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

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Dakota47

Dakota47

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Morn said:
I highlighted it in case you didn't see it:
http://i.imgur.com/Ri6U2.jpg

The little sliver of red in the life bar means it's not dead. They cheated because the group was wiping again.
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Gvaz said:
Yeah that, and the fact that it says 7143/418950 on the right.
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Yeah, they were wiping hard. While it makes sense to choreograph a fight for a promotional video, it is a bit daft that they don't try to hide it. The editor could have easily switched to the perspective of a healer during the supposed final barrage. Then another group member would have been selected as a target and nobody would have noticed. Well, Morn maybe. ;-)
 
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Bisnic

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For those who have better knowledge of the game, how does it compare to WoW? I know the 2 universes are very different, but what about in term of gameplay?

Is it pretty much WoW in space? Are 95% of the quests soloable like WoW? Is the game easy all the way while lvling and suddenly become challenging once you hit the max lvl? I suppose most of the quests are still the usual "kill 10 monsters or loot 6 quest items"? Is there "mounts" like vehicules or ships to quickly travel around planets?
 
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Gvaz

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Yeah someone in the beta is going to come out and say what the game is like when we have bioware people in the thread. Not gonna risk anything.
 
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Cystm

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Jbird34 said:
Wish I had a reason to be paranoid
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Oh, that reminds me... Checks email....



SPAST.

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BattleMonkey

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Bisnic said:
For those who have better knowledge of the game, how does it compare to WoW? I know the 2 universes are very different, but what about in term of gameplay?

Is it pretty much WoW in space? Are 95% of the quests soloable like WoW? Is the game easy all the way while lvling and suddenly become challenging once you hit the max lvl? I suppose most of the quests are still the usual "kill 10 monsters or loot 6 quest items"? Is there "mounts" like vehicules or ships to quickly travel around planets?
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Gameplay is mostly like WoW
 
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Woorloog

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shagg_187 said:
Still waiting on the beta key, Bioware....
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I gave up. It just happened... I guess this is a good thing as now i can't get spoiled. Err... i mean... what happens if i get an invite? Dammit
 
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

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Woorloog said:
I gave up. It just happened... I guess this is a good thing as now i can't get spoiled. Err... i mean... what happens if i get an invite? Dammit
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What happens? You give it to me!

My only fear is that the game sucking hard, which is why I need the beta as I've already preordered the game and if they send me the 30-days preactivation before the beta, I can't cancel the preorder!
 
LowParry

LowParry

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shagg_187 said:
What happens? You give it to me!

My only fear is that the game sucking hard, which is why I need the beta as I've already preordered the game and if they send me the 30-days preactivation before the beta, I can't cancel the preorder!
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So in other words, instead of "beta testing" you'll be "just playing to see if the game sucks". Hmm. I hope you never get beta now. ;)
 
LowParry

LowParry

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goat said:
At first, I did think Speculator was blowing smoke up our asses when he made that comment about SWTOR having more flashpoints than we've seen, but then I read this:
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That is good news. Meaning we should in theory be seeing these new flashpoints in Sept/Oct.

I found this quote interesting as well.

12::24 - GA: Cover classes. Sniper and Gunslinger. Steeper learning curve, very powerful and rewarding. Also Juggernaut and Knight.

Oh, and this quote is interesting too.

12:26 - GA: Story is meant to be accessible to everyone. Maybe 3-6 hours of raiding to get through it... hard mode is tougher with different mechanics. Easy mode lockout does not apply to hard mode lockouts.
 
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Fonds

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I think they werent really cheating it at the end. They could let that healthbar go down however steady they want as it's an edited video.

Imho they're just trying to appeal to the hardcore audience, showing them raiding isn't easy or .. free epix.

