I'm a Trooper,only level 14 so far though, and chose Vanguard ,but I still don't see how I can be a tank so far when 90% of my skills are ranged attacks...
EDIT: this was in response to a Trooper comment...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: "Let's blow this thing and go home!"
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I'm a Trooper,only level 14 so far though, and chose Vanguard ,but I still don't see how I can be a tank so far when 90% of my skills are ranged attacks...
EDIT: this was in response to a Trooper comment...
You shoot people in the face point blank.
Tanks will gravitate towards their close to mid range attacks anyways.
Seems like they really underestimated the people that wanted a PvP server because there are only like 5 Light servers out of 27. 20 of them are Full/Very Heavy.
On the other hand, PvE has 46 servers. 17 Full, 5 Heavy, 22 Light.
(Based on East Coast servers)
It's like they thought people wouldn't want to kill eachother in an MMORPG.
On the other hand, PvE has 46 servers. 17 Full, 5 Heavy, 22 Light.
(Based on East Coast servers)
It's like they thought people wouldn't want to kill eachother in an MMORPG.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
GAAAAAHHHHH!
SCREW IT. That's it. This is the final nail in the coffin. I'll be calling AT&T up tomorrow to cancel my DSL. It has disconnected me four times today, already. Nope, no can do.
Every single time it rains, our service goes to hell.
SCREW IT. That's it. This is the final nail in the coffin. I'll be calling AT&T up tomorrow to cancel my DSL. It has disconnected me four times today, already. Nope, no can do.
Every single time it rains, our service goes to hell.
Yes. You get an untouchable status effect. It'd be nice if it would still let passers-by buff you, though.
Freyjadour
Member
How's the queue on Helen's Hole gents?
WoW has made carebears out of everyone.
Ah, launch day, how I love thee.
Launcher is broken for me. It does the outline of it then goes to "Not Responding".
I got to the actual Launcher once and was welcomed with a "Launcher is updating. Please wait" message. Checking the forums mine is not an isolated case and Customer Service has only one generic catch-all response to the issue.
Well, atleast I got to play for an hour. So much for a smooth launch BioWare.
Launcher is broken for me. It does the outline of it then goes to "Not Responding".
I got to the actual Launcher once and was welcomed with a "Launcher is updating. Please wait" message. Checking the forums mine is not an isolated case and Customer Service has only one generic catch-all response to the issue.
Well, atleast I got to play for an hour. So much for a smooth launch BioWare.
PaddyOCanager
Member
Holy smokes that is exactly why I chose it. We should be friends, my BH's name is Anya
RoninChaos
Member
Shouldn't feel entitled, sir. You should just deal with it.
This is actually a really smooth launch for a mmo imo. The servers are not down and people can actually play the game. Queues are to be expected at launch.
RoninChaos
Member
If it helps, I used to work for AT&T and had that problem. Most likely your lines are not buried. It took like 6 months for me to get something like that fixed on my side. I'd bet money that's the issue.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I'll have to listen.
But yeah, MMOs tend to be a lot more enjoyable during launch windows. Initial release of the game will obviously be the biggest rush, but you get similar experiences/feelings when an expansion releases, and to a lesser extent, content patches.
cartoon_soldier
Member
So my legacy name is Shaan
It is a Hindi/Hebrew word that means pride and in Hebrew means Peaceful
So now I am
Kumar Barsen'thor
The Shaan Legacy
<GAF>
It is a Hindi/Hebrew word that means pride and in Hebrew means Peaceful
So now I am
Kumar Barsen'thor
The Shaan Legacy
<GAF>
This isnt a "Queue" issue. Its a "the Launcher for the game does nothing" issue.
Another launch day staple is "Im not having any problems, I dont understand what your problem is". Thank you.
Rift definitely had a smoother launch. Trion actually having responsive Customer Service really helped instead of one track mind droids.
yeah well i meant in general. Probably has nothing to do with it but the game does run as administrator so maybe that is messing something up.
It would have been nice if a set of servers had been dedicated to pre-order customers. Say, the servers that were opened for early access. The remaining servers could have then been opened up to the general userbase who bought on and after launch day. And once things level off then open up all the servers to everyone. I guess it's nice to want things, but at least that's how it should have been done.
