Star Wars: The Old Republic Random Question/Discussion thread - F2P

[Ambrosia]

Pretty funny how 95% of the level headed posters seem to agree with her the majority of the time then huh? You could probably take any single post of hers and see she has a habit of grossly over exaggerating her points. Keep that in mind and none of her posts are far from the truth. It's always funny to see people try to pick apart her posts based on the way she carries herself rather than refuting points she makes though. Unless I'm remembering names incorrectly, vrumpt is probably the closest thing BG has to a SWTOR fanboy (sorry bro) and he's agreed with most of the crap she's said here. On the other hands we have morons like you who think making gear a more important factor than skill in PvP is acceptable game design who disagrees with her. How about you stick to your circle jerk instead of making worthless posts here just to sling shit?

Sorry... TERA MMO is best MMO. Fact.

[Alderaan]

It's pretty funny looking back at how much crap we put up with in XI compared to what we're willing to put up with today. I'm not sure if that's good or bad honestly.

[Kiarax]

Definitely a good thing in the long run. Just as competition forces products or companies to evolve, the inability to put up with stupid shit nowadays forces developers to actually improve their games rather than regurgitating the same shit to their fans. Definitely can seem like a bad thing though with just how easy it seems to be for games to fail nowadays, especially MMOs. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Blizzard's next MMO project turns out and how their fans react to it.

[Senji]

Pretty funny how 95% of the level headed posters seem to agree with her the majority of the time then huh? You could probably take any single post of hers and see she has a habit of grossly over exaggerating her points. Keep that in mind and none of her posts are far from the truth. It's always funny to see people try to pick apart her posts based on the way she carries herself rather than refuting points she makes though. Unless I'm remembering names incorrectly, vrumpt is probably the closest thing BG has to a SWTOR fanboy (sorry bro) and he's agreed with most of the crap she's said here. On the other hands we have morons like you who think making gear a more important factor than skill in PvP is acceptable game design who disagrees with her. How about you stick to your circle jerk instead of making worthless posts here just to sling shit?

Its really the same complaints in every thread. Same thing with those that are "whah lvl 1-10 is borrring" and "I hate having to progress through raids in this PVE raiding game". Like LOL.

Gear isn't supposed to be more important btw. Point was the conjunct is so fast and easy to get, might as well just do it rather than boycott or endlessly complain. That seems to be some people's thing though apparently.

[Kiarax]

I don't think accepting bad design simply because it could be worse is a good idea personally, but this has gotten way off topic so let's just agree to disagree.

TOR is still shit, right?

[vrumpt]

I don't think accepting bad design simply because it could be worse is a good idea personally, but this has gotten way off topic so let's just agree to disagree.

TOR is still shit, right?

It could have been so much fucking more but BioWare turned to the dark side and now all it seems like we get are stupid cash shop outfits and speeders. Pretty clear evidence of the slippery slope at work in SWTOR right now.

[Pere]

Definitely a good thing in the long run. Just as competition forces products or companies to evolve, the inability to put up with stupid shit nowadays forces developers to actually improve their games rather than regurgitating the same shit to their fans. Definitely can seem like a bad thing though with just how easy it seems to be for games to fail nowadays, especially MMOs. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Blizzard's next MMO project turns out and how their fans react to it.

I don't think anyone disagrees with her, it's just she is so extreme about some things that it's funny.

[Takiwaki]

It's all well and good to take issue with that. When a new game comes out I can appreciate people posting their opinions of the game on a day by day basis. I know to take them with a grain of salt, especially in the case of MMOs which have a habit of holding off the "fun" content until end game. If you don't feel the same way? That's cool, scroll on or comment on it at the time if you really feel it's worthwhile. But when you resort to pointing out something silly like that from a completely separate and irrelevant thread in an actual discussion or argument you just come off as a cunt with no basis behind your point. He talks about how "uninformed" she comes off as when she's talking about PSO2, a game she both plays and has put money in to. What did anything she posted here have to do with her opinions on Neverwinter?

And let's be real here, any regular to this forum is probably pretty familiar with the other active posters. When I label people as level headed I'm not just making a blanket statement about people whose opinions I agree with. Just for examples sake, when GW2 was first coming out Takiwaki was fanboying that shit hard. Everyone knew to take what he said with a grain of salt when it came to him defending or promoting the game. He's a cool dude but at the time level headed isn't something I'd label him as.

I agree! but I am pretty level headed most of the times.....

[vrumpt]

SWTOR's summer plans for those interested.

Hello everyone,

My name is Bruce Maclean and I am a Senior Producer here at BioWare Austin. I know there have been a lot of questions around the forums about what kind of content you can expect from us this year and so I’m here today to give you all a bit of information about what we’re working on bringing to you this summer!

