Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Zeyla]

Not sure if someone posted anything on this yet, but I found a really good site to explain the crew skills for SWTOR.

http://www.starwarsmmolevelingguide.com/crafting-guide/

Also attaching two pictures on suggestions of how each class should look at going in crafting/mission skills. Zeyla might be able to shed more light on this, but it does seem pretty well thought out and that the crew will keep you busy.

That is a pretty good overview/explanation of the crafting system based on what I have seen in-game.

With the latest build of the game Slicing was changed quite a bit. It was a huge money maker before, in a game imbalancing kind of way. Now they have made it generate less money and more items that can be sold to other crafters. Once you get a few companions you will pretty much be sending them off on crafting/gathering missions constantly. They vary in time from a few minutes to 10-15 minutes (where your crew member is off on the mission). You can summon them back at any time if needed (this is more of an issue early in the game where you only have one or two companions).

So far I like the crafting system in this game, nice not having to sit in town and craft-craft-craft.

[Loniel Bonewalker]

Hopefully a few more who have pre-ordered join the empire side. At the moment it says two, my guess is me and Coral.

[Jalynfane]

I see that Phank sith side and Hoss Light side are both "ready for deployment". Once we are up and running we will be making a Light side guild for alts and thems that like Jedi. I am assuming the same will occur on Hoss stuff.

In order to be ready for pre-deployment, the guild has to have 4 people in it that have pre-ordered. With a bunch doing a "wait and see" (which I don't blame them, i've been burned by tons of new mmo's) it should be easy to get up and connected on release.


EDIT: Hoss empire side needs two more folks pre-ordered to be created for pre-release.

[Zephyrae]

Zephy, We have a Republic Hoss guild created on the SWToR boards (http://www.swtor.com/guilds/188104/hos. You can join there if you want. I know Fir had created a Empire Hoss guild, but I don't think they have enough people to get the guild pre-formed (you need at least four people with pre-orders confirmed). Phank has a bunch of old Hoss people and they will have a larger Empire-side presence, so that is prob where we will go for Empire side characters.

We have met the pre-requisites to get our Republic guild pre-created and assigned to the same server with our Ally and Adversary guilds (hopefully). They don't guarantee that we will all be on the same server, so we might have to do a little shuffling when the game is released.

-Zey

P.S. - The next phase of the beta has started and the game is looking much more polished. I'm getting excited for the launch! One cool new feature they added, which I haven't seen in any MMO, is your "Hearth" location (called Quick Travel in SW) works with any location you have discovered on a particular planet. So you aren't tied to one specific location at a time. Each planet has 5-7 locations typically. I thought that was pretty handy.

Hey Zeyla,

I'll adversary the Republic side Hoss guild and ally the Empire one. Look for an invite to ally/adversary from the guild Atrum Latus -- this was what was leftover from my DCUO league/guild and who I've been active with most recently. Hopefully all of the groups (Good Hoss, Bad Hoss, Phank, mine, etc...) can all get pulled onto the same server/planet!

Happy hunting <3
Zephy

[Coral]

Hopefully a few more who have pre-ordered join the empire side. At the moment it says two, my guess is me and Coral.

Correct.

[Zeyla]

Quick note on how they handle zone instancing, it seems to happen automatically if one instance gets too many people in it you get put into another instance of the same zone. However the General chat channel goes across all instances, and if you need to group up with some people to do a quest, you can switch to their instance or vice versa. It seems to work pretty well and keeps the questing areas less crowded.

[Coral]

Quick note on how they handle zone instancing, it seems to happen automatically if one instance gets too many people in it you get put into another instance of the same zone. However the General chat channel goes across all instances, and if you need to group up with some people to do a quest, you can switch to their instance or vice versa. It seems to work pretty well and keeps the questing areas less crowded.

Yeah, though remember that switching a zone instance does drop you to your bind point in the 2nd (or whatever) instance. You wont teleport across instances to where you are.

[Coral]

TOR announced today the head-start for preorder players will begin as early as December 15th - five days early.

The exact number of days apparently is variable for each player, based on how early you pre-ordered the game.

[Andaas]

And with supposedly a ~2-day leveling curve, there will be people bored and quitting before the official launch date?

[Coral]

And with supposedly a ~2-day leveling curve, there will be people bored and quitting before the official launch date?

Heh. No idea. I mean, the hardest of hard core playing with the diapers on could get to cap in 5 days played? Probably, but that's true of every MMO these days, isn't it?

When playing the beta reasonably often (5 hours a night), I was level 20 in 4 days. That wasn't rushing though, I was playing all of the instances (flashpoints), though I wasn't doing any PvP.

[Andaas]

Ah I dunno, that was just something I had heard that "normal" players were hitting max level in 4-5 days.

[Zeyla]

Yeah, though remember that switching a zone instance does drop you to your bind point in the 2nd (or whatever) instance. You wont teleport across instances to where you are.

Actually I just did this the yesterday, when I switched instances I was at the exact same spot when i changed to the new zone/instance. So they must have recently changed how this works. And I believe with the new teleport system you are no longer bound to a specific point.

[Zeyla]

Heh. No idea. I mean, the hardest of hard core playing with the diapers on could get to cap in 5 days played? Probably, but that's true of every MMO these days, isn't it?

When playing the beta reasonably often (5 hours a night), I was level 20 in 4 days. That wasn't rushing though, I was playing all of the instances (flashpoints), though I wasn't doing any PvP.

I have had about the same experience with leveling speed in the beta. I've been doing all the quests for each area, flashpoints as they are available. I am going slightly faster this time as I'm skipping some of the dialogue I have heard before, but it feels about right to me.

[Wresh]

Hey Z...

Just got into this weekend's beta (w00t!!), so hopefully my n00b char will run into you somewhere...

[Syana]

Ah I dunno, that was just something I had heard that "normal" players were hitting max level in 4-5 days.

Max level in 4-5 days? Sounds like another wow clone(or rift clone if you prefer) that caters to Star Wars fans.

The question is: Pandas or Ewoks?

Oy... tough choice.

[Loniel Bonewalker]

Max level in 4-5 days? Sounds like another wow clone(or rift clone if you prefer) that caters to Star Wars fans.

The question is: Pandas or Ewoks?

Oy... tough choice.

"Yub Yub" makes this a clear choice.

[Lonskils]

Max level 4 to 5 days? Geezus. That's even easier than WoW when it went live if regular people with jobs can do that in 5 days.

[Coral]

Max level 4 to 5 days? Geezus. That's even easier than WoW when it went live if regular people with jobs can do that in 5 days.

Um, I dont think they can? Not in my beta experience anyway.

[Coral]

Appears that Hoss sith won't form. We have 3 members who preordered (assuming we allow my gf who preordered to stand in), and of the 5 total people that expressed an allegiance, only 2 others have pre-ordered.

Is there any more interest of Hoss EQ or Hoss WoW, or do we look to play with another guild?

[Andaas]

I would say look toward Phank for now; the deadline for pre-orders is growing near and we simply haven't had enough buy in.