SWTOR

[Wolf]

Races are purely cosmetic, if that helps.

My woes are purely cosmetic

[Sjofn]

Beefalo twi'lek dude. Trust me. 

[Wolf]

can I be an evil twi'lek girl lady

[Cyrrex]

Twi'lek ladies aren't evil.  They are just very, very naughty.

[Sheepherder]

The holy grail here would be flexible raid sizes, by letting you sub a companion or two in or out, or by adjusting the boss difficulty.

Yeah, but that's one of those things that just seems easy to do. Fudging some the numbers up/down 1-2 people on a raid automatically is easy, but your encounter mechanics are limited by the minimum number of players.

I was going to include that in my post, but onward to 400!

Someone should try to emulate Tomb of Horrors in a MMOG dungeon.

Heroic Shadow Labyrinth.  Or maybe Heroic Auchenai Crypts.

[Chimpy]

Fordel hasn't posted the trooper .gif in like 50 pages. What is this world coming to.

Also, yub yub.

[Wolf]

I think I finally figured out the whole "red zone" retardedness. They're looking to make a buck on the initial box sales, without driving the prices down in Europe, which is why they're only launching in the big PC markets in eastern europe - Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Greece (yeah, 14 salaries a year does make you a big video game market). The general rule of thumb is that games retail a lot cheaper in those countries than the rest of Europe. A couple of examples - both Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 retailed at ~30eu in Poland and even cheaper in Russia. I just did a quick check and TOR is retailing at 45eu in Poland, which is probably the most expensive PC release in recent years.

On the flip side, the trade prices of pre-paid cards are a lot lower than what is normal. Which will make retailers feature them and even offer them cheaper than what you pay online to drive sales, which I guess is their plan to retain customers in those countries.

There you go, this should keep you going for 7+ pages. I accept payment in space gold. 

[Sjofn]

can I be an evil twi'lek girl lady

You can, but that's boring. Plus they're only allowed to be Hollywood fat. :(

[Lantyssa]

where can I check out available races? Knowing me I'll waste an hour and a half making my character at the start if I don't put in some research :P

Human
Cyborg
Twi'lek
Zabrak (2)
Rattataki
Chiss
Sith Pureblood
Mirialan
Miraluka

Each class has a choice of four of five of these, with Rattataki, Chiss, and Sith being Imperial, and Mirialan and Miraluka being Republic.  Zabrak have slightly different looks depending upon side.

[Lantyssa]

With the NDA down I'm surprised I'm not really seeing positive reviews for the game's stickyness, and although I wouldn't mind a box, it's something I can probably get in a year's time as a free trial or free to play. I don't see the population being all that large, and I expected to see more advertising to go with the video gaming site hype. I also am not totally sold on a Single Player game in Multi-player, with Cut-scenes and voice-overs too much either.

Am I missing something or is the run speed like really slow? Was this networking issues? Is there some kind of speed burst? Am I gonna be bugging people for SoWs?

Also why did my jump look like I was trying to be Spider-Man?

The low levels don't make me inclined to think it has any stickiness.  My interest is purely to play with friends and to tide me over until GW2 launches.  It's pretty, the story will keep me entertained enough, but they'll need a lot more sandbox elements or activities to keep me hooked.

Run is slow.  At 15 you get an out of combat sprint ability.  Around 25 you can get a 'speeder' for 40k training plus 5k per vehicle.

[Wolf]

That led me to http://swtor.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Old_Republic_Wiki which has the races for all classes, thanks!

[Surlyboi]

With the NDA down I'm surprised I'm not really seeing positive reviews for the game's stickyness, and although I wouldn't mind a box, it's something I can probably get in a year's time as a free trial or free to play. I don't see the population being all that large, and I expected to see more advertising to go with the video gaming site hype. I also am not totally sold on a Single Player game in Multi-player, with Cut-scenes and voice-overs too much either.

Am I missing something or is the run speed like really slow? Was this networking issues? Is there some kind of speed burst? Am I gonna be bugging people for SoWs?

Also why did my jump look like I was trying to be Spider-Man?

The low levels don't make me inclined to think it has any stickiness.  My interest is purely to play with friends and to tide me over until GW2 launches. 

What, what, WHAT? Have you played all the stories? That shit still has me tied up at startup trying to figure out which one I want to play on a particular session.

I will agree run is slow as shit for starters though.

