Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Esva]

I notice the kept this bit in there though "Players may not talk about nor reprint posts from our testing forums as they are still fully covered by the confidentiality portions of our Game Testing Agreement." :P

[Krow Ames]

Okay, so...

AC:Revelations + Batman: Arkam City... Or TOR. HHHNNNGGGG.

[Deadmon]

AC:R isnt going anywhere, nor is batman.

TOR you will get left in dust on levels if you dont start with the rest ;o

[Krow Ames]

You're probably right. :< Let me go cancel my preorders.

[Esva]

Random Info

Companion List

============THE REPUBLIC============

Jedi Knght

T7-01 -Typhon (Astromech Droid)

-Ranged Tank

-Heavy Armor

-Blaster Rifle

-Grenade (AOE damage)

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Kira -Courscant - Romance-able

-Melee DPS

-Light Armor,

-Doublebladed or single lightsaber

-AOE sweep ability

Kira: +5 Synthweaving Critical, +1 Rescarch Critical

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Doc -Balmora - Romance-able

-Ranged Healer

-Pistol

-Special skill is healing

Crew Skills: +5 Underworld Tradeing Efficiency, +5 Biochem Critical

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Sargent Rusk -Hoth

-Ranged dps

-Heavy armor

-Sniper rifle

-Special is aoe barrage

Crew Skills: +10 Armstech Efficiency, +10 Scavenging Efficiency

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Lord Scourge -Empires Palace (Sith Pureblood) - Romance-able (?)

-Melee dps (tank)

-Heavy armor

-Shield generator

-Speciality tank

Crew Skills: +10 Artifice Efficiency, +10 Archaeology Efficiency

(You can read the story of Lord Scourge in the novel "Star Wars The Old Republic: Revan")

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Jedi Consular

Qyzen-Fess -Typhon (male Trandoshan)

-Melee Tank

-Heavy Armor

-Electrostaff or Vibrosword

-Toggleable taunt-mode "lightning whip",

+5 BioChem, +15 Archaeology

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Theran Cedrex -Nar Shaddaa (male Human) - Romance-able

-Ranged Healer

-Medium Armor

-Pistol

-toggleable healing mode

+10 Cybertech, +10 Slicing

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Zenith -Balmorra (male Twilek) - Romance-able

-Ranged DPS

-Medium armor

-Sniper Rifle

-AOE Damage Kit.

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Lt Iresso (male Human) - Romance-able

Planet: Hoth (Awarded at the end of Hoth class storyline)

Companion type: Ranged Tank

Armor:

Armament: Blaster rifle

Special: Taunt ranged skill

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

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Nadia Grell (female, Jedi) - Romance-able

Planet: Belsavis (Misson after completion of Belsavis storyline)

Companion type: Melee Damage

Armor: Light

Armament: Doublebladed Lightsaber

Special: AOE Melee Attack

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

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Smuggler

Corso Riggs -Ord Mantell - Romance-able

-Ranged Tank

-Heavy Armor

-Uses Blaster Pistols and Blaster Rifles

-has a Taunt ability

Crew Skills: +5 Underworld Trading Efficiency, +5 Armstech Critical

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Bowdaar -Nar Shaddaa (Wookie)

-Melee Tank

-Heavy Armor,

-vibroswords/blades/

Crew Skills: +10 Cybertech Efficiency, +10 Scavenging Efficiency

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Risha -Alderaan - Romance-able

- Ranged Dps

- Medium Armor

- Uses Rifle, Sniper Rifle

- Barrage mode (aoe mode)

- Grenade Kit

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Akavi Spaar (female, Mandalorian) - Romance-able

Planet: Balmorra

Companion type: Ranged Damage

Armor: Heavy Armor

Armament:

Special: Flamethrower move

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

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Guss Tuno (Mon Calamari)

Planet: Hoth

Companion type: Healer

Armor: Medium

Armament: Blasters

Special:

