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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Early Access: December 13th] Thread 2

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Kem0sabe

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I couldnt help myself to leave a little bit of a spoilerish tid-bit for those of you that be longing for news about one of Kotor´s favorite characters...

Spoilers beware!

Indignation: Why is my faction Republic?
Self Righteous: I serve no meat-bag government.
 
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Arpeggio23

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If I want to be as close to Luke Skywalker as possible in the game (yes, I realize the timeline, etc. is completely different), then what build should I choose?
 
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isny

napkin dispenser
TheExodu5 said:
Fuck....tempted.

I know I said I was disappointed in the game, but the fact that this CE appears to be so limited has me tempted.

Yay or nay?

edit: I guess I'll order it...I can always return it anyways.
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AppleMIX said:
You might as well hold on to it and sell it later for 200%+ profit.
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TheExodu5 said:
Ordered it.

They'll be sending me the early access code so I assume I can play the early access and still return or resell the CE afterwards?

Seemed like a no brainer, I suppose.
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It is indeed a no brainer. It sold out pretty quick too.

I figure the same as above. If I don't keep it, I can always resell it and make some extra cash.
 
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Emitan

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I guess Jedi Guardian would work, but in EU Luke becomes the most powerful Force user in existence due to him being the son of Anakin (who was born from the Force), but we never really see him doing that in the movies.
 
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Venfayth

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Oh, I was gonna ask during the freebie weekend but I forgot to.

This happened while I was playing:

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This is a bug, right? lol
 
Giolon

Giolon

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The chronological order of the cinematics is the reverse of the order they released.

Return->Hope->Deceived

I too am disappointed that Satele isn't featured on more of the marketing material to represent the Republic over some guy who died considering that she's the leader of the Jedi at this point and she isn't overly sexualized. Plus, in the time of the game, she's around 50-60 years old. You don't see that every day.


Acullis said:
Oh, I was gonna ask during the freebie weekend but I forgot to.

This happened while I was playing:

5GOqL.jpg


This is a bug, right? lol
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ROFLMAO, yes it's a bug.
 
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Einbroch

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Acullis said:
Oh, I was gonna ask during the freebie weekend but I forgot to.

This happened while I was playing:

5GOqL.jpg


This is a bug, right? lol
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At first I saw nothing wrong with the picture, I thought your character was looking over and edge or something.

I hope they don't fix it.
 
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Kem0sabe

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Giolon said:
The chronological order of the cinematics is the reverse of the order they released.

Return->Hope->Deceived

I too am disappointed that Satele isn't featured on more of the marketing material to represent the Republic over some guy who died considering that she's the leader of the Jedi at this point and she isn't overly sexualized. Plus, in the time of the game, she's around 50-60 years old. You don't see that every day.



ROFLMAO, yes it's a bug.
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She doesnt look a day older than 30´ish :)

Must have some good genes i guess... or shes like scourge and immortal born out of a dark sith ritual. Take your pick.
 
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JWong

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Billychu said:
I guess Jedi Guardian would work, but in EU Luke becomes the most powerful Force user in existence due to him being the son of Anakin (who was born from the Force), but we never really see him doing that in the movies.
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Those trilogy books that follow the movie, he doesn't use the force that much.

He also had sex with a cyborg, if I remember correctly from one of the books.
 
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Prodigal

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I've heard many conflicting reports of this but is it confirmed now that we have to uninstall our beta clients and install the new one for release?
 
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Banana Kid

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Kem0sabe said:
She doesnt look a day older than 30´ish :)

Must have some good genes i guess... or shes like scourge and immortal born out of a dark sith ritual. Take your pick.
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From what I understand, people live a really long time in Star Wars. 60 for them is probably more like 40 for us.
 
LowParry

LowParry

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Prodigal said:
I've heard many conflicting reports of this but is it confirmed now that we have to uninstall our beta clients and install the new one for release?
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Last I read, if you were in the Thanksgiving weekend test, you won't have to uninstall. You'll get updated. Though if you really just want to start fresh, I'd go with the new install. Either or is perfectly fine.
 
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BattleMonkey

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Kem0sabe said:
She doesnt look a day older than 30´ish :)

Must have some good genes i guess... or shes like scourge and immortal born out of a dark sith ritual. Take your pick.
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They tried to age her, in game she seems more roundish looking in the face to me and far more grey than the concept art of her aged persona.

449px-Grand_Master_Satele_Shan2.jpg
 
Giolon

Giolon

Member
BattleMonkey said:
They tried to age her, in game she seems more roundish looking in the face to me and far more grey than the concept art of her aged persona.

449px-Grand_Master_Satele_Shan2.jpg
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Yeah, though she's got some pretty decent age lines on her face in-game. I've seen some well-aged 50-60 year olds who look about the same. Unfortunately, the only video capture I have of Satele is during the incredibly spoiler-ific ending cutscene to the Consular storyline.

Deadly said:
Did Nomura draw this? What's with all the belts.
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ROFLMAO XD To be fair - Nomura would have put at least 5x more belts than that. And Zippers.
 
