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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
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FlyingTeacup
Member
can you play solo?
very tempted, but I have never played mmorpg before.
very tempted, but I have never played mmorpg before.
You can. You miss out on heroics quests which need a group and flashpoints too, but the xp is enough to solo level to 50.
I've soloed like 95% of the time.
doh
the_prime_mover
Member
I initially started playing as a Bounty Hunter on a server but had to wait in a queue last night so I decided to jump on Keller's Void and set up a Jedi Knight. I would love to join the GAF clan. This is my first mmo and it is a bit overwhelming so some companions would be great. I haven't really committed to the jedi knight yet (only put in a few hours) so I can definitely set up a new character if that helps the cause. I am sure I will get to them all in time anyway.
How do I go about getting access to the GAF clan?
How do I go about getting access to the GAF clan?
FlyingTeacup
Member
thanks!
queue? hmm... that's not very good. it sounds like different servers have different worlds and rules...
so if you buy the eu version, can you still play na servers or vice versa?
BrokenSymmetry
Member
I made a female trooper, just to hear Jennifer Hale...
PaddyOCanager
Member
I made a female trooper, just to hear Jennifer Hale...
Isn't the female BH Jennifer Hale? Becuz that's what I'm rolling and it sounds a lot like her.
Edit: I know the trooper is her, but was just wondering if she did the BH voice as well.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
From the perspective on PvP from a level 29 Knight Guardian, Vigilance spec (DPS) :
I'm not a god at pvping. I've never been that. Nor am I competitive. I only play for the lulz.
Being a Guardian, 4 guys on me is really bad. Then I die very fast. If they stun/interrupt/slow me in sequence it's easily bad.
Sometimes I am able to jump a group of three. Usually what I do is that I rotate my targets constantly. I go only after people with the lowest possible health. I never finish a 1 vs 1. If everyone have full health I just go for the healer, and try and tag along.
The first thing I usually do is put guard on the best healer on our team. Usually for the first 3 minutes I take notice of which healers seem most productive and interested in healing the team, and then for then on it's my mission, my own personal meta game to guard this healer. I let the others worry about the objective. That's not my game. I just keep this guy who is trying to heal everyone alive. When he gets jumped I taunt and try to slow them down.
This is one ofthe things from Warhammer I love. I can tank in pvp. Just because im DPS spec and deals damage it does not mean I don't absorb and protect others.
Usually I am nr. 1 or 2 damage absorbation, but surprisingly I am usually also very high in kills. But this is because I always change target and force leap(aka Warrior WoW Charge) on the enemies with lowest health.
The way I look at it = The fact that I am taking all the hits means that my team mates take less hits. It's tanking for pvp. even as DPS spec. The art and science of it is to survive and stay alive so you can keep protecting without having to run back.
I think the PvP is beautiful.
I just don't like Huttball. Huttball has weird mechanics, throwing the ball is unintuitive. And I don't enjoy the randomness of it. Also I feel that as a Guardian. I wish I was an Agent or a Assassin or BH. But I plain just dont enjoy that game type.
my new Jedi Consular.
The idea was to play him evil. I tried to make a Buddha. Fat body type, complexion has red cheeks, and the Mirilian tattoo reflects the tears of some buddha scriptures.
I love it so far. Im getting immense enjoyment from seeing my creations in cut scenes, and being cruel. I've been cruel before, but when you really nail a character it's gold.
This character creation could be much better but you can still hit strides with it. What people don't take into consideration is that games like EVE, APB and CoH don't have cinematics with so many facial changes.
I do wish for more faces and hairstyles though. That's what I hope they will add. Perhaps a specific age slider.
I'm not a god at pvping. I've never been that. Nor am I competitive. I only play for the lulz.
Being a Guardian, 4 guys on me is really bad. Then I die very fast. If they stun/interrupt/slow me in sequence it's easily bad.
