Darth Hater

I liked this devblog, however... I thought for SURE we were getting a fan friday with this, and the dev blog by itself in no way felt like a full friday update... i like fan fridays now because of the Q&A section.... oh well, maybe this next friday will be a bit more full... at least this dev blog was about something good

I agree, this was decent, but would have been perfect with the previous weeks flashpoint information. Really not a good standalone Friday update.

Basically we just have to keep Georg posting. His latest on faction balance in testing over time is very interesting.

He's rapidly overtaking Damion Schubert for the title of "TOR's Ghostcrawler". :)

I do like his directness. He talks about the mechanics and how it is, rather than 'hyping it up'.

exactly

Georg is becoming a fan favorite.

I think after info lacking updates like this, DH should have a bonus pro tips to make us laugh and lessen the disappointment. and yes, guy below this post, the 3 screens from GS were better than the update BW gave

I just want to know if companions will be in Flashpoints. No indication from screen shots or video that they are there, but Iconic SW fights all have the hero's "companions" around. R2 with Anakin, Chewie with Han, etc. They have said that typical groups could take along a bunch of healer companions to round out their party, so that would indicate that they are in FPs. But it is still disconcerting to not see any companions in any of the demo videos or screenshots of multiplayer...NONE....

Thoughts?

Yes they've said that your companions will accompany you in flashpoints, they can be used to make up roles that are lacking. (E.g you have no healer, you all bring your healing companions).

There was a video of a companion in a dialoge. It was a class story video but ...
It's the second video found on this blog, the bounty hunter one. http://www.swtor.com/news/blog/20101231

This was a great update imo, especially combined with the new screenshots we got from gamespot today.

http://www.gamespot.com/special_feature/most-anticipated-2011/day-5/index.html?page=2

Now *that* Sith Warrior armor is ICONIC.

Yeah I keep going back and forth on what character I want to play first. I kept thinking IA, but after seeing that SW I don't know again. He looks bad ass.

It's a bit too.........blunt. All that guy's missing is the helmet, and he'd be Vader. I do like his goatee though.