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

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Trooper

Aric Jorgan -Ord Mantell - Romance-able

-Ranged, Sniper Rifle

-Heavy Armor

-DPS Companion

-Starting Kit: Concussion Round

Crew Skills: +10 Armstech Efficiency, +2 Diplomacy Critical

-Gifts: Ammunition Belt, Survival Gear, Padded Weapon Case

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Elara Dorne -Taris - Romance-able

-Ranged, Blaster Pistol

-Heavy Armor

-Healing Companion

-Starting Kit: Medpack

Crew Skills: +10 Biochem Efficiency, +10 Bioanalysis Efficiency

-Gifts: Republic & Imperial History Holo, Hutt Data Library, Republic &; Imperial Banners

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M1-4X -Nar Shaddaa

-Ranged, Blaster Rifle

-Heavy Armor/Droid Parts

-Tank Companion

-Starting Kit: Flamethrower

-Gifts: ??

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Tanno Vik (male Weequay)

Planet: Balmora

Companion type: Melee Tank (?)

Armor: Heavy

Armament: Rifle, Suppression, Grenade (?)

Special:

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

Note: Demolitions expert.

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Yuun (Gand)

Planet: Hoth

Companion type: Melee Damage

Armor: Medium

Armament: Electrostaff

Special:

Starting Kit:

Gifts:

============THE EMPIRE============

Sith Warrior

Vette -Korriban (female Twilek) - Romance-able

-Ranged DPS

-Medium Armor

-Dual Pistols or Blaster Rifel

-Default-Kit: Concussion Round

Crew Skills: +5 Underwould Trading Efficiency, +5 Treasure Hunting Critical

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Malavi Quinn -Balmora - Romance-able

-Ranged Healer

-Mediuma Armor

-Blaster Pistol and Shield Generator

-Default-Kit: Medikit

Crew Skills: +10 Armstech Efficiency, +10 Diplomacy Efficiency

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Jaesa Willsaam -Hutta - Romance-able

-Mele DPS

-Light Armor

-One-Handed or Doublebladed Lightsaber

-Default-Kit: Shockwave

Crew Skills: +5 Archaeology Efficiency, +5 Synthweaving Critical

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Lieutenant Pierce -Taris - Romance-able

-Ranged Tank

-Heavy armor

-Blasterpistol/Rifel and Shield Generator

-Default Kit: Grenade

Crew Skills: +10 Cybertech Efficiency, +2 Research Critical

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Broonmark -Hoth

-Melee Tank

-Heavy Armor

-Vibroswoard Shield Generator

-Default Kit: Energy Shield

Crew Skills: +10 Scavenging Efficiency, +2 Bioanalysis Critical

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Sith Inquisitor

Khem Val - Korriban

-Melee, Vibroblade + Generator

-Heavy Armor

-Tank Companion

-Starting Kit: Shockwave

-+15 Artifice Efficiency, +5 Research Efficiency

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Andronikos Revel - Tatooine - Romance-able

-Ranged, Dual Blasters

-Medium Armor

-DPS Companion

-Starting Kit: Concussion Round

-+2 Slicing Critical, +2 Underworld Trading Critical

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Ashara Zavros - Taris - Romance-able

-Melee, Dual Lightsabers

-Medium Armor

-DPS Companion

-Starting Kit: Energy Shield

-+10 Synthweaving Efficiency, +10 Diplomacy Efficiency

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Talos Drellik - Hoth - Romance-able

-Ranged, Blaster + Generator

-Medium Armor

-Heal Companion

-Starting Kit: Medkit

-+5 Treasure Hunting Efficiency, +5 Archaeology Critical

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Xalek - After Voss

-Caster, Lightsaber + Generator

-Light Armor

-Ranged Tank Companion

-Starting Kit: Shockwave

-+10 Bioanalysis Efficiency, +2 Scavenging Critical

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Imperial Agent

Kaliyo D'jannis -Hutta - Romance-able

-Ranged DPS

-Medium Armor,

-Dual Wield Pistols

-Grenade Kit Default

Crew Skills: +10 Armstech Efficiency, +2 Underworld Trading Critical

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Vector Hyllis -Alderaan - Romance-able

-Melee DPS

-Medium Armor,

-Vibrostaff

-AOE Swipe Mode special

-Gound Slam Kit Default

Crew Skills: +5 Bioanalysis Efficiency, +5 Diplomacy Critical

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Doctor Lokin - Romance-able (?)

