*****Official Star Wars: The Old Republic Thread*****

Vuvuzela said:
I'm just saying in general mate and I agree everybody has an opinion. I just think what ever they do and it goes with any game, people are never going to be happy.:rolleyes:

Explain what "innovative gameplay" GW2 has(I haven't followed it as much as Tor).
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Chris touched upon a few things above, but really this video is a lot better than anything I can put in words:


Everything being said though, they're very different MMOs, the only reason I've drawn comparison is that ArenaNet are taking things to a new and as yet unseen level of gameplay, whereas SW:TOR is tried, tested and very much the same as what we're accustomed to. I guess I can understand the reasoning behind it as other MMOs have dared to be different and failed (Age of Conan springs to mind), but I think it's a shame that such effort and money that's been sunk into the whole thing could have resulted in something nothing short of spectacular...

Anyway, thinking to the future, I think SW:TOR will still be successful for 3 reasons, 1. It's star wars!, 2. Epic story and 3. It's essentially Co-op KOTOR. However, I think GW2 has really raised the measurement bar for all the subsequent generations of MMOs, and as a result will have much more *positive* impact to the genre as a whole.
 
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EvilGrin said:
Chris touched upon a few things above, but really this video is a lot better than anything I can put in words:

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I didn't know Guild Wars 2 is actually going to be a real MMORPG as opposed to the instancing in the original... this is of GREAT interest!!
 
There's some really impressive stuff in that video, will be very interesting to see how it turns out.
It's pretty clear to see why a lot of people are more interested in GW2 rather than ToR.

The world art and environments in Guild Wars 2 is lightyears ahead of ToR :eek:
 
Zefan said:
I didn't know Guild Wars 2 is actually going to be a real MMORPG as opposed to the instancing in the original... this is of GREAT interest!!
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Yeah, the devs are massive Dark Age of Camelot fans, which in my opinion (and that of many others...) has always been and is still the best PvP (RvR) MMO out there. The devs have taken a large leaf from DAoC's book. Huge scale, open world PvP, or as they've coined it here, WvWvW (World vs. World vs. World), where instead of the 3-way Realm vs. Realm action in DAoC, you get 3 servers competing in one world. Hopefully it'll allow for good old group vs. group action like we used to get in DAoC, but if that flavour isn't for you, there's still the good old battlegrounds style fights. I actually really hope that TOR has some decent open world pvp too, never been a huge fan of arena-like battleground pvp matches.
 
Yup Guild Wars does look awesomely great, but please can you keep the GW2 stuff in the GW2 thread.

Zefan, you should have more sense than going OT in the The Old Republic thread :P (jokingly)
 
djkav said:
Yup Guild Wars does look awesomely great, but please can you keep the GW2 stuff in the GW2 thread.

Zefan, you should have more sense than going OT in the The Old Republic thread :P (jokingly)
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Good plan, minor thread de-railment! Whoops. :)

Back on topic...

What do you guys think of the videos that've come out of Gamescom, any general feelings about TOR's pvp that's been showcased?
 
Yup agree GW2 looks brilliant I used to play LotRo all the time till about 6 months ago, then stopped.

But still its the best of the bunch out there, its a far far better game than its given credit for.
 
finally got the game installed, looks like using wireless was affecting the install. Plugged in directly to the router and it installed no problem. Any idea when the server is up ?
 
doofski said:
finally got the game installed, looks like using wireless was affecting the install. Plugged in directly to the router and it installed no problem. Any idea when the server is up ?
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Couldnt tell you. Still have problems with install. Bioware CS isnt the fastest either.

One more day then im passing on the beta. Cba with the hassle
 
EvilGrin said:
Haha, expensive month indeed mate. I'll be purchasing the iphone 5 out of that list at least! Already pre-ordered just the standard edition of the game from Amazon.
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Indeed! Bloody painful! I'm selling my iPhone 4 (mint condition btw) to a close friend for a couple of hundred so that will help easy the pain (or pay for my Monster Beats or two of the games or under half of the new iPhone 5... :( )
 
Just had this email from Cool Shop who I pre-ordered SW:TOR with,

Hi xxxxxxxx, You have pre-booked Star Wars: The Old Republic /PC with your favorite gaming store. The manufacturer has just announced the new release is now 18/11 - 2011.
This will affect all retailers.
Changes to release dates are normal and can happen from time to time.
If there are any further changes to this release date we will let you know straight away!
Hope you have a nice day

Sincerely,
COOL SHOP Team
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Zefan said:
I didn't know Guild Wars 2 is actually going to be a real MMORPG as opposed to the instancing in the original... this is of GREAT interest!!
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That's what most of the people who dismiss instantly assume, they need to get some marketing going to force home the point it is a fully fledged MMO now.
 
I'm currently looking for a mature guild to join alongside my best mate. Im 38 and my mate is 41.

We both going the Empire route

Any recommendations? The official forums could have done splitting the guilds into us/eu sections to make it easier to find the guild I'm looking for.
 
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j0s said:
I'm currently looking for a mature guild to join alongside my best mate. Im 38 and my mate is 41.

We both going the Empire route
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We're going Empire in SWToR so have a look around. I'll be up front that we're not a massive guild, but more players from within XSG will join nearer release. Plus there's LOTRO Isengard still to get through, Red Orchestra 2, BF3 etc etc :D
 
Gazanimal said:
We're going Empire in SWToR so have a look around. I'll be up front that we're not a massive guild, but more players from within XSG will join nearer release. Plus there's LOTRO Isengard still to get through, Red Orchestra 2, BF3 etc etc :D
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What guild is this?

Is it PvE or PvP?
 
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