Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively-multiplayer role-playing game set 300 years after the events of BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic series, but still approximately 3,600 years before the events of the films.
Don't know if anyone still remembers Gunai (or Vossak from Kessler Run for that matter) but I thought I might as well check in here at this point.
My PC broke down a little after Christmas. I've managed to get it working, but now it's having overheating problems and it looks like getting it to the point where it can play games again might take a bit longer. I'd love to be playing right now, but I've got some more things to fix.
Would you kindly send Edfromred an invite to Good Luck Have Bothans? Looking forward to showing those despicable Sith skum the barrel of my blaster : )
Would you kindly send Edfromred an invite to Good Luck Have Bothans? Looking forward to showing those despicable Sith skum the barrel of my blaster : )
Send a whisper to somebody ingame, I would invite you but I'm at work right now.
I logged on a few days ago and only saw three people on so I didn't stay very long. I've been playing Champions Online for a bit so that's where I've been.
If you guys are all leaving the game I feel like I may as well not resub. Talking random shit with you guys while I played was the best bit. Now I'm underleveled and not enjoying the past areas I need to grind and I have no reason to care.
That time we ran Directive 7 and we got killed by 25 clones of Greenmeanie.
I find it strange to see someone reminisce about an MMO that's not even 6 months old.
Why? I reminisce about Skyrim the same way.
This idea that a video game is no good if I don't play it for six months straight is fucking ridiculous. When the next MMO comes out (Guild Wars, Secret World), I'll play it for a month or two and then stop. Some people would call that a failure of an MMO. I think those are crazy people.
My friend Nathan won't play a video game unless he's going to devote his entire life to it. It's why he's only played World of Warcraft for the last five years. I play probably a hundred games every year.
They were fun moments that I remember fondly. Like the ending of Bastion and that time I went 40-11 in Bad Company 2.
I see I've hit a soapbox topic of yours there, friend. What I'm saying is that The Old Republic is still very much in its infancy. An MMO a year after its release is a very different thing from its original form. WoW or FFXI or what have you are nothing like the game that came on that original DVD. I just find it curious to see people already talk about this one as if they're about to turn off the servers.
I agree with your completely unrelated rant though. I've played tons of MMOs and never stuck with one for very long, but I still have fond memories of Ultima Online or Ragnarok or Graal 2000.
Also, I just finished Bastion yesterday even though I bought it on launch day. God damn, that game's good.
@paulunga Yeah I carry that one with me. That issue drives me nuts.
I think the 'life' of an MMO is interesting, but I'll never be around to see it. I had two 2-3 month stretches of WoW, when they added weather and right before Wrath. I still remember when they changed the talent system, I logged in and had to figure out how to play my healadin all over again.
But if that game died a month after I quit, wouldn't care.
I remember playing FFXI when it came out. I actually wonder what that game is like now. When I played it was about training a bunch of mobs to the entrance of the Dunes and laughing at the chaos.
@Brodehouse: Yeah, FFXI is the one I came back to most often in the last 8 years. I remember getting it when it came out (in Europe) expecting to play it with a friend who pulled out at the last minute, joining a Linkshell that was slowly disintegrating/in drama mode and waiting hours on end with my worthless WAR that was neither much good as tank or damage dealer at the time. Oh and Japanese players with their level 75 fully pimped-out characters. Good times.
The main hook for that one for me was strangely similar to TOR, the story. Advancing your Mission Ranks actually made you interact with the NPCs and nations much more so than any other MMO at the time.
Fuck Valkurm Dunes. I'm pretty sure they're obsolete as a leveling spot (thank god). I had to drop the gamma on my monitor any time I went there for an extended amount of time.
Sorry to hear the guilds all died. Was thinking of getting on a new server, but I guess I will stick to mine now. Already got a level 50 on it so kind of glad I won't have to abandon my first 50. Oh well.
I was considering rolling a Pub but maybe I'll just make another Imp. And the report of Kessler Run's demise are greatly exaggerated, I got on the server about 3 weeks ago and if anything it seems like there have been more and more people on. We're raiding, pvping, killing world bosses, and questioning whether or not fake Matt Kessler from last weeks TNT has assumed control of the real Matt Kessler's account for some evil plot. Come on over, we're having tons of fun.
i suppose its worth saying that our server mind trick is up for transfer. the guilds is long dead anyway so i'd say to go ahead and transfer if any of yall can.
@Artemesia: The only option right now is Corellia Run. It has a few servers dumping into it so it should become way more populated than mind trick. Also the guild doesnt transfer so it would need to be remade, though i dont think that anyone cares about it anymore.
I hope some Giant Bombers are still playing. I just picked up the game for $15 and a couple of months for $11 a piece so I'm going to try my hand at it. Should I start on Mind Trick or Corellian Run? It looks like the population on Corellian is better.
I hope some Giant Bombers are still playing. I just picked up the game for $15 and a couple of months for $11 a piece so I'm going to try my hand at it. Should I start on Mind Trick or Corellian Run? It looks like the population on Corellian is better.
Yeah go ahead and start on Corellian Run. If you want to play with bombers than the Empire side guild Kessler Run is probably the better choice.
I hope some Giant Bombers are still playing. I just picked up the game for $15 and a couple of months for $11 a piece so I'm going to try my hand at it. Should I start on Mind Trick or Corellian Run? It looks like the population on Corellian is better.
Yeah go ahead and start on Corellian Run. If you want to play with bombers than the Empire side guild Kessler Run is probably the better choice.
The game is $19.99 at my local Best Buy so I'm thinking of picking it up this weekend. Are a lot of duders still playing and will I be alone at the lower levels just starting now?
The game is $19.99 at my local Best Buy so I'm thinking of picking it up this weekend. Are a lot of duders still playing and will I be alone at the lower levels just starting now?
No, you won't. Was on a level 30 planet last night and there were around 40 people there and I also logged onto an alt and the starter planet had about 60+ people on it. I'm not sure about the guilds though if you just want to play with them.
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