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06.25.2012 , 12:59 PM | #51
Quote: Originally Posted by llesna View Post
.,,There are lots of other things that need development time to get implemented first (including same gender romances....)
For a small faction of players whose mantra is for the world to "accept them for who they are," they sure spend a lot of time demanding that the Star Wars mythos be changed to suit their personal preference.

Why can't we just accept the Star Wars IP for what IT is: one of this world's few (relatively) family-friendly IPs? There are plenty of other MMOs that cater to alternative moralities. Besides, I really don't think BioWare wants to be saddled with a bunch of negative publicity for smuggling gay-romance "easter eggs" into a Star Wars MMO.

Returning to the topic of the thread, I've always thought the Star Wars mythos is ideally positioned for a third "Underworld" faction. The whole backstory of the Outer Rim is that it's a region beyond the reach of both the Empire (in the original movies), and the Galactic Republic.
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06.25.2012 , 01:05 PM | #52
Quote: Originally Posted by Spectus View Post
For a small faction of players whose mantra is for the world to "accept them for who they are," they sure spend a lot of time demanding that the Star Wars mythos be changed to suit their personal preference.

Why can't we just accept that the Star Wars IP will never be anything but one of this world's few (relatively) family-friendly IPs? There are plenty of other MMOs that cater to alternative moralities. Let's leave this one as it is, m'kay? I really don't think BioWare wants to be saddled with a bunch of negative publicity for smuggling gay-romance "easter eggs" into a Star Wars MMO.

Returning to the topic of the thread, I've always thought the Star Wars mythos is ideally positioned for a third "Underworld" faction. The whole backstory of the Outer Rim is that it's a region beyond the reach of both the Empire (in the original movies), and the Galactic Republic.
I love how same-sex love is a threat to families, but introducing a violent criminal faction is just fine. By the way, you may want to do some investigating of your own before making claims about Star Wars not having same-sex couples.
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06.25.2012 , 01:10 PM | #53
Quote: Originally Posted by Kharnis View Post
I love how same-sex love is a threat to families, but introducing a violent criminal faction is just fine. By the way, you may want to do some investigating of your own before making claims about Star Wars not having same-sex couples.
I didn't post this to start a debate with the community -- just sharing my opinion. There are plenty of moral holes in this game and IP, but if you want to play the "hypocrisy" card, I say fine. Remove ALL questionable moral content. Or not, and accept the game for what it is.
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06.25.2012 , 01:15 PM | #54
Quote: Originally Posted by Spectus View Post
I didn't post this to start a debate with the community -- just sharing my opinion. There are plenty of moral holes in this game and IP, but if you want to play the "hypocrisy" card, I say fine. Remove ALL questionable moral content. Or not, and accept the game for what it is.
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06.25.2012 , 01:27 PM | #55
I don't want to burst any bubbles, but they've been using the hutts as neutral enemy that both the republic and empire can fight in things like Karagga's Palace, and as a lore reason that they're making GTNs cross-faction. I'm pretty sure it's not to set up a third faction. If they made a Hutt faction, what would they do when those characters went to do things like KP?

I think the Hutts are a convenient group that can be adversaries for both factions. That being said, there's plenty of lore reason to make Empire enemies for both factions (which they certainly do in the flashpoints, and I think soon will in the next Operation). So I guess it's a possibility. But I don't think that's what they're setting up.

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06.25.2012 , 01:29 PM | #56
No, it's more likely that BW is building up another faction/story so that they can create content that both Imperials & Alliance can play against i.e. BW are able to make Flashpoints and operations that are mostly scripted the same for both factions (cheaper!).

I think it's more likely that we'll be able to swap factions than a 3rd faction.

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06.25.2012 , 01:29 PM | #57
The Hutt faction would be a cool playable faction.
The storyline can have a lot of cool Godfather references.
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06.25.2012 , 01:29 PM | #58
Third faction will most probably never happen.


I'd approve of a Jawa faction though.
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06.25.2012 , 01:29 PM | #59
Quote: Originally Posted by Nyoro View Post
Third faction will most probably never happen.


I'd approve of a Jawa faction though.
We Jawas are neutral traders. We can join the Hutt faction.
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06.25.2012 , 01:34 PM | #60
If I were designing a third faction, and I'm not, it wouldn't be the Hutts. It'd be the Mandalorians. They do have the power to challenge the Republic or the Empire militarily, or at the the very least, play one side off against the other. I'd design them like one of the more prominent WoW factions (Argent Dawn/Crusade or Cenarian Circle/Expedition), and with proper faction rep, to be obtained through a long term story driven quest, the player would be able to queue PvP with that faction rather than their own faction, for the purposes of a three-way PvP warzone. Later, an expansion might allow character creation of a full fledged faction member from level, with a proper legacy requirement.
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