Star Wars: The Old Republic will kill WoW - outsourced to Broadsword

[Qiu222Be]

Every new MMO that gets releases will kill WoW, at least during its first month of debut.

It is the trend. Just enjoy the game.

 

[Qiu222Be]

I went surfing of few sites, most notably mmorpg.com and swtor official forum I saw quite a lot topics about people quitting the game in large numbers. Some already have started calling out Swtor to be a major flop but i find it hard to believe that Biowhores will so easily quit giving money to Bioware. So any comments for on the real truth form Codexs Swtor players?

Maybe there is no other choice. Not only the money, but his affection and time, all these show the strong support for the game.

 

[Mangoose]

How much difference a voice actor can be. Inspired by Ackermanus and because I had a bland sounding he-smug back then, I decided to roll a FemSmug as well. So much more immershun! Aside from the very few exeptions, all male voice actors sound like they were bored as hell when reading their lines, while the wymen were motivated and emoshunal. It's like Mass Effect all over again, must be a typical Bioware problem...
I wonder how starting fresh on a server without moneyz will turn out, free players don't even get companion equipment as quest rewards it seems.
Also funny when you recognice voice actors from other games you didn't know or notice at the time. Found Liara T'soni and Queen Elisif on Ord Mantell.

Funny thing is that Smuggler storyline was written by Hamburger Helper.

 

[Bliblablubb]

Hey, I only praised the voice actress compared to her male counterpart! The storyline is... well, there is only so much you can ruin when a story is just one-liners and slapstick comedy. Being the best pub story is no archievment when the rest is an uninspired snorefest.
Why can't we kill Satele Shan anyway?

 

[abnaxus]

 

[Bubbles]

Whoa, Revan returns??? Time to resub.

 

[Storyfag]

BugoWare exec: 'We need a new villain... let's bring Revan back!'
BugoWare drone: 'Uhh, but didn't we kill him in... that flashpoint?'
BugoWare exec: 'Whatever, the fans love him, so let's give them a chance to kill him again!'

 

[Martius]

I guess they will just brig it again thanks to power of retcon?

 

[Storyfag]

Well, to be honest, after being defeated in The Foundry flashpoint Revan *does* disappear in a flash without leaving a corpse behind, so it's not really a retcon. Still, having a fan-favourite being a recurring villain is... not the kind of logic I can understand.

 

[Bliblablubb]

Well, to be honest, after being defeated in The Foundry flashpoint Revan *does* disappear in a flash without leaving a corpse behind, so it's not really a retcon. Still, having a fan-favourite being a recurring villain is... not the kind of logic I can understand.

I would totally team up with Revanbro!
I guess it will end in either bringing him back to the brainwashing Jedi sect or joining him to unify the galaxy. The emperor is a powerless wimp anyway. Or it is just someone posing as Revan, who knows with that mask? I remember fetching it for some loony on the cheeseplanet.
Golden rule: someone is only really dead if you carry his rotting corpse around with you. Otherwise they were only slightly dead and will pop up again.
How often does the CIS warrior kill that one lord and he still comes back for more? I lost count.

What about Darth Malgus btw, is he dead or only deadish? I vaguely remember killing him in some flashpoint back in the days only to have him nagging me on Ilum later. Though that may have been sequence breaking on my part.

 

[Storyfag]

Definitely sequence breaking. The Ilum storyline immediately preceeds the Malgus-killing flashpoint. He does not appear after that.

The Revanites are enemies at this moment, and nothing suggests a team-up would be possible. Nor would I want one, given their heretical beliefs

 

[Bliblablubb]

The Revanites are a bunch of misguided loonies on a powertrip, but Revan is a bro! My CISrauder would join (the real) him to get rid of the Dark Council wackos and make the empire strong again under an emperor who is actually there and not just some boogieman. I didn't forget Darth Marr(?) pretty much telling me: "Go and play the wrath for all we care kid, just don't meddle with our affairs!"

For the empuh! (I love how the female vendor pronounces it)

 

[Storyfag]

Darth Marr *is* the Emperor who is actually there. In all but name. Also, being one of the Dark Councillors, I wouldn't appreciate being gotten rid of.

And really, you should see some more flashpoints. Revan is *not* a bro ever since the Foundry. Preparing the second Sith Genocide? WTF? And now he embraces his Revanite followers and leads them...

 

[Bliblablubb]

Revan is not a bro anymore? But... but... that's not how I raised him. Kids grow up so fast.
Guess I need to revisit the foundry. I must have done it before, because I have foundry armor in my stash... how did I forget about Revan's role there?

