First, I wanted to thank my sister who makes the banners for both of my blogs. Looks good.
Second, I found a semi solution to my gaming woes.....I hope.
Last night was another frustrating night of trying to log in and getting stuck at the loading screen. I finally decided that I was going to uninstall the game and then install it again. I was using the same launcher from Beta, which I figured may be an issue. This came after having to log out and wait in queue a couple of times.
It took forever to install, but I got it back up and running. First loading screen loaded first try....SWEET.
Got to finish off the BH quest on Hutta and move on. Of course, the next loading screen I got froze. Then it worked when I logged off and back on. I headed to Tatooine....and it froze again. Then I did the same thing and it loaded. I dont know if I am just getting "lucky" with the loading screens. Hopefully this issue gets completely fixed.
The second big thing I noticed after I re-installed the game was the graphics. It appeared to have adjusted them much better to my computer and my FPS went up a lot. The graphics look less pretty, but I can sacrafice some graphics for better performances. I ran around completely lag free for the first time since starting the game.
Overall, things are looking up. I am about 10 percent of a level from 25 and will be picking up my speeder. Woohoo.
I will also be glad to get another companion. I know my Jawa is coming up soon. I hope that he doesnt mind me killing everything the way that mako does. Sometimes I get minus thirty and other times I get minus 1. Sometimes she will be indifferent. If you are a bounty hunter, get a thicker skin Mako. Everyday Im blasting em.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
I want to kick this game in the balls
I have a love hate relationship with TOR right now. I really enjoy playing it....when I can play it. Right now, I am having an issue with my loading screen. Whenever I get a loading screen, there is an 80 percent chance that it will stop at half way and go no further. I can sit there for 10 minutes and it will not work. Unfortunately, I am in a part of my class quest chain where I am having to hop around planets.....which is not going so well.
I got to play a few minutes last night, but attempted to play for a couple of hours. This is really a game breaking problem that needs to be fixed immediately.
If it were not for these problems, I would be having a grand time. It has made it so I cannot even reliably do a Flashpoint. If we wipe, there is no telling how long it will take me to log back in. It is complete and utter bullshit.
On a good note, I love playing my Bounty Hunter. He is half way through level 24 and very close to getting a speeder....which is causing even more annoyance since I am unable to log on and get to 25.
I have finished Dromund Kaas and Nar Shada so far and should be headed to Tatooine next.
I would really like to try out all of the Flashpoints, but that is not a possibility thats to my loading screen issues.
A note on the Galactic Market (auction house). Shit does not sell. I am guessing because it is a new game and people are just questing (and getting their upgrades along the way).
Credit making will have to sit on the back burner for a bit I guess.
I got to play a few minutes last night, but attempted to play for a couple of hours. This is really a game breaking problem that needs to be fixed immediately.
If it were not for these problems, I would be having a grand time. It has made it so I cannot even reliably do a Flashpoint. If we wipe, there is no telling how long it will take me to log back in. It is complete and utter bullshit.
On a good note, I love playing my Bounty Hunter. He is half way through level 24 and very close to getting a speeder....which is causing even more annoyance since I am unable to log on and get to 25.
I have finished Dromund Kaas and Nar Shada so far and should be headed to Tatooine next.
I would really like to try out all of the Flashpoints, but that is not a possibility thats to my loading screen issues.
A note on the Galactic Market (auction house). Shit does not sell. I am guessing because it is a new game and people are just questing (and getting their upgrades along the way).
Credit making will have to sit on the back burner for a bit I guess.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Flashpoints and Such
Yesterday I ended up getting my bounty hunter to level 12 or 13. I have gone completely asshole mode and have done every darkside choice available.
Once I got to the first tier of Darkside, my eyes turned orange. I thought that was pretty cool.
I also ran Black Talon a few times last night. I really like the group questing. You can see something different every time if the choices your teammates chose get chosen (and are not the same as your own).
We did the entire flashpoint the first time without even having a healer. We would often lose 1 or 2 people on a boss, but really did not have any wipe scares. Pretty easy and fun overall.
I am looking forward to the next flashpoint, which is apparently called Hammer Down or something like that.
I really like doing the class quest, and the questing system makes you feel extra attachment to your character that is not quite there in other MMOs.
