Im not a major star wars fan, i dont know the lore dont know any of the races by name. But what i do know is i liked Kotor, and i like bioware, so ill play this.
My thoughts on the race issue is this, every race that fits the lore should be playable, if they are capable of playing any of the 8 classes from a lore stand point it should be a playable race, anything short of that is just lazy.
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Are the developers of the game trying to have too many playable races? Are all of the races even playable in that one race may not have been develped as fully by the developers as another race?
Ugh! Devaronians!? They showed up because at the time of the first movie they needed more character masks for the Cantina scene. Some yahoo saw the devil mask at the EFX guys place and told them to bring it. The more cognizant of the production crew did facepalms.
Every major change in body structure requires a complete work up of movements, costumes, equipment, etc. So 'human-alikes' will be the main blueprint. Given the time they've got for the development, hopefully there will be some serious variations off this, but it is not a given.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
I hope that there will be Nautolan's as playable race in SW:ToR.
Someone said "what about Mandalorians", Mandalorians are not a race. The first Mandalorians were Taung, so they could be a race. But for mandalorians, as copy pasted from SW wiki: The Mandalorians—known in Mando'a as the Mando'ade, or "Children of Mandalore"—were a nomadic group of clan-based people consisting of members from multiple species, bound by a common culture.
Would be awesome if Mandalorians were the third faction tho'.
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The standard best known races Wookies etcare fine by me, at least it looks as if they are going to have quite a selection.
Im going to agree with others, my fear looks more and more like a reality, nothing more than human's with different color's and tatoo's or marking's. Now that Bioware is in bed with EA, I have zero hope for this game(especially seeing the information they are giving us). I used to have high hopes and faith that this game would be good, now=zero, all my faith is gone and I no longer trust Bioware because they got in bed with EA. We all know that once Mythic got in bed with em, they rushed out WAR and not only killed any hopes of that game, but also killed Mythic. Seriously what is the point of calling it Star Wars if all you get for playable races is human's no matter what you call them! For that matter, why call it a MMORPG for that very same reason, the whole point of a MMORPG is 'choices', I want to be able to choose what I do and where I go when I want to go. And it looks like they are taking all that away with this game /sigh. Hopefully this won't be a reality and they will give us something worth being Star Wars, but like I said, my hope is gone
I never like it when people called games WoW clones, but if the term was to ever fit any game released it is this one!
no one want mandalorians? I guess it still would exist some of then for this timeline
I have 21 races planned out, seven of which you saw today, there will be more! Stay tuned next week!
Was going to say skimped over Twi'lek (the second most populace race in the galaxy), Torguta, KelDor, Nautalon, Mandalorian, Bothan, Wookiee, Rodian, Trandoshan, Noghri (not very likely), Zeltron, and many other more favorable races for play.
Great thread please stay on topic , your trolling attempts are just pathetic. reported.
I honestly don't see that as a trolling attempt, but as a possible way to gain even more money from TOR. Seriously, there's a nigh infinite number of races in SW universe that could be added this way. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support this coming from an AAA title with EA's financial backing, but those big honchos in BW and LA would have to be stupid to not even considers this, especially now that STO has already broken the ice by selling new races in DLCs.
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Im going to agree with others, my fear looks more and more like a reality, nothing more than human's with different color's and tatoo's or marking's. Now that Bioware is in bed with EA, I have zero hope for this game(especially seeing the information they are giving us). I used to have high hopes and faith that this game would be good, now=zero, all my faith is gone and I no longer trust Bioware because they got in bed with EA. We all know that once Mythic got in bed with em, they rushed out WAR and not only killed any hopes of that game, but also killed Mythic. Seriously what is the point of calling it Star Wars if all you get for playable races is human's no matter what you call them! For that matter, why call it a MMORPG for that very same reason, the whole point of a MMORPG is 'choices', I want to be able to choose what I do and where I go when I want to go. And it looks like they are taking all that away with this game /sigh. Hopefully this won't be a reality and they will give us something worth being Star Wars, but like I said, my hope is gone
I never like it when people called games WoW clones, but if the term was to ever fit any game released it is this one!
After reading your post my will is slowly being drained from me as well. It is nice to see the positive off topic posts starting to appear. It i at this point that I think nice post from the OP but ,,, the Topic has now been derailed. By people who seem so utterly depressed and negative threads.
All my experiences with BioWare products has been excelent no reason to think any differently here. Keep up the hating , just one tip ity is bad for your health find a hobby that doesn't create so much hate.