-MeleeTank

-Light Armor

-Vibrosword and Shield Generator

-Tank Transformation Mode

-Ground Slam Kit Default

Crew Skills: +15 Biochem Efficiency, +10 Research Efficiency

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Ensign Raina Temple (female Human) - Romance-able

Planet: Quesh (Hut space, Hoth?)

Companion type: Ranged Healer

Armor: Medium

Armament: Pistol(-s?) and Shield Generator

Special:

Starting Kit: Med Pack Kit

Gifts:

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Scorpio ("female" Droid)

Planet: Belsavis

Companion type: Ranged Tank

Armor: Heavy

Armament: Blaster Pistol and Shield generator

Special:

Starting Kit: Shield Kit

Gifts:

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Bounty Hunter

Mako -Hutta - Romance-able

-Ranged Healer

-Medium Armor

-Blasters

Crew Skills: +5 Cybertech Efficiency, +15 Slicing Efficiency

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Gault -Tattooine

-Ranged DPS,

-Medium Armor

-Riffle

Crew Skills: +10 Underworld Trading Efficiency, +2 Biochem Critical

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Torian Cadera -Taris (Mandalorian) - Romance-able

-Melee DPS

-Heavy Armor,

-Ground Slam Kit Default

-AOE flame swipe taunt special.

Crew Skills: +10 Research Efficiency, +2 Bioanalysis Critical

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Blizz -Hoth

-Ranged Tank

-Heavy Armor,

-Suppressive Fire Special (Taunt)

Crew Skill: +15 Armormech Efficiency, +1 Armstech Critical

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Skadge - Belsavis

-Melee Tank

-Vibrosword

-Heavy armor

-Flamethrower kit

Crew Skills: +10 Scavenging Efficiency, +2 Treasure Hunting Critical

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Playable Races, Classes and Passive Abilities

Human: Can play every class.

Planet: Coruscant

Allegiance: Both

Racial Bonuses: Passive: 3% Bonus to Presence

Social: Rallies nearby allies

Zabrak: Can play every class.

Planet: Iridonia

Allegiance: Both

Racial Bonuses: Passive: Increase healing given/taken by 1%

Social: Inspire loyalty in nearby allies

Miraluka: Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular

Planet: Alpherides

Allegiance: Galactic Republic

Racial Bonuses: Passive: +1 Stealth Detection

Social: Perceive alignment of the target via the force.

Sith Pureblood: Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor

Planet: Korriban

Allegiance: Sith Empire

Racial Bonuses: Passive: 1% force dmg/healling

Social: Punish-Punish your companion for his or her continued failures.

Chiss: Imperial Agent, Bounty Hunter

Planet: Csilla

Allegiance: Sith Empire

Racial Bonuses: Passive: +1 stealth/stealth detection

Social: Salute-Prompts nearby allies to stand at attention

Rattataki: Imperial Agent, Bounty Hunter, Sith Inquisitor

Planet: Rattatak

Allegiance: Sith Empire

Racial Bonuses: Passive: 2% Crit Dmg

Social: Shadowbox - Perform a series of mock blows, blocks and counters, warming up for the fight to come.

Mirialan: Trooper, Smuggler, Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular

Planet: Mirial

Allegiance: Galactic Republic

Racial Bonuses: Passive: Increase precision of Force and Tech powers by 1%

Social: Focusing Ritual - Undergo a focusing ritual to rest and recuperate spirit.

Twi'lek: Sith Inquisitor, Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular, Smuggler

Planet: Ryloth

Allegiance: Both

Racial Bonuses: Passive: 5 minute reduction on Rapid Travel

Social: Parlor dance - Perform an uniquue cultural dance.

