tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post1177347817745704827..comments2023-10-05T12:43:59.413-04:00Comments on Honor's Code: SWTOR Beta Weekend ImpressionsHonors Codehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603644804340531952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-7252030732686478712012-01-09T14:06:02.667-05:002012-01-09T14:06:02.667-05:00did we lose you writing of your adventures honors?...did we lose you writing of your adventures honors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-91599954439402361092011-11-22T21:29:14.989-05:002011-11-22T21:29:14.989-05:00I look forward to cleansing the universe of your d...I look forward to cleansing the universe of your dark side influence soon.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm glad you had a good time. Keep in touch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021888227904891627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-79060202589029025852011-11-22T21:07:48.175-05:002011-11-22T21:07:48.175-05:00The next morning I decided that I needed to try a ...The next morning I decided that I needed to try a toon with a LASER STICK OF DOOM, so my Jedi Knight was born. The melee was a different experience after playing the trooper. Immediately the play style differences were apparent. The trooper was an AOE monster for questing. The Jedi Knight is not. The lovely out of combat self heal makes this not much of an issue, but it was still something I noticed right away. I played my JK enough on the rest of the weekend to finish the starting planet, the second planet, get my ship, and got to the third planet. What I liked at this point, was I was given a choice on where I wanted to go, so I obviously chose a planet I had not seen yet. I also was able to get my second companion and third. As a JK I chose to take the AC of Guardian, and put all my points into the defence tree. I was curious to see if this would have a large impact onto my ability to solo quest. All I can say is... NOPE. I ended up changing how I was using my companions but it really didn't do anything to slow me down. For every group I wanted to kill, I would jump in and pick up as many mobs as I could, and let my companion kill them off. DPS companion FTW. For the gold mobs, i took a slightly different approach, after getting taunt. I would send in my companion first, let her get beat on a bit. At half life I would taunt off, if I hadn't pulled aggro already, and finish the mob off. On these mobs, the same level as me, we would kill it easily and both end up at half life. A quick heal and we were on our way. I quested a bit with my buddy who was on his sentinel, at about my level, and he DESTROYED mobs, but took a ton of damage. I didn't get to see how he did against strong or gold mobs, but regulars exploded when he touched them. But he was basically made of paper. If they had a chance to hit back, he hurt, as all good DPS should.<br /><br />I spent the last few hours of the weekend crafting and doing space combat. The most surprising thing was that I really enjoyed space combat. It is so mindless and I thought so fun. I was really surprised at how much fun I had.<br /><br />I also really liked the crafting mechanic. Maybe using my companions as slaves appeals to the dark side in me, but once I got the hang of the missions, I had two of my three companions on the go at all times. I really like that you get something accomplished while you are off doing something fun. I spent my crafting time working on Artifice, Archaeology and Treasure Hunting. I never got far in Treasure Hunting, but my JK is around 140 artifice and about the same in Archaeology. The reverse engineering option is great too. I never had to worry about the crafting for the sake of crafting to level up. I made things, then I reverse engineered them to get some mats back and then I made more... GENIUS. And if you got lucky you get a better copy of the recipe for what you were making. I was able to go from the green version of a lightsaber hilt, to a blue, and then to a purple. I am not sure how many times you can upgrade a recipe, but it is pretty awesome IMO.<br /><br />Can't wait to play again this coming weekend. <br /><br />Ryan aka GrimadinGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926946181159482076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3190673057769546823.post-5667101075434627742011-11-22T21:07:05.010-05:002011-11-22T21:07:05.010-05:00So lots of us have had a chance to play thanks to ...So lots of us have had a chance to play thanks to the previous beta weekend. After reading your post I thought I should throw in my couple of cents based on what I experienced in my weekend of fun. In my typical fashion I tried to get in as much time as I could as I wasn't sure there would be more time I would get to play prior to live.<br /><br />My live plan was much like Honors in the fact that I currently plan on playing Empire, so I spent my beta play time working on Republic characters. I played on Friday night as a trooper who I played through the opening planet and did the first flashpoint at. I finished the first world at level 10 and proceeded to grab my AC. I tried Commando (guy with big gun, who can throw heals) as I was planning on trying Mercenary BH for live. I did the first flashpoint (Esseles) with a buddy of mine. We were able to two man it with our companions. He was playing a Jedi Knight Sentinel and had his robot ranged tank companion. I had my ranged commando companion. As mine was a Cathar, I think I will refer to him as a pet! We only ran into a couple of issues along the way as we didn't have a real tank, my heals sucked and Sentinel's hit hard, but die fast. As for Flashpoints, they ROCK. So much better then any other instance type thing I have done previously. The story component that I am really enjoying for questing, makes Flashpoints even more fun. The choices you get to make are great. *Spoiler alert, don't read this part if you don't want to hear about one of the choices* I wanted to kill off the engineers to get some dark side points, but my buddy won the roll and they got to live to my dismay. It meant we had to do something else in the flashpoint instead of a mad dash to the end, but it means you can do them different ways if you want to do them a few times, without them getting completely stale after the first go.<br /><br />more to come...Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926946181159482076noreply@blogger.com