SW:TOR MMORPG Free this weekend!

I intend to. Any particular server people care to gang up on?

If my computer would fucking partition and allow me to use bootcamp I would.  But nope.  My computers somehow always end up damaged goods...

I've heard nothing but bad things about this game.

bkev said:

If my computer would fucking partition and allow me to use bootcamp I would.  But nope.  My computers somehow always end up damaged goods...

No, seriously.  I'd be all over this if I could just partition my computer...

Asaki said:

I've heard nothing but bad things about this game.

Really? Or is this sarcasm? I've heard almost nothing bad about this game.

TheBoost said:

Mrebo said:

I intend to. Any particular server people care to gang up on?

 Let me know. I've never MMORPGed before, so not sure how it works.

I'll be the level one dude with a name variation something along the line of "Boost"

I'll go for a US server (apart from about 3 OTers, not sure who else is from elsewhere). I'll likely choose bounty hunter. Name still up in the air. Will figure it out hopefully early Thursday. LOTRO is my game, so far no other MMO has been more compelling. I've heard TOR is a good solid game, but not all that different from many others. Nonetheless, I have my weakness for Star Wars.

Apparently, play is limited to your character's origin and capital worlds. Hmm. We'll see.

I'm on a Mac and Bootcamp simply says it's unable to rearrange the space.  I've researched the error and there are a few solutions, but most involve tinkering with the system in a way I'm not comfortable with (I can navigate Command Prompt in Windows, but Terminal in Mac is a whole nother story) or using pay programs to defrag my macbook.  Anyway, I'll probably give it one more go next time I'm home and I have my install discs handy.

edit: of all things that have been preventing me from partitioning my hard drive, it appears it was my copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special.  Not sure why my computer can't move the ISO, but hey.  Ended up using this guide to diagnose my problems.

If anyone else plays, I'm a human named Joso on Krayt Dragon server.

LexX said:

Really? Or is this sarcasm? I've heard almost nothing bad about this game.

 Really. Though it was mostly in chats, and humorous comics using footage from Episode III, so I can't remember what the specifics were. Basically that people were reporting bugs/issues, and the devs were ignoring and/or banning people, and just generally poor customer service (I seem to recall something about banned members being unable to cancel their accounts).

I did a quick search and this was the first thing that popped up: http://neverdc.com/games/star-wars-the-old-republic-losing-subscribers-estimated-numbers-players-unhappy-bugs-not-enough-content-world-of-warcraft-after-q4-2011

bkev said:

edit: of all things that have been preventing me from partitioning my hard drive, it appears it was my copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special.  Not sure why my computer can't move the ISO, but hey.  Ended up using this guide to diagnose my problems.

Maybe your disc is Fat32 and the SW ISO was over 4GB.

No, Mac uses its own proprietary system.  Plus I never should have been able to download it in the first place if that were the case anyway.

:(

You can get a week trial pass if you know someone who has a subscription.

It was a lot more fun than I expected. The Sith story line was engaging. Not worthy of a novel or anything, but fun for a game. There are so many visual elements and EU lore that just don't make sense, so if you're a purist you have to super-suspend disbelief.

The game world felt overly restrictive, no room to explore as everything was constricted to paths. The story likewise keeps you on a narrow track, though compensates by providing a semblance of choice. I made some choices I'm not entirely proud of...

Combat was fun, I played about 4 different classes and they all felt powerful and were able to heal themselves up quickly between battles. There was no death penalty I could discern, except having to go back to camp if you die too much in a short period of time. Nice change from other games.

I have little interest in continually paying for a game, but maybe if I were more enthused about the current state of Star Wars (or more into gaming) I would.