HarryDemeanor
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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Early Access: December 13th] Thread 2
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arts&crafts
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Lets be honest, I will probably buy this as soon as I return from christmas vacation, just like I bought rift and dc universe day one 
HarryDemeanor
Member
Yes on PvE servers. I don't know about PvP servers because I didn't try during the weekend tests.
Hopefully someone else can clarify.
I did try, and you can.
I'm guessing the whole allies/adversaries thing was just for the chance to get paired up with certain guilds when the numbers allowed for it. They weren't going to let it dictate where all the guilds went. If you didn't get the right server, just go to their server anyway and make your guild there. There doesn't seem to be any benefit to the guild import system other than the guarantee of your guild name being reserved.
BattleMonkey
Member
Forming alliances before launch was a pretty bad idea in the first place. Lot of people had guessed this would happen, it would be impossible to keep these massive alliances together. Forming alliances should have been done after deployment and launch.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Keller's Void it is, You mofos better be rollin Empire!
Though I will make a Jedi and be king asshole (like force pushing flesh raiders into bonfires!...which was one of the most hilarious things I did in TOR)
BattleMonkey
Member
Yup. The whole Guild thing had no purpose outside of gauranteeing your Guild name got reserved on that server
Excep,t with no way to communicate to our other members other than the SWG Eclipse Server Facebook page it will be next to impossible to organize this shit again. The majority of the members came from word of mouth that we were reforming the guild.
Oh well, guess I won't have any reason to play WoW:StarWars. Probably will tank just like every other EA mmo has.
BattleMonkey
Member
Contact guild leader. Decide on where to play. It's really that simple and each guild leader is responsible to get their people playing where they should be. Guilds constantly move in MMOs.
What like Ulitma Online?
Go and sulk in the corner. You really come across as a spoiled child.
Meicyn
Gold Member
ahaha heres a crazy idea
Use the SWG Eclipse Server Facebook page and post what server you're playing on. Voila, everyone knows where to go. Crazy, I know!
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Or you can continue the tantrum instead.
Skellig Gra
Member
Good riddance. We don't need people with your negative attitude shitting up the game anyway.
UO never "tanked" as it only got more and more popular as time went on, but then eventually lost people after years once EA started driving it into the ground. "Tanking" would mean that it failed right as it launched, which it did not.
Same. I played as a Rebel, and we had some amazing battles between the two towns. I loved how the battles would end up moving from one town to the other. Good times.
Tomb of Freedon Nadd is the server.
The Elite
BOSS
FFS
What was the point of Allies and Adversaries if they weren't going to group us together... Took us months to organize and gather our old SWG servers' main guilds and this shit happens.
That's a shitty deal. I didn't even know about this feature but it looks like they fucked you guys over.
LowParry
Member
As sneaky as one assassin can be?
Alright? Lol I guess I should have specified that a comparison to other rogue classes from different MMO's would probably be helpful in answering my question.
They have about what you'd expect; invisibility-type stealth, where the chance for a player to detect you is based on their LOS/facing and distance from you. No duration or anything.
I guess I'll be able to check before I go to work. I wonder what time they will stop sending e-mails for tomorrow.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
So I'm getting excited, and getting bored waiting for tomorrow.
Made a few Sith Empire Logo Wallpapers. Nothing fancy, but if anyone wants to use 'em.
Any input on things to add/change is welcome, as I have time to kill.
Made a few Sith Empire Logo Wallpapers. Nothing fancy, but if anyone wants to use 'em.
Any input on things to add/change is welcome, as I have time to kill.
Balmorra, The Forge - The Music of STAR WARS: The Old Republic
I don't know why, but I get Star Trek vibes.
I don't know why, but I get Star Trek vibes.
Ah okay thanks, I wasn't sure if they had perma-stealth or not. Almost seems un-Star Wars-like to have that, but it's definitely a lot more fun.
Dakota47
Member
As far as I've understood it will be cascades of invites, not daily sessions.
Reminder: Early Game Access invites for tomorrow (and just for tomorrow) will be sent *tomorrow*. Multiple email waves from 7am EST onwards
I guess thats what is confusing me. Does that mean e-mails sent out tomorrow will be for TUE, then on WED they will start sending more at 7am for WED, or once they start sending e-mails tomorrow they will just continue through the night?
This is an amazing title. Let's go with this.
However if people want it more general, Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT| EA: I am altering the grace period. Pray I don't alter the game any further.
