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

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Hawk269

Hawk269

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Jira said:
Oh yeah, people will be max level before the game comes out. It's no surprise really.
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Really? WoW..I guess some people have alot of time or is it just a "I got to 50 before you did" type of thing? I mean, don't you miss alot of content by rushing through the game just to hit the level cap? I personally, want to enjoy and take my time with the game.

I do agree about getting out of the starter areas prior to when most people will get the game. I had the head start in RIFT and decided to make a 2nd character when the "official" date hit and damn were the starter areas jammed. For me, since I work retail and will be dead ass tired, my goal is to get off the starter planet prior to the 20th or so..but then plan to take my time when I am not working as much to really enjoy the game, do the side quest stuff etc.
 
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theta11

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Hawk269 said:
Really? WoW..I guess some people have alot of time or is it just a "I got to 50 before you did" type of thing? I mean, don't you miss alot of content by rushing through the game just to hit the level cap? I personally, want to enjoy and take my time with the game.

I do agree about getting out of the starter areas prior to when most people will get the game. I had the head start in RIFT and decided to make a 2nd character when the "official" date hit and damn were the starter areas jammed. For me, since I work retail and will be dead ass tired, my goal is to get off the starter planet prior to the 20th or so..but then plan to take my time when I am not working as much to really enjoy the game, do the side quest stuff etc.
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With a 7 day heardstart people will most definately be max level halfway through the headstart and you will indeed skip alot of the content. I don't think the starter areas are going to be a bad as some other games since there will be instancing.
 
Hawk269

Hawk269

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theta11 said:
With a 7 day heardstart people will most definately be max level halfway through the headstart and you will indeed skip alot of the content. I don't think the starter areas are going to be a bad as some other games since there will be instancing.
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I thought head start was only 5 days max? The 15th. When did it change to a 7 day head start? I registered my pre-order the day pre-orders started, so I should be in the first wave, but this is the first I am hearing of a 7 day head start.
 
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Wallach

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Hawk269 said:
I thought head start was only 5 days max? The 15th. When did it change to a 7 day head start? I registered my pre-order the day pre-orders started, so I should be in the first wave, but this is the first I am hearing of a 7 day head start.
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Was updated today.
 
rukland

rukland

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Hawk269 said:
I thought head start was only 5 days max? The 15th. When did it change to a 7 day head start? I registered my pre-order the day pre-orders started, so I should be in the first wave, but this is the first I am hearing of a 7 day head start.
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They just changed it today.
 
LowParry

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theta11 said:
With a 7 day heardstart people will most definately be max level halfway through the headstart and you will indeed skip alot of the content. I don't think the starter areas are going to be a bad as some other games since there will be instancing.
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Weekend beta test sort of proved that the method worked well. I didn't have much of any problems with overly congested areas of players and leveled pretty well overall.
 
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theta11

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CcrooK said:
Weekend beta test sort of proved that the method worked well. I didn't have much of any problems with overly congested areas of players and leveled pretty well overall.
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Apart from a little competition for a few quest mobs it went relatively smoothly.
 
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Jira

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Hawk269 said:
Really? WoW..I guess some people have alot of time or is it just a "I got to 50 before you did" type of thing? I mean, don't you miss alot of content by rushing through the game just to hit the level cap? I personally, want to enjoy and take my time with the game.

I do agree about getting out of the starter areas prior to when most people will get the game. I had the head start in RIFT and decided to make a 2nd character when the "official" date hit and damn were the starter areas jammed. For me, since I work retail and will be dead ass tired, my goal is to get off the starter planet prior to the 20th or so..but then plan to take my time when I am not working as much to really enjoy the game, do the side quest stuff etc.
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Considering the progression is very linear you'll have to actively try to skip content in order to not see something. Judging by my leveling in the Thanksgiving beta, doing all the content in DK and 2 flashpoints will get you to around 18 which is 3 levels ahead of the leveling curve. So at that point you can either skip content there on purpose or do it and just be ahead of the curve for the next planet and the next one unless the curve catches up with you at some point.
 
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krameriffic

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Hawk269 said:
Really? WoW..I guess some people have alot of time or is it just a "I got to 50 before you did" type of thing? I mean, don't you miss alot of content by rushing through the game just to hit the level cap? I personally, want to enjoy and take my time with the game.