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Sigfodr

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BattleMonkey said:
The war had been going on for 28 years, both sides were strained to the limit supposedly and it was the Emperor and Dark Council that ordered the attack to strong arm the Republic into agreeing to terms. The Sith couldn't have taken Coruscant, they would have had to retreat anyways and the war was likely to continue for a long time more when it basically turned into a stalemate for so long.



I didn't mind what they did with Revan, I thought it was interesting thing to do which I think is greatly influenced simply because of the existence of TOR which limited what they could have done with the character. If a KOTOR 3 had been made, I think we would have seen things more differently. Instead everything was just obvious set up story wise for TOR.

What I didn't like from the novel was how they handled the Exile, that was meh.
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Kem0sabe said:
That novel was a travesty in my opinion. What a silly way to wrap up the Revan / Exile stories from the kotor games... overall it was a poor attempt at story telling and only goes to show that Bioware are not that good of a storyteller, the industry is just so bad as to make them look better than they are.

I would spoil it but the way they end the Revan story in TOR is even more insulting... seriously.
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I guess it's worth mentioning that the plan on the Empire's side was to raze Coruscant, but the Emperor ordered forces to pull out <inappropriate joke here>. According to something I read, this has all gone according to the Emperor's true plan. Of course, that could be writer's taking the easy way out and building up later or the Emperor's way of saying, "Oh, um, I meant to do that."
 
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BattleMonkey

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Sigfodr said:
I guess it's worth mentioning that the plan on the Empire's side was to raze Coruscant, but the Emperor ordered forces to pull out <inappropriate joke here>. According to something I read, this has all gone according to the Emperor's true plan. Of course, that could be writer's taking the easy way out and building up later or the Emperor's way of saying, "Oh, um, I meant to do that."
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The plan to most Sith was to raze Coruscant since they would have had to retreat and couldn't hold the world, but from the book Deceived they seem to make it out that the higher up Sith Lords knew about the plan to simply hold the planet for ransom basically. The Emperor and the Dark Council apparently knew at least but the Sith doing the attack were kept in the dark it seems.
 
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Sigfodr

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BattleMonkey said:
The plan to most Sith was to raze Coruscant since they would have had to retreat and couldn't hold the world, but from the book Deceived they seem to make it out that the higher up Sith Lords knew about the plan to simply hold the planet for ransom basically. The Emperor and the Dark Council apparently knew at least but the Sith doing the attack were kept in the dark it seems.
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Fair point. It did seemed like Angral (if I remember correctly) knew the whole time.
 
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cartoon_soldier

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vitaminwateryum said:
I'll work on some headers and class images sometime tomorrow. Tons of work that needs to be done tonight.
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Were you able to do these? Let us know!

Billy, what part of OT you plan to work on? I was thinking of working on the screw skills section tonight. That is one part of the game that can be confusing for new players but is still pretty awesome.
 
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Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
One of my old innernet buddies who I played Asheron's Call and WoW with is gearing up to make a sith guild. My body is ready for juggernaut/merc/assassin/operative action. Who am I kidding, I'll probably end up having a powertech and sorc as well eventually.
 
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Wallach

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On my pre-order section of my account, there's now a download link and it says:

You can now download the game client and patch the game. Watch for an email invitation from The Old Republic team to begin your Early Access.
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Just a heads up.
 
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markatisu

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interesting I just checked my account at swtor.com and under code redemption this showed up

11.02.2011 Star Wars&#8482;: The Old Republic&#8482; Early Game Access: Ready to patch
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I just checked this on Monday and it only had the CE Pre-Order code from July
 
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isny

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So, should I be uninstalling the Beta and downloading the client linked in the "My Account" section when logged in?
 
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Somnia

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markatisu said:
interesting I just checked my account at swtor.com and under code redemption this showed up



I just checked this on Monday and it only had the CE Pre-Order code from July
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Below is a list of valid Star Wars: The Old Republic codes that have been redeemed under this account.
11.02.2011 Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Early Game Access: Ready to patch

that's what mine says, hope I did it early enough for the 15th =)
 
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isny

napkin dispenser
NM my post, just checked the SWTOR forums.

"If you have played in our game testing program at any point from November 25th onwards, you will not need to re-install the game client, as you should already have the launch version installed.

To verify that you have the launch version installed, you can check for the "assets_swtor_main" version file in the following location on your computer: \Program Files (x86)\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old Republic (assuming default installation). If you have that file present, you do not need to reinstall the game client."
 
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Hixx

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The stupid installer just disappears when I try to run it. Didn't have this problem with the beta :/

edit: stupid firewall.
 
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Skel1ingt0n

I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
isny said:
NM my post, just checked the SWTOR forums.

"If you have played in our game testing program at any point from November 25th onwards, you will not need to re-install the game client, as you should already have the launch version installed.

To verify that you have the launch version installed, you can check for the "assets_swtor_main" version file in the following location on your computer: \Program Files (x86)\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old Republic (assuming default installation). If you have that file present, you do not need to reinstall the game client."
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Awesome!

So glad I don't have to download that again. On my slooooow DSL line, it took a good 3 days. Was ridiculous.
 
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