Sometimes I am able to jump a group of three. Usually what I do is that I rotate my targets constantly. I go only after people with the lowest possible health. I never finish a 1 vs 1. If everyone have full health I just go for the healer, and try and tag along.
The first thing I usually do is put guard on the best healer on our team. Usually for the first 3 minutes I take notice of which healers seem most productive and interested in healing the team, and then for then on it's my mission, my own personal meta game to guard this healer. I let the others worry about the objective. That's not my game. I just keep this guy who is trying to heal everyone alive. When he gets jumped I taunt and try to slow them down.
This is one ofthe things from Warhammer I love. I can tank in pvp. Just because im DPS spec and deals damage it does not mean I don't absorb and protect others.
Usually I am nr. 1 or 2 damage absorbation, but surprisingly I am usually also very high in kills. But this is because I always change target and force leap(aka Warrior WoW Charge) on the enemies with lowest health.
The way I look at it = The fact that I am taking all the hits means that my team mates take less hits. It's tanking for pvp. even as DPS spec. The art and science of it is to survive and stay alive so you can keep protecting without having to run back.
I think the PvP is beautiful.
I just don't like Huttball. Huttball has weird mechanics, throwing the ball is unintuitive. And I don't enjoy the randomness of it. Also I feel that as a Guardian. I wish I was an Agent or a Assassin or BH. But I plain just dont enjoy that game type.
my new Jedi Consular.
The idea was to play him evil. I tried to make a Buddha. Fat body type, complexion has red cheeks, and the Mirilian tattoo reflects the tears of some buddha scriptures.
I love it so far. Im getting immense enjoyment from seeing my creations in cut scenes, and being cruel. I've been cruel before, but when you really nail a character it's gold.
This character creation could be much better but you can still hit strides with it. What people don't take into consideration is that games like EVE, APB and CoH don't have cinematics with so many facial changes.
I do wish for more faces and hairstyles though. That's what I hope they will add. Perhaps a specific age slider.
FlyingTeacup
Member
From the perspective on PvP from a level 29 Knight Guardian, Vigilance spec (DPS) :
I'm not a god at pvping. I've never been that. Nor am I competitive. I only play for the lulz.
Being a Guardian, 4 guys on me is really bad. Then I die very fast. If they stun/interrupt/slow me in sequence it's easily bad.
Sometimes I am able to jump a group of three. Usually what I do is that I rotate my targets constantly. I go only after people with the lowest possible health. I never finish a 1 vs 1. If everyone have full health I just go for the healer, and try and tag along.
The first thing I usually do is put guard on the best healer on our team. Usually for the first 3 minutes I take notice of which healers seem most productive and interested in healing the team, and then for then on it's my mission, my own personal meta game to guard this healer. I let the others worry about the objective. That's not my game. I just keep this guy who is trying to heal everyone alive. When he gets jumped I taunt and try to slow them down.
This is one ofthe things from Warhammer I love. I can tank in pvp. Just because im DPS spec and deals damage it does not mean I don't absorb and protect others.
Usually I am nr. 1 or 2 damage absorbation, but surprisingly I am usually also very high in kills. But this is because I always change target and force leap(aka Warrior WoW Charge) on the enemies with lowest health.
The way I look at it = The fact that I am taking all the hits means that my team mates take less hits. It's tanking for pvp. even as DPS spec. The art and science of it is to survive and stay alive so you can keep protecting without having to run back.
I think the PvP is beautiful.
I just don't like Huttball. Huttball has weird mechanics, throwing the ball is unintuitive. And I don't enjoy the randomness of it. Also I feel that as a Guardian. I wish I was an Agent or a Assassin or BH. But I plain just dont enjoy that game type.
my new Jedi Consular.
The idea was to play him evil. I tried to make a Buddha. Fat body type, complexion has red cheeks, and the Mirilian tattoo reflects the tears of some buddha scriptures.
