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SWTOR 2.0 Anyone playing?

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MarkosMartong
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Posted On: 04/10/2013 at 09:19 AM
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I've played SWTOR of and on since its launch and I purchased the 2.0 Makeb expansion. I did not have high expectations but so far I have been very impressed.  Bioware may have turned things around with SWTOR.  Recent updates (Gree event, double xp weekends and Makeb) have all been positive.

 

Has anyone else played SWTOR recently?



» Edited on: 2013-04-11 11:08:44

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Sekkerhund
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Replied On: 04/10/2013 at 01:44 PM PDT
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Do you subscribe, or play F2P? I've heard varying positive and negative feedback about playing as F2P.

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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 01:43 AM PDT
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I quit SWTOR around the time when F2P was released. I might check out the expansion but not in a hurry. The main reason I quit was lacking server transfer functionality. I was stuck on a low population server when other servers were quite crowded with the influx of new players. Now I heard they are finally implementing server transfer, I will check back, move to a more populated server and see if I like it enough to buy the expansion and/or resub.

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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 04:48 AM PDT

Yeah unfortunately I left when they hit the healer bounty hunters. I heard they changed them back a little but with the new games coming out I have no interest in returning unfortunately. I feel so bad that SWTOR basically pulled the same stunt that SWG did with a NGE type patch listening to a small minority complain on the forums. I wish developers would start ignoring that population too many games are being messed up by them.

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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 10:30 AM PDT
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I am a subscriber. F2P is sort of limiting especially if you used to be a subscriber. I believe Bioware is basically looking at as being a trial account of sorts with the ability to play the game at max level. As for server transfers...they're coming...just don't know exactly when. However, with the server merges...it appears most of the U.S. servers are now well populated..so the days of an empty fleet are over. As for BH healers...from my recent experience they seem to do quite well...don't think they're at the level of a Sorcerer/Sage but, still very viable...I've struggled more with my Operative healer. Another positive IMO is they're making it easier to get gear to be viable at lvl 50...so you can jump right into hardmode flashpoints and lvl 50 warzones. Also, with 2.0 they've instituted achievements which you can gain Cartel coins to buy gear and other perks.

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Saren
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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 05:13 PM PDT
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Unfortunately I have no interest in the game.

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Ruwund
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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 08:45 PM PDT
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what server are you on? I have toons on harbringer but my account has been deactivated since f2p. I have a friend that still plays and enjoys it on harbringer server also.

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Fatal
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Replied On: 04/11/2013 at 10:41 PM PDT

I'm on Harbringer sever and I have been playing since beta, stop for a month or so when GW2 hit to play with the family. My kids love SWTOR and we played KoTOR 1, 2. I have lvl 50s on both sides. I'm not a raider but don't mind doing flashpoints. If you need help at all lvling or just getting started please feel free to message me on here. Also I will star being on Raidcall on the SWTOR channel when I play, so that way if anyone wants to play they know I'm on.

» Edited on: 2013-04-11 22:46:29

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Replied On: 04/12/2013 at 07:17 AM PDT
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Logged in a couple weeks ago, got on my Operative. Got attacked...tried to dodge and realized that wasn't working :P logged off.

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Replied On: 04/12/2013 at 12:18 PM PDT
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I have some low level toons on Harbinger. My main server is Jedi Covenant. As for the lack of a dodge mechanic..there isn't anything like we have in GW2, TSW, or in Tera...but I believe that there was some type of dodge mechanic built (maybe evasion...not sure) in 2.0 for agents/smugglers. Sometimes after playing a lot of GW2...I will play SWTOR and I always seem to inadvertently hit the dodge key. I completely understand not having an interest in playing if you don't like the games mechanics. It's sort of the way I felt about WOW last fall when I tried get into the MOP patch. I simply could not get into WOW's gameplay especially with GW2 only being about a month old and being so much more engaging.

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Replied On: 04/17/2013 at 09:46 AM PDT
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I'm actually subbed, on the Ebon hawk server. Cybertech, so if you need armourings/mods crafted, jsut drop me a pm!

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Replied On: 04/17/2013 at 10:28 PM PDT
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I stopped when Guild Wars 2 came out and never went back to playing when F2P hit, because after playing for a few months as a subscriber, I HATED their F2P model. It was absolutely atrocious and I'm desperately hoping they do some more chances to it sometime in the future.

