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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Releasing Date: Dec 20 NA/EU - NDA Lifted]
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I disagree. I played both SW and JK to level 10. While the first few levels are rather boring - for both - the finale as you jump planets makes up for it.
JK story spoilers:
as a JK you are hunting down someone that is responsible for corrupting the local denizens and fellow jedi's too, in the end you find him and are given the option to turn him back or kill him. Obtaining your lightsaber thereafter was well done and fleshed out the class really well. I thought it was awesome.
Though the filler crap in between was really bad. Like Naruto bad. SO BAD.
Thus far Sith Inquisitor still reigns supreme.
Last Hearth
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Played from 10:00 am to 2:00 am, only took breaks for food and bath room.
And I generally have ADD when it comes to games and my play sessions rarely last longer than 2 hours.
Time for bed and more SWTOR when I get up.
And I generally have ADD when it comes to games and my play sessions rarely last longer than 2 hours.
Time for bed and more SWTOR when I get up.
Same, and almost LV20. Time to get some ZZZZ's.
cartoon_soldier
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Well had to go to sleep because my whole body was paining from Thanksgiving and BF and now maintenance!
I think I am going to ditch my Imperial Agent and play BH and Smuggler to level 10. And then I have to decide whether to spoil Sith Inquisitor storyline or not for launch...
I think I am going to ditch my Imperial Agent and play BH and Smuggler to level 10. And then I have to decide whether to spoil Sith Inquisitor storyline or not for launch...
Last Hearth
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I'm just really impressed that it hasn't been the clusterfuck lag-fest/crash-fest that everyone was predicting. I had no lag, did not have a log in que at all either. Everything went very smooth.
Sith Inquisitor is certainly the worst of the bunch and I can start to see why alot of people hate it.
As for JK vs Sith Warrior for the starter planets:
The Sith Warrior storyline line brings up social issues such as elitism where you're favored because of the purity of your blood and yet the other guy who worked his ass off to get where he is, is pushed aside. There's also nothing in the JK storyline(on the first planet anyway) like the scene in the SW storyline where you kill your former master. The morality choices are better such as letting your first master live, sending the students after your rival, or the prisoner situation. The three prisoners is far and away the best thing on the starter planet as having to decide and then explain your choices was brilliant. Even better was that the correct choice for one of them was actually the lighside choice.
Seriously the JK storyline is generic shit and has tons of bad writing such as the former student being able to take out a Jedi Master and yet you then come and kick his ass. What?
Seriously the JK storyline is generic shit and has tons of bad writing such as the former student being able to take out a Jedi Master and yet you then come and kick his ass. What?
Let's just agree to disagree, because Sith Inq is my favorite of the stories so far.
That's 10 on JK, SW, BH and like 4 on trooper - Almost 20 on Inqs. Best class. Best Story.
GasProblem
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Hmm, I cant find the client_settings.ini anywhere.
eudaemonic
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Played a smuggler tonight to level 11.
Encountered a few crappy bugs. Randomly can't loot things and my action bar is fubar for combat. I changed the order for a decent rotation and now it can't make up its mind if it wants to remember the old set up or the new one. I hit the action I want and sometimes it chooses the old assignment... sometimes the new assignment. I have to apologize several times for looking like a moron if I party up with anyone.
Overall, it's not bad but I'm irritated by the huge quest zones. So far they're confusing labyrinths that I get burned out in halfway through. I get tired killing the same mob four times running back and forth looking for crap.
I am already burnt out on the WoW bashing/Bioware brown nosing (put politely) in chat.
Encountered a few crappy bugs. Randomly can't loot things and my action bar is fubar for combat. I changed the order for a decent rotation and now it can't make up its mind if it wants to remember the old set up or the new one. I hit the action I want and sometimes it chooses the old assignment... sometimes the new assignment. I have to apologize several times for looking like a moron if I party up with anyone.
Overall, it's not bad but I'm irritated by the huge quest zones. So far they're confusing labyrinths that I get burned out in halfway through. I get tired killing the same mob four times running back and forth looking for crap.
I am already burnt out on the WoW bashing/Bioware brown nosing (put politely) in chat.
Have you tried throwing that in search?
It should be there, I found it pretty easy to find.
The AppData folder might be hidden if you haven't enabled that in your OS.
C:\Users\______\AppData\Local\SWTOR\betatest\settings for me.
To enable it in 7: Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization - then click on show hidden files and folders.
It ends at 4:00 AM CST (~45 mins) according to the launcher.
I'm confused at how you can get confused...I find the maps in this game thoroughly simple to read, and the green icons showing you where to go are impossible to miss.
