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keg in kc · 12:12 PM

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

Pants · 02-09-2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Huffmeister

Yeah, I had to turn my settings all down to low, too. The nice thing is that the game still looks very, very good on the lowest settings.

I need to do that and see how smoother the PvP becomes. I played a fun game of Huttball last night but it was kind of laggy (seems to always do that in PvP). Our team won (my first win ever) and I even managed to score once. It was hella fun. I still get a little frazzled and don't utilize some of my [very crucial] skills when they're needed, but I'm sure I'll get better as I do it.

Setsuna · 02-09-2012, 10:38 AM

It said character doesn't exist

Pants · 02-09-2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

It said character doesn't exist

I meant tonight when I'm on, lol, my bad. I'm at work right now.

I should be on around 8 or 9 CST.

ModSocks · 02-09-2012, 12:08 PM

WoW Mutha****a!

Pants · 02-09-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

WoW Mutha****a!

That game has jumped the shark a long time ago, IMO.

keg in kc · 02-09-2012, 01:09 PM

Play all the wow you want. Enjoy pandas and pokemon to your heart's content.

Huffmeister · 02-09-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

WoW Mutha****a!

Oh yeah, I need to cancel my subscription. Thanks for the reminder!

ModSocks · 02-09-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Pants

That game has jumped the shark a long time ago, IMO.

Meh. I just picked it back up after a 6 year hiatus and I'm having plenty of fun with it.

What I find funny is how much hate the game draws.

I've never seen so many people hate on a video game. I just don't understand it.

ModSocks · 02-09-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Play all the wow you want. Enjoy pandas and pokemon to your heart's content.

Yeah, Panda's and Pokemon do seem pretty lame, however I'll wait till the expansion actually comes out before I judge it.

keg in kc · 02-09-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

Meh. I just picked it back up after a 6 year hiatus and I'm having plenty of fun with it.

What I find funny is how much hate the game draws.

I've never seen so many people hate on a video game. I just don't understand it.

Well, in this case, that should be pretty self explanatory. Cause you just came into the middle of a SWTOR thread and said "WoW Mutha****a!"

I don't hate it so much as I just don't care about it. The panda shot was fun, though.

ModSocks · 02-09-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Well, in this case, that should be pretty self explanatory. Cause you just came into the middle of a SWTOR thread and said "WoW Mutha****a!"

I don't hate it so much as I just don't care about it. The panda shot was fun, though.

I'm not talking about you guys or this thread for that matter.

I'm just talking about a lot of people in general. Any time i tell someone I've pick up WoW again they start hating.

I just dont get it.

And I mentioned WoW in this thread because I couldnt find a WoW Thread and figured this would be a good place to figure out the differences between the 2.

I was hesitant to jump from DAoC to WoW back in the day, but am glad i did. I want to be able to jump into something else if something better comes along. However, I have yet to find any reviews online that would call SWTOR "better"....just different.

From what I've read, SWTOR just isn't developed enough yet.

Pants · 02-09-2012, 03:17 PM

WoW is an incredible feat of creation, IMO. It's probably in the top 3 games of all time for me. There's no hate towards that game from me, but it was just becoming too much when I quit. I still have very fond memories from the time I played it.

Pants · 02-09-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

From what I've read, SWTOR just isn't developed enough yet.

SWOTR is leaps and bounds better than vanilla WoW was (in terms of development).

keg in kc · 02-09-2012, 03:22 PM

I think most of the negatives you'd read about TOR at this point come either from the no-lifers (like myself, I should point out) who played the game for 14-hours a day for two months and are now grumbling, or from the PvP-heavy players (I don't PvP much, but there are lots of problems there...). The game's really designed for the casual, I think more adult, bioware RPG fan market, and I think that audience (which includes me) loves it. It's exactly what they've always said that it was going to be, which is a story-focused game, soloable from 0 to the cap, with lots of opportunity to group on the way up and at 50.

For me, it's the best MMO I've ever played (and I've played a number of them). It's by far the best storytelling I've ever seen in an MMO. I have, to this point, mostly played it as a single-player experience because my guild is made up of older players with families and responsibilities, I'm way ahead of them all (about to hit my second 50; nobody else is even 45 yet) and I will not PUG. But when I have grouped, I've enjoyed that quite a bit as well.

They're on a pretty serious content schedule, they regularly patch, and to date, speaking only for myself, I've experienced zero meaningful game-breaking issues, stretching back all the way to my first beta weekend in September. So while I do understand that some people have had issues, I have no qualms at all about paying for the game in the state that it is right now.

I think people looking for a revolutionary game may have been disappointed. I think people - specifically people who like RPGs - looking for storytelling in an MMO have found this to be a revolutionary game in that regard. But at its core it's very much a traditional RPG. So I think people who've been playing WoW for 6 years, and who don't really in the end care all that much about stories or how they're told - may not fall in love with it, because it may seem too familiar. It all basically goes back to turn-based RPGs.

That's my take. I purchased the CE and signed up for a 6-month sub and I have zero regrets so far for either.

ModSocks · 02-09-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pants

WoW is an incredible feat of creation, IMO. It's probably in the top 3 games of all time for me. There's no hate towards that game from me, but it was just becoming too much when I quit. I still have very fond memories from the time I played it.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect too many from this thread to hate on a game like WoW, the hate generally comes from console players. I got into an argument with a friend about it the other day.

It basically ended with me telling him, "**** you, you play Zelda on a Wii and you wanna talk shit about WoW?"

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keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	I think most of the negatives you'd read about TOR at this point come either from the no-lifers (like myself, I should point out) who played the game for 14-hours a day for two months and are now grumbling, or from the PvP-heavy players (I don't PvP much, but there are lots of problems there...). The game's really designed for the casual, I think more adult, bioware RPG fan market, and I think that audience (which includes me) loves it. It's exactly what they've always said that it was going to be, which is a story-focused game, soloable from 0 to the cap, with lots of opportunity to group on the way up and at 50. For me, it's the best MMO I've ever played (and I've played a number of them). It's by far the best storytelling I've ever seen in an MMO. I have, to this point, mostly played it as a single-player experience because my guild is made up of older players with families and responsibilities, I'm way ahead of them all (about to hit my second 50; nobody else is even 45 yet) and I will not PUG. But when I have grouped, I've enjoyed that quite a bit as well. They're on a pretty serious content schedule, they regularly patch, and to date, speaking only for myself, I've experienced zero meaningful game-breaking issues, stretching back all the way to my first beta weekend in September. So while I do understand that some people have had issues, I have no qualms at all about paying for the game in the state that it is right now. I think people looking for a revolutionary game may have been disappointed. I think people - specifically people who like RPGs - looking for storytelling in an MMO have found this to be a revolutionary game in that regard. But at its core it's very much a traditional RPG. So I think people who've been playing WoW for 6 years, and who don't really in the end care all that much about stories or how they're told - may not fall in love with it, because it may seem too familiar. It all basically goes back to turn-based RPGs. That's my take. I purchased the CE and signed up for a 6-month sub and I have zero regrets so far for either.
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