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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
- Thread starter Emitan
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Too bad the hi-res textures aren't in yet.
The space stations are the worst. WHY DO THEY EXIST? Shuttle from planet > loading > run to elevator > loading > run through station to instance > loading > get on ship > loading and cutscene.
This. Every day i read this thread in hopes of a texture announcement.
Gabe is the guy who managed quests on warhammer
Castor Krieg
Banned
Hit Lvl 23 today, almost 24. I am close to being done with Balmorra, only two Bonus Series quests to go - what a tiresome experience. The whole planet is way too big, no interesting quests, etc.
At least I'm having a blast playing as Medic.
At least I'm having a blast playing as Medic.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Continuity man! There's no full spaceport at those planets, so you need to dock in orbit first. ;P
Oh man, if you thought Balmorra was a big planet...
Oh so that's why I kept pulling aggro. Had to pull vanis-- err Force whatever to drop my threat if I blew my CDs at the start.
Castor Krieg
Banned
I have my own damn ship! Why can't I land on the planet...
there are reasons they exist but to go into details would be class quest spoilers
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Then again it's kinda fun being able to solo equal-level Champion enemy.
I'm pretty sure any class can do that easily. Classes with crowd control can take on two or three without too much trouble, too.
I'm quite sure they could've placed those quests to happen either on the planet, on the ship, or somewhere else. Or just have a landing area on the planet where they'd happen.
Attackthebase
Member
I've been debating switching my Sorcerer to a DPS class instead of a healer class. Who has experience with using a DPS sorcerer? Curious if the content is still as soloable as being a healer class?
Soloed the content on a dps assassin and we share the quests. Well on a few quests I was in a tank spec, but nothing a DPS spec couldn't handle. Not to mention that you'll still get heals so you can heal Khem (which he whines me to do, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY HEALS)
I wonder if i manage to break 20 tomorrow... I have lvl 18 Sith Assassin and Jedi Sentinel (and various others under lvl 15) but not really keen on keeping on playing either one. Sentinel plays too much like Combat Rogue from WoW, a class i did not like. Assassin... dunno, not that great. Should've taken Sorcerer.
Currently playing Sith Juggernaut (lvl 16, on Shaltin Tunnels EU-RP), feels way better than the above ones. Part of what makes it great is being a light-sider (feels odly both evil (as i'm Imperial) and good at the same time) and Vette. Vette is similar to Mission Vao from KOTOR but there's some subtle difference beetween them as i hated Mission but really like Vette.
The music when you arrive on Balmorra is great and i really like its looks. Arid, blasted lands appeal to me. Something to do with my love of Herbert's Dune probably.
Now if could get a yellow, orange or violet lightsaber crystal, not seeing them at GTN, at least not lowbie versions...
Currently playing Sith Juggernaut (lvl 16, on Shaltin Tunnels EU-RP), feels way better than the above ones. Part of what makes it great is being a light-sider (feels odly both evil (as i'm Imperial) and good at the same time) and Vette. Vette is similar to Mission Vao from KOTOR but there's some subtle difference beetween them as i hated Mission but really like Vette.
The music when you arrive on Balmorra is great and i really like its looks. Arid, blasted lands appeal to me. Something to do with my love of Herbert's Dune probably.
Now if could get a yellow, orange or violet lightsaber crystal, not seeing them at GTN, at least not lowbie versions...
Castor Krieg
Banned
I'm not talking Elite, I'm talking Champion, the ones you find as bosses in Flashpoints. Also - no, without Healer or some sort of heal it's almost impossible to solo an Elite mob.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Thinking of going assassin tank for my first alt after I get my sniper to 50. Anything I should know?
Ezpz to solo a lone elite mob. If you're dps, just bring out your tank pet (I assume you've geared him) and blow your dps cooldowns.
As a sage with a tank pet I can kill 3 elites of my(23) level. One is getting mezzed, one tanked by my pet, which I shield and HoT, while I kill/kite the third one with slows and a 4 second stun.
Sage oooop!
