SWTOR

[Outlawedprod]

"Use the lube, Lukeeee"

Now that everyone's pre-ordered they can announce the 19.99 subscription rate on the last day of Comiccon!

[jakonovski]

Oh my lord, the "unavailability" in Finland is because their fucking link is broken. The area code is "fi-FL" when it should be "fi-FI". Just change that little detail and you can preorder all you want. Bioware/EA are apparently blissfully unaware of this and direct people to the "soz we may not be releasing outside US/Europe" statement.

Clownshoes.

[01101010]

"Use the lube, Lukeeee"

Now that everyone's pre-ordered they can announce the 19.99 subscription rate on the last day of Comiccon!

HEHE...

That would be fitting...and the downfall.

[Lucas]

bold is mine

As anticipation grows, BioWare also proudly announced today that Star Wars: The Old Republic will open "Beta Test Weekends" starting this September. These weekend play sessions will be open to selected players worldwide and create an opportunity for fans to get a sneak peek of the epic stories, worlds, quests, battles and characters in the game. Please visit www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com to register for game testing and to stay tuned throughout the summer for more details as they become available.

"We are targeting Star Wars: The Old Republic to be one of the biggest launches of holiday 2011," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager and Co-Founder, BioWare and Senior Vice President, Electronic Arts. "Our teams at BioWare and EA, along with our partners at LucasArts, are laser-focused on creating a high quality game, but just as importantly, they are resolute in delivering a high quality service. We are taking all of the necessary steps to make sure The Old Republic has a thriving community built on a stable online foundation from day one, including limiting supply at launch to ensure that players easily transition into the servers. So whether you're waiting to join the Empire or the Republic, pre-order now to ensure you can enter the galaxy at launch!"

link: http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=593263

[Merusk]

"Use the lube, Lukeeee"

Now that everyone's pre-ordered they can announce the 19.99 subscription rate on the last day of Comiccon!

Yeah, I fully expect this to be the case. Won't kill me but I won't leave it hanging around without logging in for a few weeks when I get bored like I have games in the past.

[Rasix]

Preordered the standard from Amazon.  Extra items might be nice but not worth the $

Yah, that ended up being the case for me.  No mouse droid, and I don't want to be like the people in Rift riding on the same damn 2 headed turtle as everyone else. Hopefully there's decent mount choices in game.

And, $20 dollars wouldn't break me, but it's veering close into the "hard to justify" sub price area.

[Shatter]

bold is mine

As anticipation grows, BioWare also proudly announced today that Star Wars: The Old Republic will open "Beta Test Weekends" starting this September. These weekend play sessions will be open to selected players worldwide and create an opportunity for fans to get a sneak peek of the epic stories, worlds, quests, battles and characters in the game. Please visit www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com to register for game testing and to stay tuned throughout the summer for more details as they become available.

"We are targeting Star Wars: The Old Republic to be one of the biggest launches of holiday 2011," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager and Co-Founder, BioWare and Senior Vice President, Electronic Arts. "Our teams at BioWare and EA, along with our partners at LucasArts, are laser-focused on creating a high quality game, but just as importantly, they are resolute in delivering a high quality service. We are taking all of the necessary steps to make sure The Old Republic has a thriving community built on a stable online foundation from day one, including limiting supply at launch to ensure that players easily transition into the servers. So whether you're waiting to join the Empire or the Republic, pre-order now to ensure you can enter the galaxy at launch!"

link: http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=593263

I my whole pants

[Cyrrex]

bold is mine

As anticipation grows, BioWare also proudly announced today that Star Wars: The Old Republic will open "Beta Test Weekends" starting this September. These weekend play sessions will be open to selected players worldwide and create an opportunity for fans to get a sneak peek of the epic stories, worlds, quests, battles and characters in the game. Please visit www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com to register for game testing and to stay tuned throughout the summer for more details as they become available.

