Star Wars the Old Republic - Official Thread

[Darth Ravenous]

LOOKS cool.

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Combat
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ex...tar-wars/64688
I like the look of the combat.
Very similar to the other KOTOR games.

[Manco]

I used to be hesitant about the design direction, but seeing it in movement: it really works.

[Darth Ravenous]

Thanks TB cool vid btw.

[Stavroforos]

Still not too excited with the character design, though the combat is looking slightly better now.

[Wulfburk]

nice video, they moving in the right direction

[RVFVS]

I love the overall design but I hope they ramp up lightsabre combat. It is, arguably, the most important combat aspect in the game and I think has to be implemented well.

[Darth Ravenous]

Well it's still to early to know.

[Manco]

I don't like the purple lightning though, has gotta be blue

[RVFVS]

I don't like the purple lightning though, has gotta be blue

The lightning is purple in the movies...

[Manco]

New trilogy

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Old trilogy

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Both blue

[Cyrus the Virus]

It's blue and purple from what I recall. A combination of both.

[Manco]

Anyway, it's not the kind of purple it's now. That's more Mace Windu's light sabre purple

[Stavroforos]

So, I'm starting to contemplate playing a Jedi. Is there any chance they'll allow for a plot which makes the Jedi loyal to the Republic rather than the Jedi order?

[the_mango55]

The Jedi order is a part of the Republic.

[Stavroforos]

Yeah but they're their own institution, not under the control of the Republic, the Senate, etc.

[blank]

I'm leaning towards BH or SW at the moment. Honestly i'd rather pick a Republic class but they are simply not as appealing. Jedi don't fit my character at all, Trooper is the dullest of them all, and Smuggler is some random guy with two blasters basically.

My worry with the Sith Warrior though is that the few armors shown are totally rubbish. Bio has gotten the idea from somewhere that SW need to look like cyborgs

[Manco]

They got it from this dude called Darth Vader

[blank]

They got it from this dude called Darth Vader

That was more of a life support system.

[Manco]

I know, but that's literally where they got it from, wasn't trying to be snide. They say it in a design interview.
Anyways, The EU has firmly established Jedi and Sith being armoured, especially in the past. Mix that with their idea of the classes being representative of an archetype (in casu Darth Vader) I get how they came to the current designs.

The Jedi actually stopped wearing armor as part of the Ruusan reformation, so that people would't think of them as being an agressive conquering army