copperjack Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I'm not actually. There are issues with how the concepts are used sometimes, but no, it's not some kind of special achievement to not be offended by a joke that isn't aimed at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Bioware's Kinsey Scale got stuck at one - we've tried to tell them that other numbers exist, but somehow they go into the minuses. I'm scared for them. If they hit -10 on the Kinsey Scale, they'll be giving us Elder Gods as romance options. Please, please Bioware. Come back to the positive side of the Kinsey Scale. It's safe up here. I promise. We have fairy cakes and glitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) Data-mining was also saying a couple months ago that they were adding new class story content, which seems a little unlikely anytime soon. They've been wrong before, it's probably best to just wait and see. Old pre-layoff data was probably in there, given how long most of the stuff we've gotten this year had been in development. (Treek's voice seems to have been someone in-house at Lucasarts before the layoffs, for some indication.) It just looked like the only things on the new crew all started with: "Codex Title: Writch Hurley/Codex NodeId: 16140966947752325525/Codex Id: 772851" bits, as opposed to the ID and Appearance numbers. I guess all the "they're coming in... three marks at 2:10!" battle lines were the recording sessions they made a big deal about a while back. Edited November 15, 2013 by Palar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I guess they sent Mr. Boyd down there so he had something to do while they packed up his office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperjack Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 That's too bad, I don't know why they'd go to the effort of creating new companions if all they really are is codex entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesaberisa Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) It's so low levels have someone they can put in slots if they haven't picked up enough companions yet. Edited November 15, 2013 by Lesaberisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It's so low levels have someone they can put in slots if they haven't picked up enough companions yet. Is it? I assumed the Spacefighter was 50/55+ PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesaberisa Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) Nope, it's for anyone, even level 1s. You can even have companions from other classes in that (same) faction join you...I think you just need them to be max affection or complete their story or whatever (which still seems kind of silly, story-wise, but oh well). Edited November 15, 2013 by Lesaberisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hopefully they get referred to as something other than 'companions', when BW starts officially talking about them, to avoid the confusion for people. Seeing that word just creates an expectation... I don't know, Crew or Minions or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Well, they are getting rid of story content, so totally ignoring story constraints for upcoming content makes sense in that are-you-joking way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Still, a companion that doesn't/can't accompany you isn't really a companion. Getting hung up on definitions again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Still, a companion that doesn't/can't accompany you isn't really a companion. Getting hung up on definitions again... A companion you don't talk to or see is a piece of wood with a face painted on it, stuck in a random, dark corner of your ship, which lurks in the back of your mind as a "what if" and a "maybe", taunting you at night, driving you to sleepless nights until you finally crack, race through the ship, tear the cargo hold apart searching for that plank to finally, finally!, throw it out into the void. Peace. Peace at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperjack Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It's not like the game isn't already full of gameplay and story segregation. Although it does seem kind of weird to make the class specific companions available to the whole faction. I don't think any of the other classes could handle Khem Val. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It's not like the game isn't already full of gameplay and story segregation. Although it does seem kind of weird to make the class specific companions available to the whole faction. I don't think any of the other classes could handle Khem Val. Emperor's Wrath probably could, but no one else would stand a chance. Khem Val would not entertain Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperjack Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 They're available between factions as well? That's just weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 That's what everyone seems to be saying. I haven't really read the Dulfy article, PvP doesn't interest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesaberisa Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 No, same faction only. I'm not a fan of even that much, but if they were cross-faction i'd have actually been raging a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Well, pffft. That makes sense. Well, since Bioware seem to be putting a lot of their effort into policing the Arenas now, it's even more unlikely we'll be getting any communication for this thread. What should our next topic of