SWToR Pics

The beta agreement has been changed and we are now free to post pics wherever we want, so heres some.
Do check us out on our new Sith web site at http://draigheanshochai.guildlaunch.com/

Here is my Sith with an Epic saber she found


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My Dark Jedi's Ship


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Corosant:


Nar Shaadda, Hutt home:


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Is that where you've been? We were talking about you during crifting and how you've been MIA. Looks cool.

I am curious if there is a light side Gaiscioch group as well? Or just the Sith side of things?

From what I have heard, there is an RP Guild that Toros has started, and random groups of people rolling on different servers depending on what they like to play. I have a group playing Sith, PVE, non-RP but it is nothing official, just friends who want to play. I am not sure about the other side.

I'm soooo jealous of you people in beta. I got a weekend beta invite 2 weeks ago, but it is for a weekend beta that they have not announced yet (not this recent one they had). I soooooo want to try this out :(.

Check http://www.swtor.com/tester and see if you are able to confirm your invite. There is a huge beta test this coming weekend. More emails should be going out pretty soon.

Yeah I got 2 invites confirmed for this weekend, yay!

NDA lifted so I'm trying to setup my own3d.tv stream today or this weekend for holidays. I will post once I get it working :P

Beta Server is patching updating but think I got my live stream created going to test with HoN :P http://www.own3d.tv/live/165484/SWTOR-BETA

Something not a lot of people realize is that the graphics are a bit nerfed for the beta tests. If you google, there's a few lines of code you can add to the game files to enable AA and lighting effects. I haven't tried it, but it apparently makes a big difference. I wish they hadn't done that because so many are grumbling about graphics. I guess it's a performance thing with all the debug stuff running.

Look forward to seeing some of yall this weekend in the final big stress test everyone got invited to.

Indeed, last beta weekend was a blast and this weekend should be equally as fun.

Just out of curiosity, with TOR soon to be released, how many people are going to stay with Rift, or are most going to migrate to TOR? I am pretty new to Gaiscioch, but over the past 2 weeks, since I have really gotten involved with the guild, meet some people, my experience in Rift as been increased 1000% and I look forward to doing more. Not sure if I am going to TOR yet. I still have some questions, but was curious to what is going to happen when TOR is released. Cheers, Valjin

[Zappy Fingers of the Mijjah]

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Hmm I've seen so many pan threads about this game just since beta started. Every one saying this is a game designed for the 12-16 bracket, with poor immersion, simplified mechanics. Just from all the pics I've seen over the last few days, I can see it's not for me, nor does it seem to have a long-lived appeal.

@Coffeeguy. Some of us will be playing ToR and wanted to do so with family members. Gaiscioch as a whole will not be present or officially represented.

how do i post pics here? SIGH

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@ Astriel I am undecided - seems good so far. Playability is actually better than rift (way less clunky). Cut scenes in instaces are buggy a times. I think the pvp will be better than Rift as the UI responds much faster @ Elth - ask Chris...he is the knower

I've been getting plagued with blue screens this weekend. Must have something to do with the latest TOR client because it was fine before this weekend. Not happy.

Astraiel, I had those same concerns about the game. Is it something that will just appeal to the kids and be completely dumbed down to capture the largest audience possible? My personal experience has been one of very in-depth story telling, unique game mechanics that provides for widely different gaming experiences between the classes, and a sense of humor that has made me laugh out loud more than once. I have very deliberately -not- gone very high level in the game because I want to enjoy it at release, but I have gotten high enough to get my own ship, to see pvp, to do some crafting/gathering/crew missions and to follow through on some detailed story lines that ended in a surprise. I recommend before making a final judgement on the game to take advantage of the BETA access and see for yourself if you can. GW2 will be a year or more before it releases, and Rift's idea of expansion is to add the same exact content in a jungle setting and just give the mobs 42 million hit points. I need something to see me through until GW2 is here. Rift is not cutting it. This might. :)

I've been in the beta for awhile now but not sure if I'm going to pick it up or not. I will probably wait for Guild Wars 2 to join all of you since I decided not to pursue playing Rift.

I can't wait to own this game. Gunghnir and I just participated in the most recent Beta just this weekend. Before I had really heard anything about the game, I wan't interested at all. Big woop, another Star Wars game. But then I read the article for it in Game Informer and it seemed a little more interesting so I signed up for the beta. Completely changed my mind. This game is trying to do the same things I was so excited about for Guild Wars 2. Character storylines, alignment choices... It honestly was like playing Kotor, but in an MMO setting. And I really liked the way parties interact in conversations. :) You should have seen my giant smile when I got to see my very own ship for the first time. Either way... I've already pre-ordered it and I can't wait to play with whatever guildies I see there.

