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Lucas
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Just received a mail with the header: "You have been selected to participate in the final STAR WARS: The Old Republic Beta Test"Starting tomorrow at 1pm CST (8pm CET) Nice surprise  Here is the official statement: Sent Dec. 1: Final Beta Testing Weekend Invites
This is our final test before launch! We have invited a smaller number of testers than in our previous Beta Testing Weekend to assist us in testing a new build of the game. If you participated in the last Beta Testing Weekend, check your e-mail to see if you've been invited. All you need to do is open the launcher and begin patching – you'll be able to play at the time stated in the e-mail you received.
Who was invited: Selected testers that participated in the previous Beta Testing Weekend
What was sent: Final Beta Testing Weekend invitations
Server locations: US East Coast, US West Cost, and EU servers
Invite status: We have begun to send invitations. Check your e-mail to see if you have been invited and for instructions! |
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« Last Edit: December 01, 2011, 11:45:55 AM by Lucas »
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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luckton
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Either I'm very lucky, that 'smaller number of testers' really isn't that small. Either way,  I'm in for one more run. |
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murdoc
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Yeah, that was a nice a surprise - but considering I will probably be playing live in 2 weeks I don't think I'll be logging in and doing much.
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Mrbloodworth
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"Cartoony" graphics don't magically take less processing power than realistic graphics, in some cases they can take more.
I can guarantee you in player assets alone in AOC uses more overhead that SWTOR. |
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Ingmar
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Ultimately the 'cartoony'/stylized graphics can get away with a lower poly count etc. than 'realistic' and still look decent, since they don't really suffer from the uncanny valley problem. So while it may not mean lower processing power needed by definition, in practice that's almost always what it means.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Wasted
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Did anyone else an email saying basically they have locked your account until you change your password? I did change my password last time they told me to, this is a bit ... worrying.
[edit] and now the reset password feature isn't working correctly.
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Ingmar
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Did anyone else an email saying basically they have locked your account until you change your password? I did change my password last time they told me to, this is a bit ... worrying.
The last time they told us, they were just telling us 'at some point in the future we will require you to change it' - now that point in the future is here. You can change it to the same thing.  |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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eldaec
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I really wouldn't worry much about EA's shitty userID management processes, presumably they are using the same stuff that runs the bioware forums and DLC bullshit.
Expecting anything sensible from it is a path to anger, hate, and the dark side.
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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I'll log onto the launcher tonight and see if it updates. I don't even pay attention to the emails or lack of emails anymore.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Sjofn
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Apparently the new build that went out just after the Turkey Weekend Test has already introduced 1877 new items (all but 129 are item mods), 600 new crafting schematics, and this new ability:  Thank fucking God, getting back to the Fleet was fucking annoying. |
God Save the Horn Players
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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No email, but my launcher patched up.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Fabricated
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Here are the ones I thought were funny from the patch notes: Companion Characters now vocalize less frequently during combat. - STFU Vette, I'm fighting here!
Battlelord Kreshan now drops loot - That had to be disappointing before
The final boss no longer continually respawns - Hilarious
A normal enemy NPC in this Flashpoint no longer drops boss loot. - Also hilarious
Nightmare Mode chests now contain loot. - Empty chests make me sad.
Bonethrasher no longer enters a state that causes him to cease executing his combat mechanics. - They gave him Xanex for his combat depression
Most Wanted: The weapon cache now provides a companion weapon. - Before they contained silly hats?
Character limitations will now display in the error message when players enter a name that is too long. - Fuck you Galahihixabalodianphiblrah!
Well the companion vocalization thing is good, but did they fix the bug where you could hear other people's companions louder than anything regardless of where you are in a zone compared to them? Questing and hearing this for like an hour is great: "EAT LIGHTSABER, JERK!" "EAT LIGHTSABER, JERK!" "EAT LIGHTSABER, JERK!" "EAT LIGHTSABER, JERK!" "EAT LIGHTSABER, JERK!" Also companions have literally the worst battle-cry things ever. Really? Eat lightsaber jerk? |
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Lantyssa
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"Consume lightsaber, nerf-herder!"
