Escapist Podcast: Bonus: Star Wars: The Old Republic 3

[Spankable]

big fan of SW:TOR & i love how much time & effort the Escapist has put into the built up, launch & ongoing game. THANKS!

...but I must make 2 point about these great podcasts, I understand your busy guys & don't have a lot of time to dedicate to this, but your clearly not far into the game atm, "i've just got my second companion", about level 15, so its a bit harsh to right off the space combat as too easy.

1st). The space combat is atm a 3-7 minute mini game & a nice refreshing change between the 3-8hr world campaigns. Sure I'd like a more in-depth system, but at launch its clearly a add-on to a "wow-like game" rather than a "EVE-like game".

2nd). The space combat is incredibly difficult later on, my ship has the best possible gear & medallion items, but i'm failing 5/6 times on the final 2 missons. so its my choice, a fun & easy level 32-36 which it may get hairy but i'll win 5/6 times or a true challenge.

I must say I played X-wing, tiefighter, WC ect, but not a lot recently, but for me the difficulty is spot on. I hope to see an expansion to this aspect later on, but for a non-core aspect of such a massive game, I like this 1st effort.

when you get to the final missions, please update us if you still think they are easy. It'll kill my pride, but i'll survive.

I'm a bit above everyone else, mid 40's, and as I mentioned I finally hit a mission that actually killed me. But it was only a simple matter of updating my starship's equipment and I was lazily blasting my way through them again. Once you get the power converter it all becomes easy street as you ship has so much armor that loosing shield recharge rate for increased firepower is practically without penalty.

I do apologise, i did know you had been beaten once, but didn't mention it.

I guess I'm just rusty at modern space combat games, there are moments in Kalee Fortification & Impossible Sector where i can go from full health & shields to dead inside 10 seconds without Medallion upgrades. It must be my fail.

guess i'll have to get skill & tactics leasons off my kin/guild before they upgrade the system in SW:TOR.

 

[ZenoX969]

Oh, the Jedi Knight story is really good. I don't want to spoil too much but lets just say that you're constantly saving the galaxy from certain destruction. Tython is just the prologue, your Jedi Training. It's a pretty slow start, but it really picks up in Act 1.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I just can't believe you kill HK-47 D:

Also I've found that for th sith inquisitor the moral choices actually make sence in reguards to choosing the dark side option and that it's not just evil to be evil.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I just can't believe you kill HK-47 D:

Also I've found that for th sith inquisitor the moral choices actually make sence in reguards to choosing the dark side option and that it's not just evil to be evil.

Not only that, but I found it much easier to play a Light Side Sith Inquisitor than many of the other force user classes. A Dark Side Jedi is hard to reconsile, and a Light Side Sith is also hard to justify, but the Inqusitor is a slave, and her only way out is to join the Sith order, regardless of how she feels about their philosophy. All in all, the morality of the Sith classes are more nuanced than it first appears, while I find the Jedi to be very rigidly boring so far.
Only Light side choices really makes sense for the kind of person who would advance far in the current Jedi Order. My concepts for Dark Side Jedi all fall through when I play the story.

Well that kinda sucks, I think with the history of sith and jedi, for past games alone, just makes it quite hard to change them from the roles they are customarily in. After all in every past story when a jedi does evil things he is ment to become a sith. That's why saddly being the opposite morallity to the faction is hard unless your niether a jedi knight or sith warrior. Such as the agents and bounty hunters.

The other thing that is odd but still kinda works is the smuggle where to be good you main dump most of the cargo your ment to transport, which while makes sence would mean that he would make a very good living.

Also the reason I made my Sith Inquisitor Evil is because finally being freed from being a slave he is able to takeout all the pain that was caused to him on other, although I have to admitt one of the main reasons for this is Khem.