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Star Wars: The Old Republic F2Play launching Nov. 15th
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Perfect Cha0s
Member
Probably. It may be what has caused my performance to tank.
HarryDemeanor
Member
If you aren't subscribed currently then you don't get those until you resub by December 20th.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
I'm curious to see how the F2P side of this is, so I'm going to give it a try. I tried it for quite a bit when it was in beta and it never really clicked with me. I'm guessing it still won't but I'm curious to see how its changed since I last played before it even launched.
Metalmurphy
Member
Has anyone just starting to play this been able to simply login with his Origin account?
Gamble
Member
Ok so I'm still a little confused, I was a subscriber who didn't renew so if I resub I am preferred, the preferred has all the restrictions of the F2P with the added benefits of what has been outlined in the initial post? and there is no way to just get benefits of being a subscriber? I'm pretty sure I'm reading that wrong....right?
Yep. And I have 900 coins waiting for me too.
I find that really underhanded and cheap. Give me the coins that I "earned" and then let me decide if I want more - simple business practice.
If you actually resub then you're just a subscriber and you don't have to worry about preferred or whatever. Preferred is if you don't subscribe but you had subscribed before (or bought something on the Cartel Market).
Figured I would try the game out again. Really hard to get back into an MMORPG and have like 20+ abilities to relearn. But what makes it even harder? When Bioware fucks you over and asks for money just so you can have all the hotbars you used to. I just want a hotbar running down the right side of the screen so I can actually use my abilities for Chrissake.
Schweinehund
Member
Artifacts are purples right?
Before I quit my consular, he was decked in full pvp gear. If I reinstall and play does that all just become unequipped?
Also eager to buy this:
Even though its some level 10 inquisitor gear, it looks loads better than any garbage consular set I've ever equipped, except for my pvp set, which still doesn't show any sign of my morality.
Before I quit my consular, he was decked in full pvp gear. If I reinstall and play does that all just become unequipped?
Also eager to buy this:
Even though its some level 10 inquisitor gear, it looks loads better than any garbage consular set I've ever equipped, except for my pvp set, which still doesn't show any sign of my morality.
BannedEpisode
Member
Bioware should have taken a page out of valves F2P play book. This system is dooky.
If you euqipped it before it should still work.
Yep. And I have 900 coins waiting for me too.
I find that really underhanded and cheap. Give me the coins that I "earned" and then let me decide if I want more - simple business practice.
I have at least 1500 points waiting. :/
The ironic thing is that it would be a nice amount to get the F2P ball rolling and get me playing.
Meanwhile, looking at the Cartel Market, I have no idea what to do with them as subscriber.
Metalmurphy
Member
Yep, it's just bad business. Hell, why not give everyone a small amount of coins to start off with so they can feel some of the benefit and get hooked on that? Yet BioWare and EA act like creditors with the customers being indebted to them.
They certainly could take a page from Valve's book if they had the same subsidizing powers (Steam), but this was their shot at a cash cow. They failed and they want consumers to pay a lot to get rid of steep restrictions. I'm finding the quickbar slot nerf increasingly stupid, for example, rather than making me want to pay - is that effective business? Is it effective if you have to be annoying to get people to give you money? Not in the case of a f2p game and definitely not in the case of an MMO.
Once these dumb shits learn what proper incentives are then maybe we'll have a decent earner on our hands.
EDIT: Thanks for the breakdown Harry. So it's slightly better than free.
fluffydelusions
Member
I tried to but it didn't work lol. I went to reset password or whatever it was but it said servers were down.
Metalmurphy
Member
When I try to login with my origin account it says "login failed", if I try to registered I get an error in my nickname (probably because its already in use with my origin account), if I try to recover the password they say they sent the mail but I get nothing.
Don't really feel like making a new account just for this -.-
Hellraider
Member
Is anyone else downloading right now?What speeds do you get?I have been for about an hour at the range of 0-10kbps which is ridiculously bad!
FunkyMunkey
Banned
I was thinking of giving this another shot, but this is just amazing! LOL not now.
cleveridea
Member
just in case shader guy reads this, great job! I ran around tython looking at the pretty flowers lol
HarryDemeanor
Member
Per server I think but at the moment you can access all of your characters.
I was about to start downloading this, but it really seems like they are trying to punish the F2P folks, at least from reading the differences at an initial glance.
So stuff like the Preferred Members having increased XP, Credits, Sprint, and having a Cargo Hold inventory (I don't know if there are other bank-like areas in the game or if this Cargo Hold is it), would the lack of these things really be a hindrance for F2P people?
So stuff like the Preferred Members having increased XP, Credits, Sprint, and having a Cargo Hold inventory (I don't know if there are other bank-like areas in the game or if this Cargo Hold is it), would the lack of these things really be a hindrance for F2P people?
The 50% reduced XP gain might be a real turn off for most players. I mean, are you going to end up under leveled even if you complete most quests in a zone?
Wait, I'm sorry, I must have missed that part, a 50% XP reduction? In an MMO?
Uh... I'm not trying to be a debbie downer here, since I was actually pretty excited to play through the Imperial Agent story, but... whoa.
