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It’s been a while guys, some of you might you know me, others might not. I ran the Dexomega’s Funny Stuff thingy briefly during the early days of Indefinite Alliance. Problematically I simply didn’t have much time to do any of these articles recently. I’m going to try to start releasing these at least monthly these days up until the release of TOR. After that, we’ll see.

With that, image spam GO.

Funny Pictures

As some of you may know, I play Minecraft. As such, MINECRAFT IMAGES.

And of course, a very belated Christmasssssssss to you all.

Closing

We’ll be back next month for some more fun. Remember to send in any funny pictures to Dexomega@gmail.com.

NEWS | Star Wars: The Old Republic

“Dex, I thought we went over this. WE WANT THESE ARTICLES ON TIME!”

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Yes, I’m back.

Lets go!

So, here in America we have this thing called “Halloween”. Europeans don’t have this sadly, but oh well.

In spirit with this holiday, I tried to pull up some nice images for the occasion. With that: IMAGE SPAM.

Of course that’s pretty much it for the Halloween pictures. But that isn’t the end of funny images, oh no. Instead, lets remember all those who have died in order to make Star Wars a reality.

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Also, lets all remember the most important skill of all, stealth. It’s useful in both Halloween and RPGs.

But of course we should all remember the ABSOLUTE most awesome skill ever. But only one has ever been able to learn the art… of traps…

Finally, we look at the best part of Star Wars. The strange messages that are inadvertently sent.

/conclusion

We’ll be back with more sometime next month. I’m to lazy to set dates anymore.

It’s been a busy month for me starting my MCSE and all so I’ve had a little trouble getting the posts out each Friday and for that I apologise. Back to news, we’ve had an eventful two weeks with some great new information and some mediocre updates. Some of these updates have sparked a new thread that’s already 2 parts about BioWares communication (or lack of) to the community.

Here’s whats after the jump:
- Friday update from two weeks ago, The Fall of Exar Kun
- Friday update from the 22nd, Fan Friday, New Biographies and SWTOR Awards.
- Daniel E. clarifications on the Sith Pureblood race
- The communication discussion and Lee Olebe’s response.

See you next week!

The Fall of Exar Kun (October 15th)

The stories of Exar Kun’s fall to the dark side and his campaign of destruction against the Republic have been told as warnings to Jedi Padawans for generations. After witnessing the return of the Sith Empire, Master Gnost-Dural has realized a new relevance to Exar Kun’s role in history.

Watch the latest Timeline holorecord, The Exar Kun War narrated by actor Lance Henriksen. You can also download ahigh resolution version of this video.

Sith Pureblood clarifications (Source)

“So… if the Sith species was extinct during the first KOTOR (or so says the loading screen that I just saw) then how are they justifying Sith Pureblood as a playable race in SWTOR?” – Hawnk

“Hey folks,

Happy to clarify.

In the time of KOTOR, the Republic believed all of the original Sith Empire had been destroyed. Those who had not been killed were chased far into deep space where nobody had ever returned from. Thus Revan’s surprise when coming upon them and his dedication to going back to stop the threat when his memory returned.

That said, the Sith “Pureblood” in SWTOR are anything but pure Sith (from a species point of view). The name is a vanity. In the last 1000 years it has become clear that there is a direct correlation between those with enough of the old Sith blood in them to still be born with original Sith species traits (red skin, etc) and Force Sensitivity. While not any stronger in the Force than the more human Sith, it is extremely rare to find a “Pureblood” who is completely without Force Sensitivity. Thus those with the marks of the old Sith have come to call themselves “Purebloods” with the obvious insinuation that they are superior to those without. The more Sith species features (face tendrils, etc) one has, the more superior they can claim to be.

All of this is, of course, purely the realm of fashion and societal politics. While no non-Pureblood would stand up and say the entire claim was foolish (the Pureblood rate of Force Sensitivity is exponentially higher than those without and besides many of the Emperor’s inner circle bear the red skin) the majority of the Dark Council are not Purebloods. Showing that, in the end, talent and a lightsaber win out over bloodlines and a haughty pedigree.

Hope that helps!” – Daniel E.

Last Fridays Updates

Awards for the Old Republic - “We are honored by the many awards Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ has earned from the press and media, and we’re committed to continuing to push for the highest quality gaming experience. We want to thank our fans and the media for their support and recognition. Your partnership is critical to making this project a success.