"We are targeting Star Wars: The Old Republic to be one of the biggest launches of holiday 2011," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Group General Manager and Co-Founder, BioWare and Senior Vice President, Electronic Arts. "Our teams at BioWare and EA, along with our partners at LucasArts, are laser-focused on creating a high quality game, but just as importantly, they are resolute in delivering a high quality service. We are taking all of the necessary steps to make sure The Old Republic has a thriving community built on a stable online foundation from day one, including limiting supply at launch to ensure that players easily transition into the servers. So whether you're waiting to join the Empire or the Republic, pre-order now to ensure you can enter the galaxy at launch!"

link: http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=593263

I my whole pants

I my whole pants, too.

[tmp]

We are taking all of the necessary steps to make sure The Old Republic has a thriving community built on a stable online foundation from day one, including limiting supply at launch to ensure that players easily transition into the servers. So whether you're waiting to join the Empire or the Republic, pre-order now to ensure you can enter the galaxy at launch!"

Yo dawg, we've heard you like queues...

[01101010]

We are taking all of the necessary steps to make sure The Old Republic has a thriving community built on a stable online foundation from day one, including limiting supply at launch to ensure that players easily transition into the servers. So whether you're waiting to join the Empire or the Republic, pre-order now to ensure you can enter the galaxy at launch!"

Yo dawg, we've heard you like queues...

Well played...

[Riggswolfe]

Well, like the Star Wars nerd I am I preordered CE and have my code typed in already. I am wondering how it'll work with the headstart. Will we have to download the client since it is likely the game won't arrive early? What about all our little perks which probably get activated by a code in the box?

Oh well, here's hoping the game is worth it.

[Nebu]

I preordered the standard edition.  I'm such a sucker when it comes to playing the newest MMO. 

[Merusk]

Well, like the Star Wars nerd I am I preordered CE and have my code typed in already. I am wondering how it'll work with the headstart. Will we have to download the client since it is likely the game won't arrive early? What about all our little perks which probably get activated by a code in the box?

Oh well, here's hoping the game is worth it.

Yes, you'll have to D/L the whole game, like every other beta/ preorder.  The perks will probably be activated through Bioware's live site via a code like the DA & ME stuff was.

You're SW geek enough to have ordered the CE, so you already know that barring any A/O-level fuckups it'll be worth it for you, personally.  Just learn to ignore the bitching from everyone else like WoW fans have had to do.  

[Morfiend]

I preordered the standard edition.  I'm such a sucker when it comes to playing the newest MMO. 

Me too, except I got the Digital Delux. Fuckit. Whats $20 for basically P2W items. I think I have spent more than that in AoC already.

Also, if you guys notice, Origin pre-order isnt $5 more. Its pay $5 now, and then the remaining amount later. Just like Gamestop.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I think people really don't understand how hard 3-4 million subs is to get

[Nebu]

I think people really don't understand how hard 3-4 million subs is to get

My bet is that this game sells 2 million boxes and retains about 750k subs after 3 months. 

Any takers?

[Surlyboi]

According to Amazon, it'll be OS X as well.

I'll take that with a grain of salt, but it would be nice to not have to hop into the bootcamp partition.

[jakonovski]

Apologies if this has been already posted, but my Finnish sources tell me that the head start is 3 days for normal serials, 7 days for CE. 25 bucks per day for early access past three days!

[01101010]

Apologies if this has been already posted, but my Finnish sources tell me that the head start is 3 days for normal serials, 7 days for CE. 25 bucks per day for early access past three days!

And how much downtime is going to be involved... server restarts, crashes, network outages... Nope, not getting involved in that mess, let alone paying for it.

[Nebu]

And how much downtime is going to be involved... server restarts, crashes, network outages... Nope, not getting involved in that mess, let alone paying for it.

Rift's launch went quite well.  If Bioware/EA learned anything from that, things will go well. 

[Reg]

I didn't buy for the headstart. I just thought the silly digital toys were cool and worth an extra 20 bucks to me.  I think they were pretty smart actually to come up with a way to limit the number of people trying to log in in that crucial first week.

[jakonovski]

Dude on Neogaf confirmed from EA support that if you buy after release, the game will indeed be 5 monetary units of your choice lower.

[Shatter]

I got the CE so I can sniff the shit out of the new

[01101010]

And how much downtime is going to be involved... server restarts, crashes, network outages... Nope, not getting involved in that mess, let alone paying for it.

