Star Wars: The Old Republic Flashpoint Preview: Directive Seven [Part 1]

[Reiserium]

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[l33tshinobialchemist]

When are they going to fix the infamous duplicator boss glitch?

[dantheman671]

the two top comments contradict each other

[stiffgrain]

@dantheman671 Captain obvious saves the day once again...

[coco82012]

Crew Skills are a pretty interesting implementation of crafting in Star Wars: The Old Republic, but do they hold up in usefulness once you reach .visit to vi4s.com

[Unholyinvoker]

3:50 with "Droid Invasion" soundtrack. Totally my jam!

[Zelphas]

To bad sorc wasnt madness specced.. thats like the ultimate specc... for dps sorc.

[RagedTangent]

@Zelphas You mean Hybrid Lightning/Madness

[Zelphas]

@RagedTangent yeah.. full madness rest lightning.

[XxCH33SEC4KExX]

What dance is at the very start?? (the guy that is recording)

[hairytoothgaming]

Thumbs up if your new years resolution is to play SWTOR all year long? :)

[kyleisreallycool]

wow in space with laser bats

[TacticalZeroCrack]

@kyleisreallycool yeah and a water of bottle is like my house, just smaller, diferent color. different material, less expensive, and has a different useage. But its the same right?...

[kyleisreallycool]

@TacticalZeroCrack at the sub atomic level. yes, it is composed of the same things.

[TacticalZeroCrack]

@kyleisreallycool It's kind of funny because I took a major in physics and what you just said made basicially no sense at all. Good try though!

[kyleisreallycool]

@TacticalZeroCrack how does it not make sense at all? all atoms are made up of protons electrons and neutrons. please enlighten me on your knowledge of physics.

(on topic) what makes swtor any different than wow besides the voiced over cutscenes?

[TacticalZeroCrack]

@kyleisreallycool I really like how you put it in the most simplistic logic. I'm guessing you learned that in 7th/8th grade right? And do you even know what a sub atomic level means? Use google like you did before and see if it makes any sense. Also it is very similar to WoW but in many way's different. Stating it's WoW in space with lightsabers is just arrogant of you. It uses a lot of core idea's but it branches off into better gameplay. Just like WoW did with EverQuest.

[kyleisreallycool]

@TacticalZeroCrack I'm not a physics major but I did take a graduate level lvl hst class last term about Einstein. So I know a bit about the subject. Leptons, quarks, bosons ect.. are subatomic particles. scientists use particle accelerators to find them. We are all made up of these elementary components. I may have mixed up the wrong terms but what I said in my precious comment made sense. So stop trying to troll me.

[octupus2]

@TacticalZeroCrack I'm in seventh grade and I understand this, it's quite simple also. Guys, keep in mind what you're watching is a fantasy game made to satisfy those who like this Genre, please don't try to figure out how they shoot lightning out of their hands. Like I said, it's fantasy and it could only be possible if you have something like a Tesla Coil which shoots the energy, (lightning) to the nearest object which can absorb it, which is air, but in this case it would be the robots.

[octupus2]

@kyleisreallycool Naturally, almost everything is made of the same thing, isn't it now? Once you break down the particles you get to atoms, then you get to the particles that reside inside of them, and then you go even deeper all the way to quarks, quarks are what indeed give protons, neutrons and electrons their charges. (Quarks do not really have negative or positive charges, but more Up charge, or down charge.) Please note that i'm in seventh grade and i'm typing this based of memory.

[octupus2]

@TacticalZeroCrack It indeed is, once you get the gist of things, that's very, very true. You go all the way down to neutrons, electrons and protons, and then you get into quarks. The very essence of the negative and positive charges the atoms hold. "Just smaller, different material, less expensive, and has a different useage." This is very true, but i'm just explaining it at a closer look. Just a quick dissection of your comment, if you would like.

[SexyGuy4000]

I used to watch this for fun, now im watching it because i need a guide

[Quaaartz]

i passed all fp's ..no way to find grp being dps class :* sad

[artug92]

Hello I'm playing a sith warrior tank and I was wondering how is the sith assassins tanking mechanisms works? Is it more aoe based or not? From what I have heard and read inquisitors in general are fun to play can you say this for an assassin tank also?

