Star Wars: The Old Republic

Post by **J_Th4ng** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:10 pm

Hey all. I've been jamming some Star Wars: The Old Republic lately, and it's a pretty decent MMO, especially if you like your Star Wars (obviously).

Would be great if any of you lot came to to play a bit and try it out. It's free to play up to level 50, which is most of the way up to the level cap. Bioware are well known for their RPG storylines, and SW:TOR is no exception. The character and faction storylines are well built, fully voice acted, and close to the quality level of a Bioware single player RPG.

If you're keen to give it a go, please use the following referral link, it will earn me a few cartel coins, which would be nice:

http://www.swtor.com/r/pBCS53

Thanks a lot guys, hope to see you in the game.

BTW, I'm playing on 'The Red Eclipse' server, and I'm 'Republic' faction.

Post by **Paul** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:58 pm

When this first came out I really wanted to play this but then BF3 came out and I didn't have the time. With BF4 not being as good as I hope I may give this a look.

Cat Nipples · Post by **Cat Nipples** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:19 pm

I loved KOTOR 1&2 but I heard the F2P version is a bit shitty, some big features missing if you don't pay?

Then again it's only what I've heard, never actually tried the game so might just be keen

Post by **J_Th4ng** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:41 pm

From what I've seen, the content for F2P is the same as for subscribers. There are a few restrictions, can be seen here:

http://www.swtor.com/free/features

It's definitely worth spending the $5 to get preferred status. The ability to sprint from level 1 is quite a timesaver, as are the other benefits.

Post by **Phatso** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:05 pm

You got coins Jarrod! Going to give this a shot for a few levels before I spend the $5

If this game is good, it'll be a great time spender till Wildstar comes out!

Post by **SlipperyDuck** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:05 pm

I started a new Toon on Red using Republic - SMUGGLER

Name: BROMBRO

Cat Nipples · Post by **Cat Nipples** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:03 am

Downloading ze client, see you guys soon

Post by **Paul** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:46 am

How big is the client to download? Does it download an installer? I saw the "installer" file was 28mb does that download and install or does it just download the file needed?

THe reason I ask is that I am sure this game will be upwards of 10GB and running a 2mb line means I will more than likely need to pause at some point so I would prefer to use a download manager if possible

Post by **J_Th4ng** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:09 am

The file that you download is an installer. However, while it is downloading the game client files, you can pause/shut down at any time, and it'll resume when you restart it. So it effectively is a download manager.

Files are upwards of 20GB BTW, so be prepared for a long download. I'm also on 2Mb, and it took the best part of last weekend to download. The cool thing is though, once it's downloaded a portion of the files (about 30% I think), you can start playing the game, you are just limited to your starting world i.e. up to about level 10. It will continue to background load the files while you play.

Post by **Paul** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:18 am

Ok cool, I am sitting at 79GB usage for the last 30 days so it will take me a while to download or I will be throttled at 90GB.

I am going away on easter weekend so maybe I will start the download before I leave