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TOR: Smuggler/Dual Wield Lightsabers confirmed, E3 coverage, hints at starships and more!
DeaconX
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http://www.starwarsmmo.net/news/edge-magazine-bioware-interview/
*Had to delete the scans but you can still find them and read the article at the link above.
I resized and cleared up the tiny screenshot and you can clearly see the character holding two red lightsabers:
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing this.
PERSONALLY, I would have rather they called it a SCOUNDREL instead of SMUGGLER since smuggling is something specific while a SCOUNDREL is into all sorts of shady business... smuggling is just one thing a scoundrel does... it's a small detail and either way I'm happy, I'm just sayin' I think it would've made more sense... ... plus it sounds cooler and can be a bit more 'heroic' hehe.
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20-30 minutes of gameplay at E3 :O
Sounds like we finaly get some usefull info!
Good find DeaconX! I agree with you about Scoundrel vs. Smuggler title but heck, I will take either. I'm just glad they decided to reintroduce the class. I also noticed on the first page to the left of the BH and Troopers a green droid. Is it possible they are going to introduce a Droid character/class?
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Can't say I agree with these final lines of the interview AT ALL;
"Most importantly, you never want people to have to look for fun. People want to be guided - they don't want to have to find the fun."
edit: In my mind the lines should have been:
"Most importantly, we never want people to have to look for fun. The kind of players we aim for want to be guided - they don't want to have to find the fun."
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If you zoom in you can see what the guy is thinking...
j/k
Agreed. Because i can guarantee I'm not one of those people he thinks he knows. I don't wan't to be guided to shit.
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I agree, I like the Scoundrel title better, but it is just a title after all. I remember getting an infraction for making a joke thread tittled, "Confirmed classes= Scout and Scoundrel" It would be funny if I was right.
It's interesting to see an MMO developer say that they are seriously looking to compete with WoW. A lot of MMO developers at the moment either dodge that question or just say that WoW is such a monster that they'd be happy to get a fraction of it's subscribers. Go BioWare!
Yep, I was just thinking that; it's refreshing to see a clear "Yes!" answer to that question.
Hopefully it means that Bioware will be concentrating on providing a well-polished, varied and enjoyable long-term gaming experience that blows all of the recent narrowly focused and lacklustre releases out of the water and provides a viable alternative/improvement.
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well if this game has as good a story as kotor and mass effect had than it will do great. I have wanted an mmo with a story driven game like console rpg's for a very long time. I'm very excited about this game.
Mario is going to be in it? Awesome!
Lol, yeah my first though. Ok, kinda glad to know some other ppl than me have "odd thinking". XD
Anywho... GREAT article. I officially creamed my pants, lol. Seriously, so far it reads all wonderful. Ok, guided experience sounds odd, but in these days we can't make ANOTHER EQ, Vanguard tried and see where that led to.
Also nice to see them have the guts to just answer to the "do you want to beat WOW" question sincerly, heh. GO GO GO, Bioware! ^^
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Awesome job Deacon, thanks for the post!
I can't really take credit for FINDING this news I just came across it - I think it was someone named Drazil on the TOR forums who originally posted a link - I'm just sharing it here
But yeah, pretty awesome stuff. 20-30 minutes of TOR gameplay? Can't wait for Wednesday. In case anyone didn't know TOR's spotlight at E3 is on Wednesday: http://e3.gamespot.com/e3-live-schedule/?tag=live;view_schedule#blank
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I am glad I got to read that article before a mod pulls it. Posting pages from another company's rag is scary copyright infringement and I expect it will be killed.
I, too, did not care for his comment about how we're all a bunch of morons who must be led by the nose. Games are becoming so idiot-friendly that i expect soon they're be just like Movies. You basically just sit tehre and watch it play itself, because you can't be trusted to 'play it right'.
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Whoops. My bad. I'll delete the pages now *D'oh!* and just keep the link up.
As for the last statement, I totally agree. That's why I want a 'THEMEBOX' or 'SANDPARK' MMORPG with TOR. When you want to focus on story, you kind of need that theme park train tracks guided stuff. But I want a lot of freedom to go about my own way and find my own side quests, explore the heck out of planets and space in regions that don't really have to do with any of my actual quests...
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Great info so far. Im not scared of that last statement either. some people look at that as him giving hints of linear game play. But what if he means that there is so much content and things to do, u never really have to go looking for it? What if fun is everywhere no matter what u want to do??
LOL XD
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Well with Star Wars and SW Knights of the old Republic fan base they do have a shot at it. But that is if they can deliver a good game, with Biowares past success in the SW universe and other games I don't see that as a problem.
Hey Deacon,you always have some good bits of info on SWTOR etc..Just wondering where your getting the 'HINT' pertaining to the spaceship content...Was it based on the ships in the footage? The ones resembled a TIE fighter at the very end of the clip...Just wondering what your take on it is/was....thanx
That is why I am thinking SW:ToR will play a lot like Guild Wars. Centralized zones(gathering points for players) where you'll basically meet up and then go into instances to do missons.
From what I read it is nothing like that.
I hate to say it but I don't think that's what you're going to get. From everything I've looked at and checked into, it's going to be more like Guild Wars. I really hope that it isn't but all signs (at least so far) have pointed to it. Just my opinion, of course.
And the assumption that most players don't want to "look for the fun" just upsets me even more.
Lol, yeah my first though. Ok, kinda glad to know some other ppl than me have "odd thinking". XD
Anywho... GREAT article. I officially creamed my pants, lol. Seriously, so far it reads all wonderful. Ok, guided experience sounds odd, but in these days we can't make ANOTHER EQ, Vanguard tried and see where that led to.
Also nice to see them have the guts to just answer to the "do you want to beat WOW" question sincerly, heh. GO GO GO, Bioware! ^^
I'm pretty sure what he means by guided experience will be the story telling quests. The game should play like KOTOR and Mass Effect except with a more open ended experience. I imagine the community and other aspects of the game will be more of a sandbox experience with pvp thrown in. Thats how I view it anyways