The fatal flaw of Star Wars TOR

[reggaerae]

Yeah, because WoW has shown us that EVERYONE plays the bad guys... Oh wait...

True dat.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

The fatal flaw of TOR is that it's an MMO and not KotOR 3.
But that's just my opinion.

Hey, they can still make KOTOR 3 TOR does not interfear with KOTOR's timeline.
We can hope.

 

[Jandau]

Actually, I doubt that we'll see a ton of Jedi. If anything the non-Force users have been given quite a lot of exposure and I think that Bounty Hunter could rival Jedi as most popular Republic class.

I just hope that the Sith wouldn't share the Alliance's fate. I am oh só sick of constantly getting my asses whooped by the Horde in pretty much any Battleground. A fair fight is so much more fun dammit!

You WILL see a ton of Jedi, when the children flock in. It's all well and good now, when the polls are filled out by the forum goers. But I'm sure Blizz did simmilar polls for WoW and I doubt that many of them shoed a massive amount of Night Elf Hunters...

Also, the Bounty Hunter is a Sith non-force class if I'm not mistaken, hence my comment about Sith getting a better class spread. The other non-force Sith class is the Imperial Agent, who's a freaking SNIPER. People love those.

The Republic non-force classes are Generic Clone Trooper Guy (I know they're not clones, but they have almost the same outfit) and Guy in Jacket With Pistol. Yeah, Snipers and Flamethrowers VS Blaster Pistol, I can see people are going to LOVE Republic. I know there will be Smugglers and Troopers, but we're talking big numbers and mass appeal here...

And the Sith won't share the Alliance's fate. It'll either be like Warhammer Online, or the Sith will be the Horde.

 

[Cowabungaa]

You're reading into it wrong. I don't think they are insinuating that they have less funds, but that they simply don't hire bounty hunters as often.

Why hire a bunch of bounty hunters that won't work well inside your chain of command when you could spend that money on training another division of soldiers or a couple space fighters. That's not even accounting for the government bureaucracy that would surround you not spending that money on already sanctioned contracts. The Sith on the other probably have more available income and the need to quickly bolster their ranks.

Hmm, I suppose that could work. Come to think of it, the high and mighty Republic might severely disapprove of the Bounty Hunter's grim way of doing 'business' and reckon themselves being above it. But the Empire, while hating the Bounty Hunter's independence, just needs to get the job done no matter how dirty he/she does it.

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Oops! I meant the Smuggler, not the Bounty Hunter. I'd reckon especially the kids would like him, or at least the people with only a superficial knowledge of the Star Wars universe. I mean, you can choose between this guy:

and this guy:

That's usually what your average Star Wars viewer first thinks of when being faced with this choice. (or even more dull, Obi Wan) Sure Jedis have lightsabers, but the rest of their image (to the casual observer, heck maybe even for the more advanced observer) is not exactly woopydee-doo. The Republic/Rebel Alliance/Good Guys side in Star Wars has always suffered from a massive image problem, despite Ford's best efforts.

On a completely unrelated matter, I'll probably be playing as a Sith Inquisitor. Tremble under my Force Lightning, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You're basically playing the Emperor without looking and sounding like a dirty pedophile. Bounty Hunter is still oh so very alluring though.

 

[CosmicCommander]

Let's face it, everyone is going to be Sith. We can either embrace this fact or fight a losing battle.

I'm gonna play as a Jedi Consular.

Sorry, your hypothesis is false, seeing as I am part of everyone, and I'm not going Sith.

 

[Ghostkai]

For the Republic!!

Thats right, kill the traitors and usurpers!

Jedi Knight baby.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Thats right, kill the traitors and usurpers!

Yes! Burn the heretics, purge the unclean! FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

...

Oh, sorry, wrong sci-fi universe. Yeah you really make the Jedi sound like they're SW's Space Marines. Sadly they're monks spending 90% of their time negotiating and playing Judge Judy. What makes people love Jedi so much?

 

[Clockwork Scarecrow.]

Sith Knight or Bounty Hunter.
The real problem in everyone going for Jedi Knight or Sith Knight.

 

[tehroc]

At the end of the day, Bioware is doing what matters most to balance the two sides -- making interesting classes on both factions.