Rift's launch went quite well.  If Bioware/EA learned anything from that, things will go well. 

Oh I agree with ya, Rift was very smooth... but one in the past "a lot" does not bode well - of course, if EA is gating everything including waiting to create an EA ID, it might go as smooth, but then again, I recall queues of 4 hours which actually grew over time which locked some people out entirely for the first day of release. That might happen, regardless of game, but I'd rather not get a lucky roll and get on while half the server not being able to log in is pouring kerosene on the forums and lighting it.

[Lucas]

Oh, two items some of you probably already read, but I'll post them anyway, just to be sure. From the official pre-order FAQ:

I live in North America but my friend lives in Europe. Will we be able to play together on the same server?

Yes, it will be possible to play on the same server as your friends. Any player of Star Wars: The Old Republic can choose to play on any server. However, if you choose to play on a server outside of your own region (i.e., – playing on European servers from North America, and vice versa), because of natural latency caused by the distance between your client and the game servers, you may find your game performance is impacted.

Also, minimum requirements:

I am interested in pre-ordering Star Wars: The Old Republic, but do not know if my PC can support it. What are the minimum system requirements needed to run the game?

Processor:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating System:

Windows XP or later

RAM:

Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.

Video Card:

Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better

DVD-ROM drive - 8x speed or better (required for installation from physical editions only)

Internet connection required to play.

[Sky]

My bet is that this game sells 2 million boxes and retains about 750k subs after 3 months. 

Any takers?

Depends on companions. Since multi-boxing is so rampant in WoW, nobody knows how many unique players there are in this 'expanded' market. So it's hard to say what the actual 'mmo market' actually is, but it's definitely not what WoW's subscription is leading some to think it is.

The OSX compatibility makes me kinda skeered, I fear for my productivity. Luckily the nvidia 320M is probably way to wimpy for real gaming.

[Rasix]

Since multi-boxing is so rampant in WoW

It is?

[sam, an eggplant]

Rift's launch went quite well.  If Bioware/EA learned anything from that, things will go well. 

Rift had 12+ hour long queues in its first several weeks. It didn't have a ton of downtime, but they hugely oversold capacity. I don't count that as a smooth launch.

[eldaec]

Oh, two items some of you probably already read, but I'll post them anyway, just to be sure. From the official pre-order FAQ:

I live in North America but my friend lives in Europe. Will we be able to play together on the same server?

Yes, it will be possible to play on the same server as your friends. Any player of Star Wars: The Old Republic can choose to play on any server. However, if you choose to play on a server outside of your own region (i.e., – playing on European servers from North America, and vice versa), because of natural latency caused by the distance between your client and the game servers, you may find your game performance is impacted.

Also, minimum requirements:

I am interested in pre-ordering Star Wars: The Old Republic, but do not know if my PC can support it. What are the minimum system requirements needed to run the game?

Processor:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating System:

Windows XP or later

RAM:

Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.

Video Card:

Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better

DVD-ROM drive - 8x speed or better (required for installation from physical editions only)

Internet connection required to play.

They aren't posting HD requirements, may want to be careful if you have less than 138Gb free.

[Rasix]

No more of that, mister.

[Cadaverine]

Also, if you guys notice, Origin pre-order isnt $5 more. Its pay $5 now, and then the remaining amount later. Just like Gamestop.

Negative.  It may say that on the site, but according to my bank balance, they charged me the full amount.

[Modern Angel]

No more of that, mister.

 

They've already dropped 1.5mil preorders, according to something or other I read.

I'll go 4mil boxes, 1mil subs after three months.

[Outlawedprod]

Negative.  It may say that on the site, but according to my bank balance, they charged me the full amount.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold ?

[Montague]

Preordering SWTOR is like banging the easy chubby chick down the street. You tell everybody you're not gonna do it but deep down you know you will, and you just hope nobody you know finds out.

[Rasix]

Preordering SWTOR is like banging the easy chubby chick down the street. You tell everybody you're not gonna do it but deep down you know you will, and you just hope nobody you know finds out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o