Thank you

[32deej]

i wish those signal lights were still there. unless youre able to buy them somewhere. id buy them

[Ballovirta]

i have a real hard time to pick sorceror or assassin i like caster dps healing and mele dps :D And you cant respec later on ?

[Jaeromaru]

Mentor! The Minnnnd Taker

[EvilMoogIe]

Nothing wrong with comparing this game to WoW because WoW is a great MMO and after I compared SWTOR to WoW I have determined SWTOR is better and that is why I will be playing SWTOR. But foolishly telling others not to compare SWTOR to WoW is ignorant because of course people will compare a brand new MMO to the most popular MMO on the market right now. Stop pretending like WoW is not the most successful MMO to date. WoW has some competition now because this game is amazing!

[32deej]

I'm so used of just watching health bars :P

[mooferz606]

@Mould6 Haha, no. For one, all MMO's are gonna be similar one way or another. Next, you're gonna say "lol EQ looks like WoW, even though EQ came out first." Stop comparing it to WoW. Sorry, I like WoW, but everytime someone makes a stupid comparison to the game it's just annoying and dumb.

[Mould6]

rofl only WOW on Star Wars with other skinn

[HarrysVlogg]

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME OUT, HOW MUCH IS THIS AND WHEN DOES THIS COME OUT? THANKS

[BDBxKNUCKL35]

@HarrysVlog £44.99 if you pre-order digitally, comes out on the 20th december but if you pre-order you can gain early access to the game which starts on the 13th.

[WorldOfWarcraftdouch]

does this game require a subscription?

[moddie84]

are there offspecs yet or in the works? I want a sith inq sorc with a healing spec and a range dps spec

[doomblackdragon]

This is one of my favorite flashpoints.

[TheRealKBax]

Sith Maruader or Sith Sorc? I played the Warrior, but Sorc' seems OP/

[SlayerKing989]

@TheRealKBax sorcerer

[jleack]

How would you compare flashpoints to WoW's early instances?

[54karpa]

will our progress in the beta be saved in the real game ? i sincerely hope so

[JonboyXx1]

@54karpa Nope

[Slipvayne1908]

nigga lookin like isaac clark

[angron666]

Tank seems a little noobie.. why isnt he turning the bosses around etc.

[Moondrip]

That comment about rift, realm of the fae. The 2 adds do NOT have any shields, the third one, the boss, has a shield that breaks when the 2 adds die. So nothing simular here. Ignorant nab. Guess he never completed HK raid either, or he would have compared first boss there with first in vault on swtor haha!

[slipmat100]

@Moondrip

So the guy making the video when he clearly states the left add has a reflective shield and the right add has an absorb shield hasn't a clue? guess all you Obi 'wannabe' Kenobis really can't take any critiques and yeah, it's the same fight as Trickster in Realm of the Fae

[ifxpbjxsucked]

knowing a sith assassin can be tank... i think anyone can be a tank if they got the skill

[ryno123321]

Please help me out here... Is there a site like you know how WoW has wowwiki or thottbot and stuff to be a whole info site for players, well what's the site for this? I wana quit WoW for good

[bark2131]

Good job Ashral love your videos keep up the good work

[AcidAndTool]

you have to remember, this is the first boss of the flashpoint.. they could be a lot more difficult towards the end

[natedawg3654]

so basically this game is wow with light sabers?

[Amycus89]

@natedawg3654 actually it is more like a KOTOR3 game but with multiplayer. 

[TehNewSoars]

@Amycus89 I disagree. its not really like a kotor game, the fighting interface is so drastically different. Kotor battle was a mixture of turn based and real time. No one stops to wait so everyone can attack at once, or begin a sequence based on speed. This is pure real time.

Story wise kotor 1 and 2 were under 10 years, this game takes place 3 centuries later. Not really a Kotor3

[kryptx101]

@TehNewSoars Actually this game covers the story of Revan and the rise of the sith Empire, which ties directly in to the KOTOR series. So this is more like KOTOR3 that anything.

