36||0|3514|2|yes 0|0|0|||1||SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||20:42:54|11/20/2012|OK%2C so%2C I enjoyed the one-and-two-thirds %5Bi%5DKnights of the Old Republic%5B%2Fi%5D games that were released%2C %5Bi%5DCity of Heroes%5B%2Fi%5D is ending%2C the fall semester is winding down%2C and I%27m usually fairly pleased with BioWare games. On the other hand%2C when I%27m %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D pleased with BioWare games I tend to be %5Bi%5Dreally quite a lot not pleased%5B%2Fi%5D by them%2A%2C and I%27m not a huge fan of massively multiplayer games in general anyway. Also%2C I notice they%27ve just thrown in a free-to-play mode %28presumably big-time crippleware as these things generally are%2C particularly when the subscription mode persists%3F%29%2C which in a game that%27s less than a year old may not bode particularly well.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo I%27m very much on the fence about %5Bi%5DThe Old Republic%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and I figured I%27d throw it to the room%2C because if anybody here posted about it when it went live last December%2C I didn%27t pay any attention. Anybody play it%2Fhave played it%2C and if so%2C is it any good%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIt may be helpful to bear in mind%2C while attempting this admittedly ridiculous and subjective assessment%2C that the thing I generally like least about MMOs is any requirement that I actually team up with other players to make progress%2C which I acknowledge is an odd thing to dislike about a game and still be willing to try playing it%2C but there you are.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%2A oh yes%2C don%27t fidget%2C %5Bi%5DDragon Age%5B%2Fi%5D%2C you know I am looking at you%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|BZArcher||22:10:47|11/20/2012|I actually had a decent amount of fun with single player content and not enough multi-player to grab me and make me want to pay %2415 a month for it%2C so%2C yes%2C you will probably get some solid entertainment out of it. 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Nathan||22:50:44|11/20/2012|I tried TOR pay-to-play for a few months in the spring%2C and am moving back to it now for the same reason you are%2C so.%0D%0A%0D%0AOK%2C teaming wise%3A There are certain enemies or areas that you will not be able to tackle%2C or will only be able to enter with great circumspection%2C without a team.%0D%0A%0D%0ANone of them are required. It is%2C I believe%2C fully possible to get all the way to the end of any given story arc without %5Bi%5Dneeding%5B%2Fi%5D to team%2C or even talk to another human being in game. Given the free AI companions you get after about level 8 or 10%2C you can even dip your toe into the lighter %27hazard zones%27.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C plotlinewise%2C I haven%27t finished any of them%3F Not even the first acts%3F But so far%2C it%27s looking much more ME1 or Jade Empire than Dragon Age or ME2%2C so to speak.%0D%0A%0D%0AModulo the fact that yes%2C life in Sithland is rather uglier... but it%27s still in the %5Bi%5DStar Wars%5B%2Fi%5D range%2C not the George R. R. Martin range.%0D%0A%0D%0APersonally%2C I tend to be bothered by the character build options%2C which are less interesting or in depth than even Jade Empire offered%2C and at least some of which are... visually incoherent. There%27s less control over %5Bi%5Dhow%5B%2Fi%5D your character plays than in literally other Bioware game%2C and the combat itself is no great shakes. Not intolerable%2C but not interesting or particularly fun in its own right.%0D%0A%0D%0ALikewise%2C I%27d strongly advise picking one character and running them all the way through%2C then running the other side before returning to level one on the same side - keeping up with the level requirements %28Hardlocked%2C rather than adaptive like CoH had%29 will require running at least a majority of the sidequests and shared %27world%27 content%2C which turns into a grind if you try and do it right after already having done.%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C overall%2C I%27d recommend checking into it and running through it. The plotlines %5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D excellent - I particularly recommend the Smuggler and Mercenary archetypes%2C but everything I tried was interesting enough to keep my attention and make me want to play more. 3|1|0|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Neophyte||10:17:30|11/21/2012|I%27ll just chime in that I generally agree with the other comments. The story lines are good and you can work through them without interacting much with other players if that is your preference.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve finished the Imperial Agent and Jedi Knight story lines and made a lot of progress on the Bounty Hunter story line before I quit. I left SWTOR because I was splitting my game time between SWTOR and WoW and I decided to choose WoW. I looked at the free to play setup and my comment is%2C %22There%27s two payments to get the the full number of action bars%3F%21%3F%22 That right there shows how crippled the base free to play setup is. 4|1|0|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|CGWolfgang||14:57:24|11/22/2012|I played it pretty hard core from opening till about April. I usually ran with a friend and with complimentary builds %28I a trooper tank%2C he a trooper DPS%2Foff heal%29 we would decimate everything around us.