Star Wars: The Old Republic Discussion

I used to play this game so much. Every now and then I get the desire to give it a go again but always end up resisting. If the ftp option wasn't so limited I'd still be playing on and off. When I ended I had 1 of each advanced class maxed out and a few extras just for alt story runs. Good times, still got some shots laying around, this was my fav assassin tank to run

I voted Story/Ops/Fashion Wars.
My primary purpose in the game is to play through the story. I make alts to do it all sorts of ways, and I'm actually kinda particularly on doing it the "right" way, too, for the most part. As in, the proper order, no SoR or KotFEET on new alts until I do all the class stuff, and even all the Dread Master (also done in the right order!) stuff, first. Only exceptions are Lost Island and the last Shroud mission, which it's too hard to get a team for.

Secondary is that I really like doing Story Mode Ops...in theory. In practice, PUGs are kinda unreliable and/or hard to find the right members for, and most guilds want to either use voice chat or move on to Veteran/Master modes, which take things too far towards the game being "work" rather than the kind of casual entertainment I'm interested in. But when a good group comes together, they're greatly entertaining.

I also voted "fashion wars" because, sort of connected to the story bit above, really, I've gotta get my characters and companions looking just right. Maybe it's the old CoH-er in me. I also lumped in with that Strongholds, because putting together my little virtual dollhouses is far more fun than it has any right to be.

Yeah, the whole clicking on your portrait thing to leave a group isn't very easy to find.  There are some really bad respawn times on certain heroic quests, combined with a lack of mobs.  It's a pita.

LOL @ getting stuck.  I get stuck at least once a log in.  Have you tried /stuck?  You could also try mounting/dismounting a vehicle, sitting, and of course quick travel.  I've gotten stuck in some of the dumbest places.  :sure:

The consular story Ch. 1 feels very slow to me, but it does get better after that. The knight starts out good and keeps going up.

Playing around with different classes is fun.

You just listed the reasons why I don't care for MP in general.  I'm playing this, but generally just doing the SP route.  One team up so far.  Not much interest in Flashpoint or PVP.  I have noticed what you're talking about with Force Leap.  People can't seem to notice that when they mobs turn from red to white that they're someone else's issue and you can freely ignore them.  Only instances I've interceded is when a player was running from the enemy (not up to the task of fighting them) or getting hammered and going to die.

One player was kind enough to revive me after I'd been defeated during a Heroic Mission that was too much for me.  That was nice and I'd do the same for someone else if I knew how.

A first result of "dumping down gameplay", happens in every game with Crowd Control classes eventually: at the beginning those classes are necessary and help a lot in any group run, and everyone knows better than breaking CC. Later, when more levels are added to the game, when first 50-60-whatever levels become a sleep walk even with no gear (as it is now in SWTOR) people simply forget about CC, about careful pulls, tactics and other smart play nonsense, and newbies never learn it.   

So far I've played a Jedi Consular, a Jedi Knight and now a Sith Sorcerer. The Sith is my favorite so far, which is contrary to my general feeling for game play where I like to be the good guy. Maybe it's the whole underdog thing where most everyone seems to be against him. Right now, I'm on Dromund Kaas. Some of the quests are on the tedious side and I can imagine my Sith character not caring to do side quests unless he thought it could advance his ranking.

Mine is an "alien" who started out as a slave. Having killed one Darth and raised my master to be his replacement, my obvious ambition is to replace HER. I don't think a LS Darth is possible.

Hard to say - LS choices feel soo satisfying when dealing with yet another Jedi. Sort of "manipulative trolling" - both funny and useful. DS is more "Kylo Ren" style, LS - closer to Emperor.
I normally play mix of both and never reach level 5 in any.

Darth Nice Guy. :lmfao:

Ha, yes. I can confirm both, having finally geared my main healer enough to attempt master FPs again. Dropped into Cademimu (sp?) a few nights ago with three dps on vet, including another agent (low 30s). They try to rush/sneak. I go along, because I'm an operative myself and can deal with that sort of thing. They get smacked down hard by trash when the non-stealth gets spotted. The other 70 ragequits. We get a replacement, make it to first boss, same thing. Now I'm almost full 236 gold set bonus, can normally heal this in my sleep and have gotten better by going through the master version, but I can't keep these noobs alive because they still insist on sneaking past mobs, dying to the next ones and then having to face the ones they skipped after (including two or three replacements that wonder in clueless). Finally I say no more sneaking, since you clearly can't handle it, we do this right. Level 30 op still tries to run past stuff on the way to the MGS elevator while the rest of us are fighting. Now I'm more tolerant and patient than your average pugger but you better believe I mashed that vote kick. The rest of the FP went swimmingly, with the three of us and a comp.

Light side Sith is nonsense and heresy. Prepare to be rectified.

Although I would clarify that I don't mean you should auto-mash every red option you see. BioWare does lack subtlety sometimes. The dark side isn't always "rawr I kill you dead babyeating". In fact the most successful Sith generally stray away from that until the right moments.

The non-Force classes on the other hand work best if you disregard the false dichotomy altogether (on both sides).

My agent is a diehard patriot but hates the Sith. She'll do what is necessary and won't even hesitate to kill a traitor or proven enemy of the Empire but she'll protect Imperial citizens and neutral (or even Republic) civilians with all she's got if doing so doesn't detract from her mission or hurts the Empire as a whole.

My BH is Mando, all about the credits, but once he takes a job, he never goes back on his contract. And I can't remember if I can actually exercise this choice or not, but some contracts he may not take depending on who and what.

My smuggler is out to get rich and have a good time, staying ahead of everyone, but when the chips are down it turns out the dice are weighted on actually doing the right thing. He's somewhere between Han Solo and Talon Karrde. But he's had some shit happen to him and so, those who actually betray him will find him dead serious when their time comes. Basically think Jack Sparrow shooting Barbossa in the first movie or this part in the third ("it's that sort of thinking that got us into this mess").

My trooper is quite probably mental, flipping between model and stereotypical sociopathic soldier in roughly equal halves. He was a joke character, but the flippant alternating ended up working really well. He's super patriotic and the Empire (and especially traitors) are a guaranteed berserk button but who's to say that's not all just an excuse to fire heavy ordnance at people?
 

I'm playing an imp Bounty Hunter right now. He's from that same race as Thrawn. He's ALL IN for the evil but not necessarily a fan of the Hutts. He's just using them to get what he wants and seems to get a kick out of shooting a guy in front of his kid. Similarly, my Inquisitor is more than happy to rig communications devices to explode around anyone, even when given the option to only kill soldiers in order to avoid killing kids.

The way it's currently working out, my imps are all going to be on Satele Shan and my pubs are all on Star Forge. It wasn't intentional but that's how it went down. Anyway, the first two imps are evil but I'm thinking they don't all have to be that way. Some could easily just be victims of circumstance. Same for the pubs where they could be greedy or arrogant jerks but who work for the Republic. I just haven't actually gotten around to it all get.

Most likely, I'm going to finish out my Knight class first, followed by Inquisitor, and go from there.