Star Wars Sim Forum: Roleplay, Simming and Fan Fiction
COMMUNITY => OOC Cantina => Topic started by: Dementat on August 27, 2011, 02:05:45 PM
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Who else is pre-ordering? I'm going to buy a whole new computer just to enjoy this game to the fullest!
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Who else is pre-ordering? I'm going to buy a whole new computer just to enjoy this game to the fullest!
how are the reviews on the game?
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It is going to be epic.
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Caught the vids on youtube of the testing. Blew my mind. Also, those trailers are beyond incredible. I wish I was good at games like this. I can write the storyline but tend to suck it up at the actual SW games. I've never been any good at it and it's a damn shame. This one though, shit. This puts everything else I've ever seen to shame. Diggin on the Imperial Agent and the fact that you get companions with a heavy focus on the character storyline. I'm in awe.
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Its the MMO version of KotOR. From what I got combat vs NPC will be nearly identical, and if your any good at character building for an RPG it will be a piece of cake to play. I look forward to pwning some hard face on that. MMO is my kung-fu, and it is strong.
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It looks to be pretty fantastic. I haven't gotten into beta, but I've been following the game enough and know enough people in it - to know that it'll be a mix of KOTOR 1, and the Mass Effect type of conversation that'll slap the crap out of you. Throw in the KOTOR type of crew management (they do quests or missions or craft for you), and of course lightsabers, force powers and blasters ahoy. ;)
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Mmm, yes. It does look pretty. However, its still not what I want out of a Star Wars game. I want epic fleet battles! I want me and fifteen other Imps to command our Star Destroyers as we beat the living snot out of some rag-tag rebel fleet. ::sigh:: Galaxies looked like it was eventually heading that direction.. unfortunately.. the rest of the game was barely playable from what I understand. One day Lucas will get his head out of his ass and stop fucking up Star Wars. I hope.
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Just pre-ordered my collectors addition!
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X, I dont think we have the programming technology to build the MMO you want. You want, what it sounds like, is EaW in MMO format, which, honestly sounds like a facebook clicky to me but eh, I get a good idea of what your talking about. I just dont see how it would be done unless your using a ship as your character and its crew are just NPCs. -shrugs- I wouldnt mind giving that a go though =)
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ACTUALLY, X, there is talk of eventually introducing capital class ships that could be purchased by Guilds as a sort of base of operations in space combat missions. Not sure on the details, it is just rumor by the developers.
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"base of operations in space combat missions" sounds too much like the capital ships in Battlefront, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.
NPC crew is exactly what I want. You'll have your main character who is the captain of whatever ship you've managed to get and all your little minions. I want Eve crossed with Galaxies.
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Is anybody playing? I am currently playing on the "Space Slug" server if anyone wants to link up.
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Downloading it now...Been on vacation. Hopefully I can hop in quick. Any tips/
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No tips, just enjoy :-)
I currently have a level 21 Twi'lek Smuggler. I'm into the Gunslinger advanced class.
I also have a human jedi on another server, but haven't played it much because of time constraints.
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On a whim I grabbed the game shortly after launch. Yeah, its totally badass n stuff. I've got a Sith on The Defenestrator and a Jedi on The Courageous that I don't play cause I only really made him when I couldn't advance my sith any further without a team...
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I got the game for Christmas but had been having intermittent internet outages, just found permanent resolution to problem yesterday and finally got to start playing last nite.
Fucking AWESOME game. Only got an hour or so in yet, playing as a Jedi Consular, level 3, Kathol Rift (East Coast) server.
If anyone is interested in coordinating, getting a little group together on a server that we can all play and perhaps starting some new characters from ground up etc, sound off here.
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Good idea. Perhaps a dedicated RP server.
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I would be down for that. Can we start the first week of February? I am in between apartments and don't have good enough internet to play at the moment.
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Whats the general plan for what we're gonna play? Sith? Jedi? A sith a bounty hunter and an agent?
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First week of feb is cool with me, and I vote for dark side. We should make it a PVP server though for more interesting play and any server is cool with me so long as it's at least usually standard to heavy population.