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MarkosMartong
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Replied On: 04/18/2013 at 06:46 AM PDT
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I agree the F2P model needs to be tweaked.

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Doreth
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Replied On: 04/18/2013 at 11:32 AM PDT

so after seeing this post I thought I would go back in there and check how things look. played solid for 6-7 months in there when it came out.. have to say they added changed stuff quite a bit, and well I wasn't to impressed by it... they even change they elite gear looks, and well they look horrible now... I had kept my subscription going just in case but after what I saw today I cancelled it...

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Replied On: 04/18/2013 at 10:39 PM PDT

I play on Harbinger with Fatal, I have a 50 sith assassin (soon to be 55) and some lowbie Republic toons. As far as the F2P if you played before when the game came out, the F2P is pretty good. If you started after the F2P ouch that's gotta hurt, you have nothing, only two active toons and there is so much you can't do.

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Ruwund
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Replied On: 04/21/2013 at 08:24 PM PDT
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okay i have downloaded the game client again and started to mess around on my operative "Ruwind". Harbringer server. he is my lowest lvl toon at 13 currently :). i am in f2p mode tho..not sure if i want to resub yet or not. time will tell. I hope i get into the beta for TESO tho so we shall see where everything ends....lol

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Fatal
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Replied On: 04/22/2013 at 03:29 AM PDT

@Ruwund, Hope to see you around. Let me know if you need any help. ps check your SWTOR mail.

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Replied On: 05/07/2013 at 02:31 PM PDT
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I play on Ebon Hawk on occasion. I've got a Smuggler and a Sniper. I play with one of my older brothers. My older brother is much more interested in SWToR than I am, but it's still on my computer if I want to log in. @Ruwund. F2p isn't too bad for how often I play. I only play on occasion, and I don't feel any pressure to get on. I don't level as fast, and can only do a few FPs and WZs, but that doesn't bother me too much. If you don't play it too often, but still want to, I would suggest being F2P

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Ruwund
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Replied On: 05/08/2013 at 06:40 AM PDT
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I have resubbed. I am on Harbringer with Fatal. Now i have access to all my toons. If anybody is playing on that server i have... Ruwind - IA, Besk'ar - BH, Dessel'Bane - SW, Perfectio - SI Ruw - JC, Ruwund - JK, Boun'cer - T, Ruw'und - S

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Replied On: 05/08/2013 at 03:47 PM PDT

im on ebon hawk and harbinger. play mostly on ebon hawk at the moment but my 50 is on harbinger(haven't lvled him to 55 yet have the X-pack)

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Replied On: 05/08/2013 at 08:03 PM PDT
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This game was my addiction when it released. Played every day, was in a good guild and got some good operations going...then they announced F2P and I dropped it like a bad habit because everyone that I started the game with started leaving...then they did server merges because it was a ghost town...I tried after it went F2P and I just couldnt do it...it was deja vu for me. SWG rest in peace. I really do feel like this game had a lot an the Devs listened to the small few who were unhappy. It is what it is. I will hop on sometime and check it out again when the darkside starts to pull at me again.

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Fatal
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Replied On: 05/08/2013 at 10:53 PM PDT

@Volkoth I played this game since beta and only took a break to check out GW2 with the family. I'm a hugh star wars fan and the story telling that bioware did with the quests is amazing! I don't think I can go back to reading quest anymore lol. About the F2P I believe it saved the game. With the Devs they seem to always be a step behind from launch (like ready check for raiding) small things. But I think now they are doing a far better job then before. So if you ever get that itch again to play, let me know or Ruwand and I will be more then happy to help you out.

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Replied On: 05/09/2013 at 03:06 AM PDT
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I still have a bad bitter taste in my mouth, SWTOR is the game that gave my attempt at rebuilding Waelwulfas, its final deathblow. Other guilds with a more solid core of members almost met the same fate, but they either moved on to another game or had a few members dedicated enough to hang around and slug their way past the worst of Release. WW was not so lucky, 65+ members completely gone from the game in 4-6 weeks, including my core who thought I was nuts for trying to hang in there and save WW. I managed for about 4 months, then my heart just wasn't in it anymore and I just gave up, wrote off my remaining two months of sub and stopped logging in, too. However, for story and Star Wars ambiance, its a spectacular game. I'll give it a try again once I can stop feeling frustrated and depressed whenever I think about playing it again. Despite its rough start and various design flaws, I really did like the game a lot.