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe good news is that like the other TOR games out there you%27ll take at least one companion with you and will eventually get one that will compliment your playstyle so going solo isn%27t a problem for most of the game. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the storylines are pretty good. %0D%0A%0D%0AHaving said that the F2P monitization is... broken from what I%27ve seen so far but at least you get to play the story missions for free all the way to 50. The only downside to replaying different characters is after a while the non-main story missions and quests get very stale very quickly and you just wind up skipping all the dialogue since you%27ve heard it two or three times already. 5|2|4|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|eriktown||12:11:38|11/23/2012|The class stories are pretty great %28some more so than others - the Imperial Agent is the best%2C imo%29. The voice acting is usually decent%2C shading to excellent %28Jennifer Hale voices the female trooper%2C IIRC%2C so it%27s like you%27re playing Mass Wars starring FemShep%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe gameplay...eh. I get bored of it quickly but I also keep coming back%2C largely for the stories. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe side quests rapidly become tedious as they%27re the same for every class%2C but some of them are pretty great.%0D%0A%0D%0AOverall%2C I find that while it%27s never going to be the grand obsession that EVE is %28yes yes I know%29 I keep coming back to it%2C usually when I%27m particularly bored. 6|3|5|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||12:24:24|11/23/2012|%3E%28Jennifer Hale voices the female trooper%2C IIRC%2C %0D%0A%3Eso it%27s like you%27re playing Mass Wars starring FemShep%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AI noticed that last night. Frankly%2C the whole issue could%27ve been resolved immediately if someone had just mentioned that up front. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 15|4|6|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|ebony14||12:11:40|11/28/2012|A friend of mine %28who%2C like you%2C did the first two Mass Effects with femShep%29 refers to SW%3ATOR as %22The Continuing Adventures of Commander Sheppard.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22 7|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Astynax||19:25:34|11/23/2012|SWTOR is uneven a bit%2C sort of World of Star Warcraft with rough edges. The F2P restrictions are a bit tight %28you pretty much need to buy something to unlock the %27preferred%27 level of F2P to have it not fully suck.%29 That all said%2C the game includes this%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4KhSIV0Xcs8%0D%0A%0D%0ASo yes%2C it is worth a look%2C though may not be a long term prospect.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%222%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv375%2Ferulogos%2Fv2%2FXSIG.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5BFONT SIZE%3D%222%22 COLOR%3D%22%23000000%22%5D%5Bb%5D-%3D%7B%28Astynax%29%7D%3D-%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22Darkness beyond Twilight%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%222%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D%5B%2Fp%5D 8|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||22:47:48|11/23/2012|Hmm. Without particularly meaning to%2C I think I%27ve just made Bob %22Mr. Incredible%22 Parr as a Jedi Knight. Big blond chap%2C ultrachin%2C means well%2C but tends to have better luck punching evil than talking to it. Satisfactory.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Bad Moon||03:09:38|11/24/2012|I had much the same experience except I accidently made Lex Luthor%3A Jedi Knight. %0D%0A%0D%0AI despair that I will never have CLancy Brown voice my character.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 10|2|8|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||18:00:14|11/24/2012|%3EHmm. Without particularly meaning to%2C I think I%27ve just made Bob %22Mr. %0D%0A%3EIncredible%22 Parr as a Jedi Knight. Big blond chap%2C ultrachin%2C means %0D%0A%3Ewell%2C but tends to have better luck punching evil than talking to it. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FG-GFX%2Fmiletus.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AThus.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 11|3|10|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|eriktown||01:34:46|11/25/2012|I especially love the %22befuddled and slightly concerned%22 expression. 12|4|11|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||01:45:34|11/25/2012|%3EI especially love the %22befuddled and slightly concerned%22 expression. