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Archive => Starwars The Old Republic => General Discussion => Topic started by: EchelonIV on 22 November, 2011, 07:05:17 AM

Title: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: EchelonIV on 22 November, 2011, 07:05:17 AM: so jeah as of now ish the NDA is lifted and thers mass invites to a weekend test. \o/ and so on
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Post by: Aerendur on 22 November, 2011, 09:31:31 AM: I'll be exploring the dark side this weekend! ;D
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Post by: Hanza on 22 November, 2011, 01:51:47 PM: good waiting for you feed back guys...
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Post by: EchelonIV on 24 November, 2011, 06:35:13 AM: Friday, Nov. 25 at 10:00AM CST
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Aerendur on 24 November, 2011, 08:38:13 AM: You’ll be able to begin testing Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ very soon!
Your test begins:
Friday, Nov. 25 at 10:00AM CST

Which class are you gonna test? I'll be a Sith Assassin! ;D
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Post by: Adoctor on 24 November, 2011, 10:12:42 AM: sith marauder for me
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Post by: Gont on 25 November, 2011, 12:49:19 AM: Got an invite too. Might also check out the sith. Wonder if it's one server or multiple?
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Post by: EchelonIV on 25 November, 2011, 02:50:14 PM: edit... turned out to be loads and loads of servers
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Post by: EchelonIV on 25 November, 2011, 08:20:16 PM: it kinda feals... uncomplete and sluggishy child's big colourfull buttons to spam for attacks.. other then that kinda ok :)
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Post by: Adoctor on 26 November, 2011, 03:33:09 PM: I quite like it ....once you get out the starter zones it get interesting.

Did the first instance last night twice and got a different story line each time. The instance was completely different.

Game play wise, Sith Marauder is fun. Not as high dps as the Sith Assasin but they can take a beating.

Tried a bounty hunter too, fun but no lightsaber :)
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: EchelonIV on 26 November, 2011, 10:17:01 PM: i tried the agent .. lvl 5 so far not done enught testing to say if its good or not realy.. might have some time to test tomorrow we'l se
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Post by: Aerendur on 27 November, 2011, 07:45:19 PM: I have my Sith Inquisitor up to lvl 15. It's a pretty fun game, some bugs, but hey its a beta still. Companions rock, instances and such are good fun so far. Healing is a horror. Need some tweaks in that part of the game. Group windows where you see who's taking dmg and easier clickable targeting (doesn't work half the time) or it's going to be a pain.
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Post by: Adoctor on 27 November, 2011, 08:25:48 PM: looks like i may play a tank ! the sith Juggarnaut is un-stoppable !
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Post by: Aerendur on 28 November, 2011, 09:40:48 AM: As with most games, melee seems to be strong at launch. I do hope they tweak the healing parts of the game a bit. The group window hardly showed updates on people taking damage. And clicking on it failed a lot. Which resulted in having to click people in game (since you don't know names of people around you as well). Which was a horrible thing to do. You try clicking the furthest away tank in a bunch of 7 people fighting it out in melee...

Overall I quite like the game. It has potential. The questing and companion make it balanced pve wise beyond any other game. As a healer I could do anything as easy and quick as a dps. Thanks to the nice pet tanking for me. Base class skills are quite strong and I'm not sure if there is 'too' much CC at times. A lot of classes have something, which is nice, but all added together it can get a tad overkill.
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Post by: Hanza on 28 November, 2011, 11:37:10 AM: is there no 1,2,3,4,5, to select group members ? isnt there any group healing skills ? to make it easyer ?
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Post by: Aerendur on 28 November, 2011, 12:10:01 PM: You can select group members through F1-F5, but with random groups and changing names and setup that is cumbersome. Clicking on the group member that is taking damage through a window that shows who's under 100% and how much under/over is truly the only way to have enough impact.

Up to lvl 18 I have no group heal. I don't recall seeing any new group heal in the skills list further on either.

