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midget · Brigadier Veteran Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 2263

http://kotaku.com/5918670/bioware-is-looking-at-free+to+play-for-star-wars-the-old-republic
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Trassin · Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 7:58 pm Post subject:

Working on downloading it (which will take a while here in EG). A friend of mine convinced me to give it a try.
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TeflonJon · Brigadier Rookie Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 1284

I enjoyed the story modes for each of the classes. The space combat missions, while somewhat repetitive, were pretty fun as well. The crafting was pretty well done with the ability to use your minions to gather materials and craft for you. I liked how they implemented researching new recipes. If I could find my authenticator I'd likely still be playing here and there, but it's buried somewhere in my storage unit.

Some of the moral choice options were a little strange. If you want a character that is fully light/dark side, I recommend turning on the tooltip that warns you which points you get for which option. Some of the options that I thought would go one way ended up giving me points for the other.

Trassin · Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 2:09 am Post subject:

I plan on identifying the Dark Side choice by choosing whichever option seems most likely to result in me punching a baby.
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TeflonJon · Brigadier Rookie Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 1284

That's exactly what I'm referring to. There were several times I can remember on my Sith Warrior where I chose an option that seemed to be pretty selfish and had an overall Sithy nature and ended up with light side points out of it. Overall it's not too big of a deal but some gear requires that you have a certain level of Light/Dark side points. There are ways to farm it through the crafting missions though if you find yourself a little bit shy of what you need.

Trassin · Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 5:46 am Post subject:

Hmmmm... by "crafting missions" do you mean turning ewok skulls into drinking mugs?
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Buddy Lee · Brigadier Trainee Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 990

I wish.
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TeflonJon · Brigadier Rookie Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 1284

I'm not sure if that would give you light side or dark side points. I mean, yeah you're slaughtering a defenseless race of cute fuzzy creatures but at the same time you're getting rid of the ewoks.

Now slaughtering the gunguns, that's decidedly a light side option.

Mongolio · Brigadier Elite Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 4976

That's over 9000 light side points.
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Trassin · Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 1:37 am Post subject:

First Impressions:

The Good - The story aspect of the game seems to be very well written and I think that, in and of itself, will be enough to keep me interested for at least a little bit.

The Bad - As with just about every other MMO I've ever played the NPCs not reacting when I kill their brother-in-arms / friend, clearly within sight of them, drives me out of my mind. Also, my actions not actually having any affect on the game world itself is a major bummer. I hate that the "insert object" I just destroyed and the "insert NPC group" I just killed almost instantly respawn.
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Mongolio · Brigadier Elite Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 4976

Go play a single player game that does that stuff, then. An MMO that allowed for object and scenery destruction would have the surface contours of a neutron star (<5mm tall mountains) inside a week.
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TeflonJon · Brigadier Rookie Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 1284

You could do it if you made an MMO that was pretty much entirely phased content, but that would be a massive headache to design.

Trassin · Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 10:40 pm Post subject:

Banzai_Kitty · Citizen Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 411

I thought this one was supposed to do it as well, but from my dabbling with WoW, I remember it having at least some progressive instances. Say you lay siege to a town in one quest, then everyone who's on it gets copy of that version of the town, then a destroyed version of it as you move on, etc., whereas someone walking up for the first time sees a normal town.
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Trassin · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 7:57 pm Post subject:

I did my first "random group" last night. Not sure if that is the correct term for them in SWTOR or not, but it is what I'm going with for the moment.

It was fun, and the story made sense, felt very much like Star Wars, and made me want to actually complete it.

One quick question though, the next time I do a random group, will it pick up where that one left off? Or are there a set number of scenarios available that repeat themselves?
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Mojobacca · Brigadier Commando Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2789

I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm going to guess that you are talking about doing a LFG type thing for the 5-man content, correct?
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Trassin · Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:42 am Post subject:

Yeah, although it was a 4 man group. It seemed to be a group that you would sign up to take part in and then continue on with whatever you are doing while the game searches for matching team members in the background.

Once an appropriate group is found, a pop-up comes on the screen letting you accept of reject the invitation.
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"I'm not sure I'm up for orgy scrabble parties" - Female Friend

Glistam · I plead the Third Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 5076

I enjoyed the game all right, but ultimately it wasn't what I was looking for so I stopped logging in. I heard it went Free-to-play? I did enjoy how they did crafting, but that's about it.
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Mongolio · Brigadier Elite Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 4976

Yeah, it's F2P. Seems to be the norm lately in games. Rift is going F2P in June. I may play that on and off at that point. Assuming my bard isn't neutered.
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---RationalWiki

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