Warzones, these are the PvP Battlegrounds translated in The Old Republic. So far, only one was known and that the civil war on Alderaan (more on page 18), but now Bioware still the PvP battlefield "The Voidstar" announced that will offer a Conquest mode. More will follow as we lead designer told PvP month, Gabe. (Google Translate)
To see the quote about The Voidstar Warzone, go to the article page and preview the Star Wars: The Old Republic magazine sample. Be sure to catch the full write up by picking up the magazine. Thanks to Surfactant on the tip.
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Posted 4/22/2011 2:56:48 AMhttp://www.torocast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4999
It's quite a bit long, but can serve to supplement cbauga's excellent (and spoilerfree) recap below for those interested.
The biggest thing to stand out here not mentioned elsewhere with regards to PvP is the following Q/A, which details the possibility of full range multilevel Warzone combat:
"Interview Gave Amatangelo
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Q: will there be different warzone versions for the different level?
A: no, they will always be the same. Everybody will play in exactly one warzone. That is why matchmaking is very important to us. If ie a team of lvl50 hardcore players are on one side and a rag tag band made up of all level ranges on the other side this group still has a chance to win."
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Posted 4/21/2011 11:36:09 PMhttp://www.torocast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4999
It's quite a bit long, but can serve to supplement cbauga's excellent (and spoilerfree) recap below for those interested.
The biggest thing to stand out here not mentioned elsewhere with regards to PvP is the following Q/A, which details the possibility of full range multilevel Warzone combat:
"Interview Gave Amatangelo
...
Q: will there be different warzone versions for the different level?
A: no, they will always be the same. Everybody will play in exactly one warzone. That is why matchmaking is very important to us. If ie a team of lvl50 hardcore players are on one side and a rag tag band made up of all level ranges on the other side this group still has a chance to win."
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Posted 4/19/2011 9:21:32 AM- View User Profile
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Posted 4/17/2011 7:36:10 PMBefore I start let me tell you that I'm not 100% sure about what's new and what's already known.
Also I have to say that the article from the buffed.de magazine contains some spoilers of the BH's story but I won't post those. All I can say is that I got goosebumps while reading a quest description, huge storytelling.
Once more I can say that the article is really worth reading.
Now let's start!
The event at BW Austin/Texas took place from the 14th to 18th March with 2 whole days of playing SW:TOR.
Invited to the event were a total of 7 journalists from the USA, UK, Germany and France.
The guy from buffed.de was able to play a BH up to lvl 15 and every journalist played the Alderaan Warzone with a preset lvl 20 char.
General:
- A player will need 200 hours average to reach lvl 50.
- There are different endings for the main story arc, depending on which decisions you'll make through the game ("Career or Vengeance").
- You can travel from Nal Hutta to Dromund Kaas either by shuttle or by flashpoint.
- You will get your own spaceship on Dromund Kaas after the end of a storyline (quest) and be able to travel freely through the galaxy, via the galaxy map on your ship, afterwards. Same should be for the SW and SI that start on Korriban.
- There are "heroic" group quest areas on Dromund Kaas.
- According to Devs, story quests will be instanced to prevent that, e.g. a group of 4 BH won't rush through the storyline.
- Classic combat system but it feels quite dynamic.
- The classic combat system was chosen intentionally because the motion system like DCU, GW2, AOC etc. was technically complicated and risky.
- Georg Zller: "Experiments yes, but with a sense of proportions.".
Companions:
- Mako is a healer and will be the first companion for the BH.
- Droid PO-12 will be the second companion for the BH and he will get this companion along with his ship, the D5-Mantis, on Dromund Kaas.
- You are not forced to skill dps while leveling to make progress because of your companions and their different roles. Meaning that you can level as a healer and let a dps companion do all the damage.
- Companions have different stances like heal, dps, etc.
- You can determine which skills will be used by your companions.
- It is also possible to use your companion skills manually.
- Companions "Almost as strong as other players.".
- Companions are fully equippable with armor, weapons, etc.
- Companions are able to learn skills at a trainer.
- Companions can, beside to craft something for you, also be used as a vendor e.g. to sell grey crap loot etc.
About the strength of companions, he wrote: "Compared to the average MMO pets, the companions in the Old Republic are clearly more diverse and almost capable of being a real teammate when it's coming to action.".
Most of his playtime, he played with another journalist together which played an Imperial Agent, they both had a companion with them.
