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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Releasing Date: Dec 20 NA/EU - NDA Lifted]

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Cyrillus

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Gvaz said:
Swift Lightsaber Of The Wind

Bold Lightsaber of the Red

Sounds like randomly generated loot like wow's doing in cataclysm raids, no thanks.
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It's just as likely that the loot is just broken into categories of what classes (and hopefully even specs) can use them, and will randomly pull an item from that list. I mean, it's entirely possible that it's randomly generated stats, but I hope not, and that statement doesn't say that it is.
 
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Darklord

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Seeing as I'm working on the OT if you want your guild in the post drop me a PM. Doesn't have to be now, I've only done like 1% of it so far but just when you want.
 
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Thoraxes

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The only thing keeping me from pre-ordering is the lack of information on the price of the monthly sub.

Anyone know how much it is? I'm just afraid Bioware will charge $20 a month and say it's because the game is so high quality when $20 is just too much.

Also can I pre-order from Amazon, get my code, and then cancel?
 
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Darklord

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I came across this. List of voice actors thus far.

Jedi Knight
Male - David Hayter (Solid Snake, Metal Gear) - Confirmed
Female Kari Wahlgren (Elora, Dragon Age) - Confirmed

Jedi Consular
Male - Unknown - Speculated as either Tom Kane or Nolan North, sounds more like Nolan North.
Female - Unknown - No speculations

Smuggler
Male - Unknown - Speculated as Nicky Katt (Atton, KOTOR II) or Eddie McClintock (Warehouse 13)
Female - Unknown - Speculated as Courtenay Taylor (Jack, Mass Effect 2) or Kath Soucie (Marjolaine, Dragon Age) or Emily Berry (Mira, KOTOR II)

Trooper
Male - Brian Bloom (Varric, Dragon Age 2) - Confirmed
Female - Jennifer Hale (Female Shepard, Mass Effect series, Bastila Shan, KOTOR) - Confirmed

Sith Warrior
Male - Steve Valentine (Alistair, Dragon Age) - Confirmed
Female - Unknown - Speculated as Claudia Black (Chloe, Uncharted, Morrigan, Dragon Age)

Sith Inquisitor
Male - Unknown - Speculated as Adam Leadbeater (Justice, Dragon Age Awakening) or Nicholas Boulton (Male Hawke, Dragon Age 2)
Female - Unknown - Speculated as Olivia D'abo (Luminara, Clone Wars TV series) or Victoria Kruger (Isabela, Dragon Age 2)

Bounty Hunter
Male - Steve Blum (Oghren, Dragon Age) - Confirmed
Female - Unknown speculated as Courtenay Taylor (Jack, Mass Effect 2) or Grey DeLisle (Handmaiden, KOTOR II)

Imperial Agent
Male - Unknown speculated as Gideon Emery (Fenris, Dragon Age 2) or Jamie Glover (The Architect, Dragon Age Awakening)
Female - Jo Wyatt (Female Hawke, Dragon Age 2) - Confirmed


Notable NPCs
Satele Shan - Jennifer Hale - Confirmed
Sith Emperor - Unknown
Darth Malgus - Jamie Glover (The Architect, Dragon Age Awakening) - Confirmed
Supreme Chancellor - Unknown speculated as Robert Clotworthy (Jim Raynor, Starcraft) (Said he was playing a Chancellor in an interview)
Mandalore - Unknown
Grand Moff Kilran - Simon Templeman (Loghain, Dragon Age) - Confirmed
Darth Jadus - Unknown
Keeper - Unknown
Bouris Ulgo - Unknown speculated as Steve Blum
Senator Evran - Robert Clotworthy - Confirmed
HK-47 - Unknown
Master Gnost-Dural - Lance Henriksen (Aliens)
Master Vandar - Tom Kane - Confirmed
Commander Narlock - Tom Kane - Confirmed
Master Oteg - Jim Cummings (Winnie the Pooh) - Confirmed



Companions (Not all are listed)

Jedi Knight
T7-01 - Most likely no voice, just seems to be beeps.
Kira Carsen - Unknown

Jedi Consular
Qyzen Fess - Unlikely to speak basic
Nadia - Holly Fields (Princess Fiona, Shrek Video Games) - Confirmed

Smuggler
Bowdaar - Is a wookie, so most likely will not speak basic

Trooper
Tanno Vik - Unknown
M1-4X - Unknown

Sith Warrior
Vette - Catherine Taber (Mission, KOTOR) - Confirmed
Lietenant Pierce - Unknown

Sith Inquistor
Khem Val - Doesnt speak basic
Xalek - Unknown

Bounty Hunter
Mako - Lacey Chabert (Claudia, Party of Five) - Confirmed
Skadge - Unknown - Speculated as Steven Barr (Urdnott Wrex, Mass Effect)
2V-R8 - Unknown
Blizz - He's a Jawa, he better not speak basic

Imperial Agent
Kaliyo Djannis - Unknown
SCORPIO - Unknown



Random others.
Random Smuggler - John Dimaggio - Confirmed
Random Trooper - Jolee (KOTOR) - Confirmed
Random Sith Quest NPC - Simon Templeman - Confirmed
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I can't imagine Allistair being a Sith Lord. Lacey Chabert and Wrex as BH companions. I knew it was the class to be!
 
