SWTOR

[Venkman]

Damn, now I got that whistlesong stuck in my head!

[Ratman_tf]

Wiki says that Buckaroo Banzai and his team are featured in Battletech. Is this true?

Dr. B Banzai of House Davion.  Primarily responsible for the Marauder design and other Federated Suns designs, if I remember correctly.

There are lots of hidden references in Star Trek, TNG too. Mostly dedication plaques and technical readouts that only get shown for a second or two.

[Surlyboi]

Damn, now I got that whistlesong stuck in my head!

It's always stuck in my head.

That probably explains a lot about me.

[Sky]

Big Boo-TAY.

[Surlyboi]

Not muh goddamned planet. Understand, monkeyboy?

[Velorath]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that message board drama and fashion tips warrant immediate discussion, but a new class getting announced gets overlooked.

Also there's an interview with the lead writer regarding the new Trooper class as well.

[UnSub]

I did see this and think that I really hope BioWare have some really strong classes to round out the mix. Trooper, regardless of how it actually plays, is pretty meh in terms of Star Wars.

[Venkman]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that message board drama and fashion tips warrant immediate discussion, but a new class getting announced gets overlooked.

Also there's an interview with the lead writer regarding the new Trooper class as well.

Yay for generic fodder. We've been burned by Star Wars, classes, MMOs, and a Star Wars MMO both before and after it got classes. Gonna take a lot more than "Trooper" to make us care.

Like, beta invites! 

[schild]

Like, beta invites!

Little early to even throw a smiley face after that.

[Velorath]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that message board drama and fashion tips warrant immediate discussion, but a new class getting announced gets overlooked.

Also there's an interview with the lead writer regarding the new Trooper class as well.

Yay for generic fodder. We've been burned by Star Wars, classes, MMOs, and a Star Wars MMO both before and after it got classes. Gonna take a lot more than "Trooper" to make us care.

Like, beta invites! 

If we actually had to care to discuss something, the Darkfall thread never would have made 75 pages.

[Murgos]

Big Boo-TAY.

I'm pretty sure I'm working for Yoyodyne.

[Venkman]

Like, beta invites!

Little early to even throw a smiley face after that.

Heh, not looking for them. I never wait for them anyway, they just seem to fall in my lap. It was more an ironical smile that with how little we're spamming refresh on the SWTOR info sites, we'll all be in beta as fast as our ISPs let us go from beta code to install and patch.

[Surlyboi]

Oh, how jaded we've all become...

[eldaec]

...jaded enough for a 27 page thread.

We're all playing this and you all know it.

[lesion]

I'm playing it twice.

[Surlyboi]

...jaded enough for a 27 page thread.

We're all playing this and you all know it.

That's not the jaded I was referring to.

Jaded enough to just know we'll all be in the beta.

[Ingmar]

Generic or not I already know someone who is all excited to play a Trooper.

[Sky]

Is his name Eddie?

[Fordel]

Generic or not I already know someone who is all excited to play a Trooper.

 


They could only be topped if they let me be a Droid.

[Signe]

I love Eddie.  That pic used to be my wallpaper.

[Cyrrex]

In KOTOR, it's no stretch to think that droids couldn't be pretty compelling characters.  Of course, you'd then have thousands of kiddies, and quite possibly me, running around calling everyone Meatbag.

[Fordel]

In KOTOR, it's no stretch to think that droids couldn't be pretty compelling characters.  Of course, you'd then have thousands of kiddies, and quite possibly me, running around calling everyone Meatbag.

Why else be a droid if you can't mock the Meatsacks?

[ashrik]

I'd definitely be interested in playing a Trooper. You say generic, I say iconic. Star Wars is more than an intergalactic boner battle between Jedi and Bounty Hunters.

[Goreschach]

I'd definitely be interested in playing a Trooper. You say generic, I say iconic. Star Wars is more than an intergalactic boner battle between Jedi and Bounty Hunters.

No, that's pretty much all it is.

[Ingmar]

Whatever, I wanna be this guy.

[Lantyssa]

/forcechoke

[ashrik]

I'd definitely be interested in playing a Trooper. You say generic, I say iconic. Star Wars is more than an intergalactic boner battle between Jedi and Bounty Hunters.

No, that's pretty much all it is.

you're forgetting about space furries, for one.

They will not be denied

[Ratman_tf]

[WindupAtheist]

I'd definitely be interested in playing a Trooper. You say generic, I say iconic. Star Wars is more than an intergalactic boner battle between Jedi and Bounty Hunters.

No, that's pretty much all it is.

This. I'm ever so tired of hearing "Star Wars is more than just (cool thing), I'd really rather see (something lame)" whenever this sort of topic comes up. Not that I have any real objection to Cannon Fodder being a class if someone wants to play it, but usually from here it spirals off into discussions of asteroid mining or space-cow milking or what the hell ever.

It's a Star Wars game. I want to fly a spaceship and pew-pew enemy fighters when I'm not chopping off arms and feet with my lightsaber. If I want a game about something else beside those things, I'll play a game that's not fucking Star Wars.

Edit:  Also, the word "iconic" needs to Go Away.

[Venkman]

This.

Ironically, I did my round of space mining in a Star Wars game, but let's put that aside for a second 

SWTOR is not offering crafting stations for budding energy prospectors and Dancers. It's a story-driven action-y game between Jedi and Sith. People aren't playing that story to be one of the nameless rabble you see in the background of the Cantina.

Yes, SW can be about the struggling Droid Engineer whose Dad is barely paying the bills as a moisture farmer. But that type of SW is only interesting for the people so into the IP they consider the movies to be mere milestones between the books. It's certainly not how you extend an IP that was specifically created to tell the Jedi/Sith story.

[Sky]

The best part about stupid cannon fodder non-jedi characters is people will play them and then bitch that jedi are overpowered. 

There should be NO classes in the game. Everyone plays a Force Sensitive and can pick the skills they learn, and their quest decisions lead them down either path (jedi or sith). Just like, I dunno, KotOR.

[calapine]

The best part about stupid cannon fodder non-jedi characters is people will play them and then bitch that jedi are overpowered. 

There should be NO classes in the game. Everyone plays a Force Sensitive and can pick the skills they learn, and their quest decisions lead them down either path (jedi or sith). Just like, I dunno, KotOR.

That's most probably correct from a gameplay point of view, but I still can't get my head around everyone you meet being a Force Sensitive/Jedi/Whatever. It potentially kills immersion. (please don't laugh)

[Murgos]

Fill the game with generic NPC's ala GTA or CoX.  If there are thousands of 'people' around then having two or three Jedi/Sith in one area isn't such a big deal.

[Hindenburg]

That's most probably correct from a gameplay point of view, but I still can't get my head around everyone you meet being a Force Sensitive/Jedi/Whatever. It potentially kills immersion. (please don't laugh)

You delete your mmo character every time you die, then?

I'd be glad if they actually made a neutral force path. About damn time.

[calapine]

I guess you all are right. Especially after re-reading Darniaqs post from above. I just don't fully understand how that "story driven" unique-player-experience gameplay combines with making an MMORPG?

TortageImproved? KOTOR 3 + Grind = Monthly Money Hats?