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Banzai
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 Posted: 07/21/03 - 14:38 Post subject: Can someone explain to me...
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What is the gameplay of SWG and how deep is the story?
PvP is what % of gameplay and what control do you have in it? EQ pvp was about footwork and gear combos with a small use of actuall timing. Is SWG more or less twitch?
Is the actual fun factor left up to the player community or are there major scripted events and or questable items? Basicaly, if I don't want to deal with a******s or mind numbing crafting work is tehre still a game for someone like me to play?
I was going to wait until beta was over and all ya worked on the actual game development before I got on or at least until spack flight dog fights were in but I'm willing to listen to arguments on why this is a truely next gen mmorpg.
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Bait Masterson
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Posted: 07/21/03 - 16:28 Post subject:
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Story starts next month bro, not sure how its gonna go but to be a jedi you need to be involved so hopefully its pretty interactive.
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Banzai
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Posted: 07/21/03 - 16:51 Post subject:
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Hmmmm, next month eh?
so content will be totaly inserted into the game then?
What have people been doing in the meantime?
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TrueParadox
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Posted: 07/21/03 - 18:51 Post subject:
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They are running scripted events called Story Arcs, not sure what they entail yet though... but the success or failure of those who involve themselves with them will determine courses of events as a whole throughout the game.
PvP is pretty much, choose a side. You can choose Rebel or Imperial. If you are a Covert Agent, people don't know what you are and you are pretty safe. If you are Overt, there is a symbol over your head and anyone of the opposite side can attack you anywhere and at any time. Other than that, there are battlegrounds that you can goto for PvP where you are forced to temporarily choose a side. This side choice lasts until you leave the BG.
In the meantime people entertain each other and work on their skills. In SWG you have to actually do something to gain XP. You have to craft to get crafting XP, you have to fight to get fighting XP (pistol for pistol XP, rifle for rifle XP, etc...) Some folks are hoting their own littl emini events like one corp on Eclipse is hosting a fashion show and buying Ton's of food, beverage, etc... and handing them out to those that attend. Pretty neat for those that want to take part in their online community.
Me personally? I play a Smuggler and have worked deals out with other shop owners and Cantina owners to sell my spices for me in their establishments. I just make them, they buy at a discount then mark them up. Works for me. They have the reps as good merchants and I don't have the time nor inclination to build up that sort of rep, besides the fact that I don't want everyone to know that I'm a smuggler. Lots of chance to RP if you can find people that aren't asslicker d00dz, so that's pretty fun as well.
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Cryz
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Posted: 07/28/03 - 09:53 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | Hmmmm, next month eh?
so content will be totaly inserted into the game then?
What have people been doing in the meantime? |
preparing themselves... gathering information on the different professions and trying to find out what character build interests them both... and working on their factions
if you do play.. the only thing that matters is that you are happy with your race...
profession... looks... stats... all this can be changed in the game... but your actuall race must stay the same... and dont use yer desired name right away... cause i and 5 of my friends were unable to get deleted names back... make a dummy char and just try it out for a bit... research to get a good idea whats hot and whats not =P
(personally... i think wookies are the shit... getting a total of 1400 base stats points more then the next race down.. which is trandoshan.. who get a nice bit more then the other races... which i think are pretty balanced from there on down in total score... just have different mins and maxes...)
{(wookies cannot wear armor, speak any other languages, or wear alot of normal clothes.... but we can understand all other languages... teach people to understand our language.... and wear wookie only gear... which i think is some of the cooler looking stuff in game =P wookies get hooded items... havent seen another race with a hood on)}
i really enjoy the game as it is already.. and like he said it really begins next month =P prolly gonna get alot better
do some research on the races... pick up all the novices.. and just try to find something ya enjoy =P
I am a Wookie Swordsman/Rifleman.... both weapon styles attack the mind (you will learn about the Health action and mind bars in yer research) I am a pretty devastating fighter because of this... greatly wounding something befor it is even on me.. then pulling out my sword and finishing it befor it can hurt me....
I know a business man who is at the end of a pretty cool smuggling ring....
The following is a quick description of what goes on in this smuggling ring... names will be held back to protect the smuggler's ass 
Master Weaponsmith makes a shit load of guns... throws them all into a bag... and has them sent out to his regular smuggler to be sliced (upgraded)...
Master Weaponsmith never counts his guns...
The Smuggler keeps a few guns each load.... he then sells these guns to a businessman...
The Businessman takes these guns to his shop.. which happens to be in the path between the most popular town.. and most popular hunting spot on a planet where non master crafters sell crap guns for to high prices....
The Businessman sells these awesome guns at 3x the price of the original crafter, then buys up all the original crafters stock... leaving him the only one with these top of the line guns in the galaxy... and again.. sells them for 3x the original price....
