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11/29/09 11:10 PM -
Darth Hater Live Q&A Thurs 12/3 9:30PM EST / 6:30PM PST 
by sado
, posted November 29th, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Join us for a live Q&A session with the Darth Hater team on Thursday, December 3 at 9:30PM EST / 6:30PM PST. The Darth Hater team will answer any questions you have regarding what we learned about Star Wars: The Old Republic during our hands-on time with the game.


To reserve your seat and participate:
1. Register on Darth Hater with a valid email address (if you are already registered, then you dont have to re-register)
2. Comment on this post with one question you'd like to ask during the session.

Prior to the event start, you will receive an email with the password required to log on to our Ventrilo server, so make sure your email client allows emails from @darthhater.com.

Our Ventrilo settings are:
Server IP: vent.darthhater.com
Port: 26166
Password: (will be emailed to you)

Update: The live Q&A was a blast. We will have a recorded version up in the next coming podcast on Monday. Thanks to all that attended.
 
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168 Comments
Comment by Mikey made on December 3rd, 2009 at 12:56pm
Is there anyone who will be able to record the whole QA?
 
Comment by Dire made on December 3rd, 2009 at 11:47am
Hello,

How do you feel the balance situation is when comparing what is perceived as the dominant force (Jedi/Dark Jedi) versus a non force using class such as a trooper or bounty hunter - how does that translate in the game when compared to the books or films?
 
Comment by Xein made on December 3rd, 2009 at 11:35am
How close are they to announcing any kind of beta test date? I'd search the other questions, but it really really doesn't want me to right now.
 
Comment by Okin made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:14am
I have a two-part question:

Will the 7 lightsaber forms be in the game? And if so, will they have stat/perk bonuses associated to each like in KotOR II?
 
Comment by Artox made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:07am
Had any information about races been released yet? Maybe not specifically what races will be playable but how many races and are races restricted to a certain faction or even class?
 
Comment by ProfessorWalsh made on December 3rd, 2009 at 4:53am
My Question:

Well, we now know a pretty good bit about each Sith Empire class. We know the paths of the Inquisitor (despite it being the last class released) and we have seen walk-through footage for the Bounty Hunter and the Sith Warrior, there have walk-through videos for the Imperial Agent as well. The only class we haven't seen in action in any way, shape, or form now is the Jedi Knight. Will there be some concrete information for this class released soon?
 
Comment by Old Republic screenshots made on December 3rd, 2009 at 4:40am
[...] etc etcA later today where they will answer questions about the classes, what they have seen and [...]
 
Comment by bobbydigital made on December 3rd, 2009 at 3:34am
My question is: is the combat actually fun? Does it have that "Star Wars" feel to it?
 
Comment by CabelHarn made on December 3rd, 2009 at 2:35am
Were anymore details given about the system to be used for allowing for people to group together who are not really close in level so friends and family can play together even if they're many levels apart? SWG did this well I feel so I'm hoping they're adapting that system to SW:TORs standard level based approach. They mentioned there would be something but have provided no details and this being in the game is honestly probably my biggest concern since it is what tears my MMO experiences apart with friends in other previous MMOs.

Thanks.
 
Comment by Sith_Hunter made on December 3rd, 2009 at 2:26am
What can you tell us more about PVP Combat and it's Mechanics as it relates to Individual Player and Guild vs. Guild Warfare?

Battlefields?
Rewards?
Death System?
Server Rule Sets (Open World to Safe Zones)?
Looting?
Land Vehicles?
Ships?

If all else fails...just a general overview of the PVP system.
 
Comment by Heliwyr made on December 3rd, 2009 at 2:18am
What have you found out about crafting, housing, and other "extra" parts of the game?
 
Comment by dragonsteve made on December 3rd, 2009 at 2:08am
Have you guys figured anything out about what systems gear will be acquired through?
 
Comment by mesrix horn made on December 3rd, 2009 at 1:43am
How immersed in your characters story line did you feel while playing? Did the game have a sandbox feel to it, or did you feel directed solely by your characters quest line? If there was a sandbox feel, were there side games available? Such as PvP arenas, mini games, etc.

Thank You, and I look forward to the QA
 
Comment by greed0104 made on December 3rd, 2009 at 1:03am
With the final two classes known I would like to ask if you guys have any information on what exactly makes your chosen class special. Some examples, can Bounty Hunters actually hunt players, can smugglers actually smuggle items for players. Any information on anything like this for any class would be great.
 