I love it so far. Im getting immense enjoyment from seeing my creations in cut scenes, and being cruel. I've been cruel before, but when you really nail a character it's gold.
This character creation could be much better but you can still hit strides with it. What people don't take into consideration is that games like EVE, APB and CoH don't have cinematics with so many facial changes.
I do wish for more faces and hairstyles though. That's what I hope they will add. Perhaps a specific age slider.
what happen when you die? penalty?
Dommel
Member
Good to know I picked the right class then, always try to play the class nobody plays and is gimped at the start
YuriLowell
Member
Anyone in a empire guild on the Jung Ma server they would like to invite me to?
PaddyOCanager
Member
Yeah lol, BH should be renamed "Hitman". All I've done so far is murder targets for money - it's been a pretty one-dimensional story so far (lvl 20), especially since I'm playing straight dark side.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
The only penalty for dying in PvP is a short wait behind a gate (in Huttball and Voidstar) and a quick jog back to the battlefield.
Maybe I had it mixed up. I'm running a 2600k i7 with a 460 and 8gigs of ram...
Imperial Fleet and the Republic equivalent is the main hub. There are actual cities in most worlds but the Imperial Fleet is set up to be the central hub.
Outdoor Miner
Member
For the first time in a long time, I have no desire to roll an alt. My evil female Sith Assassin (Madness) is so much god damned fun.
I was skeptical but it appears Bioware did the impossible in making me care about the story in an MMO. The incredible voice acting plays a huge part in this no doubt.
Well done!
I was skeptical but it appears Bioware did the impossible in making me care about the story in an MMO. The incredible voice acting plays a huge part in this no doubt.
Well done!
Rolled up an IA as my Empire character. Only put in about an hour and a half but what everyone's been saying is true, the story is pretty slick. James Bond with a blaster rifle serving the Sith...can't really beat that. I'm less sure that I like the mechanics compared to my Sage, but I suppose I'll get used to it. I'm pretty sure these are the only two characters I'll roll for a very very long time.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
As you get more abilities and your companion, it'll get easier.
BrokenSymmetry
Member
The female bounty hunter is voiced by Grey Delisle. She's done work in all Bioware games (going back to the Baldur's Gate games), and, recently, she's voiced Catwoman in Batman AC.
Full list:
Bounty hunter male: Tom Spackman
Bounty hunter female: Grey Delisle
Imperial agent male: Bertie Carvel
Imperial agent female: Jo Wyatt
Jedi knight male: David Hayter
Jedi knight female: Kari Wahlgren
Jedi consular male: Nolan North
Jedi consular female: Athena Karkanis
Sith inquisitor male: Euan Morton
Sith inquisitor female: Xanthe Elbrick
Sith warrior male: Mark Bazely
Sith warrior female: Natasha Little
Smuggler male: Maury Sterling
Smuggler female: Kath Soucie
Trooper male: Brian Bloom
Trooper female: Jennifer Hale (also voices Satele Shan)
I felt the same way. Balmorra > Nar
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
PvP as a healer is brutal. Hard as fuck to heal anything when the party nameplates dont update and the bars above peoples heads are super fucking tiny while having huge fucking text lol
Also want to buy a heal that doesnt have a 2-3 second cast.
Also want to buy a heal that doesnt have a 2-3 second cast.
Oh, it isn't really hard. Just takes some time to get used to moving from cover to cover and when to use out of cover abilities. I like to dive into cover by a dude and then shiv him. That's pretty satisfying.
theinfinityissue
Member
I am fucking stuck in alt HELL at the moment. It is completely detracting from my ability to get to the upper levels. I've got a 14 juggernaut, 12 vanguard, 13 sniper, 8 inquisitor, and as of last night a 7 bounty hunter. I guess the best thing to do would just be force myself to stay on the Jug, but holy fuck there are just so many of them, and I always enjoy playing the least played class. Literally every group I've been in has been all force users, unless I was the sniper, which bugs me greatly for some reason. I really enjoy the IA stuff, but I just really dislike the cover mechanic.