[TehNewSoars]

@kryptx101 Actually it tells a historical record of the past events which kotor1 and 2. In fact doesn't use kotor specifically as a time refference. It says the events in kotor did have impact on this game, its not built from it

It doesnt have the same engine nor graphics, storytelling mechanics, the building and force alignment meters are diffferent, as well as the skill tree. This is not a Kotor3, It merely tells the story of past events in the sw timeline to set the epic stage for this game.

[kryptx101]

@TehNewSoars Actually you are wrong. This game is DIRECTLY connected to KOTOR if you have read the book. Revan is in a stasis, being held by the Emperor and is still alive in this game. Therefore this game actually covers the end of Revans story, making it a sequel in the traditional way. Yes it is not the same engine, nor does it play the same, but it still tells a story and gives meaningful choices! So it is very much connected to kotor 1 and 2(although 2's story has been mostly re-written)

[TehNewSoars]

@kryptx101 I disagree, Im not saying Revan isn't in the game fanboy, Im saying that unlike in Kotor games, Revan isn't a leading character for everyones story arc. TOR is about the events that take place exactly after Treaty of Coruscant, THAT is the main focus of the game. Revan makes a cameo appearance, and resolves his arc, which is cool because hes been gone for 3 centuries already.

I love Revan too, hes epic, and the Kotors were amazing.

But a cameo appearance doesn't make it a sequel.

[peaceproducts131]

@Amycus89 no its not

[Koey2100]

@peaceproducts131 yes it is

[peaceproducts131]

@Koey2100 ish more like a lot of mutiplayer

or kotor mmo 3000 years later

[nikechiapas]

@peaceproducts131 300 not 3000

[litreish]

@peaceproducts131 not 3000. Its 300 years later

[peaceproducts131]

@litreish yea oops 300 years after kotor and 3000 years before the rise of VADER

[FitnessGuru91]

@Amycus89 no it really isnt your dumb

[MXhm91]

@Amycus89 , It's a Star Wars game set in the old republic, that's the best way to put it!

[MeoPk]

@Amycus89 I played the kotor games like 4 times, I love the SW movies, and now I'm playing SWToR but I'm more like MEH is this it? they should have probably made KOTOR3.. instead of this.. I hope they can fix it

[BLACKGUY98]

@natedawg3654 this game is nothing like wow. it just is in the same genre as it..

[EvilMoogIe]

@natedawg3654 so basically you are retarded?

[cuthlundown]

can you show us your spec please ?:D

thanks !

[Wabrec13]

What does DPS stand for

[Triggerfinger98]

@Wabrec13 Damage Per Second 

[Dimensionmaster05]

I know I should say something about the gameplay of the flashpoint, but how did you do the different dances, and what in the heck was the bounty hunter doing at the beginning?

[starkillery]

@Dimensionmaster05 Not sure about the dancing, but the BH is probably a Rattataki, they have

'Shadowbox' as their racial ability, 'perform a series of mock blows, blocks and counters, warming up for the fight to come'.



[Dimensionmaster05]

@starkillery I think I figured it out, the sith sorcerer was using a racial just as well as the Bounty Hunter

[djuanOD]

the boss fights seem ok, not very creative, but i guess as long as they are fun and have great reply appeal then they will be fine i guess. just wish they were...better. /shrug

[KrljaviDzo]

Please stop responding to Puremallace , he's an idiot and famous SWTOR hater , everywhere he goes he bashes SWTOR , just down vote him so other users wont have to deal with his stupidity.

@Ryanakahuss  Assassin has 2 roles he can pick , DPS or Tank , Tank is Darkness tree, DPS are Deception and Madness , Deception is a bit bursty Madness relies more around DoTs

[ryanakahuss]

question?

does the assassin have to be a tank?

[Puremallace]

btw first boss is a complete rip of of the first boss in Realm of the Fae in Rift and that was at lvl 17 lulz. Yeah so hard to figure out. Any reason noone had any companions at all in that group or they just useless fluff you do not use at end game?

[Rushmanyyz]

@Puremallace Companions take up a group slot. If the group is full they just all disappear. Since they brought four folks into the Flashpoint, the companion characters are not usable.

[TMBlake09]

@Puremallace um, hello. tor was in development LONG before rift. just because rift was released first means nothing except that bioware actually cares about how well there game is going to do.