Comment by AlphaGanj made on December 3rd, 2009 at 1:02am
Will there be PVP servers with World PVP?
 
Comment by IceJudge made on December 3rd, 2009 at 12:39am
Any indication of a Day/night time cycle anywhere within the game?
 
Comment by ValiceKohn made on December 2nd, 2009 at 11:43pm
How are you (Darthhater) enjoying Beta/Closed testing so far?!? ;)
 
Comment by Axis made on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:39pm
We have heard that each class will have two branch paths in their progression. (I.E. Scoundrel and Gunslinger for the Smuggler.) My question would be; What are the two paths a Trooper will be able to choose from?
 
Comment by Barion made on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:26pm
My question is: "Have there been any hints thus far about being any current or future plans for space content, such as personal space ships, combat, or capital ships?"
 
Comment by MrSanders made on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:33pm
One of my biggest concerns lays in endgame content and any potential expansions, when we wrap the initial game, is there a certain amount of closure, or a cliffhanger of sorts? What happens to an individual without it feeling finite?
 
Comment by Duoi made on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:27pm
Transportation will it all be on foot for movement on a planet or will there be mounts? If so what system will it resemble the most SWG, different kinds with different looks speeds and crafted by players, or WoW, based on what race you are( not including exalted reputation), purchased from a vendor or rare drop from a npc and the only difference is speed and color.
 
Comment by Daymiena made on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:17pm
Are Female Sith Warriors hot?
 
Comment by Matherschris made on December 2nd, 2009 at 8:56pm
Will SWTOR have an achievement system like SWG or WOW?
 
Comment by Jerek made on December 2nd, 2009 at 7:15pm
Star Wars isn't Star Wars without the Wars part. I'm an avid PvPer and many of my friends are also interested in this aspect of the game. All we know are Battlefields are going to be included. Can we expect any sort of planetary control system or guild owned bases for end game?
 
Comment by robertjordan made on December 2nd, 2009 at 6:52pm
What is the balance between instanced areas and non-instanced persistent world? For example, is it more like WOW (completely persistent unified world, but instanced dungeons and raids) or Guild Wars (completely instanced game except for city hubs)?
 
Comment by snakEyezz made on December 2nd, 2009 at 6:32pm
does the inquisitor and counsular classes feel comfortable as purely "force users" and "healers"? or do you feel that there should be dedicated healers/force users?
 
Comment by bzrt made on December 2nd, 2009 at 6:14pm
This question has 3 parts first how big was the planet that you got to demo the game on did you get a massive feel like you were in a giant world or was it pretty linear and felt like you were confined. Second did they say anything about pvp like will they have anything like battle grounds are there any type of pvp rewards if so how will it work and/or did they even give you any info about pvp. Lastly what about character customization does everything have to look human like or can we look like a different race?
 
Comment by matrix2507 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 3:18pm
hey darth hater.

should i be selected, id simply likee to know if the imperial agent is gonna be entirely "stealth" gameplay, a bit like in splinter cell as fas as mmo goes (always going in cover, be invisible, only sneeking around) or if they're gonna be able to stand and fight too like other class like the bounty hunter would do.
in short i want to know if the IA is gonna get pigeon-holed to sneaking around of if they'll be able to do some real firefighting, a 50/50 ~ 65/45 sneaking/firefighting balance is in my term what id consider has a yes to my question.
 
Comment by supafreak69 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:48pm
Do you have any idea of hte level cap?
if it's been asked than...is tatooine a playable planet. I wants me some pearls
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 4:37pm
I don't know if it means anything, but I've noticed TOR has thus far only had planets not from Star Wars Galaxies. If we go by that, we won't see Tatooine, but BioWare could surprise us.
 
Comment by Darth_Klimius made on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:27pm
Some time after Revan's visit, the Anchorhead settlement failed and the planet was forgotten until the Republic rediscovered it in 1,100 BBY. - Wookieepedia

So, you might be right.
 
Comment by Sully made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:09pm
Love the show guys.

My question is how much have you guys found out about endgame story? Do you have to choice to continue your story or is endgame more like WoW. Where it is just an endless treadmill of level grinding and raiding?
 
Comment by bioni made on December 2nd, 2009 at 12:45pm
Hello guys.

If i only have one question, I'd like to know if you have any inside information about
the crafting system.