[Lucas]

Sigh :  Shiny box in the middle of the official website telling you to pre-order + discount on amazon italy = me purchasing the collector's edition for € 134 

[Wolf]

Wait, what? Uncharted's collector's is in a fucking briefcase and doesn't cost as much 

[palmer_eldritch]

I like the fact that you can be play a really evil and arrogant character if you like. Single player RPGs often have conversation options which involve your character behaving badly, but you tend to be at a disadvantage if you choose them because the NPCs treat you like the asshole you are. There's an obvious "right" choice to make. In this game, if you want to be the intimidating Imperial agent or sith who makes people quake in their boots then you can, right from the start.

[Lantyssa]

What, what, WHAT? Have you played all the stories? That shit still has me tied up at startup trying to figure out which one I want to play on a particular session.

No, I haven't played all the stories.  I'm trying to save most of them for release so I don't get spoiled too badly.  They're enough to keep me entertained for a bit, but they are not great works of literature, nor do they have me hanging at the edge of my seat wondering what happens next.

[Sobelius]

What, what, WHAT? Have you played all the stories? That shit still has me tied up at startup trying to figure out which one I want to play on a particular session.

No, I haven't played all the stories.  I'm trying to save most of them for release so I don't get spoiled too badly.  They're enough to keep me entertained for a bit, but they are not great works of literature, nor do they have me hanging at the edge of my seat wondering what happens next.

I played a Sith Warrior to level 6 and liked the way, even at that low level, the story's layers of internal politics had started to create tension for me. I began thinking about who I wanted to support and who to betray, or whether to ignore them for a bit while I smacked around a few tomb diggers. Edge of my seat? No. Great literature? Please -- this is space opera and they've never had pretensions of examining the human condition via a video game. But engaging, yes. I do want to see what will unfold next.

[koro]

I like the fact that you can be play a really evil and arrogant character if you like. Single player RPGs often have conversation options which involve your character behaving badly, but you tend to be at a disadvantage if you choose them because the NPCs treat you like the asshole you are. There's an obvious "right" choice to make. In this game, if you want to be the intimidating Imperial agent or sith who makes people quake in their boots then you can, right from the start.

Just having the ability to make your character act a certain way - even if there's no mechanical advantage to doing so or both options lead to the same conclusion - increases my enjoyment of the game immensely. It's kind of like all those optional dialogue choices in KOTOR II that hint at you actually knowing people you meet that you are reasonably likely to have known previously instead of being forced to have them explain to you how you know them.

[murdoc]

I just noticed in a video that when chosing answers in the dialogue tree it actually tells you if you'll get dark/light side points with your answer - i never noticed that while playing and made a couple of choices that gave me lightside points I wasn't expecting.

[Adam Hunt]

I just noticed in a video that when chosing answers in the dialogue tree it actually tells you if you'll get dark/light side points with your answer - i never noticed that while playing and made a couple of choices that gave me lightside points I wasn't expecting.

Allo all.

The should be a setting (I don't have an active beta) that lets you turn that off and just play according to your own guilty conscience. ;)

[Surlyboi]

What, what, WHAT? Have you played all the stories? That shit still has me tied up at startup trying to figure out which one I want to play on a particular session.

No, I haven't played all the stories.  I'm trying to save most of them for release so I don't get spoiled too badly.  They're enough to keep me entertained for a bit, but they are not great works of literature, nor do they have me hanging at the edge of my seat wondering what happens next.

I played a Sith Warrior to level 6 and liked the way, even at that low level, the story's layers of internal politics had started to create tension for me. I began thinking about who I wanted to support and who to betray, or whether to ignore them for a bit while I smacked around a few tomb diggers. Edge of my seat? No. Great literature? Please -- this is space opera and they've never had pretensions of examining the human condition via a video game. But engaging, yes. I do want to see what will unfold next.

My experience in the Sith Warrior playthrough was a little different. My main thought through the bits I played, as I looked at my master was, "I can't wait to shove a lightsaber up your ass. How the fuck did a fat bastard like you survive to become a Sith Lord?"

[Mrbloodworth]

Is there a list of servers and types anywhere yet?

[murdoc]

I just noticed in a video that when chosing answers in the dialogue tree it actually tells you if you'll get dark/light side points with your answer - i never noticed that while playing and made a couple of choices that gave me lightside points I wasn't expecting.

Allo all.

The should be a setting (I don't have an active beta) that lets you turn that off and just play according to your own guilty conscience. ;)

I think that as long as you don't mouse over the conversation wheel, it won't appear. I just make my decisions using the number keys.