Note that he only played the early Flashpoint "Black Talon" which is between Nal Hutta and Dromund Kaas where he also did some group quests.
So keep in mind that no one, except BioWare, really knows for sure how strong a companion will be at max lvl.
PvP:
- BioWare wants to handle PvP Servers "traditional".
- Alderaan is a domination map.
- Warzone: The Voidstar will have a conquest mode.
- Some planets will have contested areas where both factions will fight for control. The article doesn't say what or if you gain something for controlling such an area.
- There is a CC-immunitybar which will fill up through suffered CC until you're completely immune to CC.
- This bar is placed below the healthbar and can also be seen by players of the other faction.
- Tank skilled PCs are useful in PvP too, since they're able to absorb 50% dmg taken by party members.
- There are PvP ranks.
- There is no gear that could be purchased because of your PvP rank but there are possibilities "to interfere in combat".
(personal note by VdFExarKun: I have absolute no idea what that means, I can only imagine that you will be able to purchase something like a battlestandard to boost HP or something to boost dps or w/e if you have the required rank for it, something similiar to WoW's vanilla requirements on PvP items. Also the second part of the german sentence with the quotation is quite confusing to translate.)
In regards to the domination map of Alderaan, the buffed.de journalist wrote that you'll have 3 tactical points on the map to take control of. When you're in control of at least 2 points, the enemy battleship, which has some amount of "HP", will get damage (probably from the turbolasers we've seen in the Warzone trailer) and lose its "HP" until it is destroyed.
Gabe Amatangelo didn't reveal the actual number of Warzones that will be in the game at launch.
Auto-facing wasn't mentioned in the article.
I hope that I didn't forget something.
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Posted 4/19/2011 9:11:30 AMAny one more?
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Posted 4/18/2011 2:55:01 PM- View User Profile
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Posted 4/18/2011 1:13:46 PMHELL YEAH!
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Posted 4/18/2011 3:53:02 PMThis sounds a lot like WAR's RvR lakes.
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Posted 4/18/2011 4:03:12 PMDelete pls!
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Posted 4/16/2011 6:39:16 PMHello everyone, today the new Buffed-Magazin has been released, with an eight pages long rieview of SWTOR
First of all, im not native speaker on English.
So i will make it a bit shorter than the german version, and im sorry about the bad spelling.
Maybe there is also some worng translation.
Maybe some fellow German can make a better translation later.
- The playin session took place in Austin at the end of March.
- The rieviewer was able to play two days and reached with his Bounty Hunter lvl15.
- He palyed on Nal Hutta and Dormund Kaas
- In his fazit he was quiet happy about the game.
Now some Infos wich are new in my oppinon. But Im not completly sure. So I am sorry if there are old things included.
general:
- An average player should took 200 hours to reach lvl 50
- The main story have different endings, who are depending on your decissions ("career or revenge")
- You can travel from Nal Hutta to Dormund Kaas via Shuttle or Flashpoint
- You get your personal spaceship at Dormund Kaas
- On Dormund Kaas there are "heroic" questareas for groups
- the fighting is classic, but feels dynamic
NPC-companions:
- Mako is the first companion for BH and a Healer
- the droid PO-12 is the second companion for BH
- through the companion you are not forced the skill DD during leveling like in ohter MMOs
- companions have different stances (Heal, Damage etc..)
- you can configure wich skills will be used by the companion
- it is also possible to activate comanion skills by yourself
- companions "are nearly as strong as players
- companions can equip armor and weapons
- companions can learn skills at a trainer
- companions can sell loot from your bag
PVP
- Aledraan is a Domination Map
- an other battleground "could be" Capture the Flag
- There is a CC-immunitybar wich grows by suffered CC, till you are completly CC-immun for a time period
- This bar is below the healthbar and the enemy can also see it
- Tanks are usefull in PVP, because they can absorb 50% damage on a partymember
- There are PVP-honorgardes
- you will not get equipment for PVP-honorgrades, but you will be able "to influence the battle"
Hopefully I havent missed something
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Posted 4/17/2011 5:00:47 PM- Aledraan is a Domination Map"
Whole planet or just the warzone?
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Posted 4/17/2011 4:33:12 PM- View User Profile
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Posted 4/17/2011 12:38:35 AMBetter than all of the official updates over the last few months combined.
Thanks for posting it here.
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Posted 4/16/2011 11:06:51 PM