That's exactly what I took from it and appreciated the frankness of the explanation.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Early Access: December 13th] Thread 2
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That's exactly what I took from it and appreciated the frankness of the explanation.
Teleport to instance and automated cross server group assembly destroyed what little was left of the WoW community (which wasn't that great to begin with).
If Bioware has to implement a LFG tool, then let it be a system thats only server based and isnt automated in any way.
That being said, lurking the instance entrance and spamming /1 is not "community" or "socializing", its just poor design.
If Bioware has to implement a LFG tool, then let it be a system thats only server based and isnt automated in any way.
That being said, lurking the instance entrance and spamming /1 is not "community" or "socializing", its just poor design.
Escape Goat
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If you got the code and entered it in the website and downloaded the game you don't need the box to arrive from the retailer right?
You don't need it for early access but bw has said there will be no grace period so you will need the product code for launch day and after.
Is there anything about the core mechanics of the game that would be appealing to me that aren't pretty much the same as you're usual MMO? I really havn't been following the game at all but with the launch coming up soon and having quite a bit of spare time atm, i feel i could sink some time into an MMO.
I did a small bit of research and the whole story arc direction looks pretty cool but on face value it pretty much looks like World of Warcraft in a Star Wars universe which isn't what i'm after to be honest. Is there anything that could appeal to me gameplay wise baring in mind i'm not huge into the Star Wars lore etc. This is in no way a troll post as i am aware it could be easily conceived as one, i'm genuinely on the fence and what someone to push me over.
I did a small bit of research and the whole story arc direction looks pretty cool but on face value it pretty much looks like World of Warcraft in a Star Wars universe which isn't what i'm after to be honest. Is there anything that could appeal to me gameplay wise baring in mind i'm not huge into the Star Wars lore etc. This is in no way a troll post as i am aware it could be easily conceived as one, i'm genuinely on the fence and what someone to push me over.
Escape Goat
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Ah okay. Was wondering what the grace period talk was about. Thats really lame. Would I be better off canceling my amazon preorder and just getting the digital download?
Man, I just successfully downsized my computer collection to two MacBook Airs (wife & I).
Now I really want to play swtor and I don't want to have to build a PC to do it.
I'd really love for OnLive to pick this title up somehow, even though the usage patterns for MMO's (e.g. people actually play them) would probably break the service's back.
Now I really want to play swtor and I don't want to have to build a PC to do it.
I'd really love for OnLive to pick this title up somehow, even though the usage patterns for MMO's (e.g. people actually play them) would probably break the service's back.
Is there anything about the core mechanics of the game that would be appealing to me that aren't pretty much the same as you're usual MMO? I really havn't been following the game at all but with the launch coming up soon and having quite a bit of spare time atm, i feel i could sink some time into an MMO.
I did a small bit of research and the whole story arc direction looks pretty cool but on face value it pretty much looks like World of Warcraft in a Star Wars universe which isn't what i'm after to be honest. Is there anything that could appeal to me gameplay wise baring in mind i'm not huge into the Star Wars lore etc. This is in no way a troll post as i am aware it could be easily conceived as one, i'm genuinely on the fence and what someone to push me over.
Theres nothing truly unique about TOR, as many people have claimed... its WoW with lightsabers, a simplistic description? yes, true? to an extent.
I say the main appeal is SW and the chance to continue the story that started with the KotOR games. Its voiced, its epic and bioware apparently was able to license and fit a full copy of rogue squadron in the game.
It's up to you. My ce is getting release date delivery from amazon. You can check in your orders page when your delivery is expected. I'm not canceling for a half day wait. Plus I think ea/bw may cave and give a few days grace at the last minute anyways.
Is there anything about the core mechanics of the game that would be appealing to me that aren't pretty much the same as you're usual MMO? I really havn't been following the game at all but with the launch coming up soon and having quite a bit of spare time atm, i feel i could sink some time into an MMO.
I did a small bit of research and the whole story arc direction looks pretty cool but on face value it pretty much looks like World of Warcraft in a Star Wars universe which isn't what i'm after to be honest. Is there anything that could appeal to me gameplay wise baring in mind i'm not huge into the Star Wars lore etc. This is in no way a troll post as i am aware it could be easily conceived as one, i'm genuinely on the fence and what someone to push me over.
I'm tempted to say this isn't for you. What I really enjoy about swtor I'd the story content and choose your own adventure style of the instances. The bioware spin on the wow model really makes it fresh for me plus the animation that some describe as choppy really add to the combat for me. In wow people just stand there chopping at each other with very little to actually see besides aoe effects. Swtor tries to show realistic light saber duels and the combat just feels more visceral.
Play it on your Mac in bootcamp dude...that's what I'm doing on my MBP.
