Gunmonkey36
Member
I 50'd my Bounty Hunter today around 1pm.
Gotta love being on college winter break.
Gotta love being on college winter break.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
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The cantina song is in this game. Must go to tatooine immediately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuS6zmXV1rA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuS6zmXV1rA
RoninChaos
Member
I just got to level 24 before the servers went down. I got my speeder money already and then some thanks to slicing. I got over 90k now.
I don't have much hope for Keller's Void queue times with Alea Iacta Est ion there. They already have 2 guilds on the Empire side. They probably hit the cap on the first one or something. And they have a Republic guild on there too.
So slicing is the way to get loot?
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
That's nice to know for longevity of the GAF guilds at least. Being on low-pop servers is no fun and really takes away from the MMO experience.
Slicing is pretty amazing, I had no money after getting to level 24 and getting my speeder so I picked it up, now I have 200k at level 35 and I've still been doing my other professions which are pretty damn expensive.
I don't think they will 'fix' it. People complained constantly throughout the beta that slicing was unbalanced and they didn't do anything. That said, I don't think there is anything particularly broken with slicing. Yes, you can make a lot of cash doing it but to do so you're giving up either a crafting skill or a gathering skill necessary to craft. Further, I think the notion that slicing brings in huge amounts of money is skewed by the early economy and the low level of the characters. If anything is broken it is that there is no cap to how high your crew skills can go based on your character level. Therefore, you can be doing level 40-50 slicing missions when you're 15 and getting level 50 lockboxes with more credits than you can reasonably spend at your lower level. Finally, the early state of the game and the rapid leveling that brings creates a general lack of interest in crafted goods making slicing the clear winner in credit generation
Mechanized
Member
The lack of AA is strong in this one.
The Sith Warrior storyline is so good. You kill
. It's great. lol
The Sith Warrior storyline is so good. You kill
EVERYONE
tycoonheart
Member
At what level can you dual wield as a sith warrior?
Yup! Today is my first day of winter break off college for the next 2.5 weeks! I'm definitely going to be level 50 before the end of this break
. EA picked a great time to release this game lol.Mechanized
Member
10, you have to pick Marauder for your advanced class.
10 when you go Marauder
i7, ATI 6770m, 8g here.
I used to play a bit on the beta, medium/high, average frame rate = 60
Now with the release, i run the game at 35/40 but i had to set everything on low, terrible performances... especially in my ship = 20 fps.
I don't understand how it's possible, the game looks and runs much worse.
So weird reading these stories.
I'm running an i5 2500k @ stock speed, 8GB RAM, and a gtx 560ti. All settings maxed and AA forced through the .ini. I don't think I've ever dipped below 50fps and it's around 60fps most of the time. I'm running the latest nVidia drivers. It runs a lot better for me now than it did in beta.
Big Papa Husker
Member
Anyone know how many CEs Walmarts are getting? Now that the servers are down, I might as well try to find a CE instead of preordering the Digital Deluxe.
StormyTheRabbit
Member
GAAAAAAAH I DUNNO WHAT CLASS TO ROLL TOMORROW. HELL I CAN'T EVEN DECIDE WHETHER TO ROLL EMPIRE OR REPUBLIC. SHIT, TO MANY CHOICES TO MAKE AND SO LITTLE TIME.
I'm thinking going Sith Inquisitor > Assassin, but I haven't heard anything as far as their story goes, whether its good or bad. Hearing so many good things about the IA and Trooper's stories makes me want to roll one, but the play style just doesn't seem for me.
ugh.
I'm thinking going Sith Inquisitor > Assassin, but I haven't heard anything as far as their story goes, whether its good or bad. Hearing so many good things about the IA and Trooper's stories makes me want to roll one, but the play style just doesn't seem for me.
ugh.
I just built a computer for my brother with the same, and it runs great maxed out. Usually over 100fps from what I've seen.
I am lvl 18 Sith Assassin. The story is basically "Go find these lost artifacts". "OK, now go find these other lost artifacts." Etc etc. It's tomb raider and I am the Sith Lara Croft.
It's funny. I really thought that the non-Jedi classes would end up being afterthoughts, but after playing my Consular, I went back to my Trooper and discovered that I really preferred playing as him.
Feels more connected and less self-righteous. Also a much better story hook.
Plus, it's enjoyable as hell to mortar a group of mobs and watch them all die.
Kind of wondering, though: Anyone else curious if they bring the servers up earlier than midnight? Hoping that maybe they'll open back up around 11:30.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Having only really played the Sith during beta, it took a little while getting used to IA but I'm loving it now. Rolling into cover to blast fools with sniper rifles and grenades is awesome fun.
StormyTheRabbit
Member
Gah, you guys are all making the decision that much harder!
How is the bounty hunter story-line? Haven't heard much about it either.
How is the bounty hunter story-line? Haven't heard much about it either.
Don't be a Republic Scum.
You travel the galaxy hunting mofos like a boss. The Great Hunt.
Don't listen to this Imperial Dog.