 

[Tytus]

Revan is not a bro anymore? But... but... that's not how I raised him. Kids grow up so fast.
Guess I need to revisit the foundry. I must have done it before, because I have foundry armor in my stash... how did I forget about Revan's role there?

You're stating to sound like all the kotor players that were outraged because Revan is a guy, but they played Revan as a female while not knowing that canon gender was a Lucasarts decision many years back. Don't go there man.

 

[Storyfag]

Revan is not a bro anymore? But... but... that's not how I raised him. Kids grow up so fast.
Guess I need to revisit the foundry. I must have done it before, because I have foundry armor in my stash... how did I forget about Revan's role there?

Some of the "Foundry" equipment drops from the flashpoint that immediately preceeds the Foundry in the storyline. During the Boarding Party, an Imperial strike team boards a Republic cruiser to hijack it and use it to slip past the Foundry's early warning systems and assault the station itself.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

You go drinking for one goddamn day, and the next thing you know...

 

[Storyfag]

You go drinking for one goddamn day, and the next thing you know...

We aim to please

 

[Bliblablubb]

Ran the foundry and... immediately unfriended Revan on Sithbook. Not cool ex-bro, not cool. I hope getting bitchslapped by my glowsticks brought him back to his senses when he returns.

Yes, must have had the drops from boarding party then.

You're stating to sound like all the kotor players that were outraged because Revan is a guy, but they played Revan as a female while not knowing that canon gender was a Lucasarts decision many years back. Don't go there man.

Don't worry man, I am already over him! Treacherous snake he is...

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

I love how one Sith character class involves a Sith Lord who promotes the occasional worthy slave, and your main rival a traditionalist. The other, you're a traditionalist who has to deal with some stupid, feckless slave scum trying to crawl above his station. Ah, the Sith. If you guys didn't didn't fight so much with yourselves the Republic would have been doomed long ago.




Edit: Holy shit, they're space Telvanni!

 

[Bliblablubb]

I wouldn't exactly call the Warrior a tradionalist, but i guess it depends on how you play him. In fact my CIS Warrior recognises potential even in lesser races and her goal is to get rid of all those pointless infighting. Because as you said: without it the Empuh would already have won.

I blame Tentaclegirl and LS Jaesa for those liberul ideas.

Too bad they chickend out of making the 'quisitor's clownfish companion in two versions. Without her weird bipolar behavior she could have become my favourite companion after corruption.

 

[Storyfag]

I love how one Sith character class involves a Sith Lord who promotes the occasional worthy slave, and your main rival a traditionalist.

I'll have you know that the rival you have in mind is a former slave too. He actually is sincere when he says he doesn't hold your origin against you, and that he trusts the Academy's trials to weed out the unworthy.

Too bad they chickend out of making the 'quisitor's clownfish companion in two versions. Without her weird bipolar behavior she could have become my favourite companion after corruption.

Holee fukken THIS!

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

I love how one Sith character class involves a Sith Lord who promotes the occasional worthy slave, and your main rival a traditionalist.

I'll have you know that the rival you have in mind is a former slave too. He actually is sincere when he says he doesn't hold your origin against you, and that he trusts the Academy's trials to weed out the unworthy.

I'm talking about the very beginning of the respective tales, when you're trying to impress your potential Masters and beat out other trainees. In the Inquisitor line you're a former slave vying against a Sith Pureblood for Lord Zash.

Whereas the Sith Warrior storyline has you with at least some background, and annoyed some jumped up ex slave is trying to beat you to an apprenticeship.

 

[Storyfag]

I love how one Sith character class involves a Sith Lord who promotes the occasional worthy slave, and your main rival a traditionalist.

I'll have you know that the rival you have in mind is a former slave too. He actually is sincere when he says he doesn't hold your origin against you, and that he trusts the Academy's trials to weed out the unworthy.

I'm talking about the very beginning of the respective tales, when you're trying to impress your potential Masters and beat out other trainees. In the Inquisitor line you're a former slave vying against a Sith Pureblood for Lord Zash.

Whereas the Sith Warrior storyline has you with at least some background, and annoyed some jumped up ex slave is trying to beat you to an apprenticeship.

Ah, fair enough. Wouldn't consider that Pureblood from the Inq path a "traditionalist" though - too little of his personality is given.

 

[Avellion]

A whole new expansion pack dedicated to Drew Karpyshyn's special snowflake, anyone excited?



I am not, the Exile was a much better character anyways.

Edit: I wonder how tempted the devs were to say "WoW did it so we will do it too" in this blog. http://www.swtor.com/blog/developer-update-introduction-disciplines