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

[BlackMoomba]

The fun part about this is that when the next big MMO comes out, the same complaints are gonna go around. Rift was saved by SWTOR and I'm sure SWTOR will be saved by Tera. Complaint shifting that is.

lol

[AidenCarby]

Wouldn't hold my breath on TERA, it's Korean after all. Inb4 fanboys

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

Wouldn't hold my breath on TERA, it's Korean after all. Inb4 fanboys

im sure the story/lore will be crap, but from everyone thats played it, they love the combat its not the normal wow clone, which is why i will at least give it a chance, though i have a feeling most of the western market will be whiney about how its too hard like MH or D souls

[AzazaelFenrir]

I know this is hard to believe, but some of us are enjoying SWTOR. There is a complaint thread for a reason, this isn't it.

[AidenCarby]

I know this is hard to believe, but some of us are enjoying SWTOR. There is a complaint thread for a reason, this isn't it.

This

[mistmonster]

I'm still having fun, I'm kind of using it as an intro to pvp because FFXI is the only MMO I have ever played for any amount of time. Also it fun leveling the alts. Wish I actually knew more people, I'm not great as socializing. But then again I'm completely embarrassed at my skills on this game so maybe the a good thing.

[BadKarma]

Drew K (read the most important fucking person at Bioware) has left the company, to work on his books and non video game projects.

I love his writing so I'm on the fence about this.

http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?p=369

I promised big news for this update, so I better deliver. But like the showman I am I’ll save it until the very end.

First, I’m going to hit you with the link for Mass Effect 3′s cool new demo. As many of you probably know, I wasn’t on the ME3 team – I’ve been working on SWTOR for the past three years. In fact, I left midway through ME2, turning the reins over to my co-lead Mac Walters. So for the first time I’m getting to approach the ME franchise as a fan, rather than a developer. Kind of a neat feeling.

Next, I’m going to lay out some more details for my upcoming convention schedule. I’ve already mentioned that I’ll be appearing at Celebration VI in Orlando this August; we’re still working on what panels and appearances I’ll be doing. I’m also going to be appearing at A-Kon in Dallas, June 1-3 – should have more details soon. And I’ve got a couple other appearances in the works; hopefully I can share the details next update.

You might think I’m doing more events and cons this year than usual, and you’d be right. (You’re so smart. You know, if you thought that.) So why am I doing so many cons and events this year? Well, I finally have the time in my schedule… which brings me to my BIG NEWS.

I just got back from Vegas. Now, I don’t really need an excuse to go to Vegas, but this time I had a good reason. You see, I was celebrating a major life milestone. As of last week, I have officially retired from BioWare. (I’ll give all you gamers a second to let that sink in. Just to be clear, the parting was completely amicable, and 100% my decision.)

For the past twelve years I’ve had the privilege to work at one of the best companies in the video game industry, side by side with the most talented and incredible group of people I’ve ever had the good fortune to know. I’ve enjoyed my time at BioWare immensely, but it’s time for me to move on.

I’m leaving to focus more time and energy on my novels and other non-video game related projects. But even though I’ll no longer be working on games for BioWare, I’m not going to be severing all ties with them. Many of my closest friends still work at the company, and I’m also in the process of writing the next Star Wars: The Old Republic novel, though I can’t say too much about it yet.

During my time at BioWare I worked on a number of beloved and award winning titles. I’m proud of everything we accomplished, and I know going forward that BioWare will continue to live up to its well deserved reputation for making the best story driven games in the industry. The story and dialog in any BioWare game is the result of an entire team of writers working together, and I often felt I received an excessive amount of the credit for the games we created. The Dragon Age games and the continued success of the Mass Effect series after my departure make it pretty clear that BioWare can get along just fine without me, and I’m looking forward to experiencing the games as a fan rather than from the other side of the fence. (I alluded to this earlier when I was talking about ME3. That’s a little writer’s trick called foreshadowing.)