Thank you all so much ;-)
 
Comment by Mesric made on December 2nd, 2009 at 12:07pm
My question revolves around the other side of customizing. What sort of races will we be able to choose from? Will Jawas be one of them? I've also been wondering how credits are going to work. Is it going to take bit to earn some desent credits or is it goin to be something thats easily atainable through quests?
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:11pm
Too bad Jawas would have crap clothing/armor options. Do you want to wear this raggedy brown robe, or this slightly darker brown raggedy robe? :P
 
Comment by Flagg made on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:29am
1 more day. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 8:55am
Hey is the Dec 3rd update going live at 12:01 AM ?
 
DH Team
Comment by Dover made on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:40am
the update will be PST, but the Q&A will be later in the day, so everyone has plenty of time to absorb the information incase there are new questions they want to ask
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 2nd, 2009 at 1:43pm
so like 3am or whatever eastern?
 
DH Team
Comment by Dover made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:39pm
yeah, and 2am my time... gonna be a late night
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 3rd, 2009 at 3:46am
cant wait 15 minutes :D
 
Comment by Traphik made on December 2nd, 2009 at 7:35pm
8AM my time..not sure if i should wake up early or stay up late..probably will end up staying late due to the exictement lol
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 5:25pm
WOOT im a late night so ill be waiting 3 am my time :D
 
Comment by frost made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:59am
Hey Guys,

My question is did you get to play through any quests? and if so how did the questing feel? did the "3rd Pillar" that Bioware has been telling us about for so long vastly improve the grindy questing that we are (or at least I am) so tired of in the current MMO's?
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 2nd, 2009 at 1:43pm
4th pillar*
 
Comment by frost made on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:16pm
oh ya thats right lol... my bad :D
 
Comment by Fembo made on December 2nd, 2009 at 12:47am
Did the combat really feel as heroic as BW makes it sound? I mean, it looks really sweet, and getting rid of an "auto attack" type system I think is a big improvement, but how did you guys feel about the combat in general?
 
Comment by Hallgren made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:43pm
Hi guys, my questions is in your time with the game what if any information about space combat, owning space crafts and quests directly related to Space flight have you unearthed? Thanks!
 
Comment by Venon made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:37pm
My Question:

Based on what you have seen so far, what is your current opinion on the gear/loot/crafting system? Will we have many options when it comes to say, wearing just a robe or heavy armor as a Jedi Knight? How much can we play with the athstetics of our characters without changing stats?

Thank you very much.
 
Comment by Traphik made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:46pm
My question : From what have you experienced what features have you seen that support the MMO part of an MMORPG in social group adventure and PvP aspects. Will we be around other people of our same faction much and will we have oppurtunity to converse with the opposite faction, if even at all?


Thanks
 
Comment by homestarrunner made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:42pm
I find your lack of space combat disturbing.
 
Comment by Sztanyi made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:53pm
So up until the last 2 classes were revealed, TOR seemed to be a completely new and revolutionary MMO, not only because of the focus on story, but because it seemed as if raiding may be achieved in a new way, breaking away from the typical healer / dps / tank trio.
With the introduction of a healer class this seemed to change completely. What are your thoughts on this, does this change your view of TOR, and are any of you disappointed by this, happy, or expecting this all along?

Thank you for reading, you guys are awesome and I appreciate all of your efforts for keeping this website up.
-Sztanyi
 
Comment by JohnDough made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:40pm
Hiya Darth Hater guys!

I was wondering how the Jedi Knight will be healing? Will it be the Out of combat heal that every class has? or A Force heal? Thanks guys!
 
Comment by Boza made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:30pm
Hey Guys,

Will there be a transcript/audio playback of the vent extravaganza available on the site after for those unable to attend?

And oh yeah, 29.5 hours left...
 
DH Team
Comment by sado made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:35pm
Yes, there will be.
 
DH Team
Comment by Zoidberg made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:55pm
There may not be a transcript, because that will be a pain to make.
 
Comment by Homieg made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:11pm
What roles will each class play in the game and what is the twist added to healing?
 
Comment by blackfrost31 made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:56pm
how will you handle muitiplie people with the same quest and have to kill the same mob or get the same items? will we have to camp or will there be a fast respawn time?
 
Comment by ForceAmp made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:13pm
My Question:
How do you think the balancing will work out, not only between classes, but between factions?
 
Comment by snafu made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:55pm
Let's say there is an in-game quest where there are 3 pegs, and on one peg there lie 3 rings. The quest objective is to move the 3 rings from the first peg to the last peg. However, the middle ring can not be placed above the top ring, and the bottom ring can not be placed above either the middle ring or the top ring.

How would I be able to move all three rings to the last peg and complete the quest?