Creating a game that people enjoy is important to us, so we’re putting up the Star Wars: The Old Republic Awards page to share with everyone all the great attention the game has received!”

Fan Friday - “Welcome to another exciting Fan Friday where we shine the spotlight on creative accomplishments from The Old Republic™ community, as well as share a behind-the-scenes look in the Developer Corner. We also have new avatars and smilies, and don’t forget to vote in the polls we posted up!

Read More…”

New Biographies - “Meet more of the compelling characters you’ll interact with in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. New additions have been added to the Biographies section of the HoloNet! This update includes profiles of some of the most enigmatic characters in The Old Republic Era: the renegade ex-Republic General, Bouris Ulgo; the disillusioned Republic diplomat, Diab Duin; and the mysterious Imperial Spymaster known only as “Keeper“.

If you haven’t visited the Biographies section in awhile, you’ll notice that a few companion characters have been added as well. There are still more to come, so check back regularly.”

Bioware, I’m rooting for you, but you’re shooting yourself in the foot – Calosea (Source)

Hey everyone,

Leo Olebe’s response: “Hi Folks!

I’m fairly sure that I’m the last person that you want to hear from, but I wanted to chime in and say that we love your enthusiasm for the game and ongoing support. I know that it can be frustrating when we don’t reveal new, specific game system information. Remember, the story and lore of the game is very important, thus the steady stream of content that is focused on learning more about the galaxy that you will adventure in. As we’ve always said, when things are at a quality level where we are ready to reveal them, we will. We never want to promise something that we aren’t ready to commit to.

I can tell you that we have some game system stuff coming up that I think you’ll like. Yes that’s a tease, but never fear – we “hear” you and want to provide you with lots of great info to chew on.

Leo”

This week we got a new planetary update and also a nice lengthly clarification from Daniel E.

With the final outcome of the war between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic still undecided, the icy planet Ilum sits squarely in the cross-hairs. The crystals that grow here in abundance are the source of incredible power and possibility. Jedi and Sith alike have long sought them for their Lightsabers, but the ramifications may go much deeper.

In a recent Darth Hater Aubaresh translation an interesting line of text came up: Darth Malgus’s Master Plan – Interesting, huh! (Source)

Hit the link for the clarifications.

Daniel Erickson – This one can get confusing as there is a great deal of content in the game, all geared for slightly different experiences. So let’s get to it, yes?

–There is no repeated content across factions. Easy enough.

–Every Class has a completely unique storyline with their own companion characters and quests that takes them from the very first level through the very last and leads them naturally into the end game content. We call these Class Quests.

Now the questions and ideas that can be harder to get your head around if you haven’t yet been one of the few lucky ones to actually play the game.

–”Is all your faction specific content Class Quests?”

Absolutely not. It’s a multiplayer game, built for multiplayer storytelling. Which means all classes in a faction will have access to all of the same content except the Class Quests.

–”What is the breakdown between Class Quests and multiplayer quests?”

On the Origin worlds it’s about 60% Class Quests, dropping to about 40% on the Capital worlds and then even lower for the rest of the game. The whole idea is to get you into the game, teach you about your class and your story, then get you out there playing with other people. We need to meet Obi-Wan, get our lightsaber and learn about the rest of the galaxy, but then it’s time to get the gang together and go to war. We’re still going to take breaks and run off to Dagobah but that’s now the minority of our story. So the game very purposefully starts with more single player content and then moves strongly towards content that can be played multiplayer.

–”What are all the different types of multiplayer quests?”

Whew, that one’s a big list but I can hit the major stuff. 1) World Quests: One-offs or short chains built for easy pick up and play. Grab a PUG or your friends and have a short adventure together. 2) World Arcs: Epic quest arcs that go from four to ten quests or more and follow a storyline across an entire planet. Big decisions and branching questlines you may have to play multiple times (in different playthroughs, they’re not repeatable) to see all the content. Built for long play sessions or a series of short sessions where you and your group want a huge adventure that may stretch over tens of hours. Also very PUGable as long as you’re grabbing like minded folks. 3) Flashpoints: Instanced, heavily scripted major story and action pieces built for groups to go in and get the very best of BioWare’s multiplayer storytelling. Built to be played in a single sitting.