Cy'borg: Trooper, Smuggler, Imperial Agent, Sith Warrior, Bounty Hunter

Planet: None

Allegiance: Both

Racial Bonuses: Passive: Increase precision(Hit rating) of Force and Tech powers by 1%

Social: Scan Target - Scans target with a critical cybenetic eye.

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Crafting

Facts

- you can have 1(or 0) crafting skill, no limit on gathering skills, and mission skills

- you can learn all crew skills on Dromund Kaas / Coruscant, after those planets, you will find every crew skill trainer on every planet’s main base (main base is where your ship arrives)

- you can discover rare recipes while using crafting skills (I mean when your companions are using crafting skills)

- there are some companions with bonuses like “cybertech critical +1″, it gives the companion more chance to discover rare recipes

- you can only do gathering skills, your companions can do everything

- yes, your droid is a companion

- every character knows reverse engineering, and you can reverse items your companions made (not all of them, for example you can’t reverse mods)

Gathering skills

- by “mining”, I mean there’s a node, like mining nodes on wow, and you harverst materials from that node, like you did in wow

- by “skinning”, I mean there’s a dead monster of some kind, and after you loot it, you can harverst some materials from it, just like with skinnig beasts in wow

Slicing

How it works: There are electronic safes, broken computers, data storage units, and other stuff like that on the planets, and you can “mine” from them.

What it gives: Lockboxes, and the lockboxes can contaion: money (mostly), items, blue cybertech materials.

What crafting skill uses it: Cybertech.

Note: If you have slicing, you’re rich, if you don’t have, you’re poor.

Archeology

How it works: There are crystal nodes on the planets, and you can “mine” from them.

What it gives: Color crystals (for lightsaber mods), power crystals (basic material for lightsaber, and force user armor stuff), artifact fragments (datacron assembling stuff).

What crafting skill uses it: Artifice, synthweaving.

Note: Nothing extra. It works exactly like mining in wow, minus the mining pick.

Scavenging

How it works: There are scrap nodes, metals, and stuff like that on the planets. You can “mine” from them. Other than those, you can “skin” strong / elite / boss droids.

What it gives: Metals (basic materials for armormech, armstech, and cybertech).

What crafting skill uses it: Armormech, armstech, cybertech.

Note: Very easy to level, because there are *****loads of strong / elite / boss droids in the game.

Bioanalysis

How it works: There are some plants on the planets, which you can “mine”. Other than that, you can “skin” strong / elite / boss bioligical enemies.

What it gives: Generic materials (basic biochem material).

What crafting skill uses it: Biochem.

Note: Nothing extra. I think you get the idea here.

Crafting skills

Item slots on a character: Head, chest, hand, waist, legs, feet, wrist, ear, implant, 3x relic, and of course your 2 hands for weapons / other stuff.

Don’t get confused, you will see power / color crystals here too (as you saw at archeology). They have the same name, but they’re not the same stuff. The power / color crystals here are made from those “mined” by archeology.

Synthweaving

Light, medium, heavy armor for all force users, for the following slots: Head, chest, hand, waist, legs.

Armormech

Light, medium, heavy armor for all non-force users, for the following slots: Head, chest, hand, waist, legs.

Artifice

- color crystal (lightsaber mod – normal (green) recipes can teach you green, blue, and red)

- emitter matrix (lightsaber mod)

- focus lens (lightsaber mod)

- hilt (lightsaber mod)

- power crystal (lightsaber mod)

- offhand gadget (jugger’s offhand shield item)

- feet (item slot)

- wrist (item slot)

- harness (armor mod (str + end, willpower + end))

- overlay (armor mod (str + end, willpower + end))

- underlay (armor mod (str + end, willpower + end))

Cybertech

- droid armor (core, motor, sensor unit, parts – works the same as armormech for non-furce users, or syntweaving for force users)

- ear (item slot)

- feet (item slot)

- wrist (item slot)

- offhand gadget (powertech offhand shield item)

- granedes (nothing to explain on that)

- harness (armor mod (agi + end, cunning + end))

