Star Wars: The Old Republic

idrisz · 2012-01-05T12:56:16.000Z

ibdoomed:

Too true. Because of this shared last name crap, I can’t bring myself to participate. One last name doesn’t work for all first names, it’s just stupid.

au contraire…

coco-nuts, bust’a nut, wall nuts(my tank’s name honoring PvZ), republicsuck nuts(republic alt i set up to tell the cowards to go capture points on ilum).

inactive_user · 2012-01-05T13:20:05.000Z

Saw Balls’deep as a legacy name last night.

Le sigh.

Jason_McCullough · 2012-01-05T13:26:49.000Z

Oh come on, that one’s damn funny.

Dejin · 2012-01-05T13:55:57.000Z

JFrazer:

1 surname per account per server. WTF is up with that? My surname for my pure dark-side Sith Sorc doesn’t make sense when applied to my light-side leaning cyborg bounty hunter. I understand the idea of a legacy, but there are way better ways to present it. A unique surname per character along with a tag (similiar to a guild tag) would seem to work better.

You can actually do that. There’s a per-character setting to either display it as a last name or as a tag similar to a guild tag. So if you had two characters Luke and R2-D2, one could use it as a last name and one could use it as a Legacy tag. They could be displayed as:

Luke Skywalker
The Royal Tatooine Navy

or

R2-D2
The Skywalker Legacy
The Royal Tatooine Navy

(Assuming Droids could actually be player characters.) The setting is on the “Social” Tab listed as “Legacy Display.”

ibdoomed · 2012-01-05T14:02:55.000Z

Adam B:

It’s a bummer they were too busy adding voice acting.

So I turned the sound on for a few minutes to see what all the fuss was about. The blaster and lightsaber sound effects are very impressive but the second time the droid came back from a crafting mission and went on and on about how he failed and I shouldn’t deactivate him, I couldn’t take it, that’s just way too annoying. I’m guessing he yammers all the time since I’m a bit into the skill and have been using him a lot since they fixed companions yesterday.

Greg417 · 2012-01-05T14:06:52.000Z

nomaar:

The orange customization doesn’t bother me at all. Once you hit level 50, the whole loot dynamic changes anyway, so it’s inconsequential. People complaining about the “sameness” of the epic armor seem to forget that’s how it was when WoW first started (you don’t notice it now because of all the tiers they’ve teared through).

Besides, the customization of the orange armor works well. It lets me re-outfit some of my stuff for my companions or when I want to change my spec.

Can I complain about the “sameness” of the game in general? World of Warcraft was great at what it did (and a victim of its own innovation), but SW:TOR is yet another me-too game. Sure, it’s got some things that are innovative for an MMO, but at its core it’s Warcraft with Jedis.

Erik_J · 2012-01-05T14:14:17.000Z

Greg417:

Can I complain about the “sameness” of the game in general? World of Warcraft was great at what it did (and a victim of its own innovation), but SW:TOR is yet another me-too game. Sure, it’s got some things that are innovative for an MMO, but at its core it’s Warcraft with Jedis.

I agree with you as far as mechanics go, but the story telling is obviously way different. Probably why I’ll stick with it longer than I did WoW.

RobotPants · 2012-01-05T14:22:16.000Z

ibdoomed:

So I turned the sound on for a few minutes to see what all the fuss was about. The blaster and lightsaber sound effects are very impressive but the second time the droid came back from a crafting mission and went on and on about how he failed and I shouldn’t deactivate him, I couldn’t take it, that’s just way too annoying. I’m guessing he yammers all the time since I’m a bit into the skill and have been using him a lot since they fixed companions yesterday.

Is this post for real?

Sepiche · 2012-01-05T14:30:31.000Z

RobotPants:

Is this post for real?

Sadly yes.

Greg417 · 2012-01-05T14:38:17.000Z

Erik J.:

I agree with you as far as mechanics go, but the story telling is obviously way different. Probably why I’ll stick with it longer than I did WoW.

I do like the class quests. Unfortunately I have to wade through a slew of pirates, gangs, and outlaws to get to those quests. And everyone needs your damned help. I truly wish that I had named my character Michael, and (assuming I got there) given him the legacy name of Westen. With my trusty sidekick Sam ‘Corso’ Axe and ship floozie Fiona Risha.

walTer · 2012-01-05T14:50:01.000Z

ibdoomed:

So I turned the sound on for a few minutes to see what all the fuss was about. The blaster and lightsaber sound effects are very impressive but the second time the droid came back from a crafting mission and went on and on about how he failed and I shouldn’t deactivate him, I couldn’t take it, that’s just way too annoying. I’m guessing he yammers all the time since I’m a bit into the skill and have been using him a lot since they fixed companions yesterday.

