Episode 103 "NDA Goes Poof" of the Darth Hater Podcast is now live. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.
Intro
Justin Lowe – Sado – @zirak
Pete Trerice – Misenus – @petetrerice
Ben – Dover – @doverbs
Joshua Ogborn – Sleeper – @dhsleeper
Official Darth Hater Twitter
Pre-show
Thanksgiving Week
Dreamhack
Segments
SWTOR Live Streaming & Database Launch
- Live Stream details, explanation
- Database details, improvements, plans for launch
BioWare Targets November 25 For Next Beta Test Weekend
- Bringing in a ton of people for this, everyone registered before this for beta will get in.
- NDA Drop, personal impressions of the game
Fan Site Summit Content
- Outlaw’s Den Overview, Impressions
- Directive 7 Overview, Impressions
- Hammer Station Overview, Impressions
Friday Update: Bringing Down the Hammer, Art and Making of The Old Republic, Legacy System, NDA Details
- Hammer Video
- Legacy System Details
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Comments
I wil say the game was below my expedation. It felt to much like WoW clone with KotoR skins. While it is a good. I have it preorder, but I cancled my CE copy. I am sorry the game not worth an extra 100 dollars just for a statue. I was expecting the game to be the next gerenation of mmo. Sadly it was not next gerenation. It wow with story. :( Hoth was a supper boring planet. I think they just stuck it in just for the movie fans. Second I was greatly disappointed in the Sith impire being turn into the galatic impire. Cause the sith impire was not racies. Yet I understand why they did it. Cause like 80% of the people playing the game will only have watched the movie. So to make the game better for the movie fans happy. The thou out some of the lore and cannon just for them.
In terms of the conversation system, '3' is the refuse quest option in a side quest, and '2' is often the 'If it'll shut you up, I'll do it' option. So you wouldn't want to spam '3'. Also, '1' does tend to be light side on the Republic side, and '1' does tend to be dark side on the Sith side class quests. But occasionally '1' /and/ '3' will be dark side, and '2' will be the light side choice.
One of my least favourite things is how many of the outdoor zones are connected through 'doorways' . It makes the map needlessly difficult to interpret and impossible to shake the 'railroad' feeling of questing. I also wonder why 'fog of war' is really appropriate for a high tech game where technology allows us to scan / communicate over thousands of light years. I think we would have complete maps of most of the populated planets...
Completely agree with the UI needing to be customizeable. I would love to be able to make things smaller/bigger and move some stuff around. I really hope they heard the feedback about that and are working on it.
Also, I hope they include the option for chat bubbles in this game. I find them useful in certain situations. Especially since I can't move the chat box to a better location. Sometimes I miss party chat and the chat bubbles can help to make sure I see it.
Totally agree about Balmorra for sith side. I found I ended up leaving after finally getting to that remote area with those monstrous bugs. Just got so tired of being on that planet.
Woo, I can leave a comment without having to rewind to the location which the podcast was at! ;P
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Maybe Sado and Sleeper would be able to find the spaceport if they, you know, actually listened to conversations.
Balmorra Republic is (IMO) even worse in the end than Balmorra Empire, though both are interminably long (and Balmorra Republic starts out much better).
edit - the rank is how nice the *item* is for (re)gaining the appropriate companion's affection
How to I level if I have to listen??? No but really, exploring without being told is probably one of the most fun things I have done on the stream, with hundreds of people helping me find it.
I have played the beta a few times. 2 Female toons into their mid 20s (sage and BH) and 1 male (Inquisitor) to 20. I hit that on the inquisitor but I didn't find a single NPC romanceable male on my female toons, not that I was super looking, but I agree it seems a little slanted right now.
I did not enjoy the BH as much as the Sage, but I do quite enjoy almost every part of the game. I could ask for sprint at 10 because there is a crapload of running back and forth on Coruscant. It's a little better on DK.
In that Flashpoint, I remember there being a 200 slicer elevetor that stripped a bunch of time off the run back.
Well, at least there are options, as a lesbian playing female toons, i have to wait til...whenever :P
You guys will ALWAYS be my GO TO sourse for TOR, and i LOVE the podcasts!
This episode isn't showing up on iTunes.
It should be there, though we had an issue with the title originally. Look for "darthhater ep 103" (it may not be at the top).
kk. Thanks. Found it at the bottom of the list. Wierd
Ouch!! It really Hurted in my ears when she assaulted the Microphone :P
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