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[Jezbollah]

Morning all. Played last night up to level 9, after a day at work - joined up with Fonds' Guild with my Trooper (Dozer) - going to fire up the pc to play today once the 360 Back To Karkand DLC and my new memory foam mattress is delivered

so far, so good though with the game. They've really cranked up the graphics since Beta weekend and my trusty old 8800GTX is just about holding it's own on anything up to medium draw distance (I am playing on a 30" Dell monitor...).

To be honest I am kind of dreading the 20th, once the real horde joins in - I hope EA have got capacity planning down because I can see the infrastructure being crushed..

But, either way it's pretty exciting to be playing on the first day of a MMO. Competition for WOW can only be a good thing for both products.

 

[Orgun]

Felt good to be playing again. Getting all the guild stuff sorted before opening the servers was a great idea. Didn't have to do the usual gathering everyOne up to form a guild.

 

[kyo_daikun]

Morning all. Played last night up to level 9, after a day at work - joined up with Fonds' Guild with my Trooper (Dozer) - going to fire up the pc to play today once the 360 Back To Karkand DLC and my new memory foam mattress is delivered

so far, so good though with the game. They've really cranked up the graphics since Beta weekend and my trusty old 8800GTX is just about holding it's own on anything up to medium draw distance (I am playing on a 30" Dell monitor...).

To be honest I am kind of dreading the 20th, once the real horde joins in - I hope EA have got capacity planning down because I can see the infrastructure being crushed..

But, either way it's pretty exciting to be playing on the first day of a MMO. Competition for WOW can only be a good thing for both products.

Well it should be ok seeing as we should be well away from the starting areas by the time the masses flood in.

 

[Lord Phol]

The European Neogaf Empire guild could use some more people, whisper me in-game if you want an invite, I'M Phol and you can find us on Tomb of Freedon Nadd.

 

[Castor Krieg]

5 hours ago a stream I was watching, the girl couldn't get a group going for BT...at 8pm EST! Spamming general did nothing and there were 4 people outside BT that didn't want to run it or were already in a group. I'm just pretty sure the servers barely have anyone on them.

So in the end Bioware didn't do the sensible "COMMUNITY DESTROYING" thing and implemented Dungeon Finder?

 

[Moaradin]

So in the end Bioware didn't do the sensible "COMMUNITY DESTROYING" thing and implemented Dungeon Finder?

No, because there is already a better solution in the game. It's called imperial fleet.

 

[Castor Krieg]

No, because there is already a better solution in the game. It's called imperial fleet.

Can you explain? (no sarcasm, I'm simply not playing the game)

 

[Moaradin]

Can you explain? (no sarcasm, I'm simply not playing the game)

Both factions have a space station that operates as a hub. There are shuttles to each flashpoint in the game and it encourages people to interact. It's a win/win

 

[Jira]

Can you explain? (no sarcasm, I'm simply not playing the game)

Every Flashpoint can be reached from the fleet so it's essentially a one room LFG channel.

 

[demonkaze]

The European Neogaf Empire guild could use some more people, whisper me in-game if you want an invite, I'M Phol and you can find us on Tomb of Freedon Nadd.

Still waiting for my early access to start but I'm already in the guild. My brother wants in too, so that's two more members.

 

[Orgun]

The European Neogaf Empire guild could use some more people, whisper me in-game if you want an invite, I'M Phol and you can find us on Tomb of Freedon Nadd.

I know at least 4 people who would like to join, my brother for one. Dude is maaaad hooked on the game

 

[Melhisedek]

How long till the next invite wave?

 

[CoolS]

How long till the next invite wave?

Two and a half hours.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Replace the second "user" in the OP with whatever your Windows username is. It also won't be created until you launch the game for the first time in case you're only pre-loaded and don't have early access yet.

that clarifies it , thanks. I thought playing the beta would create those folders.

 

[kyo_daikun]

One minor point, I noticed the early heroics are quite a bit harder than in beta, I had to actually group to do them rather than just run with my companion! (which is obviously better imo)

 

[Sent]

Both factions have a space station that operates as a hub. There are shuttles to each flashpoint in the game and it encourages people to interact. It's a win/win

Interact by spamming general chat? Oh ok. LFD? No. Something better than what they currently have? Yes please.


