12/3/09 4:30 AM -
December 3rd Information Extravaganza 
by Dover
, posted December 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Today is the day The Information Extravaganza has begun Below you will find links to all of the articles posted on December 3rd pertaining to what we learned at LucasArts about Star Wars: The Old Republic. This includes information regarding the Jedi Consular, Sith Inquisitor, Smuggler class trees, second part of our interview with Jake Neri, other general information learned during the hands-on demo, and our take on the four force users debate.

 
General Information Learned - An in-depth dissection of the general abilities and information that does not pertain to any specific class. Information you can expect to see in the article includes the questing system, sprint mechanic, and much more.

The Sith Inquisitor - An in-depth dissection of the history, class abilities, combat, and more of the Sith Inquisitor.

The Jedi Consular - An in-depth dissection of the history, class abilities, combat, and more of the Jedi Consular.

Smuggler Class Trees - An in-depth dissection of the smuggler class trees shown in the presentation as well as Jake Neris comments from the second part of our interview.

Companion Characters - An analysis of a couple companion characters and how BioWare and LucasArts think they could change the way we play MMOs.

Jake Neri Interview Part Two - The second part of our interview with Jake Neri discusses the Jedi Consular, Sith Inquisitor, why the team decided on four force users, companion characters, and the smuggler class trees.

Darth Hater on the Four Force Users - Our very own take on the possible reasons behind using four force using classes in Star Wars: The Old Republic. We offer our own, unfiltered, opinions regarding the very heated debate and how we feel after a month of consideration.

28 Comments
Comment by Star Wars: The Old Republ made on December 7th, 2009 at 11:38am
[...] as it is with my little minor gig at Darth Hater, where the December 3rd lifting of the embargo on new information on Star Wars: The Old Republic has led to a whole shitstorm of speculation and [...]
 
Comment by Sleyo made on December 5th, 2009 at 5:15am
Been following your blog whenever the devs link to something on the forums. I just wanted to say that in a world dominated by G4 and the big names in gaming online(IGN, Gamespot etc.) Your site is far and above the best I have read. You guy have been knocking it out of the park with you coverage of announcements and the recent press events. I had friends asking me for links on where the best place was to go in order to get all the goods, I linked all of them to you're site and they were all impressed. I can't stress enough how impressive the quality of your coverage is, and I wanted to throw some thanks in your direction as I know this can be a thankless business sometimes. Keep up the good work, I'll be following your blog just as closely as the dev tracker from now on.
 
DH Team
Comment by emlaeh made on December 6th, 2009 at 6:13am
Thank you. Comments like these make our day. :)
 
Comment by Deidare made on December 5th, 2009 at 1:50pm
Completely agree Sleyo. You guys keep given us the goods even when it looks as though there’s nothing to give. That’s why you all rule. Keep going strong and I'll keep being a fan ;) DH rocks! Oh, and I can finally look at the site, not as much traffic now. Can’t wait to see this game out in stores and you guys show us tips, tricks, etc. Its gonna be great.
 
Comment by We The Few - SW:TOR Guild made on December 4th, 2009 at 9:25pm
[...] the direct link to their blog with the links to the individual articles. Featured, [...]
 
Comment by Jaswars made on December 4th, 2009 at 3:35pm
Just wanted to let you all know that your site is dynamite... I only come here for TOR information and dont even bother with the official site......IMO this site blows the official site out of the water.....great jobs guys and thanks for the great articles and insight into TOR
 
DH Team
Comment by sado made on December 4th, 2009 at 6:18pm
Thanks, glad you enjoy it. Always great to hear that people do ;).
 
Comment by Shadowfyre made on December 4th, 2009 at 2:13am
might be time to throw up and ad or two and buy more bandwidth lol
 
DH Team
Comment by sado made on December 4th, 2009 at 3:37pm
If it were only as easy as that ;)
 
Comment by RogueJedi86 made on December 3rd, 2009 at 12:19pm
I'm guessing the site is getting destroyed by all the new traffic, I've had loading problems and sloowwww loads a few times already today. :P
 
Comment by We The Few - SW:TOR Guild made on December 3rd, 2009 at 11:38am
[...] the direct link to their blog with the links to the individual articles. Developers, Featured, [...]
 
Comment by Avaro made on December 3rd, 2009 at 11:00am
Thank you! This made my day, keep it up DH, you're the new wow insider! ;)
 
Comment by FarScholar made on December 3rd, 2009 at 9:43am
Great articles!
The information coming from the various magazines did not come even close to the quality provided here. So hats off to the team.

Still no idea when the testing will begin?
 
Comment by David made on December 3rd, 2009 at 9:27am
Is this infomation thing still going on or has it stopped?
Would love to see some stuff about Jedi knight or pvp...
 
Comment by Star Wars Info Bonanza &l made on December 3rd, 2009 at 9:25am
[...] drives and the wild, wild west.  Oh waitll still make do.  So what have they unearthed regarding [...]
 
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Comment by TheDarkKnight made on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:45am
Excellent guys well done :)

I have updated my Post on the fourms. If you carry on like this I will need to ask for more pages from Amy... again!
 
Comment by Flagg made on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:45am
Just finished reading all the new info.
Fantastic as always DH. - I have to say, I am currently really freakin excited. I mean REALLY pumped. Keep up the great work and thank BW/LA for all of us.

/Cheers.
/Flagg
 
Comment by kakmael made on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:30am
great writing DH :)
thanks a lot for all this info! =)
 
Comment by Bzrk made on December 3rd, 2009 at 6:33am
As I already said on the official boards: Great job DH! Way better than those other "articles" that just popped up.

Keep it up!
 
Comment by Williang made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:51am
great job darthhater iam looking forward to see the update impatiently:)
 
Comment by GreenT made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:40am
Statement: Too much input data. Computing.
:)

Impressive job, DH team! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Any hints that the videos of gameplay you saw might be soon shown by BW?
 
Comment by cindy made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:06am
nothing new...
 
Comment by Fedaykin made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:25am
Someone's not been reading.

This stuff is totally amazing. I'm completely reassured about the two new classes and well.. most other doubts I have.

I'm just so curious about the paths a Bounty Hunter will be able to choose!
 
Comment by cwjedi made on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:40am
as am i fedaykin, i share all your thoughts.
 
Comment by Fedaykin made on December 3rd, 2009 at 8:48am
ALL my thoughts? I certainly hope not buddy.
 
Comment by PurpleCliff made on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:02am
Smooth, Darth Hater. Very smooth ...
 
Comment by heybarn made on December 3rd, 2009 at 4:46am
Wow, information overload. Looking fwd to the Vent. Man, I'm taken aback. Must have been hard to stay hush hush :-)