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

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BattleMonkey

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Game looks more Clone Wars to me now than it did before. The artstyle especially with how they are doing textures seems to be alot like the current show. The original reveal visuals were just ugly.
 
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Speculator

BioWare Austin
Thought I'd post the screens if anyone missed them (warning, some pics are huge) :)

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Trouble

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Just finished reading the Deceived novel. Pretty quick read, fairly entertaining. Didn't really reveal much about anything, though.
 
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markatisu

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BattleMonkey said:
Game looks more Clone Wars to me now than it did before. The artstyle especially with how they are doing textures seems to be alot like the current show. The original reveal visuals were just ugly.
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I really find that appealing though, I think the cartoony designs fit the genre better.
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
czartim said:
shhhh yes it will



yes it will
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Well, regardless of whether it is or not, on May 4th EA will announce its full year release schedule broken into quarters so we will be pretty close to a date regardless.
 
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Luthos

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I kinda stopped following media for this game for a while...

But man, the art style for this game looks a lot better now than it did at the very beginning.
 
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bjaelke

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Nirolak said:
Well, regardless of whether it is or not, on May 4th EA will announce its full year release schedule broken into quarters so we will be pretty close to a date regardless.
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Which also happens to be the unofficial Star Wars day.
May the 4th be with you
 
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Jarmel

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bjaelke said:
Force choke: October 2008 vs. April 2011

Lightsaber duel: October 2008 vs. April 2011

Came across it on the official forum. Just amazing how long they came since those cartoon-y, clone wars-like pictures released 3 years ago!
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Whoa that 's a pretty big jump. It looks like they're in the polishing stage then. I've always liked the art style in the game and honestly this looks great.


Where is my beta invite? I've been good all year.
 
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MaddenNFL64

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To be fair to the 2008/2009 stuff, they just put shit together because marketing demanded they show something, anything I gather.

and now in '11, where the team has a grasp on what they want to do, all the lighting & art if kicking in.
 
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bjaelke

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2 updates this Friday:
Sith Warrior progression (video)
Take a look at this Sith Warrior as he develops and amasses power in The Old Republic™. While there are many paths to choose from, this example gives you a small glimpse of the armor and abilities a Sith Warrior can claim as he pursues his own destiny.
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Developer blog: Working on the User Interface
Hello everyone, my name is Michael Voigt, and I’m the Lead UI Artist here at BioWare Austin. In this blog, I’ll share some of our vision and goals for the user interface in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ and the solutions that we used to achieve them.
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MadraptorMan

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Holy crap Sith Marauder looks badass...do you have to become all cybernetic roboty looking though? Or can you stick with the cool cloaks n such?
 
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Hixx

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Sith Marauder looked cool as fuck.

Kind of tempted to swap now but think I'll stick with a Trooper.

I really like the UI as well, very cohesive and easy on the eye.
 
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Derwind

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Damn people are quick here. :p

Just wondering, by the video it shows the Sith Marauder using stealth. I didn't think that class had that ability. Why does it have it?
 
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BattleMonkey

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Derwind said:
Damn people are quick here. :p

Just wondering, by the video it shows the Sith Marauder using stealth. I didn't think that class had that ability. Why does it have it?
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There was a preview that showed one of the Jedi classes had stealth as well, though it sounded limited in nature. The sith Stealth possibly is the same and not a full blown stealth like a rogue in other games.
 
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Derwind

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BattleMonkey said:
There was a preview that showed one of the Jedi classes had stealth as well, though it sounded limited in nature. The sith Stealth possibly is the same and not a full blown stealth like a rogue in other games.
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I thought only Consular Shadow and Sith Assassians were the only Jedi able to utilize stealth. :/

I was surprised that a marauder could use it as well...
 
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bjaelke

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Derwind said:
I thought only Consular Shadow and Sith Assassians were the only Jedi able to utilize stealth. :/

I was surprised that a marauder could use it as well...
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They mentioned it in the developer blog with advanced classes. It's called Force Cloak:

Instant. 1 min. cooldown. Obscure yourself with the Force, becoming difficult to detect, greatly reducing your threat, and increasing movement speed by 30% for 6 seconds. Dealing or receiving damage ends the effect prematurely. Marauder ONLY.
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Emitan

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UI looks nice but I hope we can customize it. You can have some really cool designs when you're not trying to make the UI fit the theme of the game.
 
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Gvaz

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I'm not looking for accessible, I'm looking for a clean interface with all the information I want, where I want it.

Inability to modify the UI is actually a mark against it, I'd say.
 
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BannedEpisode

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Gvaz said:
I'm not looking for accessible, I'm looking for a clean interface with all the information I want, where I want it.

Inability to modify the UI is actually a mark against it, I'd say.
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You are completely right. I would highly doubt that Bioware is planning on having a non-changeable UI though.
 
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HarryDemeanor

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Sith Warrior looks great but I'll be sticking with the Imperial Agent. Perhaps as an alt in the future.

Glad they cleaned up the UI and went with something clean. Looks fantastic but I hope they allow custom addons. I don't care about being stuck with the default UI but at least having the option would be nice.
 
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bjaelke

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Gvaz said:
I'm not looking for accessible, I'm looking for a clean interface with all the information I want, where I want it.

Inability to modify the UI is actually a mark against it, I'd say.
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I agree with you, it should be possible to rearrange the UI according to preferences. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like it is available in the current build.

This is the current modification model as explained by Stephen Reid:
Yes, the hotbar at the bottom of the screen can be expanded to show two lines of ability icons. Damion also talks about this here. You can also add two additional bars for more abilities right now - one at the left and one at the right.

Ability icons can be dragged around to different quick slots; the bar can also be 'locked' to prevent accidental dragging.

FYI, you can now see a bigger version of the final screenshot in the blog here. For those wondering, that Jedi Guardian is on the planet Voss.

Last but not least, something we can't convey in screens is that we have subtle but (IMO) pleasing sound effects associated with the UI that really make the game experience feel more Star Wars-y.
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Zinga

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Glad to see that there is so much renewed interest for TOR on GAF now, last year things were looking a little quiet but now there seems to be quite a few people looking forward to this one :) this is the game I am looking forward to more than anything, not only because it is Star Wars, but because I want a game that I can really sink my teeth into and get involved in, which seems more and more difficult to find this generation!
 
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Yasae

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Hickey's number would produce about 3.28M in total units sold - why would there only 1M subscribers if three times that bought the game? I doubt the retention is going to be just under 1/3... Or maybe I'm wrong.

Regardless, his numbers would likely also put the cost of production at over $100M. Maybe my guess of $75-125M was too low.
 
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Spire

Subconscious Brolonging
The game looks better and better with each update. I would murder someone to get into the beta. That's not a figure of speech, if they would let me into the beta if I threw a drifter or hobo into a river or something, I would do it.


And what is up with the trees in that picture? I can't decide if they're going for a brush stroke stylized look or if they're just hideous.
 
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