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[MaddenNFL64]

Jedi Shadow murdering an innocent bystander on Corellia

edit: oh, multiple people were murdered. a murdering spree if you will.

 

[Emitan]

Jedi Shadow murdering an innocent bystander on Corellia

edit: oh, multiple people were murdered. a murdering spree if you will.

I'm sure there is another side to this story. A much more valid and believable one.

 

[LowParry]

edit: oh, multiple people were murdered. a murdering spree if you will.

Think of the younglings!

 

[Rapture]

Think of the younglings!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Lucas has vision, but other people to need to take his vision & shape it.

Seriously. History loves to gloss over how extremely stupid Star Wars was at inception.

 

[water_wendi]

Seriously. History loves to gloss over how extremely stupid Star Wars was at inception.

Its the difference between silly and ridiculous.

 

[Sigfodr]

Empire did, but it's pretty well known that he directed Jedi.

In regard to Jedi, if I had heard that before (I'm sure I have), I just forgot. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Giolon]

Finally got the damn thing downloaded. Hype.

5pm CDT is 3pm PST correct?

No, it's 3PM PDT.

 

[Xamdou]

Still no beta invite... If I don't get one before Gears launch I will have to reconsider my pre-order...

 

[antonz]

Still no beta invite... If I don't get one before Gears launch I will have to reconsider my pre-order...

Honestly Beta weekends are just hype test weekends. They will likely push a survey hard on opinion of the game to all of those who get in asking do you feel we can launch the game now? Are you happy with it? etc. They said at PAX the whole idea is just to get a mass number of people a chance to play the game

EA said today Launch happens when the beta results come in saying people are happy with it.

 

[Giolon]

Empire did, but it's pretty well known that he directed Jedi.

Actually, Richard Marquand directed RotJ.

 

[CzarTim]

Actually, Richard Marquand directed RotJ.

lol

 

[Xamdou]

Honestly Beta weekends are just hype test weekends. They will likely push a survey hard on opinion of the game to all of those who get in asking do you feel we can launch the game now? Are you happy with it? etc. They said at PAX the whole idea is just to get a mass number of people a chance to play the game

EA said today Launch happens when the beta results come in saying people are happy with it.

They learned from the fan feedback they got from Dragon Age 2, and they certainly don't want SW:TOR to end up like FF14 that's for sure. So in essence Bioware will release the game when they think it's absolutely ready.

With that out of the way, I want my SWTOR beta game-time to see if it's my type of game. I have the C.E pre-ordered, and I am ready to pay w/e monthly subscription they throw at us because I am a huge fan of Bioware and Star Wars. But like I said, I want to tryout the game before going all in.

 

[eastmen]

i want weekend beta so I can try a few classes and see wht I like. I'm thinking smuggler , i loved him on the origin worlds at pax east , but I'd like to try jedi knight and trooper too and i had little time at pax east

 

[gatti-man]

i want weekend beta so I can try a few classes and see wht I like. I'm thinking smuggler , i loved him on the origin worlds at pax east , but I'd like to try jedi knight and trooper too and i had little time at pax east

Im going full out sith warrior because I know it will be the 3rd or fourth class I play in retail. Retail is trooper then a jedi class then a smuggler. I wont go dark for a long while.

They learned from the fan feedback they got from Dragon Age 2, and they certainly don't want SW:TOR to end up like FF14 that's for sure. So in essence Bioware will release the game when they think it's absolutely ready.

With that out of the way, I want my SWTOR beta game-time to see if it's my type of game. I have the C.E pre-ordered, and I am ready to pay w/e monthly subscription they throw at us because I am a huge fan of Bioware and Star Wars. But like I said, I want to tryout the game before going all in.

If this had FF14 art I think I would pass out and die on the floor from happiness but that will never happen Im sure Im going to send them a glowing review because I love star wars and I wont get deep enough into the game in 3 days to pick nits.

 

[eastmen]

Im going full out sith warrior because I know it will be the 3rd or fourth class I play in retail. Retail is trooper then a jedi class then a smuggler. I wont go dark for a long while.

Yea i got really lucky at pax east , everyone wanted to try the flash point so I simply kept getting on the origin world section.