I realize some of you may be shocked by this announcement. Maybe even disappointed. (And others simply won’t care. But it’s my website, so I’m going to ramble on.) My identity has been closely tied with BioWare ever since I crawled into the public eye, and I know it’s a risk to move away from my comfort zone. However, I feel that’s an essential step for every creative artist to take at some point. It keeps us fresh, it keeps us energized.

Even if you are someone who is going to miss my contributions to the video game world, I hope you’ll be somewhat mollified by the fact that I’m going to have more time for novels, screenplays and other projects. (Like finally finishing Children of Fire, the first novel in my original fantasy series, which I’ve been perpetually working on for almost a decade.)

I’ll always have fond memories of BioWare, and a great appreciation for everything it meant to me. But my future is wide open, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store. (Plus, now I’ll have more time for golf.)

Drew

Dead game is officially dead.

[Lucavi]

Leaving after a massive paycheck for "completing" the game, but before the horrible backlash of the game being woefully subpar? Leaving with his reputation intact? Leaving Bioware before their reputation starts to get slammed for essentially becoming assimilated into the EA brand of doing things? Sounds like an obvious stroke of genius to me.

[The Blackrose]

This is sudden, unexpected, and quite an "Oh shit" with Mass Effect 3 around the corner.

Granted, the Revan books were meh, but losing a big writer like him never bodes well. And him saying the split was 100% amicable is bullshit corpspeak. Something had to be up.

P.S. Any further derailment/baiting/complaints/etc. in this thread will be moved to the other thread, and perpetrators may be met with infractions/banzerfausts. Fair warning.

[Intervention]

Gotta love the hate generated for this game. Especially those that never played the game. Why isn't there a separate forum again?

Anyways gotta love Reddit. There is a guys putting together all the companion customiztion together.
http://feature.mmosite.com/swtor/com...ns_guide.shtml

[Rulke]

Does social gear (sand people uniform, slave leia stuff etc) have any viable use? I know its moddable but not sure if its worth the time for any real purpose other than looks?

[The Blackrose]

Gotta love the hate generated for this game. Especially those that never played the game. Why isn't there a separate forum again?

ಠ_ಠ

[Intervention]

Does social gear (sand people uniform, slave leia stuff etc) have any viable use? I know its moddable but not sure if its worth the time for any real purpose other than looks?

Town gear for sure, but the big issue is that they are only light armor. I believe in future patch they are trying to fix that.

I do like modable gear here, I've been aiming to gear up my Jedi wearing trooper armor weilding Vibroblades.

[BadKarma]

Gotta love the hate generated for this game. Especially those that never played the game. Why isn't there a separate forum again?

Anyways gotta love Reddit. There is a guys putting together all the companion customiztion together.
http://feature.mmosite.com/swtor/com...ns_guide.shtml

> Never played game

> Currently have 3 months of game time rotting away for this piece of shit

ಠ_ಠ

Anyway I hope they right the titanic. I really do. Also there isnt a separate forum because about 7 people actually play the game.

[The Blackrose]

*cough* Ok, seriously, Warnings issued. Continue at your own peril.

[Trichocyst]

Social gear is actually some of the best armor you can get under 50 for light armor users if you can get high quality mods, enhancements, and armoring.

[vrumpt]

Does social gear (sand people uniform, slave leia stuff etc) have any viable use? I know its moddable but not sure if its worth the time for any real purpose other than looks?

In 1.2 they promised major changes to social gear, as well as heavy and medium social gear. Not too much longer now.

[tol]

Yep in addition to making raiding sets fully moddable, so we can yank mods/armoring/enchancements and slot them into social gear and presumably keep set bonuses (their intention at least) in the near future as well.

I've already got 2 pieces of my imperial pilot uniform bought and ready, love that look =P

[Dantrag]

I know currently set gear doesn't have armor slots removable, is that the change they're going to make so that set pieces carry over?

[tol]

Yeah they said they have plans to rework the system so that the armor slots will be removable in future, they haven't quite explained completely the system so i'm not sure how they are going to enable us to carry our set pieces into social gear/other gear for our own looks.