The biggest problem with healing as it is now is that I cannot see who are taking damage. So my heals are based on who I see spellcasts from enemies on. And I have to click these people by mouse, since I don't know which name corresponds with the character I see taking damage.
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Post by: Gont on 28 November, 2011, 10:55:36 PM: my two pence worth:

played both the sith warrior (marauder until 14) and jedi knight (until 9) this weekend and my reviews are mixed. I like the quests and the flashpoints, and to a certain extent some of the pvp, such was my experience. that being said, I was largely unimpressed by the graphics, the lacklusture settings, the general inactivity of NPCs and mobs - the just stand still doing nothing - and the kinda' dead feel of the environments. Gameplay was mixed, to be fair. the animations are poor, except in combat where they got better. Finally, the UI was circa some time in the last decade; very little customisation.

My experience of playing either side was also a mixed bag. I had a lot of laughs playing the Sith, but found the republic to be as boring and bland as one might expect. IN short, if i was going to play any side it would be Sith, which was quite the surprise to me as my friends are going republic. needless to say, I shall be swerving that like a rally car avoiding the police on a motorway.

Will I be playing it? more than likely. It has a lot of potential, and we don't know what build of beta we were playing. I know some GFX options weren't enabled in-game (AA springs to mind) and I believe it has a lot of potential. Oh, and as mentioned, I really liked the flash points. Really good fun. If there's a group of TDA boys playing on any server, and are going Sith, please post server details if you would be so kind. It aint perfect, but it's not bad either. certainly something different in some respects and the things i missed, well, they're just polish imo. the core gameplay is there.

Gont: Sith Marauder, and a very bad red man to his twi'lekk companion. as it should be.
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Post by: Aerendur on 29 November, 2011, 09:31:20 AM: I agree with you on most points. The game can use a few tweaks here and there but is mostly quite good. I only played the dark side, since I'm joining a few friends from other games there.

The biggest issue I have with the game is the UI, just like you. Like I explained before.

However, the biggest part of 'will a game work or not' imo is the combatplay. And that seems rather well done. So it does have potential and I will be playing it for sure. For how long depends on the game and when GW2 comes around! ;)

The CC wars last night where funny. It will become very annoying since you need a lot of CC done to you to become immune. I teamed up with another sorc (him dps, me healing). And if we time our CC well, we can perma stun and kill a target before it reaches either of us.
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Post by: Adoctor on 29 November, 2011, 10:16:20 AM: any one have a preference on server? I'm easy.

don't think we are gonna have enough people online to make TDA, but it would be nice to have people you know online.
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Aerendur on 29 November, 2011, 12:05:37 PM: I will let you know which server I'll be playing on. We have a guild that is tied with/against a few other pvp guilds. So we know the competition is gonna be fun. :D
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Post by: Gont on 29 November, 2011, 05:07:40 PM: Cheers bud. Will be nice to run about with a few like-minded pvpers :P
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Post by: Kittybear on 05 December, 2011, 04:15:19 PM: Quote from: Hanza on 28 November, 2011, 11:37:10 AM
is there no 1,2,3,4,5, to select group members ? isnt there any group healing skills ? to make it easyer ?

the sith inquisitor sorcerer line will have group heals at higer level, not sure on what level.
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Aerendur on 06 December, 2011, 12:10:15 PM: Quote from: Kittybear on 05 December, 2011, 04:15:19 PM
Quote from: Hanza on 28 November, 2011, 11:37:10 AM
is there no 1,2,3,4,5, to select group members ? isnt there any group healing skills ? to make it easyer ?

the sith inquisitor sorcerer line will have group heals at higer level, not sure on what level.

There is F1-F5 for group members. So far there haven't been more options than those. And the UI is very lacking. But they are working on it, they say. :P

About the sorc, it gets an aoe heal at lvl 31 into the spectree. I will not go that deep so I can have good single target heals and decent dmg.
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Aerendur on 12 December, 2011, 08:03:24 PM: We (the guild I'll be playing swtor with, Best Friends) have been assigned to a server on SWTOR.

Tomb of Freedon Nadd.

I'll be on there, Sith Sorcerer!
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Gont on 14 December, 2011, 03:23:15 PM: is it a pvp server? please tell me it's not pve...
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Post by: Adoctor on 14 December, 2011, 05:32:34 PM: I got my early access email...will be playing it tonight.