If anyone is really interested in some pvp aspects and discussions I really like this guy and when I tried my streaming saw how difficult it is so I'm supporting him as best I can. http://taugrim.com/

Mijjah: <3 Sup love! <3 Elth: Check your mail! MikeyDee: Yeah, Ed's awesome. He's been dropping some great insight for both Rift, & sweater PVP, over at Gamebreaker.tv's podcasts for some time now. Would be fun to RvR with/against him in GW2! Astraiel: As for sweater, it's "ok" at best, to me. I did have a lot of fun playing it with Mij last weekend, but when she wasn't online, the game showed its true colors to me, fast (egregiously over-hyped). To be fair though, I'm not a big Star Wars fan. A lot of the enjoyment fans of the series would see in this game, I likely wouldn't share. If I was a die-hard SW fan, I'd likely have a great time based on just the fan service provided. Regardless, while I appreciate the VO in this game so far (for the most part it's great, though some of it is still awful here and there), the rest of the game seems tacked on, and rushed in comparison: Visuals: The visuals leave much to be desired. The stylized look is fine, but the extremely poor texture work, lack of robust, post-processing effects, and general lack of attention to detail in many parts of the game world, is just unsatisfactory. Especially for a game coming out in 2011, with the Star Wars license of all things, and with the big name studios and affiliates that it has backing it ($$$). These visuals fall immensely short of the hype the devs tried to build, in their official random podcasts, interviews, and articles. Especially when compared to their competitors, and even SWtoR's own CGI. And the shortcuts in using low quality impostors everywhere, coupled with recycling so many game cells/buildings, with little variance/objects to mask the copy-pasta, really lessens my enjoyment of the environments I'm exploring (WTB more effort!). Audio: The audio also suffers from a noticeable lack of effort in certain spots. The world sounds very dull and boring when exploring at times, with a glaring lack of ambient sounds, and even music in many areas (beta bug?). And while the actual music and voice acting have been recorded well enough, even they could benefit from some improved mastering during cut-scenes (the volume sliders can mask this problem a bit though, at the user level). The same can be said for companions actually, as they're unnecessarily loud, regardless of how far they are from you (not to mention the "hear-everyone's-companion-on-the-server-bug"). Combat: Targeting is terrible in this game atm, which really makes combat a chore at times (no target of target either, ouch). The AI reminds me of private server mobs without scripting (essentially, everything is tank & spank). There are numerous ability bugs as well, like getting stuck in the environment, falling through the world, abilities (like target buffs) randomly not working, etc. Considering how long the hype-train has been going for this game, I expected more combat (and overall) polish, this close to release. Talent trees seem a bit stale atm, but those always get reworked/rebalanced. Plus there could be further class customization beyond talents, that weren't made apparent to me during the beta weekend. UI: Needs tons of work, but I'm sure that'll come in patches. Customization: Minimal at present, but it's probably to "protect" the SW franchise/canon or something. Working as intended? Storyline: Aside from VO for almost every game actor, other MMOs long before this one have already proven that you can have epic, enthralling storylines, where your character can make choices (with repercussions), and cut-scenes that revolve around your characters decisions (even going as far as to having your character engaging in said cut-scenes). Since I've played a few of those other MMOs that do this already, the hype around this bullet point fell flat on its face for me. Server stability: Not bad actually. A few hiccups here and there, but overall pretty good. And since I don't care much for SW lore, I have to fall back on those core gameplay mechanics and presentation, to find my enjoyment. And I honestly found the game to be run-of-the-mill/mediocre in its present iteration (especially when compared to its competitors, both old and new, whether at launch, or established). It just feels like "another decent MMO." That's not to suggest that the game is terrible, by any means, but it doesn't even begin to live up to the hype for me. I think the hosts of "The Republic" podcast put it best when they said,"...essentially, it is WoW in space. But that's not necessarily a bad thing." But I knew that going into the beta, from watching tons of podcasts, reading previews, watching twitch streams, etc. So I wasn't overly disappointed. It actually turned out a bit better than I expected, so grats Bioware (I expected a steaming pile)? It really is just a game to spend time with Mij in for me at this point, while we wait for updates for other games we play, or for new (and better) MMOs to release, or for just better coop/mp games in general (Looking at you, Torchlight 2 & D3!). Playing with loved ones and friends can make almost any game fun though. So while I agree with a lot of what you said Astraiel, and for all the faults I witnessed myself in playing the beta, I'll still have fun playing it with Mij & friends, but I couldn't, in good conscience, recommend this game to anyone, unless they're huge SW fans (in which case, they would likely be playing it already). Save your money, or at least try before you buy! All that being said, I'd love to explore the Mass Effect universe in an MMO (so long as it doesn't have all the "bleh" sweater has). Funny how that works, huh? :P Back to pics! The npc clone wars begin:

I predict it will take me 2 weeks to get bored with SW. But it is better than Rift currently as at least the content is a little new for the holidays. Not a game with any life in it, imo. Might be fun for a while though :)