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I vote RP/PVP Light Side. Yeah.. I know.. but I don't really want to make another Sith. We should all be Troopers.
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RP/PVP Light Side Troopers sound fun. I'm up for anything.
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Im cool with RP/PVP and alrighty with Light Side, would prolly rather be a smuggy or jedi knight though since I haven't tried either of them yet
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My concern was that we wouldn't always be playing 'together' unless we're all the same class. The only one that made sense to me was troopers. Though, in terms on what we're actually going to be doin In-Game.. it WOULD be nice to have a Jedi tanking for us on Flashpoints and whatnot. Still.. I'd rather just grab one from the random masses since it looks like there's only three of us so far.
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Jedi I will be
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I haven't played in almost 2 weeks. I'm going insane! Can not wait to move into my new place and have the best internet speed I can afford.
Trooper, I will be ;D
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Who's got two thumbs and just bought SWTOR?
[thumb pointing] THIS GUY. [thumb pointing]
So, I'll be joining your little posse, if you'll have me. By my count that puts you at 5, so I can be like a first-alternate for the 4-person dungeon thingies. Any suggestions? I'm down with the Light Side and I'll happily be a trooper -- but do we all have to be the same class? Don't you normally want a little variety? I need to read up on the stuff. I pretty much just bought it because (a) it's Star Wars and (b) I FINALLY "know" people who are playing an mmorpg.
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Glad to have you aboard!
One thing we need to consider. I haven't played PvP yet, so I might be wrong. If we aren't all the same class, we might not start the game on the same planet. Am I correct, or is PvP different?
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Ah yes, I think PvP is the same, we'd probably start on different worlds. How long are you stranded? I've only played about 45 minutes as a consular. It may be worth it to power through to a point where we can all meet up; plus you need 5000 credits to form a guild. Or playing as a trooper works for me, doesn't matter.
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The Jedi classes start on one planet and the Trooper and Smuggler start on another. At level 10 we'll all go to the same planet, but we still won't all have the same storyline. Troopers, I think, are pretty tough, do a lot of damage and have a heal (I think one of the two advanced classes does, anyway). For groups, yeah, ideally we'd want a tank or a dedicated healer or both, but we'd all be ranged and could run or take cover as needed. So yeah, Im gonna be a Trooper. I thought it'd be fun if we were a squad of troops in our little RP/PVP server.
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Yeah, now that I think about it, a squad of troops would be awesome. I have no problem specializing either, so I can tank or heal if needed. Now I'm totally sucked into my consular though, but it'll be interesting to be ranged.
You can also flag yourself as PvP on a PvE server, even outside the Warzones, so we could consider RP-PvE if we want to be able to choose when others attack us rather than being PvP all the time.
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I should be back and running this week. I'm excited. Our team is gonna rock. What time zone and time of day will everyone be playing?
I'm on the west coast. I play in the mornings between 6am and 1pm or at night after 10pm.
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I'm east coast and usually playing sometime between 6-10p ET, or any time during the day on a weekend if I'm around.
At the end of my consular's prologue and not too proud to say I just rage quit after getting smoked by some Mysterious Sith four times in a row. Time to find a random stranger to help me out.
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Damn it, my internet still won't be up until the 9th. I am having withdraws.
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Get yo' shit together.
I'm actually back from a business trip on the 9th, so maybe we can organize something. I've also joined the Drunken Empire on the Constant server; very fun, laid-back group if anyone's interested.
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Im EST and usually play a bit in the afternoon around 2-4pmish before heading off for work, then I'll play from around 3am till I get tired or they either shut the servers down (bastards). I seem to have Wednesday off every week and will play on and off all day. Weekends.. eh, maybe once a month I'll have a Saturday to spend slaughtering Republic scum. Im not doing any math to figure out when you guys are playing. Numbers bad.
Also, we need to factor Warzone time into this. I don't know if you guys are aware or not, but I recently found out that if your Valor level isn't maxed by 50 yer pretty fucked as far as future PVP goes, as I will be in six levels without some sort of miracle.
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I'm back online, up and running! Let's do this!