Gont, its a PvP server.
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Post by: Gont on 14 December, 2011, 09:03:22 PM: turns out we are on the busiest server. getting error 1002 and queues of 35 mins. :'(

had created a sit warrior earlier (Gont), went for dinner and now can't back in. doh!
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Post by: Gont on 14 December, 2011, 09:43:37 PM: also, Doc, what's your toon name btw?
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Post by: Adoctor on 15 December, 2011, 02:43:54 AM: Karakal, sith juggernaut
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Post by: Gont on 15 December, 2011, 02:54:54 AM: odd one - trying to add you as a friend (Karakal) ad you don't seem to exist. am on tomb of freedon nadd....weird!
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Post by: Adoctor on 15 December, 2011, 09:26:43 AM: I think I need to be logged in for it to work.
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Post by: Aerendur on 15 December, 2011, 09:31:14 AM: I didn't get invite yet. Should be in the first wave today! (october somewhere I pre-ordered..)
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Post by: EchelonIV on 15 December, 2011, 04:43:34 PM: to bad it's not about when you preorderd, but when you added your preorder key to the account ,_,
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Post by: Gont on 15 December, 2011, 10:04:38 PM: After a two hour queue so far tonight I did some digging on the forums. It seems this server has attracted the larger Spanish, Italian and Russian pvp guilds. Consequently it is already the most overpopulated server in the world, with more players yet to come. This bodes very I'll methinks, and despite grinding to level 10 last night I am thinking of rolling a toon on Lord Calyphro (English RP-pvp).

Am wondering what your thoughts are regarding the unfortunate culture clash and the above suggestion. Cheers,

Gont.
Title: Re: NDA lift and weekend test
Post by: Gont on 15 December, 2011, 10:51:22 PM: Quote from: Gont on 15 December, 2011, 10:04:38 PM
After a two hour queue so far tonight I did some digging on the forums. It seems this server has attracted the larger Spanish, Italian and Russian pvp guilds. Consequently it is already the most overpopulated server in the world, with more players yet to come. This bodes very I'll methinks, and despite grinding to level 10 last night I am thinking of rolling a toon on Lord Calyphro (English RP-pvp).

Am wondering what your thoughts are regarding the unfortunate culture clash and the above suggestion. Cheers,

Gont.

Got to log in and error 9000 lol! Will be on the RP pvp for now
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Post by: TenzorDK on 16 December, 2011, 07:06:21 AM: since none else answers, I will! - I think that makes good sense for now, at the least till they fix the baby issues and just to try out the game with a little pain as possible.

-tenz out!
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Post by: Dirlos on 16 December, 2011, 01:04:22 PM: Yeah i tried to get into the server with the queue of 1h 30m and got kicked 3 times after waiting for 30 minutes so started a new toon on the RP-PVP server, went very smoothly and had no problems last night, and about to try to log into it now.
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Post by: Gont on 17 December, 2011, 01:38:28 PM: Quote from: Dirlos on 16 December, 2011, 01:04:22 PM
Yeah i tried to get into the server with the queue of 1h 30m and got kicked 3 times after waiting for 30 minutes so started a new toon on the RP-PVP server, went very smoothly and had no problems last night, and about to try to log into it now.

well, I've spent two days on the RP-PvP server and had no problems at all. from what the forums have been saying, the Freedon Nadd server is a nightmare. can see server transfers happening soon.
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Post by: TenzorDK on 17 December, 2011, 03:40:02 PM: nahh no transfers just emigration ;) they wount allow transfers yet it will cause problems with server/player bases and organisation
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Post by: Aerendur on 19 December, 2011, 10:05:55 AM: Aye, the server issues where bound to happen. Most Russians seem to have gone elsewhere. But it's still an insane cluster. I will stick it out (this happened to all main pvp servers in other games and after a month the queues will be gone)!

I have a 30 sorc now after a few days where I could log in early enough to beat the queues. The rest of this week is gonna be a pain. If the queues beat me I'll be alting on another server instead. This will be on 'Scepter of Ragnos', where I'm a good side boy! ;D

Look me up on:
Nayna - Tomb of Freedon Nadd

or

Puz - Scepter of Ragnos
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Post by: Aerendur on 20 December, 2011, 03:46:20 PM: I have now also rolled Puz on Hex Droid, where Doc is alting it up as well! ;D

I got home a 14.40 CET today, still I hit a 1182 queue, quite insane!