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  • Guild Interview Series: Shards of Alderaan

    If you were in general game testing for any length of time, then you probably heard of the clear of Eternity Vault by Republic Justice, or encountered them in Star Wars: The Old Republic's Warzones. Known as Shards of Alderaan (guild site) for release, the Republic guild originally formed in Star Wars Galaxies and today's membership comprises of various MMO backgrounds. Darth Hater continues its Guild Interview Series (Ensidia, Afterlife) with Republic Justice / Shards of Alderaan members Air, CJ, Rookie, and Nyan to disccuss their overall impressions of testing endgame, and PVP class balance.

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  • Darth Hater on the Four Force Users

    Arguably the greatest rift in the Star Wars: The Old Republic community came from the possibility, now reality, of four of the eight classes as force users. This discussion spawned shortly after the Sith Warrior was released and described as a melee focused class, and only grew in intensity. Having nearly a month to think about this design choice, we felt it was important to weigh in with our opinion.

  • Do you want Equality or Balance?

    Equality vs Balance

    I find that many people seem to have a problem with whether or not an MMO is truly balanced. Many seem to think that balance means that you should be able to defeat any opponent, one on one. However, if you were able to defeat anyone one on one, then you'd make the balance tilt your way. Some believe that balance means that if you fight someone 10 times, you should have won 5 out of those 10 times. My problem with both of these ideas is the fact that when you figure in skills that everyone can put points into, or the actions that they can do, is there really a true way of making a game balanced? You see, the way I see things there is a HUGE difference between having equality ((which tends to be what everyone wants)) and Balance ((which is what everyone says they want.))
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