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Great thread please stay on topic , your trolling attempts are just pathetic. reported.
I honestly don't see that as a trolling attempt, but as a possible way to gain even more money from TOR. Seriously, there's a nigh infinite number of races in SW universe that could be added this way. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support this coming from an AAA title with EA's financial backing, but those big honchos in BW and LA would have to be stupid to not even considers this, especially now that STO has already broken the ice by selling new races in DLCs.
I'm pretty sure that there will be DLC races. Especially since race doesn't seem to matter as the story is tied into your class.
There will be other DLCs also. Anyone who doubts it just has to look at Bioware's two latest games.
Great thread please stay on topic , your trolling attempts are just pathetic. reported.
I honestly don't see that as a trolling attempt, but as a possible way to gain even more money from TOR. Seriously, there's a nigh infinite number of races in SW universe that could be added this way. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support this coming from an AAA title with EA's financial backing, but those big honchos in BW and LA would have to be stupid to not even considers this, especially now that STO has already broken the ice by selling new races in DLCs.
I'm pretty sure that there will be DLC races. Especially since race doesn't seem to matter as the story is tied into your class.
There will be other DLCs also. Anyone who doubts it just has to look at Bioware's two latest games.
Oh yea, and that will probably be the extent of the MT system. Which is fine. As long as the DLC doesn't effect game balance its fine with me to have it in as an MT type system to supplement BW money making. Also as long as story content is either released in full expansion or as free updates.
Some races I am pretty sure will be in: Human, Twi'lek, Torguta, and Kel Dor. And honestly as long as those four are in it will satisfy the majority of Star Wars fans, obviously we could/would like to see many many more races so that way there is a deep diversity. But those 4 are required for play IMO.
I have to admit I'm a little bit perplexed right now... why Rattataki? Is there something special about them that I'm missing or are they a clear marketing choice because of Ventress and her role in The Clone Wars cartoon? Other than that, they seem like a very bland almost-human race.
Its exactly that. The game's style is already reminiscent of the Clone Wars series, so why not? Ventress is the most well known of her race (I just thought she was a human, but fcked up...), and I'm sure there are at least a few thinking along the lines of "I'd love to play as her!".
Me honestly? I'm just hoping for Darth Maul's race to be in.
And if there are racial abilities in this game, and one race is the Mon Calamari, I swear to god there better be a racial called "It's a trap!", passive or active, that can detect traps.
Is this what the mmorpg.com had descended to? Fanboi wishlists? This used to be the go-to site for real journalism about real news in the gaming industry and then real discussions that didn't get closed down just because they criticised a game in which the Community Manager was emotionally invested.
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Im not a major star wars fan, i dont know the lore dont know any of the races by name. But what i do know is i liked Kotor, and i like bioware, so ill play this.
My thoughts on the race issue is this, every race that fits the lore should be playable, if they are capable of playing any of the 8 classes from a lore stand point it should be a playable race, anything short of that is just lazy.
Quotations Those Who make peaceful resolutions impossible, make violent resolutions inevitable. John F. Kennedy
Life... is the shit that happens while you wait for moments that never come - Lester Freeman
Lie to no one. If there 's somebody close to you, you'll ruin it with a lie. If they're a stranger, who the fuck are they you gotta lie to them? - Willy Nelson
Are the developers of the game trying to have too many playable races? Are all of the races even playable in that one race may not have been develped as fully by the developers as another race?
I want to be a droid. IG-88 is my favorite SW character.
I don't even believe in Jeebus.
I hate it when an MMO makes "races" that are more or less human character models. It's like.. what's the point. ugh.
Ugh! Devaronians!? They showed up because at the time of the first movie they needed more character masks for the Cantina scene. Some yahoo saw the devil mask at the EFX guys place and told them to bring it. The more cognizant of the production crew did facepalms.
Every major change in body structure requires a complete work up of movements, costumes, equipment, etc. So 'human-alikes' will be the main blueprint. Given the time they've got for the development, hopefully there will be some serious variations off this, but it is not a given.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
A few alien races to keep out of the game
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I hope that there will be Nautolan's as playable race in SW:ToR.
Someone said "what about Mandalorians", Mandalorians are not a race. The first Mandalorians were Taung, so they could be a race. But for mandalorians, as copy pasted from SW wiki: The Mandalorians—known in Mando'a as the Mando'ade, or "Children of Mandalore"—were a nomadic group of clan-based people consisting of members from multiple species, bound by a common culture.