discussion be? Ice-cream flavours? Marriage rites within the Empire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperjack Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 We could always talk about Batman some more I'm actually amazed this thread hasn't been nuked yet. It's a little depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 A companion you don't talk to or see is a piece of wood with a face painted on it, stuck in a random, dark corner of your ship, which lurks in the back of your mind as a "what if" and a "maybe", taunting you at night, driving you to sleepless nights until you finally crack, race through the ship, tear the cargo hold apart searching for that plank to finally, finally!, throw it out into the void. Peace. Peace at last. JC "Who sent you, damn it?! Answer me, or I'll space you right now!" Iresso: "It's 2 in the morning... what's the problem this time? " Qyzen: "Scorekeeper is interrogating the new arrival again." Nadia: "Mr. Plank? But he's such a good listener, and always has a smile..." Tharan: "Yes, strong moral fibre is ingrained in his character... Holiday, cue laugh track" Zenith: ".... And you guys wonder why I'm the only one he can stand longer than five minutes...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) They don't read it. That's why. Ooh, here's a couple http://tatiletotesamaze.tumblr.com/post/67087070871/the-casting-call-for-episode-vii-star-wars-is - Racebending give a little insight into the reasoning behind "Rachel" being an open audition and "Thomas" not http://tatiletotesamaze.tumblr.com/post/67073394723/championsandheroes-nice-to-know-that-the-sith - Yoda needs to be more inclusive, OR, lady Jedi are better than you http://tatiletotesamaze.tumblr.com/post/67050661768/thebigblackwerewolfe-hamburgerjack - this was just funny http://tatiletotesamaze.tumblr.com/post/66914809248/theres-never-been-a-more-frustrating-time-to-be-a - The Problem with Marvel http://tatiletotesamaze.tumblr.com/post/66908437457/medievalpoc-medievalpoc-what-is-critical - Another reason why I love MedievalPoC as a blog I've been busy :/ JC "Who sent you, damn it?! Answer me, or I'll space you right now!" Iresso: "It's 2 in the morning... what's the problem this time? " Qyzen: "Scorekeeper is interrogating the new arrival again." Nadia: "Mr. Plank? But he's such a good listener, and always has a smile..." Tharan: "Yes, strong moral fibre is ingrained in his character... Holiday, cue laugh track" Zenith: ".... And you guys wonder why I'm the only one he can stand longer than five minutes...." From what I understand, Zenith is a hottie and the only worthwhile male companion for Consulars. I am also led to believe that the Nadia romance is creepy as all hell, and a gross display of power abuse. Edited November 15, 2013 by Tatile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Oh, she's hot for teacher even after the game has a "A. Shoot down gently. B. Shoot down for now. C. Shoot down for now, gently" conversation; regardless of what you pick, I think she corners you again later. This is while she's coping with a loved one's death, so there's the whole "transference of family" thing as well. (I finished it, just to see where it went. Got zero DS points in the process...) Tharan thinks he's the comic relief, and has ...something going on with a hologram he programmed, Qyzen's got his crazy-hunter schtick (and if you do the Nadia romance, he offers to skin a dead Wookiee so you can give her the pelt as a sign of courtship... sadly, that conversation with her isn't shown) Iresso turns out to be hearing Sith voices because of an experiment they did on him while he was a POW Not even getting into the other people who ended up on the ship as well, but Zenith was the only sane one amongst the whole bunch and quickly became my JC's trusted battle-buddy and advisor. Love the Call of Duty one... that'll make me smile for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Then from what I've seen, maleConsular takes advantage of Nadia's naivety and they have a little thing - or at least, that's how it came across from the youtube videos. The running commentary from that one guy didn't help much, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Some of the answers do, but it can be played out less creepily. (Mine managed to make it to the Corellia intro quest-chain, before going with the options to open up to her.) I looked at it as "the JC is still technically a Padawan, who got thrown into a crap-ton of strife after learning that Holocron technique to help Yuon Par." Poor guy's in over his head, since Yuon's one of those "well, she can die so she never reappears regardless of your actions" characters, that hinge-point also means no other Jedi finished training him either. He's no expert or authority on how to Jedi, so my headcanon says there wasn't that much power to abuse. (Good old Council, throwing two untrained early 20-somethings together into life-and-death and hoping nothing happens between them... maybe one day that method will work.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatile Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Maybe I'm just wary of all the "(male)teacher/authority figures bones (female)student/lower-level coworker" stories because of general dickitude and the fact that they are so. damn. common. in this game. Quinn's a possible exception, but the more I think about it, the more it seems like a half-joke, half-nod towards his actual allegiances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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