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt adds a certain %5Bi%5Dje ne sais quoi%5B%2Fi%5D to scenes in which he%27s doing that Jedi thing of being incredibly observant and on top of things%2C because he%27s pulling exactly the same face while being completely in command of the situation. Even the NPCs seem to find that vaguely puzzling%2C though that might be projection on my part. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|5|12|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|The Traitor||05:43:08|11/25/2012|Constantly watching%2C analysing%2C dredging up information from the depths of his mind and cross-checking it against others. He watches and he waits%2C and no-one suspects%2C because he is a large man with the expression of a slightly thick child in an algebra test.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 19|6|13|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|StClair||22:49:26|11/28/2012|And then he does the exact thing at the exact moment to fuck up your shit.%0D%0A%3A%29 20|7|19|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||23:03:24|11/28/2012|%3EAnd then he does the exact thing at the exact moment to fuck up your %0D%0A%3Eshit. %0D%0A%3E%3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWhich is doubly funny because%2C %5Bi%5Deven though the storyline is scripted for him to do that off and on%2C%5B%2Fi%5D it%27s like the game itself doesn%27t expect it. Even his superiors in the Order have basically told him%2C %22You%27re a Guardian%2C Miletus. That means you%27re the Force%27s blunt object. Let the Council do the thinking.%22 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 25|8|20|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Peter Eng||15:19:37|12/09/2012|%3E %22You%27re a Guardian%2C Miletus. That means you%27re the Force%27s %0D%0A%3Eblunt object. Let the Council do the thinking.%22 %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27m the Force%27s blunt object. Not the Council%27s.%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 24|3|10|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Lethosos||21:42:17|12/08/2012|%3E%3EHmm. Without particularly meaning to%2C I think I%27ve just made Bob %22Mr.%0D%0A%3E%3EIncredible%22 Parr as a Jedi Knight. Big blond chap%2C ultrachin%2C means%0D%0A%3E%3Ewell%2C but tends to have better luck punching evil than talking to it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThus. %0D%0A%0D%0A...Miles O%27Brian is a Jedi Knight%3F That might explain his astounding feats of engineering on a decaying Cardassian starbase with limited support and %28mostly%29 Ferengi-procured parts.%0D%0A%0D%0AOr so how my headcanon goes.%0D%0A 14|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||21:48:50|11/27/2012|Man%2C that%27s a sizeable difficulty bottleneck at the end of the introductory story arc%2C isn%27t it%3F Easy%2C easy%2C easy%2C easy%2C %5Bi%5Dtrivially%5B%2Fi%5D easy%2C oh hey this guy has killed me four times on the trot. Maybe I should go away and grovel through street mobs until I outlevel him. Oh%2C no%2C he%27s leveled up too%2C that didn%27t accomplish anything. Hmm. Me Grimlock need new stragety.%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean%2C I recognize I suck at video games%2C but really%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 16|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Phantom||22:15:16|11/28/2012|Gryph%2C%0D%0AWhat server are you on%3F%0D%0AI am on the Eban Hawk server%2C Mis%27Shen is my primary Rep side.%0D%0AIf you are ever on look me up.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut to answer the question%2C yes it is a very good game.%0D%0AI was drawn in by the PC stories for each class.%0D%0ASince I end up solo about 90%25 of the time%2C this is very important.%0D%0A%0D%0AHope you have fun and maybe see on some time.%0D%0A%0D%0APhantom%0D%0A%0D%0A%22When you have excluded the impossible%2C whatever remains%2C however improbable%2C must be the truth.%22 27|2|16|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||20:02:13|12/16/2012|%3EGryph%2C %0D%0A%3EWhat server are you on%3F %0D%0A%3EI am on the Eban Hawk server%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m using that one as well%2C for the most part. After a lot of the usual flailing around%2C I appear to be working mainly on a Smuggler character for the moment%2C though I%27ve got to say that after 12 levels%2C Captain Karfelz Eyridun is getting mighty tired of slogging around trying to get his ship back. Frankly%2C at this point it would probably have been easier to get another one. I expect this to be doubly disappointing when he %5Bi%5Ddoes%5B%2Fi%5D finally get it back and%2C inevitably%2C it turns out he%27s gone to all that trouble for the Crappy Starter Ship.