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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 5, 2012 21:57:13 GMT -5
I saw the collector's edition (in a damage box) for $40. Then I discovered I had a $10 Amazon credit so I couldn't pass on the $30 price. I'm a bit nervous whether I need two MMO's in my life while I'm still trying to play through Lego Batman.
Any advice on character creation? I think I want to play a healer on the Sith side.
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Post by Parchandri on Jul 6, 2012 0:39:56 GMT -5
I thought about playing it but I read that it's quickly dying. A lot of the servers are barren. Then with the highly populated servers it's hard to get into a good guild that's running endgame content regularly.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 6, 2012 7:02:41 GMT -5
I thought about playing it but I read that it's quickly dying. A lot of the servers are barren. Then with the highly populated servers it's hard to get into a good guild that's running endgame content regularly. Ugh. Not what I wanted to hear. |
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Post by T R W on Jul 6, 2012 7:23:16 GMT -5
I haven't played in a few months, but they recently added server transfers to help with the empty server problems. Honestly, they just had too many servers at launch in an effort to ry and get everybody on and prevent wait times.
I liked the game a lot, but I didn't care much for the end game, but it could be because I had touble finding a decent guild on m server. I never played a healer, so I can't give advice there, but I can say that I really enjoyed the Imperial Agent Sniper.
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Post by Chris Hammers on Jul 6, 2012 7:30:33 GMT -5
I keep hearing they're likely going free to play.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 6, 2012 8:32:52 GMT -5
I keep hearing they're likely going free to play. I had heard that as well, but also heard that that got misinterpreted and they were just going to offer a free trial. I dunno. I found a site that displays the server stats and honestly, I find the sheer number of servers offered to be a bit overwhelming. DCUO is the only MMO I play otherwise and it only has 4 servers. I have no idea what the subscriber numbers are for it compared to TOR though. Are there any particular servers I should avoid? |
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Post by T R W on Jul 6, 2012 9:41:56 GMT -5
Well, you jumped on DCU after it was free to play. At launch it had a LOT more servers available at the time. The current DCU subscriber numbers are much lower than SWTOR still.
SWTOR has too many servers, and it was a mistake in hindsight, but it did make launch a better experience because there weren't many queue times to play. I imagine they will remove some completely in the near future once server transfers settle down.
People have been transferring servers like crazy the last month, so I don't know how accurate those sites are. But i would try to find one with a heavy population in your time zone.
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Post by Mole on Jul 6, 2012 9:56:34 GMT -5
I played it for about a month and quit when it started to get too grind-y for my tastes. The reason why everyone says they're eventually going free to play is because of the free trial. They adopted that deal faster than any other MMO out there (I believe) and that does not give a good impression on EA/Bioware's feeling on SWTOR's performance.
I played a Sith Marauder, which in MMO terms is a Melee DPS character. For the time that I enjoyed the game overall, I enjoyed playing that character.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 6, 2012 10:25:00 GMT -5
I find I enjoy playing ranged healers the best. You stay out of the mess and you still get your share of the loot without getting your ass kicked as much. Of course then you get griped at by every Rambo who gets himself killed as he tries to solo a boss.
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Post by Mole on Jul 6, 2012 10:27:25 GMT -5
I find I enjoy playing ranged healers the best. You stay out of the mess and you still get your share of the loot without getting your ass kicked as much. Of course then you get griped at by every Rambo who gets himself killed as he tries to solo a boss. If you find a good party, they'll yell at the Rambo, and not you. Trust me, I learned how to play my class well after getting chewed out on a few Flashpoints for playing like an idiot. If you like Star Wars enough that you're interested, I think it's worth your time. They have some interesting stories to tell in SWTOR and they have the novelty of Mass Effect-style conversations in an MMO. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 6, 2012 10:35:00 GMT -5
I've got to the point where I tell people that if you leave the group, I don't heal you. I follow the group leader and heal him/her. If you're in the area, you'll get heals too. If you run off on your own, you're on your own. I've been known to start votes to kick Rambos before. I've found some people don't seem to learn no matter how much you yell at them though.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 7, 2012 19:17:05 GMT -5
I'm finding the game to be much, much longer than DCUO. Granted, I'm unfamiliar with the MMO genre in general so I have no clue how representative DCUO is of that genre. I played for about 3-4 hours and only got to level 7. I really expected to make far more progress than that. It also seems like there are only 70 players on the server which seems bizarre given that the game claims nearly 2 million subscribers.
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Post by T R W on Jul 7, 2012 22:27:52 GMT -5
DCUO is a much shorter game. Getting to level 50 will take a pretty long time even if you play several hours a day, if you do all the side quests, which I recommend. And the main story is pretty different for most of the classes, so re-rolling can be fun. Also you level up relatively fast at the beginning. Trust me, it will slow down a lot once you get in the 20's and 30's. And that is pretty normal for MMOs.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 7, 2012 22:58:31 GMT -5
DCUO is a much shorter game. Getting to level 50 will take a pretty long time even if you play several hours a day, if you do all the side quests, which I recommend. And the main story is pretty different for most of the classes, so re-rolling can be fun. Also you level up relatively fast at the beginning. Trust me, it will slow down a lot once you get in the 20's and 30's. And that is pretty normal for MMOs. Yeah, I know on DCUO you can create a character and level cap him over a weekend with ease. I finally made it to level 9. I started my Sith Inquisitor character. I'm finding I suck at playing bad guys. I mean, you do bad stuff on the villain side at DCUO, but that's basically mugging people and freeing other bad guys. In TOR, you're being asked to torture people right off the bat. I have a hard time bringing myself to do it. Not gonna lie. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jul 8, 2012 8:09:04 GMT -5
Just a side note, the collector's edition is pretty freaking sweet. I haven't fully unboxed everything as I was waiting to see if I enjoyed the game or not. The box is huge, looks nice, doesn't seem damaged at all and was a great deal for $30.
Anyway, I'm already considering scrapping my intial character and starting from scratch. I started a human Sith Inquisitor just so I could play around with the game mainly. Given how long it takes to level up, I'm debating scrapping him as I don't care for how he looks (and it doesn't seem like I can change that) and I really want to play an alien species. It's a shame that the game doesn't seem to have a way to change my hairstyle even.
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