Star Wars - The Old Republic CE details

Venom

Seems the box details have been leaked...........

http://www.wouldyoukindly.com/star-wars-the-old-republics-ce-purportedly-leaked-looks-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/

• Exclusive Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue
• Star Wars: The Old Republic game disks in collectible metal case
• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural annotated by Satele Shan
• Old Republic galaxy map
• Custom Security Authentication Key
• Exclusive Music of Star Wars: The Old Republic CD
• High-quality collector’s edition box

Picking up the CE over the vanilla edition of TOR will also net you the following in-game content:

• Flare Gun: Fires flares into the air.
• Training Droid: Hovers at your side for combat assistance.
• HoloDancer: Project your own holographic dancer.
• HoloCam: Keep visual records of in-game adventures.
• STAP: Sleek and unique in-game vehicle.
• Exclusive Mouse Droid: Spunky droid to join your adventures.
• Exclusive Collector’s Edition Store: Unique in-game vendor with a dynamic assortment of items.

Its claimed to cost around the $160 mark so god knows what that will be over here.

Kiith

Saw that earlier. No way in hell i'll pay that price. If it was an extra €20 or €30 on the retail price, i'd consider it. More for the journal, map and authenticator then the statue or in-game items. But 3-4 times the price is a joke.

Venom

I think its more down to the cost of the GG statue which tend to cost around the $90 alone.

Raphael

Since this was a leak rather than a release, I'm guessing this was marketing - "Leak" the week before comiccon, deliberately highball the price to the 150 mark, and when it's officially announced as 100 quid, it'll seem more reasonable.

That said, I'll buy it at the high cost. It's nice content, ingame and out.

wayne040576

The preorders have started today for this:

A bit pricey £45 for the standard edition: http://www.swtor.com/preorder

Nody

40 EUR on Smyths, 37 on GameStop for standard version; I found the collectors edition at around 170 EUR in one online store.

Kiith

Don't want a statue, but i wouldnt mind the Journal. Not willing to pay for that though, so I'll just get the Deluxe edition. The in-game items sound fun.

Sonics2k

I was tempted to pick up the collector's edition, as I've always been a Star Wars fan.

But €150 is an absolutely insane amount of money for a CE version of a game.

And frankly, I'd only be willing to spend that much on a game I know will be as good as all the hype is setting up to be, and not another Rift/Aion/AoC/WAR.

Raphael

I've pre-ordered the CE, from Game. £130 is pretty steep, but the bonus' are nice, and I've been looking forward to this game for quite a while

Ravage1616

Going to pre-order tomorrow, Hopefully we'll get a release date soon enough!

Raphael

I'd say PAX at the latest, but I've my fingers crossed for Comiccon this weekend. It's unlikely to be too far away from now, with the pre-orders - I'd say we'll be looking at an august or september release.

Kiith

Any later then August/September, and they'll be running against a tough crowd. Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim and many other AAA titles. I know it's a different type of game, but it's still a tough sell when those games get released.

Sonics2k

Kiith wrote: »

Any later then August/September, and they'll be running against a tough crowd. Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim and many other AAA titles. I know it's a different type of game, but it's still a tough sell when those games get released.

I predict a huge surge in the SWTOR subscriptions in the first month, I reckon it will outdo any previous MMO release by far, mainly due to the 5+ years of hype we've all been going through.

I'll be happy to wait a month after it's release before I pick up a copy, just to ensure it's really worth picking up.

Mr. K

Jeez, that CE is lovely - Darth Malgus is seriously cool, having a statue would be nice. Too expensive though!

moonboy52

I called into Smyths today in Waterford city and the guy had not even been notified about the pre-order.

I have a gift card so i would like to get the game there. If they still are clueless tomorrow then i am going with Amazon i think.

