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Star Wars: The Old Republic - We Have Returned

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  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Melkster wrote: »
    devoir wrote: »
    http://swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=63688
    You will be able to play other species, we just have not announced those other species yet.

    Woowoo. As I suspected, other races are playable. Assets are likely not anywhere near complete yet.

    Wookie Sith.

    didn't Lucas Himself ban wookiee force users from ever happening again?

    Yes.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Well, if you want to get technical. He said no Wookie Jedi.

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Well, if you want to get technical. He said no Wookie Jedi.

    Hanharr was supposed to be a Dark Jedi in Kotor II.

    LucasArts said no.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Wookiees are supposed to be primitive, see.

    If there is one thing I hate about Star Wars, it's the whole planet of hats deal.

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Wookiees are supposed to be primitive, see.

    That's dumb. Chewbacca was an expert engineer.

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  • Mandalorian RoosterMandalorian Rooster Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Thank god someone knows Wookiee has two Es. Was about to nerdrage up in here.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Their excessive body hair smothers and inhibits midichlorians.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Thank god someone knows Wookiee has two Es. Was about to nerdrage up in here.

    I just spelled it like I saw it. The proper spelling of fictional races never concerned me much.

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So if droids are in, I hope it's possible to get some proverbially kickass frames.

    So I can make this happen in glorious 3d:
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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Their excessive body hair smothers and inhibits midichlorians.
    And nobody likes the smell of lightsaber singed wookiee hair.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    At this point we only know droids are in as companions.

    I'm really hoping that the Jedi/Sith are just two classes and not four and that droid will be the fouth class for each side but we don't really have anything to confirm that afaik

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  • .kbf?.kbf? Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    At this point we only know droids are in as companions.

    I'm really hoping that the Jedi/Sith are just two classes and not four and that droid will be the fouth class for each side but we don't really have anything to confirm that afaik

    I was hoping droid would be a race and not a class because a droid bounty hunter would be kick ass.

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    .kbf? wrote: »
    At this point we only know droids are in as companions.

    I'm really hoping that the Jedi/Sith are just two classes and not four and that droid will be the fouth class for each side but we don't really have anything to confirm that afaik

    I was hoping droid would be a race and not a class because a droid bounty hunter would be kick ass.

    And how is a droid jedi going to work?

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  • MrIamMeMrIamMe Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Darth Vader was more droid than man!

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    devoir wrote: »
    .kbf? wrote: »
    At this point we only know droids are in as companions.

    I'm really hoping that the Jedi/Sith are just two classes and not four and that droid will be the fouth class for each side but we don't really have anything to confirm that afaik

    I was hoping droid would be a race and not a class because a droid bounty hunter would be kick ass.

    And how is a droid jedi going to work?

    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Knight

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Yeah, tell me with a straight face that they'd make droid jedi in TOR based off that.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    devoir wrote: »
    Yeah, tell me with a straight face that they'd make droid jedi in TOR based off that.
    It's not like the Iron Knights are the only force using Jedi droids.
    Skippy the Jedi Droid. Enough said.
    For a while, 4-LOM had aspirations of learning the ways of the force.
    Depending on how far you want to stretch things, General Grievous had many abilities on par with a Jedi, just by virtue of his construction. He could jump considerable distances, had super-human reflexes, and could wield multiple lightsabers effectively.

    Yes, it'd be a stupid thing to go to such lengths just to add a Jedi droid in the game. On the other hand, the Star Wars setting is no stranger to stupid things.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Grievous was a living being though.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So were the Iron Knights. They weren't really droids.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So were the Iron Knights. They weren't really droids.

    They were sentient crystals, I'm sure arguing the case is fun as it's olol the internets after all but it's pretty easy to draw the line between one being silly and the other not.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Well, if they made droids a race why would they have to allow it as a playable race for the jedi classes?

    I would really prefer that droid be an actual class thet lets you choose from various models of droids as your race and then have like Defense droid for Republic and Assassin/Battle droid for Sith.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Yeah I'd like droids in the game but make them a class.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Adda wrote: »
    So were the Iron Knights. They weren't really droids.

    They were sentient crystals, I'm sure arguing the case is fun as it's olol the internets after all but it's pretty easy to draw the line between one being silly and the other not.

    Hey, I'm on your side, Force droids are dumb. Even when they're technically living creatures.

    I guess what I'm saying is that dumbness of Force-users directly correlates with their droidiness. Grievous is about 40% dumb.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Adda wrote: »
    So were the Iron Knights. They weren't really droids.

    They were sentient crystals, I'm sure arguing the case is fun as it's olol the internets after all but it's pretty easy to draw the line between one being silly and the other not.