Face it: We all know the Republic wins in the end, or we wouldn't have the Star Wars movies.
Be a winner! Join the Republic!
same set up as me and i haven't seen the FPS drop below 50, iv got v-sync on so i don't know how high it can go. Beta i had massive problems, the driver would stop responding and would reset causing the game to crash.
Hawk269
Member
Something is wrong then. No way you should be getting that performance. I am on a 2600, 8gigs of ram and a 580 and I am for the most 60fps and that is with forcing 8xaa in the game.
Alex
Member
Bounty Hunter and Agent are both awesome, im doing BH coop with an agent and i like them both a lot. makes me think id actually like star wars on the whole if it wasn't all focused on the Force stuff. Hell, I'd kill for a full game based on the agent especially. Never happen, of course, gotta have glo sticks and preaching, but it's nice to dream.
One complaint I do have is while you can spectate most everything in a partners story, you can't seem to watch an occasional rare bit like a holo call or companion stuff in the cantinas. Yeah, yeah, chat in private, but I wanna eavesdrop!
One complaint I do have is while you can spectate most everything in a partners story, you can't seem to watch an occasional rare bit like a holo call or companion stuff in the cantinas. Yeah, yeah, chat in private, but I wanna eavesdrop!
KrymynalChylde
Banned
So a question to you fellahs. I've never played an mmo, and I've seen what WoW can do to people. I don't really NEED something like that to take over my life, and I hate the idea of paying every month to play a game.
However, I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and I've played the hell out of Knights of the Old Republic 1&2 and loved them. Not to mention this game looks slick as hell and I'm dying to jump back into the SW universe (video-game wise)
Is it worth my time and money to get involved with The Old Republic??
However, I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and I've played the hell out of Knights of the Old Republic 1&2 and loved them. Not to mention this game looks slick as hell and I'm dying to jump back into the SW universe (video-game wise)
Is it worth my time and money to get involved with The Old Republic??
I played bounty hunter to level 5, so keep that in mind, but I thought it was decent. Revenge story, more interesting than the tomb raider inquistor. That's the only other class I played, in a weekend beta.
The game works fine as a single player KOTOR experience IMO
StriKeVillain
Banned
Grr, maintenance time. I want to go back in and play more. This game is damn addicting.
Just got my third companion.
Just got my third companion.
TOR is my first MMO, so I think I'm in a position to say.
Does it play like KOTOR? Not really. It's within spitting distance, but the combat and abilities are handled completely differently.
However, you can totally treat this as a single-player game. The storyline is balanced in such a way that you can pretty much do all the "main" story missions solo, with the AI companions you gain.
I think it's probably worth the $60 initial purchase, that will give you a month. If you're like me, that should possibly be more than enough time to get everything you want out of the game. At that point you can quit. Or, if you're having fun, you can keep going.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I'd say yes. If a particular class or storyline isn't really hooking you end by the end of the second planet, you can always try a different one.
That's the over-arching goal but there's more to it than that. Some fun Sith politics and backstabbing going around. I'm really enjoying the Sith Assassin story line so far. The fact that I make all the Imperial Officers grovel before me and address me as their lord puts an evil grin on my face.
tycoonheart
Member
Inquisitor story line is awesome. I know its a lot of relic hunting but the plot behind everything you do is intertwined well.
If you're new to MMOs it's a lot to take in. Abilities, crafting, badges/tokens, raiding, crew skills, etc. I mean I'm not trying to put you off, but even under the WoW model, which is very much on the accessible side of things compared to more complex MMOs such as EVE Online... SWTOR is still a lot to absorb for someone new to the genre. As your first MMO I would say you'd need to play more more than 1 month to even truly judge whether or not you like it.
On the bright side, you will level up to 10 quickly enough to where you'll be off your starting world in a day or so.
One difference I'm not so much in favor of is a lack of early exposure to high level players in SWTOR. One of the most amazing moments I've experienced in gaming was the first time my character set foot in Orgrimmar in WoW. I had done the first few quests in my starting area and then moved on to the proverbial big city to make my fortune. Walking into the city and seeing A) the crazy architecture, B) dragons' heads on pikes (from successful raids on Onyxia) and most of all C) the high level players with their glowing armor and weapons, skeletal demonic horses and similar stuff just blew my mind. In SWTOR, my arrival at the Sith capital of Kaas City was not nearly as eye popping. Yes, the city is grand and vast. But it wasn't densely populated and all of the other players were around the same level as me. I actually have yet to come across a fellow player higher than level 20. I get the impression that SWTOR keeps players much more segregated by level than WoW does, even players on the same side.
KrymynalChylde
Banned
Thanks for the replies guys, good points to take into consideration. The idea of the single player being worth the money, with the potential to keep playing is pretty enticing.
I've heard this, some kind of bug. Try it if your computer should be high have high fps but doesn't.
Filth
Member
yes lol, i sent it to my friend through my phone cause he coudnt play until tonight / tomorrow. then i saw everyone posting pictures of their charatcers and i wanted to share
i play on max settings with aa set to x16 though lol.
