"Just Bought The Old Republic" or "How Good Are Those There Free To Play Servers?" - Page 2

Roland · 07-19-2013, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Seil

Is that a thing in this game?

Unfortunately, no.

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Originally Posted by Seil

Is that a thing... anywhere?

If it's not, it should be.

Flarecobra · 07-19-2013, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Roland

Wanna be a Jedi? You can be the biggest arsehole Jedi in the whole galaxy.

So Jason Solo then.

RobinStarwing · 07-19-2013, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra

So Jason Solo then.

What did he do?

I always thought the biggest asshole was Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidius himself for having the Death Star made, than the cloning gambit followed by the Eclipse.

Flarecobra · 07-19-2013, 02:51 PM

He started the 2nd Galactic Civil War. And kidnapped his own daughter.

Seil · 07-24-2013, 03:39 AM

So I bought this retail, and it came with this trial subscription. Don't know how long.

That being said, why does every new computer game I buy require literally hours of patching? Starcraft II needed about fifteen GB of patches, this only needs 6GB.

Krylo · 07-24-2013, 04:10 AM

Use the free cartel coins from the trial subscription (if the trial gives them per month like a normal one does) to buy rare gear unlocks in the cartel store. Spending any money at all in the cartel store then gives you a preferred status that will leave more action bars and shit unlocked for you.

Niveras · 07-24-2013, 05:57 PM

I stupidly bought 2 months sub. I don't really know why.

The interface alone is enough to make me spit nails. It is ridiculous how many really dumb limitations there are to it. Star Wars Galaxies had a better interface. Everquest (at least post-... Luclin? when they introduced the XML stuff) had a better interface.

Playing a healer with my preferred controls is frustrating, because I use mouse buttons for my healing spells... but if my mouse cursor is over a unit frame (like say I just click someone in the second group in order target them to heal), my mouse click keybinds do nothing. Have to move the mouse over the unit, target, mouse off, mouse click to cast the heal. I miss Grid+Clique.

That's just one of a myriad frustrating little inconveniences with the interface. But I'll keep playing because god damnit I spent $40 on this shit and damn me if I'll get less of a dollar:hour entertainment ratio out of it than a dollar bin movie.

synkr0nized · 07-24-2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

Good guy sith warrior is great.

Jedi is boring as hell.

Smuggler is pretty great regardless.

yes to this

Also Imperial Agent arguably has the most interesting and involved story.

In the end, though, you're getting a neat Star Wars setting and story over top of God-awful and boring combat and MMO controls.
Edit: Like I spent most of the time pressing buttons and yawning as I waited for animations to finish and enemies to die. It is possible I am being too harsh on it since I didn't play long enough to get max level, but it didn't feel as fun or responsive as WoW, Guild Wars, or STO and certainly not as fluid as Guild Wars 2.

Also what did you pay for? Did they give you some kind of bonus/a few of the unlocks? Oh, I see, trial subscription. So they unfortunately will probably take away all the neat things once that ends and make you pay for them to unlock them.

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also

Be prepared for nearly everything (families/houses, technology, languages, planets) from the original trilogy to be relevant to everything in this story that takes place nearly 4000 years in its past.

Seil · 07-24-2013, 10:19 PM

In other news, Force Unleashed II is pretty enjoyable. The story is awful, but I'm interested in lightsabers and whizz bangs, which the game has plenty of.

Also, a lot of interface issues were fixed up - like the upgrade system no longer requires FORCE SPHEREs. Or COMBO SPHEREs. Plus, it looks pretty shiny.

Krylo · 07-25-2013, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized

In the end, though, you're getting a neat Star Wars setting and story over top of God-awful and boring combat and MMO controls.
Edit: Like I spent most of the time pressing buttons and yawning as I waited for animations to finish and enemies to die. It is possible I am being too harsh on it since I didn't play long enough to get max level, but it didn't feel as fun or responsive as WoW, Guild Wars, or STO and certainly not as fluid as Guild Wars 2.

I'd agree with this, yes, right up to where you compare it to WoW etc. Didn't play STO or GW2, but I found WoW and GW1 to both be much less engaging, from the gameplay alone. Though, I mained smuggler, and the cover mechanics add a little bit extra to the game.

Only managed to make it to max as SW 'cause of the LS story + vette amusing me, and I keep just wandering off trying to get anyone else up.

Either way, I'd put it at about equal to WoW and GW1, as opposed to worse. Which, considering I hate WoW and never really got anywhere in GW1. . .

07-19-2013, 02:51 PM	#14
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	He started the 2nd Galactic Civil War. And kidnapped his own daughter. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

07-24-2013, 04:10 AM	#16
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Use the free cartel coins from the trial subscription (if the trial gives them per month like a normal one does) to buy rare gear unlocks in the cartel store. Spending any money at all in the cartel store then gives you a preferred status that will leave more action bars and shit unlocked for you. __________________ I am very tired.

07-24-2013, 05:57 PM	#17
Niveras Shyguy Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 214	I stupidly bought 2 months sub. I don't really know why. The interface alone is enough to make me spit nails. It is ridiculous how many really dumb limitations there are to it. Star Wars Galaxies had a better interface. Everquest (at least post-... Luclin? when they introduced the XML stuff) had a better interface. Playing a healer with my preferred controls is frustrating, because I use mouse buttons for my healing spells... but if my mouse cursor is over a unit frame (like say I just click someone in the second group in order target them to heal), my mouse click keybinds do nothing. Have to move the mouse over the unit, target, mouse off, mouse click to cast the heal. I miss Grid+Clique. That's just one of a myriad frustrating little inconveniences with the interface. But I'll keep playing because god damnit I spent $40 on this shit and damn me if I'll get less of a dollar:hour entertainment ratio out of it than a dollar bin movie. __________________ God has no heart, has no mind, has no body, has no soul, and no resemblance of you.

07-24-2013, 03:39 AM	#15
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	So I bought this retail, and it came with this trial subscription. Don't know how long. That being said, why does every new computer game I buy require literally hours of patching? Starcraft II needed about fifteen GB of patches, this only needs 6GB.

07-24-2013, 10:19 PM	#19
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	In other news, Force Unleashed II is pretty enjoyable. The story is awful, but I'm interested in lightsabers and whizz bangs, which the game has plenty of. Also, a lot of interface issues were fixed up - like the upgrade system no longer requires FORCE SPHEREs. Or COMBO SPHEREs. Plus, it looks pretty shiny.