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Awesome. Let's pick a server and roll -- RP or RP-PVP? I'd lean toward just RP, since you can turn PVP on and off so if it gets annoying we don't have to deal, but then again being RP-focused, an RP-PVP server may not be bad. Basically, I just don't want to not be able to go anywhere without being harassed.
And Republic troops, right? Anyone want to already stake claims to tank, healer, or damage? I kinda like tanking.
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Im down for any server. I vote for RP/PVP. Normally I'd stay away from PVP servers, but with it being RP heavy I don't think we'll have to worry too much about some level 50 swooping in and killing us without warning. Or I could be wrong. You guys pick.
Republic troops all the way and I plan to deal as much damage as possible.
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I'll go RP-PVP, probably wouldn't do it any other time so why not? It's either Ajunta Pall for West Coast or Ven Zallow for East. Does it really matter? I'd guess it would just determine peak times.
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Server- Ven Zallow (East Coast)
Character- Dementat
Ok guys, this is our server. I created my trooper. I will steer towards healer for the group. I'll be on tonight after work, so 1 AM for you guys back east.
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Character - Erasmar, trooper
Like I said I'll go toward tank. Won't be online at that time Dem, but I'm sure we'll be able to figure things out for timing. Exciting!
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No way am I using XCALIBYR as my character name. >:| I"ll think something up and make a trooper tomorrow night.
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I thought about ditching Erasmar but oh well. So far on Ord Mantell I've seen a Twooper, a Smurfette, and a veiled reference to masturbation, so even an RP-PVP server has its undesirables. Haven't seen any RP'ing yet, which is disappointing, but I think that's just due to Ord Mantell being the starter world.
Plot seems kinda dull so far, but I'm coming off of the bounty hunter, which is just awesome.
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I will be playing a lot the next two days. I'll be playing my smuggler on another server, but will periodically check to see if anyone is on Ven Zallow. If anyone wants, I can PM my phone number and you can text me when you are logged on.
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I made it off Ord Mantell but still have all the Heroics to do there, so let me know if anyone's down for that. I think they're all contained to the Savrip Island in the northwest.
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Ack! I stopped with that character at level 4 because I was waiting for you guys, lol. Guess I better catch up.
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Haha that's what I was afraid of. I've powered through the first 10+ levels for like 4 different characters, but then I move on to something else. I feel like I'm ready to settle in now with a Jedi Knight on the Sanctum of the Exalted RP server. I've just been looking for a home and play style I feel like, and think I've got it. So if I'm not on Ven Zallow, you'll find me there as Rasmus. SotE will be my main server from now on.
I'll be playing tonight because I'm getting sick, so no use going out. Most likely on from 8p EST to whenever if you want to schedule a meet-up. I'll be on SotE until an appointed time, don't want to outrun you guys any further ;)
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Erasmar, I'm almost caught up. X, you on yet? I will be playing tonight at 5pm EST unless I have a hot date... so I will be on at 5pm.
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Cool, I can be on then. Might be more like 5:15-:30, but that'll do. Can help you finish up anything you've got left + the heroics
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Yeah, sorry, totally spaced on updating the thread. I've made a Trooper... who is level ONE cause I was waiting for you guys. LoL I'll get him up to 10 if thats the new plan. I work nights though, so Im betting the only time I'll get to play with you cats is maybe Wednesdays since I always have those off, or everyotherish Saturday. My email goes straight to my phone, so if you guys ever wanna see where Im at just email [email protected]. I'll respond even if Im at work unless Im super busy.
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Haha looks like this may not be working out so well. What's your name, X? Even if we plan ahead each week or so to see if there's a time when we'll all over lap, that would be fun. I'll hold off on my trooper for now, unless you want to level to a certain point. I'm at 10 or 11.
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Saturdays are good for me right now also. I work evenings too, so maybe X and I can work together in the mornings.
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I.. am.. PILEDRIVER!... I wanted Wrecker, but it was taken. ::sigh:: Over the next few days I'll get him to the next planet and then we can see whats what.
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I have reached Coruscant. Got to play with X last night and took him to all the datacrons on Ord Mantell. I should be on tonight at around 1 AM EST.
