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Thread: Second Character Slot Question
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Princess_Kamara
Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:40 pm
#1
Ok this is kind of a silly question but I didn't know who else to ask without the Jedi getting upset with me for asking a question they've probably already heard a million times....well anyway here it goes. Is it possible to get padawan with your main character and once you unlock your second slot to drop padawan on your main character? I know, I know you're probably wondering why in the world I'd want to drop it after working so hard to get it but Kamara is and has always been my dancer, I tried dropping it til I opened my new slot but I just can't wait 3-6 months to get it back on a brand new character. However I would like to possibly make my unlocked slot a jedi one day but not now. I just don't want to have to lose a profession I love to get a Jedi that I may never use and have to start all over again to make a new dancer character.
ok if this makes no sense I'm so sorry...I have a migraine and it's hard to concentrate 
Doriana
Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:41 pm
#2
I know what you mean, but I dunno how it works.
I can't give up my dancer skills on Doriana, the repuation is to important to abandon -- I want the second char slot for, well, a second char. I can understand if I have to go through the getting glowy / village quests a second time to make that second char a jedi.. but I hope, too, that once I open the slot that I can drop the majority of the FS trees on my original char and reclaim the CH skills I'll have to drop to get them...
but I dunno how it works yet :/
I can't give up my dancer skills on Doriana, the repuation is to important to abandon -- I want the second char slot for, well, a second char. I can understand if I have to go through the getting glowy / village quests a second time to make that second char a jedi.. but I hope, too, that once I open the slot that I can drop the majority of the FS trees on my original char and reclaim the CH skills I'll have to drop to get them...
but I dunno how it works yet :/
Panthu
Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:51 pm
#3
Last I heard, you can drop all but the 6 lines of FS. I asked about it too. O.o
Doriana
Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:44 pm
#5
SIAN!!! YAY!
Oops, I got so excited I forgot the message...
What do you mean 'but the 6 lines of FS?' Does that mean I can't ever get those 24 skill points back and still keep a second slot?
Oops, I got so excited I forgot the message...
What do you mean 'but the 6 lines of FS?' Does that mean I can't ever get those 24 skill points back and still keep a second slot?
Message Edited by Doriana on 09-10-2004 09:46 PM
Panthu
Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:02 pm
#6
Yeah, my understanding is that you have to keep 6 lines active at all times, or your second slot poofs. This was the answer I got, so I think that's the plan. I have no idea if it's actually working that way right now or not though. Still, that's better than having to keep the Padawan box if you're just wanting a second slot.
Doriana wrote:
SIAN!!! YAY!
Oops, I got so excited I forgot the message...
What do you mean 'but the 6 lines of FS?' Does that mean I can't ever get those 24 skill points back and still keep a second slot?
Message Edited by Panthu on 09-11-2004 01:03 AM
menyou
Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:18 am
#7
Think on the bright side. Rather than 1 char with 250sp you get 2 with 476 betwen them 
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Doriana
Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:22 am
#8
/sigh
Still means it's impossible for me to keep the template I chose at launch and haven't shifted from (dancer/CH/novice pistoleer). Of course I can really only unlock FS branches with the pistol skills since I don't have medic to unlock the ones to use the majority of my exp (dancer/CH/scout), so it's a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng road either way.
Actually I don't think that's very fair -- people who did hologrinding are able to return to their orginal template with no penalty
Thanks for the clarification!!
Still means it's impossible for me to keep the template I chose at launch and haven't shifted from (dancer/CH/novice pistoleer). Of course I can really only unlock FS branches with the pistol skills since I don't have medic to unlock the ones to use the majority of my exp (dancer/CH/scout), so it's a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng road either way.
Actually I don't think that's very fair -- people who did hologrinding are able to return to their orginal template with no penalty
Thanks for the clarification!!
Aleyo
Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:45 am
#9
Panthu wrote:Yeah, my understanding is that you have to keep 6 lines active at all times, or your second slot poofs. This was the answer I got, so I think that's the plan. I have no idea if it's actually working that way right now or not though. Still, that's better than having to keep the Padawan box if you're just wanting a second slot.
Doriana wrote:
SIAN!!! YAY!
Oops, I got so excited I forgot the message...
What do you mean 'but the 6 lines of FS?' Does that mean I can't ever get those 24 skill points back and still keep a second slot?Message Edited by Panthu on 09-11-2004 01:03 AM
It's better yes, but not good enough
.It ruins my master plan of unlocking my slot, the having Scip drop any knowledge of the force to become a pure entertainer while my new character goes combat/jedi (yes, I must be a glutton for punishment if I'm going to want to spend the time/xp to get padawan all over again).
