[Fury]

I finished the game with scout/sentinel yesterday. That guy was a beacon of light. It was too addictive, took less than 4 days to play it through. Difficulty was good too, not too easy but not too hard either. I found that changing tactics can tip the balance either way in fights.

Anyway, the story was excellent. I enjoyed it more than any SW movies. HK-47 was just hilarious, damn that assassin droid.

My only gripes are that normal melee weapons are simply too effective and blasters are not effective enough. Although that is all for gameplay balance.

I am already playing this second time through, third time it will be a dark sider.

[Nico]

Originally posted by mikhael
Bah. You don't need to do anything with the swoops after Taris. I wouldn't even bother. Its like breeding chocobos. There's just no point.

money
since the easiest way to earn money would be that card game, but the cpu cheats, well, I try easier ways. plus there's quests with that ( the stuff with -arf- nico )
Btw, am I the only stupid one who couldn't complete 1/3 his Taris quests because, well you know?

[mikhael]

I think I've completed most of the Taris quests now. I collected a bunch of bounties (or took care of them in other ways)  and I've worked my way through the duel arena (well, all the legit fights). I'm doing my best not to earn dark side points (or keep them to a minimum). When I get home, I'll check what I have and haven't completed.

Has anyone considered modelling the Ebon Hawk for Freespace yet? I'm working on a Sith Fighter, but its not coming out exactly right. Maybe I'll do the Ebon Hawk after I'm done with it.

[Nico]

I wanted to make a dark jedi, but I guess i'm too nice, even in a game, I couldn't get to act mean... I did earn many dark side points, tho, there's n o way I'm gonna pay for landing my ship somewhere ( yeahto the Force ).
About the story, I have a feeling I guess how it's gonna turn out, tho, already



***possible spoil***



We never see Dark Revan's face, we have about no idea of our own character's past, what's wih the link between us and that jedi girl, why do we have such a good Force level already? what's with the jedi council giving us such big tasks, as Carth says? I have a feeling we play Revan, actually...

[Ace]

Originally posted by Nico
I wanted to make a dark jedi, but I guess i'm too nice, even in a game, I couldn't get to act mean... I did earn many dark side points, tho, there's n o way I'm gonna pay for landing my ship somewhere ( yeahto the Force ).
About the story, I have a feeling I guess how it's gonna turn out, tho, already



***possible spoil***



We never see Dark Revan's face, we have about no idea of our own character's past, what's wih the link between us and that jedi girl, why do we have such a good Force level already? what's with the jedi council giving us such big tasks, as Carth says? I have a feeling we play Revan, actually...

*SPOILERS*




Listen very carefully to what the Jedi Council says to you when you're first on Dantooine(sp?) you'll hit yourself for not seeing the plot revelation that comes 2/3rds in the game.

My question, is what screwed up Malak's face. (Note: There's a pretty disturbing scene of him on the Star Forge)

[neo_hermes]

Freaky ain't it

[Warlock]

A Few things

1: Don't rush into leveling up at first. The lower your level the more Jedi levels you are able to earn later (my first pc was like 6th level before he earned his first Jedi level,...second PC was 4th....much more effective in the latter parts of the game)

2: Soldiers are far from useless vs Dark Jedi. Give Canderous a good Melee weapon (some of the 'better' ones from Koribann; if you've made it there you know which swords) and he'll beat the piss out of a few darksiders.

3: Not all swoop races are pointless, the Tantooine one leads into a quest, but you have to win races in order to get certain Convos to accure and progress the quest.

4: Don't "Over Lightside" your Jedi. You'll need a few Dark powers at the end (trust me,..my first PC was 'holier than thou' not a single DS power,..took like 10 replays to beat Malak,...my DS pc beat Malak within 3 minutes. Go figure)

5: Malak's injury was a result of a freak shaving accident.

[mikhael]

If you're going to spoil stuff in this thread, btw, use the spoiler tag to hide it, please.

I screwed up. I was level 8 when I made it to Dantooine. I didn't realize. My guy is almost unstoppable with the Prototype Vibroblade and Mission's Vibroblade, although now that I have my beautiful yellow lightsaber (how did they know it was my favorite color for saber blades?) I use it and the Prototype.

