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stoned@chayliss
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 2427
Location: Indiana USA |
Star Wars: The Old Republic
I now play star wars the old republic. Guild Templar Knights..Server Iron Citadel...PVP, EST, Alliance. PvP guild and PvE progression...pre formed off of mannoroth alliance world of warcraft. ingame name is zhanzabar
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Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:05 pm |
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Axolotl
Joined: 14 Sep 2000
Posts: 3772
Location: Vancouver BC |
And what do you think of it so far? I'm only level 11. It's been fun so far but I don't want to comment too much until I've played a lot more of it.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:24 pm |
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Axolotl
Joined: 14 Sep 2000
Posts: 3772
Location: Vancouver BC |
I'm a Republic on Shadowtown. It's where everyone from work is playing.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:46 pm |
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Kith-Kanin
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
Posts: 4449
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Originally posted by Axolotl
I'm a Republic on Shadowtown. It's where everyone from work is playing.
Awesome.
If it's something you end up sticking with I'll switch servers eventually. They may have a free server transfer for us down the road anyways, as ours is pretty full.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:58 pm |
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Allstar
Joined: 23 Sep 2000
Posts: 2509
Location: Texas |
im playing too tho i havent committed to a server or class really..
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Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:01 am |
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stoned@chayliss
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 2427
Location: Indiana USA |
lol allstar stopped by to say hi
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:04 pm |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
This game seems awesome, I know I'd love it - but I'm gonna let it slide. Too expensive for me right now when I've got like 50 360 games I haven't even touched, and Age of Conan/LOTRO that I can play for free.
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:00 pm |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
So what do you guys think about this game so far..
I've been hearing mixed reviews on it, but mostly positive. "Wow in space" seems to be the general concensus. I almost bought it today ... i'm having a hard time resisting...
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Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:53 pm |
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Kith-Kanin
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
Posts: 4449
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Originally posted by turtleman@can
So what do you guys think about this game so far..
I've been hearing mixed reviews on it, but mostly positive. "Wow in space" seems to be the general concensus. I almost bought it today ... i'm having a hard time resisting...
Like any new MMo it has a few problems at launch, but they're patching daily and fixing a lot of what the community is telling them.
The PVE is great. There's a good story and each is class specific... as in, the story goes for 50 levels, not 10-15 and then you're left to do whatever. The story spans different worlds (areas), and I'm finding it very interesting.
The side quests aren't as interesting as they're very much a rinse/repeat collect/kill type quest.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:12 am |
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Sypher
Joined: 18 Sep 2000
Posts: 5698
Location: Detroit, MI |
Is PvE like WoW? Instanced dungeons and end game requires 10+ people to advance your character?
The game looks neat, but I just dont have the time to raid like I did in WoW.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:15 pm |
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Kith-Kanin
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
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Originally posted by Sypher
Is PvE like WoW? Instanced dungeons and end game requires 10+ people to advance your character?
The game looks neat, but I just dont have the time to raid like I did in WoW.
I'm not at end game, but from what I've experienced so far, the max group is 4. Supposedly there are both kinds at end game... raids with a party size of 8, and some larger ones as well. Generally I get the feel that this is very much a single player RPG with elements of MMORPG when you do group quests, or attack republic/imperial characters, and of course the pvp, crafting, auction house, etc.
I wouldn't be playing this if it wasn't casual gamer friendly as I bet I have even less time than you for gaming right now. 
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:31 pm |
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foonat
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
Posts: 7716
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because my main motivation for playing MMORPGs is competititve PvP, i bought the game and cancelled my sub like 2 days later at lvl 20 because the pvp is horrible. if you're a dragon age/mass effect-type of RPG enthusiast, you'll love this game
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:46 pm |
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foonat
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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Originally posted by Sypher
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Originally posted by Kith-Kanin
I bet I have even less time than you for gaming right now.
You're an important person. With important things to do. Of course you have less time than a person like myself.
Is leveling a "grind" like original wow? Before expansions, leveling was so grueling.
in my limited experience, the quest lines are more engaging and your choices impact your character's development but the actual gameplay/leveling time is almost identical to wow
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:58 pm |
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Kith-Kanin
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
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Originally posted by Sypher
You're an important person. With important things to do. Of course you have less time than a person like myself.
Is leveling a "grind" like original wow? Before expansions, leveling was so grueling.
Uptight? I'm not an important person but I do have a 2 year old, so when you get to that stage, you'll understand what I mean by having no time for yourself.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:16 pm |
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Allstar
Joined: 23 Sep 2000
Posts: 2509
Location: Texas |
i dunno but once i got to Taris i lost interest fast. That planet is shit. i'm really bored with killing 50000000000000000 mobs to get to every quest objective. And most of the choices have no impact on your character other than light side dark side points which are more for aesthetics than anything and affect only a few slots that don't matter that much for gear.
Pvp is completely broken, it puts you in a bg with a level 50 in full expertise gear (read: resil gear like wow) except in this game, it INCREASES their dmg to players also, so they just stomp you into the ground, so there's really no point in doing warzones at all untill you are also 50, and then bash your face against already geared players untill you get your gear, just like wow.
the combat latency is horrid too, play a sith warrior and you'll understand immediately, combat animations you can't quickly cancel (ravage), and sometimes moves just dont go off because you pressed them too fast. this is a BIG problem with sith warrior/jedi knight - not so much w/ other classes.
and a shit ton of people have a flat 3 second delay in warzones ( friend of mine ) despite his pc being far superior to mine and his internet being superior to mine, doesn't seem to have anything to do with latency. two 900+ posts on the matter with no bioware response.
the game seemed really good up front, and i have hope for it, as its still early in the game. but there are some real game breaking bugs that remain still. I've quit every other mmo because they couldn't get the twitch gameplay of combat as good as wow does it; i'm worried this one will be added to the pile. Warhammer online was great pvp but had the same problem, no matter how low your latency was it felt somewhat laggish, due to poor netcode i guess.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
i picked it up tonight. overall it's impressive, but there's so many bugs it makes you wonder why they even did a beta test. i mean, i routinely walk into invisible walls and have to walk around an open path until i find the non-glitched part. then i've got characters shrinking to being 3 inches tall in cutscenes , like was that a joke or something.. how would you even program a bug like that. the camera pans to where they should be but you don't see them because it's too high off the ground.
anyway i'm digging it regardless of the bugs, it just pisses me off that this big 300 million dollar budget MMO has all of these obvious and glaring problems right from the start, and now i've got to pay them a monthly fee to finish making the damn game that they released too early.
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:47 pm |
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stoned@chayliss
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 2427
Location: Indiana USA |
come play with me tmang? info on top
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:11 pm |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
i take back what i said, this game owns on all fronts. bioware is forgiven
chay i'm on the courageous server with some co-workers. i will re-roll on your server eventually, but to be honest i don't even want to play with other human beings right now i'm too involved in the story
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:35 pm |
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Kith-Kanin
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
Posts: 4449
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Originally posted by turtleman@can
... but to be honest i don't even want to play with other human beings right now i'm too involved in the story
I think this is the reason I enjoy the game. The MMO portion is there, and eventually I'll get into that, but right now I"m having too much fun with the story.
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Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:57 am |
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stoned@chayliss
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 2427
Location: Indiana USA |
look @ kiths avatar & mt t shirt
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Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:54 pm |
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