First up, Game Update 2.2, which is currently targeted for launch on June 11th:

• Nightmare Mode Terror From Beyond. It’s got vicious new mechanics and is definitely not for the faint of heart. I’m very excited for you to see the new gear that comes with this, which uses a new appearance system we’ve developed for armor and weapons called ‘Scrolling UVs’.
• New Guild Bonuses! Players in guilds currently receive a +5% experience bonus, but now every 5 active players in the guild will add an additional 1% bonus to XP and reputation, up to a maximum bonus of 10% each.
• Crafters can now craft Underworld gear! But don’t RE that piece if you are still using it…
• Unified fleet chat channel for each faction, for easier group finding without having to hop between instances.

We’ve seen a lot of requests for a rerun of our Double XP weekends. Well, okay! We’d like to help you stay cool in the heat of the summer with three weekends starting June 22nd and continuing through July 7th. The third and last weekend will actually start early on Thursday the 4th of July, in case you are enjoying a long Independence Day weekend.

By July 9th Ops groups will have had four weeks to cut their teeth on Nightmare Mode Terror From Beyond. That’s when we will launch Nightmare Mode Scum and Villainy as a part of Game Update 2.2.2! New mechanics and unique loot for you.

July 23rd look for a return of the Relics of the Gree Event for a nice two week long run. Per community request the Event will scaled up to level 55 on this next run!

August 6th is our target date for Game Update 2.3, which we are working on right now and will be our biggest update since 2.0. Some of the bigger parts of this update are:

• New Flashpoints
• New Daily Area
• New Recurring Event
• Significant graphical upgrades

This isn’t an exhaustive list, and we are also working on some longer term stuff. Sometimes we have been averse to discussing specific dates well in advance, because we aren’t going to release anything unless we feel it is ready to go live and we don’t want to upset folks if we move a date back. Well I think we should just tell you what date the teams are shooting for, and if we don’t hit them we’ll just tell you why. Radical thinking, I know. As we get closer we’ll have a lot more juicy details on these - keep your eyes peeled to the forums and SWTOR.com for more information. Also, for those who are curious about the next updates to PvP, I will just say… apart from minor tweaks (like stunbreak abilities cooldown being reset on death in 2.2) you should look forward to Game Update 2.4. /rubshands

I'm honestly very surprised they decided to revisit the graphics. I'm very curious as to what they have for us.

[Galkaeater]

operative or sniper?

Hardest choice i've ever had.

[Anoat]

Sniper is your choice if you want to be a stationary ranged dps. Operative can be mobile ranged/melee dps or healer if those interest you. Operative will be easier for you to solo PVE content and get groups for flashpoints and operations. But if in your heart of hearts you want to go pew pew pew, then sniper is for you.

[vrumpt]

also, sniper is like top DPS in raids right now. Operative is lowest. Keep that in mind if you want to play PVE DPS.

[AzazaelFenrir]

Healer (Operative) or DPS (Sniper).

Yes you can DPS as an Operative, but it takes a lot of work to be 'good' (assuming you were looking at doing end game raiding)

[Kyreth]

It could have been so much fucking more but BioWare turned to the dark side and now all it seems like we get are stupid cash shop outfits and speeders. Pretty clear evidence of the slippery slope at work in SWTOR right now.

My GF is playing SWTOR right now. She's effectively RMTing the whole way- buying item boxes, waiting for the gear to be sellable, cashing them in for credits.

Watching her just casually snag 1.2 mil of creds in the form of two frickin vanity vehicles was a picture perfect example of how F2P has gotten them cash and her a pack of characters kitted out to the nines in mods and adaptive armor.

[Kelenae]

Legel RMT is the best =p

[vrumpt]

My GF is playing SWTOR right now. She's effectively RMTing the whole way- buying item boxes, waiting for the gear to be sellable, cashing them in for credits.

Watching her just casually snag 1.2 mil of creds in the form of two frickin vanity vehicles was a picture perfect example of how F2P has gotten them cash and her a pack of characters kitted out to the nines in mods and adaptive armor.

Yeah that's easily a week's worth of dailies at 55. Cash isn't hard to come by at all in SWTOR.

[6souls]

[Anoat]

2.3 Preview...Bounty Hunter monthly events, two new flashpoints focusing on Czerka Corp....and a motherfucking Ewok companion!

[Ohemgee]

Might consider jumping in before the two year anniversary.

Should I continue with my Lvl 50 characters or just redo the whole experience with a F2P character. Is content still easy to get?

[Anoat]

I'd say sub for one month and buy the Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion for $10 (it costs $20 if you are not a sub), play it for a month, and if you really aren't into it, go F2P.