That's not what I've seen, the bounty hunter looks way cooler then the trooper. The smuggler looks like a cheap Han Solo knockoff, at least the imperial agent looks to be an original idea. Force lightning is easily going to be more popular then buffs that the jedi would get.

Oddly enough out of all the people I know that plays Bioware games every single one them plays darkside. I don't know anyone who played paragon in either Mass Effect and I'm the only one of my friends who played KOTOR as light.

 

[ShadowKatt]

Unlikely. Plenty of people acually prefer being the good guy. Plus there ARE people who would rather be a bounty hunter.

Bounty Hunters are Sith, just saying.

Bounty Hunters are NOT sith. They aren't even force sensitve(Normally, there have been exceptions). Just because they've been in the siths employ before doesn't make them apart, it just means they took the job offered.

/nerdrage

 

[Quaxar]

Yeah you really make the Jedi sound like they're SW's Space Marines. Sadly they're monks spending 90% of their time negotiating and playing Judge Judy. What makes people love Jedi so much?

Lightsabers and Force powers?

I will definitely support the Republic. Jedi or Trooper, haven't decided yet, but I'm completely pro-Republic.

 

[randomrob]

I would be a Jedi. I don't like how to be a sith in the old republic games you had to go around being a complete and total arsehole to everyone you met.

 

[WraithPrince]

You people do realize theirs a light/dark side choice system? so you can be a badass jedi who kills people without batting a eyelash or a sith who saves kittens from trees.

I'll be rolling Imperial Agent

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

*cough**cough*BULLSHIT*cough*

The only way I would play a Sith is if I made him as a tragic character with a story arc and pretty much making him a dynamic character. I'm pretty sure Bioware said a while back that we could start off as Sith but use the morality meter to change our standing in the universe, visa versa with Jedi, though I'm not sure whether they will hold true to that idea...

 

[CJ1145]

Let's face it, everyone is going to be Sith. We can either embrace this fact or fight a losing battle.

My personal plan to stop all the Sith roleplay will be my char Darth Fluffykittens.

Nope. Plenty of people on TOR forums are going to be Light Side. Your fatal flaw is not a flaw, nor fatal. It's just stupid.

 

[Keava]

Oh, sorry, wrong sci-fi universe. Yeah you really make the Jedi sound like they're SW's Space Marines. Sadly they're monks spending 90% of their time negotiating and playing Judge Judy. What makes people love Jedi so much?

I love playing support role. I always play healers/semi-healers/buffers in MMOs. I never enjoyed playing purely offensive caster classes with exception of shadow spec for my priest in vanilla/TBC WoW, but it still was more of support role rather than pure all out DPS caster. In AoC i played for a year as a Baer Shaman, enjoying the mix of heal and melee dps, in WAR i was Disciple of Khaine. Jedi Consular seems like a good choice for my preferred play style.
Also, monks are always somehow interesting to masses. Blame the martial arts movies for creating such image.

 

[Ghostkai]

Thats right, kill the traitors and usurpers!

Yes! Burn the heretics, purge the unclean! FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

...

Oh, sorry, wrong sci-fi universe. Yeah you really make the Jedi sound like they're SW's Space Marines. Sadly they're monks spending 90% of their time negotiating and playing Judge Judy. What makes people love Jedi so much?

Actually, I just love the republic.

Jedi just come along for the ride.

 

[wolf thing]

nope im playing republic trooper

FOR THE REPUBLIC

 

[Cowabungaa]

Lightsabers and Force powers?

I will definitely support the Republic. Jedi or Trooper, haven't decided yet, but I'm completely pro-Republic.

The Sith have those too but they don't have to prance about and settle disagreements between farmers, or walk around in dull brown robes. They can just smite stuff.

Also, monks are always somehow interesting to masses. Blame the martial arts movies for creating such image.

Y'know, George Lucas really could've picked more from the badassness of, say, Shaolin monks who are indeed awesome as fuck. I mean he obviously got some inspiration there, but somehow he didn't manage to capture their essence.

Actually, I just love the republic.

Jedi just come along for the ride.

The Republic eh? Can't say I delved much into them really, what makes them so awesome?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I'm personally going to be a Bounty Hunter or Trooper if I ever play it, so your point is void. But yes, certain classes are to become more popular than others. Bounty Hunters, Sith Warriors and Jedi Knights are going to be ridiculously over played while the Imperial Agent and Trooper are going to get next to no love.