The Many Looks of Andronikos Revel

Customizations for Andronikos Revel

This one is for the ladies! Andronikos is definitely the most eligible bachelor for female Sith Inquisitors. He’s not a bad bloke to hang out with for all your male Sith Inquisitors as well. There’s no doubt that Andronikos is a bad boy, so bad that even the Republic didn’t want to deal with him. He boasts dual gun-slinger style pistols with a killer attitude. Andronikos doesn’t mess around when it comes to disposing of your enemies. Just for the fun of it, I dressed Andronikos up in the relaxed jumpsuit and his six pack made we want to go on a diet. The facial tattoos also give him a look that screams ‘don’t mess with me’.

Andronikos has eight different looks to choose from, including the default look. Most of them have facial tattoos of some sort but no matter what look you choose for him he always has that cool bad boy vibe.

Read on

The Many Looks Ashara Zavros

Complete guide to the Sith Inquisitor companion Ashara Zavros customizations

A bit about Ashara Zavros from my experience (no story spoilers)

Ashara Zavros is the third companion that is unlocked at the end of Act 1 in the Sith Inquisitor class. Having played through every single class line in SWTOR, I have to say that she is one of my favorite companions. Ashara is a powerful Jedi Apprentice with Jedi Knight Sentinel type skills. She dual wields lightsabers and is the same species as Ahsoka from the Clone Wars. She has a similar type of attitude as well. There is a lot of misinformation online about her being a light side companion but as you will find out, that's not entirely true. Yes, there are a lot of light side options that she will approve of but there are also dark side options that she likes as well. She doesn't appreciate cowardice; she likes going into a fight head-on. If anything I would say that she's grey side - a warrior Jedi - a Jedi lured by the passion of the fight. Unlike many other companions, Ashara Zavros has no Like or Favorite gift preferences outside of romance. For a full list of gift preferences, check this out. Despite this I was able to complete Ashara Zavros' storyline on my dark side female Sith Inquisitor by the time I'd reached level 50. She surprised me on numerous occasions with what she thought was a right decision and I'm sure you will enjoy her storyline as much as I did.

Unfortunately for Ashara Zavros, it's not possible to have her in a bikini to show off her many looks, like I normally do in these posts. For some strange reason, BioWare have chosen not to give Ashara any body skin detail. Equipping a bikini simply shows an ugly grey body suit underneath (shown below). The disappointments for this companion's customization options doesn't end there. She only has two customizations available and they only change her face and lekku (head tails in layman's terms). This is quite surprising considering the amount of customizations available for the first Sith Inquisitor companion, Khem Val, who is an ugly beast and yet has fourteen! Read on 

The Many Looks of Khem Val

Khem Val customizations

What follows is some basic information about Khem Val, but not much more than you'll find out when you first unlock him. Then I'll go on to show you the vast amount of customizations available for him - more than any other companion. Plus, I'll tel you where you can get them from.

About Khem Val

Khem Val is your own personal bodyguard as the first companion for Sith Inquisitors. One of the last few remaining Dashades, he is unique among assassins, thanks to his specie's force resistance. Khem Val's legacy goes back thousands of years as, like most of his species, he was suspended on Korriban for future generations to find. Khem Val is ruthless, to put it bluntly. He doesn't like being soft, but that doesn't mean that all of his decisions are Dark Side in nature. He hates slavery. Khem Val's storyline is closely tied to your class story and his personal story is not complete until after your class story has concluded at level 50. I found Khem Val's story to be quite entertaining and different to other companion's - almost comical in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer type way, which plugs in nicely to the Sith Inquisitor class story, which has a similar feel.

Khem Val Customizations

When you first unlock Khem Val you will get a choice of looks, customizations 1, 2 and 3, plus the default look, giving you a total of 4 looks to chose from immediately. There are 15 total looks for Khem Val, although only 5 different skins; the other 10 looks are clothing and armor variations on those 5 skins.

Sith Warrior Companion Update

I've noticed over the last week, since game Update 1.2 came out, our companion pages are getting quite a beating. It seems that every man and his tantuan are trying to get the most out of our companion gifts sections, because of the new presence buff and other unique buffs you get from maximizing your companion's affection. To make it easier on you we've been updating all of our companion pages.