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Ruwund
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Replied On: 05/09/2013 at 07:25 AM PDT
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@ sekk, i believe i know what you are talking about. Anybody who has been a guild leader and/or officer in a largish guild who cared a lot but couldn't save their guild from going the way of the dodo feels your pain. My solution was to never "be in power" again...lol. I don't want to be an officer and i definitely don't want to ever be a gm again. It takes a lot of work and i just want to play. I have much respect for Fog and the elders of GSCH because i KNOW what they are doing is not easy at all. on my experience of swtor after coming back it basically goes like this. I left when it went f2p and then picked up guild wars 2. I had a friend who stuck it out the whole time and kept pestering me to come back and play. I downloaded the game and was just in f2p mode. Basically i was not that happy with all the restrictions and was not that excited about playing. My buddy explained that the f2p mode he viewed as its just a glorified teaser trailer. They need to make money to run the game and if you sub you have unlimited access and they give you cartel coins monthly for the cartel store. So with that i decided to sub for a month and give it a go. Does the game still have certain glitches, absolutely. They game does have fewer glitches than it used to tho and the expansion has been a lot better than the launch in terms of glitches and playability. overall i am pleasantly surprised and will continue to play/subscribe. no game is perfect, you just have to be able to take the bad aspects in stride.

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Replied On: 05/09/2013 at 09:15 AM PDT
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Oh yea, I understand what Fog and the Elders go through more than anyone knows. Like Gaiscioch, I established Waelwulfas in 2001, built it into a brand, a name, a legendary guild that the DAOC community still talked about 7 years later on forums. It's my baby, but I made a lot of mistakes and bad decisions in trying to raise it, and where I failed, Fog succeeded with Gaiscioch. His success is what inspired me to try to redesign WW and rebuild it. SWTOR was the game where I decided to make right all the wrongs and rebuild WW into the gaming community that it should have been. I spent ~7 months of prep, several hundred dollars, fought to get my domains back for website support and that is where I first contacted Fog, because I was impressed with what he'd done with GSCH and wanted to model the new WW from it, including his guild ranking system. He was gracious enough to invite me in to take a look and ask questions, and I am forever grateful for that generosity. Unfortunately, I chose a game that had crap for community/guild support, and it all fell apart around me, regardless of my efforts. Like I said, Waelwulfas is my brand, my baby and I protect it fiercely and EA/Bioware really let me down and while I did make some mistakes, they were minor and I place most of the blame on a crappy release that should not have been. So that's one of the reasons I am so critical of GW2 and other games, because while I realize they are first and foremost a business, they have to understand that they have a responsibility to their players and their communities in offering as much support as those communities need in order to succeed and thrive within their game. An MMO isn't just about playing the game, its about the communities that its supposed to be designed for. That's what made World of Warcraft so popular... its community. People played, and continue to play, because of the friendships they've made there. Sadly EA does not get it, and I don't think Bioware had any experience with MMO type games to realize the importance of designing around the community. SWTOR is a great game, with a great story, that's what Bioware does best, but it feels like a single player game, that you just happen to come across other players while out and about on your quests. Couple that with minimal guild support, and what they had wasn't even working for almost 2 months (guild chat) and... /sigh. Anyway, sorry for the blah, but that's my SWTOR story in a nutshell. I really do want to see it succeed, because I want to get back to it someday. Heh, I wish I could win a big Powerball lotto so I could buy Bioware and Mythic away from EA, because they have my all-time 3 favorite MMO games.

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Replied On: 05/09/2013 at 09:35 AM PDT
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I do think initially the game feels/felt like a single player game (and I agree that was the problem at endgame)...however, it's really not the case now. Players are encouraged to run flashpoints and operations. As a matter of fact..a great many players level alts not in single player mode but running flashpoints and warzones. The only part of the game you that really feels single player is the class questline which makes sense.

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Ruwund
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I feel for you Sekk. I am really hoping that TESO gets the community aspect "right". It would be great for GSCH to find a home that ticks all of the requirement boxes so we can stay there and thrive. GW2 is very limiting and my hat is off to Fog and them for all the hoops and tricks they are having to employ to keep the community feel of GSCH.

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