STAR WARS: the Old Republic...Anyone Playing?
POSTED BY: HKCavalier
UPDATED: Monday, April 23, 2012 01:53
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Just got it for a Solstice Present. More fun than I was expecting. Forgot how much time everything takes in MMO land--gonna have to be very disciplined not to let days go by without working on my book. Anyway, anyone else get this in their stocking?
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I tried. I thought I could get into it because I like Star Wars. I can't deal with it, though; the controls are so alien that I ended up wanting to throw the computer. I could never get myself in a good position fast enough, and low-level monsters handed me my ass several times. Aside from that frustration, there was also the teeth-grinding repetitiveness of it, even in the short time I played. (I now find it even harder to believe that these sorts of games have eaten so many lives.)
As far as I know, my significant other has been playing it daily. He loves that sort of crap. Especially now that he has a starship, which I'll admit is pretty badass. It's too bad all the mechanics of the game drive me so batty, because it can be very pretty to look at.
What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.
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Me! My brother and I preordered.
I've got the same thing, have to balance it with everything else demanding my attention. But, I got used to World of Warcraft, playing only a little at a time. I should be all right.
PR: The servers are a little laggy, and the controls aren't so crisp as I'm used to in world of warcraft. I mostly move in jerking stops so as I don't end up running into a wall or blundering into an ambush of enemies. The animations aren't so smooth, too, which makes it harder to stop right when you want to.
It's not too bad. The gameplay between races and classes don't have quite so different feel as do the races and classes in WoW, but I've found at least some mechanic that I like in most of the classes. Races at this point seem largely cosmetic though.
The Sith doesn't seem all evil and the Republic doesn't seem all good, which is also a nice change because I think both philosophies have their points and their flaws. But I just started a sith character and already most of the people in command seem like jerks and a few don't, so we'll see how long I can stomach it.
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Heya Phoenix,
I'm curious: what class did you attempt to play? The learning curve seems pretty different from class to class. Smuggler/Agent, these are the toughest I'd say, cover can be pretty counter intuitive. The most straight forward, non-ass-handing classes I've played are the Trooper/Bounty Hunter, I'd recommend those if you're having trouble with getting into the way these games play. The Jedi/Sith play kinda in the middle, melee can be tricky. If you've not played an MMO before, this one should take some getting used to. I'm not saying it's an acquired taste, just that it takes a while to figure out the controls before you can start enjoying the game on its own terms. YMMV.
HKCavalier
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Quote:Good gravy, you've found a Sith that isn't a raving psychopath? Which, where, how??? I find them uniformly despicable--not at all hard to find my motivation when called upon to betray/kill them later on...
Originally posted by Bytemite:
...most of the people in command seem like jerks and a few don't...
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Well, there's one red-headed girl right at the beginning who tries to be nice, unless that's an act, but her reaction to my neutral reply indicated it's not.
I suspect she's going to be killed by the instructors for weakness, I'm wondering if there's a way to prevent it.
My plan is to attempt to roleplay the initial non-evil and non-pathetic definition of a nihilist: "we're all going to die, so let's live life to the fullest." We'll see if that's possible, I may have to adjust as I go, the game will probably shoehorn me into judgmental good instead of chaotic good.
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From what I've seen over on youtube the light side Sith story is all about anti-authoritarianism and making friends and stickin' it to the Emperor--without giving too much away there should be plenty of CG shenanigans you can get up to.
What I haven't been able to find (and I don't want to look too hard--don't want to ruin the whole story before I've even played) is a dark side Jedi story more interesting than hookin' up with your padawan and being a Class "A" jerk. Not very inspiring...
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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
I'm curious: what class did you attempt to play?
Sith warrior. (if I can't have a lightsaber, I don't really give a crap.)
I like joysticks or other things that allow for easy movement without having to adjust the camera all the time to see where I'm going. Also like being able to attack something that's trying to kick my ass without having to take time to click and target it. There's no good reason for a game to be that much of a pain in the ass. Games should be fun. Especially if they're going to be that expensive and time-consuming.
What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.
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Most MMOs have an auto target function, some work better than others. SWTOR has a somewhat bothersome autotarget, it doesn't always work, and sometimes that causes me to get hammered because I'm expecting the reliable targeting system from another game.
On the other hand, you don't necessarily have to be facing an enemy to fight them or dodge and parry attacks, which is handled with some realism animation-wise.
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Hey Byte,
Just an FYI: no auto attack at all. Every attack needs keying, or right clicking. With lag, sometimes they get queued up and it looks like auto attack, but it ain't.
Animation-wise, I've pulled off some hilariously convincing fights. The smuggler is really good running and gunning from cover point to cover point. And the Bounty Hunter gets into some outrageous scrapes. He'll burn down several goons in front of him and then turn on a dime to take out the guy right behind him with a blaster to the face.
Also, I have a confession. See, I have a hugely difficult time coming up with names for video game characters. If the name isn't right--or say if I get the hair wrong during character customization, I gotta scrap it and start over. So, a friend of mine got the game and he was playing a Bounty Hunter, so I hadda make up an Imperial Agent on the spot and stole the name and (albeit blurry) likeness of our own dear Frem. I was terribly amused when the woman who was going to be his first "companion" is described as "...an anarchist" by his stuffy British handler. Good times.
HKCavalier
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