Dakien Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Shyriiwook would be the word you are looking for. All I can say is that I would LOVE it if I could get my character to spout off in Ugnaught! That is truely the MOST ANNOYING LANGUAGE EVER!!! It would be hillarious! Either way, language is not a barrier in Star Wars. It never was (except for that scene in ep 4 when Luke was in the cantina) and never needs to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Bond Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 to those who says immersion is broken by non human species, its just a cop out, and Bioware/EA being lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Because.Wookie have fleas and with the resolution most monitors run at these days its almost impossible to make the fleas big enough to see, which would be immersion breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanzoV Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I want to play a Mon Cal Smuggler, eventually. I really don't care if all romance options are nixed due to picking an alien-alien race -- by the time I've leveled my humanoid Main and alts, I won't be interested in that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZenith Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Its actually because all these "races" are just different skins. Nice try tho. Wow, I guess you're playing on 800x600? Only way you could confuse models and skins with one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kourage Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Because I declared "No Wookies shall be playable", and that's the way it shall remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautius Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Yes, I understand your frustration. I ask myself every day at work, "Why can't I be a wookie?" It would solve so many issues. Edited January 9, 2012 by Nautius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonlinar Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 How many Wookies do you expect to be around after only being recently discovered? LOL. I'm sure it'll be a world event at some future date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjskull Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Cinematics and facial expressions were the "on record" answer... I bet we see them in expansions, however... I want a wookie smuggler... not as a companion, as a playable race... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamsterkill Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) I'd say Wookies are likely not going to be a player character option for some time. The lack of ability to speak Basic being the main obstacle both in lore and user experience. Possible expansion races I could see getting added: Togruta, Cathar, Mon Cal, Nautolan... *possibly* even droid. Edited January 9, 2012 by Hamsterkill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purlana Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) The answer is cinematics. Imagine the time it would take to add each of those races to every single cinematic. Just adding each language to the cinematics.... Edited January 9, 2012 by Purlana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karast Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Or Rodians, Bonthans, Sullustans, Ithorians, Mon Calamaris, and Trandoshans? Laziness or what? they are confused about how to do the flirt / romance options for a wookie. ./flirt Bantha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylria Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 What would be great is if when playing a wookie, your character and every other wookie spoke perfect queen's english, but all the normally english speaking characters sounded like sim speak with subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlejedigavin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Or Rodians, Bonthans, Sullustans, Ithorians, Mon Calamaris, and Trandoshans? Laziness or what? Simple it was easier for Bioware to simply copy and paste skins and body types thats why all the species look so similar. It was the lazy easy way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlejedigavin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Its just another example of how the voice acting quests have limited this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisftw Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Why can't we be drop boxes? i mean i want to immerse myself completely within the lore of this game. and what better way than to be in the center of it all as a drop box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElevenSword Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Wow, I guess you're playing on 800x600? Only way you could confuse models and skins with one another. Here's my response to you. http://imageshack.us/f/856/1326147375844.jpg/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qqemokitty Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Shyriiwook would be the word you are looking for. This. And I vote that anyone who has misspells wookiee does not get to play one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qqemokitty Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yes, I understand your frustration. I ask myself every day at work, "Why can't I be a wookie?" It would solve so many issues. LOL! If I was a wookiee I would... rip off the arms of my customers when they cross me. roar at my customers when they whine at me. wear only a bandolier to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusFTW Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Imagine all the voice acting of a wookie though wouldnt it kinda grate after a while? I'd love to play one tbf Bet a few years down the line it'll end up the TOR version of pandas if we're not careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliways Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 At first I was really disappointed by the lack of alien races. The few we do have access to (sith, rakata, chiss) are just version of humans with skin tones (red, grey, blue, green). The furthest from human is Twi'lek, which I'm glad we have, but they're pretty humanoid. I was thinking about it, and its mostly to do with animations / models. In an MMORPG, there's tons of loot, and you don't want to have to make 20 custom versions of EACH set of armor to fit different body types. Thats why there's just the 3 or 4, and they're very similar, the exact same across all species. The bodies are the same, the heads and skin change. Even then though, you could have Kel Dor, Nautolan, Tholothian, etc., even Mon Calamari, with VERY little work. Human bodies, different heads. So, disappointing. But the devs did say, most Star Wars stories focus on Humans... and I'll kinda buy that. Also, the voices all sound targeted at human, so they don't fit so well for other species. Having additional voices for each species would take a LONG time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I wanted to clear up a couple of misconceptions here about Wookies and if they 'fit' in the game. First of all, given the game's timeline, Kashyyk, the homeworld of the Wookies, has been recently liberated by the Republic from the control of Mandalorian slavers. They have access to advanced technology (which they're very good with) are natural spacefarers and have a diverse culture with some of them even having been Jedi in the past. Secondly, there's a natural story to follow with the tensions of Wookies who wouldn't want to trust the Republic for fear of becoming a slave race again and those who want to improve the life of Wookies generally. And of course those who want to do it for themselves. Thirdly, the character models are already there. If there's a companion character, that means gear and weapons can be assigned to them...just like a player character. They can run, they can shoot, they can do things. Fourthly, Wookies are not the only alien race that doesn't speak basic. How many Rodians, Ugnaughts, Trandoshans and even droids has the average player encountered in-game that use subtitles? There's hardly a reason to complain that a player character would be disadvantaged by that. You could even go so far as to use a human voice from the player's perspective, and have it 'heard' by NPC's as the usual growls and grunts. Besides, when you actually listen to NPC dialogue, there is a tremendous number of phrases in Twi'lek and even Huttese that are repeated over and over. I know that Huttese in particular is lifted from a West African tribal dialect Lucas found that he thought would exotic enough for the movies, and so there's a language built in. Sound mixing Wookie sounds which are in turn a mix of walrus, bear and lion sounds isn't going to be that hard. Sure, being human or humanoid is great for your first run through on your first MMO, but there's little to no excuse for not introducing non-humans later on as the universe expands. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchdeathwalker Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Must have wookie bowcaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinavast Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I believe the wording was: "Part of what makes Wookies great is their mystery. Being able to play a Wookie would take that away." Oh this is such a cop out on their part. What makes a wookie great is that it's a #*&@^!! Wookie. Chewbacca did not have "mystique" or a certain je ne sais qua. I wasn't burning to know what Chewie's favorite Oprah book of the month was, or if he was partial to using saffron and sassafrass in his cooking. He was 8 feet of fur and muscle that made part scary part hilarious wookie noises. That tore off people's arms when he got irritated with them. What's no to love ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwg Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Or Rodians, Bonthans, Sullustans, Ithorians, Mon Calamaris, and Trandoshans? Laziness or what? Can you imagine the romance as one of those races? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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