So I got to do the flash point after a 5 hour wait on the friday , they let me do origins for smuggler while the last group of the day did the flash point. Then the next day i got on and i did smuggler again , but sunday i use a sith warrior .

 

[Giolon]

Im going full out sith warrior because I know it will be the 3rd or fourth class I play in retail. Retail is trooper then a jedi class then a smuggler. I wont go dark for a long while.

I can't decide if I want to go Jedi Sage, Jedi Shadow, Bounty Hunter Powertech or Trooper Vanguard for retail.

 

[Jarmel]

Lucas just ruined Star Wars again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27RVJJfny4I&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_867594

Trolololol. Never seen a man hate his fanbase so much. Can't wait till someone competent gets their hands on the license.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Its the difference between silly and ridiculous.

It really, really is.

People say that George Lucas sold out, but what they don't realize is this: 30 years ago, when the originals were made, Lucas was a nobody. So of course he didn't get his way on a silver platter like he does now.

 

[Das Boot]

That vader "no" addition for the blu-ray release is an abomination.

Dammit George. What have you done?

 

[glaurung]

That vader "no" addition for the blu-ray release is an abomination.

Dammit George. What have you done?

He's just perpetuating the banned meme.

But yes, it is very bad and ugly. Same way with old Ben's autotuning.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

He's just perpetuating the banned meme.

But yes, it is very bad and ugly. Same way with old Ben's autotuning.

I'm thinking it's fake. Just watch the "Added Krayt Dragon Yell" video.

 

[Yaska]

That krayt dragon shout. If it's actual... Oh George... Why?

On-topic: Wonder if Eurobeta invites are being sent this week.

 

[antonz]

I'm thinking it's fake. Just watch the "Added Krayt Dragon Yell" video.

Lucasfilm issued a Press Release confirming the additions are real and asked fans not to jump to conclusions until they see the whole film and how it fits in.

That krayt dragon shout. If it's actual... Oh George... Why?

On-topic: Wonder if Eurobeta invites are being sent this week.

Supposedly yes. Heres to hoping my Aunt in London making an account for me gets an invite for me

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Lucasfilm issued a Press Release confirming the additions are real and asked fans not to jump to conclusions until they see the whole film and how it fits in.

What.

So apparently Krayt Dragons sound like Dren from Splice?

 

[antonz]

What.

So apparently Krayt Dragons sound like Dren from Splice?

That or a really poorly done stereotype of a gay man

 

[Yaska]

Lucasfilm issued a Press Release confirming the additions are real and asked fans not to jump to conclusions until they see the whole film and how it fits in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE This sums up my feelings pretty much.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

That or a really poorly done stereotype of a gay man

This sucks, because the blu-rays look amazing.

I'll settle for DVD, I guess.

Star Wars in HD looks brand new.

 

[antonz]

This sucks, because the blu-rays look amazing.

I'll settle for DVD, I guess.

Star Wars in HD looks brand new.

The really annoying thing about the change beyond the change is. They left like 9000 other visual flaws known since 1977 in place. Sabers still look like ass in some scenes etc.

Yet they had time to shoe horn more prequels into episode 6

 

[Jarmel]

That krayt dragon shout. If it's actual... Oh George... Why?

On-topic: Wonder if Eurobeta invites are being sent this week.

I ain't even mad anymore. Just waiting till Lucas dies and somebody with talent gets their hands on the license.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0EUjobdavw&feature=player_embedded

^Krayt dragon link for people who want to laugh.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Just waiting till Lucas dies and somebody with talent gets their hands on the license.

This will never happen.

 

[Jira]

Honestly Beta weekends are just hype test weekends. They will likely push a survey hard on opinion of the game to all of those who get in asking do you feel we can launch the game now? Are you happy with it? etc. They said at PAX the whole idea is just to get a mass number of people a chance to play the game

EA said today Launch happens when the beta results come in saying people are happy with it.

Here's the thing though, MMOs aren't just about what you experience in a weekend of play. Look at Age of Conan, people were in love with the first 20 levels and then it went to shit. Warhammer Online, people loved the first tier of content and then boom it dive bombed. People loved Aion until 25 when it went to shit...see what I'm getting at here? Obviously this isn't to say it will happen to TOR, BUT an MMO's success is measured by its ability to retain players past the first month. TOR could have you know the 15-20 levels polished to high hell (as they should), people love it and say oh yeah it's ready to launch! Then people get into the 40-endgame and see that there's massive flaws, lack of content, bugs, whatever.