Yeah, they didn't even try.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Cyrrex
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Not having and HK 47 style assassin droid as a insult slinging companion seems like a missed opportunity. I never, ever partake in RMT, but I would hop all over that shit.
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koro
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Not having and HK 47 style assassin droid as a insult slinging companion seems like a missed opportunity. I never, ever partake in RMT, but I would hop all over that shit.
Well, there is, and this is a pretty large spoiler, |
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VainEldritch
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Also companions have literally the worst battle-cry things ever. Really? Eat lightsaber jerk?
Some. I rather like Khem's dry observations spouted while he gets beat upon by a crowd of angry mobs as I hide behind a pillar. "death calls to me" = I'm getting pwnt here, help plox? "heal me little Sith" = I'm about to die and when I do guess where this elite mob is going? Besides, Khem's alien dialect is far more agreeable than Vet's grating whine. |
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Paelos
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At least I can shock Vette.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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At least I can shock Vette.
Or, if Pure Blood, slap some sense into her. |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Evildrider
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At least I can shock Vette.
You can also have sex with other NPC's and make Vette watch. |
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Draegan
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Not having and HK 47 style assassin droid as a insult slinging companion seems like a missed opportunity. I never, ever partake in RMT, but I would hop all over that shit.
Well, there is, and this is a pretty large spoiler, The location is spoilered in the Assassin/Shadow guide linked in this forum I think. |
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SnakeCharmer
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At least I can shock Vette.
You can do alot more with her than that. Not going to spoil it but when it happened I was all like:    And Evilrider spoiled it. |
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Lakov_Sanite
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At least I can shock Vette.
You can also have sex with other NPC's and make Vette watch. those textures are seriously terrible. |
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Paelos
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Also, that's not a sex scene.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Merusk
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No, but it IS hilarious.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Modern Angel
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It's kind of hilarious and kind of amazing. Amazing in the sense that I can't believe anyone can take this seriously.
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schild
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Also companions have literally the worst battle-cry things ever. Really? Eat lightsaber jerk?
Some. I rather like Khem's dry observations spouted while he gets beat upon by a crowd of angry mobs as I hide behind a pillar. "death calls to me" = I'm getting pwnt here, help plox? "heal me little Sith" = I'm about to die and when I do guess where this elite mob is going? Besides, Khem's alien dialect is far more agreeable than Vet's grating whine. Contract writers. |
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Miasma
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When are they going to tell us what day we start on if we preordered? I'm trying to plan my Christmas vacation time.
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Evildrider
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When are they going to tell us what day we start on if we preordered? I'm trying to plan my Christmas vacation time.
I think next week. I haven't been worried personally, I pre-ordered within the first 2 hours. I'd assume if you did it in the first month you are probably good for the 15th and if you did it within the last month probably the 19th. |
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Lucas
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Further proof that Italians have suspect taste in games.
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"Play" button now available for those who can access the beta :)
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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Paelos
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"Play" button now available for those who can access the beta :)
YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! |
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Evildrider
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"Play" button now available for those who can access the beta :)
YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! I thought I was fine by not being in this weekend, but I find myself wanting to play badly. |
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Sky
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Yeah, I hate this game. I wasn't going to play LAST weekend and ended up getting to 18th level.
Figure I can catch up on Skyrim and the last bit of winterizing the house this weekend and STILL bummed I'm not in the beta.
Damn you, TOR.
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Mattemeo
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The game? Runs as smooth as silk.
The official website? A bugged out unfathomable shit-pile.
Been trying to reset my password (at their insistance) for the last 3 days. Today, I actually got an email allowing me to use the password reset page. Only now, when I try to reset my password, it sits there bibbling for about 2 minutes then tells me my passwords must match. Because inexplicably, somewhere during the process, it adds a whole bunch of characters to the 'confirm new password' input.
I just want to preorder the fucking game!
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Furiously
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Try using IE to reset your password. It wouldn't work with Firefox for me for some reason.
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Ingmar
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Yeah Chrome was also choking on it.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
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