EenoZurem Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I tried one of the first space missions and found it jaw-dropping awful. It was like being on a kiddy ride, being pulled through space, only being able to aim a few degrees here and there off axis to shoot. No thanks. Can I advance normally and never, ever, ever have to do that again ? Again, I'm hoping that space stuff is just fluff and not key to character development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBSIP Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 space combat is entirely non-critical to leveling. You can stay on par, and even ahead of the leveling by doing all side missions and some pvp. some planets you don't even need all the side missions. so no, there is no detriment to not doing space combat besides not upgrading your ship, which serves no purpose out of space combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EenoZurem Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Fantastic ! I will never do that again. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NecroSkelly Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 It's just fluff (atm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiedroid Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I dont think you really miss out on anything from char progression side if you dont do them (correct me if I am mistaken)? Only thing I can think of is some upgrades for your ship (not needed if you dont do the missions though) and perhaps some XP and credits.... This may change in the future though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepardcomander Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 For as much as they try to make a big deal out of getting your ship in the class story line it does not effect your character progression other than bribing you with exp and credits, which could be made up for through pvp or even repeating some "heroics" dailies. Just as well, you can not steer your ship during combat so your ship can not steer your character developement. For being just a side show, they sure throw a lot of unneccessary cut scenes at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archifikoss Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Space combat is more or less a means to earn quick and easy credits, as well as "filler" XP when you want to level. Or maybe if you want a crack at those (moddable) pilot outfits and titles. You don't need it at all though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybastilla Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Far as I know it's totally optional. (At least for now. I don't want to jinx it by not saying this.) Surprisingly, I've found that my alternate activity of choice in this game is actually the PVP. Which never ceases to amaze me because I've always *hated* PVP (read: been completely abysmal to the point of feeling embarrassment about it) in every other game I've played. There's certainly no shame in not liking part of an MMO. There's lots of stuff to go around. I'm somewhat sad I couldn't get into the space stuff, but that sort of thing has never been my strength so I didn't have my hopes too high to begin with. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiddex Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 in the early levels 15-20 the missions and dailies give you condsiderable amounts of xp, wuold say it is worth about 1 or even 2 levels (is a bit biased, because i had few time every day in that phase of the game and did almost only space-combat to at least fulfill the dailies). later though it is more neglectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Malish Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Call me a pervert, but I like doing space combats from time to time. Some has a nice view, like nice-looking planets on a background, huge ice crystals in space and etc. Space missions are not challenging, but that’s not their point (at least for me). They relax me. I simply enjoy the view while blasting everything off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethality Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I tried one of the first space missions and found it jaw-dropping awful. It was like being on a kiddy ride, being pulled through space, only being able to aim a few degrees here and there off axis to shoot. No thanks. Can I advance normally and never, ever, ever have to do that again ? Again, I'm hoping that space stuff is just fluff and not key to character development. Nope. Completely optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parekh_ Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Space combat has been made even easier with last patch (enemy hits you less frequently or for less damage). As it has been mentioned, it is totally optional. But I for one enjoy it a lot. I haven't had this much fun doing space battle since the days of X-Wing. I think they implemented space battles really well, even though I don't see where it fits in a MMO. And the 2 daily commendations for doing the last space mission (which is even easier than the previous ones) is just gravy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMarshmallow Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) I have played some missions with my main wbut my reroll, noway! I like Swotor but the space missions are as bad as their clothes and armors designs.. Well maybe not as bad but almost! Edited February 10, 2012 by DarkMarshmallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Malish Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I have played some missions with my main wbut my reroll, noway! I like Swotor but the space missions are as bad as their clothes and armors designs.. Well maybe as bad but almost! I always had a hard time understanding hutesse language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baelish Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 They fill in 5 minutes while you're in your ship waiting for a crafting cycle to complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkirus Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Call me a pervert, but I like doing space combats from time to time. Some has a nice view, like nice-looking planets on a background, huge ice crystals in space and etc. Space missions are not challenging, but that’s not their point (at least for me). They relax me. I simply enjoy the view while blasting everything off. Gheeze. Why would that make you a pervert? Do you even understand what the term means? What you discribe is nothing wrong with it. You are a person who enjoys the art work in a game. The term you used to discribe yourself should not be used. Words we use are important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Gheeze. Why would that make you a pervert? Do you even understand what the term means? What you discribe is nothing wrong with it. You are a person who enjoys the art work in a game. The term you used to discribe yourself should not be used. Words we use are important. Yes and no. I got what he meant. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pervert I would also argue that the noun form of the word is incorrectly (well, relatively speaking. the dictionary is law, I guess, but it just doesn't seem right) limiting relative to it's potential verb usages, and not surprising that its unintentionally misused from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Malish Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Gheeze. Why would that make you a pervert? Do you even understand what the term means? What you discribe is nothing wrong with it. You are a person who enjoys the art work in a game. The term you used to discribe yourself should not be used. Words we use are important. Why you so serious? The true meaning of that word goes beyond sexual deviations (especially the verb form) , but... maybe not nowadays. Doesn't that duality make it even more fun? I thought it does, but guess I was wrong. P.S. But how else you'd have called a man who enjoys riding Mako in Mass Effect as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kourage Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 It's optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zangaboing Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ATM its just a minigame that can give you some extra xp - absolutely no need to do it. You can spend that time doing a quest, the end result will be the same (if not better because of the reward and possible DS/LS choices) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conyak Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I tried one of the first space missions and found it jaw-dropping awful. It was like being on a kiddy ride, being pulled through space, only being able to aim a few degrees here and there off axis to shoot. No thanks. Can I advance normally and never, ever, ever have to do that again ? Again, I'm hoping that space stuff is just fluff and not key to character development. I really don't say much the fact that many people feel the same way as this person says it all.... what a sad attempt at space for a Star Wars game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanzoV Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Things I learned today: 1. Space Combat is not essential. 2. Darth_Malish is a pervert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufanvandal Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I'll just throw this out there as an extra thought. You might even WANT to skip some space combat dailies and whatnot. On my alt, I had so much rested xp, pvp'd pretty often, and did space combat that I out leveled a lot of the planets to the point where even my class quests were too low for me. I think I was level 38ish before the NPCs were about on par with me. So if you want to see the planets and content, might not be a bad idea to skip it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagezeppelin Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 There is space combat in this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knewt Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I'll just throw this out there as an extra thought. You might even WANT to skip some space combat dailies and whatnot. On my alt, I had so much rested xp, pvp'd pretty often, and did space combat that I out leveled a lot of the planets to the point where even my class quests were too low for me. I think I was level 38ish before the NPCs were about on par with me. So if you want to see the planets and content, might not be a bad idea to skip it. That's actually pretty common without rested XP. On my first 50, I did the Taris bonus series and half of the Tatooine bonus series. I was playing way too much during the holidays and didn't have much rested XP. I out leveled most of the content until I hit Voss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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