This is important.
 
Comment by indu.san made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:16pm
most overused puzzle ever.
 
Comment by ForceAmp made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:02pm
Haha, I love KOTOR references.
 
Comment by Darth_Klimius made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:51pm
In fact, that's an ancient riddle.
 
Comment by snafu made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:49pm
On a scale of paraplegic jar jar binks to coked up mace windu, where would you rank Sado's in-game skills?
 
DH Team
Comment by emlaeh made on December 2nd, 2009 at 4:32am
Dead ewok.

True story.
 
Comment by rectiphye made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:44pm
Hmm, I guess I would like to know if you guys have any more info on how inquisitors will play, will they be a mage "type" character or will they more like like a "shadow priest"type character. IE, Will they have a healing spec :P
 
Comment by heybarn made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:25pm
How much info did you receive or see on the way characters have their talent points/skills laid out from the basic class skill set to the later two specialisation spec ‘trees’ (can it be compared to the branching trees of WoW, the blocks of four skills like in DA:O? etc etc).

Oh, if you saw any other of the actually official spec names like “Gunslinger” -)

Now to figure out EST to New Zealand time zone *head explodes*
 
DH Team
Comment by sado made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:50pm
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
 
Comment by heybarn made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:55pm
Handy, thanks Commander. Right, 3:30pm on Friday the 4th for me whilst 9:30pm Thursday 3rd for 'you' - hehe still does my head in! Hmmm, an early Friday beer and Vent for me perhaps! Looking fwd to it. Better install Vent now...
 
Comment by Kal-El made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:09pm
Customization. Not weapons or armor, but physical customization. How customizable is our character's face (eyes, nose, mouth, etc) and body (height, weight, muscles, etc) going to be? Are we going to have sliders or preset head and bodies to choose from and be able to only alter minor stuff like hair, eye color etc?

I know they kinda answered this during PAX, but they gave a slightly different answer the second time they were asked about it and they weren't exactly clear about it.

BTW it's one question. I just wanted to make clear exactly what I was asking :P
 
Comment by Digitaldrag0n made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:58pm
Will there be Mandalorian Armor available for bounty hunters?
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:26pm
Bounty Hunters aren't Mandalorians, Jango and Boba were the exceptions because Jango grew up as a Mando before he became a BH, and Boba followed suit.
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 2nd, 2009 at 1:45pm
he didnt say they were Mandalorians, stop being so negative all the time.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:22pm
Eh, you just catch my bad comments. I was just.......well clarifying that Mandos and BHs aren't synonyms. Then again, Mando armor in the KotOR era didn't quite look like that in your avatar. :)
 
Comment by cdstephens made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:58pm
How's the trinity going to work? Are healers going to be required? How required? How useful? etc.

Are you guys going to post the q/a on your site for those who weren't able to make it?
 
DH Team
Comment by Zoidberg made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:52pm
The audio will be up after awhile for all those that cant make it or just dont feel like it.
 
Comment by Daspien made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:46pm
How do you think BioWare will handle all the CC in pvp.

Thanks for this guys:)
 
Comment by The BBP made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:29pm
I am compelled to ask if anything was learned about player ships and the ability to fly them.
 
Comment by chronium made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:56pm
If I remember correctly it was confirmed that there won't be player flown ships at release of the game but a patch or expansion pack most likely.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:27pm
Echoes of galaxies? They had a post-launch expansion for ships too.
 
Comment by Malekith made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:21pm
How will getting gear for your companion work? Say you have a piece of gear that is BOE that you use because it is better then what you are currently using, but you find something that is even better will you be able to give the equipment that is binded to you to your companion?
 
Comment by Darkcrest made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:17pm
My question would be. How customizable are your characters. i'm not talking about skills, more along the lines of clothing and armor. Are we locked into a special look for each class or is there other options? Now I understand that a person player a trooper should look like a trooper same with Jedi and Sith. But Classes like BH, Smuggler and IA I don't see think there is a real need
 
Comment by Ulnir made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:29pm
I would love to know if the crafting proffesions have been designed in a new and different way from other games we have come to know.
For instance, crafting proffesion "Slicing".. where you would have a slicer on your team/group in missions in order to hack into lifts/doors etc to make flashpoints or instances easyer. Perhaps accompanied by a slicing minigame to add an extra twist and keep people interested.
I think something like this would make crafting even more essential to the gameplay experience, imo. Would love to find out if this is the case or what more traditional-style crafts are in game.
 