Isnt the MacBook air an extremely weaksauce computer? I don't think it could run swtor.
HP_Wuvcraft
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My last rig was a Mac Pro. It ran everything I threw at it perfectly.
Escape Goat
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The Elite
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I'd love to see photographs.
Mac pro =/ Mac air.
You are in the US?
Holy crap. Looks like it changed recently. Screw this. Digital purchase incoming.
Wow the ce is going for $325 on amazon. If prices hit $400 I'm just going digital and flipping my ce that's crazy.
Escape Goat
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Yeah
Amazon is fucking up all over the place on this one.
I had free release date shipping when I ordered the CE in early october, just went to check on it and now it shows that I have 1 day shipping for 4.99 with it arriving two days later than it would've with the release date shipping.
So I bitched them out and they removed the shipping fee, but "cannot give release date shipping on this item." Even though people still have release date shipping listed on their fucking orders.
I had free release date shipping when I ordered the CE in early october, just went to check on it and now it shows that I have 1 day shipping for 4.99 with it arriving two days later than it would've with the release date shipping.
So I bitched them out and they removed the shipping fee, but "cannot give release date shipping on this item." Even though people still have release date shipping listed on their fucking orders.
Pics or GTFO.
Just checked mine and it's slated for the 20th by amazon. At this rate I won't keep it though. 350-400 is just crazy,it's just a game.
The way you're saying it, Witcher 1, Bethesda, Obsidian games doesn't have multiple storylines. Absolutely not true.
If you don't see the features TOR has over WoW, then get out of this thread, play the game, then come back. Story, companions (my biggest feature), new mana resource systems, there are a number of things that can separate it from WoW.
kyo_daikun
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Not long to go now, hope theres a lot of european Gafers playing or im going to have to play on the US servers.
Spiritreaver
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Yeah I think I'm probably going to switch to digital and just sell my CE too. We'll see how much higher prices get.
Giolon
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40 in the Republic guild, about 10 in the empire one.
Spiritreaver
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Sigh, I can hear it beeping my name already. "Please take me home...".
Azzurri
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What the hell does it do. I might sell my CE too
It scoots around following you, presumably.
The MBA's Core i5 isn't bad, the SSD is super fast, 4GB of RAM ought to be enough.
But it'd take half of my disk to install Windows 7, and I don't have that to spare. And the Intel integrated graphics are actually worse than the nvidia 9400M from last year.
Ah ok then. Mmo gaming on a laptop can be good especially on pve content.
The gist is they said they didn't want to keep it in and change it post-launch as to not confuse the playerbase. Bunch of crap if you ask me and anyone confused by a feature change is going to be in a constant state of confusion post-launch.
Azzurri
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I'd like to know too.
There's story quests all the way to the cap and a bit beyond, but it must be supplemented by other content.
You can't really do only character story quest. You always have to do side quests. Story quests make about 15% of the whole package it seems.
Dinosaur Tamer
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Out of the two class questlines I completed during beta I finished one at level 48 and one at level 50. You can probably reach the final class quest around level 46 if you ignore flashpoints and PvP.
15% was about right. It's more than 5%, definitely more than 1 in 20 quests.
You mean it's an RPG. The same logic can be applied to Skyrim.
- Attack X amount of times to level one handed.
- Go to a dungeon and kill X number of people to clear it.
- Heck it even has "fetch 8 of each herb and shit for me."
If you skip a majority of the bonus quests, it's not bad at all.
Edit: Ah wait, you don't mean bonus quest. The side quests are not bad at all since they're along the way.
No and yes
Well if you purposely try to avoid all others quests then you will be very under leveled, even as fast as the second planet. The side quests are located in the same planet close the same area of your story stuff so really I can't think of a reason to skip them. Also many of the side quest have really enjoyable stories. If you do the side stuff on the planets of your main quest then you will reach 50 easy if not, you are going to be having a hard time. I think one could fill the gap with pvp and space missions if they were dead set against side quests.
The only issue I can see with the (most)side quests are many of them are going to be done by all classes so if you were to do multiple toons then you will likely want to use space bar heavily.
Well the thing is the side quests still have a "story" and dialog and you still make choices contained to just those so I find it entertaining.
Sanic
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Might be kind of a weird questions, but is this less 'mmo-like' than other games in the genre?
I really don't know anything about the game, but EA's marketing has lead me to believe that the game is a more story driven, almost single player RPG kind of experience. Is this the case? I don't really enjoy MMOs, mainly due to the horribly dull storytelling and quests, but this has caught my eye.
I really don't know anything about the game, but EA's marketing has lead me to believe that the game is a more story driven, almost single player RPG kind of experience. Is this the case? I don't really enjoy MMOs, mainly due to the horribly dull storytelling and quests, but this has caught my eye.
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