Today we've just published a new version of our Sith Warrior companion page. Sith Warrior is our most popular page next to Sith Inquisitor. To get the most out of your game experience as a Sith Warrior, check it out now.

To all you Republic players that are sick of getting your ass whipped in PvP, Sith Warrior might prove to be beneficial as your next character.

SWTOR Friday Update: Last One

For this week's Friday update, BioWare have given a link to their community blog. Essentially the blog will replace the Friday updates, now that the game is about to go live. You can find this new official SWTOR blog here. This will save you from having to filter through fifty sites all posting the same news every Friday. There have been a lot of fansites out there that have been replying on the Friday updates as their sole source of news; this new blog will force some of them to produce their own content or fade away.

Also in this Friday update is the character progression video for the Sith Inquisitor. I got to play around with a Sith Inquisitor, up to around level 20, in Beta. The storyline is awesome. I chose Assassin as my Advanced class. Check out the progression video below:

SWTOR Full Sith Inquisitor Companion List and Gifts

Sith Inquisitor has a different layout of Companions than its counterpart of Jedi Consular. As a Sith Inquisitor you don't get access to a Companion healer until the planet Hoth, which is at around level 35-ish. Some of the bosses that you will have encountered before then are quite a challenge without a healer Companion. A sith Inquisitor has to rely on being a healer for themself and using a tank companion, or using a Companion like Ashara Zavros and relying on burst damage to take opponents down quick. Playing with a healer Companion is very different than playing with a DPS Companion. The other challenge for Sith Inquistors is that if they play a male character and they want to play around with the Romance options with a Companion, the only female Companion option is Ashara Zavros and she doesn't like dark side choices. She can be bought over with gifts. I highly recommend not trying to romance Khem Val ... could be a little freaky!

I have put together details about the five Sith Inquisitor Companions and all their preferences for gifts right here:

STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Choose Your Side: Trooper vs. Sith Inquisitor

If you are not heads down Bum up in Beta then check this out.. Back to SWTOR for me!!

From the moment we announced the eight classes in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ fans have been pitting them against each other, arguing who would have the advantage in a one-on-one fight. The hallways of BioWare echo this debate, with the writers, combat designers and other developers all chiming in on which classes they feel will have the upper hand.

In the video series "Choose Your Side," members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team plead their cases, highlighting some of the many skills and abilities that set each class apart from the rest. In the second video of the four-part series, two of the most iconic classes in the Star Wars™ universe face off as the Force-wielding Sith Inquisitor battles the stalwart Republic Trooper.

Advanced Class Breakdown: Sith Inquisitor

Our Sith Inquisitor class page has now been updated with all the advanced class information (also presented to you below).

What's an advanced class you ask? Check out this post which explains further.

The history of the Sith Empire is fraught with scheming politics and dark secrets—the lifeblood of the Sith Inquisitor. Treachery hides around every corner in the Empire’s dark corridors, and survival depends on an individual’s natural cunning and the will to manipulate and defeat their enemies and allies alike. The Inquisitor experiments with forbidden powers to not only survive in this cutthroat environment, but to excel and seize authority.

Advanced Class: Sorcerer 

The Sith Sorcerer draws energy from the forbidden depths of the Force, mastering techniques that sap and drain enemies as they invigorate allies--or simply wreak utter devastation.

Tree: Lightning(Ranged DPS)
Channels the Force to overload the Inquisitor's enemies with blasts of lightning.

Ethereality
Passive
Force Speed has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when used and grant immunity to those effects for its duration.

Lightning Barrage
Passive
Affliction critical hits have a 100% chance to grant Lightning Barrage, causing your next Force Lighting to channel and tick twice as fast. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Tree: Corruption (Heal)
Uses dark power to maintain allies' health in battle, and protect them from enemy attacks.

Revivification
Casting Time: 2 secs Cooldown: 9 secs Range: 30m 

Heals all allies within 8 meters of the targeted area for 341. Targets remaining in the area heal for an additional 483 over 10 seconds.