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

[Katlan]

Rift was ok up until level cap. Then the shit was boring. Grinding all the same dungeons and stuff. Only thing that kept me playing for a while was PvP, and that too got boring after a while with only 4 warfronts. Sadly, I feel SWTOR may go down the same route. It might have a little more re-playability though, but it's looking like that's it. I'm pretty much just planning on playing it as KOTOR 3 until GW2 comes out.

This is my mentality atm. But it also depends when it comes out. If its coming out right around the same time as D3, I'll prolly pass on this and use D3 as my filler until GW2

[Ohemgee]

Darth Hater Live Blog:

11:07a PT - Gabe Amatangelo: Huttball is fully commentated. Panel at 2p will talk about open world PvP and endgame. Full demonstration of Eternity Vault too.
11:10a - Q: Will Force users overpower non-Force users? GA: Everyone has a role to play, and we balance those roles.
11:11a - Q: When are we going to see Assassin or Shadow videos? GA: You can play one at the booth!
11:12a - Q: What happens when you make a horrible or dark side choice as a Jedi? James Ohlen: Impact on your LS/DS. If you kill someone, then they won't be able to help you later.
11:13a - Q: What are the different difficultly modes of Operations? GA: Normal and hard modes now. We're working on others that we'll talk about later.
11:14a - Q: Can moddable armor compete with Operations gear? JO: Only if you get mods or materials from operations. Crafters can build Operation-level gear with operations mats. Can't avoid Operations if you want endgame gear.
11:15a - Q: Grouping with friends of a different level? GA: Warzones bolster you. JO: No mentor system at launch.
11:16a - Q: Appearance customization? JO: No appearance tab. GA: Chest piece matching and moddable gear instead.
11:17a - Q: Any bonus to being neutral? GA: Cosmetic options for all three alignments.
11:18a - Q: Do you always need healers/tanks in Flashpoints or Operations? GA: More forgiving on lower settings. Need to specialize for harder content.
11:19a - Q: Do your choices in Flashpoints affect your story if you lose your roll? A: Self contained. Won't impact your class story.
11:20a - Q: Will players look different at the endgame? GA: Identity is important. Moddable items exist, like Obiwan or Boba Fett armor.
11:22a - Q: Player driven or NPC based economy? JO: It is a mix. Player control part is crafting and Auction House. If you want to be a level 1 crafter, you can.
11:23a - Session ends. Next at 2p PT.

[Ohemgee]

Is PAX the last big gamer conference this year? If they don't announce a release date I'm going to be annoyed. I need to know how much time I'll be playing Skyrim and Saints Row 3

[Zerocool]

Highly doubt they'll announce a release date until after they do the mass beta test weekends in Sept.

[vrumpt]

from Darthhater, likely no live stream

This will be our third year at PAX Prime in the Big Theater.

If they let anyone stream at the big 2p PT presentation, then that would be a huge surprise and complete about face from prior years. We're prepared to stream. We're also very prepared not to stream, and simply live blog until the video is up like we did for every single PAX since they announced SWTOR existed.

Theres live blog with commentary here though. This is SWTOR's big announcement panel for PAX starting now
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/live/

[Kwijiboe]

They're rehashing everything and one of the Developers said that, "they will try to get more of us in beta in the fall"

September beta probably pushed back.

[Ohemgee]

A lot of new PvP news on the gametrailers stream.

PvP looks to be amazing. Huttball, Territorial control on planets on Illum, Game testing weekends in September! As of next weekend, the first weekend in September, they're expanding the number of people allowed into testing.




I hope to God I get picked, I'm building a new pc this week

[Kwijiboe]

Gonna be a lot of nerd rage on Sept 2 weekend.

[Ohemgee]

The open world pvp seems to be the most intriguing thing. Reminds me of FFXI zone control but in real time vs a weekly reset

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

The open world pvp seems to be the most intriguing thing. Reminds me of FFXI zone control but in real time vs a weekly reset

dont you worry bioware likes to flatter themselves, its way less complicated than that
that and theres alot of falsehoods with the current build to what darth haters blog says
the next build must be a whole different game /doubt

[vrumpt]

dont you worry bioware likes to flatter themselves, its way less complicated than that
that and theres alot of falsehoods with the current build to what darth haters blog says
the next build must be a whole different game /doubt

the hater hath spoken

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

the hater hath spoken

the hater with 2 preorder collector copies lol, truth =/= hater
the VA and story is good, pretty much everything else is vanilla for mmos 10 years ago

[Kuishen]

the hater with 2 preorder collector copies lol, truth =/= hater
the VA and story is good, pretty much everything else is vanilla for mmos 10 years ago

Going to have to agree with this.

Especially after Space Combat being the most rage-inducing disappointing thing ever.

[Insanecyclone]

gib invite

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/28/bi...r-star-wars-t/


Bioware 'greatly expanding the pool of testers' for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Rejoice potential padawan! Bioware announced at their PAX Star Wars: The Old
Republic panel that they're going to be rolling out a whole slew of beta invites to
appease your debilitating midichlorian habit. Starting September 2, keep an eye on your
inbox, as they'll be periodically sending them out during the month.

They will, however, still be limiting the number of day one copies available. Do try and
keep your blasters, lightsabers and second lightsabers holstered until then.

[Vincento]

Too lazy to follow the whole video. Game looks fun but the armor kinda looks like shit..I guess that's to be expected though.

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

Too lazy to follow the whole video. Game looks fun but the armor kinda looks like shit..I guess that's to be expected though.

i like some of the sith armor options, but most of the republics outfits are crap, smuggler has a couple okay ones, thats about it lol
edit: the main problem i see with gear currently is pretty much everyone looks the same 1-20, then every 1/2 looks the same till 50 then its like 1/4 lol. Now being a new mmo it has time to blossom into more gear but since the character gen is so bad, you kinda need gear to differ from others, so i forsee a lot of people not liking being a clone. plus robe pants are ugly else id prolly be and assassin/shadow lol.

[Dantrag]

I watched the Eternity vault video, it looks too WoW generic clone from what I saw in that video.

[Lucavi]

Going to have to agree with this.

Especially after Space Combat being the most rage-inducing disappointing thing ever.

Couldn't have been as disappointing as Star Wars Online.

[Dantrag]

Going to have to agree with this.

Especially after Space Combat being the most rage-inducing disappointing thing ever.

What was disappointing about it? From the videos it looked pretty much like auto flight.

[Ohemgee]

As long as its not like EVE online. Fuck that shit