Comment by airia made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:49pm
How will Allegiance and Factions work within the game when it comes to PvP and "end game" PvE content? Currently its been revealed that the Jedi Consular will have a more traditional healing spec while none of the Sith have been revealed to have that ability, will the galatic republic and sith empire classes be able to play and work together based on faction?
 
Comment by ItzaTrap made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:18pm
Is there any way that you can set up a listen-only live feed during the QA? Maybe a chatroom as well for us to geek out in?
 
DH Team
Comment by Sleeper made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:31pm
Ventrilo has a built in chat, do not worry, only the Darth Hater crew will have the ability to voice, but this could change if anything comes up
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:34pm
can u use the mac codec :)
 
DH Team
Comment by Zoidberg made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:42pm
We kinda use the mac codec because a certain someone likes to use vent at work and the computers that the certain workplace are macs. We do sometimes change it up but it is fairly easy to swap it to the mac one.
 
Comment by Aurie made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:47pm
My question is regarding exploration and vastness of the planets. Specifically, can you freely go anywhere on a given planet or are there 'invisible boundaries'. The best examples I can give are in SWG. All of the original planets (like Tatooine) allowed you to go absolutely anywhere and the only boundaries where at the edges of the planet map; however, when they introduced the Wookie home world (Kashyyyk) for some bizarre reason they dramatically restricted movement with invisible boundardies and hills you couldn't climb, etc....I really hope they adopt the wide open model....any insights from what you've seen?

And, btw, you guys do a great job with the web site; thank you and keep it up!
 
Comment by kamakaze189 made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:50pm
I totally agree with you Aurie, i really want limitless exploration with the exceptiono of when you get to the edge of the planet. That would be really awsome but sadly i dont think they will do it. If they did i would be really suprised and happy. But to do that, it would require a lot more servers and time and money spent on that, but given that LucasArts has a *blank check* (unlimited money), it might be possible if they spent the extra *time* needed to do it.
 
Comment by Aurie made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:20pm
I'm hopefull based on their characterization of the planets as being 'very large'; if that's an accurate description you would think that they would almost have to have wide open areas to explore. However, in all the screen shots I've seen, it appears there are always mountains or other objects surrounding the screen shot that don't look like they could be climbed....another form of invisible barriers.
 
Comment by Xolis made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:52pm
How important is gear? Any indication that there will be different types for PvE and PvP?
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:45pm
good question
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:45pm
So is this the Big Thing for December 3rd? Just a QA with y'all?

And on this QA, it might help us ask more helpful questions if you tell us exactly what they showed off to y'all there. All I know is they showed y'all Agent, Consular, and Inquisitor, and questions about them would be very narrow and possibly redundant given all the coverage on other sites. Can you give a hint of what all you saw so we can give better questions that have an actual chance at being answered?
 
Comment by Zenkei made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:49pm
Nice try.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:09pm
I'm being serious. If we don't even know where to focus our questions, this is a waste of time, where 1 in 100 questions may actually be about whatever you saw at LucasArts. It wasn't me trying to find out wtf you saw, it was just me trying to get y'all to help make sure our questions aren't 99% wasted. "Ask us questions about what we saw at LucasArts, even though we can't actually tell you what we saw." Be vaguer much?

Plus my question of this being the Big News that is also on December 3rd.
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:25pm
I agree RogueJedi, but your approach was a little harsh. You could at least say please yeah know.
 
DH Team
Comment by Sleeper made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:44pm
December 3rd Q&A is more of an indepth look at what we know, and allows you to get more clarification on questions you may have asked. We can't, in anyway, give any hints as to what we know, because it would violate the embargo

And to answer your question, no, the Q&A is not the big news
 
Comment by Andaries made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:50am
How important is the Trinity system in the game is it sort of a suggestion or requirement?
 
Comment by d0z3R made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:48am
Russian localization?
 
Comment by Draklo made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:44am
So seeming as we're going to be having companions join us in the game and we'll be building a "relationship" of sorts with them with the idea of they may approve of x but they'll dissaprove of y, it had me thinking of whether this would be something that also happens with other players in the game seeming as conversations can have more than one player in them? For example looking at the 20 minute developer gameplay diary that was released, when on the black talon, if the bounty hunter wanted to keep the captain alive, but the sith warrior went ahead and killed the captain, this would cause the bounty hunter to dissaprove of the sith warrior. Whereas if they both agreed to spare the captain the bond between the two players would grow. Maybe providing bonuses to future convsersations such as together they are more persuasive, intimidating or something along those lines that would benefit them grouping together again.
 