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0ASimilarly%2C I can%27t decide whether the %22all your characters are related%22 thing is a lot of fun or the naffest design feature that%27s ever been included in a game. It%27s amusing%2C but I dunno%2C because they%27re all the same player%27s characters%2C it%27s like it crosses some kind of %22acknowledging that you are%2C in fact%2C playing with dolls%22 line. %3A%29 The family tree screen is particularly fun%2C in that it requires no logic whatsoever in the association of characters of different species. What%27s that you say%3F Your zabrak Republic Trooper and your Mirialan Jedi Consular are brothers%3F Why not%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%2A I might be a little jaded about computer games in general at this point. %3A%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 29|3|27|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Phantom||21:52:01|12/18/2012|Yes%2C the Legacy family thing is pretty funny.%0D%0AI am Mis%27Shen %28Rep%29 %26 Brianna%27kae %28rep%29 and Dustill %28Imp%29 %26 Khaillen %28Imp%29%0D%0AOn Eban Hawk. Shot me and email in game. I%27ll friend you.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo far%2C the I enjoyed the Smuggler. Really liked the Sith Warrior.%0D%0AStill working on the Jedi Knight and Bounty Hunter. Haven%27t really started a Trooper nor Imperial Agent.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a funny%2C I have a Pure Blooded Sith related to a Twi%27lek. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22When you have excluded the impossible%2C whatever remains%2C however improbable%2C must be the truth.%22 17|1|0|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Pasha||22:34:36|11/28/2012|%3E%5Bsmall%5D%2A oh yes%2C don%27t fidget%2C %5Bi%5DDragon Age%5B%2Fi%5D%2C you know I am %0D%0A%3Elooking at you%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AHonestly%2C I wouldn%27t bother. And I %2ALIKE%2A overwrought fantasy.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut nobody should be forced to spend ten minutes with Alistar%2C let alone 30 hours.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 18|2|17|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||22:45:27|11/28/2012|%3E%3E%5Bsmall%5D%2A oh yes%2C don%27t fidget%2C %5Bi%5DDragon Age%5B%2Fi%5D%2C you know I am %0D%0A%3E%3Elooking at you%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHonestly%2C I wouldn%27t bother. And I %2ALIKE%2A overwrought fantasy. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you follow the asterisk back%2C you%27ll note that that was in reference to BioWare games I wasn%27t fond of%3B so I %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D bothered and kind of wished I didn%27t. The setting doesn%27t bother me so much%2C but it%27s nowhere near as kind to people who are shit at video games as some of their earlier offerings. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DJesus Christ%2C the fucking %5Bi%5Dwolves%5B%2Fi%5D%2C man%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 21|1|0|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Meagen||05:49:14|12/08/2012|From the %22sometimes game mechanics are weird%22 file%3A Your companion pretty much treats any object lower than hip-high as a seamless continuation of the floor. While this is preferable to having them get stuck behind boxes or generating additional lag with pathfinding%2C it still leads to some hilarious visuals.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy husband noticed it in particular for his Trooper%27s first companion%2C Aric Jorgan. I%27ve been hearing him say things like %22Jorgan%2C don%27t stand on the General%27s desk...%22 or %22Jorgan%2C get down from that terminal...%22 Since Jorgan is actually a Cathar%2C and a perpetually grumpy one at that%2C I posited that he%27s just doing what comes naturally. %28%22Oh%2C you wanted to use this keyboard%3F No.%22%29%0D%0A%0D%0AStill not sure what Corso%27s excuse is%2C though. %28Corso Riggs is the Smuggler%27s first companion and Bioware%27s standard-issue fangirl bait.%29 22|2|21|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||17:51:21|12/08/2012|%3EFrom the %22sometimes game mechanics are weird%22 file%3A Your companion %0D%0A%3Epretty much treats any object lower than hip-high as a seamless %0D%0A%3Econtinuation of the floor.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve noticed that%2C particularly in the case of those terminal things that are used to unlock destinations in the %22quick travel%22 system. Upon arriving back at one of those points later%2C I can be reasonably assured that my AI pal will be standing on the device while I%27m waving bye-bye to the invisible shuttle.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EStill not sure what Corso%27s excuse is%2C though. %28Corso Riggs is the %0D%0A%3ESmuggler%27s first companion and Bioware%27s standard-issue fangirl bait.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIn Corso%27s case I%27m inclined to think that it%27s basically just because he%27s not that bright.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 23|3|22|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|CGWolfgang||18:29:13|12/08/2012|%3EIn Corso%27s case I%27m inclined to think that it%27s basically just because %0D%0A%3Ehe%27s not that bright. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah of all the companions that one could get in TOR I liked him the least. Well okay to be completely honest it was a tie between him and Kaliyo from the imperial agent storyline. As a Smuggler I wanted to leave Corso somewhere on Coruscant while he was busy being amused by something shiny. As far as Kaliyo goes I wanted to give her the Rasputin treatment before leaving hutta. Which if I%27m to be honest was perfectly in line with my imperial agent%27s MO %28which was by far my favorite storyline before I stopped playing TOR%29. 