Edit: Heal specced btw. I would love to try out the other speccs, but the HoT is a talent :/
Can you elaborate with spoiler tags? I'm interested to know too!
in the jedi knight story on the way back to your ship you're confronted by a sith apprentice around level 20
Not going to say space stations don't suck, but this is blatantly false. You only get a loading screen going between your ship and the airlock/planet. Everything else is loaded already and is just a half second of your screen fading out and back in.
That'd be easy to change, just have that happen in the ship hangar, since they're instanced anyway.
So they're even more pointless than I thought!
Gunmonkey36
Member
The Knight/Warrior classes in general are said to be underpowered in comparison to the other 6 classes.
Juggernaut is more like Arms warrior, Marauder is more like Fury warrior or a Combat Rogue (more like the latter IMO). But only "more like", neither is identical to their WoW counterparts.
Personally i find Juggernaut to be far more fun. Single lightsaber is more iconic, they can take more punishment due to heavy armor.
Really shitty that you cannot change your AC. My Jedi Sentinel is wasting away as i don't like it but if i could turn it into a Guardian i would continue playing it. Leveling another Knight doesn't sound really appealing... Tython is not so bad but Coruscant is horrible.
Both, but I am enjoying my Guardian. Sentinel is underpowered and Guardian AoE threat is hard to generate.
it wouldn't haev the same impact
you are about to leave the planet for the last time having done all the quests. About to get to ship door having just beaten a boss and thinking YAY i can move on, and bam
the impact is actually very good
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Wait. The Jedi Knight class is messed up?!? Tell me this is being addressed.
So, what's wrong with the classes? I remember the Sentinel feeling rather weak, damage felt okay but i couldn't take any damage (i could've used T7... but Kira is so much better companion). With Juggernaut, Vette sometimes manages to to draw away (even with threat reduction) a target i haven't directly damaged but i assumed this was merely bad playing on my part.
They've been VERY reluctant to fix the class. People noted all the same shit in the beta and there were only minor tweaks.
So it'd still happen in the hangar, no? They need to be instanced anyway.
chickdigger802
Banned
JK have pretty messed up and convoluted skill trees and what not.
Consulars on the other hand, are pretty kickass, and sages are probably the closest to being OP so far.
You can't really ruin Nolan North
AzureNightmare
Banned
JK have pretty messed up and convoluted skill trees and what not.
Consulars on the other hand, are pretty kickass, and sages are probably the closest to being OP so far.
You can't really ruin Nolan North
Shadows can kick ass just as well, if not better than Sages.
Hawk269
Member
+1...but really this and the below:
1. Ability to adjust ground texture draw distance
2. Ability to adjust ground texture density
3. Ability for in-game Anti Aliasing
4. Ability to toggle Shadows to hi-detail versus Lego Shadows
Basically, graphical options that exist in almost EVERY single PC game that has been released over the last 2 years. I run forced AA via the .ini plues forced grass/foilage density via .ini.
The one that really sticks out to me other than wanting higher textures is the draw distance for foilage/grass etc. It is pretty horrid and needs to be added.
chickdigger802
Banned
Is it just me or does the game takes wayyy too long to close? Takes me a total 2-3min before I can do anything. Do they assume everyone has this on an ssd?
is it confirmed that they're releasing higher rez textures?
and do you guys realize no matter how high rez these textures are... they won't look better. just be composed of more pixels.
I mean, the lower rez stuff will totally look better, but players and just about everything else that already has a decent size on it won't
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Now that ive really had some time to fool around with the modding system i have to say im extremely impressed. Its not only flexible but its also powerful and deep. Its probably second only to Runes of Magic in terms of modding/crafting. So addictive.
Target optimizations, huh. I really hope they fix the broken focus target system. I'm so tired of it randomly clearing my focus target.
FYI, the focus target doesn't actually get cleared. The frame just disappears. You still have the focus target and you can still cast on it with the modifier etc.
chickdigger802
Banned
am not at all digging the whole, you can walk 1.3x faster, now we make the world 3x bigger!