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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.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-11-2010, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yeah, let's keep the Chinese farmers where they are, please.

**Saulbadguy** · 10-12-2010, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yeah, let's keep the Chinese farmers where they are, please.

I loved encountering them in WoW. They had weird names, and sometimes all they would do is fish in the same spot for hours.

Pants · 10-12-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I loved encountering them in WoW. They had weird names, and sometimes all they would do is fish in the same spot for hours.

I hated them because I'd see a Thorium ore blip on my map (back when it was still valuable), ride up there and be about to click on the deposit only to see a goddamn night elf rogue with a ****ed up name appear out of nowhere and snatch it from me. **** YOU, FARMER! Happened with other things too. Eventually they had bots take over some of the tasks which actually presented some opportunities to have a good a laugh.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-12-2010, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

I hated them because I'd see a Thorium ore blip on my map (back when it was still valuable), ride up there and be about to click on the deposit only to see a goddamn night elf rogue with a ****ed up name appear out of nowhere and snatch it from me. **** YOU, FARMER! Happened with other things too. Eventually they had bots take over some of the tasks which actually presented some opportunities to have a good a laugh.

Geek Overload! Geek Overload!

Pants · 10-12-2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ROR

Geek Overload! Geek Overload!

****in-a dude, WoW was ****ing crack. For a short period that game ruled my life.

keg in kc · 10-15-2010, 02:00 PM

There is a fantastic new timeline video out today, on The Exar Kun War.

There is no way that Yavin IV is not in the game, this is at least two timeline videos in which it's been mentioned, and this timeline clearly sounds like a setup for end-game content for both Jedi and Sith.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-15-2010, 02:55 PM

Frickin' awesome. Those timelines and the web comic are my favorite part of the whole site.

The next timeline should be absolutlely boss. Expect more Revan.

keg in kc · 10-15-2010, 03:57 PM

They've already done the Revan timeline. They're going backwards sequentially with each one. The date for the next one is nearly a thousand years before the one they uploaded today. I don't think Revan or Malek were even born during the events of the Exar Kun War.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-15-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

They've already done the Revan timeline. They're going backwards sequentially with each one. The date for the next one is nearly a thousand years before the one they uploaded today. I don't think Revan or Malek were even born during the events of the Exar Kun War.

So, you think they're going to take this back to the First Great Schism, do you?

keg in kc · 10-15-2010, 07:27 PM

The remaining timeline videos are:

BTC (Before Treaty of Coruscant) 1,251 Resurrection of the Sith Empire: After fleeing into deep space, the remnants of the Sith Empire began rebuilding their civilization and plotting revenge.

BTC 1,341 The Great Hyperspace War: In a massive war, the Sith sought to destroy the Republic and kill the Jedi. Defeated, only a small number of Sith survived.

BTC 3,247 The First Dark Sith Lords on Korriban: Exiled Dark Jedi landed on Korriban and became rulers of the native Sith. They began expanding their Empire.

BTC 3,347 The 2nd Great Jedi Schism: When a small group of Jedi discovered greater power was available from the Force, a conflict arose and many Jedi were exiled.

BTC 21,300 The Jedi join the Republic: Though much remains unknown, sometime during this period, the Jedi swore loyalty to the Republic.

BTC 21,400 Founding of the Republic: The development of the hyperdrive expanded the known galaxy. To keep order, several star systems formed a democratic alliance.

BTC 22,130 The Jedi Order is Established: Peace-minded scholars and monks who survived the explosive Force war on Tython relocated and established the Jedi Order.

BTC 22,140 The Force War on Tython: Several Tythonian scholars began using their knowledge of the Force to pursue power. A conflict ensued which destroyed Tython.

BTC 32,800 Force "Discovered" on Tython: Philosophers and scientists from several star systems gathered on Tython to share mystical knowledge. The Force was discovered.

I'm hoping they either start to do more than one a month, or don't release all the videos before the game goes live, because 9 more vids would mean the game isn't out until at least July...