[Nabolzi]

@TMBlake09

from the quality of the combat that dosent show haha :p

[TMBlake09]

@Nabolzi have you played rift? the only thing they did well were the graphics, if you don't pay attention to their water.

[Karnivool09]

nvm. saw republic vid of same flashpoint :)

[Karnivool09]

this flashpoint is empire only right?

[Caprinae]

More dancing like in the beginning!

It really lures in the viewer, makes for a friendly group. :)

[Saawatts]

Why did NDA have to go down during finals week?? Grrr!!! Oh well, can't take time out of work, can't ignore ToR. 5-hour energy time it is!

[Teraskas]

@Saawatts NDA hasn't been lifted.

It will at early access. :P

[Teraskas]

@Saawatts Nvm, disregard my first comment.

Was still reading and hadn't visited the official site yet. xD

[Gthang213]

The video was good but I feel like I just have to say this. DAMN THAT AGENT GOT A PHAT ASS!!!

[johnfidias]

Really great video. What I really want to ask you is about the gear. 1) Is it epic or blue/greens? and most of all 2) The Sorcerer and Assasin share the same gear?From SW progression video I had the impression that every AC has its own unique gear...Thank you in advance

[SwobyJ]

@johnfidias The Sorcerer and Assassin are just advanced classes under the basic class of 'Sith Inquisitor' (more Force-Centered Sith). That means they likely share most gearsets, with possibly some unique items. However, I'm sure some gearsets are still more visually better suited for Assassins, and some for Sorcerers. We need an appearance tab..imo.

[Zachary0701]

@SwobyJ I Completely agree with the appearance tab idea. However, they did say in one of Bioware's "Q & A" session (As well as in I believe a few videos) said that you are able to have "Enchantments" for your Armor/Weapon Sets. Such as for instance (Will quote from what they said). "If you have a level 0 Tuskin-Raider Outfit, but use level 50 Enchantments or 'Mods' you can make that level 0 outfit into a level 50 Outfit and go to Warzones in full level 50 Tuskin Raider Gear!" /endquote :-)

[Zachary0701]

@SwobyJ So Maybe... JUST MAYBE... We can have cosmetic outfits to gear out with =D! They also said something about the first level lightsaber you get and are able to Mod it... It can work like/as a Level (whatever Mod you place in it)'s Level. Can't wait for this game! :-)

[Zachary0701]

@johnfidias They have some awesome equipment. If you look at the Galactic Trade Network (Just Youtube it... They have a video somewhere) And pause it at some point when the person is showing the "Rarity" Bar. Go full-screen and you should be able to see it! =) . I have seen [Or so I thought] A Blue, Green, Purple... Some said "Common" [Blue]"Epic" [Yellows] "Un-Common" [Green] "Legendary" [Purple] Etc. So hopefully it will be in that type of system! Will answer #2 after this comment.

[Zachary0701]

@johnfidias The answer for #2 is "No" Due to the fact that YES they ARE from the same basic class, when they branch off into different class-tree's / advanced classes... You would think that the gear would change.. As the Sorcerer is a "Emperor" Type class which just stays with ranged attacks... Maybe like a "Mage" In some Medieval MMORPGs. The Assassin is the "Darth Maul" Class... Double-Bladed Lightsaber that sneaks in from behind.. More like a "Thief/Rouge" Will comment shortly again.

-Zach

[Zachary0701]

@johnfidias Alright... LAST AND FINAL [Hopefully] comment for your question(s) :-). From each progression video as you have seen, such as the Sith Warrior for example, from when it branches from the Marauder and the Juggernaut. One has two lightsabers [Marauder] which is the "DPS" type class... The other has just one lightsaber[Juggernaut] which is more of a "Tank/DPS" . So, your impression is correct. Each and every Advanced Class has it's OWN unique style/gear. Including if you do the St-

[Zachary0701]

@johnfidias Including if you do the story* ... In which you can be " Light-Side " "Dark-Side" Or Neutral just like in Knights Of The Old Republic 1 & 2. Along with any/all Bioware MMO's like Mass Effects 1 - 3 and I believe Dragon-Age (Not sure, don't quote Me on that ;-) ). Such as I can BE a GOOD SITH. Or a EVIL Jedi. Won't change My Alignment [Such as Sith Empire and The Galactic Republic] however, it will have a effect on My Story-Line/Lore as well as from the Light-Side/Dark-Side syste-

