Star Wars: TOR

[bullzeye.za]

So, I was just on the phone with Animeworx, and I was told that TOR will launch here sometime next year - Possibly even with local servers.

What do you guys think? Personally, I would prefer to use the EU servers, as I have a bunch of friends that stay and will be playing there ( WoW Buddies ftw? )

Could you break your current MMO circle and hope that the local server(s) are any good? Or will you prefer the stability of an international server, and just suffer the latency?

 

[GoofySmurf]

I find the international community much more friendlier and helpful than the local community, this translates to all games FPS and RPG so I will most probably play on the int servers and make a alt on the local server. I expect to get bored in the first month as it is using the same quest/collect-kill-(random task) structure that is in all the MMO's. The only thing that is different really is that the questing is accompanied by some actual voice and cinimatic and you can fly a space ship (TBH it looks like some failed 3d action space shooter).

I think Guild Wars 2 is looking much better in regards with innovation, regardless im playing both and see which one grabs me but SWTOR is basicly wow with some new cosmetics and 1or2 extra features. This has been done already in the following (Runes of Magic, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, Rift, Champions Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Dark Ages of Camelot , WoW .... to name a few)

Honestly don't know how you guys play the same **** over and over and actually get excited about it..... (I have played all the games above and tried about every free and pay MMO out there and gues what same formula for all of them), This somehow reminds me of the COD crowd its just that the MMO crowd is still in denial.


My 2c

 

[Lycanthrope]

So, I was just on the phone with Animeworx, and I was told that TOR will launch here sometime next year - Possibly even with local servers.

Local servers will never happen. The ZA (online) gaming community is far too small and bandwidth/server costs of that magnitude are still far too exorbitant for that to ever be feasible.

What do you guys think? Personally, I would prefer to use the EU servers, as I have a bunch of friends that stay and will be playing there ( WoW Buddies ftw? )

EU or US servers, definitely.

Could you break your current MMO circle and hope that the local server(s) are any good? Or will you prefer the stability of an international server, and just suffer the latency?

Stability? I don't understand then, are you referring to "private" local servers?

I'll stick to international/official servers one way or the other.

EU or US, it makes no difference to me.

 

[Spykertjie]

I find the international community much more friendlier and helpful than the local community, this translates to all games FPS and RPG so I will most probably play on the int servers and make a alt on the local server. I expect to get bored in the first month as it is using the same quest/collect-kill-(random task) structure that is in all the MMO's. The only thing that is different really is that the questing is accompanied by some actual voice and cinimatic and you can fly a space ship (TBH it looks like some failed 3d action space shooter).

I think Guild Wars 2 is looking much better in regards with innovation, regardless im playing both and see which one grabs me but SWTOR is basicly wow with some new cosmetics and 1or2 extra features. This has been done already in the following (Runes of Magic, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, Rift, Champions Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Dark Ages of Camelot , WoW .... to name a few)

Honestly don't know how you guys play the same **** over and over and actually get excited about it..... (I have played all the games above and tried about every free and pay MMO out there and gues what same formula for all of them), This somehow reminds me of the COD crowd its just that the MMO crowd is still in denial.


My 2c

You should try EVE online.

 

[GoofySmurf]

I am a active Eve Online player

I love CCP for their innovation and they are not scared to try new things.

 

[killkom]

I find the international community much more friendlier and helpful than the local community, this translates to all games FPS and RPG so I will most probably play on the int servers and make a alt on the local server. I expect to get bored in the first month as it is using the same quest/collect-kill-(random task) structure that is in all the MMO's. The only thing that is different really is that the questing is accompanied by some actual voice and cinimatic and you can fly a space ship (TBH it looks like some failed 3d action space shooter).

I think Guild Wars 2 is looking much better in regards with innovation, regardless im playing both and see which one grabs me but SWTOR is basicly wow with some new cosmetics and 1or2 extra features. This has been done already in the following (Runes of Magic, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, Rift, Champions Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Dark Ages of Camelot , WoW .... to name a few)

Honestly don't know how you guys play the same **** over and over and actually get excited about it..... (I have played all the games above and tried about every free and pay MMO out there and gues what same formula for all of them), This somehow reminds me of the COD crowd its just that the MMO crowd is still in denial.


My 2c

I was wondering if you actually have read anyting about this game

To compare it to WOW about the only similarity is that its an MMO

This is a story Driven MMO they way it adapts to how you answer questions which side you are on and how you do things and that everything is voice overed and its based on the starwars universe and has space battles.
What was I thinking that sound exactly the same as WOW NOT!!!!!!!!

Then you go say that GW2 is looking good which is a true WOW replica

What planet are you on exactly???

 

[Paragon]

Really people...really? Again with the comparing everything to wow?

I dont find SA servers appealing tbh. The population is simply not big enough.

Having said that I will weigh in on the above poster...

Who gives a crap. Swtor adds some new stuff, and GW2 adds some new stuff. For me gw2's combat is more different and refreshing than swtor's combat, not to mention what theyre doing with questing. It feels much more refreshing than tor basing 85% of its marketing off of the fact that its using the star wars IP. Not impressed by it and the fact that they simply added voice overs isnt enough of a change to make it fresh, when gw2 is also making changes to the quest system.

Either way, the latency to local servers would be a dream, but I would still prefer international servers tbh. Besides which, as someone above me mentioned, local servers are but a dream

 

[EnchanterG]

Well, all this topic has done is make me curious enough to go look up these games.
That's impressive considering I'm an Eve addict

 

[AvatarTheFallen]

Being an active EvE Player, I don't think I can play another MMO that is NOT like a Sand BOX. With these instanced based MMO's, might as well be a single player game with CoOP for friends.

I will however give it a whirld to see what all the fuss is about. I mean common... it stars wars... and it's Bioware. They have not dissapointed yet.

 

[EnchanterG]

So...I'm this total Star Wars fanatic. But I'm not sold on the MMO. The trailers I've seen look lovely, but the combat system looks like it uses the old system from all the Knights of the Old Republic games.

No don't get me wrong, I loved those games, I still do, in fact on seeing the trailers I'm giving serious thought to installing them again. But that's the thing, I HAVE these games. I do not have to pay money for more of the same. Now, if I'm mistaken, and the combat system is totally different, then MAYBE I can give the game a chance, but from what I've seen, I think it's a no for now.

Still downloading GW2 trailers, I'll pass judgment on that in a little while.