    Hey, I'm on your side, Force droids are dumb. Even when they're technically living creatures.

    I guess what I'm saying is that dumbness of Force-users directly correlates with their droidiness. Grievous is about 40% dumb.

    Ha ha fair enough. Anakin was about 98% dumb even before he got all his droid bits and pieces. I guess that could have been some force prediction of sorts though :P

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  • NATIKNATIK DenmarkRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Anakin is the exception to the rule, he got less dumb as he got more droid bits.

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  • GungHoGungHo Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Adda wrote: »
    So were the Iron Knights. They weren't really droids.
    They were sentient crystals, I'm sure arguing the case is fun as it's olol the internets after all but it's pretty easy to draw the line between one being silly and the other not.
    Cool. If I kill one, can I put it in my lightsaber?

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  • TerrendosTerrendos Decorative Monocle Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I would imagine at the least something similar to WoW's race/class setup, where only certain races can be certain classes.

    That said, I would certainly approve of a Droid class, or even a Tech Specialist fourth class that had droid as a playable race. The former is probably more likely, and would be preferable to me.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    New Class -- Droid Alpha-mancer

    Conquer the Galaxy with the greatest weapon of all.... Language!

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am a huge geek for wanting to play an Astromech and go around repairing things during a space battle, aren't I?

    GAINED CLASS FEAT: SHORT CIRCUIT - Deal 40 mechanical repair points but create 10 points of computer damage. 20 second cooldown.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am a huge geek for wanting to play an Astromech and go around repairing things during a space battle, aren't I?

    GAINED CLASS SKILL: SHORT CIRCUIT - Deal 40 mechanical repair points but create 10 points of computer damage. 20 second cooldown.

    Be honest. You want to be an astromech droid so you can go around fucking weird and exotic computer main frames with your "probe"

    R2 was a pimp.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I can neither confirm nor deny these accusations.

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  • rtylershawrtylershaw Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    A playable droid race might actually get me to buy this game. Maybe. If the combat and quest content isn't actually as dull as the derivative crap in those class preview videos.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    rtylershaw wrote: »
    A playable droid race might actually get me to buy this game. Maybe. If the combat and quest content isn't actually as dull as the derivative crap in those class preview videos.

    Wow.

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    yeah seriously. when was the last time you bought a game if thats your prereq?

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am a huge geek for wanting to play an Astromech and go around repairing things during a space battle, aren't I?

    GAINED CLASS FEAT: SHORT CIRCUIT - Deal 40 mechanical repair points but create 10 points of computer damage. 20 second cooldown.

    Favorite character I ever played in the PnP game was a B1 worker doid that appeared stock but was actually very heavily modified. :D
    TK-42-1 wrote: »
    yeah seriously. when was the last time you bought a game if thats your prereq?

    The year?
    1976.

    The system?
    Atari.

    The game?
    Pong.

    The response?
    Wtf! A shitty version of tennis? What a fucking derivative piece of shit!

    Poor boy just ain't been right since. :P

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    rtylershaw wrote: »
    A playable droid race might actually get me to buy this game. Maybe. If the combat and quest content isn't actually as dull as the derivative crap in those class preview videos.

    Wow.

    I will give him this:

    As we have previously discussed, the combat seems a bit... slow. Like an MMO. Like World of Warcraft. The exception, imo, is the Sith Warrior. But the Bounty Hunter and the Smuggler especially seem very slow and, I'm sorry to say it, dull. No one where in Star Wars do you see two soldiers standing 5 feet apart shooting and hitting eachother repeatedly with blasters for 20 seconds.

    And as far as the quest content, the pacing of the "cutscenes" was indeed a little off. It was slow. It felt more like a bunch of college theater students sitting around a table reading a script aloud for the first time rather than seasoned actors playing characters in a movie.

    That being said, it's better than every other MMO and RPG I've ever seen, ever.

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  • rtylershawrtylershaw Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    oh no! fanbois! run away!

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Well I think you need to take developer walkthroughs with a pinch of salt. Ok the guy was standing there during the bounty hunter play through but you know your average gamer is going to be side strafing and bunnyhopping like a loon because that's just what peopel do.

    Will that be more interesting is up to the player but it hasn't stopped people doing that kind of crap in other games so it wouldn't suprise me if people dervie (hoho) more enjoyment form the game that way.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    rtylershaw wrote: »
    oh no! fanbois! run away!

    oh no guy who doesn't like mmo's talking about playing mmo's. (this is fun)

    Seriously though, the game will be more fun and less derivative when you are wearing your 3D goggles and power glove.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I don't put much stock in people who have been here for over a year and don't have an avatar or sig, let alone haven't even broken 100 posts.

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