Star Wars: The Old Republic

[keg in kc]

Don't believe there's a dedicated thread, and since they're starting to release information now, I figure it's time for one.

[keg in kc]

They're already being shipped in some places in Europe.

[keg in kc]

One of the many reasons i love bioware. Never have I seen customer service like this rofl:

[Huffmeister]

So what class is everyone going to start with?

My first choice was Jedi Knight, but then I realized that there were going to be a zillion JKs at launch, so I thought about rolling a Consular or Trooper. Then I thought, "No, if I want to play a JK, then that's what I should play."

[Pants]

JK, man. Who cares how many of them are running around.

Dual-wielding DPS machine is my plan.

[keg in kc]

It depends on when my friends get in. I'm hoping I get in monday (July 21st pre-order code entry date...). If my guildmates get in at the same time, then I'm starting my consular and smuggler that day, those being my main and my primary alt. If I get in a day before them, then I'm starting my knight and trooper.

[keg in kc]

Huh. Didn't know about this:

Naming Policy

When creating a character or guild name for Star Wars: The Old Republic, it is encouraged that you select a name that reflects the theme of the game. The guidelines listed below outline the types of names that you can NOT use, and apply to both player or character names, as well as guild names.

You may not use any names that violate the General Rules. This includes the use of names that are hateful, defamatory, racist, ethnically offensive, obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, or any other language that is offensive in nature.

You may not use names that are harassing or defamatory to other players or employees of EA, BioWare or LucasArts, e.g. EASUX, Timsreeruned, and Biowaresux.

You may not use names of any EA, BioWare, or LucasArts employee or service related to Star Wars: The Old Republic.

You may not use names of copyrighted or trademarked characters, materials or products, e.g. Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper.

You may not use names from popular culture or media, e.g. Lady Gaga or George Lucas.

You may not use names that are religiously or historically significant, e.g. Jesus, Winston Churchill.

You may not use proper names of areas within Star Wars for character names. Guild names, however, MAY use the proper names of specific areas to help promote role-playing and realm pride, e.g. Defenders of Tython or Protectors of Hutta.

You may not use proper names of non-player characters within Star Wars: The Old Republic, e.g. Darth Malgus, Satele Shan, Yoda, Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker.

You may not use names containing titles or ranks within them, e.g. General Supertrooper, Captain Tim, Darth Timmy, Knight Wakey.

You may not use names that refer to drugs or that are drug related.

You may not use names that contain an inappropriate phrase, sentence or any fragment of a sentence or Leet speak, e.g. uberhaxer, xxspeederxx, lolface, rofl, Noobwhacker, TimmyF**k, kock, fuk.

You may not use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules, e.g. Hamsolo, Yooda, DorthVader.

You may not use gibberish names when creating character, e.g. ajsdu, rifndsw, qweszs.

[kcxiv]

i should have preordered early, oh well, its just a few more days. The Street Fighter balance update comes out next tuesday, so i guess ill be fine til the 20th. SITH FOREVER!

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Huh. Didn't know about this:

lol, im probably not going to be able to use my patent kcxiv, but ill be able to use my Corizz. Maybe ill take on kcxiv as a sur name and hope i dont get hated on by some random person snitching on me.

[Huffmeister]

Damn. There goes my plans for Darth Kock.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Huffmeister

Damn. There goes my plans for Darth Kock.

That probably didn't sound the same out loud as it did in your head. These plans you had for darth kock.

[Pants]

How will we know the date we're eligible to play? Email?

[keg in kc]

Yes, and you probably won't get it until that day, because they're going to be tuning the numbers as they go along.

Seems like a strange way to do it, but they're likely dealing with unprecedented numbers for a title's launch. Some estimates go as high as 3 million. And they pretty much have to get it right. No second chance at a first impression.

[kcxiv]

Its going to be one big cluster**** is what its going to be. I think eventually theyll just open it up to everyone after a few days. Well everyone with a pre order. At least i would think.

[jspchief]

I'll be ordering tomorrow.

The class imbalance in WoW has reached a point that I can no longer ignore. If I'm going to endure design flaws, it might as well be in a game that's learning the ropes rather than one that still can't get it right after 7 years.

I'm thinking ill go with a smuggler or trooper. A non-force class just to be a little different. I'm probably more Empire at heart, but will likely roll republic in hopes of hooking up with the right 53.

[keg in kc]

I think the other benefit to playing a smuggler or a trooper is that there will be an overwhelming number of Jedi. And, for me at least, there's always sort of a cool feeling in being an underplayed class.

Really curious to see what the final friday update before people are playing for real will be.