26|3|22|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Bad Moon||03:30:49|12/13/2012|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-13-12 AT 03:32 AM (EST)]%3EIn Corso%27s case I%27m inclined to think that it%27s basically just because %0D%0A%3Ehe%27s not that bright. %0D%0A%0D%0AI take every opportunity I can to say this%3B fuck Corso Riggs.%0D%0A%0D%0AJorgen supremecy. Nothing like Shepherding around with your every loyal catman who carries a laser gattling gun.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 28|3|22|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Phantom||21:45:59|12/18/2012|%3EIn Corso%27s case I%27m inclined to think that it%27s basically just because %0D%0A%3Ehe%27s not that bright. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0AI agree 100%25 with that.%0D%0ARisha is a bit better.%0D%0AVette and T7 are my favorite Core NPCs.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22When you have excluded the impossible%2C whatever remains%2C however improbable%2C must be the truth.%22 30|2|21|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||17:55:21|12/25/2012|%3EFrom the %22sometimes game mechanics are weird%22 file%3A Your companion %0D%0A%3Epretty much treats any object lower than hip-high as a seamless %0D%0A%3Econtinuation of the floor. While this is preferable to having them get %0D%0A%3Estuck behind boxes or generating additional lag with pathfinding%2C it %0D%0A%3Estill leads to some hilarious visuals. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Vette%2C my sweet%2C you are going to get us both killed horribly if you keep standing on Darth Baras%27s desk.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DThe Empire is just always funnier when the game breaks kayfabe than the Republic is.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 31|3|30|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Phantom||23:13:21|12/27/2012|%3E%22Vette%2C my sweet%2C you are going to get us both killed horribly if you %0D%0A%3Ekeep standing on Darth Baras%27s desk.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd here I thought it was just my Vette.%0D%0AThank you. NOW I understand why some of the events in the game actually occur.%0D%0A%0D%0ABTW%2C she looks very nice in some of the Inquisitor%27s gear. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22When you have excluded the impossible%2C whatever remains%2C however improbable%2C must be the truth.%22 32|4|31|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||00:01:30|12/28/2012|%3EAnd here I thought it was just my Vette. %0D%0A%3EThank you. NOW I understand why some of the events in the game %0D%0A%3Eactually occur. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe fact that everyone has the same %22unique%22 companion is a bit disorienting. Tends to detract somewhat from the convincingness of the game world. I keep wanting to compare notes with other Sith warriors I encounter out in the wild. %22Say%2C that%27s a nice-looking Vette you have there. Can she shoot straight%3F Mine%27s developed this terrible pull to the left.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I especially enjoy the little tag that appears if you put your cursor on someone else%27s companion. %22Level 24 Corso Riggs%2C%22 it says%2C like that%27s a %5Bi%5Dtype%5B%2Fi%5D of something.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C I don%27t enjoy playing villains%2C but I like the weird dynamic that%27s developed between Caractacus and Vette simply because I%27m playing him as little %5Bi%5Dlike%5B%2Fi%5D a villain as possible. The canned dialogue in any computerized RPG is never going to be particularly nuanced%2C but I like to think that he%27s completely bemused that his graduation present from the Sith Academy was a slave%2C and she%27s just baffled by his entire attitude toward life%2C which involves being really polite and kind %28albeit somewhat sarcastic%29 to people whenever possible%2C and then%2C when faced with no viable alternatives but fighting%2C %5Bi%5Dusing his limitless inner fury to become a terrifying engine of annihilation%5B%2Fi%5D for exactly as long as necessary%2C after which it turns off and he%27s all laid-back and friendly again.%0D%0A%0D%0AMind you%2C this is also a guy who dresses like a fighter pilot and only takes off his helmet when talking to his secretly emancipated twi%27lek slave %28secretly because if anybody knew he%27d manumitted her it would presumably get them both killed%29. A lot of the minor Imperial flunkies he interacts with on a day-to-day basis probably assume that he%27s More Machine than Man or some similar bullshit Sith Lord thing%2C but no%2C it%27s just that he likes it that nobody can see what he%27s up to%2C or even really know whether he%27s listening to them. Half the time when Darth Baras is talking%2C I expect Caractacus is making %22blah blah blah%22 faces in there%2C having trained himself to do so without moving his head in the telltale side-to-side fashion.