Star Wars KOTOR MMO

[Matt]

Got the game itself to launch. Watched 15 seconds of the opening video before it crashed. Game's going back.

[BillyG]

Was told last night you can skip all the terrible quest exposition in retail version hitting spacebar. I could tolerate that, but will wait for it to go free to play.

[BillyG]

The companion stuff has me truly intrigued, I must say.

[Abraham Smashington]

yeah, if people read the instructions they would realize that if you want to skip shit you just hit spacebar. And the companion stuff is great. I love sending my guy off to do his own quests to level up. Haters gonna hate.

And I still love that people are bitching (pretty much all over the net) that the they want to skip the story stuff and just kill shit. Blows my mind. Not being a power leveler over here I don't get that mindset. I like having my character interact with the story and it's alot more entertaining than just a giant paragraph of text with no interaction to kill shit. Also, it's not the kill 10 of wolves shit either guys. Those tend to be the bonus objectives while you're actually doing the quest. It's what is making the grind not feel like one. You'd have to kill those fucks to get to the quest item and making it a bonus is a great idea.

But once again, have fun in your fantasy world and I'll have fun in my sci-fi world.

WORLDS FOR EVERYONE!

[BillyG]

I don't mind the interesting class story stuff, but I don't want it for menial shit. That's my problem.

[Abraham Smashington]

It doesnt' bother me but I can see how it would to some. Different strokes and all that.

Still having a blast, ordered my authenticator and ponied up for three months.

[Matt]

Gonna try and return it tonight. Wish me luck.

[Abraham Smashington]

Awww yeah...just got my ship and proceeded to blow some imps up.

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[B_Metal]

Do you fly the ship yourself? That would up my excitement level a little. Also I had no instructions during the beta about skipping by spacebar but that would have helped. I'm sure the game is great I just don't have the time with kids and all to play another MMO right now.

[Matt]

Gonna try and return it tonight. Wish me luck.

Best Buy took it back. They balked at first, and then I asked the guy if he could check and see for himself that it was a broken game. He did a quick google search and checked a couple of forums...yep, I see what you mean. He talked to his manager and gave me a store credit. I promptly turned around and bought the STAR WARS blu ray set.

I may re-buy this in 6 months or so, assuming that they fix the fucking thing.

Have fun, Rob. Glad it's working for you and all that.

[Abraham Smashington]

Do you fly the ship yourself? That would up my excitement level a little.

The flight sections are on rails and you are able to fly around and do barrel rolls and what not. You can also upgrade your ship. Spent a few hours this morning just doing flight missions. It's not a flight sim like it was in galaxies but it's fun as shit. Just something nice to break up the on ground stuff. Really digging it.

[B_Metal]

So basically just like WoW's "flight" quests. I don't mean that as a knock or as a shit starting thing. Just the same mechanics.

[Abraham Smashington]

I guess, never made it past level 40 in Wow back when there were no expansions.

[B_Metal]

WoW's are on rails and you just target things as you fly by. Sounds similar. Man Vanilla WoW is almost a totally different game than WoW now. Not saying you'd love it if you came back but it's totes different. Especially the early levels.

[BillyG]

WoW has flight missions that aren't on rails and you control the vehicle. Solazar Basin and Mount Hyjal come immediately to mind.