4 little quarks in ToR that have me slightly annoyed. And badgers.

I think The Old Republic is awesome. I am excited to be excited about a game again. 

I am part of the 62% of ToR players not yet doing end game content. (38% of subscriptions are participating in operations) I am a level 45 Bounty Hunter on the PvP server Rakata Mind Prison. 

I think the best thing Bioware can do is whatever that have planned. They have a story to tell through The Old Republic and I think the best thing they can do is not give in to all of our demands. We will spoil it for ourselves. 

We will complain until we get everything we want then complain you are handing us everything. Bioware, listen to us, we don't always what you to fix everything. We just want to know we are being heard.

That being said, here is a list of my demands. (hehe) Do with them what you will.

1.....2.....3.....4

Here are 4 small quarks that I think need some attention in ToR. 

1. Warzones: Just 5 more seconds Mom! Being kicked out of PVP for being slow. Physically slow that is, there is still no changing the mentally slow for me. I digress. If you listen to me on Button Mashers Podcast, you have heard me mention my getting the boot from several Huttball games. I sometimes have long load screens, I had them in Warcraft too. It's me, you don't have to tell me. I know. 

 When the video for the games pops in I have 3 seconds to run down a 7 second long hallway. Or I make it to the door but the warzone is already in progress and the door is closed. With "You must exit the safe area or you will be removed from the game" flashing in red in the center of the screen. I can't get through the door, I really, really want to. I am standing right there. Open the damn door! I didn't have a chance, I'm halfway down the hall or standing at the closed door and ....loadscreen. 

Son of a MOTHERLESS BANTHA! 

Momma?

Why the hell am I at the Hutta $%#@*^! Docking Station, I was questing on Voss! I get it, Huttball is on Hutta but damnit, damnit, damnit. 

Don't worry, I'll just:

take my ship to the Imperial Fleet, 

run to the Bounty Hunter docking bay, 

fly back to Voss shuttle bay, 

take the shuttle down to the planet 

& take a flight point back to the section I was questing in.

 /pant  /pant 

OK, I'm ready. 

Oh look! Warzone que is ready. 

Huttball again. 

&^$#!!!

2.  The thought of a damage meter in the future. I am torn between the good that can come from a damage meter, it is a useful tool when the user is not being a tool and the bad that is unavoidable. 

I am afraid of damage meters.

And badgers.

I feel that they are quick to judge and are unforgiving. Along with the people who worship them. 

The dps meters, not badgers. 

Why is killing the boss not a good enough result? 

Why is not killing the boss not a good enough validation that your group needs work?

Why is self governing less reliable then a damage meter? 

Why are people less more  not deserving of respect because numbers told you so.

I'm afraid of the "You must have a dps output this much to get an invite to this group". I think it is so much more then that. I fear once the damage meter is implemented, the guy calling you a noob in warzones or the operation group booting you because your damage is 120 below "required" is going to get much much worse. 

Damage meters:

Doing more dps then you > Working together as a team

I had a guildmate in my first WoW guild.  He was a well...

Once the raid leader passed out instructions like, rogue sap star and mage sheep diamond. Ok, go. 

He would step up and do his CC on the mob that he felt he could to better at CCing. Because, lets face it. He was better then everyone else. 

He would whisper people he was standing next to in cities or a pug in a dungeon and say, "Inspect me. My gear is better then yours. If something or another drops. I should get it because I'm better then you." 

And the guild leader would give it to him cause,"He's the best." He had the highest dps, so he stayed in the battle. 

I said, "The best at what? Soloing a 25 man cause that is where he's headed. No one wants to play with him."

I don't want ToR to end up like that.  I don't want the almighty damage meter to praise the high dps and and punish the rest. Having great dps is awesome & praise's to you. You did the work & did the research to be the best. 

Don't let it go to your head. Lead the team with positiveness, be apart of the team.


That guildmate I told you about, he'd have great damage for about 10 seconds. He refused to be cautious of his threat. He'd pull, he'd die, he'd complain loudly about how he was in a nowhere guild, he deserved better. 
Don't be that guy.
Do your best, encourage your teammates to do their best and the bosses will fall. 
And you won't be a...(see above photo)

3. Quest Log.  Bioware, I can't delete some quests in my quest log. It's weird, I don't like it.

Can't you fix that please? I know, I could go back and do the quests to clean them out. 

But....but.....I don't wanna!

4. My 4th complaint is Bioware, you haven't given me a 4th complaint yet. I don't judge harshly, ToR is still in its infancy. There is much greatness to come and I am as excited as a kid on Christmas. 
I won't get everything I want I know that. I also know that if I really really want something I'll still want it next patch and maybe I'll get it then. But Bioware, I will be happy with what you give me. 


Hugs and blaster fire, Moz'nahve

Don't text and drive, level 25!

You are half way there!

It's speeder time! Her is the one I choose. 

You can buy a speeder from the Republic Fleet. 

But wait...there's more!

I followed my class quest for the Great Hunt to Tatooine and guess what I found!

There is a speeder vendor on Tatooine, right here.

All the speeders are on display so take your time and window shop. You learn how to ride a speeder from your class trainer and it costs 40,000 credits and the actual speeder costs 8,000 credits. So save up!


