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The Old Republic = WOW with Lightsabers
Faelsun
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http://www.massively.com/2010/06/15/massivelys-exclusive-swtor-interview-starships-pvp-and-craft/
From the interview the only things the Devs seem exited about are how much work they have put into copying WOW systems, like the PUG system, Raiding, Gear/Loot progression. But everything Star Wars fans care about, and not raid looters from guilds like Ensidia are either an afterthought or thrown out the window completely.
Like the WOW clone crafting system (worst crafting system EVER).
Space ships apparently will be Instanced..... I have a feeling you can say NO to space battles, they will be more like mini games in Facebook.... maybe you can cook while you're in there.
And given the attitude on the official forums , which are almost dead now BTW, most of the Star Wars fan base has given up hope on this thing.
On top of what looks like a horribly bad PVP system, which caters to an autotarget anti ganking style of play, won't win much clout with heavy PVP guilds. I doubt the Goons or any other large PVP guild will put any kind of large investment into this game.Thats the same kind of bad development that killed Everquest. I dont know if anyone has noticed but WOW clones have bitten the dust hard the last few years, no reason to think this wow clone is special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXOEg-CuoRU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTdaQbkE-0&feature=related
I mean honestly the combat looks the same or worse than Everquest, two guys standing right in front of each other hoping Your autotargeted attack kills him before you die. The way they explain ranged targeting you pretty well dont have to aim, its more like firing a smart missile.. and I am sure it's the same for melee. Which means on top of loot progression which the game will be built around, the bad dynamics of PVP in the game mean that its going to be a slog fest between GEAR. Which means the PVP skill level of this game is going to be Garbage.
Also PVP will more than likely from what they said and what you see, be confined to Warzones, so basically they have Made WOW WOTLK in space with Age of Shadows Rules.
Great............
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Get back in your cage...
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Get out of your box already...
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Cataclysms space combat looks sick.
...oh wait.
Yes. As the above poster said, get back in your cage.
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OH you guys.
Those subjects have been done to death in the weeks after the news and videos were released. Look the threads and discussions about it up if you're interested.
If the OP wasn't meant as a troll post, then the only thing left to say is that you don't have to play SW TOR if you're so convinced that it'll be nothing more than WoW in a scifi coating.
Other people are less prejudiced and unbiased and they'll just wait for more info to be released, also keeping in mind the statements of the devs that point towards SW TOR being and doing its own thing, different from WoW or other MMO's.
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The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
Isn't there already a thread with almost this exact same title? Did the search button break?
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I've scoured all the interviews and press releases about this game and not once do they mention cheese.This leads me to the conclusion that there will be no cheese at all in Star Wars The Old Republic because the voice acting costs used up all the budget that could have better been spent on adding cheese. Cheese lovers should avoid this game at all costs. So should everyone else as MMORPGs without cheese involved are made of fail.
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I also find TOR to be a little uninspiring, and the combat videos did remind me of the experiences I've had with World of Warcraft, Warhammer, and Everquest 2. That being said, I love Star Wars, and any group of people marketing a game with this lable is going to get my attention. As long as my shit-beast computer can run it, I'll probably be playing, whether or not I've found everything released thus far to be "more of the same", which is what I'd bet they're counting on (for return of revenue).
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Sorry OP, but you should learn something about the game before you post. This topic is not that big anymore. Most people that have been researching a bit have seen that nothing of what you say is true. Good luck with the hate posts.
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Wow with lightsabers and a story.
The big difference between the games is that TOR will have an actual well written story where there are choices and they actually matters.
You should not expect a ground breaking game in many other ways however, this is a game for most of the MMO players, just like Wow. Bioware is aiming for a lot of players and odder games rarely get that. Besides is EA betting too much money on the game to allow too much risk taking.
Not everyone will like it, but that wont happen anyways. There are other games in development that are aiming for the rest of the MMO fans, my guess is that most of the players will end up in TOR, GW2 and WoDO. TOR for the ex Wow players, GW2 for the people who like PvP or want something new and WoDO for the sandbox fans.
But that is as it should be, better to have a few games that aim for the right kind of players than a single large one that tries to be everything, those kinds of games never deliver as good as a game made specifically for one kind of players.
So I don't see the problem here. I will try out TOR myself but right now it looks more like I will end up in GW2 or possibly WoDO (or maybe TERA for that matter). If you hate Wow and want something tougher, just go for one of the other games.
I, too, had very high hopes. I don't plan on buying the game, anymore, though. GW2 sounds like the game of the future. TOR sounds like a game from 6 years ago.
I wonder if Tor will be the last mmo made for the Star Wars Universe or will that hinge on how well Tor does. Granted if someone did deside to make another one it would be ten years down the road.
Looks like your stuck with this one...for good or bad.
I'm gonna cast my vote as good...or good enough that is.
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Offical forums dead? You sure your going to the right website? If you don't like it fair enough but don't try and force your opinion down peoples throats.
You might be on to something there.
Fael why do you goad people with stupid topics when your name is so easily exploitable? It's gotta be intentional.
Fail, son.
I wont' concede that this game actually is nothing but WoW with lightsabers... but for the sake of argument, what if it is?
We get WoW with a better graphics engine, new classes, new races, multiple planets, epic story arcs, space combat, voice acting, AND lightsabers! Bring it on!
We will make something clear. SWTOR and WoW are both MMORPGs so they will obviously share some ideas, because it's the same genre of a game.
But, the lore, the game play, the goals, how to achieve something, the planets, the maps, the weapon, the gear, the fact there's no Elves, Orcs, etc, the classes, the races, etc. ARE VERY DIFFERENT... So it's not WoW, it's not EQ2... It's fucking SWTOR an MMORPG...
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OP, can you fill us in on The Secret World as well, since you must be some kind of time traveller who gets to play games that haven't hit beta yet, let alone been released.
My beef with TOR is the fact Bioware took the easy way and contracted Heroes Journeys graphic engine instead of designing one. With the budget this game has, and the past games Bioware has designed, that fact is quite a shame. I bet they spent more on voice acting.
I also hate it's kiddie cartoony graphics. Yuk. I never played WoW for that, and I most likely will pass on TOR. No offense ment to anyone who enjoys that style, just not my flavor.
WoW with lightsabers? maybe, maybe not.
I haven't played the game yet and from the videos i've seen it doesn't look like its "WoW with Lightsabers".
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Waiting on: GW2, BP
So they should just spend an extra 50 million and take an extra 2 years to put out a game, all while repeating work that has already been done?
Do you also criticize everyone who has licensed the Unreal engine?