Everyone is getting their piece of the pie... our weaponsmith just dont care to deal with the size of his pie =P
A friend of mine just opened a brothel on the naboo... she is the madame at this bordello... hiring dancers.. charging entrance fee.. and renting out vendor spots to crafters all over the galaxy
these are examples of things players can do..pretty neat shit if you ask me =P
oh.. and theres bounty hunters... killing people for money is always cool...
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merdocc
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Posted: 07/29/03 - 21:35 Post subject:
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The way you talk abou the game makes it sound really f*****g cool.... i might have to try it:P
I was talking to a friend who was some sort of animal tamer... and they nerfed it is it still nerfed? that sounded pretty cool to me.
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Cryz
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Posted: 07/30/03 - 07:29 Post subject:
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im pretty sure they nerfed it in at least how fast you could become master...
but the pets are still pretty powerful i think... people were just getting master way to fast...
and yes.. the game is very cool =P
you can be a droid engineer too... they get pets... and not just combat pets... you can make and sell protocol droids.. and the higher your skill the more personality chips you get to choose from... these chips will determine the kinda of things a droid might say in reaction to something a player said or done =P
think my brother is buying a worshipful protocol... i guess it will give compliments to people =P
you cant have sarcastic, prissy, worshipful, and slang droids... slang being highest =P
tell me this game isent tight!
i picked up novice entertainment... went to cantinca.. hopped in a band (group for entertainers)
same deal as regular grouping.. the bigger the band.. the better the exp.. and more successful they are at getting shit done... entertainers are needed to heal battle fatigue and mind wounds...
we were playing basic rock song.. had a slither horn.. fizz(me) guitar and omnibox players... all 4 played a different part to the song... anyone listening heard the player made music... each song has 8 flourishes with are little pieces of music you control... a flourish last 1 bar... you can do as many as you like.. and each 8 is different from each other.. and different for each instrument.. and different for each song... so lets say theres 10 songs and 5 instruments...(i know theres more than that)
400 different things a player can do to the music in the game =P
we were kicking out the basic rock song with a tastey groove... our dancers synced themselves to me.. so when i would do a number 8 flourish.. they would all do the same dance move at the same time... changing the dance move with the different flourishes =P
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Bait Masterson
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Posted: 07/30/03 - 14:07 Post subject:
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Cryz, sorry man, that sounded so gay
Where is my monsoon b***h
and yeah I am having a blast playing this too
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merdocc
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Posted: 07/31/03 - 00:40 Post subject:
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playing on flurry with some rl friends as a wookie marksman/h2h brawler type thing trying to get in to jabas palace atm:/
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khrath
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Posted: 08/02/03 - 06:19 Post subject:
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sounds fun
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TrueParadox
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Posted: 08/02/03 - 08:32 Post subject:
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Dunn and I are on Eclipse. He's going for lord knows what... I have a Master Artisan/Smuggler/Droid Engineer/Merchant (and some other things) though I am seriously considering dropping the artisan crap and going for Creature Handler or Bounty Hunter... right now as it stands, I've had enough skill XP to have Master marksman, Master Brawler, Master Scout, Master Medic... only thing I haven't done is Entertainer with this character. Sooooo many choices!
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/05/03 - 16:38 Post subject:
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| TrueParadox wrote: | | Dunn and I are on Eclipse. He's going for lord knows what... I have a Master Artisan/Smuggler/Droid Engineer/Merchant (and some other things) though I am seriously considering dropping the artisan crap and going for Creature Handler or Bounty Hunter... right now as it stands, I've had enough skill XP to have Master marksman, Master Brawler, Master Scout, Master Medic... only thing I haven't done is Entertainer with this character. Sooooo many choices! |
I'm a squad leader
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Rennol
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Posted: 08/05/03 - 18:48 Post subject:
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Could you for example be a overt imperial for a time then switch to covert agent or something? Or are you pretty much stuck with whatever you choose, can you not go back? I heard there was a limit to the amount of skills you could learn and such.
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/05/03 - 21:23 Post subject:
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| Rennol wrote: | | Could you for example be a overt imperial for a time then switch to covert agent or something? Or are you pretty much stuck with whatever you choose, can you not go back? I heard there was a limit to the amount of skills you could learn and such. |
Yeah you can, I'm not sure how though.
Smugglers can actually sell faction points for cash, and buy faction points with cash.
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Valhal
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 06:28 Post subject:
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| TrueParadox wrote: | | Dunn and I are on Eclipse. |
I'm on Eclipse too. Darm, Rifleman/Dancer.
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TrueParadox
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Posted: 08/09/03 - 12:48 Post subject:
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| Valhal wrote: | | TrueParadox wrote: | | Dunn and I are on Eclipse. |
I'm on Eclipse too. Darm, Rifleman/Dancer. |
Look me up, name's Tendil. Scrum go ahold of me already and so has Dunn.
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