Which is also why I'm thinking about rerolling an IA and going Ops. Assuming that uses less cover.
Jugendstil
Member
I picked this up yesterday and started up a female IA named Ondine on Kellers Void. Once I figured out the cover mechanic, it became enjoyable. I'm level 8 right now and am probably going to go for the SnIper class when I hit 10. There's something pretty satisfying about picking off mobs in one shot. Say hi if you see me around.
PaddyOCanager
Member
LOL! That is literally the last game I played before SWTOR, no wonder she sounded so familiar!
Healing in PVP is very different than WoW, from what I've experienced.
- No schools of magic, only single spell interrupts.
- Slow casting heals
- Not too many dispels, unlike WoW where tons of classes could dispel
- Heals are cheaper, but don't heal as much
It's very different, and I think more challenging. Needs some tweaking, but a lot better than WoW where every healer was essentially invincible. I'm a healer, by the way.
I'm absolutely loving this, particularly the random heroics. Really enjoying grouping. Great fun when you get a good team going. I'm certainly no MMO expert, but I've tried a fair few and they don't usually hold my attention past the initial excitement. We'll see with this one.
I might re-roll soon to try out some of the other classes. I've been playing DPS (Gunslinger), but fancy rolling my sleeves up and becoming a bit more responsible. Tank or Healer? hmm At least it'll save me waiting for one of those to turn up to my team.
Also, might be an idea to join EuroGAF's guild.
I might re-roll soon to try out some of the other classes. I've been playing DPS (Gunslinger), but fancy rolling my sleeves up and becoming a bit more responsible. Tank or Healer? hmm At least it'll save me waiting for one of those to turn up to my team.
Also, might be an idea to join EuroGAF's guild.
Having one of your dudes botch a 2+ hour crafting missions is one of the most heartbreaking things ive ever come across in an MMO.
Punish. Punish. Punish.
In a 2v1 situation, you should not be on equal footing. You should be locked down.
Spamstring.
Eventually, sure. This is a launch though, brackets would make matches take so much longer to pop, because everyone is leveling at their own god damn pace.
I never have more than a 5 minute queue as an Imperial on The Crucible Pits server, usually it's close to instant.
Why would they make it that way? How can we, as players, adapt to the function of that mechanic? This goes back to the face rolling I mentioned before. It comes down to knowing how to win vs trying to kill everything on your screen immediately in your vicinity that has low health.
In other words, you communicate with the people on your team to minimize losses, you los where you need to, you defend your capture points, you focus down healers, and you work as a team. If your team cannot meet those criteria, you deserve to lose your capture point.
PUG Warzones, you are going to have the problem of people just running off and trying to get kills. Changing those particular mechanics is not going to fix that.
Happy Holidays.
One of the few things you can actually customize in this game is your raid frames.
So, go into your preferences, set your party frames to raid frames, and then you can adjust the height and width of the frames so they can be more visible.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Cover isnt very effective in PvP from my experience so far. Nobody has just shot at me while im behind cover. They run up to me. Since im not mobile they close distance in like 2 seconds and beat on me until im dead.
Run away and shoot at them?
Z
ZombieFred
Unconfirmed Member
Ok, this game wins for the best laugh in gaming this year since Portal 2, seeing my partner's character playing her sith female warrior
This game's writing has everything for me. Bioware redeemed for 2011.
"I will eat you when I am done killing you." The responses to the two groups was fantastic, and then telling the imperial guard that she was serious when he thought it was a bluff made it for me.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
You need to use stuff like the flashbang, cover pulse, leg shot, etc to control crowds/spacing to try and allow you to move to a better spot where help can get you some assistance. If it's just one opponent, debilitate is your main friend - try and get enough damage done during the stun period that you can just kill them outright with your highest damage abilities.