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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT2| In a F2Play galaxy far, far away
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Been about a year since I've played have they done any ability trimming by chance? Specifically when it comes to the melee Jedi/Sith classes? Also the last thing I remember doing is purchasing the Ewok companion via the auction house, will it be unlocked for all my characters... can't remember.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
The microtransactions are basically all cosmetic. Orange armor (which means you can add mods to it so you can always look how you want), speeders, pets, dye, weapon skins etc. If you're subbed you're not missing anything in terms of content. The are some things that aren't strictly cosmetic like XP boosts (which you'll also get as quest rewards as you level) and color crystals which do provide a decent stat boost but it's certainly not pay to win. The other thing is you'll also get 500 cartel coins a month with your sub so you can get stuff from the market with those and also the vast majority of stuff from the market is tradable so you can find it on the GTN for credits.
There were a couple of skills removed but nothing major. You have to pay to unlock Treek for each character unfortunately.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Used the Double XP weekend to get a Marauder to 50. Probably should've finished out the rest of my Republic characters instead but oh well. Hopefully the next one isn't too far off from now.
BattleMonkey
Member
So slot machines are being added to Nar Shada casinos....and its for a stupid event. Serious weak sauce.
But yes 2.8 is lame, no real content now just changes to game systems
But yes 2.8 is lame, no real content now just changes to game systems
I don't really understand the event philosophy they seem to be taking with bounty hunting and now this. More stuff to do is always good, and events like these I feel should be available at all times. I can understand leaving Rakghouls, and to a lesser extent the Gree, as events, though.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Yeah, it seems like Strongholds was supposed to be the big thing for this patch and with that moved out there wasn't much left. 2.9 would have had new flashpoints at the very least.
BattleMonkey
Member
Because there isn't much to the events. Bounty hunting is limited to just extend how long players will play it as they have said how quick players burn through content. So week limit along with daily limits on bounties to force content length.
Its like the seeker droid stuff, players quickly earned all the rewards and no on does it anymore.
They add new stuff to the game but don't follow through. New content, rewards, etc should support each additional activities. Bounty hunting could have been expanded with new bounty targets, new planets to hunt on, new kingpin's, new rewards.
Slot machines added, neat, but its gambling for gear. So its another rep like vendor grind, but random chanced.
Since Old Republic launched it has been mentioned in every EA financial call. Even if they were trying to spin negative stuff it has always been mentioned. This latest one however had zero mentioning of it. I wonder if that plus the lackluster updates as of late is any indication of where EA is taking the game...
DualShadow
Member
I'm relatively new to SWTOR but I would really like a hood toogle!
(This has probably been discussed and brought up many many times, if so, sorry)
(This has probably been discussed and brought up many many times, if so, sorry)
bobnowhere
Member
Playing a Twi'lek automatically toggles the hood down, why they can't extend that to all races, who knows.
DualShadow
Member
I would like to be able to have a helmet and my hood up at the same time. I've seen some characters running around with helmet/hood so I assume it works with some pieces of armor?
Yeah, only certain masks work under hoods.
DualShadow
Member
Thanks, didn't know there was a distinction between a helmet or a mask.
bobnowhere
Member
...and some Jedi headbands toggle the hood down while others don't!
BattleMonkey
Member
Well it's over 2 years old, last report on it was highly positive, so I doubt it's taken a huge turn, but it's going to cool down with time. It's old news no and just going to be a steady background stream of money at this point.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
The lack of content in the next patch sucks but as I mentioned pushing back Strongholds really left a big content gap. We're expecting another expansion by the end of the year so I think once the year is over we'll have had a lot of new content but right now it's been a bit bare, although I do like the new flashpoints they did.
I don't think it means much about the health of the game. Even WoW has gone through big periods without new content. Before Pandaria they went 9 months without any patches at all.
I just think they fell behind and had to push the next patch back, it happens. The casino stuff does sound like it might be fun though, we'll see.
BattleMonkey
Member
Server traffic seems slow lately, and with the lack of content updates, think they are likely seeing a dip in players. WoW and such also saw another drop in players, and with Wildstar and ESO just coming out I'm sure the game has taken a hit. They are tossing events one after another now to try and keep players interested in something.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Honestly I've rarely been logging in recently because I got a bit burnt out on the same content. I used to log in daily but now it's 2-3 times per week. I still love the game though, I'm just waiting for new stuff to do. Also a bit addicted to Archeage alpha at the moment.
Similar circumstances for myself.
I have been playing this other game a lot lately...
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea the new story stuff sounded good, liked it, but it looks like we might not even see any continuation for 4 months if any?
