Official Star Wars: The Old Republic Thread

mart981 · 27 Jan 2011 at 12:17

Your ship will be your housing I think.

ins0mn1ac · 27 Jan 2011 at 12:24

Zefan said:
Can I have a house too please ?

Makes sense I guess, it'll prevent the inevitable appearance of ghost towns that seem to crop up when there's player housing. I hope the customisation inside the ship is up to standard!

Ghost towns were cool though, they were usually places I would use to hide from the one or two BH on my server you didnt want to fight

good times

Sleepery · 27 Jan 2011 at 13:01

Open world housing would be excellent, but from what I've seen of this game so far, not in a million years.

You'll get a doorway somewhere that will lead to an instanced hangar where you can get at your ship. The vids look cool, but instanced = meh

crazydave85 · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:21

Potentially better as they will have focused on creating the world than leaving blank spots! Keep all the housing and stuff out of teh way so its there! and not detract from the world theyve created!
Winba!

Sleepery · 28 Jan 2011 at 09:48

Yes, leaving things out will make the game better!

'Wes · 28 Jan 2011 at 09:53

You do realise LucasArts wants SWG and TOR to run alongside each other? Meaning, putting elements from SWG into TOR kills SWG. It's their plan to get SWG's numbers back up by getting players to dabble in both games, hence providing more money.

Sleepery · 28 Jan 2011 at 09:57

Sorry, how exactly do you know that?

'Wes · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:08

Sleepery said:
Sorry, how exactly do you know that?

Lucasarts interview i read the other week, they have no intention of pulling the plug on SWG, they want it to co-exist with TOR.

Each game will have elements that players want, but both games won't share certain elements, such as player housing and the crafting system from SWG.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/923/923493p1.html

If people automatically thought TOR would be the death of SWG then you're clearly wrong. If both of these games coexist together and don't contain elements from both games, then more money comes LucasArts' way, it's all about the greed these days.

Zefan · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:22

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Ghost towns were cool though, they were usually places I would use to hide from the one or two BH on my server you didnt want to fight good times

I was once tracking a Jedi who happened to be doing the same thing, and it turned out to be one of my old mates!

I let him off... (should read: "I bottled it and ran away.")

Sleepery · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:55

Well fair play Wes for actually having a link and all

Edit - hmm, I'm not sure I buy everything he's saying mind you, given that they've basically been trying to make SWG as much a WoW type experience as possible in since the NGE. The open towns and the like are relics of the old game that are just too much trouble to change, not something they're actively pushing.

I'm not sure they really know what they want with regards to SWG.

'Wes · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:56

Zefan said:
I was once tracking a Jedi who happened to be doing the same thing, and it turned out to be one of my old mates!

I let him off... (should read: "I bottled it and ran away.")

How long ago was this? Because BH's since their update trounce any profession now, except Spy.

Zefan · 28 Jan 2011 at 12:04

'Wes said:
How long ago was this? Because BH's since their update trounce any profession now, except Spy.

I quit as soon as the NGE hit. It was some time before that, and to be honest I wasn't fussed about beating him, I was just worried about it being awkward

Sleepery · 12 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Well this is a bit much :

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/12/bioware_handcuffs_fansites/

Talk about bullying the little guys.

nick-fury · 3 Mar 2011 at 22:47

Bounty Hunter class video.

Starting to look a lot more polished now!

Tombstone · 3 Mar 2011 at 23:02

Definitely looking more polished, still don't see much of the mm in mmo in the video though which is a shame.

Scotsmania · 4 Mar 2011 at 06:12

Well you wouldn't would you, it's showcasing a single class

'Wes · 4 Mar 2011 at 08:02

Tombstone said:
Definitely looking more polished, still don't see much of the mm in mmo in the video though which is a shame.

They're developing the story now, so i'd expect that next. They also have two more profession specializations to implement as well.

Tombstone · 4 Mar 2011 at 08:13

Scotsmania said:
Well you wouldn't would you, it's showcasing a single class

Could showcase the single class with footage of him in a MM situation though, showing the symbiosis of his abilities with other classes abilities

Tombstone · 4 Mar 2011 at 08:14

'Wes said:
They're developing the story now, so i'd expect that next. They also have two more profession specializations to implement as well.

Good good, thats the one thing I havent seen yet, some footage of the player surrounded by dozens and dozens of other players, either out in the "wilds" or in a city situation. Thats the bit I want to see.

wordy · 7 Mar 2011 at 13:30

Is this still set for 25/03 release date?

Just asking as there doesn't seem to be the buzz you'd expect for a MMO Star Wars game being released in a few weeks time

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