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Darth Hater Episode 26 - Live Q&A

This episode covers the live Q&A we held on March 15th. It contains only the Q&A and is not a regular podcast episode. We hope you enjoy this special episode of the Darth Hater podcast. Thank you to all that attended and participated.

Feel free to give us your feedback on the Q&A and we will try to address some of it during the next podcast.


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  • Loekii's avatar
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    #27 Loekii Posted 3/29/2010 2:18:56 PM
    I noticed that you talked about Gear/Loot, and how you were given higher level armor than what was dropping around you when killing the mobs -- I think emlaeh was the one the mentioned it.

    Did you get a feel about how we might see loot/gear in the end game? Will it be 'equal' for both solo and raid content, or does it look like it will follow the more typical Solo
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    #28 Loekii Posted 4/10/2010 8:24:08 PM
    In other words, do you think the 'Proficiency' system might be larger than what we have seen in say 'WoW' (where it is just a min level system)?
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    #26 AlienOverlord Posted 3/26/2010 3:25:25 AM
    Terrific Info! Thank you!

    This kind of hands-on impression is worth more than any marketing piece IMO. And there was one phrase in the podcast that made me feel more confident about SWTOR than I've felt in a while:

    "This game pwns face." :)
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    #24 Alex Posted 3/22/2010 3:05:07 PM
    Terrible, terrible sound output on this PodCast, guys. Speak louder or fix the mics or whatever. It was a pain to listen.
    Amazing info, great examples and good questions/answers. Covered probably everything available to be covered from this "Hands-On" test.
    Thank you!
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    #21 Loekii Posted 3/21/2010 3:02:23 PM
    I really hope that the AGGRO ranges and Mob socialablility is significantly increased. As it was said, it was not tweaked in the Demo, but I hope that they go for a more EQ level, than a WAR level. For a game with tech and blasters, detection/aggro range should be pretty far. Ideally, I would like to also see TOR provide the opportunities to 'weave around/through', and make attempting avoiding detection part of the game -- iirc Meg mentioned it
  • emlaeh's avatar
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    #22 emlaeh Posted 3/21/2010 8:42:09 PM
    Remember, I wrote everything in a vacuum. The only person I could compare experiences with was Meg.

    Meg's experience of running up to the mobs led her to asking if they turned aggro off. I shoot them from range from the start, and I had to be ultra careful where I walked by the time I got to the building.

    Think about it.
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    #23 Loekii Posted 3/22/2010 1:42:35 AM
    True. I am just comparing it to say the BH video we have seen (one with the VO and the alien subtitle VO), where when she was outside, she seemed to be able to murder guards without agroing other near by guards. I just have worries of a WAR repeat -- iirc aggro was shorter than 40'.
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    #25 emlaeh Posted 3/22/2010 11:03:20 PM
    We'll be talking about this more in tonight's podcast. :)
  • traejin's avatar
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    #20 traejin Posted 3/21/2010 1:01:11 PM
    Wow, that was so cool!
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    #19 Jaswar Posted 3/21/2010 7:52:10 AM
    I am so pleased to hear that the info revealed in the Q&A about how the game is pretty much an "Open World" now that makes me a happy happy camper .....I was pretty concerned for quite awhile ..since most Bioware Games are mainly pathed instances.....cant wait to explore ...
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    #17 JediCosmin Posted 3/19/2010 2:11:47 PM
    Very nice, as always. Thank you very much for posting.
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    #16 Logun Posted 3/19/2010 11:08:31 AM
    Great Pod cast guys, you sound like you had a blast.
    I would like to hear more about the quest structure and the story, I know you guys are real carful not to put out any spoilers but I would like to here your thoughts on the flow of the story and how did that work into the quests .did you feel like you were still doing the same old kill 10 rats sort of thing but with more story or did the story move the questing beyond that
    On the vent volume topic you can try this vent trick, on the client recording the pod cast this should equalize all voices
    - Go to Setup
    - Enable Direct Sound
    - Select the SFX Button
    - Select Compressor and click Add.
    - Under Compressor Properties use the following settings
    - Gain = Adjust for how loud you want people to be. (I use 15)
    - Attack = 0.01
    - Release = Around 500
    - Threshold = Around -30
    - Ratio = 100
    - Pre delay = 4.0
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    #15 Flagg Posted 3/19/2010 10:38:48 AM
    Great podcast as always. Thanks for taking the time to answer these question. Expanded on things alot
    -Followup suggestions:

    Targeting - Was it fluid to move from mob to mob? Tab targeting vs. click targeting
    Stats - After switching out the armor and being unable to requip, did you notice a difference in your toons combat performance? Were the stats traditional rpg stats? Anything unusual there?

    That's it. Thanks again DH Team
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    #11 Tricky Posted 3/19/2010 6:50:45 AM
    That was really great, so full of extra information that really gave detail to your Demo walkthru's & many of the more spotty ones from the other websites. Thanks so much for putting it up.
  • beausjo's avatar
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    #10 beausjo Posted 3/19/2010 6:35:38 AM
    Hey! I'm thinking you guys should try a quick soundcheck and adjust mic volumes before you start recording, next time. Would make things much easier and more pleasent to listen to, as opposed to adjusting my volume per person speaking.

    Just a little thing, but...

    :D

    And thanks a lot for this information, REALLY good stuff. Keep it up!!
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