Who all is playing SW:TOR this weekend?
  • JayJay
    Posts: 74
    I know some of you will be doing family shit.  I have to work on Friday, so won't be online until the afternoon.

    I know Nat, Hunter, Lisa and I will be playing.  Who else is going to be jumping in?
    Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile...
  • NatalliyaNatalliya
    Posts: 171
    Yay!!!!!!
    The reason I swear so much is because fuck you.
  • raekwonraekwon
    Posts: 9
    Ill be playing this weekend with my wife. She got invited to the weekend test. So maybe now she will stop bitching about me being on all the time. Well be on Darth malak server. I just applied for membership. Playing IA/BH live.
  • KraayKraay
    Posts: 25
    I will just tell me the server, time, and I'll be in vent!
    Everyday I'm Shufflin'
  • raekwonraekwon
    Posts: 9
    Darth malak is the established pvp server for the general testers.ill be rolling a new toon to lvl up with my wife this weekend but I can roll out my main if we get fucked with.
  • PraePrae
    Posts: 17
    Hoping to log in, but family stuff and work may keep me away.
    Insert snarky witticism here
  • raekwonraekwon
    Posts: 9
    With the way the website is acting up and as many people as they invited this time. I dono. It was barely able to stay running last time and queues were a few hours. I bet its going to be a glitchy crashy lag c'est all weekend. But im crossin my fingers.
  • AlkiAlki
    Posts: 74
    I'll be playing again this weekend. Will continue working on my Sith Inquisitor but will, at some point, create a toon on Iron Citadel to game with the Red Rancor folks also.

  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    The website was down for scheduled maintenance. The stickies were there for a week, but those that just randomly show up will think they're having issues. They're the only company I know that actually brings down the website for maintenance weekly. 

    I've got my 40+ character on cosmic turbine, but still have a 15 BH on sho-chii if i ever log on today. 
  • RitsuRitsu
    Posts: 8
    seeing Malak server having a 4 hour queue makes me want to choose a different one...I'll just be messing around for a while today, trying out a few classes so no big deal. Probably going to Shii-cho for the time being
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    Malak, Cosmic Turbine and Leviathan are the general testing servers. Malak has a queue when its not weekend testing so best to avoid those 3. 
  • NatalliyaNatalliya
    Posts: 171
    I'd prefer Shii-Cho, folks. It's what we used last time and it was good.

    The reason I swear so much is because fuck you.
  • PraePrae
    Posts: 17
    I was on Juno earlier today giving the smuggler a go. No wait at all. Smuggler, like the BH, I found to be relatively simplistic and boring, but perhaps it gets better after 10. It's also the first class with which I was utterly underwhelmed with the overall story and voice acting.
    Insert snarky witticism here
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    if you pre order, i see you can log in sooner? does that mean i gotta pre order from this swtor site or just any store would let me get this code to log in early?
  • HarryHarry
    Posts: 39
    holy shit mercury
  • JayJay
    Posts: 74
    Pretty sure any pre-order will include an early access code.
    Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile...
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    Also are there any sites that give some basic summaries of each class? like im assuming each class sort of gets definded into a dps, tank, healer role?
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    hrmm guild capital starships sounds cool
  • NatalliyaNatalliya
    Posts: 171
    Holy fuck. Hi, Merc.


    The reason I swear so much is because fuck you.
  • PraePrae
    Posts: 17
    @Mercury: basic summaries are on the swtor.com site. Other than that...

    There are 4 base classes for each faction, 2 force and 2 non-force. The 2 non-force both seem to be primarily ranged classes, but I didn't play with them much other than BH and Trooper, which I grew tired of fairly quickly.

    At level 10, each base class splits into subclasses that further define the "role."

    Example: Republic Consular is the equivalent of a warrior mage with the emphasis on mage. They have a light-saber, but the majority of their talent lies in using force powers from a distance. At level 10, the Consular can specialize in either Sage (Healer) or Shadow (Assassin). I went Sage with mine and found it to be awesome at crowd control and healing, so-so at melee (only 2 special attacks) and damn near devastating at range, especially when soloing. 

    Each class also gets a companion. The Sage's companion was a taunting melee warrior. The Jedi (I forget the specialization he had) companion is a ranged laser-firing robot. Both very complimentary to their respective strengths.

    I don't know of any decent sites yet that have opened up, but then I haven't really been looking. I would assume the standards are up and running already with a growing section devoted to SWTOR.
    Insert snarky witticism here
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    Sith Warrior - Jug (Tank or Melee DPS) & Marauder (duel wielding Melee DPS)
    Sith Inquisitor - Sorceror (Ranged DPS or Heals) & Assassin (Tank or double bladed saber DPS)
    Imperial Agent - Sniper (Ranged DPS) & Operative ( Melee DPS or Heals) 
    Bounty Hunter - Powertech (Tank or Medium Ranged DPS) & Mercenary (Ranged DPS & Heals)

    Republic mirrors are pretty much the same. 