Would be awesome if Mandalorians were the third faction tho'.
“every MMO needs catgirls, come on!” – I can see some serious thought has been put into this article, meow.
“we think they'd be a great fir.” – I think that was meant to be ‘fit’, do check your spelling. In this ‘instance’ I will resist making a pun about fit cat girls.
The standard best known races Wookies etc are fine by me, at least it looks as if they are going to have quite a selection.
Qute a selection of humans with different skin colours.
Apparently - there won't be Wookiee player characters.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
A falleen was already seen as a companion character, so it could very well be possible...
I think for the rest, they're mostly going to pick races that are possible for both voice acting, certain scenes and for wearing armour.
So basically not too large / small, able to speak normally, humanoid, not too many strange appendages, able to wear armour...
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
I so much wished they added the Miralukas! That's my favorite Star Wars race!
Im going to agree with others, my fear looks more and more like a reality, nothing more than human's with different color's and tatoo's or marking's. Now that Bioware is in bed with EA, I have zero hope for this game(especially seeing the information they are giving us). I used to have high hopes and faith that this game would be good, now=zero, all my faith is gone and I no longer trust Bioware because they got in bed with EA. We all know that once Mythic got in bed with em, they rushed out WAR and not only killed any hopes of that game, but also killed Mythic. Seriously what is the point of calling it Star Wars if all you get for playable races is human's no matter what you call them! For that matter, why call it a MMORPG for that very same reason, the whole point of a MMORPG is 'choices', I want to be able to choose what I do and where I go when I want to go. And it looks like they are taking all that away with this game /sigh. Hopefully this won't be a reality and they will give us something worth being Star Wars, but like I said, my hope is gone
I never like it when people called games WoW clones, but if the term was to ever fit any game released it is this one!
Was going to say skimped over Twi'lek (the second most populace race in the galaxy), Torguta, KelDor, Nautalon, Mandalorian, Bothan, Wookiee, Rodian, Trandoshan, Noghri (not very likely), Zeltron, and many other more favorable races for play.
I honestly don't see that as a trolling attempt, but as a possible way to gain even more money from TOR. Seriously, there's a nigh infinite number of races in SW universe that could be added this way. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support this coming from an AAA title with EA's financial backing, but those big honchos in BW and LA would have to be stupid to not even considers this, especially now that STO has already broken the ice by selling new races in DLCs.
After reading your post my will is slowly being drained from me as well. It is nice to see the positive off topic posts starting to appear. It i at this point that I think nice post from the OP but ,,, the Topic has now been derailed. By people who seem so utterly depressed and negative threads.
All my experiences with BioWare products has been excelent no reason to think any differently here. Keep up the hating , just one tip ity is bad for your health find a hobby that doesn't create so much hate.
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Sorcery must persist, the future is the Citadel
I'm pretty sure that there will be DLC races. Especially since race doesn't seem to matter as the story is tied into your class.
There will be other DLCs also. Anyone who doubts it just has to look at Bioware's two latest games.
Oh yea, and that will probably be the extent of the MT system. Which is fine. As long as the DLC doesn't effect game balance its fine with me to have it in as an MT type system to supplement BW money making. Also as long as story content is either released in full expansion or as free updates.
Some races I am pretty sure will be in: Human, Twi'lek, Torguta, and Kel Dor. And honestly as long as those four are in it will satisfy the majority of Star Wars fans, obviously we could/would like to see many many more races so that way there is a deep diversity. But those 4 are required for play IMO.
The first thing that comes to mind, for me, is that it'd be cool to make an Iridonian character. I mean, come on! Who can forget Darth Maul?
Its exactly that. The game's style is already reminiscent of the Clone Wars series, so why not? Ventress is the most well known of her race (I just thought she was a human, but fcked up...), and I'm sure there are at least a few thinking along the lines of "I'd love to play as her!".
Me honestly? I'm just hoping for Darth Maul's race to be in.
And if there are racial abilities in this game, and one race is the Mon Calamari, I swear to god there better be a racial called "It's a trap!", passive or active, that can detect traps.
I wanted to be a hutt jedi, thought it would be cool doing flips and smaking people with my tail.
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As far as the wolf-like species go, Shistaven would make a far better choice than the Defel. But that's just my opinion.
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Really hoping for the Kubaz, personally.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kubaz