Comments on: [SWTOR] My first thoughts on beta

By: Grimfire

Grimfire — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:12:30 +0000

I was in beta for a few months. I took a sith warrior, BH and Jedi knight to lvl30. The game was amazing fun. And I agree with you that the female BH voice acting is amazing. I have never played a female character before but will roll a female BH as my second character simply because the voice is perfect. The sith warrior will be my main: menacing voice, amazing story and I like melee characters.

By: Pardoz

Pardoz — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:26:12 +0000

I have to disagree. Not just because I found the Consular the strongest of the early storylines (the Sith Warrior’s I thought was really weak, and the rest ranged from good to excellent), but because the huge diversity of opinions on “Which class has the best storyline” shows that the writers did a pretty good job of creating a wide enough range of content that most people should be able to find a class they find engages them.

To paraphrase the of-quoted Blizzard dev, “Bring the storyline, not the class.”

By: Xanyarr Chyakk

Xanyarr Chyakk — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:14:35 +0000

Have played several classes to level 10, and was really disappointed in the consular story (JK one was not far behind it). If you really have to add “you have to want to RP as a jedi” when you talk about a jedi story it shows just how much writer XYZ failed on creating an engaging story from the start… I really hope it gets better later on.

And I don’t think I’ll be able to stop whining about not being able to play as a Wookiee, who are not “some obscure species”…

By: Remianen

Remianen — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:38:27 +0000

Getting companions is all story based. The Inquisitor has a reason for having to fight their first companion, just like the Jedi Knight (and Consular) have a reason for getting theirs essentially for free. Same for the other classes. To me, it makes perfect sense within the context of each storyline. The Trooper encounters the same thing as the Inquisitor later on.

What’s really surprising for me is how stories are affecting what classes I will play (and under what circumstances). I’ve played all the classes and I know for sure that I’ll be using the spacebar a lot when playing a Trooper, until I get to the second companion. The reason? I despise the Trooper’s first companion, due solely to what happens during the story. I adore the Trooper’s second companion though, for much the same reason (though the second companion’s role is a definite plus as well). As you can probably tell, I’m trying SO hard not to even get close to spoiler territory so everything’s in general terms, without so much as gender hints.

One word of advice I have for folks who plan to play: pay attention. If you pay attention to the NPCs you meet along the way, a few of those people you interact with are future companions. I really like how BioWare masked the basic ‘recruit party member’ mechanic with the story. You build a history with these people even before they’re officially companions (off the top of my head, this is the case for almost all companions, with a few exceptions). Heck, one companion thinks you’re the avatar of their god!

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By: Mister K

Mister K — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:17:27 +0000

You basically played the classes I didn’t. I had a blast and I can’t wait until it comes out for good. I might just have to try the bounty hunter, the Imperial Agent doesn’t start as fun as I thought it would/ The trooper was awesome though. Pure killing machine and you can be cocky and still be light side which I liked a lot.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:46:25 +0000

I think that’s just the inquisitor. My warrior had her companion given to her as a slave.

By: Aufero

Aufero — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:02:18 +0000

Played two beta weekends, and loved both the Imperial Agent and Bounty Hunter stories.

I’ll say the same thing I’ve been telling my friends – If you’re sick to death of standard MMO leveling/combat mechanics (possibly due to WoW burnout) and haven’t been that into Bioware’s last few single player RPGs, you won’t much like SW:TOR. If you still like both those things and really wanted better story lines and voice acting in your last few games, you’ll love it.

By: Melponeme_k

Melponeme_k — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:26:37 +0000

I played a few hours of the Beta as well. I leveled up an Inquisitor to 11, Jedi Knight to 7 and a Smuggler to 5. I did like the quests and the group quests weren’t a problem (it was easy to gain a group).

However, I did not like the cutscenes. If they were short and sweet…fine. But most of them seemed to drag on and on and on. It was even more confusing when whole groups were involved in the cutscenes as well. Apparently the system rolls on who gets to respond. It was strange.

I absolutely loved the companion idea. Although I put in a voice of protest against how hard it is for a dark force player to get their companion over light force players. My inquisitor had to fight the companion (who was practically elite) while my Jedi Knight just had the companion waiting for her. Whatever.

I don’t think WoW has anything to worry about this game.

By: Moonmonster

Moonmonster — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:14:47 +0000

I totally agree on the voice. I picked a Sith Inquisitor because it seemed far away from what I planned to play on release… except her voice and the gameplay was just a blast. I may need to make one now. Thankfully there’s 8 slots per server, plenty of room for my alt disease!