Will Tubbert

MarkNine

Re: Good vs. Evil

December 28 2011
My husband and I have been teaming since we both got off of our starter worlds. He's a Consular and I'm a Commando. We've both gone Light on every option, yet, somehow, I'm 2000 points ahead of him at level 23.

I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised that, unlike in nearly every other game, going purely "Light" isn't necessarily always "Good." At one point in the Commando's story, he captures an Imperial commander who promises key intelligence information if you let him live and go free. Your contact informs you he is a war criminal who has committed atrocities against civilians. Letting him live (and thus go free) gives you Light side points, but I don't think it's necessarily the "good" choice.

Up to this point, I've been pure "Light," but am starting to think I'm going to allow that reputation to get tarnished if I get saddled with similar choices in the future.
Edited December 28 2011 by MarkNine
Kidd Kasper

kiddkasper

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 28 2011
Quote by Justjon

True but that's also when you can give the feeling of knowledge via phone. A short post of "Extending maintenance no ETA" says nothing lol. Don't get me wrong I love this game I just think they need to polish up on their community skills and customer service.



I've played MMOs where they said absolutely nothing when the downtime extended beyond what they originally stated.

"Extending maintenance no ETA" does actually acknowledge our expectation of the servers being back up at the end of the stated end of the maintenance window.
Will Tubbert

MarkNine

Re: Gaming keyboard and mouse recommendations?

December 27 2011
Quote by Aldente
I use a standard keyboard, but I use a Razer Naga mouse. The mouse is not for everyone, but I like the 12-button thumb pad.


I had to take my Naga back. It preventing my computer from booting when it was plugged in. If it was plugged in at any point before Windows had loaded, it would freeze the boot process. Everywhere from preventing the BIOS from coming up at all (if plugged in at the beginning of a restart) to freezing the Windows boot halfway through if I plugged it in before Windows finished loading and had gotten to a login screen.

Razer's tech support wasn't able to suggest anything other than update the drivers (which I'd started with the most recent drivers to begin with). It's a shame because I was starting to get the hang of using at least 9 of the 12 buttons without too much fore thought.

Back to my G9x and relying on the keyboard to trigger my skills.
Philip

Buckett

Aric Jorgan Proximity

December 27 2011

This is a mod of the XKCD comic Cat Proximity.

I find it extra funny that my trooper is named puppy and his first companion is a Cathar, aka, Kitty!
Jon

Justjon

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
Quote by kiddkasper
Quote by Justjon
Sitting here wondering why they have people with no experience dealing with the community lol. No ETA is ever a response you ever want to give in Technical Support or Customer Service it's basically saying we have no clue what were doing but we are working on it.

While I wait though I am working on my blog lol.


Having worked in technical support for 10 years, I can tell you that "we don't know when it will be fixed, but our people are working on it" is SOOOO much better than "it'll be fixed in 2 hours" and then completely missing that mark.

The reason? Either you can work on it for 2 hours and HOPE that it gets fixed correctly or you can work on it until it's done properly and however long it takes is however long it takes.


True but that's also when you can give the feeling of knowledge via phone. A short post of "Extending maintenance no ETA" says nothing lol. Don't get me wrong I love this game I just think they need to polish up on their community skills and customer service.
Mike

LittleMonster

Re: Good vs. Evil

December 27 2011
light vs. dark is not really good vs. evil but detachment vs. attachment... love and pleasure are both "attachments," we enjoy these things when we have them, but it causes us pain to be without... pain leads to the darkside.

We can also attach ourselves to regret... if we do something and things turn out badly, we may regret out decision. Regret causes pain as well.

So... you can totally be a "good" player leaning towards the darkside.
Philip

Buckett

Re: Gaming keyboard and mouse recommendations?

December 27 2011
PC Keyboardis the keyboard I mainly use, I also use a rollupable silicon keyboard if I am planning to eat or drink in front of the keyboard.

Instead of a mouse, I use a track ball such as the Logitech M570 since my gaming pc is also the HTPC, I find it easier to use and nicer on the wrists.
Kidd Kasper

kiddkasper

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
Quote by Justjon
Sitting here wondering why they have people with no experience dealing with the community lol. No ETA is ever a response you ever want to give in Technical Support or Customer Service it's basically saying we have no clue what were doing but we are working on it.

While I wait though I am working on my blog lol.


Having worked in technical support for 10 years, I can tell you that "we don't know when it will be fixed, but our people are working on it" is SOOOO much better than "it'll be fixed in 2 hours" and then completely missing that mark.

The reason? Either you can work on it for 2 hours and HOPE that it gets fixed correctly or you can work on it until it's done properly and however long it takes is however long it takes.
Edited December 27 2011 by kiddkasper
Mike

LittleMonster

Re: Good guild members . . .

December 27 2011
Name: Tokyo
Class: Jedi Knight
Faction: Republic
Guild: KoS
Chris Mello

Bonisagus

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
It's amazing how much crap I'm getting done around the house with the servers down.
Mike

LittleMonster

Re: The Giant Official "I was in Beta" Thread

December 27 2011
I had little to no interest in SW:TOR... I'm surprised I even signed up to Beta test (like two years ago). Then I did my first of three beta weekends.

When that first beta weekend was over... I put in my preorder.
Anthony

Gesser

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
haha.. it's even more fun having to wait in a queue to even get to their official forums ;)
Jon

Justjon

Re: soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
Sitting here wondering why they have people with no experience dealing with the community lol. No ETA is never a response you ever want to give in Technical Support or Customer Service it's basically saying we have no clue what were doing but we are working on it.

While I wait though I am working on my blog lol.
Edited December 27 2011 by Justjon
Anthony

Gesser

soo now that the servers are still down..

December 27 2011
whats everyone up to? =P
Philip

Buckett

Re: What species would you want added?

December 27 2011
Quote by Sylvenger
I have loved Kit Fisto, a Nautolan (is it weird that I find him sexy? :blush: ).


Thank you I am not the only one haha. He is a bit of a departure from my usual bearish men, the man who does his voice in the clone war cartoons was the same voice actor who did Samurai Jack. So I would like to see a Nautolan as an option. So far from what I have gathered their skin colours are similar to that of a Twilik, green, yellow, blue etc.

I think the Bothans social ability should be "Die for information" You get to send mails for free if you take a death penalty.

I would also like to see Cathar and a non humanoid species.

edit: Such as the
Thisspiasian
Edited December 27 2011 by Buckett
Ron Rodriguez

Hierophant

Re: Datacron Locations

December 27 2011
Bah! Tell me about it! Found one in the middle of a small lake in Alderaan last night: the only way to reach it was to climb up the side of a nearby hill and wait for an incredibly slow moving and very, very, VERY narrow platform to slide its way up some tension wires, then hope that I landed on the platform without falling to my potential death on the sharp rocks far below.

Good thing I was semi-decent at Super Mario Bros when I was a kid. Managed in two tries, after losing almost 7k health the first time I went "SPLAT!"
Will Tubbert

MarkNine

Re: Datacron Locations

December 27 2011
I hope they aren't needed come end-game. Some of them are so absurdly difficult to get, and for what, a 0.5% increase to a stat?
Dustin

DustinJames

Re: Servers we should have been placed on...

December 27 2011
I'd actually argue Jekk'Jekk Tarr is perfect as it was named after the famous Cantina. :)
Patrick

Van

Re: Datacron Locations

December 27 2011
yeah you really need to be a super mario. I can't tell you how manytimes I've fallen from a set of pipes or stack of crates.