Bloodsent
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That is how I understood it. I am speculating that the reason they don't tell EVERYONE when they are due to get in, is so they can either slow down or speed up the invite process depending on how server load and registration is holding up. Personally I think this kind of crap should have been worked out during the stress beta of the past couple of weeks, but lets just toss it on the pile of other horrible decisions/choices they have made thus far with the release.
Dakota47
Member
Like I said, cascades. It'll probably be something like: first wave at 7 AM EST, second wave at 9PM EST, third at 11 PM EST, etc
Well well, everything seems to be lining up so perfectly for us on GAF that I might actually forsake the PVP server! What does the Republic need more, a tank or healer? I just want to be a Trooper, so whatever is needed more is what I'll go.
Really? Because I think it's a great idea. Everyone on at once just means the servers are going to crash and burn.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Alright everyone, would really like some advice on story.
I've played the beta on three different weekends, and always stopped my characters at Lvl10, as I didn't want to spoil too much. With KOTOR being my favorite game of all time, I'm absolutely psyched for this title. My CE is pre-ordered, and I should be playing tomorrow.
But I've been hearing some troubling news/opinion that almost universally, it's agreed the Jedi Knight has the weakest story. That sucks, as I've been hyped to be a Jedi ala all my KOTOR playthroughs.
From what I could gather on the starter planet, the story didn't seem bad. Just a lot of well-disguised fetch quests... but really, it just stuck me as typical "early in the game story" where the stakes haven't really been risen quite yet. Does it get siginficiantly better as you bounce around later planets? Or is that really it?
And secondly; which class *feels* the most like old-school KOTOR? I have to say, none of the early parts of the games - for any character - felt much like KOTOR. That's a bit disappointing. Does that change for any of the classes later on?
Thank you for any input! It's appreciated!
I've played the beta on three different weekends, and always stopped my characters at Lvl10, as I didn't want to spoil too much. With KOTOR being my favorite game of all time, I'm absolutely psyched for this title. My CE is pre-ordered, and I should be playing tomorrow.
But I've been hearing some troubling news/opinion that almost universally, it's agreed the Jedi Knight has the weakest story. That sucks, as I've been hyped to be a Jedi ala all my KOTOR playthroughs.
From what I could gather on the starter planet, the story didn't seem bad. Just a lot of well-disguised fetch quests... but really, it just stuck me as typical "early in the game story" where the stakes haven't really been risen quite yet. Does it get siginficiantly better as you bounce around later planets? Or is that really it?
And secondly; which class *feels* the most like old-school KOTOR? I have to say, none of the early parts of the games - for any character - felt much like KOTOR. That's a bit disappointing. Does that change for any of the classes later on?
Thank you for any input! It's appreciated!
I think so too, but are they gonna stop sending e-mails at any point on TUE and then start again WED morning or will just continue at a regular pace once they start tomorrow.
If you're at all interested in the story, don't play Republic. That will bump the quality of the storytelling up a few notches.
Bloodsent
Member
It doesn't allow people to plan though. Not everyone wants to wait around for their invites and then try to scramble to make time at that point.
HarryDemeanor
Member
We don't know. I'd guess the invites keep going out until a certain time and then pick back up again the next day at 7 AM EST and so forth.
As long as you received a preorder code and entered it into your SWTOR account, you are good to go. If you didn't, then you might want to do it now.oktarb said:
I can understand some players concerns with the story lines but while some may seem kind of weak at launch there's always a chance they will improve with expansions.
That is honestly one of the things that has bugged me about various complaints with this game since it is an MMO it will change over time and a lot of people dont seem to take that into consideration.
As a current FFXIV player I can tell you if the dev is committed to it they will make the game what the players want it to be.
Just plan on playing December 20th. I know it sucks for people that are busy (like myself) but I hopefully have years ahead of me in this game, I can wait one or two days.
Edit: what the hell is up with my avatar? It's showing some Christmas dude. At least on my screen.
JK isn't the worst for sure, and it does start up pretty slow, but it picks up a lot later on. I would say the JK probably has the most important story in the lore definitely.
Still, some of the Empire stories are done better.
Huh? That's were my NeoGAF Empire is? I still cannot access the guild page.
Tomb of Freedon Nadd.. ToFN. Tofu, tofun? Needs a nickname.
And Fonds Euro Republican guild is on ToFN as well, correct?
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