I do agree about getting out of the starter areas prior to when most people will get the game. I had the head start in RIFT and decided to make a 2nd character when the "official" date hit and damn were the starter areas jammed. For me, since I work retail and will be dead ass tired, my goal is to get off the starter planet prior to the 20th or so..but then plan to take my time when I am not working as much to really enjoy the game, do the side quest stuff etc.
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There are people in beta who have probably leveled 10 characters to max level already. They are just looking to get it over with so they can apply their psychosis to endgame raiding.
 
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Moaradin

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Some people will always level really fast in MMOs. There is no way around that, and it shouldn't ever get in the way of YOUR enjoyment of the game.
 
LowParry

LowParry

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Who cares if people get to 50 so fast. Play the game at your own pace, join up with a guild, shoot the shit with some friends as you play and have a good time.
 
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Jira

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Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST.

From the preload email. So early access ends even sooner now.
 
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mcfrank

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The amount of whining in this thread is truly mind boggling. We just found out we are getting the game 2 days sooner than previously thought, and after years of anticipation people will be playing the game on Tuesday, and some of your first reactions are to complain about when you get your email?

I think "yay, I may get the game two days earlier" or "wow, Bioware must be really confident that the game is ready to go" are much more appropriate reactions to this news.
 
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JWong

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Moaradin said:
Some people will always level really fast in MMOs. There is no way around that, and it shouldn't ever get in the way of YOUR enjoyment of the game.
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Fuck leveling fast. I ain't skipping no cutscenes. If there is any MMO that you need to soak in, it's definitely this one.
 
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Dina

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So, where do I add my subscription to my account? I've looked everywhere, but I see nothing. The launcher also states that I need to add a subscription.
 
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Moaradin

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Jira said:
Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST.

From the preload email. So early access ends even sooner now.
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It's 7 days instead of 5 now.

Dina said:
So, where do I add my subscription to my account? I've looked everywhere, but I see nothing. The launcher also states that I need to add a subscription.
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Once the game comes out you just add your key.
 
Hawk269

Hawk269

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Moaradin said:
Some people will always level really fast in MMOs. There is no way around that, and it shouldn't ever get in the way of YOUR enjoyment of the game.
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I really dont care if some does level fast or not as it has no impact on me and how I play games. I just think it is insteresting in why some people choose to rush to the level cap as fast as possible. I guess it is like some people with single player games where they rush through just to say they beat it, but miss out in alot of content.

I guess where it does play into things is if you play with alot of people and they are alot higher level than you are. For flashpoints and other stuff, you would want to be close level wise with your friends.

BTW...What is the preferred voice communicaiton method most of you will be using to play the game?
 
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Jira

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Moaradin said:
It's 7 days instead of 5 now.
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My point was the time it ends, on the past 2 pages we were made aware that headstart ended at 9pm PST, now it's 7pm PST. So hell it's hard to say which it is, 7 or 9? Bioware is really inconsistent with their emails/forum posts/tweets. They really need to triple check their facts before sending stuff out.
 
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Jira

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Moaradin said:
For like raids and stuff? I heard Mumble is the best voice software for MMOs now.
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Mumble is supposed to have very little latency, but in practice a group of 7 people I know who use Vent every single day tried it out and the lack of config options is staggering. Not only that we all agreed that everyone sounded horrible, I felt the setup and options were far too streamlined for its own good. YMMV.
 
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TheExodu5

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mcfrank said:
The amount of whining in this thread is truly mind boggling. We just found out we are getting the game 2 days sooner than previously thought, and after years of anticipation people will be playing the game on Tuesday, and some of your first reactions are to complain about when you get your email?

I think "yay, I may get the game two days earlier" or "wow, Bioware must be really confident that the game is ready to go" are much more appropriate reactions to this news.
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The way the tweet was worded is implying that SOME people will get in on the 13th...there's no guarantee as to when everyone will get in the early access. For all we know, some of us might only get in a day ahead of launch.
 
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Emitan

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TheExodu5 said:
The way the tweet was worded is implying that SOME people will get in on the 13th...there's no guarantee as to when everyone will get in the early access. For all we know, some of us might only get in a day ahead of launch.
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The early access was always planned that way. The only difference is it starts 2 days earlier.
 