    So as you can see, you're not pigeon-holed into a certain class, but each works slightly different. 
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    thanks everyone for the info... and hi nat :P

    one more question, are the jedi/sith like op asshats in pvp or could something like the sniper be useful in pvp... also whats the OP class atm the moment
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    There's no OP class at all, they're pretty much balanced. Certain classes do end up having abilities that make them better in certain situations though. In huttball, those with Force Leap and bubbles were scoring way too fast, but in Alderaan and Voidstar its back to normal. 

    1v1 will come down to skill. Best to always play what you like. Class balance is never finished and will be boosted/nerfed patch to patch. 
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    Hrmm... Guess I'd roll with some sort of melee? or healer... that seems to be my niche from wow/rift.. though the sniper just sounds cool but maybe thats my BF3 speaking
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    The IA Operative might be up your alley. Its the shorter range sniper, using a carbine instead of the sniper but has melee weapon and has option to heal. The other two healers (sorc and BH mercenary) are range healers with the BH currently being the weakest healer out of the 3. 

    I believe the operative has a stealth/melee tree, medium range dps tree and the healing tree. 

  • AlkiAlki
    Posts: 74
    Imperial Agent Operative spec'd healing is absolutely OP in PvP right now. I cannot express how frustrating it is attempting to kill one of the sons a bitches!  LOL

    They are not getting a lot of hype, but I can assure you, the ones at 50 are dominating right now.  Both in PvP and PvE.  Heals wise, that is.

  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    well looks like im sold on that for my healer then lol
  • raekwonraekwon
    Posts: 9
    Love my op! Once you get lascerate at 20 you really start to put out some damage. And hey dvius I pvped with you last night buddy I was that juggy guarding you.
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    Should have said something! I was mainly testing out the experience. When servers first came up, the exp was dreadful. A full huttball match gave 5k exp. Then when servers crashed, it was back to about 17k. It was great when it was about 30k a match lol. 
  • AlkiAlki
    Posts: 74
    I'm playing this weekend (December 2nd)  ... if anyone else is on, let me know .. maybe we can get together!

  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    what would i have to do to play in the beta? like are there any spots left? cuz id be down
  • PraePrae
    Posts: 17
    This is the last beta weekend I think. Only a limited number of invites went out (I didn't get one), and last I heard there were only 5 or 6 servers available. Last night, first night of the weekend beta, I guess the queue times were hours and hours long. Yeah, totally ok with not being in this go-round hehe.
    Insert snarky witticism here
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    The queue timers are way off. It listed 7 hours when I logged on, and it took 10 minutes. 
  • HarryHarry
    Posts: 39
    log in is fucked up .. I cant get in at all
  • MercuryMercury
    Posts: 35
    As long as que times where like 10-15 mins I wouldnt mind em... maybe prefer em lol... just means the server is actually populated
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    Harry, is your play button greyed out? If so, not everyone who was in last weekend was invited back. This was a much smaller pool of invites. 

    The queues for the weekend were intentional to test the limits of the servers. They got 3x as many people on each server compared to the 11/11 weekend, so it was worth it. The 12/3 patch seemed to fixed the time listed for the queues. When I got on around 1pm, it gave me a 10m queue and it was a little quicker than that. 
  • HarryHarry
    Posts: 39
    Maybe thats what it was... they sent me an email to change my password but I didnt get reinvited.
  • AlkiAlki
    Posts: 74
    Ya, the queue times listed were wrong during the 12/2 beta weekend. Darth Malak said that there was a 2 hour queue ... yet every time I logged in, it took less than 10 minutes. Tops.

    They changed some things in this build that were really nice quality of life improvements.

    One that caught my eye right off the bat: Ability ranks now auto upgrade on your bar when you train them. No more dragging rank 4 to replace rank 5!
     
    Can't wait for launch!
  • AlkiAlki
    Posts: 74
    err ... rank 4 to replace rank 3

    I hate Mondays.

  • raekwonraekwon
    Posts: 9
    Hey guys checking in, dvius I got a bunch of screen shots of that crazy party on kaas at the end.this is roshan. Saw you dancing like a madman in there. Two weeks to launch folks can't wait.
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    I was half asleep lol. We were recording it for Tor-talk, and that music almost made me pass out in my chair. If we weren't doing a video, I would have skipped it and went to bed. /dance shoulda been replaced by giant R2 units one-shotting everyone. 
  • JayJay
    Posts: 74
    13 days until early access -- so excited!
    Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile...
  • DviusDvius
    Posts: 37
    13 until official launch day. 6 until early access :) Early access starts the 13th 
  • JayJay
    Posts: 74
    Yeah, good point.

    I just got that email -- holy shit, I thought EA was only 5 days early, looks like we're getting two free.

    Wootage!
    Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile...
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