Got my Trooper Commando to Lvl 12 and will be the group healer. Probably best as healer since I'm on the most.
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Dammit, I want in. If only I didn't work a 9 to 5:30 job. If I can't sleep tonight I'll join, but that's probably not good for my health. Looks like I'll just have to join you guys on the every-other-Saturday schedule.
Maybe want to start a guild, have more people to play with on a regular basis? Troopers-only RP type thing, like some tight-knit unit, and we could revolve around a bi-weekly Saturday event. Something to consider.
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Ok, Im level 10, on the station, and will probably get to Coruscant within a day. SO... you guys better not be playing your damn troopers! LoL If I check back and you guys are level 20 I swear Im gonna transfer my sith over here and spend all my time hunting you.
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I actually haven't played my trooper at all since hitting lvl 11. Interested in doing the first flashpoint? I've never done one.
I just hit lvl 24 with my Jedi Guardian on SotE last night. At first he was difficult to do missions, then I did the Taris bonus series, and now on Nar Shaddaa I'm at least 1 level above every mission so I'm rolling.
Looking forward to server transfers so I can set up my legacy. Has anyone joined a guild on another server? I'm wondering what the experience is like.
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Im in a guild on Defenestrator with my main toons, but its a dead server so its probably not a great example. Flashpoints are cool, but they're tough. They also give great rewards though, so Im totally down to give it a shot.
The game is all about gear, though. My Sith is level 50, I've got mostly crap for gear, and Im getting damn near destroyed by lvl 49 mobs and have a real hard time with 49 elites (ie I ragequit before posting this because I got RAPED by some lvl 49 Elite Republic Anti-aircraft Commander on Corellia).
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I'm basically window shopping guilds on SotE right now. I'll probably wait until I level into the 30s at least before joining. Just hit 25 so I sank my 48k on speeder training and a Rendili Watchman. Didn't realize there were 3 tiers of speeders -- they really know how to bend you over and treat you nice huh
For gear I've got a couple orange items that I keep up to date with planet commendation mods; I'm actually doing all right. I DESTROY elites, but ironically if I go against 1 Strong + 1 Normal, they often take me down to about 1/3 health. But elites/bosses = lights out.
I'll be on tomorrow night but then won't be on again until next Wednesday. Let me know what times you guys will be around
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I'm likely good for tonight some time late. Depends on how my date goes ;-)
I'm also available all day tomorrow, and if my cousin logs in, what would give us 4 to create a guild.
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Just thought of something important; Crew Skills.
As the healer, I went with BioChem so that I can provide the group with med packs, stims, and implants.
I think we should have an armor and a weapons specialist among us. Agree?
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Yeah, I was gonna bring this up too. We do need to coordinate our crew skills. I figure if yer doing Bio as the healer, I'll do weapons as the dps and Erasmar can do armor as our tank.
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Perfect then, I'm already crafting armor. I tried to send Dem a belt last week but I'm guessing it didn't go through.
Sooo I should start playing as my trooper again?
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Well, not solo, unless yer not level 11ish/on Coruscant. I'll be available for play tomorrow, so email me or something and we'll set a time. Or set a time here. I dunno. We're as ready as we're gonna be though.
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I'm available all day to play. PMing my phone to you guys. Text me when you log in or set a time on here.
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Great night on Coruscant with X and Erasmar. We ate those missions alive. If you aren't yet in the game, get in contact so we can build our guild!
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Indeed. Three troopers launching mortar rounds at a helpless mob? Priceless. Now if we could all just quit our jobs so we can get together more than once a week, that would be even better.
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Gall, Emp, and Eid are all MIA! What gives!?
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Anyone around tonight? Haven't played since last Saturday and we've got a snowstorm moving in here for the rest of the night, so I'm ready to hunker down.
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Will this game work on a laptop? I dont have a windows PC but the wife has a lenovo ideapad with like 3gb ram.
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Erasmar, I will be on late tonight (just after 1am EST).
Hop, What are the system requirements for the game?
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Operating System:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
RAM:
Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better
DVD-ROM drive ? 8x speed or better (required for installation from physical editions only) Internet connection required to play.
