WonkyPanda
Member
Wait, so Keller's has a tank deficiency? Dang, I went healer expecting to be wanted >_<
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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
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RoninChaos
Member
So no one on GAF is interested in Imperial PVP?
Everyone went healer. Me included ;___;
I respeced from dps to healer. Might go back.
Tank spec Juggernaut is beast mode in PvP.
Level 12 Sith Assassin. This game is awesome. They really accomplished their goals of making the combat feel "heroic" even though it's still just the standard hotkey based MMO combat they still make it really satisfying, fun and incredibly responsive. I was really surprised at the quality of the quest lines too, I mean objective wise they are kind of generic MMO-y with some standouts, but the dialogue scenes and story itself are pretty amazing. Sith Inquisitor starting area had me smriknig with an evil grin on my face the entire time.
20+ GB
20+ GB
You should be able to tank right away. I assume you are spec'd tank?
You typically get tanking abilities around 14.
I have like 3 talent points. How can I spec for anything?
This is why I stopped buying AMD
Mr. Luchador
Member
Are NA servers free of the these insane queues that are on nearly every EU Server?
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Must have been that or something else that I did, I made my main/bigger system managed page file on my 2nd 1TB HDD and 300 mb for the main OS drive.. Dunno if that has anything to do with it but those were my recent changes.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
I'm sitting in an 800 person queue at the moment on Fatman.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Just seen a community post on the official forums:
... 6 hour queues don't seem very fun!
RoninChaos
Member
Anybody having screen tearing issues? The game runs butter smooth but when I turn the camera I get bad screen tearing. I have vertical sync turned on. Any suggestions?
Six hour queues AND open world instancing.
Has nothing to do with the server load.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Can't think of anything other than is the game in windowed mode? Is the screen refresh set the same as the monitors actual refresh rate?
I played this for most of the day yesterday. I can't say for sure, but I could see myself playing several characters up to the end game. The imperial agent story was quite good for the prologue at least. I love the voice acting.
I ran across some storage boxes a couple times. Are those like the chests in WoW where the loot depends on how long it has been since someone last opened it? One of very few advantages of playing from Japan is that I could occasionally get some good loot from those, since most people have been asleep for while when I logged in at 8:00 pm here (early morning on the west coast).
I ran across some storage boxes a couple times. Are those like the chests in WoW where the loot depends on how long it has been since someone last opened it? One of very few advantages of playing from Japan is that I could occasionally get some good loot from those, since most people have been asleep for while when I logged in at 8:00 pm here (early morning on the west coast).
RoninChaos
Member
Nope, it's full screen. The refresh is set the same as my monitor. I've never had this issue with pretty much ANY game.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I'd understand if these queues were during peak times, but they started 11am in the EU. Server pops don't seem to be that high when you actually get into the game, so I'm not sure what the issue is. Get 100-150 in 1 'world'.
Can't they increase server pops, or am I missing something obvious?
Can't they increase server pops, or am I missing something obvious?
During beta people here were saying the instancing was to avoid queues.
Vsync didn't work for me when I activated it in the game. I had to force it through the .ini
Also check you FPS ingame with Ctrl+Shift+f to see if the fps go higher than your refresh rate to see if it's actually working.
It helps the latency and server stability but they purposely capped the servers. They did say they are going to increase the caps though.
What I find most humorous was how they didn't realize that the tiered entry only makes queues worse. In most games a group of friends has a server in mind, they try to get in, OH NO 8 hour queue! and they pick another server. This time? If your friend got in on day 1 he has no queues, is probably level 30 or something with tons of time invested, and has NO desire to reroll. Guilds being automatically assigned servers (A move that I don't understand why it was remotely necessary, server coordination pre-launch has never been a difficult thing in any game) etc. The servers released the first day or two are PACKED and that's not going to change because there's simply too much invested into those servers by people who preordered. Going to a late-added server is like the death sentence for 6 months from now when the playtimes have evened out and queues are gone.
Playing on a weak server at launch tends to leave you on a dead server once the rush is gone. playing on a OMGFULL server leaves you on a healthy and satisfying one six months from now.
