your item in your inventory. All collection items can be dragged out any time,
so you can even drop/destroy those and get them again from your collections inventory. For some only one is needed to be equipped and its unlocked in collections, some needs
a whole set to unlock, for example an outfit of 7 items you need all seven. ((((and once you unlocked something in your collection you can buy at the collection the pssiblity to unlock for all future character, called legacy wide unlock )))
Also many cartel coins may be earned by completing achievements (1000+), and also free mounts and other gifts just google "swtor free stuff" see first few hit.
Wow great tips!
Just started and I am bit confused so this came perfect time thanks :)
Great timing :D You might find the other video "Tips for New SWTOR Players" more useful, this one is for players really digging in to Free to play :)
Swtorista okey thanks :)
Welcome Back @Swtorista :)
Yay! You are back!
Welcome back!
There are I think 5 disabled bars in the interface editor, just enable them and decide how many slots and slots per row you want and then drag the bar to where you find it the most accessible
Good tip!
Hi Swtorista, addressing your pinned comment at the top - I used to be a level 50 F2P player, and the highest rated gear available was the rating 148 blue prototype unmoddable gear, called the Fractured set. I was able to find pieces of this on the GTN. This armor set has different stats and versions for each class, and it is similar to the armor dropped from heroic quests between level 51 and 54, except that they are sold unbound, and equippable by level 50 characters. It's a big upgrade from the 122 rated green level 48 mods and the 132 rated level 48 Crystalline heroic set.
Huh! Interesting! Do you know where they are original dropped/bought from?
Unfortunately, I actually don't know. The first time I saw a piece of the Fractured set was on another F2P player. I was able to find more items when I searched on the GTN (name: Fractured, Level 50-50, item quality: Prototype). They are usually very affordable (well under 200k creds).
Awesome. I've added this tip into the pinned comment :) Very nice to know about another upgrade many players might not know about!
I'm subscribed but I love watching your vids
I find your voice more comfortable than I should...
Don't get me wrong, it's really nice.
Thnx a bunch for ur tips!!!!!!
New video! Yay~
I'm a sub in SWTOR, but I'm watching this anyway cuz I like your voice :3
You're back!
I am not F2P but I still watched this. I am Sith no one tells me what to do!
Only a sith speaks in absolutes
You are back!!!
Ah, you did your homework with Javiik! So there is a method to your madness (get it, madness :p ). Recently found your channel and really enjoying your vids! Thanks for the info!
I really wanted to see "how bad" it was to play free-to-play - I learned a lot while playing him :D
Lol yea, I had to resub after a long break. I couldn't take the f2p limits! Looking forward to some serious decorating next! )
thanks for the referral sence i am new to the game and it is good so far
Welcome back!!
Fun video to watch even though I have been playing for 4 years :>
You are back :)
Thank you for the tips😇☺☺😀
Wow - I've been a preferred Player since the game went free to play and I had NO idea that I could unlock the expansions by subbing for a month - thank you!
so im here cause i watched your "should you play swtor?" vid lol. if you couldnt tell the answer was yes. thanks for the tips!
Haha! Welcome to the game!
@@Swtorista thanks! Didn't expect a response :D digging it so far
Love your vids btw.
Happy Birthday :)
I loved to death when you made an effort to reach lvl 50 and you got loads of tokens to get a free set. That feeling won't ever come back I guess (I really really miss it). BTW, again, I want your pc, makes the game looks great, lol.
The launch of the game is always the best time in its history :)
Credit cap is raised to one million credits yeeey
Holy shiet that voice, caught me off guard. Was expecting a guy tbh. One of the most beautiful voices ive ever heard. Do you sing?. Thanks for the video, ive been thinking of going back to the game for the story as I didnt play much of it. I think I was preffered status but not sure. Will have to check it.
thank, really helped
Great tips and vid Swtorista!
swtorista is back :-)
something they can do to fix F2P is that, if you're preferred, remove a few restrictions, while giving bonuses to subs. Basically, F2P should remain as is, but if you're, say, preferred, then there shouldn't be limited to credits, and be allowed to run unlimited gf ops/fps/wzs. Now, if you're subbed, you get access to all content, and you get unlimited double xp, as well as add more cartel coins to the subs, and unlock all cosmetics. This will get more people to want to sub, keep more players as now they're not limited to end game content, and it'll allow for players to want to do more.
