Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Knights of the Fallen Empire at TwichCon I'm going to skip it I don't want story spoilers. There will be an update next Tuesday. I don't have any details about it. Still waiting for changes to trooper and bounty hunter to be posted.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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I disagree, the Republic is entirely corrupt. While the empire isn't. The capital city of the Republic except for the Senate Tower which is under guard, is a giant slum. Most of the Republic's capital is run by gangs. On the other hand the Empire's capital has no criminal eliminate. On the Republic captail planet you fight republic criminals, inside the city. On the Empire's home world the foes are ouside the ctiy in the wastelands or in the haunted sith temple, not in the city. I suppose it depends on perspective and one's definition of corruption. If as in the Empire, gaining personal power through exerted attrition, killing, marshal punishment and maintaining social stability by fear of force and slavery is followed as a common way of life, then yes, the Republic would seem wholly corrupted by definition since their overarching philosophy is allegedly peace and freedom through ethical self-motivation for the benefit of the Republic as a whole. It seems the social and ethical breakdown of the Republic is due in part to the aftermath of the war. Similarly, the war and a precipitated loosening of tradition in the Empire opened the door for more Sith in-fighting and power leveling using less than accepted means. I think the message they get across is that there is no "black and white" or true good and evil due to the shades of grey that emerge in politics and associated power struggles.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Sith in fighting mostly effects the sith. The majority of imperials live out their lives never meeting a sith.
The Republic is a lot like real life, democratically elected senators become corrupted by power they, forget they are supposed to be public servants, not masters. The Sith are like real world dictators, they look bad until they're removed from power and then it turns out they were actually holding back something worse.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Well, my Trooper is doing a pretty good job cleaning up crime and corruption in the Republic *Trail assumes hero stance as a glint of light bounces off his smile* The Trooper is kind of fun to play, but depressing too because of the stuff we were talking about earlier. So far while I liked the Sith Warrior's game play, I enjoyed the way they handled the Sith Assassin's story line a little better because it felt more D&D, more strategy. You had to think a bit more before acting. The go kill this, go retrieve that quests can get a little wearing at times. The Trooper story line is playing out somewhat like the Sith warriors, although some of the choices have been a little more intriguing. I forgot how that Bioware technique of presenting a 3-4 word summary of your response can be really confusing. Seems more so on this quest arc than the last two. I've picked dialogue choices that turned out completely different than I interpreted them and some of the Dark Side vs. Light Side choices took a little thought to figure out why they planned it that way.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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General Garza seems to like darkside choices better than lightside ones, since lightside choices often mean reinterpreting her orders.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Emissary Of The Rift Alliance - Jedi Consular story summary, may contain spoilers Tomorrow the final class, Sith Inquisitor, .
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Ascension To Power - Sith Inquisitor story summary, may contain spoilers I noticed something, the titles these summaries give are not necessarily the same chapter titles as used in the game. Probably written before the game was released and changed along the way. Tomorrow the changes in Jedi Consular and SIth Inquisitor. Commendation Changes in 4.0 | 09.22.2015, 01:35 PM
Hey folks,
I wanted to let you know about what changes are coming to Commendations in Fallen Empire, this way you can plan accordingly. Simply put, only the names of some existing Commendations are changing. There are no conversion rates or anything this time around.
Basic Commendations will now be called Common Data Crystals Elite Commendations will now be called Glowing Data Crystals Ultimate Commendations will now be called Radiant Data Crystals All other Commendation names remain the same.
Again, there are no conversion rates pre/post Fallen Empire. Thanks!
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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I wonder why they are changing?
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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That's a really weird switch to go from something that's defined as an award or recognition for accomplishment (commendation) to something that sounds like a storage device (data crystal)?
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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I don't now why they're changing.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Intersting, well as with rogue/stealthy characters in many games there is also the potential of leveling slower due to the lack of xp earned while sneaking rather than battling/killing opponents. I wonder if they will do anything to counter that or if it will remain the same as it is.
During quests where I was stealthy, I made it a point to attack at least one group of foes to see if there was a bonus quest task associate with killing a certain number of them, which seems fairly common in SWTOR. In most cases there was and if I were to have stayed stealthed through that part of the quest, I wouldn't have known about the potential bonuses. Not as much of an impact right now with the subscriber xp% bump, but once that goes away or if I choose to go Free-to-Play at some point it would make a difference.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Introducing the SWTOR Answers HQ Page | 09.28.2015, 03:43 PM Hi everyone!
I wanted to let you all know of an upcoming to change to the Customer Support forum – namely, that they won’t be around anymore. We are creating a new Answers HQ page for SWTOR at answers.ea.com. This move from the existing Customer Support forum will allow players to help players in a better capacity, with EA employees monitoring replies and ensuring correct and useful information is promoted, in an environment where active and helpful players are rewarded.
As part of this, non-subscribers will also be eligible to receive web-based support by utilizing the Answers HQ page! We are currently planning for this transition to occur on October 5th. As of this date, these forums will be in read-only mode and the link to the CS forum will redirect to the new AHQ page. At a later date, the forum will be removed completely.
We look forward to seeing you on the new page!
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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The market changes sound good as long as we don't get a ton of people running around on giant mounts like the Rancors. I know it's somewhat of a PVP status symbol, but it's really annoying when you're in the market or checking something out and the next thing you know your field of view is filled with the hind end of a Rancor. I'm willing to bet those giant mounts don't do much for lag on the fleets either.
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Re: Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO - Part 4: Return of the Topic
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Some of the larger mounts make it impossible to use the elevators on the fleet, you're told you're too far away and have to dismount.
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