[Zachary0701]

-System you can get certain items ONLY the Light-Side... Neutral... Or Dark-Side may have. Such as... Oh I don't know.. Maybe a BLUE Crystal for a Sith for being Light-Side... Or something.. (Never played the beta, so unsure. But have read on the forums and watched video's of the sort.) I do hope that I was able to answer all of Y/your questions and if you have anymore send Me a private message and I will try to "Dig" them up for you! :-)

-Zach

[johnfidias]

@Zachary0701

That was really helpful!!!! Thank you very much!!!

[666TheFaceless]

since WoW came out ur gonna see almost any MMO like this having a similar UI....dont complain

[qwas12348gr5]

@666TheFaceless

Guild Wars 2?

[skyrocketgenius]

The Boss fights seem kinda dull, Boss just stays in one spot, hope they change that before release.

Thnx for vid

[SwobyJ]

@skyrocketgenius Some are tank and spank, yes, but a boss I fought in beta moved all around, put up a sort of agressive mode, etc. I was the last one standing and had to run all over to evade him while chucking stuff at him as a Jedi Sage :)

[Hytekdk]

Finally something else than a member interview :) Looking forward to part II.

[DarkLawAndOrder]

Subbed <3

[MultiAwesome123]

I hear female hawke!!!! WOOoooh.

[radmakralj55]

UI looks way too similiar to WoWs interface...

[MrUNITEDTiLLiDIE]

@radmakralj55 if it ain't broke don't fix it

[Boooyakasha1985]

FUCK YES, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC im sold sign me up

[prophet2k5]

not trying to be a dick but if u played wow id u know how to beat that fight even after the first wipe or more like a minute into it

[redresch]

@prophet2k5 Engrish prease

[st3v3b0]

Thank you for showing a Sith Assassin tanking :)

[RPFS2008]

1:17 I fapped

[RPFS2008]

7:26 has he been wearing shades?

[MMOTotal]

You are the best, thank you !

[Zachary0701]

OMFG!!! ♥♥♥♥ I LOVE YOU RED RANCOR!!! THANKKK YOU SO MUCH!!

Sorry for the caps... I've been waiting for this game ever since I heard of it five years ago :-) ... Never got to play the beta QQ... But can't wait for 12/15/2011... Collector's Edition so I can do Early Access! You all just made My day with the Sith Assassin, again, thank you!!

[youthgw]

@Zachary0701 check your email this tuesday-thursday. They gonna try to get all beta testers in even people like me whos been in beta testing acouple times.

[Zachary0701]

@youthgw -dies- !!!!!!!!!! WOOOTTTTTT!!! Wait, So... Not this weekend!?!? -cries- I wannnaaa playyy noooaiii!! ...!! lol thank you for the update youthgw!! I've been trying to get in... FOREVER! @_@... Am glad now that I am finally able to (Hopefully) Signed up on the forums of 2010, but been a fan for WAYYY Longer... Might I ask -- If you have a Roleplay guild... Or know any that want a Sith Assassin? ^.^ ... Need a new group.. Or maybe Republic :D Again, thank you!

-Zach

[swtorextreme]

Nice one guys, so lucky. Looking forward to this, great job. :)

[Shizzless]

When he said "sam..." the torocast curse came over me, jeffrey's theme started playing in my head -_-.

[milkch0c0late093]

sith assassins can main tank good ???

[demonslayr95]

@milkch0c0late093 There is an Assassin Tank spec, yes.

[TheWisemonkey8]

Oh come on!

[TheWisemonkey8]

@TheWisemonkey8 what interesting to me is the idea that the Sith Assassin is able to play as main tank... I assume the role of main tank is available to more than 1 or 2 classes...

Sith Sorcerer for me... I will need to find a talent tree calculator...

Hmm... these dialogue between fights are going to get old very quick...

[rahmurdaloc]

@TheWisemonkey8 You can skip them you know....

[TheWisemonkey8]

@rahmurdaloc yes...

[Oban2006]

NICE! 2

[svessirM]

Awesome!!!! cant wait until dec 15!!!!