If I read the info correctly, it's -25% because you can't get rested XP and another 25% less because you aren't a subscriber.
You should be logging in with your Origin account as they should be the same thing. I believe at least. They might just been getting hammered.
Rested XP really isn't that big of a deal, unless you're logged out for days at a time. That said you really shouldn't be underleveled since F2Pers will probably have more incentive to do the bonus series in planets.
RedAssedApe
Banned
So is this worth a gander just to play the storyline?
HarryDemeanor
Member
If that's all you want to do then it's worth a try.
Schweinehund
Member
For most classes yes.
Consular is kind of a drag, but the class is fun.
BH is my personal favorite story. Always fun to piss off imperial officials.
Most people I see praise the imperial agents as one of Bioware's best-written stories in a long time.
If you can get a friend to play with you (the non-story stuff can be very dull), then yes. Approach it more like a Borderlands style game rather than a proper MMO.
Bear in mind the quality of the storyline varies wildly between classes - so google them first as there are quite a few good breakdowns of what to expect from each. The Imperial Agent is quite highly regarded (I definitely enjoyed it, but it takes a while to ramp up) and I also had some fun playing a lightside Sith Warrior.
It is pretty good - especially as the sheer magnitude of a mid-game choice dawns on you. But unfortunately, due to the constraints of it being an MMO, you soon realise how little consequence that decision had on the rest of your story.
BattleMonkey
Member
25% reduction, nope. For the most part in TOR you will be overleveled if you do lot of quests as the planets have abundance of side quests along with the heroic areas and bonus quests and bonus series. You can skip a lot of the quests on a planet and be easily over leveled. The reduction will slow down players especially near the level cap, so that will prob be annoying for some.
How was that experience? I thought about playing as a light-side Sith Inquistor, but I decided a sadistic Sith Queen instead.
I would think so. From my experience:
Trooper - Starts off strong, drops off a little in the middle, and somewhat picks up during Chapter 3. Mass Effect ish.
Consular - Chapter 1 & 2 are kind of a drag, but it really ends strong, IMO.
Jedi Knight - Pretty consistent throughout. What you would expect from a Jedi Knight, save the Republic story. Very much KOTOR 3ish.
I'm not done with Smuggler, but so far it's been a blast, plus the class itself is really fun.
I hear Imperial Agent is really "James Bond"ish type of story. See a lot of praise for it. I hear Warrior and Bounty Hunter are good too. As for Sith Inquisitor, I hear it kind of suffers the same as Jedi Consulars. In that they're kind of slow, and not so much in front line kind of story.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
When i go to log into my old account it says i need to subscribe? How do i activate the F2P?
Schweinehund
Member
You basically are trying to hide your good tendencies and rework the empire to be good from the inside out. Any jedi you run into turns out to be an asshole and just wants to fight you, when you insist on not fighting. Twi'lek chick thinks you're a cool dude.
On another note, when does the level cap raise come out? I remember them mentioning a new planet and 5 more levels at e3. Might resub if I get access to that.
Started up a Jedi Knight (or more accurately, playing one I made during my free month that I barely got anywhere with) since that's supposedly the closest to an actual KotOR 3, or so I've read. Finished a quest, and my only "choice" for a reward is one that only subscribers can get. It's just a "simple medium credit box," which I assume holds credits, but damn. They really want you to subscribe instead of paying your way gradually. There also seems to be no way to get more than two character slots other than subscribing.
You know, I quite enjoyed it and completing it is the only thing really drawing me back to game (stopped playing around level 40 as by that time I had already finished my Agent's story).
Without spoiling it too much, Bioware really gives you some room to be 'good', or to at least do the best you can under bad circumstances. The dialogue and story it opens up with your Twilek companion is also pretty decent.
Any word on how they're handling the level cap raise? Will it be a completely independent side-story or are they actually going to continue your character's storyline?
I've been really curious to know how they're going to deal with everyone's choices at the end of their story. Judging by the game's lack of success I don't really see them going to the effort to adding variations to the story based on your 1-50 choices. Maybe they'll just hit a 'reset button' and have one canon per class?
The bolded sounds really interesting, almost to the point where I am interested in playing the Sith Warrior.
Hell, I think I will subscribe to TOR. I hate the 25% reduction in XP, and I do want to finish the imperial agent story (light side) and maybe complete the Sith Inquisitor story (dark side).
RPGCrazied
Member
The imperial agent is pretty good, almost level 13. Can't wait to get sprint back. And I only have 2 action bars, and it seems enough for right now.
It starts out kind of good actually. But eventually the quest and story missions don't leave much room for interpretation making it feel like no matter what you do you are evil.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Just a heads up, if you are going to play Imperial Agent I would definitely go with operative. My first character was the smuggler equivalent of operative (scoundrel) so decided to go sniper for my imperial agent but my goodness it's so boring. Enjoying the story line but can't convince myself to endure that gameplay, and I'm already to level 25 so I don't really want to restart. Sort of stuck in limbo with this guy.
Others may disagree.
Others may disagree.
Really? I'm finding Gunslinger(Sniper) so much fun. It's extremely strong. Though if you prefer stealth, operative could be better. Plus they're one of the best healers around in PVP.