GasProblem
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Ahh, that did it. Thanks.
Do you have to add those commands to the list yourself? There's no AntiAliasingLevel or enableadvenvirolighting in the list.
Edit: Oke, I have to add them myself
The_Squirrel_Menace
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Really got bored playing the Jedi Knight up to lvl 10.
Then rolled a Bounty Hunter woah, night and day story wise. I'm sure the JK 's story unfold in things more epic after that but thus far even first two hours as a bounty hunter, you feel like a baddass mofo.
Then rolled a Bounty Hunter woah, night and day story wise. I'm sure the JK 's story unfold in things more epic after that but thus far even first two hours as a bounty hunter, you feel like a baddass mofo.
When I tested like a year ago, it was either play as a bounty hunter or imperial officer on Hutta which I was bummed out about at first but then I grew to love the BH class. You really do feel like a badass busting out a flamethrower and rockets, etc. The only problem with that class is Hutta in my opinion.
I think I'll try to find the best starting planet and use that class next. Anyone have suggestions?
When I tested like a year ago, it was either play as a bounty hunter or imperial officer on Hutta which I was bummed out about at first but then I grew to love the BH class. You really do feel like a badass busting out a flamethrower and rockets, etc. The only problem with that class is Hutta in my opinion.
I think I'll try to find the best starting planet and use that class next. Anyone have suggestions?
I like Tython a lot, but you would have to play as the weaker storylines.
GasProblem
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I normally don't play as a female character, but I made a female Chiss Imperial Agent and I'm acting like a bitch and it's alot of fun
I enjoyed their story, but I really disliked their gameplay. I haven't tried one in almost 2 months though, so maybe things have changed. But my love of Mako is sometimes enough to overcome that.
I love Vette just for the shock collar alone.
Did I ask for your opinion? *shock*
LOLOLOLOL
I found it incredibly bland both visually and in terms of quest design. The game isn't impressing me so far and unless something clicks by the time Monday comes I don't see myself keeping my preorder. I feel like it really isn't anything special without the SW license, which only does just a good enough job at obscuring that. Even then it could have more life, or character, for freaking Star Wars to draw from, imo
That review that was posted a few days back was more accurate than not.
Alex
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I feel the exact opposite, I hate star wars and am enjoying the beta in spite of the license. Really digging going through two stories at once in co op and working through all of the quests with tandem conversations, the outdoor heroic dungeons and the mini bosses are really fun with the combat mechanics and I really like the pseudo open ended environments where you're not confined but not traipsing across empty land masses . Bit of a culture shock after years of wow though where I love end game but the leveling game is just fucking digital agony. Wonder if it'll be the opposite in this for me.
Lol at
only cutting off his hand as a lightside choice.
Also here's a fun Mako video I took: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkbvKuW2_c
MaddenNFL64
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Im having fun. even on the lowest shit settings lol. I need some fucking upgrades *sigh*.
cartoon_soldier
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4am CST and still no servers?
They updated the server status forum post (they're down right now) and added 30 minutes to the maint (4:30 AM CST).
We share the fun and the pain with graphics. I think it's just a very good sign. And yes Launcher says no-Play-honey
cartoon_soldier
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Urgh. I'm sick of her voice. Every fricking game. At feels like it. She's good but not exceptional really. The problem with hearing her so much is that it detracts from immersion.
Make prettier screenshots bij hiding the UI with alt-z. Thank god for universal MMO shortcuts
I know her mostly from Mass Effect, which works pretty well because it's both accessible sci-fi. So no overexposure on my end, but I can imagine how it may grate on some.
I know her mostly from Mass Effect, which works pretty well because it's both accessible sci-fi. So no overexposure on my end, but I can imagine how it may grate on some.
cartoon_soldier
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I am so happy to hear that, I thought I had a dead pixel in my TV.
DownLikeBCPowder
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Man, I wish I had a computer..!
Always interesting to try an MMO at launch time, generally fun to play despite faults for at least a period of time. I always like that fresh feeling of the world.
Always interesting to try an MMO at launch time, generally fun to play despite faults for at least a period of time. I always like that fresh feeling of the world.
MurkyZebra2417
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So I did everything they asked me to do in the E-Mails, I installed. I updated. And now I can't press the PLAY Button on the Launcher, wtf?
The_Squirrel_Menace
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Hugh, looks like my game is stuck on the splash screen, looping with nothing happening.
Fallout-NL
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Fuck, finally someone who sees it. I was playing with my brother and a friend last night and they just didn't want to see it. Fucking hyped out of their skulls I'm afraid. But yeah, I agree. It's unbearably ugly.
Filth
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I don't know about now but the servers were down.
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