V9

Where is the pre order code on the gamestop receipts? Wanna register the game on their site.

bombs away

Raphael wrote: »

I've pre-ordered the CE, from Game. £130 is pretty steep, but the bonus' are nice, and I've been looking forward to this game for quite a while

Raphael,

Did you have any issues with ordering the CE edition from Game. Some of the forums are saying that ppl are getting reply e-mails after ordering stating that they are only likely to get a copy of it and that it's not guarenteed. Did you get any confirmation back from game? was thinking about ordering the CE version myself but not gonna bother if there's no guarentee I get it.

Lemming

Wont be pre-ordering this. Not even sure I'm going to buy it now. Nothing to do with the prices which are incidentally appalling.

Dermighty

I couldn't give a toss about the statue but I want the collectors edition

Raphael

bombs away wrote: »

Raphael,

Did you have any issues with ordering the CE edition from Game. Some of the forums are saying that ppl are getting reply e-mails after ordering stating that they are only likely to get a copy of it and that it's not guarenteed. Did you get any confirmation back from game? was thinking about ordering the CE version myself but not gonna bother if there's no guarentee I get it.

Only saw this now, sorry. Mine was cancelled since, apparently, it's too heavy to ship international. There was a shelf full of copies int he Game in Dundrum where I went and picked it up this evening though

Also, new Launch Window is Holiday 2011, and there's beta weekends in september. So my money's on an October(Hopefully)/November(Likely) launch.

Crensh

Anyone managed to pre-order CE? UK is a no and gamestop.ie said they are waiting on pricing information which is pretty weird considering you can buy them all over the world already. Anyways I would like to secure my copy asap. Any ideas?
Oh and if this is true: "The order in which you redeem your Pre-order Code is the order in which you will gain Early Game Access before the game’s official release. So don’t wait and pre-order now!" then we are screwed.

Greylor

I don't know whats going on with gamestop.ie either.

I couldn't see CE on the website, so I went to the shop and pre-ordered from there and paid the 3 Euro holding fee. As you said, they don't have the price on their system yet for the CE. I don't have a problem with having to wait a bit for it (still at least 2 months to release) but I am concerned that something is wrong which will result in me not getting the CE that I've pre-ordered now. Again, as you said, everyone else is dishing out the codes already...Gamestop Ireland seems completely lost.

**Ahoy there btw! First post on the forums **

Gunmonkey

So EA says they are aiming for 2011 release, and beta tests starting in September.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-22-sw-tor-ea-commits-to-2011-launch

Granted, you will need a truck full of salt with an MMO release date of any form.

Lemming

Gunmonkey wrote: »

So EA says they are aiming for 2011 release, and beta tests starting in September.

Errrr, no EA; beta testing has been on-going for quite some time now ....

Unless they want to suggest that a month's window of beta-testing to provide bug fixing feedback is enough time (which it isn't); their statement is dishonesty inextremis.

Greylor

I believe that what's happening in September with regards to beta testing is that they are going to have all the big in-game events that a lot of games run at the end of beta testing.

Lemming

Greylor wrote: »

I believe that what's happening in September with regards to beta testing is that they are going to have all the big in-game events that a lot of games run at the end of beta testing.

Eh .... in otherwords, EA are lying through their @rses since beta-testing does not start in September as they have plainly said.

Greylor

Either that or "beta testing weekends" means something different to what we understand by it

Raphael

Beta Testing weekends are going to be TORs Open Beta - large numbers of people being let on to try it out. They're not client beta testing to fix bugs, they're server stress testing.

Lemming

Greylor wrote: »

Either that or "beta testing weekends" means something different to what we understand by it

EA; redefining english whilst destroying steering the gaming industry. Double-plus good.

Lemming

Raphael wrote: »

Beta Testing weekends are going to be TORs Open Beta - large numbers of people being let on to try it out. They're not client beta testing to fix bugs, they're server stress testing.

I doubt that in entirety. There's plausibililty to it; but if it's 100% true I am even more concerned for the fate of this game than I already am.

Why? Because if it's true; EA are giving Bioware less than one month in order to discover, address, fix, and retest server AND client issues en-masse. Once they're into end of September, discs need to be sent to press for release in November.

