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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance  |
Update: Virtue has been so kind as to establish a guild. It can be found here: http://www.swtor.com/guilds/18182/jedi-academy
Got this rumor from Wikipedia: Quote: On April 25th, 2007, a rumor came about that BioWare was secretly in development on a Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG. Stemming from the latest issue of EGM, the rumor contained little information to support the claim. However, investigation into the matter reveals that there is more to the rumor than EGM's single suggestion. In early 2006 BioWare opened an Austin branch to develop an unnamed MMORPG. This alone confirmed an inevitable BioWare MMO, but the choice of Richard Vogel as a leader of the project is what largely suggest that the currently unnamed MMO is set in the KOTOR universe. Vogel was one of the project leaders behind the sci-fi MMO Star Wars Galaxies. SWG was held down by being set in a universe where continuity prevented any true story development (such as seen in WoW) and SOE assuming creative control eventually caused the removal of the things that had kept SWG's hardcore fanbase playing among them the skill tree system, which allowed for more customizable characters and drastic changes to the game's combat and character profession selection.
SOE has been confirmed to have lost the Star Wars license, though there has been no confirmation that BioWare will be producing a KotOR MMORPG. This post was edited by Kenyon on Mar 23 2011 05:48pm. |
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Jade Jedi - Retired 
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I have applied. Your welcome. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance 
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Thanks, I've added that link to the original post. |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Quote: Cool JP, hope you enjoy it!
There's a new guild page on the swtor website. Anyone think a TJA guild will be a good idea? http://www.swtor.com/guilds/18182/jedi-academy Although, I can't join it. Got a scroll bug on the website for me. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Quote: I was able to get my hands on the Taral V Flashpoint both Friday and Sunday mornings of the event. Friday playing the Smuggler Scoundrel in the healing roll, Sunday playing the Trooper Vanguard in the tanking roll. If requested I'll do a full run down. By far my favorite part of the weekend was the amount of 1on1 time i had with a variety of dev's, they shared information about everything from game mechanics to personal stories of how they got into the industry, what made them want to do game design as well as technical questions like the tools they used.
Very nice JP! Sounds like an amazing experience. I'd like to hear more of your thoughts concerning the combat, primarily the fluidity and group dynamics. Sounds like SWTOR will be coming out after July 1st from recent news (See darthhater.com for details). _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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JP - Academy Pimp 
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I was able to get my hands on the Taral V Flashpoint both Friday and Sunday mornings of the event. Friday playing the Smuggler Scoundrel in the healing roll, Sunday playing the Trooper Vanguard in the tanking roll. If requested I'll do a full run down. By far my favorite part of the weekend was the amount of 1on1 time i had with a variety of dev's, they shared information about everything from game mechanics to personal stories of how they got into the industry, what made them want to do game design as well as technical questions like the tools they used. _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" |
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R2D2 - Staff
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Cool JP, hope you enjoy it!
There's a new guild page on the swtor website. Anyone think a TJA guild will be a good idea? _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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JP - Academy Pimp
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Going to PAX East March 11th-13th, TOR will be there, ill post after playing / bullshitting with dev's
any specific questions anyone want asked, post them here. _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" This comment was edited by JP on Feb 15 2011 08:35pm. |
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Ãà rth Àpòçålýpsè - Student 
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okay okay (spoiler alert). I am the mysterious Dark Lord _______________ New -[DE]- Site. |
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planK - Jedi Council 
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Quote: I suppose the servers for this game will split up between regions (America, Europe, Oceania), but this would be a great opportunity for many of us to get back online and play together.
Preferably we'd know up front which server we're all going to be on, so that when the game launches we can enjoy the levelling together. I would be devastated if this game was region restricted. I have so many friends here from all across the world, as well as from other online communities, that I want to play TOR with.  |
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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance
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I suppose the servers for this game will split up between regions (America, Europe, Oceania), but this would be a great opportunity for many of us to get back online and play together.
Preferably we'd know up front which server we're all going to be on, so that when the game launches we can enjoy the levelling together. |
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Dark D'Kana - Student 
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New back story video, These have to be my favourite bits in the build up to its release, bar any other awesome trailers the give us 
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R2D2 - Staff
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Quote: Looks like we wont wee this till the second half of next year.
During a speech at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference, Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released at some point during EA's 2012 fiscal year. This means that we now have official confirmation that the upcoming MMO will not be available prior to April 2011. The Old Republic Release Date Update We already had a tentative release set for Spring 2011, which starts in the end of March. Not much of a change at all imo, just clear confirmation that it will come sometime after April 1st. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Jade Jedi - Retired
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Looks like we wont wee this till the second half of next year.
During a speech at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference, Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released at some point during EA's 2012 fiscal year. This means that we now have official confirmation that the upcoming MMO will not be available prior to April 2011. The Old Republic Release Date Update _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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planK - Jedi Council 
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Hahah ohh, it was Starwing here too. Didn't know it was Starwing in Australia. My bad SAH! |
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Oh right, back on topic:
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/10/14/0451220/Why-Warhammer-Online-Failed-mdash-an-Insider-Story Ask JP I've been saying it for a while, I just hope they don't rush tor. Also, still haven't got a new computer yet. :p _______________ A wizard did it. |
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ozzcoz - Cosplay Nerd 
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No, see it's a joke Mike. Since it wasn't called star fox here, it was starwing. I still have it, if only my old snes worked. _______________ A wizard did it. |
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planK - Jedi Council
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www.google.com |
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ozzcoz - Cosplay Nerd
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what is star fox? _______________ A wizard did it. |
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JP - Academy Pimp
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nope its like star fox _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" |
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Maher - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: Some clarifications... space combat is more of a tunnel shooter, meaning you can move up/down and left/right in a limited fashion to avoid obstacles.
So you can't explore the space freely? _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber |
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JP - Academy Pimp
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yea that video was pretty win
I was in the last beta for the Sith classes, and i'll tell you, game is gonna be legendary. _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" |
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planK - Jedi Council
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If you search for "gameleakerz" on youtube, you'll find leaked footage of Imperial Agent gameplay; some awesome dialogue. It would appear that they've taken the best parts of Mass Effect for this. So excited for it! |
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R2D2 - Staff
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Quote: Lost quite a bit of posts here unfortunately. There's confirmation from a PC Gamer article that space combat in TOR will be more of an on-rails shooter and single-player only at launch. It is an optional experience, not required at all.
@JJ Yea, I find it rather interesting too. Some clarifications... space combat is more of a tunnel shooter, meaning you can move up/down and left/right in a limited fashion to avoid obstacles. Space is not totally optional as well. There will be a few required segments, which will be very easy, that are probably linked to the story. Other than that, TOR news has been pouring from Gamescom and will be incoming from PAX this weekend. Keep a lookout for a reveal or two at PAX! _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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planK - Jedi Council
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That's so awesome, it looks like Starfox haha! Looks like it'd be great fun, but I do hope they'll implement a multiplayer space mechanic outside of combat. This comment was edited by planK on Aug 25 2010 05:19pm. |
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R2D2 - Staff
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Space combat video is up on the TOR website! _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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