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-15-2010, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

The remaining timeline videos are:

BTC (Before Treaty of Coruscant) 1,251 Resurrection of the Sith Empire: After fleeing into deep space, the remnants of the Sith Empire began rebuilding their civilization and plotting revenge.

BTC 1,341 The Great Hyperspace War: In a massive war, the Sith sought to destroy the Republic and kill the Jedi. Defeated, only a small number of Sith survived.

BTC 3,247 The First Dark Sith Lords on Korriban: Exiled Dark Jedi landed on Korriban and became rulers of the native Sith. They began expanding their Empire.

BTC 3,347 The 2nd Great Jedi Schism: When a small group of Jedi discovered greater power was available from the Force, a conflict arose and many Jedi were exiled.

BTC 21,300 The Jedi join the Republic: Though much remains unknown, sometime during this period, the Jedi swore loyalty to the Republic.

BTC 21,400 Founding of the Republic: The development of the hyperdrive expanded the known galaxy. To keep order, several star systems formed a democratic alliance.

BTC 22,130 The Jedi Order is Established: Peace-minded scholars and monks who survived the explosive Force war on Tython relocated and established the Jedi Order.

BTC 22,140 The Force War on Tython: Several Tythonian scholars began using their knowledge of the Force to pursue power. A conflict ensued which destroyed Tython.

BTC 32,800 Force "Discovered" on Tython: Philosophers and scientists from several star systems gathered on Tython to share mystical knowledge. The Force was discovered.

I'm hoping they either start to do more than one a month, or don't release all the videos before the game goes live, because 9 more vids would mean the game isn't out until at least July...

First Great Schism Achieved! Good work. Where did you find this out?

keg in kc · 10-15-2010, 10:16 PM

You can click every point on the timeline for a description on swtor.com. It's been that way for over a year.

keg in kc · 10-30-2010, 02:58 AM

Huge update Friday. Info on the Imperial Agent. Looks incredibly cool.

keg in kc · 11-05-2010, 01:47 PM

Another big update this week. Warzones.

They've also this week released the very first information on the game's crafting system, at EA's winter showcase in London:

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The developers also presented an overview of The Old Republic's crafting system. BioWare announced they will use a Crew Skill crafting system, very similar to the one we speculated on in a recent podcast. Using their ship as a base of operations, players will be able to send their companions on crafting tasks, and particular companions excelling at specific duties.

This Crew Skill system will be divided into three majors groups: Gathering, Crafting, and Missions. We were given two examples for each major group: Gathering will be comprised of jobs like Bio Analysis and Slicing, Crafting includes Artificer and Bio Chem, and lastly Missions will involve activities such as Diplomacy and Treasure Hunting.

Companions utilizing Diplomacy can spread influence and change morality alignment points, while those seeking Treasure may find rare items based on a random number generator. The Bio Analysis example illustrated a logical dependence of gathered material to create a crafted item; using the skill on a dead creature produces components for use in creating stimpaks as a crafted item in Biochem. They also mentioned in passing that crafting would be a key part of their yet unannounced Auction House system.

In addition to the stimpak example, the presenters stated other crafted items include weapons, and when asked if this provided for creation of weapon modifications, Christine couldn't provide details but commented "it is a very robust system, and there are still some details that we haven't revealed yet which I know players are going to be excited about. I will just say there are some mechanics to it that will allow players who are more involved in crafting to really get deeply involved in crafting and be appropriately rewarded for it."

As mentioned above, specific companions will be better at certain mission types. For example, Vette, a pirate and companion to the Sith Warrior, will excel at Treasure Hunting. Your companions can also be given missions on the fly, and even while players are away from their ship. All of these crafting activities can be queued up and can continue when players are offline. We did see a screenshot of two companions on one ship performing crafting duties at the same time. However, it should be noted that we don't yet know if they are working on the same activity or separate ones.