Now that I have it, I gotta say, the Ebon Hawk is one sweet ship. I love the detailing on the interior and the fact that we can actually wander around it. Very groovy. If I was a far more ambitious man, I might try to model it. As it is, I'll leave that to someone more skilled than I (hint hint, Venom!)

[neo_hermes]

you know there's an outfit on the Star forge called: The Star Forge Robes- It's only for lightside users only though

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by neo_hermes
you know there's an outfit on the Star forge called: The Star Forge Robes- It's only for lightside users only though

*SPOILER*


If you are darkside, you'll get Darth Revan's robes. No mask, though


*SPOILER*

[Nico]

Originally posted by mikhael

Now that I have it, I gotta say, the Ebon Hawk is one sweet ship. I love the detailing on the interior and the fact that we can actually wander around it. Very groovy. If I was a far more ambitious man, I might try to model it. As it is, I'll leave that to someone more skilled than I (hint hint, Venom!)

I like it better with all those frog thinguies running around ( go to tatoine and you'll understand ).
Oh, and come on, Mike! That thing is a 20 minutes job, you can do it by yourself

[mikhael]

I could, but I won't. I'd spend too much time putting in soft edges and trying to nurny out the interior and stuff.

[Su-tehp]

Anybody got any ideas on how to kill the apprentice Darth Bandon? I manage to kill his two buddies no problem with My character, Bastila and Jolee(sp?) in the same party, but when I try to use all three of my Jedi characters on Bandon, I manage to get him down to almost zero health... and then he uses Force Drain on all of us and gets himself almost back to full strength!

Anybody got any suggestions?

[Fury]

Use the Force, Luke!

[mikhael]

Isn't there a Force Immunity power? I'm pretty sure there is.

Also, I don't know if he's immune to stun, but I suggest making sure at least two of your lightsabers (and all your Jedi have dual sabers, RIGHT?! Or at least a saber staff) has a crystal that generates a stun strike.

I've finally got all my characters and I think I've figured out the plot twist (which is groovy, if I'm right). Man this game is rockin.

Hey, Venom, is this game where you got your new name?

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Use the Force, Luke!

Ha comma ha comma ha...

Thank you. Mr. Fury for providing that comepletely useless bit of information.

As for mikhael's advice, two of my three Jedi use dual lightsabers; I haven't had the chance to give Jolee the Two-weapon fighting feat yet, something I will remedy as soon as possible.

As for stun crystals, I have one stun crystal in use, maybe I need more... but where would I find it, now that I have long since cleaned out the cave on Dantooine?

[mikhael]

I don't know, honestly. I've found the vast majority of my focus crystals so far on Dark Jedi bounty hunters. Just for fun, try a Opina crystal with a Kraayt Dragon Pearl on a double bladed lightsaber with someone with double weapon mastery and master power strike. Massive Criticals is truly TEH WIN.

[Fury]

Single saber and duel mastery isn't that bad. It gives you good bonuses to hit and defense. Best for consulars in my opinion.

Anyway, if Carth or Canderous have good melee skills. Replace one of your jedis with the soldiers, they do in melee combat really well unlike most jedis if you don't have proper force powers. For example Knight or Master Speed and Improved or Master Flurry feat. Too bad I have never focused on non-offensive force powers (except heal) and feats like flurry, power strike, critical strike and so on. I have heard some of those combinations like the one mentioned above are really good.

If you tend to lose, change tactics. That is the best advice out there. Nothing comes from trying the same over and over again if you lose anyway. Control all party members in hard fights, you can queue their actions, remember?

[mikhael]

Yeah. I just fought some Mandalorians and I was getting my tail kicked left right and center. Finally, I um... bit the bullet. I planted two plasma mines and three frag mines right where the Mandalorians would show up. Sure, I ate some damage (not much thanks to some of my gear), but they were well and truly swissed. By the time I lit my lightsabers, the Mandalorians were falling apart at the seams. Up to that point I'd discounted the usefulness of mines. Not anymore.

I've been leaving everyone but my Jedi on the Ebon Hawk. In a fight, Canderous, Carth and HK47 are awesome for laying down supressing fire, but I find that the Jedi, with their Push powers and Heal powers are far more desireable. Worse comes to worst, I can always fall back on a pulling a pair of blasters out with my main character and showing off the marksmanship.

[Nico]

I got bored of the game and gave it back to my friend...