*If you're looking for a nice guild on European servers that plays PvP, join up with NeoGAF*
 
Retrofluxed

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CcrooK said:
12:26 - GA: Story is meant to be accessible to everyone. Maybe 3-6 hours of raiding to get through it... hard mode is tougher with different mechanics. Easy mode lockout does not apply to hard mode lockouts.
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I am really looking forward to this. Blow through the easy mode content while getting people gear and having fun, then hammering our dicks with the 2(more?) hard modes. Should be a good time.

That, and the news that there will be level 50 versions of all the flashpoints, I'm not worried about running out of endgame content anytime soon.
 
LowParry

LowParry

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goat said:
I am really looking forward to this. Blow through the easy mode content while getting people gear and having fun, then hammering our dicks with the 2(more?) hard modes. Should be a good time.

That, and the news that there will be level 50 versions of all the flashpoints, I'm not worried about running out of endgame content anytime soon.
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Exactly. Very good call on BW on keeping the easy and hard mode timers separate.
 
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Morn

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Fonds said:
I think they werent really cheating it at the end. They could let that healthbar go down however steady they want as it's an edited video.

Imho they're just trying to appeal to the hardcore audience, showing them raiding isn't easy or .. free epix.

*If you're looking for a nice guild on European servers that plays PvP, join up with NeoGAF*
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They were too cheating. They used a kill command to kill the mob when it still had 7k HP left.

And they just showed the Huttball video again? So PAX will just repeat the Gamescom content?
 
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Emitan

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Morn said:
And they just showed the Huttball video again? So PAX will just repeat the Gamescom content?
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That would worry me. They can't just show the same stuff again. The game is coming out in 2 months!
 
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Speculator

BioWare Austin
goat said:
At first, I did think Speculator was blowing smoke up our asses when he made that comment about SWTOR having more flashpoints than we've seen, but then I read this:
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lol ouch

Haven't had as much time lately to check out this thread in awhile unfortunately. With ongoing testing and rampant leaks of unauthorized info (whether they are both positive and negative), they never accurately reflect the state of the game when it launches. Things (both big and small) have, had, and can change all the time. MMO development is actually an ongoing process and it never really ends.

Ah and for anyone who hasn't checked out the eternity vault vid yet, the last min or so has a teaser trailer of the rest of the raid featuring some of the encounters you'll have. The walkthrough boss battle was only a fraction of the raid/operation.
 
Retrofluxed

Retrofluxed

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Something else I've noticed, if you read between the line when talking about lootbags from Operations, they only specifically mention the normal mode. I'm taking that as meaning the hardmodes will have loot tables. Now I could be wrong, but something tells me I'm right.

Fake Edit: No offense intended, Speculator. I just take everything with a grain of salt.
 
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Emitan

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Speculator said:
lol ouch

Haven't had as much time lately to check out this thread in awhile unfortunately.
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But you saw the part where I had the most posts and deserve beta access, right? Right?
 
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BattleMonkey

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By saying we haven't seen half of the flashpoints, I wonder if that means that alot more is going to be at launch or they just have a bunch in the works for later updates.
 
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Jira

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Gvaz said:
How are they testing lvl 50 flashpoints? I doubt most people are even at that. A small minority maybe.
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Internally and then some big guilds that they've probably specifically asked to test the content.
 
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sykoex

Lost all credibility.
12:19 - DE: We're working on streamlining grouping and socializing. They're working on a system that prompts you to friend people after grouping with them.
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And this is why WoW is broken now. The stuff blizzard has done to "improve" grouping has only made it more difficult to form new relationships in-game.
 
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Sigfodr

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I'm glad to hear the news about flashpoints, and I had actually forgotten about what Speculator said since there's been so much negativity and "what about WoW" talk.

Moaradin said:
swOrw.jpg
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lol
(When I say "lol", I always mean it literally.) Can someone make this their avatar? Would it be wrong for me to? Oh, and the url for the image is swOrw - so close to SWToR
 
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Sigfodr

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Giolon said:
What's the deal with Morn's avatar being quoted?
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Shopped to look like it's smiling. Morn said something that indicated he was happy about a factor of TOR, so Moaradin gave him a pleased smile.
 
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