Comment by indu.san made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:24pm
not so much to your point, but there could be some excellent prisoner's dillema pints in the game.
 
Comment by chronium made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:16pm
Is there a question in there? But that would be really complicated to implement and a lot of data would be needed just to store what events 1 person did with a bunch of other people throughout the course of leveling let alone what the entire population of the game is going to be doing with each other.
 
Comment by Draklo made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:32pm
Basicly would it be possible to have a system with other player characters similar to NPC companions with whether they approve/disapprove of you?

Trying to keep it simple im saying player X does one thing that player Y would rather not, so if player X looked at player Y's character sheet it would show player Y disaproves of player X.

Then what effect would this have on the game? Would it affect conversations where an extra dialogue choice would appear when the two players are together that could be used to persuade, intimidate, bribe etc. Or maybe a combat effect? Together the two players can work in a team and recieve a buff when they are near eachother or something similar.

From a technical perspective, I have no idea if this would be hard to implement or strain the servers but it doesn't seem to different from having the same sort of thing happening with a NPC character. I guess it could affect the amount of data each character has if they start building hundreds of relationships thus straining the servers, but I have little knowledge of these things.
 
Comment by ValiceKohn made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:43pm
With-out a ton of knowledge on the coding of something this complex but to me it seem's like this would be extremely hard to do. But man I sure would love something like that, I just don't know if it's possible at this time, imo.
 
Comment by Ulnir made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:23pm
I can't see something like this being any more complicated than the tome of knowledge in warhammer online. It stores tons of info on player activitys throught their gameplay experience. There are even mods to show your individual score/kill-death spread against individual players of the other faction.
I think if kept simple this could be an interesting idea.
Perhaps only have 6 things that the server records about other players. (likes to agree/dissagree/indifferent. friend/foe/indifferent) or something like that. If that made any sense ^^.
 
Comment by crewsatyr made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:21am
My question:

How much skill was involved in the combat? Did it seem like a monkey could do it, or did it seem like you really had a chance to hone your skills?

Also, love the site, keep up the good work.
 
Comment by Flagg made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:08am
Awesome news Darth-Hater! I would love to sit in on that.

My question to bioware is:
Can you elaborate on the healing class impact to the community that has arisen since the mention of a consular "healing path" (aka Trinity Discussion) and what do we need to know to set our minds at ease for the sith side of that coin? Will this work like a conventional Trinity?
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:01am
(First of by register I'm assuming you guys mean created a valid account on the website? Correct?)
And my Question I'd want to ask you is: Do you know if there will be any other "races" playable other than the human, if so, what races? (And do they have special "Race" attributes?)
 
Comment by ValiceKohn made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:40pm
Not knocking you here Deidare, but why do people think "Only Human's" are a playable species? There is already proof that yes other races than "Human's" will be available.
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:28pm
Actually I know there wouldn't only be one race, I only took that into my question because some people actually do think that way, even after BW said there be more. I'm not that ignorant to say the least, lol. ;)
 
Comment by Xavier made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:00pm
Sean Dahlberg himself confirmed this a while back. He said "Yes there wil be playable races other than humans. We just haven't confirmed which races will be available yet." Hope that helps, I'm with you though, I would like to know more.
 
Comment by chronium made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:47am
to answer the first part of your question yes there are going to be other playable races.
 
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Comment by Dover made on December 1st, 2009 at 11:31am
you are correct, register does mean a valid account
 
Comment by jerlot made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:38am
Will there be an RvR type experience. And what can you tell me about it?
 
Comment by Fydious made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:31am
Will all the classes be able to be combat heavy.
 
Comment by Darth_Klimius made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:31am
What are the specializations of the classes?
Who will have healing abilities at the imperial side? I mean abilities besides out-of-combat self-heal. =)
 
Comment by popbottlederby made on December 1st, 2009 at 10:05am
What is known about end game content? Specifically the comments I've read about it being tied in with the story.
 
Comment by chronium made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:40am
My question is what were the other possible classes that didn't make the cut.
 
Comment by SpaceCoyote made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:53am
Will there be Player Bounties for the Bounty Hunters? (i.e. will those who roll as a bounty hunter be able to kill other players as part of their careers, not just NPCS)

Thanks in advance guys. Your doing a stellar job at gathering info, keep it up! :D
 
Comment by Churchkpq made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:47am
If there was one thing you could change from the classes you saw, what would it be?
 