BattleMonkey
Member
Anyone on the PTS, how is the new Operation group finder changes. Do lvl 55's have access to the lvl 50 operations now that were previously locked to players under lvl 54 only?
I like that they are trying to make operations more open to all players for story modes, thought it was dumb for them to lock out the older raids meaning few would bother to do them anymore.
I like that they are trying to make operations more open to all players for story modes, thought it was dumb for them to lock out the older raids meaning few would bother to do them anymore.
For some reason operations aren't showing up in the GF at level 55 at all on the PTS.
I bit the bullet and gave this a shot after having barely touched it in beta and : I like it quite a bit, combat is fun and the storylines are pretty good !
Been playing on a French RP server with my cousin and the population isn't fantastic but enough to get groups going within a couple of minutes for most group content.
I subbed for a month just to get the privileged status but I think I might have made a mistake as I don't have enough credits to buy the unlocks from the GTN and in a month I'll be stuck with the 350k credits limit
Also a question : are unlocks you buy on the market for your account or is that "Legacy-only" (as in only for your server) ?
Feels kinda dumb that your unlocks wouldn't carry over to another server but it seems that way ?
Been playing on a French RP server with my cousin and the population isn't fantastic but enough to get groups going within a couple of minutes for most group content.
I subbed for a month just to get the privileged status but I think I might have made a mistake as I don't have enough credits to buy the unlocks from the GTN and in a month I'll be stuck with the 350k credits limit
Also a question : are unlocks you buy on the market for your account or is that "Legacy-only" (as in only for your server) ?
Feels kinda dumb that your unlocks wouldn't carry over to another server but it seems that way ?
I bit the bullet and gave this a shot after having barely touched it in beta and : I like it quite a bit, combat is fun and the storylines are pretty good !
Been playing on a French RP server with my cousin and the population isn't fantastic but enough to get groups going within a couple of minutes for most group content.
I subbed for a month just to get the privileged status but I think I might have made a mistake as I don't have enough credits to buy the unlocks from the GTN and in a month I'll be stuck with the 350k credits limit
Also a question : are unlocks you buy on the market for your account or is that "Legacy-only" (as in only for your server) ?
Feels kinda dumb that your unlocks wouldn't carry over to another server but it seems that way ?
They should stick to the character you unlocked them in. So, even if you go to another character that legacy unlock will transfer with you.
I bit the bullet and gave this a shot after having barely touched it in beta and : I like it quite a bit, combat is fun and the storylines are pretty good !
Been playing on a French RP server with my cousin and the population isn't fantastic but enough to get groups going within a couple of minutes for most group content.
I subbed for a month just to get the privileged status but I think I might have made a mistake as I don't have enough credits to buy the unlocks from the GTN and in a month I'll be stuck with the 350k credits limit
Also a question : are unlocks you buy on the market for your account or is that "Legacy-only" (as in only for your server) ?
Feels kinda dumb that your unlocks wouldn't carry over to another server but it seems that way ?
The unlocks should say explicitly, because different ones will in fact unlock at different levels. By default they're character only, if they say account it'll be account-wide, but some are legacy only (generally the ones that you can also unlock on your legacy tab).
Have we seen any more info on that gigantic walker that Dulfy posted? IE: what it really looks like, what it's included in?I'm quite curious about that.
In other news, who's in the open beta for Wildstar? I finally pre-ordered, but not sure if I want to play it any more before the game launches to avoid leveling burn out.
In other news, who's in the open beta for Wildstar? I finally pre-ordered, but not sure if I want to play it any more before the game launches to avoid leveling burn out.
BattleMonkey
Member
It will likely be highly scaled down model for the walker. The preview window for some of the animal mounts were highly incorrect in scale, the Bantha in the preview window was like twice the size of what it really is.
Schweinehund
Member
I just resubbed, hoping for another double exp weekend soon, want to get my sentinel maxed out, but I also just started a juggernaut. Last time I played was around this time last year.
So I have 4 higher level characters. Shadow (55), Mercenary (50), Sentinel (31), Powertech(34) and now I'm working on a juggernaut.
Which of these is most viable for a unranked warzone experience? Who's good for pve tanking? How does vengeance compare to the sentinel dps tree?
So I have 4 higher level characters. Shadow (55), Mercenary (50), Sentinel (31), Powertech(34) and now I'm working on a juggernaut.
Which of these is most viable for a unranked warzone experience? Who's good for pve tanking? How does vengeance compare to the sentinel dps tree?
Schweinehund
Member
After playing a few warzone matches I've found out two things,
They've somehow made pvp worse than a year ago, and juggernaut's are unkillable and there are a shit ton of them. Suppose I'll just focus on leveling and let my sub lapse :/.