- overlay (armor mod (agi + end, cunning + end))

- underlay (armor mod (agi + end, cunning + end))

Armstech

- assault cannon

- blaster pistol

- blaster rifle

- sniper rifle

- barrel (ranged weapon mod)

- color cartridge (ranged weapon mod, it determines your blaster’s laser color – works the same as color crystals, so red, blue, green can be learned from trainers, other colors are rare)

- scope (ranged weapon mod)

- trigger (ranged weapon mod)

Biochem

- adrenal (15 sec strong buff, 3 min cd)

- implant (item slot)

- medkit (“healing potion”, 90 sec cd)

- med unit (same as medkit, you can use these on allies within 10 meters)

- stimulant (1 hour stat buff, you can have 1 at a time)

Mission skills

Underworld Trading:

- blue Biochem material

- blue Armormech material

- companion gift

Treasure Hunting:

- blue Armsmech material

- blue Artifice material

- lockbox (the same as in slicing)

- companion gift

Investigation:

- purple recipe for any of the crafting skills

- blue Armormech, Synthweaving material

- companion gift

Diplomacy:

- dark/light side point

- blue Synthweaving material

- companion gift

[Esva]

http://uk.gamespot.c...topslot;thumb;3

note: Video is nearly 2 hours long >.<

Edited November 21, 2011 by Rykiana Ferina

[CrescentSnow]

Anyone get invite for the Beta Test for this weekend?

[Guest Afevis]

yeah

[Krow Ames]

Got.

[George Reisman]

I have one too, but I'm not even going to download it, rofl. Too busy.

[Xoza]

err... I think so.. I got the first invite for the first weekend, then got another for the next one, but I've not received a key yet, I suspect I'm already in?

[BlackSergal]

And we're playing Sith. Just, that part isn't negotiable. Rofl.

This weekend, the time has come to embrace our true path...

[CrescentSnow]

Cool on the invites. I will see some of you in game then.

[Lanny Ansar]

Got the invite for this upcoming weekend. Gonna try to play a little and see how it is.

[Xoza]

Got the invite for this upcoming weekend. Gonna try to play a little and see how it is.

NO, you will not 'play' it, you will... Experience it...

[Deadmon]

I already got to 12 on inquisitor and 16 BH on the imperial side.

Probably gunna run light side this weekend beta to see how their story line fairs. I definitely wont use them for my main character but im still curious as to how the story progresses for them.

Edited November 23, 2011 by Disembodied Hand

[Krow Ames]

I love the Trooper. But to play with Ordo, I'll probably go BH. I'm a Mandalorian fanboy, after all. Coolest thing in Star Wars by far. I just don't consider this new crap to be canon. Where Mandalorians are somehow pacifists. Such BS.

[Deadmon]

Mercenary for BH is kinda OP.

Entire healing tree, and pretty high ranged damage.

Healing also can be done by DPS as well as direct healing, which means lots of chances to heal and dps

Edited November 23, 2011 by Disembodied Hand

[Lanny Ansar]

NO, you will not 'play' it, you will... Experience it...

No, Jim Cameron's Avatar was an experience. Seeing Snow for the first time was an experience. Learning...how to...pause, frequently...in between my words in a sentence...like Bill Shatner...is an experience.

I'ma play this one.

Also, what server? :O

[Deadmon]

Last test weekend I rolled on Iron Citadel. If its an option ill likely go with that again. Just like the name ;p

[BlackSergal]

Definitely we want a low-pop server... Fun starts at 10am CST Saterday: If Iron Citadel is low-pop then I say lets roll there.

[CrescentSnow]

That sounds good. I thought they might be starting 5pm CDT time.

[Daeshana Sapeur]

Can you link to where you got that info please?

[Xoza]

Mine opens at 10am as well >:| apparently they're doing it in stages, if you accepted your invite early you got the earlier slot.

[Deadmon]

I get a Friday 10am spot :D

sucks though, 11 gigs update. even with previous beta installed.

MUST HAVE UPDATED GOODIES :D