nanogasm Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I don't know the lore of the Star Wars universe too well, so if the Sorcerers and Sages in the books and movies wield light sabres, then I guess I get it. But it doesn't feel right playing one. Not only is my sorc's light sabre basically just a shiny stat stick, but it doesn't feel right. I'm a squishy caster that should hang back, not conducive to having a melee weapon. Should sorcs/sages instead ditch the sticks and instead be able to equip a Force-focus in both hands? This is more a roleplay/cosmetic/how it feels thing, as the stats would just transfer over from light sabre to focus pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I don't know the lore of the Star Wars universe too well, so if the Sorcerers and Sages in the books and movies wield light sabres, then I guess I get it. But it doesn't feel right playing one. Not only is my sorc's light sabre basically just a shiny stat stick, but it doesn't feel right. I'm a squishy caster that should hang back, not conducive to having a melee weapon. Should sorcs/sages instead ditch the sticks and instead be able to equip a Force-focus in both hands? This is more a roleplay/cosmetic/how it feels thing, as the stats would just transfer over from light sabre to focus pieces. why do mages in D&D carry staffs? because they need some upclose defence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanogasm Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 why do mages in D&D carry staffs? because they need some upclose defence.. Yoda would slap you for that. One has no need for paltry physical weapons when you can fry your foe with wink of your eye. Besides, mages don't wield bastard swords like they do in SWTOR.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yoda would slap you for that. One has no need for paltry physical weapons when you can fry your foe with wink of your eye. Besides, mages don't wield bastard swords like they do in SWTOR.. still concept is the same.. and yoda is psh.. ok i guess.. i could beat his little *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasarith Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have yet to See a Game (Apart from my first -mos) to use Staffs/Other, from where the attacks come from, Whats the Point in haveing it- if the Attacks comming from you,re self (hand) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerskyne Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 It really feels like your lightsaber should stay unactivated on your belt as a sage/sorc, and maybe only pop out when you thrash or whatever. Going so far as making the channels/casts you get as part of the spec 'sheath' the lightsaber would also work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areto Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) It is a bit weird looking in game, it's sort of awkward holding a lightsaber and using both hands to shoot lighting at the same time. I hope in the future they let sages/sorcs use two focuses (and add a mod-able one I guess) instead of a lightsaber. edit: Or just have it unactivated at the belt like the guy above me said. Edited February 2, 2012 by areto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 you could always not wield one:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalKitty Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) I have yet to See a Game (Apart from my first -mos) to use Staffs/Other, from where the attacks come from, Whats the Point in haveing it- if the Attacks comming from you,re self (hand) ? Don't force to bring up WoW. When hunters wasn't all about shotting, but had to melee? They can wield a staff? GASP! Sorry. But I do agree. It seems a little silly, that Sage/Sorc got a lightsaber. In other MMOs I can forgive it, them mostly being midevil fantasy games, with magical daggers and such likes. I just don't see a lightsaber having anything to do, with the powers of either a Sage or a Sorc. Seems like a useless cosmestics beause otherwise, it wouldn't be Star Wars if you didn't wield a lazorpewpewgun or a lightsaber. Edited February 2, 2012 by TotalKitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarka Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Sorcerer = Palpatine, who had a lightsaber even though he's a finger wiggler / politician. Assassin = Darth Maul, who didn't wear heavy armour, which allowed him to be acrobatic and use a double bladed saber. Besides, the sorcerer does automatically use their saber to deflect some attacks. As for dual wielding focus items, so long as it doesn't over power us (i.e. gives the same stats as wearing a saber, then I think it should be optional. Perhaps it could give an "offensive" bonus and "defensive" debuff. Edited February 2, 2012 by Tarka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobaffet Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) yoda is skilled with his lightsaber also deflecting bolt ftw Edited February 2, 2012 by boobaffet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecliningPanda Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 am i the only one that thinks calling a light sabre a sizzle stick is freaking awesome. Thank you OP thats what im going to call them from now on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Cruiser Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I like how my Sage would take a minute to kill a mob with her lightsaber. YEAH WE GOT A REAL STAR WARS GAME HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegyss Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If they're going to unsheathe their sabers, they should use it in the spell casts. And I'm not talking about just having it in your hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalKitty Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 yoda is skilled with his lightsaber also deflecting bolt ftw Yes but, sigh.... You cannot compare any of the characters from the movies, with the character system in Swtor. It's that simple. Was it the case, then Yoda probably wouldn't be able to fight with his lightsaber for very long, cause if he did, he'd have his crap smacked out of him due to low def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerskyne Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yeah, especially