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Baller. PhD

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The_Inquisitor said:
Just another guess at this point.
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I dunno, it's not shown as a placeholder date or anything, they actually went out of their way to advertise it. Interesting. That date is pretty much exactly when I expect this game. From what I hear, it's still pretty damn buggy. A September/October release wouldn't be a good idea.
 
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Morn

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Baller said:
I dunno, it's not shown as a placeholder date or anything, they actually went out of their way to advertise it. Interesting. That date is pretty much exactly when I expect this game. From what I hear, it's still pretty damn buggy. A September/October release wouldn't be a good idea.
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Every MMO is buggy at release. WoW was so buggy, Blizzard even removed the bug reporting feature from the game a couple days prior to beta ending.
 
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gatti-man

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Thoraxes said:
The only thing keeping me from pre-ordering is the lack of information on the price of the monthly sub.

Anyone know how much it is? I'm just afraid Bioware will charge $20 a month and say it's because the game is so high quality when $20 is just too much.

Also can I pre-order from Amazon, get my code, and then cancel?
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You can cancel but amazon will cancel your access code also.

Edit: Apparently they may not cancel your code.
 
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NihonTiger90

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So, quick question on the guilds: is it one per account? I'm wondering because I have like three different games I'm a part of and each guild I'm in is planning on playing TOR with its own guilds.
 
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Giolon

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Morn said:
Every MMO is buggy at release. WoW was so buggy, Blizzard even removed the bug reporting feature from the game a couple days prior to beta ending.
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I remember when Burning Crusade beta was going on. We were like a month from release and the game was buggy as all shit and entire zones were completely unfinished. Then about a week or two from the release date they dropped this mega patch that just fixed everything.

Whatever the state of TOR currently is, or is shortly before release, you can always hope for a good outcome like that (except Blizz still massively underestimated the effects of an entire server's population trying to cram itself into a single zone at the same time would be).
 
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Emitan

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NihonTiger90 said:
So, quick question on the guilds: is it one per account? I'm wondering because I have like three different games I'm a part of and each guild I'm in is planning on playing TOR with its own guilds.
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One per account until launch.

You can cancel but amazon will cancel your access code also.
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I canceled my Amazon order and they didn't cancel my code.
 
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zugzug

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you people need to stop screaming 900+ voice actors, if you keep adding the different languages the game will come in.

I do not care if its 900+ if I'm only going to hear 300ish for my language.

It is like you people are part of the hype machine and spreading this junk.
 
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Morn

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Giolon said:
I remember when Burning Crusade beta was going on. We were like a month from release and the game was buggy as all shit and entire zones were completely unfinished. Then about a week or two from the release date they dropped this mega patch that just fixed everything.

Whatever the state of TOR currently is, or is shortly before release, you can always hope for a good outcome like that (except Blizz still massively underestimated the effects of an entire server's population trying to cram itself into a single zone at the same time would be).
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And apparently the build the beta testers are playing isn't the most current build internally. So whatever leakers are claiming, they're full of shit.

BTW, there's a rumor going around that if BioWare confirms someone has leaked images or video from the beta (to sites like betacake), they get a lifetime IP ban.
 
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HarryDemeanor

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NihonTiger90 said:
So, quick question on the guilds: is it one per account? I'm wondering because I have like three different games I'm a part of and each guild I'm in is planning on playing TOR with its own guilds.
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Right now it's one guild per account. When the game launches you can have different guilds on each character. It's just a way right now to get everyone together onto the same server when the game launches.
 
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Emitan

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Morn said:
BTW, there's a rumor going around that if BioWare confirms someone has leaked images or video from the beta (to sites like betacake), they get a lifetime IP ban.
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Why would they stop someone from giving them money at launch? I don't believe that.
 
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HarryDemeanor

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zugzug said:
you people need to stop screaming 900+ voice actors, if you keep adding the different languages the game will come in.

I do not care if its 900+ if I'm only going to hear 300ish for my language.

It is like you people are part of the hype machine and spreading this junk.
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Like they've stated, it's 900+ across 3 different languages.

What's the problem here?
 
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Dinosaur Tamer

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Maybe, but we both did mention that part. That hype machine comment was completely uncalled for and does not make any sense.

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Morn said:
And apparently the build the beta testers are playing isn't the most current build internally. So whatever leakers are claiming, they're full of shit.
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Yeah, it seems like people tend to miss that. I have heard the build was more than 5 or 6 weeks old when the server got shut down. That is an incredibly long time for a MMORPG close to completion and every recent leak could already be heavily outdated come Tuesday.
 