Greylor

Raphael wrote: »

Beta Testing weekends are going to be TORs Open Beta - large numbers of people being let on to try it out. They're not client beta testing to fix bugs, they're server stress testing.

Ya, figured as much.

Basically a final dress rehersal in order to try prevent chaos on launch

Raphael

Lemming wrote: »

I doubt that in entirety. There's plausibililty to it; but if it's 100% true I am even more concerned for the fate of this game than I already am.

Why? Because if it's true; EA are giving Bioware less than one month in order to discover, address, fix, and retest server AND client issues en-masse. Once they're into end of September, discs need to be sent to press for release in November.

Closed Beta for TOR has been going on for ages, they're already fixed the game client side - these are just to make sure that the servers don't fall over and die when thousands of people pour onto them, while also drumming up groundswell

Lemming

Raphael wrote: »

Closed Beta for TOR has been going on for ages, they're already fixed the game client side

Curious statement Raph; to PM if you please.

Sonics2k

Aye as Raph said, the beta has been going on for a few weeks now. It's currently under a Closed Beta with the typical NDA I believe.

Open weekends have become quite common, AoC did it a few years back, as have Aion and Rift since then.

They basically allow thousands of people to log on, and try out the game, but at the same time it allows for a full stress test of the server's they have, and whether they will need an upgrade/adjustments before the game's official launch.

I'd of been more surprised if EA didn't do this, considering the 7 years of hype behind SWTOR.

Greylor

Sonics2k wrote: »

7 years of hype behind SWTOR.

And very much hyped I am

Raphael

Yeah, it's making the (minimum) 3 month wait for release date that much more bearable. It's been 7 years... 3 months isn't that bad.

Sonics2k

I'm honestly avoiding a lot of the hype.

I've been a Star Wars fan since I saw the Episode IV in like 1988 (I was four!), and have played all of the games since.

However, I'm also quite sceptical of LucasArts since the last three films were such a let down, and frankly, I've seen MMO's get hyped up so much, and then end in disaster.

As long as the PvP Combat system works well, I'll be happy

Greylor

Sonics2k wrote: »

As long as the PvP Combat system works well, I'll be happy

It's gonna be interesting to see how they balance the PvP. It's a game with an overwhealmingly PvE centred stance, so balancing PvP will require a LOT of skill.

What's I'm also interested in seeing is what the end-game is for characters that have finished the story. Yes, the story for each class is massive, but when it's over, what is there to do? Will there be frequent content addons? Raids? Mass PvP battles for territory? Rediculously long grinds for vanity items like a roflcopter or new ways to customise your character to make it more unique?

Definately a lot to look forward to. Hope it doesn't dissapoint!

Raphael

One of the big things they've said is that grinding isn't a part of the game - there is supposed to be enough content that you just need to do things once and then keep on with the story.

At the panel last night they mentioned something about a bonus for re-rolling after getting a character to the top, which is pretty cool - I could totally go for playing other classes stories, since they'll all be fully voiced, and probably great. Hurray for KOTOR 3-10! =D

Edit: Also, PvP wise they got some of the guys from WAR onboard, and PvP was one of the thigns (imo) WAR had right. They've also made a few cool choices, like making tanks viable in PvP - if you taunt another player, they do less damage to people other than you, and you can also "protect" an ally and take a percentage of their damage.

Ravage1616

Just pre-ordered the special edition! Waited this long another few months wont kill me!

Greylor

Raphael wrote: »

One of the big things they've said is that grinding isn't a part of the game - there is supposed to be enough content that you just need to do things once and then keep on with the story.

At the panel last night they mentioned something about a bonus for re-rolling after getting a character to the top, which is pretty cool - I could totally go for playing other classes stories, since they'll all be fully voiced, and probably great. Hurray for KOTOR 3-10! =D

Edit: Also, PvP wise they got some of the guys from WAR onboard, and PvP was one of the thigns (imo) WAR had right. They've also made a few cool choices, like making tanks viable in PvP - if you taunt another player, they do less damage to people other than you, and you can also "protect" an ally and take a percentage of their damage.