in terms of the Jedi/Sith in this game, the class system is a joke. Darth Maul was if anything a marauder, nor an assassin. He wasn't stealthy, he wasn't a master of the mystical force, he was an angry, angry warrior. He used Ataru form and a double sided lightsaber because both were powerful, unsubtle ways to push his attack and allow him to kill quickly. As for Yoda, he defies categorization. Super powerful with the force, but an amazing swordsman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uluain Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yoda would slap you for that. One has no need for paltry physical weapons when you can fry your foe with wink of your eye. If you missed the movies, Yoda has, and can use, his lightsaber. So does the preeminent Sith sorcerer in the films, Darth Sidious. Dooku is probably also a sorcerer, and uses a lightsaber. It is a core element of both Jedi and Sith disciplines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areto Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If you missed the movies, Yoda has, and can use, his lightsaber. So does the preeminent Sith sorcerer in the films, Darth Sidious. Dooku is probably also a sorcerer, and uses a lightsaber. It is a core element of both Jedi and Sith disciplines. There's no way dooku is a socerer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkestDaemon Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yeah, especially in terms of the Jedi/Sith in this game, the class system is a joke. Darth Maul was if anything a marauder, nor an assassin. He wasn't stealthy, he wasn't a master of the mystical force, he was an angry, angry warrior. He used Ataru form and a double sided lightsaber because both were powerful, unsubtle ways to push his attack and allow him to kill quickly. As for Yoda, he defies categorization. Super powerful with the force, but an amazing swordsman. Actually, Maul could use Force Lightning, was immune to Force Lightning to a degree, and was rather stealthy. If he was an 'angry, angry warrior' he wouldn't have been stealthily hunting down his targets, he would have been carving apart anything and everything he came across and would have been pinpointed in under three minutes. OT: I hate having my saber drawn for Force Lightning, as said, it looks completely awkward. I guess the Devs wanted it to look like more than just a stat-stick... but at the end of the day it's still just a stat-stick, just one that makes an animation look hideous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raansu Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 They hold a lightsaber because they are still jedi/sith... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerskyne Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Again, the game's class system is messed up in classifying characters. Maul could use force lightening, but so could three quarters of the Knights/Warriors in the EU. He practiced stealth when it suited him, but push came to shove, he preferred to attack his targets head on. Hell, the very ability inquisitors use to channel their rage and regenerate is based so thoroughly on Maul that it even uses his face as an icon. I'm saying Maul wasn't an assassin, but more because no one was. And no one was a Knight, and no one was a Warrior as we know them. All Jedi were a little different in their paths, and so were all Sith. It's only because this has to be an MMO that we have people who can Force Choke but can't Force Push, or people who know how to use Force Lightening but not Force Jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobaffet Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yes but, sigh.... You cannot compare any of the characters from the movies, with the character system in Swtor. It's that simple. Was it the case, then Yoda probably wouldn't be able to fight with his lightsaber for very long, cause if he did, he'd have his crap smacked out of him due to low def. i was not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkingDinosaur Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 you could always not wield one:P /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elivapor Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Again, the game's class system is messed up in classifying characters. Maul could use force lightening, but so could three quarters of the Knights/Warriors in the EU. He practiced stealth when it suited him, but push came to shove, he preferred to attack his targets head on. Hell, the very ability inquisitors use to channel their rage and regenerate is based so thoroughly on Maul that it even uses his face as an icon. I'm saying Maul wasn't an assassin, but more because no one was. And no one was a Knight, and no one was a Warrior as we know them. All Jedi were a little different in their paths, and so were all Sith. It's only because this has to be an MMO that we have people who can Force Choke but can't Force Push, or people who know how to use Force Lightening but not Force Jump. Yep. Sith should be able to use any ability they want lol. An light sabers are one hit kills to take that out is horrible. Should be a deflect/par, that takes away force power, till you run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfirega Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 How did we not mention Shaak Ti yet? She was primarily a Force user as far as Jedi Masters go (even if she was skilled as a melee combatant, it was nowhere near to the level of others like say... Ki Adi Mundi or Obi-Wan Kenobi), and she still had her lightsaber out on a number of occasions. It's a defensive measure. It's out to deflect blaster rounds and discourage melee combat (charging someone with an ignited lightsaber is generally considered a bad policy for most normal people, MMO aggro conventions aside). In this era, where there's a higher chance of meeting Sith for a Jedi, it's also there to absorb/deflect lightning if the user is trained to do so. Some amount of martial combat is also a requirement for the Jedi Order and the Sith (who also have to worry about other Sith). For a Sith example, Zannah was a Sith Sorceress, but also frequently resorted to her lightsaber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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