They've somehow made pvp worse than a year ago, and juggernaut's are unkillable and there are a shit ton of them. Suppose I'll just focus on leveling and let my sub lapse :/.
lol Jugg/Guardian tanks are insane atm. Absolute monsters in Hutball. Unless your team knows how to focus fire. Which during unranked is extremely rare.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
So I just started playing this with a friend, we originally were just curious and decided to check it out, I'm not gonna sub but I decided to buy 20 bucks of cartel coins to buy stuff like the authorization, and title display / hide helm stuff but mainly for the preferred player bonuses, i've got 1k coins left just saving them for whatever I may need though I am considering buying the getting around pack for those rocket boosters.
I've decided to play my jedi guardian mainly (server the bastion) but I had also leveled a consular to 11.
Honestly this game is a total blast, warzones are amazing fun and the combat feels so good. I imagine the game gets better as more skills become available to open up variation in abilities to use other than just spamming strike to build focus and using other stuff as they come off cool down.
What really drew me in was how you can totally just play the game like a co-op RPG. I wasn't expecting the interactive cutscenes to add as much as they did. Especially when you're playing through it with a friend and you're constantly trying to "out douche" each other or trying to decide how to deal with a situation, like that 2 man event on the esseles early on. Choosing whether or not to betray the girl was a hilarious time.
Seriously, I am very pleased with this, I don't know why it got so much heat but its hybrid F2P model is really cool. I don't like monthly subs because MMO's i typically binge on and then play every few days out of a month and sub fees make me feel like I get tied down, so honestly I'd happily deal with some restrictions as long as I can play whenever.
I've decided to play my jedi guardian mainly (server the bastion) but I had also leveled a consular to 11.
Honestly this game is a total blast, warzones are amazing fun and the combat feels so good. I imagine the game gets better as more skills become available to open up variation in abilities to use other than just spamming strike to build focus and using other stuff as they come off cool down.
What really drew me in was how you can totally just play the game like a co-op RPG. I wasn't expecting the interactive cutscenes to add as much as they did. Especially when you're playing through it with a friend and you're constantly trying to "out douche" each other or trying to decide how to deal with a situation, like that 2 man event on the esseles early on. Choosing whether or not to betray the girl was a hilarious time.
Seriously, I am very pleased with this, I don't know why it got so much heat but its hybrid F2P model is really cool. I don't like monthly subs because MMO's i typically binge on and then play every few days out of a month and sub fees make me feel like I get tied down, so honestly I'd happily deal with some restrictions as long as I can play whenever.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
I prefer ranged combat so I went Sage on my first Consular and I found it a lot of fun. I haven't tried being a healer with her yet but they're very good at that too.
Schweinehund
Member
Throwing the arena map into regular warzone cycle is extremely stupid and I hate playing it every single time. Did they just get rid of void star and other maps for this pile of garbage?
BattleMonkey
Member
No it's all in. Arenas play quick though, enjoy them since they typically are quick and different.
Schweinehund
Member
I'm just a little ornery because I'm coming back and they always do wierd stuff with gear, like apparently one of my pvp relics no longer procs, so once I get into full gear (in partisan gear right now, but have obroan weapons) I should enjoy pvp a little more. I just get annihilated in arena and can't kill their healers.
When I started playing, biomed could use reusable stims in battlegrounds, is there any sort of power or burst one I can use to frontload my damage as a shadow?
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Well, that would be the best looking armor set in the game.
I was thinking about starting on a new server, but then I remembered all my species unlocks are legacy (server) only, not actually account-wide. That's a bummer.
I was thinking about starting on a new server, but then I remembered all my species unlocks are legacy (server) only, not actually account-wide. That's a bummer.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I love this.
Yeah I wish everything had an account-wide version. I also wanted to check out a different server recently but remembered this.
HarryDemeanor
Member
EDIT
Whoops, double posted.
Whoops, double posted.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I believe the only way is to transfer a character with the specific legacy you want to the server you want to be on. All of the unlocks and stuff will go with it.
Yep, if you move a character whatever legacy stuff it had goes with it. I have level 50 legacy on two servers due to transferring one. That part of it is good, at least.
That Tulak Hord concept armor looks great, but the in game model screenies from the Dulfy comments are a little lackluster outside of the helm IMO.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
How does getting a 7 day referral bonus work?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Get a current subscriber to send you a referral link and link up both accounts.
You'll then get the bonuses listed on this page depending on if you're a new account or previous subscriber.
http://www.swtor.com/info/friends
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Oh cool, I'm thinking about probably subbing for a month soon so if anyone with an active sub wants to be thrown some extra bonuses shoot out your referal link!