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Gvaz

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I think the only good thing that will come of this is that the game will probably change Bioware's habit of "release game, release 3 patches, forget the game exists"
 
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Moaradin

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Gvaz said:
I think the only good thing that will come of this is that the game will probably change Bioware's habit of "release game, release 3 patches, forget the game exists"
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That usually goes for all single player games. Obviously they want to keep players playing because it is a subscription.
 
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Gvaz

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If amazon cancels your access code after you've already redeemed it, what happens? Does it instantly get removed from origin or something? idk
 
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Rflagg

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Trickster said:
Because they want to give beta testers a very good reason not to leak stuff ?
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But losing a customer forever just because he or she leaked some info or videos? I don't think any company would take that hard of a line especially without stating the consequences clearly and often.

I could see them doing a ban for the ip form all beta events including those that Ea has.
 
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Neverfade

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Gvaz said:
If amazon cancels your access code after you've already redeemed it, what happens? Does it instantly get removed from origin or something? idk
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Apparently EA/Bioware said redeemed codes won't be cancelled. So far, nothing on my account would indicate any different. I bought a standard edition at 3 am the day preorders launched, got a code, redeemed, then decided at 9 am I wanted the CE. I cancelled my SE then, and swtor.com/preorder/code still says I have my code registered.
 
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Sigfodr

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Darklord said:
I came across this. List of voice actors thus far.




I can't imagine Allistair being a Sith Lord. Lacey Chabert and Wrex as BH companions. I knew it was the class to be!
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I really care about the voice actors, it's an industry I care about and this will influence my gender choice. Just thought this might be interesting: IMDB lists Alex Fernandez as a number of roles. He's mostly known for playing Latin characters in games and on TV. He also has "Smuggler" listed in his roles for TOR (yes, I am aware of IMDB's reliability). I wonder if this is a random smuggler or the PC (I hope not, I'm not a fan). Jennifer Hale as Trooper just guaranteed that I will be rolling one as my first alt.

Would you mind sharing your source? This is something I've been looking for (half-heartedly, I'll admit).
 
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gatti-man

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Neverfade said:
Apparently EA/Bioware said redeemed codes won't be cancelled. So far, nothing on my account would indicate any different. I bought a standard edition at 3 am the day preorders launched, got a code, redeemed, then decided at 9 am I wanted the CE. I cancelled my SE then, and swtor.com/preorder/code still says I have my code registered.
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They did? I thought they said the exact opposite. Apologies if I was mistaken.
 
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CzarTim

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Morn said:
And apparently the build the beta testers are playing isn't the most current build internally. So whatever leakers are claiming, they're full of shit.
BTW, there's a rumor going around that if BioWare confirms someone has leaked images or video from the beta (to sites like betacake), they get a lifetime IP ban.
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Sounds like BS spin to me.

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They did? I thought they said the exact opposite. Apologies if I was mistaken.
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Same thing for me, so I can confirm.
 
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Neverfade

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gatti-man said:
They did? I thought they said the exact opposite. Apologies if I was mistaken.
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I don't know the correct answer. Just going by whats happening with my account, and the EA/Bioware thing was straight from this thread several pages back.
 
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MeBecomingI

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Well, I already had intentions to play this with a group of friends, but I was always on the fence about what class to be... now that I know David Hayter is voicing the Jedi Knight, I now know what class to be!

Jedi Knight! Thank you, David Hayter! Can't wait to hear this man, again!
 
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Emitan

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Neverfade said:
Apparently EA/Bioware said redeemed codes won't be cancelled. So far, nothing on my account would indicate any different. I bought a standard edition at 3 am the day preorders launched, got a code, redeemed, then decided at 9 am I wanted the CE. I cancelled my SE then, and swtor.com/preorder/code still says I have my code registered.
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Same for me. I redeemed a code for the CE, but canceled that order for the DDE and my code is still there.
 
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Morn

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Remember when that EA leaker claimed it was 20gigs JUST for the voice acting and everyone said he was full of shit because he was trashing the game?
 
Giolon

Giolon

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Morn said:
You should play the class you ENJOY playing...not what class has a voice you like.
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I think that liking or disliking the voice actor in question is as valid a factor as any. For example, no matter what class it was, if Cam Clarke was the voice for it I would not play the male version of that class. I can't stand that guy's voice, and it drives me up the wall to no end every time he appears in another game. Sadly, Bioware seems to be one his biggest employers. (And yes, I think he was great as Liquid Snake it's just that the guy only has one damn VA voice. If he'd show some range like Jennifer Hale then I wouldn't complain.)
 
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syoaran

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Rflagg said:
But losing a customer forever just because he or she leaked some info or videos? I don't think any company would take that hard of a line especially without stating the consequences clearly and often.

I could see them doing a ban for the ip form all beta events including those that Ea has.
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They do state it clearly & often. It's in almost every email, is posted when you install the beta & used to be at least, in the login as well
 
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Fonds

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I do pray to whatever god on my bare knees that Bioware will never, and I mean never, resort to whatever the fuck it is Blizzard is doing right now.
 
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