Originally posted by safety

I agree. I imagine movement buttons can be bound to the mouse. At least I hope so - otherwise SWTOR will be at least five years behind every other MMO when it comes to movement. The last game that demanded I use my left hand to wsad for movement and the mouse for direction was the horrible GUI that came with SWG NGE.

I'm a keyboard turner.

:(

I could do movement with the mouse, but I am so righthanded that doing abilites with my left hand would be hopeless.

Originally posted by slim26

Originally posted by Gajari

So basically the game plays exactly like any other MMO, and this guide really makes it not sound special in the least bit. 

But you can't expect much from basic controls. :P

Got any revolution controls in mind?

I just meant reading this list of controls and basic features makes the game sound very bland and generic. 

Originally posted by Gajari

I just meant reading this list of controls and basic features makes the game sound very bland and generic. 

Not the fast-paced, action-oriented combat the devs promised.

Originally posted by MMO_Doubter

Originally posted by safety

I agree. I imagine movement buttons can be bound to the mouse. At least I hope so - otherwise SWTOR will be at least five years behind every other MMO when it comes to movement. The last game that demanded I use my left hand to wsad for movement and the mouse for direction was the horrible GUI that came with SWG NGE.

I'm a keyboard turner.

:(

 

I could do movement with the mouse, but I am so righthanded that doing abilites with my left hand would be hopeless.

It's possible to do both, it just requires good hotbar management and setting things up in groups in a way that you feel comfortable with. Just happens that some people gave up on that entirely which is why you have UIs that look like someone vomited the abilities randomly onto the screen with giant type52 bold text screaming out ability names and numbers each time they press a button(see half the WoW UIs ever created). 

Hm, I could more or less learn to play WoW using this guide.

A good sign.

Originally posted by Hyanmen

Hm, I could more or less learn to play WoW using this guide.

A good sign.

Just gotta hope that the things done with these WoW-esque basics are as exciting as they say.

Originally posted by Darth_Osor

Originally posted by eyeswideopen

Damn it, spacebar is for pausing the damn game! What the hell are they thinking?

 Uh, what?  Looks like spacebar=jump to me.

Nice find OP.  Looks like they've been doing "friends and family" stage testing since November.  Too bad they couldn't leak out something more interesting than basic ui stuff.

Kotor 1 & 2 used space for pauzing the game :).

And pauze in an mmorpg.. Get it?

Originally posted by Hyanmen

Hm, I could more or less learn to play WoW using this guide.

A good sign.

 The similarities to WoW are pretty striking.... let's hope the "polish" is as good as people are hoping.

Originally posted by necredon

Kotor 1 & 2 used space for pauzing the game :).

And pauze in an mmorpg.. Get it?

Hey, this IS BioWare - a pause function isn't out of the question. I believe STO has a pause function in ground combat.

Originally posted by Warband

 The similarities to WoW are pretty striking.... let's hope the "polish" is as good as people are hoping.

All new MMOs should copy WoW's polish. On the down side - WoW has no space combat, either.

this game is a complete WoW clone, the space bar makes you jump just like WoW!

jk, i couldn't help it. lol

Originally posted by Tazlor

this game is a complete WoW clone, the space bar makes you jump just like WoW!

jk, i couldn't help it. lol

At least that can't be said for FFXIV.

;)

Originally posted by MMO_Doubter

Originally posted by Warband

 The similarities to WoW are pretty striking.... let's hope the "polish" is as good as people are hoping.

All new MMOs should copy WoW's polish. On the down side - WoW has no space combat, either.

True but it does have flight.

Originally posted by MMO_Doubter

Originally posted by Warband

 The similarities to WoW are pretty striking.... let's hope the "polish" is as good as people are hoping.

All new MMOs should copy WoW's polish. On the down side - WoW has no space combat, either.

Does swtor have space combat apart from ground battles with a space background?

Anyway I was talking more about the polish of story telling, consequences of actions in story etc. The things WoW doesn't do and the stuff Bioware excells at and whether they can create it so all that works in a mmo without clashing with existing well known mmo mechanics.

Anyway this sorta confirms the notion that Swtor will be WoW "bigger and better" let's hope the customers think so aswell.  

Originally posted by safety

True but it does have flight.

Multi-crewed vehicles, too.

I would not be surprised at all if WoW has sea battles by the time SWTOR is out.

Originally posted by Warband

Anyway this sorta confirms the notion that Swtor will be WoW "bigger and better" let's hope the customers think so aswell.  

Just how can it possibly be? :/

Originally posted by Hyanmen

Originally posted by Warband

Anyway this sorta confirms the notion that Swtor will be WoW "bigger and better" let's hope the customers think so aswell.  

Just how can it possibly be? :/

It has more massive "worlds" to explore, more "engaging" quests, supposedly "better combat", probably cost more to make, everything just screams it's supposedly "bigger and better " than WoW whether it is only time will tell but that's certainly what Bioware is going for.

Originally posted by Darth_Osor

Originally posted by eyeswideopen

Damn it, spacebar is for pausing the damn game! What the hell are they thinking?

 Uh, what?  Looks like spacebar=jump to me.

 

So you have either:

A.) Never played a KotOR game before in your life.

B.) Don't understand the concept of sarcasm.

C.) Both

Originally posted by Warband

It has more massive "worlds" to explore, more "engaging" quests, supposedly "better combat", probably cost more to make, everything just screams it's supposedly "bigger and better " than WoW whether it is only time will tell but that's certainly what Bioware is going for.

I could imagine better but WoW is years ahead in development.. I can't possibly see it being bigger.

Hopefully the quests are more engaging than they seem, yah.

Originally posted by Warband

Originally posted by Hyanmen

Originally posted by Warband

Anyway this sorta confirms the notion that Swtor will be WoW "bigger and better" let's hope the customers think so aswell.  

Just how can it possibly be? :/

It has more massive "worlds" to explore,

Possibly.

more "engaging" quests,

probably.

supposedly "better combat",

That one is very much up in the air. This is one of WoW's greatest strengths - smooth, responsive combat.

probably cost more to make,

Uh, so what?

everything just screams it's supposedly "bigger and better " than WoW whether it is only time will tell but that's certainly what Bioware is going for.

Better if you want a solo experience, perhaps.