I wonder who in this thread will be 50 before I even get in :'(

 

[Windu]

Interact by spamming general chat? Oh ok. LFD? No. Something better than what they currently have? Yes please.


I wonder who in this thread will be 50 before I even get in :'(

I'm lvl 15 lol.

 

[Fonds]

But, either way it's pretty exciting to be playing on the first day of a MMO. Competition for WOW can only be a good thing for both products.

Yeh I'm actually amazed at how smooth they launched this thing. They have quite a few people playing and without any issues whatsoever.

When WoW released I wasn't able to play until 4 days after release because account creation pages were down all the time.
With TOR's release I was able to play the minute I got my invite email and didn't have a queue to get into the server either.

As you're saying though, the real test will come at the 20th, even though I guess the bulk of the players will have been let in by that time.

So far I'm absolutely loving the game. Must say I was absolutely stunned at how effortless the guild creation was. Great job.

 

[Zeal]

I just preordered about 4 hours ago. Do I have as much chance of getting an early access code today as everyone else, or does priority go to those who preordered earlier? Just wonderin'.

 

[kyo_daikun]

I just preordered about 4 hours ago. Do I have as much chance of getting an early access code today as everyone else, or does priority go to those who preordered earlier? Just wonderin'.

You will be back of the que im afraid, they barely got people who ordered in july in early yesterday, im assuming the next 3-4 days will be August and September orders.

 

[michaeltraps]

I'm so happy I didn't watch the opening cinematic during E3... seeing that when firing up the game for the first time was glorious.

 

[stressboy]

I just preordered about 4 hours ago. Do I have as much chance of getting an early access code today as everyone else, or does priority go to those who preordered earlier? Just wonderin'.

I did my preorder last week. I expect to get my early access about 20 minutes before launch.

 

[bitoriginal]

What's Star Wars?

 

[Definity]

I did my preorder last week. I expect to get my early access about 20 minutes before launch.

lol, same here my friend, same here.

 

[AzureNightmare]

Do NOT fuck me over this time Bioware, I'm already spending more money than I ever should on one of your games. Hell, I'm spending more money on one of their games than I should ever on three of their games.

 

[Jarmel]

God these servers are dead. I'm soloing heroics because there's nobody around.

 

[The Elite]

God these servers are dead. I'm soloing heroics because there's nobody around.

They won't be dead for long.

 

[OTIX]

The Physical Security Key is currently available for sale in North America for $6.50 via Origin.com, and will be available in Europe soon for £8.99/€12.99 at Orign.com.

So not only do we get to pay $17 for it but we also have to buy it from a spanish telemarketing company? Thanks EA!

 

[NemesisPrime]

I just preordered about 4 hours ago. Do I have as much chance of getting an early access code today as everyone else, or does priority go to those who preordered earlier? Just wonderin'.

Nope... you can probably only get in on launch day.

 

[BattleMonkey]

The server list in game yesterday at prime time had none of the servers at high capacity, many were at light capacity. Did they put in ton of new servers or the whole thing on their site saying "full" was nonsense?

 

[Sent]

The server list in game yesterday at prime time had none of the servers at high capacity, many were at light capacity. Did they put in ton of new servers or the whole thing on their site saying "full" was nonsense?

It was nonsense. They put an artificial cap.

 

[Stuart444]

The server list in game yesterday at prime time had none of the servers at high capacity, many were at light capacity. Did they put in ton of new servers or the whole thing on their site saying "full" was nonsense?

Well their site yesterday also said there was no European servers (although that's been changed now) so maybe?

Anyway we'll see if I get my invite today... sort of hoping not though still. Just because I have work to do AND I am so damned tired so want to get to bed early.

But if it comes, I'll just have to resist (after making my character of course )

 

[BattleMonkey]

It was nonsense. They put an artificial cap.

All MMO servers have preset caps that they can set, but was wondering where everyone was getting all these servers were full messages from, as in game I didn't see any of that from the server list.

 

[hank_tree]

Just got a text from GAME saying that my CE will be available to pick up tomorrow. Anyone else get that? Seems a bit early. I'm in Ireland.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Just got a text from GAME saying that my CE will be available to pick up tomorrow. Anyone else get that? Seems a bit early. I'm in Ireland.

