Beta Feedback

[BrotherTobious]

Hey guys you feedback about the game will be welcome.  

Please be constructive and keep on topic.

[Gortex]

Will sort something out on this note and plan to be testing all areas of the game and not just pushing it to as high a level as possible etc. Note pad on stand by next to comp etc.

[Grimnar]

Well here are my first views of the game:

Joining a server: The list is nice and easy sort of the same as the wow people are used to. Only downfall was the que time. Later on in the evening the wait time wasn't that long but still long enough to let me decide to play bf3 instead.

Information: This is one thing i really liked about the game, everything got explained with nice and good info. The ingame tips came in a little box on the right while big info in a half-sized window in the middle. The information given was good and helpfull. On the other hand i missed some info in the quests that you get. The info you get with those are very short and it felt like a sort of attack order instead of a quest. (i did a few q's so don't know if it is still the same later on)

strating your toon: This went a bit weird but maybe i was a bit hasty setting mine up but it wasn't very logical, but all the information that you needed was there although some stuff not at the correct time for my feeling...


Quests: Questing and killing was pretty sweet. The things i didn't like or where they lost me was how the quests etc. where given...  It was all chit chat all the time "yeah that is nice but not really good for an mmo" thanks to that chit chat i got lost quickly about what i had to do or missing the tips for the quest. When the npc stopped talking you got the text comming up, but that was gone in seconds or clicked away as you want to get going...  They need to improve on the "quest giving".

Vendors: Well there where loads of vendors so enough places to sell the crap you picked up during your killing. In the settings you can select an option to show all vendors/trainers etc. on your mini map.

Trainer: I found my first class trainer no problem, but i got lost finding my second one and also other people where having problems finding their trainers...  Even with a quest to go to your trainer didn't help me as the arrow on the mini map stopped at a wall...  I found the trainer a bit later but that was because i was lost and ran into it...  

World: For the little bit that i have seen it was pretty good.



Someone said that they nerfed the graphics for the beta, i hope that it is true and if so then the real game would look very nice.
For the moment because this is still the beta that they did a good thing. Hoping to get some more hours tomorrow to see some more action.

[Twyst]

Someone said that they nerfed the graphics for the beta, i hope that it is true and if so then the real game would look very nice.
For the moment because this is still the beta that they did a good thing. Hoping to get some more hours tomorrow to see some more action.

Well, I for one thought that the graphics were pretty spectacular! I can almost run everything at max settings after I turned nvidia setting from full quality to full performance.
Why did you think the graphics were bad?

This is easily the best looking MMO I've seen.

[Karrde]

My quick description for people is if Star Wars Galaxies and World of Warcraft had a baby it would look and play like this.

Loving the voice acting and quests but then I want to skip through it to the meat of the quests too.

[Jesung]

Well, I for one thought that the graphics were pretty spectacular! I can almost run everything at max settings after I turned nvidia setting from full quality to full performance.
Why did you think the graphics were bad?

This is easily the best looking MMO I've seen.

With zero Anti aliasing, a lot of games look pretty blocky, and SW:TOR is no different, luckily anti aliasing is only disabled for the beta and will look much smoother than it does.

[Twyst]

With zero Anti aliasing, a lot of games look pretty blocky, and SW:TOR is no different, luckily anti aliasing is only disabled for the beta and will look much smoother than it does.

That depends on what resolution you run at. Running @ 1920x1080 there is no need to enable AA imo.

[Sneakytiger]

played the inquisitor till lvl 10 yesterday and throughly enjoyed it, gonna try out the other sith classes today, but from what i've seen it's a enjoyable and engaging mmo.
many ppl will say things like wow clone etc, but i think it has more engaging story lines and just feels good.
if they sort out the server probs (i.e. wait times) for launch i can see wow's subs dropping a fair bit, dont think it's a wow killer but in a fight it would give it a fair few knocks and bruises.lol

[Jesung]

That depends on what resolution you run at. Running @ 1920x1080 there is no need to enable AA imo.

You must be looking at a different game to me then (Also running 1920x1080)

[Noréia]

I am surprised by the game in a positive way. I like the story lines and the dialogue stuff. Game feels totally different than Wow, so whoever claims that would be a clone of wow had maybe a beer too much.
Saw many guys philosophing about that on "general"!
I did not have much time but the graphics, the game play, the story everything was nice and for a Star Wars fan, this game is a must.
Haven't ordered it yet but will now.

I was going to be a Sith warrior but after playing the bounty hunter a bit, hey, that char has a lot of charme too! I am better on "one-button" chars though.

Noreia

[Karrth moonbladeq]

Right I've played for most of the weekend but I've had to remain off teamspeak, sorry about that but I've had a friend visiting that also played the beta and it's hard answering his questions while talking on TS...


Now so far I've gotten 2 characters to level 13, a sith juggernaut and a sith assassin and a few characters that I've just been trying out.

Now the game it self is as I expected, made from bioware it's a story based and it's a very good story at that. Both inquisitor's and the warrior's story lines are interesting and full of evil choices I won't spoil them as I myself hate people who don't know when to shut it.

There are some things that annoy me about the game, the main thing is that I get different companion voices talking to me all the time, even though I'm alone in the area I'm in. Also the lag I've been experiencing is horrible but thats what to expect I guess.

