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Reply #910 on: May 05, 2009, 05:03:09 PM

Damn, now I got that whistlesong stuck in my head!
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Reply #911 on: May 05, 2009, 05:43:04 PM

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.



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Reply #912 on: May 05, 2009, 11:07:12 PM

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

It's always stuck in my head.

That probably explains a lot about me.

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something.  We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Reply #913 on: May 06, 2009, 06:24:35 AM

Big Boo-TAY.
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Reply #914 on: May 06, 2009, 11:10:42 AM

Not muh goddamned planet. Understand, monkeyboy?

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Reply #915 on: May 10, 2009, 04:12:27 AM

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.
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Reply #916 on: May 10, 2009, 04:29:07 AM

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.

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Reply #917 on: May 10, 2009, 05:33:18 AM

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.

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Reply #918 on: May 10, 2009, 07:50:55 AM

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Like, beta invites!

Little early to even throw a smiley face after that.
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Reply #919 on: May 10, 2009, 12:24:02 PM

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!  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

If we actually had to care to discuss something, the Darkfall thread never would have made 75 pages.
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Reply #920 on: May 10, 2009, 03:15:55 PM

Big Boo-TAY.

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

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Reply #921 on: May 10, 2009, 03:18:53 PM

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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.
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Reply #922 on: May 10, 2009, 03:30:11 PM

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

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Reply #923 on: May 10, 2009, 03:31:25 PM

...jaded enough for a 27 page thread.

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

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Reply #924 on: May 10, 2009, 04:07:38 PM

I'm playing it twice.

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Reply #925 on: May 11, 2009, 05:48:34 AM

...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.

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Reply #926 on: May 11, 2009, 10:33:33 AM

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

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Reply #927 on: May 11, 2009, 10:43:25 AM

Is his name Eddie?

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Reply #928 on: May 11, 2009, 01:53:36 PM

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


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Reply #929 on: May 11, 2009, 01:59:01 PM

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

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Reply #930 on: May 11, 2009, 01:59:09 PM

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.

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Reply #931 on: May 11, 2009, 02:08:30 PM

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?

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Reply #932 on: May 11, 2009, 04:18:41 PM

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.
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Reply #933 on: May 11, 2009, 05:04:11 PM

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.
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Reply #934 on: May 11, 2009, 05:13:20 PM

Whatever, I wanna be this guy.


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Reply #935 on: May 11, 2009, 06:17:22 PM

/forcechoke

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Reply #936 on: May 11, 2009, 06:53:18 PM

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.

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Reply #937 on: May 11, 2009, 07:04:51 PM





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Reply #938 on: May 12, 2009, 02:17:45 AM

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.

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Reply #939 on: May 12, 2009, 05:18:38 AM

This.

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

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.
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Reply #940 on: May 12, 2009, 06:48:38 AM

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

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.
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Reply #941 on: May 12, 2009, 07:01:19 AM

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

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)

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Reply #942 on: May 12, 2009, 07:04:12 AM

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.

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Reply #943 on: May 12, 2009, 07:10:41 AM

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.

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Reply #944 on: May 12, 2009, 07:17:40 AM

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?

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