This may not happen to TOR, obviously we won't know until we get to that point, but Bioware/EA basing their entire launch off of what people think of the first 15-20 (25 for the hardcore?) levels of gameplay is shortsighted to say the least. Though it doesn't matter, the feedback of the people playing will be positive regardless and it will launch at whatever date it is they set. None of these people are going to actually want to see the game delayed any longer, too many people coming into the genre with rose tinted glasses and have NO clue as to the state of things. You get ONE single chance when you launch an MMO and you DO NOT EVER recover from a failed release. Word of mouth kills any chance of that REAL quick.

Here's to hoping they have all of their content in, all the features they've promised, everything polished and relatively bug free!

 

[CzarTim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAVn4DCB1wQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[Jarmel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAVn4DCB1wQ&feature=youtu.be

I lol'd hard. Fits way too well.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Wait.

Yoda is now CGI?

Why?

Out of all these new changes, this is by far the worst, and most confounding.

Yoda was IN THE FILM. It's not just a Krayt Dragon yell, it's not just Vader saying "NO!".

Yoda was in the film. An actor portrayed him. They made a puppet.

I hope Frank Oz goes on a Bill Willingham-style rampage on Twitter.

 

[DodgerSan]

Wait.

Yoda is now CGI?

Why?

Out of all these new changes, this is by far the worst, and most confounding.

Yoda was IN THE FILM. It's not just a Krayt Dragon yell, it's not just Vader saying "NO!".

Yoda was in the film. An actor portrayed him. They made a puppet.

I hope Frank Oz goes on a Bill Willingham-style rampage on Twitter.

The TPM Yoda is changed, not the Empire/Jedi one.

This is actually a change I'm happy about - the puppet in TPM was atrocious.

 

[Giolon]

The TPM Yoda is changed, not the Empire/Jedi one.

This is actually a change I'm happy about - the puppet in TPM was atrocious.

Agreed. Now it's constant among trilogies. This is one change I approve of.

 

[MedIC86]

Gaf help me please:

I am from Europe, i pre-ordered the special edition on amazon.com (US). i thought it was no problem for me after getting it to create an Europe account with the US version (us cd keys?). Now i spoke to an EA help person in chat and he said it would NOT be possible to do this.

I thought the developers said it was region free?

thanks

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

The TPM Yoda is changed, not the Empire/Jedi one.

Shouldn't the same apply, though?

 

[iSurvivedTheOutage]

So is it worth buying the digital deluxe edition? Origin gave me 25% off of my next purchase and I have my eyes on this.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Shouldn't the same apply, though?

Most of the fanbase seemed to hate the puppet Yoda. Really the changes have been nothing important, but the Vader "noooo" in ROTJ is the worst thing ever done to the series really.

 

[Emitan]

I ain't even mad anymore. Just waiting till Lucas dies and somebody with talent gets their hands on the license.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0EUjobdavw&feature=player_embedded

^Krayt dragon link for people who want to laugh.

Why...why is it so range inducing...but hilarious at the same time?

 

[Pat]

Quite surprising I guess.

 

[Emitan]

Quite surprising I guess.

I thought the Counsular was going to have the most interesting quest line. I hope this poll is just from people who only voted for the only class they've played.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Least popular class has the best class quests?

 

[Gunmonkey36]

Quite surprising I guess.

I seriously doubt this sample size is representative of the full testing community.

 

[Emitan]

Least popular class has the best class quests?

Hispters

 

[Pat]

I seriously doubt this sample size is representative of the full testing community.

Still, we can clearly see a leader here.

And IA is the least played class.

 

[Takeda Kenshi]

For me it's always been Imperial Agent all the way, glad to see that it has a great storyline to go along with it.

 

[Moaradin]

For me it's always been Imperial Agent all the way, glad to see that it has a great storyline to go along with it.

As far as I have played, Imperial Agent has an amazing storyline. This is coming from someone who had no intention on playing Empire but fully intend to now. I was worried about lightside choices as a Empire class but they handled it pretty well, with Imperial Agent at least.