[hubbah]

Yoyo!

So for my feedback

I was abit sceptic because of the Space theme and the whole starwars thing wich i dont really like tbh.
So i came in the game with a few doubts.

I started a bounty hunter because.. well elts be honest .. Rockets > little lightsabers.
At first i dident really understand mutch and dident know how the quest givers looked like so i grinded a few lvls.. ( LOL ) but at like lvl 6 i found out what the quest givers were and started doing quests.
I liked the way the quests worked and the interactive dialog with the npc's alot.
I ofcourse choose to be a badass and kill everything and everyone while flirting with my companion.
After lvl 10 the game became beter and beter and beter and just could not stop playing, played till like 4 in the morning on saturday / sunday and was sad i had to go raid on sunday evening ( but i did ofcourse.. )

Im really looking forward to this game, im even gonna buy a new computer for it because on the piece of **** i got now i hardly able to run it at lowest settings.

I will be preordering the game and taking a few days off around the 20th of december to really get into it

[Vargen]

Right I've played for most of the weekend but I've had to remain off teamspeak, sorry about that but I've had a friend visiting that also played the beta and it's hard answering his questions while talking on TS...

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There are some things that annoy me about the game, the main thing is that I get different companion voices talking to me all the time, even though I'm alone in the area I'm in. Also the lag I've been experiencing is horrible but thats what to expect I guess.

I'm with you on the TS thing. It's quite hard to follow the dialog in game AND the chatter on TS as well. I think while leveling I will use TS for questing with others and flash points. Might be a good thing to have a TS channel where you can sit if you are questing, where there is no talking, but lets people jump in and give you a yell if they need you for someting. At least while leveling, when you do a fair bit of questing.

I also had the companion voice bug thing. I kept getting comments on voice AND in chat from companions I don't even have! Even when I was completely alone in an area!

I will be preordering the game and taking a few days off around the 20th of december to really get into it

I start my vacation from the 19th out the year


And now for my judgement!

I started off with the Sith Inquisitor and chose Assassin spec. So far I've gotten to lvl 20 and worked a bit on my crew skills. I made a seperate thread for crew skills.

PvE: I knew the game would be story focused, but still it blew me away. The way every quest has it's own dialogue and different outcomes it makes the game come to life and makes for a much more interactive experience. No more get wall of text from random person, kill 1000 of x creature, click questgiver, next! WoW is now officially obsolete.

The quests themselves I found a bit too easy most of the time, but every now and then you did get one that made you think a bit before charging in. The heroic quests are also a nice touch, as they provide a challange for you and your friends. Being a big fan of group questing and instancing, I loved these. The quest dialogs also come more to life when questing in a group, as you have the group members all paritcipating in it. A nice touch I thought.

As for how the Assassin plays in PvE, I would say it is one of the stronger solo classes, but far from the strongest. You have the advantage of moving around freely with stealth and picking your targets. As with many of the other classes it is weak without it's companion and solo against groups of mobs.

PvP: I didn't get the chance to play this as much, but I got a general feel for it. Coming from WoW I found the scenarios familiar, and likewise the combat. If you were one of those that didn't like meeting a rogue in WoW pvp, you will really not like running into an Assassin I get to defend objectives while hidden and choose my battles. I know it is still early, so I will assume some of the reason I was able to take down others with little difficulty 1on1 was lack of experience. My only concern is that the assassin has difficulty catching up to the ranged classes if they first manage to get some range on you. Still a bit early to tell how it will develop in later levels.

All in all, the game was a pleasant surprise. I just can't wait for this to go live!

[Grimnar]

Well here is what i liked and didn't like about the beta...

Most people i have to agree with as it is a very nice game and although we compare it with wow as we know that it is better then wow, only can't say it about raiding etc. as i havn't seen/done that. I think i was also one of the very few that didn't wanted to do a flashpoint at all in the beta to save those for the real game.

The quest chains are loads of fun and put very well together, only downside that i had was the talking that you missed the little hints etc as with ts and all other stuff you couldn't hear it all. For the rest also the light and dark side options where loads of fun.
Also a nice thing was the nice bonus quests you get in the area's it is a nice extra thing to help you lvl and have some fun to do atleast for the dps classes

The worlds also looked very nice and even big with loads and loads of stuff to do for someone.

My toon:  I started up a Sith Inquisitor Assasin as i said i would. I had loads of fun playing that class (lvl 17) it is the feral druid / rogue from wow. Only thing was when you pulled around 3 mobs that it was a bit hard to get them down. Also with the pet you had it was hard as you would take agro from it quickly.
But solo mob dps was pretty cool.

Crew skills: i took 2 gathering skills and 1 crafting, but i just took 3 and will choose better next time  I had arch. with crafting so i could upgrade my weapons and had scaveging which wasn't really helpfull but it gave me some insight on how it works... Also with your second companion doing your proffs went nice and easy by just sending them both on missions.

Ship and Space:  I havn't really got into it as i just got my ship. But the space battle's are awesome, i know i will be spending loads of time doing those.


In short: I liked the game and although we found some bugs it was still very very good, and it was the beta afterall so i hope they fix some things (i hope also the companions bug, that you hear other people their companions even when you are alone in a zone..)

I liked it and will spend loads of time when the game goes live

[hubbah]

but the question now is.. will it replace WoW for you guys?