[Sobelius]

I played a Sith Warrior to level 6 and liked the way, even at that low level, the story's layers of internal politics had started to create tension for me. I began thinking about who I wanted to support and who to betray, or whether to ignore them for a bit while I smacked around a few tomb diggers. Edge of my seat? No. Great literature? Please -- this is space opera and they've never had pretensions of examining the human condition via a video game. But engaging, yes. I do want to see what will unfold next.

My experience in the Sith Warrior playthrough was a little different. My main thought through the bits I played, as I looked at my master was, "I can't wait to shove a lightsaber up your ass. How the fuck did a fat bastard like you survive to become a Sith Lord?"

So I'm guessing you chose the "raging-hothead" answers whereas I chose the "obedient-but-seething" answers... either way, the Sith Academy is what I would imagine mirror-universe version of Star Trek's Star Fleet Academy would be like.

[Lucas]

Ideally, I would like to play my imperial agent in a way that he/she slowly starts to develop a personal code of honour. So, yes, very loyal to the empire but not a heartless bitch. Hopefully the plot will allow me to play that way.

[Sky]

From interviews with Alex Freed, that sounds exactly like what he was shooting for with the light side of the IA.

[luckton]

I just noticed in a video that when chosing answers in the dialogue tree it actually tells you if you'll get dark/light side points with your answer - i never noticed that while playing and made a couple of choices that gave me lightside points I wasn't expecting.

If the choice you make is a significant story altering choice, it will adjust your LS/DS accordingly.  Moussing over the options will indicate if such a choice will do that.

I've had some choices where there's one LS option and the other two don't do anything, but most altering choices are either pick the good or pick the evil.

[Lucas]

While I've no more the time nor the willingness to get heavily involved in the MMO roleplaying communities (actually, I was only during the 1997-2000 UO period), I like to do so casually (casual in-character chat with random guys on the road, in a cantina, etc.). It will be interesting to see how the roleplayers will put together the personal path leading to the end of the main story, and the more "mundane" interactions with other characters (same and opposite faction). I guess something similar happens in LOTRO.

Personally, I would basically "detach" the main storyline from the rest of the interactions: while talking to other players, I'm just one more trooper, smuggler, inquisitor etc.

[Adam Hunt]

I think that as long as you don't mouse over the conversation wheel, it won't appear. I just make my decisions using the number keys.

Don't quote me on this but I'm 90% certain I saw it. Check in general settings down near the bottom. You may have to scroll.


Also, question. How's the TOR Chapter looking for allies? 4 and 4 already? If I understand correctly all this feature does it put you all on the same server?

[Crumbs]

Do lightsabers sound better at higher levels?  Because the first few I used literally sounded like plastic tubes spinning in the wind. 

[luckton]

Do lightsabers sound better at higher levels?  Because the first few I used literally sounded like plastic tubes spinning in the wind. 

Considering that vibroblades are essentially plastic energized tubes, I'd say th:ey got the sound effect spot on. 

[Sand]

Do the light side and dark side have consequences for your character.
For example like ending up a fallen paladin.

[Lantyssa]

Ideally, I would like to play my imperial agent in a way that he/she slowly starts to develop a personal code of honour. So, yes, very loyal to the empire but not a heartless bitch. Hopefully the plot will allow me to play that way.

It's quite possible.  My Sith go very much light-side.  That doesn't mean they're nice.

Do the light side and dark side have consequences for your character.
For example like ending up a fallen paladin.

Kind of?  Mainly appearance.

[koro]

Do lightsabers sound better at higher levels?  Because the first few I used literally sounded like plastic tubes spinning in the wind.  

Each lightsaber hilt has different sounds as well as looks. The best thing to do is grab every saber you can find and see which look and sound you like the best, and then keep that sucker for the rest of the game. Most all lightsabers are fully moddable, and you can rip out mods from better-but-uglier models and slap them into your current neato-keen one to keep it up to date.

For instance, here I am using the lightsaber I got in the level 9 flashpoint at level 22, with current mods:


Also, for any fans of the Star Wars Legacy comics, the saber hilt models that the Imperial Knights use is in-game. My Sith Warrior a couple builds back had one.

[VainEldritch]

Do the light side and dark side have consequences for your character.
For example like ending up a fallen paladin.

Kind of?  Mainly appearance.

I really, really do like the Dark Side Corruption. I deliberately made my human female Jedi Consular as pasty-faced as possible and chose every DS  option. At DS 1 I got lovely yellow eyes! So cool.

More! I want more! Time to be evil.

Right - I'm off to make calamitous decisions that will lead to unnecessary deaths and then I'll sodomize my elderly master with a prize-winning leek.

Dark Side emo' coolness here I come.

*grabs leek*