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falastini

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mcfrank said:
The amount of whining in this thread is truly mind boggling. We just found out we are getting the game 2 days sooner than previously thought, and after years of anticipation people will be playing the game on Tuesday, and some of your first reactions are to complain about when you get your email?
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It's not so much that you have to wait for an email to get access, it's that you don't know when you're getting access. It would be annoying to constantly check your email for five days, only to get in the sixth. I can imagine a lot of people were also planning to take off of work etc... it's just really backwards. I don't see why they can't let people know the day they should expect access.

I really hope they're shipping copies early as well, with the "no grace period" news.

edit: just got the email to download the client
Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST. During this time, we will be emailing invitations to join Early Game Access based on the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. Pre-load the game client now, so you're ready to play when your Early Game Access invitation arrives. Note that download time can vary and may take awhile.
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mcfrank

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TheExodu5 said:
The way the tweet was worded is implying that SOME people will get in on the 13th...there's no guarantee as to when everyone will get in the early access. For all we know, some of us might only get in a day ahead of launch.
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We have known that early access was staggered based on when you pre ordered for a very long time.
 
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mcfrank

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falastini said:
It's not so much that you have to wait for an email to get access, it's that you don't know when you're getting access. It would be annoying to constantly check your email for five days, only to get in the sixth. I can imagine a lot of people were also planning to take off of work etc... it's just really backwards. I don't see why they can't let people know the day they should expect access.
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Probably so that they can see how well the servers hold up on day 1 so they have a better idea of how many to let on in day 2 and 3 and 4...

At this point getting in on day 3 of early access is the same as getting in on day 1 before today's news. There is no downside to this.
 
The Elite

The Elite

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falastini said:
It's not so much that you have to wait for an email to get access, it's that you don't know when you're getting access. It would be annoying to constantly check your email for five days, only to get in the sixth. I can imagine a lot of people were also planning to take off of work etc... it's just really backwards. I don't see why they can't let people know the day they should expect access.

I really hope they're shipping copies early as well, with the "no grace period" news.

edit: just got the email to download the client
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So, I will be one of the last to get Early Game Access since I pre-ordered yesterday? Meh.

I'm downloading something now? Would this be the beta that everyone has been playing?
 
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Rflagg

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CcrooK said:
Who cares if people get to 50 so fast. Play the game at your own pace, join up with a guild, shoot the shit with some friends as you play and have a good time.
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This
Also if you care about end game it isn't going to disappear if you take longer to get there.

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KaYotiX said:
Nice, just got email to preload. Doing so on both my laptop and desktop :) can't wait till next week!!
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I want mine. 8(
 
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Angelus Errare

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DoctorWho said:
So, I will be one of the last to get Early Game Access since I pre-ordered yesterday? Meh.

I'm downloading something now? Would this be the beta that everyone has been playing?
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Beta is over, you're just preloading the game so you're not sitting there downloading 27GB on launch day.
 
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Gaston

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If it is indeed the 13th I will be SO happy. I was really bummed because I have 2 finals on the 15th and a final every day after with the last on the 17th.
 
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Rflagg

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I see I thought they were going to send a link to our email accounts, however they have the pre-load link after you click on the pre-order section under my account.I haven't visited the official forums for awhile so I missed that.

Edit: And as soon as I post this I get an email with the link.
 
Giolon

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I don't care about getting to 50 first - I care about them not following through with the grace period that they offered so I'm going to have to stop playing after the early access for a couple of days while I wait for my CE to arrive.
 
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Kettch

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Sent said:
Ok say you play with 3 other friends. They get 7 days early access, you get 1. Don't you think that would mess up the plan when they are all already playing and have 6 days head start on you? That's the only problem I see with it. (I won't be getting much time ahead myself /shrug)
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Tell your friends to not play early? You all have the option of starting on the 20th if you want.
 
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Thoraxes

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Have a picture.

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Gunmonkey36

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Giolon said:
I don't care about getting to 50 first - I care about them not following through with the grace period that they offered so I'm going to have to stop playing after the early access for a couple of days while I wait for my CE to arrive.
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This is just rather upsetting for retail purchasers, and it's really poor business practice. Going back on their grace period is unacceptable.

I'm glad I went with a digital copy.
 
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Emitan

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When Origin is the best place to buy a game you have done something seriously wrong

ordered the digital deluxe edition from them
 
Dakota47

Dakota47

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Pre-loading the game. Shit is getting real now. I'll probably get in on the 13th because I pre-ordered the game somewhere in July, but I I won't be able to properly play it until the 16th or so.
 
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