pacov

Went Jedi Sentinel. Am loving it as well. What is nice is that its my first MMO so when people tell me its just like WOW I go meh don't care, never played it never will.

My opinion so far is that the leveling experience is very solid. I'm looking forward to reaching higher up with all the "good stuff". A few of the animations are a bit silly, a bit too "flashy", like they're on a stage. It works better in fantasy games, imho, but it seems a bit silly in a sci-fi universe.

Very entertaining and does some things much better than WoW.

It's the only game I have right now that's totally ripping me away from my regular daily helping of Demigod.

I like this game a lot.  I'm up to level 25 after having played way too much this weekend.  Jedi Guardian feels a bit weak, but still isn't too hard, so its all good.

My Sith Marauder is leveling up nicely. Just hit level 19 before the downtime this evening.

My Sith Assassin is around level 22 or so.  One thing though I noticed, healers are in high demand.

Seriously, though - does anyone know how to make shields work on your characters?  My juggernaut class is supposed to have a shield that he can use.  I believe I have the right item, but no idea how to turn it on.  Odds are its something simple, but I haven't figured it out yet.. and it would be exceptionally useful as its a bit of the reason for my class.

smeh - yeah - i figured it out.  I just saw a human running around with a full blown shield (circling him) and assumed that's what I should have seen if it was working.  My mistake.

yeah - it was a bounty hunter for sure.    Ah well, learned something anyway. 

I was just talking to a bud that apparently picked up SWTOR as well.  He's telling me that he's on a server that is constantly full.  Said he has to wait like 30 minutes to log in (he does it to play with his pals that are on the server).  That kind of sucks.

Other thing I learned - your characters are apparently per server?  This means that if I want to play on a difference server, I have to create a brand new character.  Maybe that's common knowledge for experienced MMO folks, but I didn't know. 

Anyway, been noticing some bugs as well lately... the most annoying was on the black talon up against a padawan.  I had a group of 3 people.  We did a bunch of damage to her... then she bugged out, flipped off the screen, and reappeared with full health.  This happened 4 times.  One of my teammates died, but we managed to win.  Super annoying.

Another one happens when I join a party but am not a leader. I think its related to the leader going off line or something.  Anyway, I end up with their portrait in the bottom left hand corner, but I'm unable to leave the group unless I log out.  Never happens if I'm the party leader.  Anyway, a bit annoying. 

Then there's the super reverse flash characters that someone ended up near me, but are apparently in the wrong place.  They just get warped back to where they should be.  Kind of weird to watch as they are right near you, then get zapped a big distance away until they are gone.  Only seen this randomly, though.

Still having fun ofc.

So I'm playing a game last night and I get to a group area where I'm sure I'm going to need some help.  So, I wait around a bit and try to invite folks or get invited.  No go for like 5 minutes.  So, I open up general chat and say invite me.  But this is general chat, so I'm guessing it broadcast to in the same area as me or whatever.  Someone invites me and I accept.  Thing is, these guys are looking to do the black talon and I've already completed it.  Now, I'm level 18.  These guys are all level 11 and 12 (3 other guys).  I decide to tag along and join them.  Enter boring fest for me.  I get like next to no gold, next to no exp, and everyone except exactly 1 battle, has their health/damage scaled to the lower level folks.  So, I'm just ripping through everyone.  It was very strange how they decided to make 1 enemy I fought against (not the padawon) extremely strong.  As in, without me, my entire group would have been slaughtered and I was nearly killed as well. 

Anyway, I finish the mission.

So questions:  the only thing I really got out of the mission was social points.  What good is this for me in the long run?  Nice to feel like I've accomplished something anyway.  What are better ways to get into parties? 

Where exactly do I go to leave a party if I'm not the leader?  I feel like I must be doing something wrong here.

What about space combat? Is it any fun or just tacked onto the rest of the real game?

Adding something like Rogue Squadron to the game would probably justify another sixty dollar expansion. How cool would it be to have a really good SW fighter interact with the game they already have?