Why do you pay for the electricity to run your computer to run this game. You have said you hate it, you will not renew, you took 3 weeks off from your 1 month of included playtime…yet you still go on and on about the game and how much it sucks…and now you tell us that you play WITHOUT SOUND?

IB, please…you are making me laugh out loud at work and I might get in trouble here!

JFrazer · 2012-01-05T14:56:24.000Z

Dejin:

You can actually do that. There’s a per-character setting to either display it as a last name or as a tag similar to a guild tag. So if you had two characters Luke and R2-D2, one could use it as a last name and one could use it as a Legacy tag. They could be displayed as:

or

(Assuming Droids could actually be player characters.) The setting is on the “Social” Tab listed as “Legacy Display.”

Holy crap, thanks, I didn’t know that existed.

There are some nice customization options buried in them thar menus

flyinj · 2012-01-05T15:41:25.000Z

Personally, I don’t turn the sound on in games until I’ve played it for a few days to gauge whether it’s enjoyable enough while silent.

Then, if the sound sucks, that’s it. I’m done.

inactive_user · 2012-01-05T15:45:17.000Z

ibdoomed:

So I turned the sound on for a few minutes to see what all the fuss was about. The blaster and lightsaber sound effects are very impressive but the second time the droid came back from a crafting mission and went on and on about how he failed and I shouldn’t deactivate him, I couldn’t take it, that’s just way too annoying. I’m guessing he yammers all the time since I’m a bit into the skill and have been using him a lot since they fixed companions yesterday.

I love this so much. SO MUCH.

RobotPants · 2012-01-05T15:45:46.000Z

Yeah, same. I also plug my ears for the first 20 minutes or so of a movie when I’m at the theater and put a clothespin on my nose when trying food I’ve never had before.

Miramon · 2012-01-05T16:01:32.000Z

Games have sound? Maybe I should plug in those speakers after all.

Dawn_Falcon · 2012-01-05T16:29:33.000Z

To be fair, Skadge’s voice is SO annoying I’d rather send the droid slicing than him.

ibdoomed · 2012-01-05T17:35:32.000Z

walTer:

Why do you pay for the electricity to run your computer to run this game. You have said you hate it, you will not renew, you took 3 weeks off from your 1 month of included playtime…yet you still go on and on about the game and how much it sucks…and now you tell us that you play WITHOUT SOUND?

IB, please…you are making me laugh out loud at work and I might get in trouble here!

I’ve actually said I love it numerous times although perhaps not here, sometimes I get forums mixed up. Anyway, I’m loving the game for what it has that rocks and that’s why I’m so distraught by the problems. I want it to be perfect. If I didn’t care, I’d simply stop playing and not bother with this thread at all.

I didn’t take the three weeks off like I planned because I was having so much fun.

To everyone:
I can’t typically play games with sound since my wife is very sick and I need to be able to hear her call for help. If I’m watching a movie right next to her, obviously I’ll know if she needs help and we can have the sound on. Geez you guys are crazy.

Dejin · 2012-01-05T17:40:14.000Z

ibdoomed:

I’ve actually said I love it numerous times although perhaps not here, sometimes I get forums mixed up. Anyway, I’m loving the game for what it has that rocks and that’s why I’m so distraught by the problems. I want it to be perfect. If I didn’t care, I’d simply stop playing and not bother with this thread at all.

I didn’t take the three weeks off like I planned because I was having so much fun.

To everyone:
I can’t typically play games with sound since my wife is very sick and I need to be able to hear her call for help. If I’m watching a movie right next to her, obviously I’ll know if she needs help and we can have the sound on. Geez you guys are crazy.

You’ve got your forums mixed up. I don’t think you’ve had a single positive thing to say about the game on Qt3. Glad you’re at least somewhat enjoying the game.

As far as wanting it to be perfect, the good news is it’s an MMO, so it will get better. With the resources EA is throwing at it, presumably it will get a lot better. We’ll have to see how quickly that happens, and whether they emphasize what each of us wants (which no doubt is quite different with some preferring PvP, some PvE, some Raiding and Flashpoints).l

The_Mad_Hatter · 2012-01-05T18:01:43.000Z

Miramon:

Games have sound? Maybe I should plug in those speakers after all.

All this game ever did was beep at me. Beep! Beep!