Bunch of folks throughout EU have been getting the CE early

 

[The Elite]

Still showing December 20th at Future Shop. No plans on changing it. I only have $10 down there so if it gets released somewhere else first I'll just grab it.

 

[Sent]

Bunch of folks throughout EU have been getting the CE early

Yeah they allowed EU to release on the 15th

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Kinda bummed today that my machine doesn't work well with the game. I was really looking forward to playing it.

It is running around 13fps. Any of you computer wizards out there got any suggestions to get that bumped up? Drivers, resolution, anything?

Really want to play some Star Wars.

 

[The Elite]

Kinda bummed today that my machine doesn't work well with the game. I was really looking forward to playing it.

It is running around 13fps. Any of you computer wizards out there got any suggestions to get that bumped up? Drivers, resolution, anything?

Really want to play some Star Wars.

I think you should post your rig first.

 

[Sent]

Kinda bummed today that my machine doesn't work well with the game. I was really looking forward to playing it.

It is running around 13fps. Any of you computer wizards out there got any suggestions to get that bumped up? Drivers, resolution, anything?

Really want to play some Star Wars.

I'm assuming you've turned off shadows etc?

 

[george_us]

Level 9 Agent here. Finishing up one last side quest before I go to Dromund Kaas.

This game pwnz.

 

[isny]

Got in. Damn, if I was that close, pisses me off I didn't get in during the last wave last night =(

 

[The Elite]

Got in. Damn, if I was that close, pisses me off I didn't get in during the last wave last night =(

I assume the first wave for the day is in then. Right on time.

I'm still expecting Friday for my December 6th preorder.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I think you should post your rig first.

Well my "rig" is my work PC, and it's not exactly a beast in the chipset department. It runs WoW on medium to medium-high though, and meets the SWTOR requirements, so it's odd.

Anyways,
Processor: Intel Core i5 CPU, M560 @ 2.67 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Win 7, 64 bit
NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Anything I am missing?

 

[Jibbed]

I haven't been following the thread much... can someone who played the Beta fill me in on how the retail build differs in terms of performance/gameplay?

Still unsure whether to get this yet.

 

[WarMacheen]

First wave is out

I'm in

 

[The Elite]

Well my "rig" is my work PC, and it's not exactly a beast in the chipset department. It runs WoW on medium to medium-high though, and meets the SWTOR requirements, so it's odd.

Anyways,
Processor: Intel Core i5 CPU, M560 @ 2.67 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Win 7, 64 bit
NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Anything I am missing?

Hmm... that rig shouldn't be giving you 13 FPS. Did you turn off shadows like Sent mentioned?

 

[Jibbed]

Well my "rig" is my work PC, and it's not exactly a beast in the chipset department. It runs WoW on medium to medium-high though, and meets the SWTOR requirements, so it's odd.

Anyways,
Processor: Intel Core i5 CPU, M560 @ 2.67 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Win 7, 64 bit
NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Anything I am missing?

You're missing the fact that both your GPU, and to a lesser extent your CPU, are not sufficient to play the game at even the lowest settings at a decent frame-rate.

I tried the beta on my laptop (i5 @ 2.7ghz, radeon 5650) and I couldn't get a steady 25+fps. Looking at performance charts, your GPU sits well below mine, which itself is an 'entry-level' card.

 

[erragal]

Well my "rig" is my work PC, and it's not exactly a beast in the chipset department. It runs WoW on medium to medium-high though, and meets the SWTOR requirements, so it's odd.

Anyways,
Processor: Intel Core i5 CPU, M560 @ 2.67 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Win 7, 64 bit
NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Anything I am missing?

How much have you lowered your settings? How much memory does your 3100M have; Nvidia says it can have 'up to 512mb'. What resolution are you running at?

 

[bestami]

Goddammit. It would be fine if i knew i wouldn't get an early access at all but waiting for these waves, finding out that i didn't get in and hoping and waiting for the next wave is killing me. It would be best for me to forget about the whole thing and wait for my game to arrive but my close friends are already in and they won't stop talking about it .