I just started this game. Currently lv 14 now. So far it's not bad on ftp. On the east coast servers
Welcome to the game :)
At last, the Academy is back. And it is more powerfull that it ever was. But seriously, thank you. I'm a FTP player and I am really getting bored in the game but now I'll try these things
Cheers!
Regarding f2p credits: you CAN go over 200k by a LOT. I'm not sure by how much, but it's probably unlimited, like subscriber creds.
I discovered this by chance: I didn't play swtor for a few months and when I returned, my characters had a few million EACH.
This is what happened: I was always selling stuff on GTN (mostly weekly conquest weapons/holocrons etc, you veterans know what I'm talking about). They sold for about 100-150k each. I then let the 'sold' mails stay in my mailbox. Whenever I needed creds, I just accepted one mail of 150k and was back at near cred cap again.
However, mails expire. And when they do, the credits get added to your account directly.
About 20 mails containing 150k expired during the months I was away, and upon returning to the game, I had millions.
I have always been f2p and hope this find you other f2pers well.
+Hendrick Lamar wow! I'll have to test this one out for myself. I'm surprised the credits go to your credits and not escrow when the mail expires.
Just sold a chance cube for 1.5mill+, will let you know in a month if the strategy still works :)
Does it work? ;_;
Does NOT seem to work.. hotfixed maybe? Or maybe you have to have not logged in for a certain amount of time for it to trigger (most probably).
I have not used a referral code and even if I had, I wouldn't get sub as I'm 100% f2p, not pref.
Can't wait to get into this after completing Kotor 1&2.
another tip would be to buy cheap armor sets, some are really nice like the casual vandal
I just came back to the game i had last played in 2017 and im holding out to resub for a month when the new expansion releases
Hi I’ve been watching your videos and they are very helpful! But I still have a question with mounts like the Acklay, Rancor or Nexu. I am aware that you have to pay for some of these with real money but is there anyway I can get these mounts without using any real money at all? Thank you for the help!
Yes! There is a way.
1) earn free cartel coins. If items an item currently purchaseable on the cartel market you can one - earn free cartel coins via achievements ua-cam.com/video/U9WawSkD2TI/v-deo.html and two - get free cartel coins from security key swtorista.com/articles/how-to-install-swtor-security-key/
2) buy from other players on the GTN. Almost all items can be bought with credits especially most cartel items! The GTN can be found in the galactic trade market section of the fleet, it's a big green terminal
Yeah! You 're finally back
I really missed your tips
thx so mutch for telling me about the subscribe stuff becouse i didnt want to buy it but now i wil if i can
Cheers!
Congrats on showing up on the SWTOR launcher, getting back into the game after many years and saw you there "sponsored" decided to check out some tips, thanks! :D
thanks! That was a pretty cool surprise
You should do more Star Wars playthrough, like other games, it would be interesting
At least theyre gonna change quite a lot of thing for f2p and preffered players, like increasing the cap to 1m for both
only reason i dont have subscription is is bcus i dont have a credit card lmao. i litterally cant pay.
Surprised no one commented sooner, but you can buy subscription cards from places like Wal-Mart. So, yeah.
@@BooserBoi What do you do when your country doesn't have Wal-Marts?
@@zeffonian umm.. pay a friend to buy you a card off amazon?
@@theantknight6132 what do you do when you dont have friends 😭😭
@@zeffonian I'm still trying to figure that one out
Awesome! Swtorista and The Academy is finally back, I really missed you and your videos :)
f2p at launch and just came back, not sure if this guide still applies but i feel i can trust it to make an unlocks plan. Thanks!
welcome back! The only real difference is the new credit cap is 1 mill.
The ACADEMY is back!
Gracias!!!
can you make a video for preferred players? things to collect and to at 60, like mounts, achis or reputations, cosmetic armor sets, toys etc.
Hey! I don't have any lists like that sorry. Stuff to do at 60. Maybe somewhere way down the line, great idea!
Starting SWTOR in August 2022 as a f2p. Eventually I’ll subscribe as I get more invested but I feel f2p isn’t that punishing. You level pretty fast so until I need to sub, I can stay f2p and save money lol