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Hmm.. I'll investigate. Anyway I'm 2 hours ahead of EST now, but in your summer I'll be 1 HR in front which would be easier to match up game times. I'm sure the wife would love me getting addicted to this lol
How much is subscription to actually play? The game is f'ing expensive.
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Hm from what i saw in a youtube on video showing lowest settings its pretty bad, nearly unplayable... damn :(
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Maybe I'll sell my xbox and build a gaming PC... :P
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Maybe I'll sell my xbox and build a gaming PC... :P
Recommended regardless.
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Alright, what are people's available times tonight and/or tomorrow night? I'm around tonight, and I'll probably be around later tomorrow night around 12 ET / 9 PT.
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I'm available pretty much any time the next two days I think. Just text me when you are gonna log on and I will tell you if I can get on or not.
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Well I've decided I'll be building my own box rather than upgrade the macbook this year -- might take a few months before i put my pennies all together though.
When the time changes our schedules will be closer together too so that would be nice, cause right now id have to wait until 2am to connect with you guys :o
I'll let you know when I am up and running.
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Is Saturday a go? I hope nobody has been playing there troopers without the rest of us ;-)
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Sorry, I was drunk.
Today's actually the first time I've logged in for almost 2 weeks I think. I find I'm getting bored with it. I'm on Tatooine, lvl 25, after skipping a ridiculous fight for a story mission, and the planet's just bland. Of course, a desert planet will be bland, but in general I've completely lost all excitement.
I think I've reached a point where I either need to join a guild to tap into that sense of community, or just end my brief stint with the game. I guess what dismays me is the lack of impact I feel, even if I were in a community. Sure there are the PvP worlds eventually, but it's more like just static competitions. Players don't really run anything, can't set up much of a culture, and these are things I didn't think would matter to me before.
So now I'm thinking of joining EVE, because even though I've heard it can be wicked hard, the community seems unmatched. You can actually TAKE territory with others, construct a station and defenses, and make it your home. So much of the environment is controlled by the players. A lot of griefing, sure, but it feels more alive to me.
Suppose I'll stick with SWTOR a little longer, but the shine is fading due to tastes I didn't know I had.
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I'll be around most of the day today. Text me if you are gonna log in.
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I may be on later so I'll shoot you a text. For all my existential despair in my previous post, I've been grinding through Tatooine pretty well this week.
Side note: anyone on Steam? Wondering if there's any other games we have in common. I do a fair amount of strategy gaming, and I'm looking for anyone to laugh at me while I'll attempt to manage my army in Wargame: European Escalation.
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I'll be on today. Text me if you are playing.
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So, yeah, do not have the patience for the Old Republic thing but just saw some clips from the Star Wars Kinect and want to kill myself. Han Solo prancing around Bespin like some kind of pansy? Leia dancing to a hideous reworked version of Holla Back Girl? Ok, Lucas, just drag me out into the street and shoot me in the face now.
That is all.
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Hey ya'll,
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Anybody playing on Saturday? Text me if you log in.
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I've officially canceled my subscription to TOR. Sad face. I still have a month left though, but I still have no idea if my schedule's gonna match up again with anyone's. That was really the killer for me; I would've paid if we could've all gotten together regularly.
Figured if I'm going to solo or sporadically join random groups, I could do it F2P, so I'm starting in on LotRO. Almost everything I've read about it says it's the best for soloing and has a good community beyond that.
Also tried out Tribes Ascend (in a F2P mood) -- so much fun. Highly recommended.
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I'm still in and running strong. The Legacy System is starting to get interesting. X, are you still on?
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Re-subbed.
godDAMNit!
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Im still playin and don't foresee ever unsubbing. Don't get to play much on weekends though... its still early afternoon and late late nights for me.
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I'm still playing also. Hey X, are you gonna get into the new sim we got going?
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Eh, I haven't even really looked at it yet. Anything is possible. What server(s) are you on now? All my main toons are on Jedi Covenant (or something, I dunno, its not as cool as The Defenestrator). I think the server with our Troopers on it was one of the servers selected for transferals.. so.. maybe we should move them over to wherever it is they want to send em.