Aelther Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Actually, I would be surprised if there weren't custom skins for him, considering he is being labeled as a 'full' companion. I foresee a chrome, battleworn, and/or HK-47 skin, personally. Sergeant Rusk is a 'Full' compannion and yet he has no customizations at all. But I still really hope that HK-51 will have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSeventhJedi Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, looks like it's time to put that Trooper on the backburner and get to work on my Warrior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MouseNoFour Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 So that means we must get both our Empire and Republic characters to at minimum Hoth/Belsavis level to be able to obtain this companion. Empire isnt a problem as i have 7/8 characters 21-50. Republic however is still only 21 so far. Need to spend the time getting my Shadow up to Belsavis before HK becomes available. /wtbwillpower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shissan Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 HK-51 is on Hoth not Belsavis...It wouldn't make any sense in the Lore to have the ship on Belsavis. I think a ship was lost on Belsavis when it crashed, and now it was found with all the HK-51's in it. That makes sense to me and I don't have issues with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakMan Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 No it's not, well at least that's what I got the impression of at E3. We are going to have to complete some difficult quest series across the galaxy to get HK 51 and we need one level 50 and a character half way to cap. 1 imp 1 rep too. From Darthhater: Darthhater: HK-51 — you talked about how he’s coming with new missions, etc. and you’re basically unlocking him? Erickson: HK-51 is actually part of the Legacy system. He is a very hard companion to get, and there is an incredible amount of work that you’ll have to do. I will say right now that if you do not have people on both sides of the war, you probably need to go roll somebody on the other side. There is great, great new types of gameplay, new types of quests. There is a whole section of it that’s old school adventure gamey survival horror where you’re really not doing combat stuff; you’re following puzzles and solving stuff instead. Makeb has a lot of the same experimentation. We developed so many new tools and new tech that we can do so much more with our quests now than we could before. We were chasing tech for so long that now the designers really just get to go in and be crazy creative. Darthhater: When you have a companion that’s going to all eight classes, is the dialogue going to differ at all? Erickson: It has to, right? So how you get him, the quest to get him, his dialogue, when he’s with you… all of that is obviously very different if you just decided that you have an assassin droid as a Jedi Knight, which I will say is a bit startling to him, versus getting it as a Sith Warrior. So yeah, there are completely different forks because it is a 100% developed companion character. You’re going to need some really high level stuff to actually be able to unlock him because of how complicated his quest is. But after that, he is a Legacy unlock so you can then go and get him much earlier with other characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molik Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Killer, awsume, spectacular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunayson Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Will they just make a movie with these awesome CGIs' soon or what?!?!?! Jesus, I wonder how many would see them They did. It was called Star Wars The Phantom Menace. The CGI was fine, but the movie wasn't! You don't want Lucas to ruin the backstory of SWTOR, now, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansalem Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I wonder if companion gift prices will spike on the GTN so folks can boost rep or do HK 51 related quests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moza Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I assume as well that you'll be able to equip him with the same crafting upgrade mod you can buy from the Legacy droid for the ship droid, to give him crit/efficiency for your specific crafts. Unless he just comes with Diplomacy crits already!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lironBD Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 omg. MEATBAGS. My fav KOTOR companion ever is back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansalem Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) hrm I wonder what mods/armorings/enhancements we will have to stock up on my bet is either aim or cunning unless they make HK 51 melee which would be nice:P Edited July 17, 2012 by Ansalem typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangrar Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 ALL HAIL HK-51!!! Seriously that will be a great companion, I wonder what kind of role he will play, a tank, a DPS, or healer maybe since he is the ultimate assassin hopefully all 3. one can hope can't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastus Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Oh HELL YES. Came back just for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karabtwo Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm hearing impaired, what did HK-51 say at the end of the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrossPedantic Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Didn't know Belsavis was icy. I hope this lives up to the hype cause I get a bad feeling with everything required to get HK and the lack of any future class story or the like that he will end up a mute DPS companion who has arrived too late with no real role once you have collected him. Ice covers probably about 90% of Belsavis's surface. The playable areas on Belsavis are tropical canyons between ice shelves or even under them in some places. Did you never see Belsavis from orbit or your galaxy map? I understand if you never read about the planet. Here's the Holonet page for the planet: http://www.swtor.com/holonet/planets/belsavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniigoldo Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Not bad, not bad at all. All in all I liked better, as BioWare certainly got some inspiration from it. However I prefer the intro in HK vid, the crack on the window, the fumes, the lighting sequence that reminds Unreal famous scene. square soft - square enix cgi ---> blizzard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zks5W-XlghU Edited July 17, 2012 by Maniigoldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett-Rinn Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Simply awesome video, and so much for the rumors that EA isn't putting money in the title anymore...that couldn't have been cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthehoyden Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm hearing impaired, what did HK-51 say at the end of the video? "Declaration: Assasination protocols active. Greetings, master." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karabtwo Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKtheindomitable Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Screeching Exclamation: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! times 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exclamation: NO! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE HK FACTORY ON TELOS IV!!! Exclamatory Quote: "Stop that Rosh (BioWare) or I will kill you!" -Kyle Katarn -- Jedi Academy Re-edited Part 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitas Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I would love to see BioWare do this with every major update, release a cinematic trailer to accompany it. Perhaps not all of it cinematic but strung together with actual gameplay footage, but would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coille Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Will they just make a movie with these awesome CGIs' soon or what?!?!?! Jesus, I wonder how many would see them Yeah that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscad Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 ahah there would be a riot if he didn't say 'meatbag' He won't, if he does they break the lore. HK-47 came up with the term 'meatbag' when he first met Malak. Darth Malak is the original meatbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZirusZero Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Cannot wait for 1.4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galn Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Will HK be added to our companion roster or will we have to permanently dismiss a companion to make room for him? I.E. will i have to fire Rusk to make room for HK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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