Originally posted by teakbois

It has been confirmed that Vanguard has gotten a boost to their development team.  It has been said that its doubled in size.

So they now have 2 people working on it?

I've made millions from the AH. I have a cybertech, armortech and biochem. From space ship upgrades to mods to implants to earpieces to armor it all sells.

I still have a queue on my server (which i am number 130 atm) so i don't see any mass exodus lol.

Droids are the new elves.

about playing a Sith Warrior and continually shocking Vette.

I was all set on playing the evil SW and every chance i got i shocked her but something happened i didn't see coming. After about the 4th or 5th time i felt guilty for doing it and started to sympathise with Vette. Everytime i shocked her she would say some little thing and she started off very cocky but i felt i could hear her breaking as i shocked her more. I actually felt i was abusing her and it just didn't feel right so i took the collar off lol.

Originally posted by MaGicBush

I was about to post a new thread, but might as well post my question here since it's similar to my question. I only played 2 classes during beta so not sure what the others are. What are the different classes considered(all of them)?? Or is there a link with some kind of guide or something? Which class is Melee DPS, ranged DPS, Rogue type, etc?

http://www.torhead.com/player-classes

http://liberi-fatali.net/the-old-republic/star-wars-the-old-republic-guide-and-faq/

Good guide with info on just about everything you need.

Originally posted by WSIMike

Originally posted by Homitu

 

It's a matter of what order you level each skill.  Enemies scale based on your character level.  If you got your character level up mostly by increasing skills that don't yield much of an offensive return for you yet, enemies will feel unkillable early.  While enchanting proves to be the single most OP skill late game, it will put you at a disadvantage early game if it's one of the first things you level.  

I just now got into Enchanting and disenchanted a few pieces to get the enchants I want to apply to other gear. That's about the extent of it, though.

Right now I'm between a rock and hard place...  I can use leather armor for better survivability, but no magic bonuses (making magic casting less efficient) until I apply the enchants (which I'm working on getting). Or I can continue using robes which give me some nice magic bonuses, but no protection.

So... 'til I come out the other side of that "slump" by being able to enchant the leather gear, I'm having a rather tough time dealing with some enemies. That's why I think I'll need to ask Lydia to be a meat shield for a while and hopefully not get her killed.

Edit: So I got Lydia to come along and, go figure, this time there were only 2 bandits outside and not 3. Natch.

I use Lydia since i am a mage type squishy playing master difficulty and she is quite good at taking hits. You can even equip her with better armor and weapons, just talk to her and ask her to carry something and if the item is better than her default she automatically uses it.

It all sounds good i just wish you could betray and swap sides as well.

Its a lot of fun and a different dynamic than the classic game.

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For both manners of PvP, Funcom announced that players would be analyzed and assigned a role upon entering a battlefield. Depending on the role assigned to a player, his outfit will be changed to role-specific armor. This gives each player a distinctive look based on his combat role, thereby allowing players to be immediately identified. In this way, allies know which players to protect and which enemies to focus on.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/31/pax-2011-funcom-discusses-tsws-pvp-arg-and-more/1#c34723752

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If they had put more effort into open world events/pvp instead of instances this game would be win. Sitting around the Hall of Justice/Doom waiting for instances to pop ain't my idea of fun i'm afraid.

All this does is split up communities. Part of the Oceanic community will get the game from overseas and settle on an unofficial Oceanic server.

Then when the game is officially launched here that server will probably be too full or will get lost in the rush to get in game so another server will be chosen or EA even label a server as Oceanic where everyone rolls on.

The people who started early either stay and hope its a sustainable population for that time zone or have to transfer or re-roll.

I actually found bots to be smarter than people when i first started playing. Learn to last hit minions so you get your gold up. Here's a site with write ups on how to play most champions. http://www.solomid.net/guides.php

I had been planning to go back to DCUO online when they had released enough monthly content to make it worth it. This expansion pack just means i'll never go back now. Shame as its a decent game run by an incompetent company imo.

After playing games like crysis 2, dungeon seige 3, brink, duke nukem forever, dcuo etc i've realised that most pc developers have already shifted over to consoles. The one thing i hate about console ports is they are designed and optimised for play on a controller and all it limitations. Playing with a keyboard and mouse feels like playing in mud.

I have nothing against consoles as i grew up playing them as well as PC's but i wish for the days when games were separate for each platform. My hope for the future is that consolidation takes place and there is a clear winner. History shows when there are competing technologies like vhs/beta or the HD DVD/Blu-ray disc formats one becomes the dominant. Much like apple's iPhone.

I can't believe i'm saying this but i hope its the xbox (which is looking more like a mini pc nowadays with internet access and hard drives) just because its probably closer to a PC than a PS3 or a Wii. Maybe Sony being hacked will contribute to less future console sales for the PS. I'm sure developers would also rather a single platform to develop on as it costs less to maintain quality. Games are also getting shorter and shorter in length which is probably related to trying to get the game released simultaneously on multiple platforms so something has to suffer.

I think the future of pc mmo's lies in the success or failure of SW:TOR. There is so much expectation riding on it (and money) that if it fails developers just won't get funding for big pc mmo projects.

That said it not all doom and gloom for pc users. The indie scene is thriving and i've had a blast playing games as varied as minecraft to amnesia to plants vs zombies or world of goo....and all for $5 to $20.

If your motherboard has onboard sound and you have a sound card installed you should be able to split sound sources to whatever you want as well.

Not all hacker agree with what Lulzsec are doing. Web ninjas have started a blog to name and shame them.

http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/

Originally posted by Thillian

Steam is rubbish, and so will be Origin. I want to play a game without installing third party software that scans my computer, runs in background, EXCLUSIVELY sets forth in EULA, that I no longer own the game I buy, but instead I get a limited access to the game via steam or that can block my access anytime they see fit - also set forth in EULA, which applies to single player games as well. I'm sure most of you did not even read that.

 

You are missing out on so many good indie games in the $5 -$20 range like Terraria, Braid, Defense Grid, Greed Corp, Plants vs Zombies, World of Goo etc. These games have renewed my interest in pc gaming after too many years of being jaded by bad console ports and expensive and half finished sequels.

As for TSW, after AoC i'm not going near it till i see the response a month or more after release. Fool me once.