Jump to content

LegendaryBlade

Members
  • Posts

    314
  • Joined

Reputation

10 Good
  1. Didn't we have a maintenance last night? I just resubbed, is the game like this a lot? Maint all the time?
  2. As much as I love to take every chance to talk poorly about SWTOR; the op is right. Build trees in MMOs don't really work very well anymore since ultimately people will always find the most optimized route. While some freedom does feel like it's been taken away, the same level of variance is more or less offered by the utilities. Does kind of mess with my rotation that I no longer have aimed shot as a SAB though. If you raid or PVP seriously, you were most likely using an optimized build already.
  3. Wh-...what does this even have to do with Lightfoils?
  4. You're not wrong, but at the same time precision still trumps wide frantic movements. The wider the cut the more you bring your weapon off point, making you less able to parry or defend and less able to strike your opponent's core. The smaller your moments, the faster you actually are. Control your weapon with your wrist and forearm, instead of your shoulder, and the blade can cover so much more so much faster. Half circle fencing is a great example of this. You can touch the tip of the weapon to your opponent's shoulder, form a full half circle up and over their head, and tap their opposite shoulder in the same time it'd take to execute a wide cut. Imagine how deadly Jedi would be with such efficient movement.
  5. As a gay guy, i'd probably rather it be with new companions. Changing characters sexuality just to meet some kind of diversity quotient is...disturbing, I think. It felt really off in DA2 and I wouldn't want to see it here. Please give my smuggler some qt pi Jedi to romance Bioware.
  6. Of the two RP servers, Ebon Hawk and Begren Colony, which one is the most active? I really don't want to spend 25 dollars and end up not that much better off
  7. Only if it's a good crossguard saber http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Crossguard_lightsaber
  8. Oh wow, really? I have been wanting to try the endgame flashpoints (I quit before I beat the game originally, for...a few reasons) but I can't at all get in to one. Instant pops would be amaze. Why is Jung Ma so unpopular? Because it's PVP?
  9. While we're on the subject of Dooku, I know he's supposed to be using Makashi and that it's supposed to be based off of fencing but his choreography in the films was awful. Most of his cuts were wide, or carried him significantly off point and he chose to bat at the opponent's weapon instead of a guiding parry. I don't know much about the in lore style, I only know what I know from classical fencing and some competition swordplay. It is true that duelling swords are single combat weapons, but they're also far from useless. In single combat, against even a bastard sword a duelling sword is significant. Weight does not effect parry, momentum does. Especially in saber combat where, as you yourself admitted, weight is not an easy. A large saber would parry as easily as a lighter one. The jedi order as a whole would benefit from smaller, more precise movements albeit it'd be less exciting to watch I suppose. When you use a catch guard you don't leave yourself open if you've kept your point on guard. If they have an offhand weapon, perhaps, but then there's no reason to not have an offhand weapon yourself. Many spanish rapier styles kept a parrying dagger at the side for entanglement, or thrusts that made it past your primary. An angled guard, like in the crossguard saber in the wiki, is in no way a self danger. The crossguard in the trailer is dumb for a myriad of reasons, but i'm sure you don't want me to go on and on about how the trailer design is impractical at best. I hope it wasn't a final design. The concept they wanted is good and practical, you can see the idea in there, but the execution is awful. Most martial swordstyles are vulnerable to crossguards, since the hand is considered a primary target by most experiences swordsman. After all, it's always the most extended target if your posture is good (If you're back isn't straight, your head is actually your most vulnerable target. Which is why you say swordsmen with bad posture are "giving you their face")
  10. Alright so I just returned to this game and Jung Mi or whatever is incredibly empty. It takes, literally, hours for a flashpoint queue to pop if it does at all as a DPS. I'm thinking about moving to another server, but first I need to make sure it's not a waste of money. If I go from one four hour queue server to another, then it's just throwing money in to the void you know? What are the queue times like on other servers?
  11. It's more of a catchguard than a cross guard, the emitter brings the energy out at an angle. The opposing blade wouldn't meet contact with the emitter. For a straightguard you could also likely just bring the emitter in tight.
  12. I have to admit, i'd be pretty hype for a duelist class of any sort. My biggest issue with the franchise has always been the ridiculous swordplay choreography, but as I discovered that the EU had more down to earth and proper styles like Makaashi i've been interested in seeing them actually put in to practice with real choregraphy and proper technique. Less flips more parries and repostes. Jedi Duelist pls.
  13. So, one of the cool things that an MMO like SWTOR provides is the ability to really include a lot of different variations of sabers or armor in to the lore. Yet, we're lacking several variations on Lightsabers from the books, comics, or tabletop. One notable example, from the Old Republic timeline, is the LightFoil. A saber meant to be used with actual proper fencing technique rather that the flippy slashy nonsense most force sensative use (no offense to people who like that). The Elegent Lightsaber! http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightfoil Another good example is the Crossguard Saber, which is simply practical. The fact that most lightsabers don't have catchguards or crossguards is already kinda silly. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Crossguard_lightsaber
  14. I love Revan, seriously I do, but I think a lot of people in this thread very much under-estimate Vader. I have o give the edge here to Vader.
×
×
  • Create New...