In other news, I placed a few items on the Auction House. Not sure if any of it will sell, but I expect that the economy is too young to sell many items outside of crafting materials. We shall see.
Once I got to the first tier of Darkside, my eyes turned orange. I thought that was pretty cool.
I also ran Black Talon a few times last night. I really like the group questing. You can see something different every time if the choices your teammates chose get chosen (and are not the same as your own).
We did the entire flashpoint the first time without even having a healer. We would often lose 1 or 2 people on a boss, but really did not have any wipe scares. Pretty easy and fun overall.
I am looking forward to the next flashpoint, which is apparently called Hammer Down or something like that.
I really like doing the class quest, and the questing system makes you feel extra attachment to your character that is not quite there in other MMOs.
In other news, I placed a few items on the Auction House. Not sure if any of it will sell, but I expect that the economy is too young to sell many items outside of crafting materials. We shall see.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Welcome to Blood of Mandalore
This is my new blog about SW:TOR. It will be here to talk about anything I want that is TOR related. This will include leveling, social issues, credit making etc.
Since yesterday was my first day of early entry, I will talk about that. I have mixed feelings thus far.
First, they apparently made the graphics HD or some such. This is causing me some major problems. My framerate in the game is horrendous. It occasionally peaks at around 8 FPS. Yes. EIGHT!!!! Most of the time it is much lower and makes for a very choppy gaming experience. It was even running at 0.8 FPS at one point. It was fairly bad in beta, but nowhere near how bad this is. It is damn near unplayable for me at the moment.
That said, I created my first character, which is a bounty hunter named Kraytanus. Unfortunately, after the making the character, I realized that some may see my name as Krayt-ANUS as opposed to Kray-Tanus. Ah well. Life goes on.
I made him look pretty bad ass. Blond haired with a goatee and a mohawk, a badly scarred head, and a nice facial tatoo. He looks like a Bounty Hunter should look. Badass.
I really like the Bounty Hunter starting story. I also like being a brutal SOB. I have been going with 100 percent dark side choices. Next character, I will probably do more of a mix of dark and light side, but I want this one to be an evil badass.
As of right now, I am level 9 and on the homestretch of the starting area. One thing I noticed was different between this and Beta was that a single conversation choice can change the way that a conversation goes entirely.
I picked a Bounty Hunter for a couple of reasons. Bounty Hunters are awesome. Bounty Hunters also have the coolest weapons. I love launching wrist rockets and setting people on fire with my flamethrower.
I love the story....I will probably enjoy the game play significantly more once I get a new graphics card.
I have yet to pick up a profession, but once I do, I will write a bit about making credits as well.
Since yesterday was my first day of early entry, I will talk about that. I have mixed feelings thus far.
First, they apparently made the graphics HD or some such. This is causing me some major problems. My framerate in the game is horrendous. It occasionally peaks at around 8 FPS. Yes. EIGHT!!!! Most of the time it is much lower and makes for a very choppy gaming experience. It was even running at 0.8 FPS at one point. It was fairly bad in beta, but nowhere near how bad this is. It is damn near unplayable for me at the moment.
That said, I created my first character, which is a bounty hunter named Kraytanus. Unfortunately, after the making the character, I realized that some may see my name as Krayt-ANUS as opposed to Kray-Tanus. Ah well. Life goes on.
I made him look pretty bad ass. Blond haired with a goatee and a mohawk, a badly scarred head, and a nice facial tatoo. He looks like a Bounty Hunter should look. Badass.
I really like the Bounty Hunter starting story. I also like being a brutal SOB. I have been going with 100 percent dark side choices. Next character, I will probably do more of a mix of dark and light side, but I want this one to be an evil badass.
As of right now, I am level 9 and on the homestretch of the starting area. One thing I noticed was different between this and Beta was that a single conversation choice can change the way that a conversation goes entirely.
I picked a Bounty Hunter for a couple of reasons. Bounty Hunters are awesome. Bounty Hunters also have the coolest weapons. I love launching wrist rockets and setting people on fire with my flamethrower.
I love the story....I will probably enjoy the game play significantly more once I get a new graphics card.
I have yet to pick up a profession, but once I do, I will write a bit about making credits as well.
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