"Only passive companions would assist in crafting," explained Christine. "Pretty much all your active companion can do while out adventuring with you crafting-related is gathering activities. Even though I can send them out on missions and gather items, when they are adventuring with me and I see a gathering node in the world, I can right click on that. Rather than my character going over to that node and performing that gathering action, you'll see what you saw in our screenshot today that the companion character performs that action."

Finally, these reveals appear to keep with BioWare's promise of maintaining an epic feeling throughout Star Wars: The Old Republic. They described Warzones as reminiscent of key events from the movies, where you are able to hear the captain of the capital ships relay messages and objectives, and the demonstration video echoed these statements. Also, the revealed crafting system Damion Schubert hinted at a few weeks ago allows player crafting without "Darth Vader picking flowers on the side of the road." BioWare and LucasArts saved some great reveals for this European event and we now have a good chunk of substantial information to digest... but, as always, our appetites hunger for more.

kcxiv · 11-05-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

****in-a dude, WoW was ****ing crack. For a short period that game ruled my life.

hehe, ya, it can get you easy. Everquest was way ****ing worse because that game was a huge ****ing timesink. I never got much into WoW, but let me tell you, EQ was ****ing brutal with rare spawns. lol

People like to talk shit, but MMo's can suck you up. Its always open 24/7. It doesnt care about your background. It doesnt care where you were born, as long as you werent a dick you were accepted. I remember in 2006 when i had issues with my legs and ic ouldnt do all that much but sit in a ****ing wheelchair for 7 months all i did really was physical therapy then back at the game for hours and hours. lol

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keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	There is a fantastic new timeline video out today, on The Exar Kun War. There is no way that Yavin IV is not in the game, this is at least two timeline videos in which it's been mentioned, and this timeline clearly sounds like a setup for end-game content for both Jedi and Sith.
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10-15-2010, 03:57 PM	#428
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	They've already done the Revan timeline. They're going backwards sequentially with each one. The date for the next one is nearly a thousand years before the one they uploaded today. I don't think Revan or Malek were even born during the events of the Exar Kun War.
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10-15-2010, 07:27 PM	#430
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	The remaining timeline videos are: BTC (Before Treaty of Coruscant) 1,251 Resurrection of the Sith Empire: After fleeing into deep space, the remnants of the Sith Empire began rebuilding their civilization and plotting revenge. BTC 1,341 The Great Hyperspace War: In a massive war, the Sith sought to destroy the Republic and kill the Jedi. Defeated, only a small number of Sith survived. BTC 3,247 The First Dark Sith Lords on Korriban: Exiled Dark Jedi landed on Korriban and became rulers of the native Sith. They began expanding their Empire. BTC 3,347 The 2nd Great Jedi Schism: When a small group of Jedi discovered greater power was available from the Force, a conflict arose and many Jedi were exiled. BTC 21,300 The Jedi join the Republic: Though much remains unknown, sometime during this period, the Jedi swore loyalty to the Republic. BTC 21,400 Founding of the Republic: The development of the hyperdrive expanded the known galaxy. To keep order, several star systems formed a democratic alliance. BTC 22,130 The Jedi Order is Established: Peace-minded scholars and monks who survived the explosive Force war on Tython relocated and established the Jedi Order. BTC 22,140 The Force War on Tython: Several Tythonian scholars began using their knowledge of the Force to pursue power. A conflict ensued which destroyed Tython. BTC 32,800 Force "Discovered" on Tython: Philosophers and scientists from several star systems gathered on Tython to share mystical knowledge. The Force was discovered. I'm hoping they either start to do more than one a month, or don't release all the videos before the game goes live, because 9 more vids would mean the game isn't out until at least July...
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10-15-2010, 10:16 PM	#432
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	You can click every point on the timeline for a description on swtor.com. It's been that way for over a year.
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10-30-2010, 02:58 AM	#433
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Huge update Friday. Info on the Imperial Agent. Looks incredibly cool.
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