adding mmo to anything ruins it, just look at warcraft, great rts now nothing but ball sucking pile of shit.

What would I like to see? For them to keep it EXACTLY like the single player KOTOR games, just with no main quest and with actual people instead of NPC party members. For me, KOTOR was probably one of the best RPGs ever made, and to fuck around with that system would be just foolish.

And a black lightsaber would be badass. Also make henchmen kinda like pets, I liked bringing characters like Canderous with me a lot and would rather chill with him than some "LOLOLOLOLOLOL I is sxc jediii laydee" idiots, I like a more singular feel to games.

So you like a singular feel, but you want to play an MMO? :s Insanity.

Instead of henchman, you could, I dunno, make a party? Hang out with other people?

oh god no not an MMO that will ruin the series

the KOTOR gameplay was so so at best the game was driven by an intregiing charictor based story and if they ruin this with an mmO i will never take bioware seriously again

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LewsTherin:
i would like to see this MMO burn and be replaced with KOTOR 3.

I'll get the torches.

I've got diesel, lets start with some flamethrowers!!!! :)

Amnestic:

And a black lightsaber would be badass. Also make henchmen kinda like pets, I liked bringing characters like Canderous with me a lot and would rather chill with him than some "LOLOLOLOLOLOL I is sxc jediii laydee" idiots, I like a more singular feel to games.

So you like a singular feel, but you want to play an MMO? :s Insanity.

Instead of henchman, you could, I dunno, make a party? Hang out with other people?

I did that. It was so bad I almost killed myself afterwards, that's why i don't like MMorpg's much. I'm saying no matter what, I'd like to play this game and would like the option to maybe use henchmen instead of annoying retards (with a few exceptions of course).

This is Bioware we're talking about - maybe they'll do an awesome job and change the way people think about MMO's....

at least I really hope that's what happens. :/

I think it could work, though I'd rather have KOTOR 3.

They can't limit Jedi, or they'll fail miserably. I think making everyone a Force sensitive is a way to go. Don't give them any special abilities without training. Everyone has the same Force abilities (like maybe sight or something) until, say, level 10 (depending on the max level), where you could choose to train to become a Jedi or not to. Once you begin training to become a Jedi, you give up the ability to be a normal class, and vice versa. Normal classes should get a choice of training or something, maybe Mandalorian or Assassin or something.

So basically, everyone's the same class until level 10, where they essentially choose.

I think that people should be able to choose to be a force user or not, but to make the non-Jedi path more attractive, those without force powers should be the elite of the regular people. It wouldn't be fair to have a Jedi vs. citizen fight, but were it to be Jedi vs. prodigal soldier or Jedi vs. Mandalorian, it would be much more balanced.

And, to make it slightly more fair, let some kinds of blaster attacks (e.g. rapid shot, Shots made during an ambush) harder to block with a lightsaber. It's mostly for balance, but there is some logic behind it. For example, With rapid shot, you have a large number of shots coming at you very quickly. It would make sense that the Jedi would get a little overwhelmed and let one or two of the rounds past his defenses. Shots from an ambush (e.g. made as a sneak attack from stealth mode) would catch the Jedi unprepared and semi-defenseless, unable to block without his weapon at the ready.

Darth Mobius:

TsunamiWombat:
KOTOR is just a name, not a genre. Deal with it. The game isn't about being a Jedi, it's about the OLD Republic, back in the heydey when the Republic faced many enemies from within and without, the Mandalorians were still led by Mandalore himself and killing the hell out of people.

You either limit Jedi to an epic tier class, or you make EVERYONE a Jedi.

Are you retarded? KNIGHTS of the Old Republic is about, get this, JEDI KNIGHTS! What KotOR game did you play that WASN'T about the Jedi?

This is true. KOTOR was made so Bioware didn't have to deal with all the restrictions on OMG JEDI that were in the original and prequel series.
Original: Hunted to extinction. You can get away with a rogue every now and then but if every mysterious stranger you're crashing into is a Jedi you have just FAILED at the original series's feel. Sith are restricted to Vader, the Emperor and some rejects, so the same problem.
Prequel: Only a few thousand Jedi Knights. Unfortunately the Jedi Order is very stuffy, strict and boring. Sith are incredibly rare.
KOTOR: Jedi and Sith f***ing everywhere.

I would like to see absolutely NO light whips or any fan-dreamed variation on the lightsaber. I would love to see how the "pause the game in the middle of a battle so I can choose what attack to use next" would work in a PvP environment.

So basically, everyone's the same class until level 10, where they essentially choose.

Bit like Maple Story then?

DO NOT COPY ME! Thank you. That is all. (for proof that that idea is totally mine, please see the thread called Random Battle RP.

Not the best site, but as proof that you didn't invent black lightsabers: Here

Don't claim official stuff by LucasArts is your invention. Prick.

i want it to have the same combat system as the old kotor games.

Meh, so long as Lucas is forcively removed from any attempts to be involved in this, and Bioware isnt constricted in any way then its all right.

* First things first, get rid of that crap feeling where they always try to tell you that "You're totally special!". God, the feeling is sort of dulled when you just spawned in with five other 'Heroes of the Shattered Republic', so the sense of involvement is now officially worth total crap. Maybe there could be multiple points for your character to be created? Does it always have to be a warzone? Maybe each time, you'll get a different sort of intro? Just as long as its possible and unrepetitive, if players want to grind then go play World of Warcraft.

* And yes, there better be a good story if Biowares going to be involved in its making. For the love of god, if they even think of including 'collect x amount from y monsters till you reach z' for even a eighth of the game... Have some quests that are somehow more involving than a grinding sense, hell dont even attempt an MMORPG if you cant get that right.

But considering these points along with others mentioned, I wonder wether or not they can really be accomplished. Hell, I have a horrible feeling that this will be like any other MMO, but its Bioware so I'll hope. Anyway, I have Darkfall to hope for if this turns out to be a bust (if its released in the next year, or ten).

To add more, the characters in KOTOR 1 and 2 were believable, not seeming like cardboard cut outs so I'd like to see that, every character having their own backstory and individual character.
Maybe it's just me but meeting a new character in KOTOR was like meeting a new person, not like meeting red gnome 134, and that was one of the things which made the game for me.

22Phoenix22:
It can be good if the amount of force users is limited (like 1 per 1000 characters or such). That way force users can realisticly kick people's ass but there will still be balance in the game and story (would be really silly if kashyyyk was inhabited by 20 000 force users, flinging wookies from trees day in day out).

- Phoenix

They should do what every other MMO does: Mimic WoW and limit players to one Jedi, per account, per server, just like the Death knight in World Of Warcraft

I want to be able to be a moisture farmer. Plain and simple.

Gxas:
I want to be able to be a moisture farmer. Plain and simple.

OOOOh, that brings up a good point. I like games where you can do a little bit of work so even if you're a low level you can make money, so you can log off and be able to still make a bit of money. Not much but it still means you have more money at the end of the day.

Edit: also for PvP you could have a specific world so that you don't get bothered with stuff like that unless you want to.