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28The real reason I never have him take off his helmet is because it makes him sound like he%27s at the other end of a phone line%2C and I %28heart%29 the game designers for thinking of that and presumably reprocessing %5Bi%5Dall his available audio%5B%2Fi%5D accordingly.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 33|5|32|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Eric Heckathorn||00:50:52|12/28/2012|%3EHalf the time %0D%0A%3Ewhen Darth Baras is talking%2C I expect Caractacus is making %22blah blah %0D%0A%3Eblah%22 faces in there%2C having trained himself to do so without moving %0D%0A%3Ehis head in the telltale side-to-side fashion. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Never have that damn thing down in front of me. How I do I know you%27re not making faces at me under that thing%3F%22%0D%0A 34|5|32|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Bad Moon||02:46:00|12/29/2012|%3E%3EAnd here I thought it was just my Vette. %0D%0A%3E%3EThank you. NOW I understand why some of the events in the game %0D%0A%3E%3Eactually occur. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe fact that everyone has the same %22unique%22 companion is a bit %0D%0A%3Edisorienting. Tends to detract somewhat from the convincingness of %0D%0A%3Ethe game world. I keep wanting to compare notes with other Sith %0D%0A%3Ewarriors I encounter out in the wild. %22Say%2C that%27s a nice-looking %0D%0A%3EVette you have there. Can she shoot straight%3F Mine%27s developed this %0D%0A%3Eterrible pull to the left.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28I especially enjoy the little tag that appears if you put your cursor %0D%0A%3Eon someone else%27s companion. %22Level 24 Corso Riggs%2C%22 it says%2C like %0D%0A%3Ethat%27s a %5Bi%5Dtype%5B%2Fi%5D of something.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat said%2C I don%27t enjoy playing villains%2C but I like the weird %0D%0A%3Edynamic that%27s developed between Caractacus and Vette simply because %0D%0A%3EI%27m playing him as little %5Bi%5Dlike%5B%2Fi%5D a villain as possible. The %0D%0A%3Ecanned dialogue in any computerized RPG is never going to be %0D%0A%3Eparticularly nuanced%2C but I like to think that he%27s completely bemused %0D%0A%3Ethat his graduation present from the Sith Academy was a slave%2C and %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s just baffled by his entire attitude toward life%2C which involves %0D%0A%3Ebeing really polite and kind %28albeit somewhat sarcastic%29 to people %0D%0A%3Ewhenever possible%2C and then%2C when faced with no viable alternatives %0D%0A%3Ebut fighting%2C %5Bi%5Dusing his limitless inner fury to become a terrifying %0D%0A%3Eengine of annihilation%5B%2Fi%5D for exactly as long as necessary%2C after %0D%0A%3Ewhich it turns off and he%27s all laid-back and friendly again. %0D%0A%0D%0AMace Windu is a Light Side Sith that just never bothered telling the Jedi Council when he was made a Master.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AOh God%2C it was me. I was the grognard all along. 35|5|32|||||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Zox||21:58:04|01/06/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-06-13 AT 10:01 PM (EST)]%3EMind you%2C this is also a guy who dresses like a fighter pilot and only %0D%0A%3Etakes off his helmet when talking to his secretly emancipated twi%27lek %0D%0A%3Eslave...%0D%0A%3E...it%27s just that he likes it that nobody can see what he%27s up %0D%0A%3Eto%2C or even really know whether he%27s listening to them.%0D%0A%0D%0ADarth Stig%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Some say he%27s a Jedi who got confused while filling out the job application%2C and every time he leaves to %27meditate%27 he%27s really going pod-racing. All we know is...%22 36|6|35|||1||RE%3A SWTOR%3A Any good%3F|Gryphon||22:37:26|01/06/2013|%3EDarth Stig%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Aimages2.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20100110203602%2Fstarwars%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fbd%2FWhiteVader.jpg%3Fx%7CDarth Stig%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28That%27s actually a scan of a panel from some %5Bi%5DElseworlds%5B%2Fi%5D-style %22alternate interpretation%22 comic version of %5Bi%5DReturn of the Jedi%5B%2Fi%5D in which ye olde redeemed Anakin Skywalker survived offing the Emperor - and so is alive in the Triumphal Denouement when the Rebels are standing around discussing what to do now that the Empire has been routed. He%27s basically Darth Vader from that episode of %5Bi%5DBattlestar Galactica%5B%2Fi%5D where Starbuck and Apollo thought they%27d died and gone to Heaven%2C but the effect is also kind of hilariously Stig-like.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C now that you%27ve put the image in my head%2C if I could alter the colors of Caractacus%27s costume%2C I%27d totally make it all white.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DSome say he%27s more machine now than man...%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D