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solid2snake said:
Knights of the Old World of the Republican Warcraft.
"Massive" Announcement - BioWare MMO Starwars: The Old Republic
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Knights of the Old World of the Republican Warcraft.
Anerythristic
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So when this MMO fails after 5 months, then will they begin work on KOTOR 3 proper?
pedrothelion
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I've never played SWG but did have a friend that played it. He described an active community where people owned malls and markets, crafted goods, piloted in space, hung out in cantinas and player made towns. Exploration of planets also sounded very interesting. Honestly the game sounded way ahead of it's time. I think the worst mistake bioware could make is to make the Jedi the endgame again. Just make it a class like any other. It would at least fit within the KOTOR mythos. There will be plenty of people who want to be other Star Wars archetypes.Chiaroscuro said:
PseudoKirby
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J-Rzez said:
so your there day 1 for APB?
PseudoKirby
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arena08 said:
the jedi should be reserved for people that reach a certain level, because its like the superhero of the star wars universe, like if they have a cap at 80 then jedi should come at 60 or soemthing
Peronthious
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PseudoKirby said:
Bingo. Make the Jedi akin to the WoW Death Knight and...most people switch to the Jedi at the level cap. Hopefully to switch back later when the novelty wears off, but we'll see how it goes with WoW when Lich King goes public.
Becoming a Jedi should not be depended on what level or job you have, it should be a big ass mission you have to do alone and be hard as hell.
Hitting a certain level and then just chose "Jedi" from a menu makes that job feel like any other job and it will lose anything special about it.
Hitting a certain level and then just chose "Jedi" from a menu makes that job feel like any other job and it will lose anything special about it.
Ello said:
Becoming a Jedi shouldn't be something any player can do. Your character, when created should have a certain amount of midichlorians and you don't know if you are capable of being a Jedi unless you go get your consultation from the Jedi order. Which should be a long quest getting there. Not to mention the waiting list just to be seen.
Then you have to fill out forms. Make sure your Medicare is in order and wait for the results. Could take months maybe years to even find out if you are capable.
Ello said:
This is why I hate MMORPGs (namely ones with monthly fees, like WoW and EverQuest). They lack the "instant gratification" of single player games.
In Devil May Cry, within one sitting, I beat a challenging level + boss, I get a fucking awesome new weapon, AND I actually had fun doing it!
In WoW/EQ, if you want a fucking awesome new weapon, there are several ways to get one, but all of them require several days of grinding and the experience is devoid of any type of enjoyment.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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ThatGuy said:
You win.
MMO's, like everything in the world, can be improved. Too many people hate grinding to defend it. Too many people hate starting the game late and fighting a bunch of twinks to defend it. Too many people hate huge amounts of time investment.
The next successful MMO will take the good from WOW and go into a different direction IMO.
The next successful MMO will take the good from WOW and go into a different direction IMO.
Vieo said:
But I'm not talking about a fucking awsome weapon, I'm talking about something that is considerd special, how special would a Jedi be if it was just go do an instant challenge and then get the job. You would have Jedis running all over the place.
I agree that grinding sucks and I hate when you have to be depended on others to get a quest done, that's why I said that it should have to be done alone. There are ways to do missions without having to grind for a day.
The ones who really wants to be a Jedi would probably do this mission while others would'nt care and pick something else.
Kafel said:
That 404's the other doesnt.
There is a 99.9% chance Star Wars: The Old republic is the name of the MMO.
July 3rd Lucasarts trademarked that and it is described as both "interactive entertainment software" and "entertainment services provided on-line by means of global and local area networks."
pedrothelion
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That's pretty much what they did in SWG and it failed miserably. Jedi shouldn't be an end game goal or your going to have a population of only Jedi in few months after release. IMO they should either make it so there is certain percentage of the population that could possibly be force sensitive and those players are randomly chosen or they should make the Jedi class like any other class. It may be interesting if you start out as jedi padawan and relatively weak compared to other classes in the initial levels and then as you gain levels you become a more powerful jedi knight and then jedi master.PseudoKirby said:
Old Republic Period right away opens up jedi/sith as starting classes. What they could do is make the higher levels of Jedi Knighthood,Mastery etc take ages to reach. Though going into the era they are I dont think jedi being weak is the goal. We will be in the peak of jedi/sith power where the Galaxy trembled from both sides in their war against each other
If I had to guess id Say we will See Jedi,Bounty Hunter,Smuggler,Some Soldier Class then a Medical Class and a few more
If I had to guess id Say we will See Jedi,Bounty Hunter,Smuggler,Some Soldier Class then a Medical Class and a few more
pedrothelion said:
When they changed it so you could be a jedi from the start, they kind of crashed and burned. Granted they made a lot of other changes, but they totally lost the majority of their audience, and that kind of change didn't help one bit.
Even a jedi padawan is really strong. Look at Episode 4, it's kind of based around a Jedi Padawan.
My solution is for any Jedi classes to be cut off from the rest of the world somehow. I don't necessarily mean physically, but being a Jedi would entail being on missions from the Council and all that, not really having the freedom to do as much as if you were a normal class. But being really awesome at what they do. This would be helped if they were a hero-class that requires a certain level- but differently as in the character you got to that level would be converted over. One Jedi per server per account. They'd already be invested in that character, and they'd eventually roll other classes too to see what was up- even maybe their original class so they can see what endgame was like for them.
anachronous_one
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It's in 2 hours and 42 minutes, approx.-ARNiE- said:
EDIT: heh, late.
Roude Leiw
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will someone blog the conference?
Guys if you are waiting, take a look at a thread i posted a while back, http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201636
First post on the thread already confirmed this games existence, quite humourous.
First post on the thread already confirmed this games existence, quite humourous.
James Power
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I really hope they reveal enough gameplay details for us to pre-judge the game today. I want either extreme approval or rejection of the whole concept.
Crayon Shinchan
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How to balance Jedis?
Make people that want to play Jedis, pay an additional $10-$15 per jedi-capable character per month. Oh, and they need to pay for the jedi enabled collectors editions as well.
Problem solved! Free market at its best!
Make people that want to play Jedis, pay an additional $10-$15 per jedi-capable character per month. Oh, and they need to pay for the jedi enabled collectors editions as well.
Problem solved! Free market at its best!
Masta_Killah
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Comic said:
Kotor had several Jedi/Seth classes. I think Bioware will expand on this if the mmo comes true.
JoshuaJSlone
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But how many trillion non-Jedi/Sith?laserbeam said:
Sho_Nuff82
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laserbeam said:
As much as I hate the idea of this game you have to be kidding yourself if you think LucasArts is going to make a KOTOR game PC exclusive.
Sho_Nuff82 said:
Why? With MMO's piracy is an almost non-existent issue (due to monthly fees), and we all know how successful a PC MMO can be (if anything has a chance to rival WoW numbers, it'd be a Bioware developed Star Wars MMO).
I think PC only is definitely likely, even if KotoR started out as an Xbox title.