A look at my talent tree so far.

The last five levels went rather smoothly. Mako's story line is getting pretty interesting. I won't give any spoilers away but I can't wait to see how it unfolds. 


The only interesting healing ability I acquired was:

Cure

Cleanses a friendly target of up to two negative tech or physical effects.

Once you have The Cure..(hehe)

It's pretty handy when your party members are on fire. Keep an eye on your party member debuffs. You're doing great!

Space Battle: Saleucami Fleet Action

This is me! I'm on Rakata Mind Prison

You really need to purchase level 1 ships armor if you haven't already. 
For more space battle information, see my post on. 

Nar Sharddaa: Cartel Listening Station Guide

Saleucami Fleet Action


Your mission objectives here are to:
Destroy five elite fighters
Eliminate BT-7 Thunderclap


Bonus:
Destroy 50 ships and turrets

The elite fighter will have a yellow circle around them and a star on top. You will see a photo of them in the video.


When you start the battle you will have to maneuver two big asteroids. Fro the first one stay to the lower left side if you screen. For the next asteroid quickly move your ship to the upper right side of the screen. It looks close but you will clear it just fine.


To kill the Elite Fighters:
You need to hit them with the missiles (right click)




To kill BT-7 Thundercap:
If you play with sound, you will here Mako say,"That's the leader, take him!" If you don't play with sound, he is easy to spot. He will enter from stage right and will have a entourage all around him. He is also the only ship with a red life-bar.




To destroy 50 ships and turrets:
Shoot like the wind
I found it easier to aim at the ships flying past me as apposed to the ones flying at me. Lag maybe but I couldn't get them fast enough.
Shoot the ships or the larger ships turrets. They are red circles all around the ships.




Remember:
Your shields will not regenerate if you are firing so don't constantly press the button.
Only use your mouse for the space battles.

• right mouse button for missiles
• left mouse button for blaster bolts

Don't forget to ..

dary.

4 little perks in Star Wars The Old Republic that have me sighing with relief.

 So sorry, I need my space.

Inventory, Bag Space, Bank, Cargo, Vault or whatever you call it, in an MMO’s it is prime real estate.  I have agonized over selling or deleting items from my bags because I just didn’t have the room to hold onto them. The developers at Bioware seem to have really grasped the importance of this. There are separate sections for:

• Currency
• Mission or quest items,
• Your satchel that you carry with you
• Cargos hold on your ship that you can access in any major city.
• Guild banks haven’t been implemented yet but I hear “soon”

 I am positively giddy when I realized mission items went into a different tab and were not taking up bag space in my normal bag. When I need to collect 20 of those and 5 of those and 4 of those, I still have space left in my bag for my gathering and normal looting.

Buddies, pals, friends, comrades, Sidekicks

Companions are amazing. I currently have 2; I am a level 20 and have not acquired my third companion yet. I am excited about the possibilities. My character is a Chiss Bounty Hunter; her first companion is Mako. She is similar to a smuggler; she knows her way around a pistol and will heal you and any party members within range. She is also the main co-host to your storyline.

I have 2V-R8 also, he is a droid and a bit over zealous at his job. He’s not much of a fighter so I keep him on the ship to run errands and keep the place clean. 

Mako’s not much of a pick up after herself kind of girl. Having Mako help me is fun. Have you ever been hanging around in a video game with two of you friends wanting to run an instance or a flashpoint? Just say no to PuGs (Pick up Groups), summon a companion and go. I’ve played with some random people where I though an AI could do a hell of a lot better then this guy.

Also, If you are out in the middle of an area completing missions and that dreaded red text appears on your screen. “Inventory is full” Ugh, in many other games it meant walking to the nearest town or outpost, finding a vendor then heading back into the trenches. A frustrating situation for a beginning level player who finds everything she has killed is back and she must start over. But! Not anymore, your first companion joins your team about level 8 and they have a sell gray items option. They will take all the gray items in your bag & vendor them for you. How nice you are, thank you.

An overflow of good converts to bad. - William Shakespeare

You can be bad.  Not, my side thinks you’re wrong and your side thinks I’m a traitor.   I mean really, really bad. I’m a nice person in real life. Sometimes I get upset or angry but mostly I just want to talk about the problem we are having. You tell me what you want, I’ll tell you what I want and we can start compromising from there.

I follow the rules of the society I live in. I don’t speed, I do my job to the best of my ability, I don’t steal and I always pay my taxes. My mother taught me well.  At the end of the day, I look forward to shooting a Republic Commander in the face, just because he was there. I yearn to break all the rules I know I’m not supposed to break. Breaking the rules in a virtual setting can be a therapeutic stress relief for a person. 

Delegating - I don’t want to, so you have to.

Crafting in Star Wars has evolved into a situation I never thought possible.

I have three crafting skills. A main skill where I make something like medical packs, armor, or weaponry and two gathering skills.

The crazy thing is, I don’t have to do any of them. I delegate to my eager crew who stands at the ready to hunt some biological samples, scavenge scrap metal or do some underworld trading on my behalf. 




I am looking forward to finding more and more aspects of The Old Republic to talk about. What is your favorite?