Now here’s the fun part. Our multiplayer content has lines, choices and content that is specific to each class and content that is only there if you’re in a group. Did the Jedi Consular really just convince the Sith boss to stand down and not fight us? Did the Bounty Hunter really just shake down the Moff for more money? Did the Smuggler just leave the group with that attractive quest giver? Um…are they coming back? It’s fun to replay the game and see all the different content but it’s also a blast to play with friends and be completely surprised by what they say. Often you’ll find yourself saying “Okay, that clearly was not one of my dialogue options!”

Hope that helps!

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General News

Wait, you’re actually doing this? I thought you died or something!

As stated in the title, I totally screwed up and stacked a ton of projects and articles into this week. Because of this, I’m breaking out all the funny images humanely possible to make up for it. And that is about 526 Megabytes worth. No rly. I’ll be rolling it cool like this the rest of the thread:

Lets get started…

So, I realize all you have been like this without my funny stuff to keep you company:

-and now that you’re all reading this you’re like:

So I’ll break out the good stuff. Sense, this following picture makes none.

You Europeans are definitely tricky. Look at this advertisement, it’s devious.

Next up is a pair-up that will live through the ages. Just look.

What do you think Captain Picard?

mmkay…

Lets get something less weird.

Ok, I TRIED to make it less weird, I promise. Oh, I got another weird one.

All you Vader haters out there cringe at his bowling skills, and you know it.

And finally, I bring this Funny Stuff to a close. Without further ado.

This weeks reveal has been interesting, normally I would not post about developer blogs on the site but I feel this is interesting enough to get posted. Georg Zoeller, Principal Lead Systems Designer on TOR talks about the advanced classes in more detail and gives us a nice little confirmation on having two healing classes per faction!

Read the whole post here.

Last week: Smuggler Secrets

Last weeks reveal was also about the advanced classes, where we were given the names of the two seperate AC’s for the Smuggler’s class. If you want to learn about the Smuggler’s AC then click here.

Also, just a small reminder from me – Indefinite-Alliance are still looking for new members! We recently hit the ’30′ member mark and are looking for around 20 more players to join the fun. Have a look around the site and sign up if you’re interested!

This update made be very excited as someone who wishes to play a Jedi Consular, the video gives some great insight to how each of the Jedi classes will play and makes the Consular look a little more diverse than just a heal bot. However, I still think they need to show off more healing animations than just a glowing hand.

Guided by the Light Side of the Force, the Jedi are the ultimate defenders of peace, justice, and the Galactic Republic. The developers of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ are taking great care to ensure that Players can experience the classical Jedi fantasy represented in the films by such iconic characters as Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and Yoda.

At the same time, choice is at the heart of The Old Republic and Players can also explore many other ways they can take their Jedi characters. Whether that means walking the path of the Dark Side like Anakin Skywalker or simply adopting a unique combination of fighting styles, a variety of options will be available.

Watch Developer Dispatch: Designing the Light Side, and learn about the process involved in creating the Jedi classes for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Also… here is the fan friday post

Happy Friday, everyone! We have new creations to show off from the English, French, and German community forums, as well as a special treat in the Developer Corner.

Also, we’re following up on the Penny Arcade Expo, and providing more “Hope” wallpapers for your desktop. Check out all the cool stuff, and be sure to see the new forum polls and avatars!

http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20100917-0

“Home to some of the Republic’s most influential leaders, the notoriously independent world of Corellia is of critical strategic significance. It’s been a symbol of personal and economic freedom since the Republic’s earliest days, and it’s become the center of all the Republic’s industry and enterprise. Despite long-standing evidence of corruption in Corellian government, the citizens’ have always been staunchly loyal to the Republic. Losing contact with the planet and receiving images of destruction has caused grave concern in the Senate for what may be happening on the ground in Corellia’s capital.

Access the HoloNet to learn more about Corellia. Check out this video to see the images of destruction that are causing so much concern. Also, don’t forget to visit the media section for never-before-seen screenshots, concept art, and wallpapers showing the scene from every angle.”

Thoughts: This is one of my favourite planets to date, from the screen shots it will clearly be a PvP planet but some of the art work and detail looks fantastic!