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Blue Milk & Cereal: Should There Be Cross-Faction Cooperation?

No day would be complete without the breakfast of Jedi: Blue Milk & Cereal.  Every morning, Joanis and the team at Ask A Jedi will get Force-induced thoughts coursing through your head with delicious issues from around the galaxy! Join in the discussion below to make your voice heard!

Even during times of great conflict between the Republic and the Empire, situations that threaten both factions occur. Maybe an alien cult is building a weapon that will render space fleets obsolete. Maybe an unknown race launches a chemical weapon that spreads a plague throughout the galaxy. Both of these scenarios threaten the Republic and the Empire equally, and each group would have to plan their own response to the crisis.

If such an event threatened the existence of the galaxy, cooperation between the Republic and the Empire would make sense. However, since each of the two groups is essentially seeking the other’s destruction, my opinion is that both groups would rather operate independently than cooperate with the enemy.

Do you think there should be cross-faction cooperation in TOR? Or do you think it makes more sense for the Republic and the Empire to deal with threats their own way? Discuss below!

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E3 2011 – Daniel Erickson Video Interview

During E3 this week, we had a chance to sit down (well, actually, we stood up) with Daniel Erickosn and talk about some of the new stuff that we were seeing at the show.

Specifically, we focused on Operations (raiding in The Old Republic) and player Vehicles. We think there are some gold nuggets of information here, but we’ll let you be the judge of that!

Here’s an overview, with the video below and a full transcript after the jump as well!

• Operations overview
• Operations narrative & story
• Faction details for Operations
• Party size & difficulty settings
• Resistances & special mechanics
• Progression tracking
• When and how you obtain vehicles (including theft!)
• Class-specific vehicles
• Atmospheric vehicles (flying mounts)
• Types of vehicles
• Multi-player vehicles
• Vehicle-based combat
• Vehicle customization
• … and more!

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E3 2011 – Official Eternity Vault Gameplay Video

BioWare has just released the official Eternity Vault gameplay video that we’ve caught glimpses of on the web and that was shown behind closed-doors here at E3.

This trailer provides a beautiful, hi-res look at the environments and action, and I can tell you that seeing it in person is even more awe-inspiring. It looks like BioWare is going to provide true, best-in-class raiding, er, Operating!

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E3 2011 – Eternity Vault Preview At GameTrailers

Another great segment yesterday was GameTrailers interview with BioWare’s Gabe Amatangelo where he revealed footage of and talked about raids, known as Operations in The Old Republic, for the first time!

The preview shown of the Eternity Vault, the first Operation in TOR is nothing short of amazing, and any MMORPG raider should be in awe. The environments and the action appear to surpass the best of what other games have to offer.

We suspect we’ll see some of this on SWTOR.com soon, but for now, have a look on GameTrailers!

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GameSpot E3 Preview – Raids, Mounts, Tattooine & More!

GameSpot has just posted what is the second external update that Stephen Reid alluded to earlier today! (An MMORPG interview with Georg Zoeller was the first.) It seems to be a virtual pre-E3 smorgasbord!

Talking about raids, we know now that they’re called “Operations” in The Old Republic:

GameSpot: One of the most popular activities for high-level players in online games these days is to go on high-end raids in search of powerful loot and other rewards. Tell us about the raiding game in Star Wars: The Old Republic. How will it improve on the kinds of raid gameplay we’ve seen in other games?

Gabe Amantangelo: What you’d know as raids in other MMOs, we’re calling “operations” in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Operations will be epic, multi-group events with settings and immersive gameplay inspired by scenes in the Star Wars movies. For examples, players will have to navigate the environment as a powerful Force wielder brings down the room around them; they’ll have to work together to solve a code and fend off enemies while they’re cornered, and so on.

There is just a ton of info over there, so check it out while we continue to comb through the details!

 

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