This pleases me greatly :cool:

paddyman

I tried to order the CE edition on Game.co.uk but they just canceled my order saying its over 1kg so they wont ship international.

Nothing on smyths, gamestop or xtra-vision sites yet.

This is annoying!!!. Dying to get this.

Greylor

Gamestop does have CE on their system...they just arn't showing on their website. I had to go into the shop itself to order it.

SolvableKnave

Got my CE today in Game Ilac. I think i was the first one, as the guy gave me the SE box instead. I'd made it all the way back to work to activate the code and it told me it was the SE. Called them back and they said they realised the mistake and where hoping i would call them. Went back down and got the CE.

moonboy52

Have a listen to what this guy has to say about EA / Bioware.

He makes some good points in my opinion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOC9JBNbrM8

Dcully

Totally agree with TB on this.
This game has always been on the horizon for me, always one to look forward to but theres no way in hell im gonna preorder not to mention buy the collectors edition.
Its all a bit too tight lipped from bioware for me to be totally comfortable about the game,their latest game DA2 is a pile of crap,any of the DLC they released in the last couple of years was just dire.
One of my alltime favourite devs have in relatively short time gone from an amazing dec team to mediocre at best imo.
I just hope they are keeping their best people for this game
This BS about application to preorder is just ridiculous ffs its a digital game :rolleyes:
It stinks of ea marketing people stooping to a new low imo.

I really hope it turns out to be an amazing game, god knows we have waited so long for it but im just skeptical after being burned so often with MMOs promising the sun moon and stars.
Im itching for a new mmo to grab my longterm attention,will SW the old republic deliver?Im not convinced yet but sure hope to be soon.

Sonics2k

Dcully wrote: »

Totally agree with TB on this.
This game has always been on the horizon for me, always one to look forward to but theres no way in hell im gonna preorder not to mention buy the collectors edition.
Its all a bit too tight lipped from bioware for me to be totally comfortable about the game,their latest game DA2 is a pile of crap,any of the DLC they released in the last couple of years was just dire.
One of my alltime favourite devs have in relatively short time gone from an amazing dec team to mediocre at best imo.
I just hope they are keeping their best people for this game
This BS about application to preorder is just ridiculous ffs its a digital game :rolleyes:
It stinks of ea marketing people stooping to a new low imo.

I really hope it turns out to be an amazing game, god knows we have waited so long for it but im just skeptical after being burned so often with MMOs promising the sun moon and stars.
Im itching for a new mmo to grab my longterm attention,will SW the old republic deliver?Im not convinced yet but sure hope to be soon.

I honestly could not agree more.

Whilst many of my friends in WoW spam our guild chat with how awesome it will be, they seem to know very little of the end-game content itself, which is the real key to any MMO.

Leveling and story lines can only provide us with so much amusement, but if the end-game is stale, then it will die off quickly.

bombs away

decided to hold off on preordering this, alot of TB's comments make sense and it seems like ea are just in it to maximize profit. Does'nt bode well for things to come

Greylor

TB comments don't apply to those who are getting a hard copy.

Here's a pertinent question though....
If you get a hardcopy of the game, I assume that you are going to have to create an account and put in the CD key and everything with the EA online engine thingie. Will I then be able to download the game fresh at any time from the distribution engine, or will I have to use my hardcopy for the install?

Raphael

If you have a pre-order, you'll be able to download and install for the head-start, so you'll have the game client from then.

Venom

Sonics2k wrote: »

I honestly could not agree more.

Whilst many of my friends in WoW spam our guild chat with how awesome it will be, they seem to know very little of the end-game content itself, which is the real key to any MMO.

Leveling and story lines can only provide us with so much amusement, but if the end-game is stale, then it will die off quickly.

Each class has its own storyline tho so making alts in TOR won't be the chore it is in other MMO's. If it works like the Devs claim that's a huge amount of content to keep the playerbase coming back month after month.

Only thing that bugs me from what Iv seen is the voice of the Sith Warrior