Star Wars: The Old Republic

TheWombat · 2011-11-26T18:56:30.000Z

Creole Ned:

I think this approach would be more acceptable if it were 2006 and not 2011 and if this wasn’t a major MMO with a huge budget coming from a well-established developer.

So what’s Bioware’s excuse?

I agree, it’s still a bit baffling, but it does seem that no matter how much money and time goes into these things, every new one that comes out takes a step backwards with the UI in some areas. Rift seemed to do it pretty well though IIRC.

Marcus · 2011-11-26T19:09:32.000Z

I managed to get my Smuggler up to level 12 but I am not really feeling the class. I don’t really care for the companion you get and the skill trees seem a little meh. I am going to level up a Bounty Hunter now and see how that goes.

Murbella · 2011-11-26T19:15:06.000Z

The smuggler’s story is TOO Han Solo from what i saw of it. I think of myself as a reasonable star wars fan, but not frothing at the mouth, and while i liked han solo in the movies, smuggler is almost trying too hard to be Han solo, in my opinion.

I really liked the bounty hunter’s story. You need to be prepared to be a bit… evil though.

wolfbane · 2011-11-26T20:06:53.000Z

Stridergg:

Wrong. It’s Canadian Standard Time.

Pah, like Canadians has any standards! ;)

Marcus · 2011-11-26T20:22:10.000Z

Murbella:

I really liked the bounty hunter’s story. You need to be prepared to be evil as fuck.

I fixed that for you. The dark side shit that the Bounty Hunter does is fucking awesome.

rei · 2011-11-26T21:41:41.000Z

anyone notice that with vsync on there is still tearing?

that and female body type 4 is something by russ meyer.

Dawn_Falcon · 2011-11-26T22:25:53.000Z

TheWombat:

Rift seemed to do it pretty well though IIRC.

Not for healing. There’s a reason the healing UI types in WoW have pretty much evolved into a couple of forms. (And yes, I used healbot. I cba healing in MMO’s without that kind of thing!)

idrisz · 2011-11-26T23:12:02.000Z

the 2nd flashpoint hammerstation is so disappointing.

also for alignment, the game reward you for going fully evil or good as inquisitor, if you do half/half you end up not able to use any of the nice equipment you buy with token, since they all require dark/light.

your face changes similar to Kotor 2 when you go evil, yellowish eye, dark lines around your mouth.

Mike_Cathcart · 2011-11-27T01:27:46.000Z

There needs to be a way to take the hood off of hooded robes. It’s not like Jedi in the movies always have the hoods up. Unfortunately, the “hide head slot” option doesn’t work because the hood is actually part of the body armor.

Who gets to use the Darth Maul style lightsabers? Is that only consulars? Those look pretty cool but none of them seem to have the defensive stats my guardian would want. Sadface.

idrisz · 2011-11-27T02:01:21.000Z

sith assassin get them too.

nordhus · 2011-11-27T02:09:02.000Z

Jedi Shadows and Sith Assassins get the double bladet sabers, Jedi Sentinels and Sith Marauders dual wields. Everyone else get a single light saber.

instant0 · 2011-11-27T03:07:15.000Z

TheWombat:

I agree, it’s still a bit baffling, but it does seem that no matter how much money and time goes into these things, every new one that comes out takes a step backwards with the UI in some areas. Rift seemed to do it pretty well though IIRC.

Warhammer upon release had a more advanced UI + Customization options than WOW. They “copied” the LUA system, and included a ingame debugging tool UI authors could have used. Not to mention the tome of lore and tracking lots of useless stats.

After having aquired around 2500 pvp tokens, now level 21/20 it would be nice to see a stat page someplace showing which medals and whatnot I have obtained. They have an Achievement tab, that shows your “achievements”, yet they contain very little text there.

Not to mention, from LOTRO, you’d get achievements for killing 10, 50, 250, etc… of each enemy type/race. I would have liked to seen something similar, including lots of titles.

From what I’ve seen of pvp in SWTOR, it seems just “put there since every mmo is expected to have some pvp”… but there really isn’t any “infrastructure” (in terms of … stuff) to support it.

The Codex contents and look is … to be frank, horrible. The Tome of Knowledge from WAR is still reigning king.

Razgon · 2011-11-27T04:46:35.000Z

Okay, I have the weirdest issue

I cant get past the prologue’s final cutscenes it seems. On both my Sith Inquisitor and my Jedi Sentinel, I come to the final quest, on Sith where I have to talk to my new master, and on Jedi where I have to talk to a hologram of Rajivari and neither cutscene does anything beyond speaking the first two lines of their dialogue.

I havent seen this anywhere else, and no-one seems to have the same issue.

Both my chars are lvl 9, is that it? Do I have to be lvl 10 or something??

I’ve tried redownloading the launcher, switching to windowed mode and all sorts of things. Other cutscenes works fine

Can anyone help me?

TheWombat · 2011-11-27T05:36:40.000Z

Dawn Falcon:

Not for healing. There’s a reason the healing UI types in WoW have pretty much evolved into a couple of forms. (And yes, I used healbot. I cba healing in MMO’s without that kind of thing!)

Touche. Healing in Rift was horrible due to the UI, at least from what I tried. The few games I’ve healed in I’ve had to use Grid/Squared/etc.

Oghier · 2011-11-27T08:40:59.000Z

Have the SWTOR devs said whether they intend the UI to be moddable, and to what extent? As someone who is planning to play a healer, that’s important to me.

Murbella · 2011-11-27T08:43:15.000Z

I just need the ability to cast spells by mousing over a party/target frame and pushing the keyboard button. That was always my preferred healing method in wow.

Razgon · 2011-11-27T08:44:53.000Z

I’ve always hated, and never understood why people healed that way. It’s the most boring thing in the world. All you do is play whack-a-mole with something that takes up half the screen.

The game itself is actually decent. I doubt I will play more than the first month though, and perhaps one month later.

I’m still holding out for Secret World, which seems a lot more like what I want from an MMO.

Kadath · 2011-11-27T08:50:44.000Z

Razgon:

Okay, I have the weirdest issue

I cant get past the prologue’s final cutscenes it seems. On both my Sith Inquisitor and my Jedi Sentinel, I come to the final quest, on Sith where I have to talk to my new master, and on Jedi where I have to talk to a hologram of Rajivari and neither cutscene does anything beyond speaking the first two lines of their dialogue.

Afraid I don’t have an answer for you but I do have a similar issue.

I’m a level 7 Jedi Conselor and I can’t get past the Trials in Kelara.

It tells me to go activate three terminals and punk the 3 robots that pop out of them, but despite being glowing I cannot right click on them to activate them.

Bugged it and bitched on the forum, but I had to go play another toon in order to do anything further productive…

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=11335411#post11335411

Teiman · 2011-11-27T11:17:48.000Z

I have find a combination of class/faction that is fun. Jedi Sentinel. I like how the character feel and the story. High quality crap, like tortage island. Now I am in coruscant, and is a huge empty place. I suppose is so big to waste your time in the game (time=money), and it sorts of fit with the lore, but is horrible, I want the awesomeness of level 7-11 back.

Jag · 2011-11-27T11:47:18.000Z

I can’t stop hitting tab to close menus. Damn you Skyrim, damn you to hell.