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Comment by emlaeh made on December 2nd, 2009 at 4:28am
This is a good question.
 
Comment by Brixz made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:09am
With the hands-on being strictly focused on the second pillar: combat.

Was their any focus on the combat system in terms of combo points within abilities and then chaining with other characters in your group?
 
Comment by Okinyo made on December 1st, 2009 at 8:01am
What is the release date? Is there space combat and if so, how do you travel from planet to planet? ( Can you fly your craft to another planet or do you simply spawn from spaceport to spaceport? )
 
Comment by BizzzIMO made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:57am
My question would have to be: What is the combat system like, and what new combat information did you guys aquire during your awesome trip to San Fran =)
 
Comment by GreenT made on December 1st, 2009 at 7:48am
I, too, won't be able to join the ventrillo myself due to US-Europe time differences. Thus, no code is necessary.

I have, however, one question, and would be obliged if you could answer it:

If you saw some live gameplay (similarly to Pax walkthorugh video, for instance, with developers playing few classes live on the stage):
Does it seem that skill usage in combat is smooth and the game's UI is reacting quickly?
I mean the animations I have seen so far are generally ok, but I'm asking about the server-client response time.
Might be hard to spot that, I know. But, perhaps you somehow got the general feeling...

BTW thanks for all the work and research on SWTOR! Great source of info you are.
 
Comment by Bzrk made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:42am
Aw, that's 3:30 am for me. Not really something I want to loose that much sleep over. :(
 
Comment by PurpleCliff made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:37am
Not really sure what kind of questions your after, but:

Would you prefer Space Combat or Player Housing?
 
Comment by JediCosmin made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:36am
Will they be revealing races any time soon?
(thanks for this opportunity guys, great job in advance :) - also, please don't send me anything because i will be unable to join a ventrilo at that particular time and day. all the best though )
 
Comment by Fedaykin made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:34am
My question: It looks to me like companion characters will be NPC's you run into during your travels - how is Bioware going to make it look not-so-silly when four people all have the same companion character? Or am I completely off here?

Example conversation: "How is your Atton? Darkside? Oh mine's Light. Yeah I turned him dark in this quest. Made him look ugly though. I met a guy with an Atton that had a rifle, that was weird."
 
Comment by PercMerc made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:08pm
LOL. Love the demo conversation.
 
Comment by indu.san made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:28pm
/second
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:28pm
Nice Feda, nice ;)
 
Comment by DirectX made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:31am
Did you learn anything about the technical aspect of the game? Any cool tidbits or tools they were using, etc. ;)
 
Comment by Fedaykin made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:28am
What part of: "ONE QUESTION" did everyone misread here. Seriously guys try to keep this a little proper? I know you're all exited about the game, but lets try to find out as much as we can by being smart about it, rather than obliterate our chances for any info by spamming questions.
 
Comment by dege made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:52am
This might be obvious but since you didn't write it in the post I gotta make sure.
Will you record everything said on vent so those that can't join can still listen at a later time?
 
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Comment by emlaeh made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:43am
Yes, it will be recorded for your aural pleasure.
 
Comment by dege made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:45am
cheers, now I just hope there's some groundbreaking reveals too ;)
 
Comment by Harbinger made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:43am
I'm quite interested in which species will be playable?
 
Comment by cwjedi made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:35am
heres my question:

Have you got any info on inter- fraction chat/interation? (i.e. can a Bounty Hunter have a coffee with a Jedi?)
 
Comment by snafu made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:32am
Will you judge me based on the size of my lightsaber?

Itemizing! The game has changed quite a bit since the E3 demo model, did you notice anything different or noteworthy about the inventory system or gear slots (like what bonuses an heirloom might give)?
 
Comment by FarScholar made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:01am
Have they revealed anything about space content yet?
 
Comment by Voyle made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:25am
Do each of the classes 2 "paths" come with their own set of customization points, akin to talent points? Or are the "paths" the talent trees themselves?
 
Comment by jfulmer made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:20am
space combat...nuff said?
No seriously I would really like any sort of hint pertaining to how space exploration and combat will be implemented in game.
I would also like to know if the consular and inquisitor will be able to solo the game themselves just like any other class, considering they are primarily a support class it seems.
 
Comment by Darth Hater Live Q&A made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:51am
[...] for a live QA session with the Darth Hater team on Thursday, December 3 at 9:30PM EST / 6:30PM PST. The Darth [...]
 