And what if you have a well developed character, it just gets deleted if you drop one of those lines? You can bet people angrier than I would raise all sorts of hell (I'd raise hell, but not as many sorts) if their character just poofed.
I hope you're just mistaken.
Princess_Kamara
Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:00 pm
#10
Hmmm so basically you can't drop it. Well you can but if you have to keep the 6 lines regardless what's the point of dropping padawan anyway. I was hoping that I could drop all of it once I got the second character. I could always go back to hardcore TKM with my dancer but I am liking fencer alot more but can't seem to let go of my meditate line in TK. So basically I would have to drop all fencer and do TKM again or drop my meditate line to get another character ..... totally not fair! Well I guess I'll have to do some more thinking on this before I decide to do anything and hopefully within that time someone will come and tell us that we can drop it all and still keep our second character, I know I know probably not gonna happen but it's worth a shot.
I was hoping that I could drop all of it once I got the second character. I could always go back to hardcore TKM with my dancer but I am liking fencer alot more but can't seem to let go of my meditate line in TK. So basically I would have to drop all fencer and do TKM again or drop my meditate line to get another character ..... totally not fair! Well I guess I'll have to do some more thinking on this before I decide to do anything and hopefully within that time someone will come and tell us that we can drop it all and still keep our second character, I know I know probably not gonna happen but it's worth a shot. I would also like to thank all of you for your quick responses and it's nice to know I'm not the only one having the same problem.
Hvzeda
Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:48 pm
#11
Breestan wrote:
No, you aren't the only one. I want that second slot so bad that I'd give up Panthu's right arm ::flees:: I don't want to drop Dancer. I don't want to drop Image Design.... So I'm stuck. I also have pistol skills that are a pain to work up. But I MUST have that second slot to play that Ithorian I want so bad. (Deleting Irys is not an option.)
So... well. I guess I just have to suck it up and deal. My RL fiance is going Combat Medic so I suppose I can get my healing trees in dancing back up with his help if he goes and poisons another friend of mine. Sadly, Dancer is easier to get back than Image Design....
Then I have to decide if I will Ever go Jedi with Irys... probably I won't... and is the +20 to mind healing (oy) worth all the work or should I just pick up combat enhancing things instead to augment my limited pistol skills?
Pick up the combat enhancement. You will see the benefit, a master won't. Working my way back to master riflewoman I saw the benefit but once I mastered it, there was no noticeable combat improvement.
Dang it, all I want is that second slot. I don't really want to be a Jedi- at least not while it's a big fad. ::shrugs:: I suppose I'll see when I get to that bridge.
I'm planning to become a quasi-jedi. I plan to maintain master dancer with the rest of my skill points going for jedi. So 106 sp for master dancer, 24 for fs skills leaving me 120 sp for jedi profession. So what if I won't be a great combat jedi, I just want to have fun being a master dancer hiding her futile jedi abilities. I will have to give up rifle (a combat profession i've really enjoyed) and being a mayor but my second character can pick up the mayorial duties and stay at the Commune and be a full-time crafter.
If you have a group of friends, ask them for help on the quests. My buffs ran out on the second patrol set an a had a friend that came to the wp I was at and killed the 3 siths for me and I got credit for the completion of that set of patrol points (which happened to be my last set of patrol points for that second patrol set).
Dreamland
Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:23 pm
#12
I wish they'd offer some kind of name swap for people so they could immediately transfer the name of thier existing character to the second slot, and choose a new name for thier old character that will be doing jedi.
Panthu
Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:23 pm
#13
Breestan wrote:
No, you aren't the only one. I want that second slot so bad that I'd give up Panthu's right arm ::flees:: I don't want to drop Dancer. I don't want to drop Image Design.... So I'm stuck.
/eyebrow
My arms are spoken for! 
I'm in the same boat though, I don't want to give up any Dance or ID... and giving up my little bit of combat isn't like the best idea. You can have 1 Box of elite Combat past novicewith the 6 FS if you don't go Master Ent. Or you canpick up one and a half lines of Force Discipline instead... I'm leaning towards this option.
If you were willing to just dabble enough for Poplock2 and Popular2, I think you could Master Force Healing and you would just not be able to buff and do effects(or pick up any combat).
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