SWTOR Early Access
Yesterday was a bit of a roller coaster, as I waited on the email telling me I was in an early access group for the Star Wars: The Old Republic release. I spent most of the day following #SWTOR on twitter. I’m loving how Bioware are managing the community, kudos to Rockjaw and the team!
My first ‘issuette’ was getting away from work early enough. I have a 40 minute journey home on the dreaded South West Trains, and they have been patchy in terms of reliability this year! My holidays are already booked for next week’s official release through to Christmas, so the 13th December start date caught me a little on the hop. I would have preferred to have been off yesterday, I was like an expectant father, my mind somewhere else! As it turned out I could have done a full shift and not missed any game time!
My next concern related to when I loaded my pre-order code. I bought a collector’s edition from Game UK, and they were initially a bit slow to get their pre-order web page up so my order was confirmed on 27th July. So I was concerned I would miss day 1.
My step son made it into wave 2 (on a 23rd July pre-order), so for a while I was reduced to watching him play over his shoulder, trying not to look too envious!
I got in on Phase 4 (whoop whoop!!), and made a trooper character (I’d planned a Sith Inquisitor right down to name/craft skills/spec etc!!). My step son ‘Dolmont’ had waited at level 7 as it is too much more fun levelling as a group (the chat meta game is better played in groups), and with his help it didn’t take me too long to catch up with him.
We ended our first live SWTOR day in our Advanced class roles, at level 11 as Dolmont the Commando healer, and Heidi the Vanguard Tank after a fun run through the Esseles Flashpoint. Awesome experience, a 10 out of 10 for Bioware!
I did not see a single mention of ‘that other MMO’ yesterday in any of the chat channels in game!!! That is a personal first for any MMO release I’ve been involved with since the ‘other’ MMO swept all before it! A good sign!
As well as that, I didn’t expect to see the level of role-play from other players on a normal PVE server. I saw a lot of RP in beta, but I wasn’t sure if this would carry over to the live game, it does! This pretty much confirms that giving your character a voice is a game changer!
Finally, introducing players in waves on day 1 looks like a resounding success. Smoothest MMO release ever!
I can’t wait to play after work and learn more about my Trooper.
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