PAX East 2011: Daniel Erickson Audio Q&A

If you follow The Old Republic, you’re probably already well aware of our next interviewee!

Daniel Erickson is the Writing Director of BioWare Austin, and Lead Writer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic, and we had a chance to speak with him at the recent PAX East gaming convention in Boston.

What did we talk about? Well, for starters:

• Light Side/Dark Side Points
• Personal vs. Group Choice and Future Story
• Re-playable Flashpoints
• Advanced Classes – Reasons & Roles
• Combat Balance & Importance of Testing
• Pure Classes – Do They Exist?
• Companions For Multi-Classing
• Instanced Planets That Don’t Exist (Taral V)
• Space Travel
• Playing a Game vs. Experiencing the Setting
• Off-line Skills

Daniel weighs in on some current hot topics, including giving a little bit of detail on how he’s using his companion, and how we should expect things to change between now and launch.

Daniel Erickson, Lead Writier

We have to apologize a bit for the audio quality. This was originally a video interview, however we ran into some “equipment” issues that compounded a bit when we went to process and edit. But, the content is still there and hopefully it’s enjoyable!