Comment by indu.san made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:40am
**Any further details on the morality system? Specifically, will it have an effect on game-play mechanics or simply the story of the game you play? **

Any viewing of tradeskills, vendors, auction house, or other instances of an economic meta-game?

Any chance to see companion characters and any ability to flesh out more of their functionality?

What was the most interesting workspace you came across?

Edit: The stars indicate my one question. I didn't consider that this post would explode.
 
Comment by Kuuga made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:31am
Did they talking about guilds and how they would work?
 
Comment by eria made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:10am
While I work that night and won't be able to tune in live, I wanted to throw a couple questions out.

Did you get to see any of the paths for the classes, and if so, which ones?

How exactly will healing work, if you saw it? Is it similar to WoW with casted heals, or is it more of hots or maybe passive abilities or auras. Do you see it being more like WoW in that it's there to prevent death, or more like Warhammer in that it's there to just slow down death?

Is Yoda's race playable? =p
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:30pm
There is litle to no info know about yodas race, it doesn't even have a name infact. Plus since hes so small, I don't think we'll play as him ;P
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 1st, 2009 at 5:27am
in one mags it said that smuggler could go gunsliner dual guns or tricks like kicking ppl in the nuts i think , gunslinger is pve and kicking in nuts is pvp.
 
Comment by PercMerc made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:05pm
I think they called it "Gunslinger" or "Scoundrel".
 
Comment by axatillian made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:54am
The Republic has a class with a healing "spec" does the Empire, and if so which one(s) is it?
 
Comment by Xavier made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:46am
I was going to just ask about the Smuggler career paths but, did BW/LA go into more detail about the two distinct paths for all 8 classes with you? If so, can you share that info with us at this time?

Thanks guys.
 
Comment by FreshBrew made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:32am
Did you guys find out the playable character classes if so what are they?
How does the Agents stealth work?
What was your favorite class story so far that you got to try?
 
Comment by Panzzer made on December 1st, 2009 at 2:05am
we already know the classes
 
Comment by FreshBrew made on December 1st, 2009 at 3:53am
oops right meant species / races
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:14am
Did you guys snoop around enough to know level cap?
 
Comment by aj made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:43am
Is The Dark Lord Of The Sith Naga Sadow?
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=89676
Thats all i wanna know.
Other than that i cant wait to play it and thanks BW/LA/DH----- Darth Hater.☺☺☺
 
Comment by Roflmywaffles made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:25am
Personally i would like to know about dungeons. It may be to far to ask or anything but i wana know how they are going to do dungeons. Like for Republic are they gona go with the classic trinity or no?Because as far as i know the inquisitor doesnt have healing but thats all i know correct me if im wrong please.
 
Comment by Stomp made on November 30th, 2009 at 11:42pm
So many questions I have and hopefully you can answer this one:

If you created a character; what level of customization is available for character creation? In specifics, besides my obvious concerns about facial features etc; is there a way to customize the way you hold your lightsaber? i.e. behind the back the way Starkiller does in The Force Unleashed.
 
Comment by ValiceKohn made on November 30th, 2009 at 11:39pm
I'm not sure if this is really an important question for most of you but to me it is, lol so here we go...

Was there any mention or talk of a possible Mac port/OS release time frame? And if not why?
 
Comment by kamakaze189 made on November 30th, 2009 at 11:22pm
Did you get to see what happened when you die? As in go to the graveyard, or... what?
Would really like to know how bioware is handleing death.
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 1st, 2009 at 12:28pm
At the Trooper showing off at some game convention, a player died, and the button said "Return to Med Center" or something. So it looks like we'll be reappearing back at a med center in a bacta tank when we "die". Basically like how the Wampa "killed" Luke in ESB, he woke up in a bacta tank.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on December 1st, 2009 at 4:43pm
But before you wake up in a bacta tank you are stuck hanging upside down in a cave with your weapons just out of reach.
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 1st, 2009 at 6:32pm
Alright that’s a seer sign that dying’s worth it. Anything to see a wampa (sarcasm)
 
Comment by Panzzer made on November 30th, 2009 at 11:21pm
Well im not sure what kind of information you guys know, but im going to take a stab and ask this one.

How will healing work on the empire side, with no specific healing class. How will this effect the sith endgame experience?
 
Comment by chronium made on December 1st, 2009 at 9:37am
Well since the Sith side is made up of more independent classes that do not normally work with other people it would seem that they're all going to have self buffs and heals and very little help the party abilities.
 
Comment by Revix2k9 made on December 1st, 2009 at 1:17am
i dont believe that article !