I've been keeping a curious eye on the population of my home server (Infinite Empire) all day and it's been Full or Very Heavy constantly since 8 this morning. That's kind of crazy for a west coast server to be full so early. I guess besides being launch day there's also the fact that pretty much every student out there is on winter break.
I also think there aren't enough PVP servers. The ratio of PVE to PVP seems to be about 3 or 4 to 1.
Couple random questions regarding gameplay.
1. How linear are the zones? I fully expect early zones to be tutorialized, but it'd be nice if things after that had some places to go and incentives to explore.
2. I know Bioware is really emphasizing individual stories, but is there anything to do otherwise? Is there really an incentive (or even just the ability) to play just one character instead of seeing all of the stories?
1. How linear are the zones? I fully expect early zones to be tutorialized, but it'd be nice if things after that had some places to go and incentives to explore.
2. I know Bioware is really emphasizing individual stories, but is there anything to do otherwise? Is there really an incentive (or even just the ability) to play just one character instead of seeing all of the stories?
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Hate to break it to you, but people are just gonna think you're copying this:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bastila_Shan
Have you tried repairing the install? Maybe something got borked
man DSL is ass period, who is your cable provider? Just go with them.
Anything is better than DSL, it's seriously the 56k of broadband.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Didn't you claim you were going to drop this particular topic? So bitter, lol.
Just do boxes
RoninChaos
Member
I think it's hilarious. Half the forum jumped down my throat about mentioning something that took 5 hours. Something that other posters assumed would fix the issue everyone is complaining about now.
What's even more hilarious is that something like this wasn't planned on, or around if the queues are reallyt his bad. And people are complaining about these queues and no one is saying shit. It's laughable. Everybody knows MMO's have queues and things like that on launch, but to not have any mechanisms in place to help keep servers level for what is, arguable, one of the most popular brands in the world strikes me as short sighted. People have said just that, just as I said it was short sighted of bioware to bring the servers down during prime time. And for some reason I was told I was some entitled asshole because I second guessed Bioware.
Now everybody is bitching about the queues and no one is screaming "YOU'RE JUST AN ENTITLED DICK!". lol WTF.
I think Bioware had a good idea of the influx of people they would be getting. We also know pre-orders were REALLY up there. They even had early game access to try and even some of this out, yet they're still having massive issues. Chances are they knew this would happen too.
But I'm probably being entitled thinking Bioware could have handled this better.
Yeah, because you have no movement input. Even WoW logs you out when your crafting over 30 minutes.
Yes happened to me this morning
I didn't move just kept doing crafting and it afk'd me then kicked me to the character select. It did not disconnect me though.
I don't know how long you can idle at the character select screen before being disconnected.
lame
You just have to move every once in awhile. For some reason keyboard/mouse input isn't enough
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Yeah, it's not too bad.
yeah, but i'm lazy. guess i'll keep an eye on it though.
So I have a chance to nab a copy of the "Bioware Studio Edition" of the game for like 200... From a buddy who works at Bioware. Should I get it?
Apparently it comes with a figurine, a usb key, a galaxy poster, some dvds, a journal, the OST, and it's signed by the entire dev team with "Thanks for the hard work!" written on it. The only thing he's asking me is that I won't resell it on ebay too quickly lol
Apparently it comes with a figurine, a usb key, a galaxy poster, some dvds, a journal, the OST, and it's signed by the entire dev team with "Thanks for the hard work!" written on it. The only thing he's asking me is that I won't resell it on ebay too quickly lol
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Deleted member 17706
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Question: it looks like the Speeder is the only thing of true value in the collector's edition. What is the earliest you can get an equivalent mount/vehicle?
I really don't want to pay an extra $20 for more convenient transportation.
I really don't want to pay an extra $20 for more convenient transportation.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Nope I am on the Fatman!
Almost all of your efficient attacks as a vanguard are melee range. Your autoattack and high impact bolt are the only truly ranged 'good' attacks, while stockstrike represents a huge chunk of your dps.
Anyone saying this launch is smooth is kidding themselves. The whole queue system was in bioware's power to address by doing a single early launch date and then normal launch date, instead they screwed the pooch. Servers aren't down, sure, but that's nothing new since queues were invented.
Big Papa Husker
Member
It looks like Amazon still has the CE in stock (came back around 2 hours ago). I'm trying to decide whether its worth saving $15 bucks + a $15 coupon from KMART to save on tax and use a gift card.