Playing on a weak server at launch tends to leave you on a dead server once the rush is gone. playing on a OMGFULL server leaves you on a healthy and satisfying one six months from now.
Even the slow servers right now will be experiencing queues at launch so your point is kindof moot at this point. Wow was just as bad at launch and even worse with forever downtime. Its free right now anyways so i honestly see zero grounds to complain.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, log in servers of WoW went down on launch for a day or two. I remember getting 7 days free game time because of that.
Just finished The Esseles with a Jedi Sentinel (the other player had Jedi Shadow). Awesome, felt epic, really nice. Ironfist too 3 tries because i had forgotten buy new skills.
Got a very nice looking robe.
Like how JK plays and the story is not tha bad either. A bit cliche (at Tython) but entertaining and cool regardless. And now to explore Coruscant...
Got a very nice looking robe.
Like how JK plays and the story is not tha bad either. A bit cliche (at Tython) but entertaining and cool regardless. And now to explore Coruscant...
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Loving my Scoundrel. Much more satisfying DPS (for me) than Gunslinger. I just rolled up my Consular, and will probably end up a Shadow tank since it sounds like they're a bit underrepresented.
BattleMonkey
Member
As a Juggernaught, I wasn't able to properly tank till I hit 15 and got my actual tanking abilities unlocked. Most of the roles chosen don't kick in right away when you choose your AC and have to be built up to the role.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
So... is it possible to switch factions/allegiances if you go down a certain morality path and then make a big decision (kind of like City of Heroes)?
SEGAvangelist
Member
I don't remember what level but somewhere in the 14-18 range you will get a taunt finally, and dark ward which increases aggro and armor. You should be able to tank fine once that happens. There is also an ability, Dark Ward, you can spec into around 20 or so that works as a shield that absorbs charges over time.
BattleMonkey
Member
No, perhaps in the future, but the way the game structured with class story lines, I doubt its possible.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Bah... kind of regretting my purchase now. I really just made this assumption when I looked at the morality bar in the UI. I guess I should do more research before throwing my money.
I'm not complaining about queues. I'm saying they pulled a retarded prelaunch system out of their ass with no benefits, and the long queues being SO concentrated on good servers is exacerbated by it, they're reaping what they've sown. I can easily log in in the middle of the night without a queue and play all day, it has little effect on me (winter break), but I can understand why so many other people are mad. Combatting queues is done by anticipating demand (Since these are all preorders, that should have been easy as shit) and by getting people to roll on new servers EARLY.
Every step of this process has incentivized people to stay on the crowded servers, either because it wasn't crowded when they got in, or their friends are there, or their guild is there, etc. Had they just let the rush all hit at once they could see what was going on, throw up new servers within a couple hours, and convinced MUCH larger swathes of the population to reroll.
If the fact that you can't change your faction is a deal breaker to you, you were already wasting your money.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
It'll be interesting to see if they ever allow for paid faction transfers the way Blizzard does.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Well a big appeal is the whole Star Wars + Bioware thing, isn't it? Maybe I'm wrong. Bioware games are always about making decisions. When I saw all of the dialogue choices they throw at you every 5 minutes I thought they actually would mean something at the end.
But thanks for being so constructive, you're a peach.
Shouldn't be a problem since classes are mirrored, you just switch from warrior to knight and so forth.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Check your graphics card profiles and see if vsync is forced off.
And about my issue, I'm about to test out the game again... I had to repair a boot file since I deleted something off from the boot OS partition by mistake when I was making the secondary HDD as the main paging file HDD.
My power settings were in "power saver" mode after I repaired... Which is not good at all for a desktop.. Maybe my proc/gpu were running underclocked in a low power state or something else that's affected by low power settings.
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happy to report that the slow ass performance problem is gone.
Power options in windows and selected balanced over power saver.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
True. I was just wondering about Bioware's stance on it.
michaeltraps
Member
Makes my decision to be a Jedi Guardian that much easier
Well when your entire interest in a game is based on whether or not you can switch factions and not the gameplay, mechanics, story, lore, or anything it doesn't seem like you really wanted it in the first place.
Its inside the dvd steel case. Its on a single sheet of paper i believe and will be facing front when you open the case.